By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The culture minister said Tuesday his ministry will persevere in broadening the scope of "K-culture" beyond the realm of contemporary pop culture with a foc...
16:50 May. 16
By Kim Eun-jung
YONGIN, South Korea, May 15 (Yonhap) -- Hoam Museum of Art, a private gallery run by Samsung Foundation of Culture, said Monday it will hold a retrospective of Korean abstract mast...
11:00 May. 15
(ATTN: UPDATES with background in paras 7-9; ADDS photo)
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- The Gaya Tumuli, seven tomb clusters from Korea's ancient Gaya confederacy, has been recommend for...
09:29 May. 11
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- The Gaya Tumuli, seven tomb clusters from Korea's ancient Gaya confederacy, has been recommend for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list by an international advisory...
09:10 May. 11
By Kim Eun-jung
BUSAN, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Art Busan, South Korea's second-largest art fair by sales, kicked off a four-day run in the southeastern port city of Busan on Thursday, bringing together 1...
14:22 May. 04
SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- A heavenly horse painting, a national treasure believed to date back to the fifth to sixth century, returned for public display Thursday after nine years.
The "Cheonma"...
13:53 May. 04
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- A Korean Air jet emblazoned with an image of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will help promote South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan, a president...
11:25 May. 04
SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Free admission to 65 Buddhist temples that own or manage state-designated cultural properties across the country began Thursday.
This was made possible as a revised law...
08:47 May. 04
By Kim Eun-jung
BUSAN, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Julian Opie, a celebrated British contemporary artist known for his iconic "Walking People" series, has brought his latest project on dancing people, the vi...
17:26 May. 03
SEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- The following are the major cultural and tourist festivals to be held in South Korea in May.
* Damyang Bamboo Festival
When: May 3-7
Where: Damyang-gun, South Jeolla...
11:17 May. 03
(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 5-7, 9, 11)
SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) -- Admission fees for 65 Buddhist temples affiliated with the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, around the country wil...
19:50 May. 01
SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) -- Admission fees for 65 Buddhist temples affiliated with the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, around the country will be scrapped starting this week, the cul...
10:44 May. 01
SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- "OMG," a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered 300 million streams on Spotify, the group's agency said Saturday.
The song had recorded 301,242,550 st...
11:14 Apr. 29
SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- Italian luxury brand Gucci will hold a fashion show at a royal palace in Seoul next month, about six months after the event was canceled due to the Itaewon crowd crush, ...
21:43 Apr. 28
(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's remarks at forum; CHANGES headline, dateline)
By Shim Sun-ah and Lee Haye-ah
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to remove r...
14:48 Apr. 28
(ATTN: UPDATES with first lady's attendance in ceremony in 3rd para, details of upcoming exhibition of Lee Kun-hee collection at bottom; ADDS photo)
SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's cultur...
13:57 Apr. 28
SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's culture ministry and the U.S. Motion Picture Association (MPA) have co-hosted a forum to discuss ways to expand exchanges and cooperation between the two c...
11:51 Apr. 28
SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's culture ministry has signed its first memorandum of understanding with the Smithsonian Institution of the United States to enhance cultural exchanges and c...
09:13 Apr. 28
SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- The number of monthly visitors to the former presidential office compound of Cheong Wa Dae has been on the rise as the weather warms up, the culture ministry said Wednes...
14:12 Apr. 26