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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 17:49

Winners of Korea Times-ETS Student Reporter Contest

Winners of Korea Times-ETS Student Reporter Contest

We are pleased to announce the winners of 2022 Korea Times-ETS English Student Reporter Contest. Mainly sponsored by ETS Korea, the annual contest was to help Korean students cultivate global mindset necessary to grow into future leaders and to improve their English fluency.

2022-08-26 09:00

Korean Buddhist culture arrives in New York

Korean Buddhist culture arrives in New York

From a one-day Templestay visit to temple food workshops, a number of events celebrating Korea's Buddhist culture are greeting New Yorkers in the heart of the U.S. city until Aug. 29 (local time). Organized by the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism under the Jogye Order, the nation's largest Buddhist sect, the “An Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture” program kic...

Park Han-sol | 2022-08-24 14:52

[INTERVIEW] Sponsoring dreams of North Korean defectors

INTERVIEWSponsoring dreams of North Korean defectors

It is easy to assume that North Korean defectors are more satisfied with their lives here than they were before their escape. In South Korea, they no longer have to worry about starving to death or being imprisoned for criticizing corrupt leaders. Yet the reality is more complicated. Here, North Korean defectors struggle with different issues. Some say they feel even more los...

Jung Min-ho | 2022-08-24 07:49

[INTERVIEW] Restoring bilateral ties will boost Korean studies in Japan: professor

INTERVIEWRestoring bilateral ties will boost Korean studies in Japan: professor

Relations between Korea and Japan have deteriorated to their worst level in years due to Tokyo's imposition of export controls on three key materials critical for the semiconductor and display industries here, in apparent retaliation against a 2018 ruling by the Supreme Court of Korea ordering Japanese companies to compensate surviving Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced...

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-08-19 13:56

Adoptee chef discovers herself and family through Korean cooking

Adoptee chef discovers herself and family through Korean cooking

As receipts roll out of the register, busy hands pin them on a board and call out to a solo Korean-American chef who is masterfully handling frying pans in the center of a micro kitchen. She calls out to the server, “Food's ready. Go go go!”That's what you'll encounter on a typical weekend evening at “Tiny Chef,” a restaurant in St. Louis, in the central U.S. state of Missour...

Lee Yeon-woo | 2022-08-19 08:55

[INTERVIEW] Korean is one of the 'most popular foreign languages in Kazakhstan': professor

INTERVIEWKorean is one of the 'most popular foreign languages in Kazakhstan': professor

Many Korean nationals feel emotionally distant from Central Asian countries. Kazakhstan, for instance, is about 5,000 kilometers away from Korea, but most Korean nationals are unfamiliar with the culture of the country, whereas they know more about the U.S. and France, which are almost twice as far away.

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-08-14 17:13

Naturalized Korean proposes inclusion of migrant brides in transport subsidy bill

Naturalized Korean proposes inclusion of migrant brides in transport subsidy bill

Ai Suluu, a naturalized Korean legislator at Seoul Metropolitan Council has proposed a bill to include foreign nationals in the city's transportation subsidy for pregnant women.

Lee Hae-rin | 2022-08-12 10:25

Famed Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84

Famed Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84

Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan's biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as former Apple CEO Steve Jobs' black turtlenecks, has died. He was 84. Miyake died Aug. 5 of liver cancer, Miyake Design Office said Tuesday.

2022-08-09 20:51

George Mason University's digital arts exhibition

George Mason University's digital arts exhibition

A group of visitors view art on Thursday at George Mason University Korea’s 2022 Progress at Play digital arts exhibition, which runs from Aug. 4 to 12 at Seoul City Hall. Thirty digital artworks that address social issues, including computer games, comics, webtoons and illustrations, are on display. They were selected from works submitted by domestic and international ...

2022-08-04 17:35

5-day, spectacle-filled Seoul Festa hopes to boost tourism

5-day, spectacle-filled Seoul Festa hopes to boost tourism

Less than a week remains until the city of Seoul launches its first large-scale global festival since the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still seeing waves of coronavirus variants around the world, started in 2020. This time, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is planning various spectacles for the eyes and ears that it hopes will send participating tourists all over the city.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2022-08-04 16:29

Seoul E-Prix ready to thrill EV racing fans

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