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Fri, June 2, 2023 | 23:09

Kang Sue-jin delivers message of hope for International Dance Day

Kang Sue-jin delivers message of hope for International Dance Day

Kang Sue-jin, artistic director of Korean National Ballet, delivered a message of hope for pandemic-weary people in a speech at an event celebrating 2022 International Dance Day (IDD) held at Seoul Cyber University on April 29.

Lee Hae-rin | 2022-05-03 16:18

'No Hate Comments Day'

'No Hate Comments Day'

Lawmakers, officials, celebrities and students declare May 23 as “No Hate Comments Day” at DGB Financial Center in Seoul, Tuesday. May 23 is when Sunfull Foundation was established in 2007 to tackle cyberbullying and online hate comments. From left are DGB Life Insurance CEO Kim Sung-han, Rep. Suh Jung-sook of the People Power Party, Kwangwoon Artificial Intellige...

Kim Rahn | 2022-04-20 15:53

LG honors 4 heroes who saved lives

LG honors 4 heroes who saved lives

LG Foundation has presented awards to four neighborhood heroes for saving the lives of other people. Three of them - Kim Ha-su, Lee Kwang-won and Song Young-bong - jumped into the sea to save people who were drowning, and the fourth, Lee Ki-seong, rescued three elderly people from a fire. They were selected as recipients of the LG Humanitarian Award, which was established in ...

Kim Hyun-bin | 2022-04-07 15:18

Among outstanding journalists in Korea

Among outstanding journalists in Korea

The Korea Times reporter Ko Dong-hwan, right, who writes for the politics and city desk, receives an award at the annual Korean Association of Newspapers Award at Press Center in downtown Seoul, Wednesday. The award recognized 54 winners from different local news outlets nationwide who helped their companies contribute to improving the country's journalism industry. The award...

2022-04-06 18:49

Korea Times chairman to lead Korea University Alumni Association

Korea Times chairman to lead Korea University Alumni Association

Seung Myung-ho, the chairman of The Korea Times and Dongwha Group, has been elected as the 34th president of Korea University's Alumni Association.

Lee Hae-rin | 2022-03-30 15:46

Korea Times spring concert brings hope to pandemic-weary people

Korea Times spring concert brings hope to pandemic-weary people

A slew of concert goers flocked to the Seoul Arts Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on Saturday to enjoy The Korea Times' annual spring concert, filling more than a half of the 2,505 seats in the Concert Hall.

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-03-27 15:43

Mexican runs radio broadcast to spread love for Korean culture

Mexican runs radio broadcast to spread love for Korean culture

“Annyeonghaseyo! Bienvenidos, bienvenidas!” With Leenalchi's “Tiger is Coming” playing in the background, Gala Mendez greets her listeners every Friday in Korean and Spanish on her radio show “Shot de Soju” - meaning “a shot of soju” in Spanish. Mendez, 24, has been producing and hosting the program on Radio UAN, the Autonomous University of Nayarit's own radio station, to in...

Lee Hae-rin | 2022-03-25 09:54

Independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun's family photo, calligraphy to undergo conservation treatment

Independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun's family photo, calligraphy to undergo conservation treatment

Oct. 26, 1909, a year before Korea was annexed by the Japanese Empire, is remembered by Koreans as a day when independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun (1879-1910) pulled the trigger on Ito Hirobumi, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident-general of Korea, upon his arrival in China's Harbin.

Park Han-sol | 2022-03-24 16:52

Artist Yang Hae-gue keeps searching for alternative lens to counter 'given' history

Artist Yang Hae-gue keeps searching for alternative lens to counter 'given' history

Yang Hae-gue, also stylized as Haegue Yang, is a globetrotting artist whose years-long “nomadic” life spent alternately in Berlin and Seoul, as well as other major cities where she holds her shows, has led to her distinct preoccupation with exile, transnationality and decolonization.

Park Han-sol | 2022-03-24 08:47

Exhibition in Australia to revisit Mackenzie family's legacy in Korea

Exhibition in Australia to revisit Mackenzie family's legacy in Korea

In 1910, just months before Korea was annexed by the Japanese Empire, a middle-aged missionary of the Presbyterian Church set foot in the port city of Busan, far away from his homeland of Australia.

Park Han-sol | 2022-03-17 15:25

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