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Thu, July 7, 2022 | 04:20

New Gijichon Women's Peace Museum focuses on women of US military brothels

A new museum dedicated to the women who worked in U.S. military brothels, the Gijichon Women's Peace Museum, also known as “Seven Sisters,” opened on Tuesday in Anjeong-ri, a short distance from U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.

2021-11-10 19:55

Criteria for designating treasures set to change

The criteria for selecting treasures for government-recognized status will be redefined starting from Nov. 19. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said it partially revised the rules on designation of treasures and national treasures under the Cultural Heritage Protection Act, which was enacted in January 1962. Currently, the law stipulates that items can be designated...

Park Ji-won | 2021-11-09 15:28

New York's in-person art auctions return with world's most expensive collection

After more than a year, in-person auctions return to New York this week with the sale of the Macklowe collection - the world's most expensive to hit the market.

2021-11-08 20:57

19th-century pavilion in Korean royal palace restored by artisans

There is a mysterious pavilion in the back garden of Gyeongbok Palace located in north-central Seoul that originally nobody knew when exactly it was built. Named the Hyangwonjeong Pavilion, literally meaning “the pavilion where the fragrance spreads afar,” the two-level hexagonal construction was thought to have been built in the 4,605 square-meter Hyangwonji Pond between 186...

Park Ji-won | 2021-11-07 15:50

More than century-old Korean braille textbook to be designated as cultural asset

Rosetta Sherwood Hall (1865-1951), an American medical missionary and educator who first came to Korea in 1890, is known for establishing Korea's first special education school for hearing and visually impaired students in Pyongyang in 1894.

2021-11-05 17:21

Plant-based alternatives market grow as people seek sustainable diet

Environmental issues have long existed, yet they have become unavoidable nowadays, leading the public and private sectors to begin serious discussions on the problems being faced. As concerns over the environment and sustainability rise, consumers have been seeking ethical consumption to play their part in preventing further damage to the Earth.

Lee Gyu-lee | 2021-11-04 16:48

Gucci's star-studded fashion show shines bright in Hollywood

With stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Serena Williams sitting in the front row, Alessandro Michele's nostalgic clothing designs inspired by old Hollywood glam shined just as bright during a Gucci fashion show in Los Angeles.

2021-11-03 21:14

CHA defers construction companies' revision plan near UNESCO-designated tomb

The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) rejected Thursday a revised plan offered by construction companies for what it called the “illegal” building of an apartment complex near Jangneung Royal Tomb, a UNESCO-listed site dating back to the 17th century in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, asking the firms to submit a better one.

Park Ji-won | 2021-10-28 20:52

Chef forges farm-to-table relationships with local farmers for sustainable Jeju cuisine

JEJU ISLAND - “So, how was the butternut squash that you got from our farm last time? Any good?” Inside a greenhouse nestled in Jeju's southwestern town of Daejeong-eup, farmer Yang Kyung-ae eagerly asked chef Kang Byung-wook, who was looking around the vibrant rows of butterhead lettuce, broccolini, okra, chicory, wild arugula, beet and cucumber. “I cooked the vegetable sous...

2021-10-28 09:05

Korea's childbirths at fresh low in August

The number of babies born in South Korea dropped to a record low in August, data showed Wednesday, underscoring the country's gloomy demographic situation with its chronically low birthrate.

2021-10-27 13:21

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