SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of schools in India are introducing Korean as a regular course. The Korean Cultural Centre India reported that Greenway Modern School and 11 other schools in New Delhi began teaching the Korean language this semester to elementary and middle school students. What began with three schools [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean screen veteran Youn Yuh-jung has won best supporting actress for her role in the immigration film “Minari” at this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. At the ceremony of the BAFTA Film Awards held at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday (British time), [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual lantern parade celebrating Buddha’s birthday will be canceled for a second straight year amid the new coronavirus pandemic, the South Korean Buddhist community said Saturday. The Buddhist community here usually holds a three-day lantern lighting festival, called “Yeondeunghoe” in Korean, ahead of Buddha’s birthday. A parade across [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Renowned South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is set to direct a U.S. TV project based on the Pulitzer-wining novel “The Sympathizer,” a publisher here said Thursday. Park, the man behind iconic works like “The Handmaiden” and “Joint Security Area,” will work on the TV adaptation of Vietnamese American novelist [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), the country’s largest showcase of indie and art house films, will open in a hybrid format amid the pandemic later this month, organizers said Tuesday. The 22nd edition of JIFF will kick off its 10-day run on April 29 under the slogan [...]
ULSAN, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) kicked off Friday for an 11-day run in the southeastern county of Ulju, with 146 movies from 43 countries set to be screened. Under the slogan of “My Green Mountain,” the sixth edition of South Korea’s only mountain-themed film fest runs through [...]
ULSAN, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) will kick off this week for an 11-day run in the southeastern county of Ulju, with 146 movies from 43 countries set to be screened, organizers said Tuesday. Under the slogan of “My Green Mountain,” the sixth edition of South Korea’s only [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Pablo Picasso’s painting depicting the 1950-53 Korean War will be displayed for the first time in South Korea, an exhibition agency said Monday. The “Massacre in Korea”, one of a series of anti-war paintings by the legendary Spanish artist, will be exhibited at the Hangaram Arts Center Museum inside [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Tongyeong International Music Festival (TIMF), an annual classical music gala, kicked off on Friday, a year after the annual event was canceled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 festival will run through April 4 in Tongyeong, on the southern coast, presenting 23 classical concerts and performances [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Tension between South Korea and China is escalating as the latter presents groundless claims that elements of the former’s inherent culture such as hanbok, kimchi and pansori originated in China. Against this backdrop, a new South Korean drama is under fire for featuring a string of scenes that have [...]