SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean traditional folk song “Arirang” rearranged to embody the exotic rhythm and inspiration of Mexico have caught the eyes of locals. The South Korean culture center in Mexico City held the 3rd Arirang Concour at Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City on Sunday (local time), inviting musicians from all across [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean traditional folk song “Arirang” will be heard in New York for 30 days starting on Monday (local time). The Cultural Heritage Administration and Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, together with professor Seo Kyung-duk, an active promoter of South Korea, have paid to display a 30-second ad of “Arirang” [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent Chinese TV show claiming Korean tradition as their own sparked controversy over spreading false facts and misunderstanding across the global community. “Street Dance of China,” a variety show broadcasted by China’s popular video platform Yuku, held an ‘Ethnic Dance’ competition last month in which one of the [...]
SUWON, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A special concert was held on August 9 at a location on Dokdo, Korea’s Natural Monument No. 336 which has also been designated as a “Natural Preservation Area.” A group of 21 students who held drums, gayageum, violins and other instruments in their hands played the “Arirang Medley.” With [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s cheerleaders visiting the South for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics staged a surprise performance Tuesday during their trip to a tourist attraction in Gangneung, a sub-host city of the Olympics. Some 80 members of the squad visited Ojukheon, the birth home of Yi I, a 16th [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – United Nations Singers, a singing group that promotes a message of peace and harmony through music, has held its very first concert in South Korea, at Camp Greaves near the DMZ, in a nod to the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Marking its 70th anniversary, the group of some [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is all set to provide the world with high-resolution commercial satellite imagery from its new satellite, a government ministry said Monday. The Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3A (KOMSAT-3A), also known as the Arirang-3A, was put into orbit in March last year as part of South Korea’s efforts to emerge [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s traditional folk music “Nongak” is expected to be on the list of UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage. The Cultural Heritage Administration in South Korea announced on October 29 that a subsidiary body of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage recommended Nongak, literally meaning “farmer’s music,” [...]