SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new government survey has revealed the stark economic reality faced by artists in South Korea, with average annual earnings from artistic activities amounting to just 10.55 million won, highlighting the urgent need for more stable income structures in the arts sector. According to the “2024 Survey on Artists’ Status” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – When Choo Shin-soo, one of South Korea’s most successful Major League Baseball players, recently addressed longstanding rumors about avoiding national team duty after receiving a military service exemption, his explanation that “the team opposed it” did little to quell public criticism. Despite his distinguished 16-year career in American baseball, online [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two former senior aides to ousted President Park Geun-hye did not appeal recent court rulings convicting them in connection with an artist blacklist scandal, leading to the finalization of their prison sentences. In a retrial last week, the Seoul High Court sentenced Kim Ki-choon, a former chief of staff [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry said Thursday it will move away from one-time, small grants distributed to a wide range of artists toward more targeted and impactful support for large-scale projects over the years. The shift aims to enhance the capabilities of the art world and bolster the country’s cultural presence [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Late drawing artist Kim Jung-gi’s works will go on display in Paris, the Korean Cultural Center in France has said, in remembrance of his innate ability for live drawing and a special bond with the country. In a recent post, the center said a special retrospective, “Infinite Lines,” looking [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Tschang-yeul, one of South Korea’s greatest modern artists well known for his “water drop” paintings, died Tuesday at the age of 91. The abstract artist was born in Maengsan, a small town in present-day North Korea, in 1929, when the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule. He [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Friday that it will begin a pilot project of what its calling an ‘Artist Fee System’, in an effort to ease the financial burden on artists and help them focus on their creative endeavors. Artist fees are wages paid to artists [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government on Wednesday rolled out its plan to support young and emerging artists, who often have irregular jobs and low income, by providing housing and career opportunities. The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to create some 15,000 jobs in the public sector and provide 1,000 apartments in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans have chosen boy band BigBang as the artist of 2015, a Gallup survey showed Thursday. The five-member act received 15.5 percent of the votes in interviews conducted by Gallup Korea in July, September and November. BigBang topped music charts every month from May to August, when they [...]