SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent revelation that dolsot bibimbap, a traditional Korean dish, was designated as an intangible cultural heritage in China’s Jilin Province three years ago has sparked controversy and raised concerns about cultural appropriation. The Jilin Provincial Government approved a total of 65 items as provincial-level intangible cultural heritage in December [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea lodged a strong protest against Japan on Friday after Tokyo approved new school textbooks that downplay the coercive nature of its wartime atrocities and reinforce its territorial claims to Dokdo. The foreign ministry also called in Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi to deliver the formal [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee on Monday passed a resolution denouncing Japan for laying claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo and approving school textbooks containing such claims. The resolution had originally passed through the committee in June, but the committee decided to pass it again [...]