NEW DELHI, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Embassy and the Korean Culture Center in India have been holding a quiz competition for locals on subjects related to Korea, its history, and culture. The competition, in which 12,000 contestants participated, has been ongoing for the past month. The Korean Culture Center collaborated with 50 [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Buckingham Palace has its Changing of the Guard ceremony – and so does Seoul’s Deoksugung Palace. Deoksugung Palace, or simply Deoksugung, was a compound of palaces that was once inhabited by royal family members of the Joseon monarchy. It is also one of the Five Grand Palaces built during [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced that next year’s plan for its ‘Vivid Cultural Heritage’ program has been confirmed. The program uses the meaning and value of cultural assets as cultural content, to allow citizens to experience heritage vividly. The CHA selected 88 businesses among 197 applications that were submitted [...]
Seoul, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Based on testimonies and possessions from war veterans, a ‘digital textbook’ about the Korean War will be produced for American schools. The book will allow students to experience the war vividly. At a national sociology seminar held in New Orleans with teachers of social sciences and history from 60 different countries present, [...]