SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — In celebration of the inaugural Gugak Day, South Korea is launching a weeklong national showcase of traditional Korean music and performance art beginning June 5, 2025. The day was established by law to promote awareness and revitalization of gugak, or Korean traditional music, marking the date in 1447 when [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A statue of King Sejong, the inventor of the Korean alphabet, Hanguel, will go up in Uzbekistan’s capital as part of a cultural exchange between two local districts. The office of Seocho Ward in southern Seoul said Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding with the office of Mirabad [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Upcoming South Korean film “The King’s Letters” dramatically captures the revered Joseon King Sejong’s painstaking mission to create an indigenous Korean writing system 600 years ago. Relentless opposition from his elitist underlings and his deepening illness did not stop Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — “The King’s Language”, a play about Joseon Dynasty King Sejong, and how he created Hangul, the Korean alphabet, will be staged at the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles on March 22 (local time). The play will be performed in pansori, a traditional Korean genre of musical storytelling. The play [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A fifth-grade class’s list of suggestions on eliminating vulgarity and typos from the country’s most popular online messaging app Kakao Talk was acknowledged by company CEO Lim Ji-hoon, who said that the ideas are being considered. Last month, Lee Ki-tae and his class of fifth-graders at Wonho Elementary in [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Hunminjeongeum, the original manuscript for the Korean language, has been chosen as the best invention by South Koreans in a recent Facebook survey. Marking its 40th anniversary as well as the 52th anniversary of Inventors’ Day today, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) conducted a survey to find out the [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Kings of ancient Korea might have held infinite power, but their statues are not likely to possess similar authority. On Tuesday, members of a part-time workers organization clashed with police by the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Plaza, Seoul, demanding an increase in the minimum hourly wage to 10,000 won [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s overseas language promotion institute will host special events starting in June that will help foreigners get acquainted with Korean culture, the government said Sunday. The cultural ministry said foreign learning centers run by the King Sejong Institute that specializes in teaching Hangul will carry out “Korean culture day” programs [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, in partnership with the Cultural Heritage Administration, will start selling tickets to the “Royal Ancestral Ritual in the Jongmyo Shrine and its Music” from Interpark beginning at 2 pm on September 12. Scheduled to be held for one hour from 8 pm for three days between [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan City Government said on March 10 that it would open a flea market for foreign residents in Seoul at Gwanghwamun Plaza in downtown Seoul on March 23 so that they can buy and sell goods like clothes, books, and other sundry goods. The market [...]