BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Cultural Center in Argentina inaugurated a special exhibition titled “The Path of Hanji” on March 20, showcasing the beauty and artistry of South Korea’s traditional handmade paper, hanji. The exhibition features 14 diverse artworks crafted from hanji, a natural paper with a 1,600-year history. Visitors can explore [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korea Day festival was held at Coventry University in Britain, gaining a positive response from both local residents and students. The event was co-hosted by the Korea Centre at Coventry University and the Korean Cultural Center in the U.K. last week to introduce Korean culture for the first [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Cultural Center in Brussels (KCCB) said Tuesday it has kicked off an online program offering recitals of South Korean novels by the authors themselves. The program, named “Reading Theater,” plans to introduce short stories by four renowned Korean writers — Han Kang, Bae Su-ah, Kim Ae-ran and [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In Italy, various Korean cultural programs are gaining popularity after having been replaced with online content following the coronavirus outbreak. The Korean Cultural Center in Rome closed its building and stopped all offline Korean cultural programs in March in accordance with local government instructions as the coronavirus spread. After [...]
TOKYO, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Cultural Center in Japan launched a special exhibition featuring traditional Korean handicrafts on Thursday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the institution that links the two neighboring countries. The exhibition, titled “Monochrome Monologue,” is set to be open to the public from Friday to June 11 at [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese exhibition hall aimed at promoting the country’s claim to Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo will be relocated near the Korean Cultural Center developed by the Korean government in Tokyo. According to the Japanese daily newspaper Sankei Shimbun, the Territory and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall that opened at the [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A special exhibition dedicated to the Korean alphabet, hangeul, will open in Los Angeles to mark the 620th anniversary of its creator King Sejong’s birth, the National Hangeul Museum said Tuesday. “Sounds x Hangeul, Variation of the Korean Alphabet” will run from May 10-June 2 at the Korean Cultural [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean drama dubbed in Spanish aired on Argentine TV for the first time from January 10, said the Korean Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Coreano) in Argentina. “Secret Garden,” a Korean hit drama, was broadcast on Magazine TV, a cable channel operated by Grupo Clarin, Argentina’s biggest media company. [...]