Four Points by Sheraton Josun presents special offer Four Points by Sheraton Josun presents a special offer at its Seoul Station and Myeong-dong branches. The hotel’s Seoul Station branch offers one night’s stay in a deluxe room with a breakfast for two and tickets for Hangang Park’s outdoor swimming pool for 166,000 won ($126). At the Myeong-dong branch, a one-night stay in a superior room and two CGV movie tickets are available for 154,000 won. For inquiries and reservation

Food Aug. 11, 2023

The 2023 Hanbok Expo is set to take place from Thursday to Sunday at Coex in Gangnam, southern Seoul, the Korea Craft and Design Foundation announced Tuesday. The foundation, an affiliate organization under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has held the Hanbok Expo since 2017 with the aim to promote public awareness on hanbok, a type of traditional Korean clothing. The annual expo consists of a variety of events and programs, including a hanbok market, hanbok exhibition and a conferen

Culture Aug. 9, 2023

Grand Josun Busan offers promotion package for kids Grand Josun Busan is promoting a special package centered on experiences for children. The package offers a one-night stay in a themed room, with a choice of forest, sea and sky themes. Child-friendly amenities such as bathrobes, slippers and bath sets are included. The package features Haribo-themed merchandise including a water bottle, a two-tier lunchbox, a thermal bag and a storage box. The package is available through Aug. 31 with prices

Food Aug. 4, 2023

Webtoon writer Kang Full’s popular webtoon series “Moving,” which achieved a total of 200 million views, has been transformed into Disney+ TV series to be released Aug. 9. The series centers on the lives of seemingly ordinary people with hidden super powers. The stories of “Moving” revolve around Lee Mi-hyeon (played by Han Hyo-ju) who has extraordinary physical abilities such as exceptional hearing, and falls in love with her colleague Kim Du-sik (played by actor Z

Television Aug. 3, 2023

The 20th EBS International Documentary Festival will take place from Aug. 21 to 27, introducing 56 documentary films from 35 countries. The annual documentary festival will begin with an opening ceremony at the EBS headquarters in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, which will also be aired on EBS 1TV, the EIDF organizing committee said in a press conference Tuesday. South Korean director Jeong Da-woon’s “Poetry on Land” will open the festival. The documentary revolves around the daily

Culture Aug. 2, 2023

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- On Saturday afternoon at the Alpensia Resort Concert Hall, a special concert took place as part of the Music in Pyeongchang festival. Kyiv Virtuosi, a chamber orchestra hailing from the war-torn country, led by cellist and conductor Dmitry Yablonsky, performed a program of Mendelssohn’s “String Symphony No. 10 in B minor,” Berg’s “Sieben fruhe Lieder,” Mahler’s “Ruckert-Lieder” and Berliner’s “Jaco

Performance July 30, 2023

Yongsan Children’s Garden holds exhibition ‘Gentle Light’ Since its opening on May 5, Yongsan Children’s Garden has been holding the exhibition “Gentle Light,” an interactive media art show with lighting installations. Directed and designed by studio Silo Lab, the exhibition aims to display the warmth of the house as a space, reinterpreting the warmness inside home through lights. Some 1,500 tiny, dangling lanterns mimicking traditional Korean windows called &

Culture July 28, 2023

Grand Hyatt Seoul presents outdoor dining promotion Grand Hyatt Seoul's outdoor restaurant Pooolside Barbeque is offering Peruvian dishes in celebration of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between South Korea and Peru. Poloa A La Brasa, or Peruvian-style roasted chicken, and barbecued pork are among the dishes available. The dining promotion will be available through Oct. 3, priced at 138,000 won ($108) for adults and 69,000 won for kids. For inquiries, call (02) 799-8495. La M

Food July 28, 2023

South Korean poet Kim Hye-soon is to give a poetry reading at Harvard University in October. Kim has been invited to the T. S. Eliot Memorial Reading event at the Woodberry Poetry Room in Harvard University’s Lamont Library on Oct. 2, according to Moonji Publishing on Wednesday. The English edition of Kim's 13th volume of poems, “Phantom Pain Wings,” was published in the US by New Directions Publishing in May. The original Korean edition of the collection of 72 poems was p

Books July 26, 2023

South Korea's art auction market almost halved in the first half of this year, demonstrating greater volatility compared to the global art market, a report from the Korea Art Authentication and Appraisal Research Center showed Monday. The total amount of winning bids at South Korean auction houses Seoul Auction, K-auction and Myart Auction amounted to 61.3 billion won ($47.9 million) in the first half of 2023, a 47 percent decline from the same period of the preceding year, even though th

Culture July 25, 2023

"Myeolhwagun," a musical which initially premiered in 2021 about Joseon's first-ever fire service department during King Sejo's reign, has returned with vibrant enhancements. The original 90-minute musical has been transformed into a 135-minute piece. The revamped musical's director Woo Jin-ha emphasized how he delved deeper into detailed depictions of how Joseon firefighters bravely fought to extinguish mass fires at a press conference held at the Uniplex Theater in Jon

Culture July 23, 2023

Explore art and architecture at Songeun Art Space Songeun Art Space is located in a building designed by world-renowned Swiss architecture firm, Herzog & de Meuron, in Cheongdam-dong, an affluent neighborhood in southern Seoul. Opened in 2021, visiting the building that houses Songeun Art and Cultural Foundation offers a chance to check out the architects’ first-ever project in South Korea, as well as an exhibition of an emerging media artist Kwon Hye-won. The geometric 11-story buildi

Culture July 21, 2023

Moxy Seoul Myeongdong launches highball promotions Moxy Seoul Myeondong, located in central Seoul, presents special highballs for the summer season at its Bar Moxy. Colored in crimson red, the Campari Red Highball delivers a taste of Italian aperitivo culture, which also fits well with the bar's dishes. The Glen Grant 10-Year Highball, made with a high-end single malt whiskey and carbonated water, resembles a golden flower. The promotion also includes the American Honey Highball and the Wil

Food July 21, 2023

A group of comics and cartoon artists raised concerns Thursday over the government’s recent corrective order aimed at handling the “Black Rubber Shoes” incident, saying that it lacks any power to hold the publisher responsible. The Artist Lee Yoo-young Incident Task Force said Thursday through a statement they “welcome the corrective order as it confirms the ‘Black Rubber Shoes’ contract was unfair.” However, the group is worried that the order lacks va

Culture July 20, 2023

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Monday ordered a local publishing firm to pay a valid share of the profits of the cartoon series “Black Rubber Shoes" to the original cartoon artists. According to the ministry's corrective order, publisher Hyungseul should pay a fair amount of the profits the publisher earned to "Black Rubber Shoes" cartoonist Lee Yoo-young and his brother and co-creator Lee Woo-jin. “While reviewing the contract between the two copy

Culture July 18, 2023