Tasteful Korean design in Africa
2010-06-15
Unlike small Korean designing firms struggling to outdo one another in the domestic market, Serene Co. is taking its business vision abroad, particularly to an untapped market.
It was Africa, a market avoided by most Korean design firms, that Serene has set its sights on.
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[Rediscover Seoul(82)]
Hanok: Quest for beauty, tradition
2010-06-11
It’s a wonderful time of the year with bright sunshine and a cool breeze. Everything around us is so precious and beautiful that we do not want to miss any of it. Sometimes, staying in the city is boring. As the weekend comes, you pick up a tour guidebook or a metro map. However, there are houses where you can fully enjoy the beauty of nature while inside. They are traditional houses of Korea -- hanok.
Hanok are built in a totally different way from modern buildings made of cement, glass, and rebar. They are made of stone, wood and clay -- natural materials. Hanok has also adapted to the climate and customs of Korea over thousands of years. However, as cities expanded and things changed rapidly, hanok were regarded as inconvenient living spaces and disappeared very quickly. Today, Korean people typically live in an apartment. Fortunately, an increasing number of people understand the significance and value of hanok.
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Jansen's 'Strandbeests' stomp into Korea
2010-06-10
Video clips of weird looking creatures wandering, or sometimes racing, around the delft beach in the Netherlands were a hit on YouTube a few years ago.
The animal-like-creatures, called “Strandbeests,” were created by Dutch artist Theo Jansen who soon rose to stardom and was dubbed the Leonardo Da Vinci of the 21st century.
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[Savor Korea (28)]
Korean royal cuisine uncovered
2010-06-10
When Korean Wave pioneer “Jewel in the Palace (Daejanggeum)” swept across Asia from 2004 to 2006, royal cuisine -- spun out by the hands of the series’ heroine, Jang-geum, and the series’ kitchen court ladies -- transfixed viewers with its sumptuous brilliance and intricate nature.
Mouths watered. Palates tingled with the desire to savor the parade of dishes, so evocatively presented in lush, vibrant colors and textures.
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Koguryo fuses rock 'n' roll, traditional music
2010-06-09
Rock and roll influenced by Korean traditional music is the way to go for putting both Korea’s pop and traditional music on the global radar, a local group pioneering a new genre of rock declares.
Koguryo Band, a five-member local rock group, believes infusing Korean traditional-style music into rock and roll-style compositions -- without the traditional instruments like the daegeum or gayageum -- will be the magic to globalizing the local culture and its ethnic music.
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[Gallery Talk] Gallery Loop to spread Asian art
2010-06-08
This is the sixth in a 10-part series on prominent art galleries in Korea. – Ed
Korea’s contemporary art market, culture and environment have greatly changed over the last 10 years, according to Suh Jin-suk, director of Gallery Loop.
Along with Project Space Sarubia and Art Space Pool, Gallery Loop has been one of the nation’s leading non-profit alternative art spaces since its establishment in 1999.
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Legislators of the National Assembly's foreign affairs (국회 외교통상 위원회) and defense committees (국방위원회) were exceedingly in favor (압도적으로 찬성했다) of the government's latest decision to dispatch (파견하다) military forces to protect civilian aid workers who will help rebuild Afghanistan...
영어뉴스 따라잡기 read full article: 국회의원들 아프간 파병 지지
Every government rallies (집결하다) with the private sector to support its traditional cuisines. In Korea, the effort to globalize traditional dishes began with the government's official declaration of "Hansik Globalization" in October 2008. Now the mission of globalizing hansik has emerged as one of the most valuable propositions in creating a new value-added rural economy (농업경제), sharing growth with the tourism industry....
read full article: A 7-step guide to globalizing Korean food
Pret-a-Porter Busan, Korea's second-largest fashion event, kicks off today and continues through Saturday at BEXCO....
read full article: Pret-a-Porter Busan starts today
'Anyone can draw'
2009-11-05
Chang Seok-won, better known by his pen name "Bob Chang," belongs to a small, exclusive group of artists who have achieved celebrity status in a fairly short period of time. How fast? He is a widely regarded as an illustrator but he started drawing in 2005...
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Hollywood star Mel Gibson just became a father of eight kids last Friday. Mail Online delivered (전달하다) the news about the Hollywood star’s newborn (신생아) with his Russian lover Oksana Grigorieva (*러시아 출신 작곡가 겸 가수). According to the article, the news was revealed (공개되다) last night and the birth was a few weeks earlier than expected date (예정일 보다 몇 주 빨랐다) but both mom and baby are doing well at home.
read full article: Mel Gibson becomes 'Octodad'
Visconti shows off mastery of 7th art
2009-10-26
"Movie goers will have the chance to watch some of the films by a director that represent a landmark in the history of the seventh art," said the Institutes director and cultural attache Lucio Izzo...
read full article: Visconti shows off mastery of 7th art
On Sept. 21, veteran hunter Moon Tae-kuk was told of a report that a wild boar was wandering in the yard of the ancient Changdeok palace in central Seoul....
Read full article: "Fear grow about roaming wild boards"
Beyonce rocks Seoul with 'Sasha Fierce'
2009-10-23
She was sexy, passionate, and fierce, for sure.
Featuring her alter ego "Sasha Fierce," Beyonce Knowles proved that she is our time's No 1 pop diva, electrifying her Korean fans once more on the final day of her two-day concert, "Beyonce I AM Tour in Seoul" at the Olympic Park Gymnasium in Jamsil on Wednesday...
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