By Lee Kap-soo The Embassy of Peru in Korea will organize the longest traveling exhibition of Peruvian traditional handicraft “Pucará Bull: Ambassador of the Peruvian Highlands” in the Seoul City Hall from November 8 to 24 with the support of the Metropolitan Government of Seoul. The famous exhibition has already been presented in more than 22 cities around the world, the Embassy of Peru in Korea said. The “Pucará Bulls” constitutes a highly appreciated cultural good, product of the fusion between the Andean and Western cultures. They are normally located on the ceilings of the houses to prote
By Kim Ji-eun Namwon City, Jeollabuk-do, announced on Oct. 10 that the '2023 Namwon World Drone Festival' held at the Namwon Sports Center concluded a successful four-day schedule. The 2023 Namwon World Drone Festival, which was held under the theme of 'A global world united by drones,' consisted of a drone leisure sports competition and a drone industry fair. During the festival, experience programs such as flight simulators, drone piloting, and aeronautical rocket production, where visitors can meet and experience drones, received the greatest response, and drone sports such as drone racing,
By Kim Ji-eun The 28th Busan International Film Festival kicked off with the opening ceremony held at the Haeundae Cinema Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan, started at 6 p.m. on Oct. 4. It was attended not only by the audience but also by various international filmmakers and Busan city officials. The 5,000-seat outdoor theater was packed early on. The organizers, who expanded the scope of the event to pre-COVID-19 levels by closing roads near the venue, held the red carpet event somewhat earlier than originally planned. Asian Movie Personality of the Year winner, Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat, specia
By Kim Ji-eun President Yoon Suk-yeol attended the opening ceremony of the 2023 Festival at Geumgangsingwan Park in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do on Sept. 23.. The opening ceremony was held at the World Heritage Baekje Historic Site in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, the former capital of the ancient kingdom of Baekje, and was attended by more than 14,000 people, including the governor of Chungcheongnam-do, the speaker of the Chungcheongnam Provincial Assembly, the mayor of Gongju, the county governor of Buyeo, and the people of Chungcheongnam-do. The Great Baekje Festival (formerly Baekje Culture Fest
By Kim Ji-eun Singer Young Tak will be producing the main theme song for a drama. The singer participated in the OST of KBS 2TV's new weekend drama "Hyoshim Family" and will release "Gakjadosaeng" on Sept. 24. "Hyoshim Family” (directed by Kim Hyung-il, written by Choi Joong-sun, produced by Ark Media) is a family liberation drama about a daughter, Hyoshim (played by Yoo Yi), who has devoted her life to her family with her innate good nature and warm empathy, broke away from the family that made her life difficult and living an independent life, while the family members who were parasitized by
By Kayla Lee The artist's works are both figurative and non-figurative. It is both landscape and non-landscape. In Oriental paintings, the “Bugam” method, such as looking down from a high place at an angle, often appears, which is a distinctly different way of composing than the Western perspective based on the 'perspective drawing method that assumes the point of view and the point of vanishing at the same time'. As it reveals the degree of perspective based on psychological perception rather than scientific perspective, the artist's landscapes produce curved, crooked compositions and free fo
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Samtan Art Mine, the first cultural and artistic mine in South Korea, attempts to explore a meeting with the "Africa Primitive Art" with contemporary Korean artists. Organized by Samtan Art Mine and sponsored by Jeongseon County and Jeongamsa Temple, the exhibition titled "Contemporary Art Inspiration from African Art" will be showcased at the Samtan Art Mine Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) until August 25. Participating artists include painters Kwon Hak-jun, Park Bong-gi, Saya, Wi Se-bok, Yoon Hoo-myeong, Lee In, Cho Young-jae, sculptors, and more. While there
By Kim Ji-eun The organizing committee of 'The Fact Music Awards (TMA)' announced on Sept. 13, "Singer Im Young-woong has been added to the 5th lineup of '2023 The Fact Music Awards'. Im Young-woong has achieved remarkable success with his second self-composed song, 'Grain of Sand,' released in June. The song has stayed for a total of 11 weeks on the Billboard 'Global (excluding the US)' chart and continues to maintain its top position on domestic music charts even after three months since its release, enjoying steady popularity. Based on a strong fan base spanning various age groups, Im Young
By Lee Kap-soo In celebration of Frieze Seoul, an art fair that takes place in the heart of the global art market in Seoul, New York, Los Angeles, and London, the Embassy of Italy in Seoul, together with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Trade Corporation in Korea, hosted an event on September 4 at High Street Italy in Sinsa-dong to promote the Italian galleries participating in Frieze. The event featured a selection of artworks from the galleries participating in Frieze Seoul. Attended by art market insiders and key figures from the domestic and international cultural community,
By Lee Jon-young Ticket sales for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will begin from 2 p.m. on Sept. 20. The BIFF Secretariat released the ticketing schedule for this year's Busan International Film Festival, which will kick off on Oct. 4. Ticket sales for the opening and closing ceremonies will begin at 2 p.m. on Sept. 20 . Tickets for the Asian Content Awards & Global OTT Awards will be available at the same time. Tickets for regular screenings will go on sale at 2 p.m. on Sept. 22. The screening schedule for this year's invited films
Reporter Lee Jeong-ha's special series Nature is the subject of Hwang Seo-hyeon's deepest interest, and her recent pictorial explorations of nature as a motif can be seen as an interest in cosmic life and a journey into the contemporary possibilities of bioaesthetics. Using her own unique materials and compositions, the smearing of dyes and the texture of natural objects, the artist extracts the intrinsic beauty inherent in the associations of various expressions of nature based on the most Korean sensibilities, and in order to express the pulsating form of life, she induces the color of the c
By Kim Ji-eun The 26th World Peace Art Exhibition concluded its first phase with a total of 350 works on display from August 23-28, 2023, at the Maru Art Center Underground Special Hall in Insadong, Seoul. ▲ "Iris II" by Artist Jung Ji-ah (Grand Prize Winner, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award) The World Peace Art Exhibition, which is celebrating its 26th edition this year, is positioned as a unique art event that can flexibly develop discourses on the environment, ecology, life, civilization, society, science, and thought based on its unique environment. The 26th World Peace Art Pr
By Kayla Lee The World Peace Art Exhibition (Chairman Lee Jon-young) will open, embodying the diverse and harmonious values of "K-ART," elevating the status of global K-ART beyond conventional institutional, aesthetic, and artistic concepts. Celebrating its 26th exhibition this year, the World Peace Art Exhibition takes a unique approach by providing a platform for discourse on topics such as environment, ecology, life, civilization, society, science, and philosophy within its distinctive context, making it a remarkable art event. Chairman Park Cheol-gyu stated, "The World Peace Art Exhibition
By Lee Kap-soo In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Korea-Pakistan diplomatic relations, the Pakistani Embassy in Korea held a "Rhythms of Pakistan" concert in collaboration with the National Museum of Korea on Aug. 11, 2023. Some 500 participants, including ambassadors, senior diplomats and staff members of foreign embassies in Korea, and general visitors to the National Museum of Korea, attended the music concert held at the museum in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. ▲ Ambassador Nabeel Munir of Pakistan to South Korea delivers welcoming remarks at the "Rhythms of Pakistan" con
By Lee Kap-soo The Jamboree K-pop performance, which will mark the end of the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree, will be held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium (Sangam Stadium) in Mapo-gu, Seoul, for two hours from 7 p.m. on Aug. 11, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on Aug. 8. Jamboree's closing ceremony, which will end on Aug. 12, will also be held before the performance at the same place. The government and the Jamboree Organizing Committee confirmed on Aug. 8, saying, "The re-change of the concert venue to the Seoul World Cup Stadium is an inevitable decision based on T