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Ex-taekwondo chief Kim Un-yong inducted into new Hall of Fame

Ex-taekwondo chief Kim Un-yong inducted into new Hall of Fame

Kim Un-yong, the late founder of the global taekwondo governing body, has been inducted into the newly created World Taekwondo (WT) Hall of Fame.

2022-08-02 11:34

Korea's figure skating icon Kim Yuna to wed singer Ko Woo-rim

Korea's figure skating icon Kim Yuna to wed singer Ko Woo-rim

Figure skater Kim Yuna, the 2010 Winter Olympics gold medalist, will marry singer Ko Woo-rim, a member of crossover vocal quartet Forestella. All That Sports, the agency of Korea's skating legend, and Ko's agency, Beat Interactive, said Monday that Kim, 32, and Ko, 27, will tie the knot “at the end of this October in Seoul.”

Lee Gyu-lee | 2022-07-25 15:42

Virginia Tech students' visit

Virginia Tech students' visit

A group of students and faculty from Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business pose after their visit to The Korea Times as part of their international study tour, Wednesday. They had a session to discuss K-pop and Korean culture with the newspaper's staff. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul.

2022-07-20 16:07

[INTERVIEW] Saudi Arabia seeks to become cultural leader via partnership with Korea

INTERVIEWSaudi Arabia seeks to become cultural leader via partnership with Korea

In October 2019, K-pop behemoth BTS grabbed international headlines for becoming the first non-Arab artist to play a concert at a stadium in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, where foreign singers could rarely take to the stage in the past. The sold-out show at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh took place only about three months after K-pop act Super Junior becam...

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-07-12 14:16

Descendant of Korean potters in Japan bridges cultures

Descendant of Korean potters in Japan bridges cultures

Kazuteru Osako, a Korean-Japanese potter of Satsuma ware, speaks to the descendants of the Cheongsong Shim clan at Cheongsimjae in Gimpo's Daegot Village, July 9. Yonhap Korean-Japanese Satsuma ware master visits Korea to explore roots By Ko Dong-hwanGIMPO ―...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2022-07-11 01:25

Forum sheds light on how metaverse can reshape entertainment industry

Forum sheds light on how metaverse can reshape entertainment industry

Hardly anyone doubts that the metaverse is a hot talking point in the entertainment scene today, but many do not have a clear picture of how it can reshape the industry and change the way people enjoy cultural content. To help them better understand the concept, opinion leaders in cultural fields gathered together at the 2022 World Cultural Industry Forum (WCIF), which was he...

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-07-08 08:37

Models wearing recycled, vegan designs hit DDP runway for climate

Models wearing recycled, vegan designs hit DDP runway for climate

Fashion created by innovative technologies and is good for the environment has drawn attention at a special fashion show hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday evening. T-shirts and shoes made with discarded PET plastic bottles, bags woven out of cactus skin to avoid the use of animals and hats borne from slivers of fabric scraps were part of show's aim: to r...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2022-07-08 07:42

World Cultural Industry Forum highlights Sweden's impact on K-pop

World Cultural Industry Forum highlights Sweden's impact on K-pop

K-pop hits like SuperM's “One (Monster & Infinity)” (2020), TWICE's “Dance the Night Away” (2018) and Red Velvet's “Peek-A-Boo” (2017) have one thing in common: all of them involved Swedish songwriters in their creative processes. On the first day of the 2022 World Cultural Industry Forum (WCIF) that took place at Hotel Susung in the southeastern city of Daegu, Wednesday, opi...

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-07-07 09:52

'Stable environment needed to nurture Korean mathematicians': June Huh

'Stable environment needed to nurture Korean mathematicians': June Huh

June Huh, who won the prestigious Fields Medal given to talented mathematicians under 40, said Wednesday that there should be an environment where young math scholars in Korea can conduct stable research with long-term goals in order to nurture prominent domestic researchers. “A lot of young mathematicians are doing so well in Korea. I am just one of them and I feel pretty un...

Baek Byung-yeul | 2022-07-06 16:53

June Huh becomes 1st scholar of Korean descent to win Fields Medal

MOU with Oman Daily Observer

MOU with Oman Daily Observer

Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, top left, and Abdullah bin Salim Al Shueili, top right, editor-in-chief of Oman Daily Observer, show their copies of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed to promote cooperation between the two news outlets, during an online signing ceremony, Tuesday. At bottom is Zuwaina Al Ofi, charge d'affaires from the Embassy of the Sult...

2022-07-06 16:08

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