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Wed, March 29, 2023 | 16:04

[Korea Encounters]When Korea's exiled royal family returned home

Korea EncountersWhen Korea's exiled royal family returned home

The 20th century was not kind to Korea's royal family. As Japan asserted control over Korea, Emperor Gojong was forced to abdicate in 1907 and the weak Crown Prince, Sunjong, was placed on the throne instead. Sunjong, by then a mere figurehead, died in 1926 without an heir.

2021-07-06 21:10

Foreigners to be allowed to stay in Korea only until their passport expiration date: ministry

Foreigners to be allowed to stay in Korea only until their passport expiration date: ministry

Starting Thursday, foreigners will be allowed to stay in South Korea only until their passport expiration date, the justice ministry said.

2021-07-01 14:12

Online Seoul Drag Parade goes global

Online Seoul Drag Parade goes global

Seoul Drag Parade hosted its first free online drag show on Sunday, during this year's Seoul Queer Culture Festival, featuring drag performers from all over the world, including drag queens from “RuPaul's Drag Race.”

2021-06-29 13:52

[Friends of Korea] What if I hadn't served in Peace Corps Korea?

Friends of KoreaWhat if I hadn't served in Peace Corps Korea?

I was a Peace Corps Tuberculosis Control Volunteer in 1980 and 1981, up until the Peace Corps closed its program in Korea after 15 years. Following 10 weeks of language, cultural and job training at the Sejong Hotel in Chuncheon, my wife and I were sent to Hongcheon, Gangwon Province. I was a tuberculosis control worker, and my wife worked in the maternal child health ward of...

2021-06-29 13:40

Dr. Han Sang-woo of Ajou University will give a webinar talk on June 30 titled, “Traces of the Japanese and Manchu Invasions through Household Registers of 17th-century Korea.” The talk is the ninth in the webinar series looking at the aftermath and legacy of the 1592-98 Imjin War. The project has received funding from the European Research Council. The event, held online fro...

2021-06-29 13:34

King Sejong Institute to launch new Korean language test next year

King Sejong Institute to launch new Korean language test next year

A state-run Korean language education foundation said Sunday it plans to adopt a new Korean language proficiency test next year to help foreign learners assess their Korean skills.

2021-06-27 09:17

Digital magazine shares stories of Songdo's blossoming, nascent community

Digital magazine shares stories of Songdo's blossoming, nascent community

Residents of Songdo have come together to create Songdo Stories, an online magazine sharing creative works inspired by Songdo. Issue 1, published at the start of June, is available online as a PDF, with possible plans to make print versions in the future.

2021-06-22 01:52

[Joseon Images] Hunting for treasure in Korea

Joseon ImagesHunting for treasure in Korea

Everywhere you go in Korea there are historical relics and remnants of the past. Many of them are displayed prominently and well-documented - old palaces, temples and pagodas - while others are hidden away in museums and archives, but there still are more artifacts waiting to be discovered. Even in Seoul, a bustling and ever-changing city, new historical discoveries are const...

2021-06-22 01:50

[RAS Korea] World's oldest Korean studies journal publishes 95th volume

RAS KoreaWorld's oldest Korean studies journal publishes 95th volume

One hundred and twenty-one years in the making, Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea has published the 95th volume of its now-annual “Transactions.” RAS Korea's journal began humbly in 1900, the year of the society's founding, with a small, 90-page booklet. Yet its contents represented some of the world's first-ever academic studies of Korea in the English language. Interrupted ...

2021-06-15 17:50

'Embracing Black joy through struggle:' Korea's Black community celebrates Juneteenth

'Embracing Black joy through struggle:' Korea's Black community celebrates Juneteenth

Juneteenth was a word not known to many outside of the U.S. ― as well as some inside it either ― before this last year. According to Google Trends, searches for the word “Juneteenth” reached their highest level in 2020 since 2004, the earliest data available. According to data, the word didn't only trend in the U.S., but worldwide too.

2021-06-15 17:50

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