The followings are excerpts from an interview with Author Lee Seo-hoo.Q. Great to meet you. Before we jump into the main part of the interview, could you please briefly tell me about yourself first?A. The pleasure is all mine. Thank you for having me here. Well, I always find it quite difficult to p

By Culture feature editor Sion KhanWhen I heard that the exhibition titled "Geumgangdowondo" by artist Kim Young-ok would be held at Seongnam Art Center Gallery 808 from March 14 to 21, 2023, I visited there hurriedly because Kim worked on the theme of Geumgangsan Mountain, which is the spirit of th

The JEONJU International Film Festival (JEONJU IFF, Festival Co-Director Min Sungwook and Jung Junho) announced that a total of 604 films from 83 countries have been submitted for this year’s International Competition, a record-setting figure for the festival.During the submission period (Nov. 23, 2

By Culture-Art Editor Joy ChoFamed Korean art collector Kim Ki-ryun (known as Bobby Kim among the English-speaking friends) is widely known among art lovers in Korea as one who has rare arts works, of which no one can dare estimate the prices of his possessions. Bobby Kim is himself known among the

Indiespace, the first private independent movie theater in Korea opened in 2007, is showing a variety of Korean independent films through special exhibitions and screenings, including premiere.Sponsorship for Sharing Seats adopts a way to engrave sponsor’s name on the seat of the Indiespace theater

The JEONJU International Film Festival Organizing Committee (JEONJU IFF, Festival Chairman WOO Beom-ki) selected MIN Sungwook, the former deputy director of JEONJU IFF, and JUNG Joonho, a film actor, as the new festival co-directors and held a ceremony on Monday, December 26th. While he presented th

By Culture Editor Sion KhanHanbok designer Kim Hyun-sook who was certified as a Grand Master (Master Number G13-17-02-21), established the “Kim Hyun-sook Wooriot Culture Research Institute” in 1988.She also established the Korean Clothing Culture and Social Education Center to operate it as an educa

The JEONJU International Film Festival (JEONJU IFF) has started accepting entries for the 24th edition’s International Competition from Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The application will be available from the start date until Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, at 17:00 (KST).The JEONJU IFF doesn’t have any genre

By Vice Chairman Song Na-ra Kiaf Seoul, the most important international art fair in Asia, was held at A Hall and B Hall in COEX, Seoul from Sept. 3 to Sept. 6, 2022, with 164 galleries from 17 countries and regions participating. Meanwhile, Kiaf Plus was held at SETEC from Sept. 2 to 5, 2022.Kiaf S

Poet Oh Eun, born in 1982, made his debut in the monthly magazine, “Modern Poetry,” in 2002 at the age of 20. His first collection of poems, “The Pigs of Hotel Tassel,” drew a lot of attention. In this anthology, he deconstructed, reassembled, and pointed out the absurdity of not only Korean society

By Publisher-Chairman Lee Kyung-sik with Vice Chairman Ha Eui-chulLast Sunday, I had a rare opportunity to meet with Mrs. Kim Hee-ra, madam of Korea’s famous actor, Kim Hee-ra. His farther, Kim Seung-ho, was even more famous for many outstanding award-winning movies, including Mabu (A Horse Cart Dri

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Editor Kevin Lee, Reporter Lee Ji-hyunJIMFF bares 10 ‘must-see’ music films on opening day tomorrow. Time is running out and, alas, it is tomorrow when the 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) starts (on August 11, 2022)!The host has disclosed the

The Speakeasy bar "Charles H.," located on the lower level of Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, was named top four Best International Hotel Bar at the 2022 Tales of the Cocktail, Spirited Awards. And also the only Korean bar nominated within the top ten.In partnership with Forbes, the Spirited Awards have b

By Art Editor Sion KhanWhenever I go to Insa-dong art district in Seoul, I stop by several galleries. Among them, when Multi-artist Han Su-il exhibited at Gallery Reuben, I visited the gallery as there were a number of works that attracted the attention of many people.Although they were ‘flat-painti

DauLang is delighted to present NH: Beneath the Commune, the first exhibition by Tai Shani in South Korea, and the inaugural show at DauLang’s Yongsan space. Tai Shani (born 1976 in London) is a Turner Prize-winning, London-based artist who works across a variety of media, bringing together writing,

By Cultural Editor Song Na-ra (vice chairman)Chairman Min Tae-hong of Korean Modern Artists Association delivered an artwork titled the “2015 Creation of Heaven and Earth” to commemorate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Ukraine and to pray for peace at the Ukrainian Emb

A charity concert entitled, “For Peace in Ukraine” by Artel Philharmonic Orchestra, will be held at the at Lotte Concert Hall in downtown Seoul at 19:30 on June 23, 2022.It is a charity musical event held together with the UN-NGO in supplication of peace in Ukraine also known in a name, “You Are Not

The interiors of former Presidential mansion, Cheong Wa Dae, includig main office building and official residence of the President, were opened on May 26 to the public more than two weeks after the compound was opened on May 10 for the first time in 74 years.The Cultural Heritage Administration's (C

With the motif of white, the national symbolic color, CEO Park Myung-sook of the Royal Collection expressed the beauty with the pride and patriotism of Koreans by designing and emboding the image of Dokdo, a beautiful island of Korea in the East Sea.Under the theme of “Dokdo Flower, Korea Hanbok,” C

The 23rd JEONJU International Film Festival (JEONJU IFF, Festival Director LEE Joondong) held a press conference to voice support for Ukraine.The executive directors of Korea’s international film festivals who agreed to support Ukraine gathered at the 23rd JEONJU IFF on Friday, April 29. JEONJU IFF