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Mon, May 29, 2023 | 22:18

Korea marks world's lowest birthrate: UN report

Korea marks world's lowest birthrate: UN report

South Korea continues to have the lowest birthrate in the world this year amid fast growth of its elderly population, a United Nations report showed Tuesday. The country's total fertility rate per woman amounted to 1.1 in 2021, unchanged from a year earlier, according to the report from the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA).

2021-04-14 13:28

US Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, 5 others recognized for promoting hanbok

US Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, 5 others recognized for promoting hanbok

U.S. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland and five teams have received a certificate of appreciation from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for promoting Korean traditional hanbok attire.

Park Ji-won | 2021-04-13 15:40

Survivors of xenophobia, hate crime captured in photos

Survivors of xenophobia, hate crime captured in photos

Documentary photographer Kim Ji-youn was puzzled when she learned about a group of Koreans in Japan called “Chosen-seki,” or “Korean domicile,” the descendants of Koreans who migrated to Japan before its surrender in 1945.Unlike Zainichi Koreans or Korean-Japanese who are legal residents in Japan, Chosen-seki identify themselves as the people from Joseon, the Confucian dynast...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-04-12 08:26

KOCCA's digital showroom 'The Selects' ends F/W 2021 collection on high note

KOCCA's digital showroom 'The Selects' ends F/W 2021 collection on high note

The Selects, a showroom operated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), has successfully finished the 2021 Fall/Winter collection. The showroom's sales during the collection reached around $230,000, which is twice that of last year, according to the agency.

Lee Gyu-lee | 2021-04-09 17:13

Hanbok Culture Week kicks off

Hanbok Culture Week kicks off

Hanbok Culture Week 2021, a nationwide cultural festival designed to promote the beauty of Korean traditional clothing held since 2018, kicked off Friday and will run until April 18. As part of the event, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Hanbok Advancement Center, three CGV branches in Seoul - Myeongdong, Myeongdong Station Cine Libra...

Park Han-sol | 2021-04-09 16:58

Upcycling boom in fashion: designers take action to reduce textile waste

Upcycling boom in fashion: designers take action to reduce textile waste

The pandemic has become a turning point for fashion labels as local designers have begun to search their souls to figure out if there is any way they are responsible for the spread of COVID-19. Some conclude designers and fashion brands are not immune from responsibility because every year billions of tons of textile waste ends up in landfills.

Park Ji-won | 2021-04-09 00:47

Underwood Memorial House designated cultural heritage site

Underwood Memorial House designated cultural heritage site

Underwood Memorial House, the residence of Horace Horton Underwood, who served as the third president of Yonhi College, the predecessor of Yonsei University, was designated as a cultural heritage site for its historical value as a work of Western architecture, along with three other sites, according to the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA).

Park Ji-won | 2021-04-06 16:33

Online shopping rises 15 percent in February amid pandemic

Online shopping rises 15 percent in February amid pandemic

Online shopping in South Korea grew 15.2 percent on-year in February as more people bought products via e-commerce platforms amid the pandemic, data showed Tuesday. The value of online shopping transactions stood at 13.7 trillion won (US$12.2 billion) in February, compared with 11.9 trillion won the previous year, according to the data from Statistics Korea.

2021-04-06 14:20

[INTERVIEW] Pulitzer-winning photojournalist stresses value of long-lasting visual stories

INTERVIEWPulitzer-winning photojournalist stresses value of long-lasting visual stories

Tear gas was fired by the United States border guard to repel a caravan of migrants near the border between the U.S. and Mexico on Nov. 25, 2018. The Central American asylum seekers, most of whom left their homes to give a better life to their children, had to run from the tear gas. Kim Kyung-hoon, a senior photographer at Reuters who was at the scene, needed to put on a mask...

Park Ji-won | 2021-04-01 16:42

China again claims Korean dish, this time Samgyetang

China again claims Korean dish, this time Samgyetang

China has claimed that Samgyetang, or traditional Korean ginseng chicken soup, is theirs, upsetting many Koreans who are tired of the neighboring country's cultural provocations. On Baidu, the Chinese equivalent of Google, Tuesday, Samgyetang was described as a chicken soup dish originating from Guangdong province, China, which was later introduced to Korea. It adds that the ...

Park Ji-won | 2021-03-30 17:31

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