Dynamic-Korea


Feb		09		10


Dec		26		09

Celebrate the Korean Lunar New Year, Seollal, at KORUS House
Along with the fall harvest celebration of Chuseok, one of the two most important traditional Korean holidays of the year is the Lunar New Year, known as Seollal. Like Chuseok, Seollal is a joyful occ...

City of Light' Gwangju's kimchi spreading globally
Gwangju City will begin efforts to globalize its own kimchi, through aggressive kimchi marketing both at home and abroad, and the creation of a ��kimchi cluster' complex in the city, centred around a ...

Sejong City to become nat'l center for education and science
The new city of Sejong to be constructed in Yeongi-gun (county), South Chungcheong Province, will become the center for national educational and scientific development, according to the government's p...

Landscape Matters: The Contemporary Korean National and Natural Environment
In early February of 2010 I will leave the winter's snow, ice and bitter cold of the Boston area in the United States to come to Korea for what promises to be an exciting and challenging academic sabb...

NYT: Seoul a Must-see Destination in 2010
Seoul was number three on the list of ��The 31 Places to Go in 2010�� released by New York Times (NYT). In its article on January 10th, the NYT introduced 31 places to visit in 2010 and put Seoul in t...

Traditional Korean Music DVDs for Overseas Audiences
Institutions or organizations overseas dedicated to Korean studies can order a free DVD-set on Korean traditional music from the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. The DVD-set ��Emp...

Traditional Korean Rice Wine Makgeolli Wins Approval for U.S. Exports
The green light is on for Korean traditional rice wine makgeolli exports to the United States. Jeonju City in Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province) announced early January that Jeonju makgeolli has ...

Heungbo-ga Pansori CD Released in English and Korean Versions
The Committee for the Jeonju International Sori (Sound) Festival has announced the release of a Heungbo-ga (Song of Heungbo) CD in both English and Korean versions. Heungbo-ga is one of the classic so...