The first Salon Gallery project “Consumption”.
Gallery FIFTY FIFTY will be presenting a joint gallery project with three artists, Yenata, Lafic and Kir Cood. These three artists are making a name for themselves really fast and it has started to attract a following especially, in the hip-hop subculture scene. Under the theme of “Consumption”, the exhibition will be hosted by the […]
China’s ban shifting hallyu to Southeast Asia
Kim Jae-heun – The Korea Times China’s recent restrictions on K-pop and K-dramas are shifting the Korean wave, or hallyu, to Southeast Asia, officials said Thursday. China has cancelled a series of concerts and the airing of Korean TV dramas and shows after the Korean government decided to deploy a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area […]
True Story of a Little Girl and a Soldier: Ayla
In 1950, Sergeant Suleyman was one of the thousands of Turkish soldiers who went to South Korea to fight the enemy. Suleyman and Ali, a fellow soldier from Iskenderun, had volunteered to help the people of South Korea and to fight in a war that was taking place in a remote country. American military officers […]
Samsung Electronics surpasses W2 mil.
Samsung Electronics stocks touched 2 million won Thursday, soaring to a record high. It is the first time the electronics giant which debuted on the stock market in 1975 surpassed 2 million won. The world’s leading tech company started trading at 1.97 million won in the morning session, reaching 2 million won at 10:23 a.m. […]
Impeached President Park Slams Accusations of Cultural Blacklist
Amid ongoing investigations that the current impeached President Park Geun Hye abused her executive power to blackmail artists and cultural figures, Jung Kyu-jae, chief reporter of the Korean Economic News Daily, conducted an interview with Park just before the Lunar New Year festival. When asked about her position on the slew of allegations made against her […]
The Uses of the Space Energy
Last July, as 1,300 corporations of the 21 APEC member states came together at the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Technology Conference and Fair (APEC-SMETC), Korea Space Energy Co. Ltd was selected as 2016 APEC Best Practices in SME Innovation for its Space Energy Implosion Radiation Generator. This adaptive radiation device was internationally recognized for […]
Chinese ministries ban military-type exports to N.Korea
China has released a list of goods that are banned for export to North Korea on Wednesday, including items and technologies that can be used to build weapons of mass destruction, according to the Ministry of Commerce(MOC) website. Expert said that it shows China’s resolution to comply with the UN sanctions and serves as a […]
25th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Uzbekistan
Botirjon Asadov / Uzbekistan Ambassador to South Korea This year the Republic of Korea and Uzbekistan celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. The foundation of bilateral relations between the two nations was laid on Dec. 30, 1991, when South Korea was among the first foreign countries to recognize Uzbekistan’s independence. Subsequently, […]
Xi urges continued efforts to build strong military
President Xi Jinping called on the military to improve its political awareness, push forward reform, and govern it according to law to aid the building of a strong military. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), underscored the importance […]