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Culture
Retrieval of Joseon era plant samples from Russian museum
National institute of biological resources in South Korea announced their retrieval of Korean plants that date back to the Joseon era from Russia. The institute announced receiving 100 plant samples of Korean old plants collected between 1886 and 1902 from Seoul and Incheon, and had been kept since then in “Komarov”…
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East Asia
New Seoul-based zine offers platform for female artists
What has always interested me in Korea is the alternative forms of art. While the mainstream media rules the markets all around the world, it is the alternative art, music and cinema of a country which push the envelope and experiment and bring in more diversity. And in Korea, specifically in…
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Culture
The first kpop concert in Prgaue
On Friday 4th December, the first Kpop concert in the Czech Republic capital, Prague, was held in a sports stadium, during the visit of South Korea’s president Park Geun Hye to the country. The concert was attended by over 1800 hallyu fans from Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. President…
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Culture
Photographer captures people’s reactions when told they are beautiful
A photographer conducted a social experiment to see what happens when you tell someone they are beautiful. The 18-year-old student from Chicago, Shea Glover, asked random people to pose for her and said to them, “I’m taking pictures of things I find beautiful.” “I conducted an independent project which evidently…
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Society
Remembering Edie Sedgwick
What urged me to write about Edie Sedgwick was first, her timeless beauty, and then her tragic life story but most of all, it was her sensitive soul that remained mostly hidden behind the mask of her beauty, trendsetting fashion statements that influenced the 1960s America and, her popularity as…
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Culture
“Tug of War” joins UNESCO’s intangible heritage list
The traditional game of “Tug of War” was recently added to UNESCO’s international intangible heritage list. The decision was made during the meeting the intangible heritage committee of UNESCO held in Namibia on Wednesday 2nd December. It’s worthy to mention that four Asian countries: South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Philippines, applied…
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Culture
TaeTiSeo welcome winter with “Dear Santa”
The trio from Girls’ Generation have returned with a new song for the upcoming holiday season as part of their mini album titled “Dear Santa”, which will include 6 tracks. “Dear Santa” was just released as they’ve been teasing for the release of the song and the music video fro over…
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South East Asia
Geoje International Photo Festival: Photographers community gathers in Geoje Island
November 27 marked my first visit to Geoje Island, the second largest island in Korea. The reason was quite simple and interesting. My photographs had been selected as part of the first Geoje International Photo Festival and I was also on assignment to cover the festival. The two-day journey to…
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South East Asia
Sex slavery talks between Korean, Japan likely to continue into 2016
Negotiations between Korea and Japan over Tokyo’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II are likely to drag on into next year. Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said he was skeptical about striking a deal with Korea over the issue by the end of this year, Japan’s Nihon…
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West Asia
International festival of visually impaired musicians in Tunisia
Starting on Thursday 3rd December and until Saturday 5th December, the first round for the International Festival for Blind Musicians will be held in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis. The festival chose for its first round to honor one of the icons of the Arab music, the late Sheikh Imam. This festival, the…
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