Artists with disabilities at the opening ceremony of “Into the People, Into Harmony,” an exhibition at Cheong Wa Dae’s Chunchugwan in central Seoul, August 31. / Courtesy of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism An art exhibition highlighting the works of disabled artists was held at Cheong Wa Dae, the former presidential compound.    The exhibition was designed to support artists with disabilities and present their works to the pu

The 27th Busan International Film Festival will take place from October 5 to 14.     The southeastern port city of Busan will see a myriad of festivals in October. Such festivals have only been held online or in a mixed on- and offline format since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but most of them this year are returning to their original forms with a wide range of offline programs since most of the social distancing rules&n

​ Inga Griese, editor-in-chief of ICON / Courtesy of Inga Griese    A growing number of foreign newspapers, broadcasters and magazines have been featuring Korea in recent years, prompted by the increasing global popularity of and attention to the country’s cultural content.    Often, the subject has been how Netflix’s megahit series “Squid Game” appealed to global audiences or how that dystopian drama’s characters were featured prominen

  People enter Cheong Wa Dae through its main gate on May 10, during a celebratory event to mark the opening of the former presidential office and residence in Seoul.     Central Seoul has received a monumental makeover to become the cultural and social heart of the capital as the public has been granted entry into the former presidential office and residence of Cheong Wa Dae and the recently refurbished Gwanghwamun Square

    Trainees pose during a welcoming ceremony for the 2022 Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing co-organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the International Vaccine Institute, at Seoul National University, July 18. / Courtesy of Ministry of Health and Welfare   Korea has taken its first step toward becoming a global bio-manufacturing training hub, with the Ministry of Health and Welfare launching t

Gimbap is Korean soul food and a picnic essential. / Courtesy of gettyimagesbank   If you’re a fan of the Korean drama, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” you probably noticed what Woo Young-woo, played by actor Park Eun-bin, eats every day.   She has gimbap three times per day and almost nothing else. In the ENA series, Woo packs her own lunch and refuses to eat in her law firm’s cafeteria. For a compulsory  hoesik  (dinner and drinks after work), she orders

A night view of Suwon Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do Province, a UNESCO World Heritage site / Courtesy of Korea Tourism Organization (Live Studio) One of the best day-trip destinations lies 30 minutes south of Seoul Station by KTX, one hour by Line 1. It goes to Suwon, a small (by East Asian standards) city of about 1 million people in Gyeonggi-do Province.   Suwon Hwaseong Fortress ’s 18 th -century city walls encircle the old center and were largely