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Chiwoonjung offers regal Korean dining, boarding

Chiwoonjung offers regal Korean dining, boarding

Korea’s longing to modernize still has the country racing toward the cutting-edge. As that speed accelerates, the longing to hold onto what remains of traditional Korea has strengthened. More people and spaces are living out the longing, such as Chiwoonjung, a boutique hanok hotel atop Bukchon. Bukchon is where traditional Korean houses known as “hanok” huddle in clusters - s...

Kim Ji-soo | 2017-10-27 14:34

Two original UNESCO certificates found

The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), Sunday, announced it has found two of the seven lost UNECSCO certificates that verify the inscription of Korean cultural assets on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) lawmaker Kim Byung-wook, a member of the National Assembly’s Education, Culture, Sports & Tourism Committee, said he has received a confirmat...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-10-15 21:08

'Korea is extraordinary mix of modernity and tradition'

'Korea is extraordinary mix of modernity and tradition'

Korea may not attract as much global interest as its northeast Asian neighbors. However, those who visit Korea usually leave the country with unforgettable impressions, such as the energy and the delicious foods the nation offers. The Culture Communication Forum (CCF), hosted by Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI), invites leading cultural figures from G20 countries to...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-08-29 21:11

Returned royal seals open to public view

Returned royal seals open to public view

Royal seals from the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910), including those returned home from the United States after being looted, are on view at the National Palace Museum of Korea in central Seoul, starting Saturday. The centerpieces of "The Return of the Royal Seals" exhibit are the royal seal of Queen Munjeong and the royal seal of King Hyeonjong, which were illegally taken out of...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2017-08-18 17:11

1st portrait of Empress Myeongseong?

1st portrait of Empress Myeongseong?

A portrait presumed to be of Empress Myeongseong (1851-1895) is being shown at an antique-specialized gallery's exhibition. Daboseong Gallery, based in central Seoul, unveiled the 66.5-centimeter-long by 48.5-centimeter-wide portrait on a scroll, Monday. It features a woman dressed in white "hanbok" (Korean traditional costume) and wearing a white bandana. The woman is seated...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2017-08-15 15:33

Independence fighters' cemetery to become cultural property

Mangu Cemetery in Seoul, which includes the tombs of eight independence fighters, will become a Registered Cultural Property. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced the planned registration of the cemetery, where independence activists O Se-chang, Mun Il-pyeong, Bang Jeong-hwan, O Gi-man and more are buried, Tuesday. The cemetery is recognized as a place to inhe...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2017-08-08 17:39

CHA embarrasses itself by losing original copy of UNESCO certificates

CHA embarrasses itself by losing original copy of UNESCO certificates

The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) has apparently lost the original copy of the UNESCO certificate that certifies the inscription of the Joseon Wangjo Sillok, or the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, according to a report by the Hankook Ilbo, The Korea Times' sister paper, Monday. The original copy of the UNESCO certificate which ...

Yun Suh-young | 2017-08-07 18:09

[단독] 우병우, 김진태 갈등에 문정왕후 어보 환수 늦어졌나?

단독우병우, 김진태 갈등에 문정왕후 어보 환수 늦어졌나?

(서울=코리아타임스) 박재혁 기자 = 우병우 전 민정수석과 김진태 전 검찰총장의 갈등 탓에 최근 국내로 돌아온 문정왕후 어보와 현종 어보의 환수가 2년이나 늦어졌다는 주장이 제기됐다. 지난 2015년 박근혜 대통령의 방미 때 이미 두 어보를 되찾아올 수 있었음에도, 우리 정부가 소극적으로 대응했다는 것이다.

Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-08-04 11:43

New historical map found in Japan marks Dokdo as Korean territory

New historical map found in Japan marks Dokdo as Korean territory

An antique map from the 19th century depicting the Dokdo Islands as part of Korean territory has been discovered in Japan. Nam Kwon-hee, a professor of library information science at Kyungpook National University, said he confirmed a Japanese collector has a hand-drawn map of “Daedongyeojido,” a Korean map made by cartographer and geologist Kim Jeong-ho in 1861 that marks Dok...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2017-08-02 18:40

[Joseon Images] Tigers in Seoul

Joseon ImagesTigers in Seoul

In the early 1890s, Arnold Henry Savage Landor, an English explorer and writer, visited Korea and described the country as being full of enormous tigers that were “fond of human flesh” and terrorized the Korean population _ despite their “almost religious veneration” of these great felines.

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