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Seoul city to turn purple in celebration of BTS' 10th anniv. next month

K-pop group BTS / Courtesy of BTS official TwitterMajor landmarks in Seoul will be bathed in purple next month in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the globally popular K-pop group BTS since its debut.According to music industry sources Thursday, Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind the group, and the Seoul metropolitan government are discussing jointly holding various events to commemorate the anniversary.Creating a special event place, called "ARMY Road," after the name of the band's global fandom, at the city's major landmarks is also one of the plans in discussion, the sources said. City officials expect the events will help boost Seoul's tourism industry, which has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.BTS has been holding its own commemorative events and festival weeks around its debut day, which falls on June 13, every year. Even during the period when large in-person events could not be held due to the pandemic, it had large-scale online meet-and-greet events for fans to interact with other fans around the world. As this year is a significant year marking its 10th annivers

May 18, 2023
Seoul city to turn purple in celebration of BTS' 10th anniv. next month

2023 Korea Times - ETS Student Reporter Contest

URL : https://forms.gle/tKa8HMAnnfcNYktGAETS, the ETS logo, TOEFL and TOEFL IBT are registered trademarks of ETS in the United States and other countries and used under license in Korea. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

May 17, 2023
2023 Korea Times - ETS Student Reporter Contest

2023 코리아타임스 - ETS 학생 리포터 대회

URL : https://forms.gle/tKa8HMAnnfcNYktGAETS 공식 홈페이지 : https://www.ets.org토플 공식 홈페이지 : http://www.toefl.orgETS, the ETS logo, TOEFL and TOEFL IBT are registered trademarks of ETS in the United States and other countries and used under license in Korea. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.ETS 공식 모의고사 웹사이트 : https://etest.chosun.comETS 공식 모의고사 웹사이트 : https://etest.chosun.com

May 17, 2023
2023 코리아타임스 - ETS 학생 리포터 대회

Seoul Festa draws 180,000 foreign tourists

Foreign visitors to Seoul try personal color testing at a beauty zone inside Seoul Culture Square at Gwanghwamun Square during Seoul Festa 2023 held from April 30 to May 7. Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan GovernmentBy Ko Dong-hwanSeoul Festa 2023, an annual tourist festival hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, has cemented its status as an iconic international event after drawing nearly 200,000 foreign tourists. The festival took place from April 30 to May 7 across the capital.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Monday, some 180,000 foreign tourists visited the city during the eight-day run and the figures represented 76 percent of the total number of foreign visitors to Korea during the period.The government said the number of foreign visitors to the city during that period was 55 percent of the number of tourists who came in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country. Last year, the number of foreign tourists reached 50 percent compared to the number in 2019. The city government believes the increase shows that international tourism in the city is getting

May 16, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Seoul Festa draws 180,000 foreign tourists

Korea Times-Manila Bulletin MOU

Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, top left, and Manila Bulletin Publisher Herminio Sonny Coloma, bottom left photo in the middle, show their copies of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed to promote cooperation between the two news outlets, during an online signing ceremony, May 11. At bottom right is Ambassador of the Philippines to Korea Maria Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega who helped connect the two media outlets. At top right is Manila Bulletin Executive Editor Pinky Colmenares. At bottom left are Manila Bulletin Senior News Editor Isabel De Leon, to the left of Coloma, and Manila Bulletin Editor-in-Chief Loreto Cabanes. Korea Times photo by Kwak Won-hee

May 16, 2023
Korea Times-Manila Bulletin MOU

Yoido Full Gospel Church to celebrate 65th anniversary

The facade of today's Yoido Full Gospel Church in southern Seoul's Yeongdeungpo District / Courtesy of Yoido Full Gospel ChurchFrom tent church to Korea's largest Protestant churchBy Sah Dong-seokYoido Full Gospel Church will mark its 65th anniversary on May 18. Founded by Rev. Cho Yong-gi in 1958 in a tent, it has grown remarkably over a short period of time, and nowadays draws the largest number of believers in Korea for worship.The church has a unique position in that it let Pentecostalism, a Christian movement that emphasizes the direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit, take center stage in the Korean Protestant world, where the Presbyterian denomination prevails. Senior Pastor Lee Young-hoon, who is leading the megachurch after Rev. Cho died in September 2021, has also become a leader of the Korean church circle, concurrently serving as the president of the United Christian Churches of Korea.The number of Yoido Full Gospel Church members reached 500,000 at the end of 1985. The figure exceeded 700,000 in 1992 although many major churches in Seoul an

May 15, 2023
Yoido Full Gospel Church to celebrate 65th anniversary
  • INTERVIEW Yoido Full Gospel Church presents spiritual vision for future

A history dedicated to helping those in need

Yoido Full Gospel Church has consistently coordinated relief and aid efforts for the underprivileged across the nation since 1982. Courtesy of Yoido Full Gospel ChurchBy Sah Dong-seokYoido Full Gospel Church is preparing to hold a variety of events under the theme of “Re-Bible, Revival” to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Hardie's mission and the 65th anniversary of its foundation. The highlight of those events will be a prayer meeting to be held on May 17 to 21 in the church. Robert Alexander Hardie was a Canadian physician and Methodist evangelist who served as a missionary in Korea for 45 years. He is recognized as the catalyst for the Wonsan Revival in 1903 which later inspired the Great Pyongyang Revival of 1907 in North Korea. Church officials say the prayer meeting will serve as an occasion to look back on the faith and life of Hardie who led the Korean church's spiritual revival movement and prayed for the revival of the Korean church under the themes of “repentance and blessing,” “filled with Holy Spirit” and “gratitude.” Sen

May 15, 2023
A history dedicated to helping those in need
  • INTERVIEW Yoido Full Gospel Church presents spiritual vision for future

INTERVIEW Yoido Full Gospel Church presents spiritual vision for future

Yoido Full Gospel Church Senior Pastor Lee Young-hoon speaks during an interview with The Korea Times at the church's office in southern Seoul's Yeongdeungpo District last September. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBy Park Han-solFor Yoido Full Gospel Church, the largest Protestant house of worship in Korea, the year 2023 marks a crucial moment in more ways than one.Not only does the megachurch, which started out in 1958 by holding services under a makeshift tent in northwestern Seoul, celebrate its 65th anniversary on May 18, it will also commemorate the 120th anniversary of the 1903 Great Spiritual Revival that took place in Wonsan in present-day North Korea in August.“Starting from the end of last year, many Christian institutions across Korea and around the world, including our church, are witnessing a new wave of spiritual revival,” Rev. Lee Young-hoon, the senior pastor at the church, remarked during an interview with The Korea Times. “It feels like we are coming out of a long winter and welcoming spring, where everything is radiating with life.”Throu

May 15, 2023By Park Han-sol
[INTERVIEW] Yoido Full Gospel Church presents spiritual vision for future
  • Yoido Full Gospel Church to celebrate 65th anniversary
  • A history dedicated to helping those in need

Veterans ministry to name bicycle path after key Korean War battle

This image, provided by the veterans ministry, shows the poster of a cycling event designed to mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War. YonhapThe veterans ministry will name a bike path just east of Seoul after a key Korean War battle this week, as part of a program to mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 conflict, the ministry said Wednesday.The ministry plans to designate the 11-kilometer path in Gapyeong, 60 kilometers east of the capital, as the Road of the Battle of Gapyeong during an event in the county Thursday.The event was organized to commemorate the sacrifices of the fallen troops from 22 nations that fought under a U.N. mandate during the war.The event will be attended by some 100 participants, including Vice Veterans Minister Yoon Jong-jin and diplomats from Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.The Gapyeong battle took place from April 23-27, 1951. The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade, comprising soldiers from the four countries, successfully fought against Chinese forces and gave Korean and U.N.

May 10, 2023
Veterans ministry to name bicycle path after key Korean War battle

Classes to teach parents-to-be traditional Korean lullabies, mobile making

By Ko Dong-hwanFor soon-to-be moms and dads, prenatal care can become over-complicated by barrages of information on nutrition, books, places to go and exercises for the care of unborn babies. It can all become very costly in terms of both time and money. For millennia in Korea, as for people all over the world throughout history, new parents simply relied on the simple wisdom preserved and handed down from generation to generation.A Korean traditional hand-sewn baby mobile is seen in a poster for “Sewing with Our Own Folk Sound” class at Seoul Museum of Korean Folk Music / Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan GovernmentThe Seoul Metropolitan Government will open a special class at a local museum in Seoul, later this week for those bracing for the big day and mulling over the bigger responsibilities they will have to handle in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.Lessons teaching the craft of sewing a baby mobile and folkloric Korean lullabies, open on Friday at the Seoul Museum of Korean Folk Music in central Seoul. The once-a-day lesson will open every Friday from this wee

May 9, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Classes to teach parents-to-be traditional Korean lullabies, mobile making
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