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The Korea Times welcomes 45 global student supporters

The Korea Times has appointed a new group of 45 university students from 41 countries as its global supporters, marking the largest and most diverse cohort yet. Throughout the first half of the year, these students will be tasked with promoting the newspaper’s key events and forums, amplifying its global reach.

Feb 28, 2025By Park Han-sol

The Korea Times welcomes 45 global student supporters

Global Elim Foundation awards scholarships to international students in Korea

The Global Elim Foundation awarded scholarships to 25 international students Friday as part of its efforts to support foreign students, residents and multicultural families in Korea.

Feb 28, 2025By Park Ung

Global Elim Foundation awards scholarships to international students in Korea

Global Korea Youth awardees call for better multicultural education

Winners of the Global Korea Youth Awards emphasized the importance of greater opportunities to take pride in their multicultural backgrounds and strengthen their ties to Korean society. They highlighted the need for improved multicultural education and more chances to engage with peers from similar backgrounds.

Feb 27, 2025By Jung Da-hyun

Global Korea Youth awardees call for better multicultural education

Korea Times-Vietnam National University MOU

Korea Times-Vietnam National University MOU : Korea Times Content Managing Director Kim Jae-kyoung, top, and University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City Vice President Le Hoang Dung show their copies of a memorandum of understanding signed to promote the globalization of the Korean language and culture, aiming to foster deeper cultural exchanges between Korea and Vietnam, during an online signing ceremony, Wednesday. Screenshot from online ceremony

Feb 27, 2025By Ahn Seong-jin

Independence fighter's granddaughter dies in Russia at 89

Lydmila Efimova, the granddaughter of independence fighter and diplomat Yi Wi-jong, died of old age in Russia on Monday, local time, her bereaved family and the Embassy of Russia said on Wednesday. She was 89.

Feb 27, 2025By Lee Hae-rin

Independence fighter's granddaughter dies in Russia at 89

Gyeongbok Palace signboard's grand homecoming

A 19th-century wooden signboard that once graced Gyeongbok Palace is unveiled at the National Palace Museum of Korea in central Seoul, Thursday, marking its return home after a century abroad. Believed to have been taken from Korea in the 1930s during the Japanese colonial period, the relic originally hung in the palace's Seonwonjeon Hall, a sacred space where portraits of past kings were enshrined and memorial rites were performed. Its repatriation in February 2024 was made possible through the efforts of the Korea Heritage Service and the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, with the financial backing of Riot Games. Yonhap

Feb 27, 2025By Park Han-sol

Gyeongbok Palace signboard's grand homecoming

Once-lost signboard of Gyeongbok Palace's sacred hall returns after century in Japan

Wando County sets sights on becoming Korea's next coastal escape

Wando County in South Jeolla Province has designated 2025 as the "Year to Visit Wando" as part of its initiative to transform into a premier coastal wellness tourism destination.

Feb 26, 2025By Jung Da-hyun

Wando County sets sights on becoming Korea's next coastal escape

Architect Hong Tae-sun discusses problem-solving design at CICI event

Architect Hong Tae-sun, CEO of YKH Associates, presented a lecture on “Music and Architecture” at the Embassy of Egypt in Seoul on Tuesday, sharing thoughts on the intersections of music, design and problem-solving in architecture.

Feb 26, 2025By Kwon Mee-yoo

Architect Hong Tae-sun discusses problem-solving design at CICI event

How 18th-century royal memoir sparked UAE student's love for Korean

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — For 16-year-old Nawara Alzari, it wasn’t the global craze of K-pop or K-dramas that ignited her fascination with the Korean language. Rather, it was a single historical memoir — one that introduced her to an 18th-century Korean crown princess she had never heard of before: “The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong.”

Feb 26, 2025By Park Han-sol

How 18th-century royal memoir sparked UAE student's love for Korean

Korean media artist wins 2025 LG Guggenheim Award

Media artist Kim A-young has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 LG Guggenheim Award, LG and the Guggenheim Museum in New York announced Tuesday.

Feb 25, 2025By Nam Hyun-woo

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