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CCF 2021: Cultural experts underline significance of diversity, egalitarianism

France's Secretary of State for Digital, Cedric O, speaks during the 2021 Culture Communication Forum at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, Tuesday. Courtesy of CICI By Dong Sun-hwaDigital platforms like Google and YouTube have facilitated communication among people, but now is time to take action to regulate them properly to promote cultural diversity and egalitarianism, cultural experts say.“Digital platforms are very interesting in many ways, but we cannot say they are protecting the public good,” France's Secretary of State for Digital, Cedric O, said in his congratulatory address for the 2021 Culture Communication Forum (CCF), Tuesday, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul. The main themes of this year's event were culture, fairness and communication.“In fact, the companies controlling these platforms hold power, which leads the minority to control economic values, among others. Companies are profit-driven by nature and they often do not self-limit themselves to make more profits, some

Sep 1, 2021By Dong Sun-hwa
CCF 2021: Cultural experts underline significance of diversity, egalitarianism

Christian radio network FEBC delivers W150 million worth of goods to Afghan evacuees

Maeng Joo-wan, general affairs director of Far East Broadcasting Company Korea (FEBC-Korea) delivers charity gifts to Kim Eun-ja, head of the Korean Red Cross's volunteer group in North Chungcheong Province at the National Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province, Monday, where 390 Afghans, who were airlifted under Korea's evacuation mission named “Operation Miracle,” are staying. Courtesy of FEBC-KoreaBy Park Ji-wonFar East Broadcasting Company Korea (FEBC-Korea), a Christian radio network, donated 150 million won ($129,371) worth of goods on Sunday for 390 Afghans who were airlifted under Korea's evacuation mission named “Operation Miracle.”As the Afghan evacuees arrived in Korea on Aug. 26, FEBC-Korea, founded by Christian missionaries from the U.S., started reaching out to various companies asking for cooperation in gathering charity items and was able to collect 10 tons of relief goods from up to 23 companies, including Lotte Food, Lotte Confectionery, E-Mart and Dongwon Group. Each box of relief goods includes up

Aug 31, 2021By Park Ji-won
Christian radio network FEBC delivers W150 million worth of goods to Afghan evacuees

Korea, China and Japan agree to make joint efforts to protect copyrights of cultural content

Culture Minister Hwang Hee speaks to his Japanese counterpart Hagiuda Koichi during a meeting held via video conference, Monday. Courtesy of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and TourismBy Kwak Yeon-sooThe culture ministers of Korea, China and Japan adopted a declaration calling for the promotion of cultural exchanges among the three countries, despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a blow to the cultural and creative sectors.The three-way meeting between Korea's culture minister Hwang Hee, China's culture minister Hu Heping and Japan's culture minister Hagiuda Koichi, has been held annually since 2007. Last year's event was cancelled due to the pandemic. This year, the three ministers met via video conferencing on Monday.The Kitakyushu Declaration, endorsed at the ministerial meeting held online, calls for jointly holding arts and cultural events during the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, to be held in Beijing. The declaration also stated that the three Asian countries will strengthen their partnership among state-funded cultural institutions and museums. The mini

Aug 30, 2021By Kwak Yeon-soo
Korea, China and Japan agree to make joint efforts to protect copyrights of cultural content

'Don't mention 3Ts': Confucius Institutes endanger academic freedom in Korea

Confucius (551-479 BCE), a Chinese philosopher and politician / gettyimagesbankHeavily dependent on tuition-paying Chinese students, Korean universities turning blind eye to controversies surrounding Chinese government-funded culture and language centersThis article is the second in a three-part series to highlight growing anti-China sentiment in Korea and the current state of relations between the two countries. ― EDBy Kang Hyun-kyungWith sweat on their faces due to the summer heat and poor air conditioning, some 100 people, gathered at Gwangin Central Church in the southeastern city of Daegu on Aug. 6, were intently watching the documentary titled, “In the Name of Confucius.” Directed by Chinese Canadian filmmaker Doris Liu, the 2017 documentary revolves around Sonia Zhao, a former Confucius Institute (CI) teacher at McMaster University in Canada, who was unable to keep her job after her affiliation with the Falun Gong was revealed.Zhao testified that CI teachers are trained either to refuse to answer or to change the conversation topic, in the event that students ask t

Aug 30, 2021By Kang Hyun-kyung
'Don't mention 3Ts': Confucius Institutes endanger academic freedom in Korea
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INTERVIEW 'I take persecution by China as an honor'

A still of Doris Liu's 2017 documentary “In the Name of Confucius” / Courtesy of Doris LiuChinese Canadian filmmaker Doris Liu fights for 'a democratic China' By Kang Hyun-kyungDoris LiuDoris Liu's life has made a dramatic turn from a fully committed Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member who indoctrinated university students with the communist ideology to a caused-driven filmmaker, producer and writer fighting against the CCP.Despite the shift in her attitude toward the party, there's one thing that has remained the same ― her commitment to her home country China and the Chinese people.Liu said the CCP, and the Chinese public she is fighting for are two separate groups. “I decided to leave China because I wanted to live with freedom and liberty and do something good for China from outside the country,” she said in an email interview with The Korea Times. Liu has been unearthing the truth about the CCP and how they damaged the country, to enlighten her fellow Chinese people. “It was the truth that awakened me,” she said. “I feel that I have mor

Aug 29, 2021By Kang Hyun-kyung
[INTERVIEW] 'I take persecution by China as an honor'

Illegal 'scanlation' of web comics overseas frustrates Korean creators

By Lee Hae-rinThe rampant growth of illegal "scanlation": of web comics overseas is causing growing financial and psychological damage to Korean creators. Scanlation, a portmanteau of scan and translation, is a fan-fueled online posting of translated comics without the consent of the copyright holder. Over 1,300 scanlation aggregate websites are active in more than 30 countries, according to a Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) report. They host unlicensed and amateur translations of web comics from Korea and other countries in over 40 languages and yielded 334.8 billion page views in 2020 alone. Illegal scanlation is a universal issue for Korean web comic creators. “Almost every single webtoon made in Korea is illegally scanlated and shared online. It is every webtoon creator's frustration,” says Kim Dong-hoon, the head of the Korean Webtoon Creator Union.Seen is the screenshot of Mangago, the largest illegal web comic scanlation website.The driving force behind these pet translation projects, according to Ggang-e, a webtoon artist from Lezhin

Aug 26, 2021By Lee Hae-rin
Illegal 'scanlation' of web comics overseas frustrates Korean creators

Young Koreans lash out at heavy-handed China

Korean university students and exchange students from Hong Kong protest against the enactment of the National Security Law in Hong Kong in front of China's embassy in central Seoul, May 27, 2020. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukThis article is the first in a three-part series to highlight growing anti-China sentiment in Korea and the current state of relations between the two countries. ― EDAnti-China sentiment intensified during COVID-19 pandemicBy Park Han-solBack in November 2019, there were multiple instances of on-campus conflicts between Korean and Chinese students surrounding the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Some Koreans showed their open support for the movement through statements that they posted on the school's bulletin boards, which angered some Chinese students and led to a war of words or even physical clashes in some cases.Similar confrontations between supporters of Hong Kong activists and mainland Chinese students have taken place in other countries as well ― in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.In “Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist

Aug 26, 2021By Park Han-sol
Young Koreans lash out at heavy-handed China
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MBC news head quits to take responsibility for Olympics reporting blunders

Olena Kostevych and Bogdan Nikishin, of Ukraine, carry their country's flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 23. AP-Yonhap Several others are replaced but MBC president stays in powerBy Kang Hyun-kyungThe head of MBC's news headquarters resigned on Monday to take responsibility for a sequence of serious blunders made by the national television during the Tokyo Olympics. According to MBC, Min Byung-woo, chief of its news division, offered his resignation during a meeting of executives, and it was accepted by MBC President Park Sung-jae. Sports division chief Song Min-geun was replaced and MBC Plus President Cho Neung-hoo got a verbal warning, the broadcasting company also said.Despite the reshuffle, MBC President Park managed to avoid the fallout as he retained his job. The post-Olympic disciplinary measures were made public, weeks after Park gave a public apology for a series of disastrous blunders the national b

Aug 23, 2021By Kang Hyun-kyung
MBC news head quits to take responsibility for Olympics reporting blunders

Court orders culture ministry to reinstate dismissed official

Han Min-ho, a former culture ministry official who was dismissed in October 2019 after openly criticizing President Moon Jae-in on his social media, recently won the legal battle against the government. On Aug. 11, the Seoul Administrative Court ordered the ministry to reinstate him. Courtesy of Han Min-hoAfter suspension, Han Min-ho, a high-ranking official who was openly critical of president's policies, gets the green light to return to workBy Kang Hyun-kyungFormer culture ministry official Han Min-ho, 59, has endured “self-chosen” tribulations for nearly two years, since he was dismissed in October 2019 after openly criticizing President Moon Jae-in for flaws in the administration's policies.As a father of two sons, losing his job was painful enough. But, he said, the hardest part was watching his mother, who was shocked by the news that her son had been publicly dismissed. Her health also worsened and she was eventually hospitalized.“I was so angry,” he told The Korea Times over the phone Monday. Han said that there were many times when he regretted his s

Aug 17, 2021By Kang Hyun-kyung
Court orders culture ministry to reinstate dismissed official

'Number of churchgoers may decline by 26.5% after COVID-19 pandemic': survey

gettyimagesbankBy Park Ji-won“I used to go to church with my parents, which could be a nightmare from time to time, as I didn't have an excuse to decline attending. But after the spread of the infectious disease, the church had to shut down several times and opened a streaming session every Sunday,” a 34-year-old churchgoer said. “I believe in God and participate in online services but I don't go to church anymore.”Most Korean Protestants are satisfied with participating in online church services, while their communities think it is inevitable to see a decline in the numbers of worshippers after the pandemic, a recent survey showed.The survey conducted on over 891 pastors and 1,000 churchgoers from June 17 to 30 by the Presbyterian Church of Korea (yesjang), Ministry Data Institute and Christianity Media Forum of Korea showed that 83.2 percent of churchgoers are satisfied with the online sessions, compared to 89.4 percent who said they like attending church offline.“Given the fact that more than 80 percent of churchgoers are satisfied with online service

Aug 16, 2021By Park Ji-won
'Number of churchgoers may decline by 26.5% after COVID-19 pandemic': survey
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