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Bat flipping and fancy cheerleading: How Korean baseball culture differs from US
Culture
May 7, 2020
While Americans take to watching Korean baseball as ESPN started streaming KBO starting with Tuesday’s long-delayed Opening Day, the unique baseball fan culture in Korea has yet to be shown, as the games are being played without spectators. The baseball fan culture in Korea is unlike anything that fans would find in the MLB. The first major difference is the cheering. All 10 Korean baseball teams have songs to support the teams, which are sung multiple times by the fans at each game.
Korea to relax regulations on game industry to lead global market
Culture
May 7, 2020
Culture Minister Park Yang-woo on Thursday announced a plan to support the Korean gaming industry with the aim of leading the future global market. “We will lead innovative growth of the game industry by actively revising the regulatory system,” Park said during a press briefing held in Seoul on Thursday. “Large global conglomerates such as Google and Facebook are expanding in the global gaming market with new technologies. However, there is criticism that our regulations
[Feature] K-webtoons become mainstream, go global
Culture
May 6, 2020
Once considered a subculture enjoyed by the young, web-based cartoons have now fully entered mainstream entertainment. With the global ascent of K-pop, Korean webtoons are also expanding their global presence, along with Korean cinema and TV. Webtoons first emerged in South Korea in the early 2000s, initially as a means to attract users to portal sites and to digitize paper comics. The country’s two largest portals Daum and Naver launched their own webtoon platforms in 2003 and 2004
National Intangible Heritage Center reopens with renovated exhibition hall
Culture
May 6, 2020
The National Intangible Heritage Center in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, reopened its permanent exhibition hall on Wednesday. According to the center, it has renovated the “Traditional Craftsmanship” exhibition hall ahead of the reopening. The renovation that began in September re-creates traditional craftsman‘s workshops and displays craft materials and tools. The center originally planned to reopen the center in April, but the reopening was delayed due to the spread of C
ACC looks for unique film projects in Asia to support
Culture
May 6, 2020
The Asia Culture Center and the Asia Culture Institute, both affiliated with the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has started taking applications for the 2020 ACC Cinema Fund to support experimental and independent films and media projects. Launched in 2018, the ACC Cinema Fund is a biannual program led by the ACC Cinematheque, the organization in charge of the ACC’s video art projects. The organizers said they were calling for entries from across Asia from
Art on Seoul subway line enlivens commute
Arts&Design
May 6, 2020
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, has organized an art exhibition at 11 stations in northern Seoul in collaboration with the Seoul Metropolitan Government. “Painting Study,” which runs until Aug. 31, features 61 paintings by Kook Dong-wan and installation artist Vakki at the stations along the Ui-Sinseol Subway Line. The line connects Ui-dong in Gangbuk-gu with Sinseol-dong in Dongdaemun-gu. Kook and Vakki were selected for the MMCA’s 2020 artist r
20 schools to be selected to adopt hanbok-inspired uniforms
Fashion
May 5, 2020
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Tuesday announced that it will select 20 middle and high schools that will adopt hanbok-inspired school uniforms in conjunction with the Ministry of Education. “We hope that a new value of hanbok can be discovered through hanbok-inspired uniforms that look good and feel comfortable,” a Culture Ministry official said in a statement. This project began in February last year when the Culture Ministry and the Ministry of Education signed
National Museum of Korea to reopen with caution
Culture
May 5, 2020
The National Museum of Korea’s permanent exhibition hall will reopen Wednesday, more than two months after the entire museum was shut down in late February due to the spread of COVID-19. The museum will accept 300 individual visitors per hour in observance of the government’s social distancing guidelines. To minimize personal contact, exhibition commentary service will not be provided until further notice. Visitors will have to make an online reservation in advance to enter the fa
KCDC’s #ThanksChallenge goes viral as celebrities join
People
May 5, 2020
Celebrities joined the #ThanksChallenge this week via their social media accounts to thank the medical personnel who have worked tirelessly to fight the COVID-19 pandemic The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the start of the challenge during its regular briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic situation on April 16. The challenge consists of posting yourself showing the word “respect” in sign language -- placing the right hand with the thumb up on top of the left
[Feature] LCK seeks return to glory with franchise system
Culture
May 5, 2020
On April 7, League of Legends Champions Korea announced that it would be adopting a long-term partnership model for 2021. LCK is the last of the major LoL esports leagues to adopt the long-term partnership model, also known as a franchise model, with the Chinese league LPL and North America league LCS having adopted the system in 2018 and European league LEC in 2019. “We started looking into the franchise model in 2018. Back then, we had just built the LoL Park Arena and started broadca
Korean enoki mushrooms recalled in US
Food&Beverage
May 5, 2020
The US Food and Drug Administration flagged South Korean enoki mushrooms for the third time in the last two months as a possible source of listeria. H&C Foods, a Brooklyn-based company, recalled boxes of enoki mushrooms imported from Korea’s Green Co. after the FDA released evidence of potential contamination. Enoki mushroom samples from Sun Hong Foods Inc., Guan’s Mushroom Co. and H&C Foods tested positive for listeria bacteria, which can cause serious food poisoning in
Coronavirus-inspired changes to arrive in S. Korean health care
Health
May 4, 2020
Remote medical care, respiratory-only clinics coming to health service
MMCA reopens with online reservation system
Arts&Design
May 4, 2020
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea will partly reopen on Wednesday, as new COVID-19 infection cases have sharply decreased here. Those who want to visit the four venues of the museum -- Deoksugung, Seoul, Gwacheon and Cheongju -- and Children’s museum in Gwacheon are required to make online reservations on the MMCA’s website, choosing a date from Tuesday to May 17. All visitors are required to wear a face mask and have their temperature checked before ent
Large numbers expected at Children’s Grand Park in Seoul on Children’s Day
Travel
May 4, 2020
Thousands of people visited the zoo in Children’s Grand Park on May 1, when it reopened after closing down due to the spread of COVID-19. All the indoor animal exhibits are still closed and only around 50 percent of the outdoor exhibits are open, but that did not stop parents from bringing their children to the park over the long weekend. “On Saturday we had around 25,000 visitors and on Sunday we had 29,000,” said Chun Jin-woo, the head of operations at Children’s Gran
Book review: Modern, contemporary Korean art for foreign readers
Books
May 4, 2020
First English book offering comprehensive understanding of Korea’s modern and contemporary art published globally
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