The Korea Communications Standards Commission announced Sunday that a new standard on “national dignity” would be set to discipline those who broadcast distorted information about historical events or figures. The rule will also ban airing of content that tarnishes the nation’s dignity and pride; or distorts, mocks and disparages historical events or figures without “objective grounds.”The plan comes as concerns over TV stations’ airing of groundless or wrong information have been mounting in re

Thanks to the Olle trails, warm climate and an influx of Chinese tourists, the far southern island of Jejudo has seen more than 10 million tourists this year, authorities said Thursday. According to the Jeju government, the number of tourists to the island so far this year exceeded 10 million as of Thursday. Domestic tourists took the lion’s share of about 7.8 million while inbound tourists made up around 2.2 million, the majority of whom were Chinese, records show. The number is a huge jump fro

A 453-hour-long TV series aimed at reuniting separated families in Korea that aired in 1983 will be pushed for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register next year, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Tuesday. According to the CHA’s unit for world heritage enlistment, the live TV show, “Finding Dispersed Family,” aired by state-run broadcaster KBS from June 30 through Nov. 14 in 1983 was selected as Korea’s candidate for next year’s enlistment. “The program reflects the harsh and t

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) ― Archaeologists in Nepal say they have discovered traces of a wooden structure dating from the sixth century B.C. that they believe is the world’s oldest Buddhist shrine.Kosh Prasad Acharya, who teamed with archaeologists from Britain’s Durham University, said Tuesday that the structure was unearthed inside the sacred Mayadevi Temple in Lumbini. Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, is generally thought to have been born in about the sixth century B.C. at the temple sit

Korea will open a Korean Cultural Center in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, hoping it will bring the two cultures closer together, the Culture Ministry said.It is Korea’s 27th cultural center worldwide since the first two facilities opened simultaneously in Tokyo and New York in 1979.The opening ceremony will be held on Tuesday evening (Belgium time) with about 300 dignitaries and figures in the cultural and art circle from both countries in attendance, the ministry said.The one-story building lo

Arario Gallery became the new owner of the historic Space building, according to the Space Architecture Group on Monday. The gallery paid 15 billion won ($14 million) to purchase the early modern work of architecture that is likely to be reviewed for registration as a cultural heritage site. The price was the lowest estimate for the building when it was put up for auction last week, which failed to attract bidders. The gallery bought the building on the condition that the building wasn’t damaged