In the nature and forest category are Geochang Hangnohwa Healing Land, an anti-aging wellness center located in Geochang County, South Gyeongsang Province, and Jeju’s Hwansang Forest Gotjawal Park. Both locations, surrounded by nature, have the potential to promote the physical and mental health of visitors, according to the KTO. Added to the Asian medicine category list is Lee Moon Won Medical ...

Artists who make hanji flowers, or jihwa, are known as “jihwajang.” Jihwajang Ven. Seokyong, 54, is the Gyeonggi Province Intangible Cultural Heritage holder No. 63, who is working on reinventing Buddhist flowers in ancient paintings. “There are 56 different flowers that appear in Buddhist art. We can make about 20 of them. I am going to resurrect the rest of them,” said Ven. Seokyong, who move...

“Next Sohee,” starring Bae Doo-na, will close Critics’ Week, a sidebar event dedicated to showing directors’ first and second films alongside the Cannes Film Festival, from May 18 to 26. The 75th Cannes Film Festival runs from May 17-28. “I am grateful to screen the film, in which all the staff and actors worked together last winter, on a splendid spring day. We are proud to introduce our preci...

Attention travel-starved Koreans. The cost of air travel is rising, with more upward pressure building from high jet fuel prices and soaring tourism demand. If you are fixed on an overseas vacation, don’t wait too long to book it, experts say. “Airlines are selling their flight tickets well and there is a supply shortage. We are in a situation where prices are forced to go up,” an Asiana Airlin...

This Korean bean sprout side dish is made with soybean sprouts. It has a crunchy texture and nutty taste. This salad side dish recipe is easy to make and is one of the many healthy banchan, Korean side dishes, that can accompany any Korean or Asian meal. We call this soybean sprout side dish, kongnamul muchim in Korean. It is perhaps the most common Korean side dish of all. For that reason, Kore...

The United States’ approval rating in South Korea jumped at one of the steepest rates among Asian countries in 2021, a poll showed Friday. The approval rating of U.S. leadership in South Korea climbed to 59 percent last year from 30 percent a year earlier, according to Gallup. The increase marks the second highest among 33 Asian countries where the poll was conducted between April 2021 and Janu...

South Korea’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday commemorated the work of a late U.S. Korean War veteran for his service to both South Korea and the U.S. and to their alliance. Yoon also expressed his “deepest respect” to Col. William Weber, who died on April 9 at the age of 96. “He devoted his life to ensuring the world not to forget the significance of the Korean War and promoting humani...

South Korea’s top economic policymaker has requested the global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International to place the country’s stock market on the watch list for the developed market status during its review in June, his office said Saturday. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki made the remarks during his meeting with senior officials from MSCI in New York on Friday (local time) as South Ko...

South Korea’s daily tally of new coronavirus cases stayed below 100,000 for the third day in a row Saturday as the omicron wave is gradually subsiding. The country added 75,449 new COVID-19 infections, including 29 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 16,830,469, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. The new tally is down 5,609 cases from a day earlier and down 32...

Nearly 7 in 10 foreign buyers think that South Korea’s national brand is having a positive impact on their purchases of products from Asia‘s fourth-largest economy, a poll showed. According to the survey of 213 foreign buyers, 72.9 percent of the respondents replied that their imports of South Korean goods have been affected positively by the country’s national brand. Slightly over 25.4 perc...

The legend has returned with new info to share SEOUL, South Korea , April 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PSY, one of the most iconic singers of all times who took the world by the storm with his famous 'Gangnam Style', reappears to the public as the ambassador for Gravity's hit mobile game Ragnarok Origin. PSY has starred in several commercials and interviews for Ragnarok Origin. In the commercial, ...

GUANGZHOU, China , April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It has been an impressive start to 2022 for GAC MOTOR. The brand continues to post increased sales volumes and deepen its presence in multiple countries across the globe. The data shows that overall sales volume of GAC MOTOR at the retail sales increased 86% year on year during the first quarter of 2022. Combined with extensive investments i...

GUANGZHOU, China , April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 131 st Canton Fair has hosted a "Trade Bridge" virtual promotion and home furnishing matchmaking event for RCEP countries on April 19 , which targeted 14 RCEP member countries with focus on home furnishing industry. Representatives from top multinational companies, buyers and trade media joined the event that connected two of China's ...

YICHANG, China , April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Angel Yeast , a listed global yeast and yeast extract manufacturer, announced its plan to make more concrete moves to drive sustainable development on April 22 , Earth Day 2022. It is the company's endeavor and commitment to "Invest in Our Planet," which is the theme of this year's Earth Day. Started in 1970, Earth Day is the world's largest...

South Korea's foreign ministry said Friday that it is ascertaining the veracity of intelligence that at least one of its nationals participating in the Ukraine war as a volunteer fighter has died. Currently, four South Korean nationals are known to have entered Ukraine without government authorization to join the war, the ministry said. "The government recently obtained intelligence from releva...