K-LIFE

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  Suk Soo-sun's Design Management Story: Design Strategy in the Age of AI (2)

  ◇ Necessity of Adopting a "Design Thinking" Strategy With the application of AI in design, the concept of "Design Thinking" is gaining renewed attention. It is a human-centered
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  Year of Snake: 'Symbol of Abundance, Fertility, Wisdom'

  SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- "Even without legs, snakes can move," "A snake becomes a dragon after a thousand years," "When a snake crosses the wall, the household prospers
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  Shin Jong-geun's 'K-Liqueur' Story: Goguryeo’s Traditional Liquor, Gyemyeongju
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  Choi Man-soon's Medicinal K-Food: Sundae as a Macrobiotic Food
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  Suk Soo-sun's Design Management Story: Design Strategy in the Age of AI (1)
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  Art

  'Squid Game' Season 2 tops global Netflix chart one day after its release

  SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- Netflix's "Squid Game" Season 2 has ranked No. 1 on a global popularity chart for TV shows available on the streaming giant, just one day after its release, data showed.Netflix's Korean original series
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  Kim Daljin Art Research Center Opens 102 New Exhibition Spaces Throughout 2024

  SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- A total of 102 new exhibition spaces have opened this year, the Kim Daljin Art Research Center reported on the 27th. The number of newly opened exhibition spaces had been s
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  Chronicles of Metaverse: Imagination As Starter of the Metaverse

  *Editor’s note: K-VIBE invites experts from various K-culture sectors to share their extraordinary discovery about the Korean culture. Chronicles of Metaverse: Imagination As Starter of the Metaverse
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  Matthew Lim's AI Innovation Story: Revolutionary Shift in Education

  As private education spending in South Korea surpasses ₩27 trillion in 2024, concerns over educational disparities have grown. Families with monthly incomes exceeding ₩8 million spent an average of ₩6
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  Art

  TIME magazine picks 'Lovely Runner' as this year's best K-drama

  By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- U.S. magazine TIME has selected "Lovely Runner" as this year's best South Korean drama, its website showed Tuesday.The magazine carried an article on this year's 10 best K-dramas with
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  Bakery product exports hit record high in 2024 on growing popularity of K-food

  By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Dec 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of bakery-related products, such as snacks, reached a record high this year, bolstered by the growing global popularity of Korean culture and cuisine, the customs agency said Tuesday.O
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  Scrutinizing AI: The Essence of AI Art and the Job Crisis

  *Editor’s note: K-VIBE invites experts from various K-culture sectors to share their extraordinary discovery about the Korean culture. Scrutinizing AI: The Essence of AI Art and the Job Crisis Contri
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  Stone Shaped Like a Drum from King Taejo’s Tomb on Display Starting December 24

  SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- A stone support once placed in front of the tomb of King Taejo Yi Seong-gye (reigned 1392–1398), the founder of the Joseon Dynasty, will be unveiled to the public. The Nati
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  Art

  Heritage agency admits first lady's tea meeting at Jongmyo Shrine constitutes personal use

  SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- The state-run cultural heritage agency on Friday admitted that first lady Kim Keon Hee's private tea meeting held at a traditional heritage shrine in central Seoul constituted personal use of a state heritage site.Durin
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  Record-Breaking 14.89 Million Visitors to Palaces and Joseon Royal Tombs in 2024

  SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of visitors to major Korean palaces and Joseon royal tombs reached an all-time high this year, surpassing the previous record set in 2024. According to the Herit
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  Kim Tae-ri in Hanbok to Grace Times Square Billboard on Christmas Eve

  SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Actress Kim Tae-ri will showcase the elegance of traditional Korean hanbok to a global audience via a billboard in New York’s Times Square on Christmas Eve, the culture min
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  Underwater Treasures Unearthed Over a Decade Come Together in Special Exhibition

  Precious artifacts, discovered in underwater excavations over the past decade, will be showcased in a special exhibition, Mokpo Maritime Museum said on Tuesday. The event, commemorating the museum
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  Art

  (Yearender) Han Kang's Nobel win marks global recognition of S. Korea's collective trauma, literary healing

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Han Kang's unexpected Nobel Prize win in literature this year transcends a national milestone. For many Koreans, it signifies not only the chance to read a Nobel laureate's work in their native langua
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  Library on unification, N. Korea to open in Goyang in 2027

  SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- A four-story library specializing in unification and North Korea will open in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, in 2027, the unification ministry said Friday.Construction of the unification information center will begin Monday wi
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  Han Kang says South Korea's martial law crisis is 'not that awful,' praises citizens' courage

  SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- Han Kang, this year's Nobel Prize laureate in literature, said South Korea's political turmoil following President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law declaration is "not that awful," highlightin