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  'Busan Travel Film Festa 2022' to kick off on August 5

  SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- “Busan Travel Film Festa 2022” will kick off in Busan Cinema Center on August 5.The film festival which will be held from August 5 to August 7 in Busan Cinema Center and sma
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  #festival, #flower

  Travel

  Sejong National Arboretum to hold Summer Flower Festival from tomorrow

  SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Sejong National Arboretum announced on Friday that it will be holding the "Summer Flower Festival" from July 30 till August 28. This festival, held under the the
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  Art

  Culture minister calls on Japan to keep promise made when Hashima Island listed as World Heritage

  SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Culture Minister Park Bo-gyoon urged Japan on Thursday to make good on its promise to offer explanations about Koreans forced into hard labor on Hashima Island when it was listed as a World Heritage site in 2015.Upon the Wo
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  Contribution

  Festivals Calendar - August 2022

  Festivals Calendar-August 2022 Festivals Calendar - August 2022SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- The following are the major cultural and tourist festivals to be held in South Korea in August.* Busan Sea Fes
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  #festival, #art, #music

  Contribution

  Koreans in Japan, Min Young-chi and Hakuei Kim to perform 'Shin Han Ak' next month

  SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- Min Young-chi, a third-generation Korean living in Japan who's also known as the master of Gugak (Korean traditional music), and Hakuei Kim, a world-renowned jazz pianis
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  #festival

  Contribution

  'Sangju Silver Sand Beach Summer Festival' to be held on Aug 4 after three years

  SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- Namhae county, Gyeongnam announced on Wednesday that the "Sangju Silver Sand Beach Summer Festival," one of the representative summer festivals in the region, wi
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  #trip, #waxycornfestival

  Travel

  'Waxy corn festival' to be held normally after three years from July 29

  SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) --The representative festival of Hongcheon county, Gangwon province, "Waxy corn festival" will be held at the Hongcheon Riverside in Hongcheon-eup for three days fr
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  #trip, #festivfal

  Travel

  'Songnisan Sinhwa Travel Festival' to be held at Boeun county from July 29

  SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Boeun county, North Chungcheong province, announced on Monday that it will be holding the "Songnisan Sinhwa Travel Festival," at the Songnisan Lawn Plaza and th
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  Art

  Park Sae-eun of Paris Opera Ballet says she's excited to hold season-ending performance in Korea

  ballet dancer-Korea visit Park Sae-eun of Paris Opera Ballet says she's excited to hold season-ending performance in KoreaSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Park Sae-eun of the Paris Opera Ballet (POB) sa
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  #garlic, #festival, #garlicfestival

  Contribution

  Danyang Garlic Festival held for the first time in 3 years records 280 million won worth of sales

  SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) --The Danyang Garlic Festival in North Chungcheong Province, which was held offline for the first time in three years, recorded sales of close to 300 million won. According to
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  Art

  S. Korea's Trio Unio wins 2nd prize in Austria's chamber music contest

  S Korean trio-Austria contestS. Korea's Trio Unio wins 2nd prize in Austria's chamber music contestSEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Trio Unio has won the second prize at an interna
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  #LOREOLYMPUS, #KWEBCOMICS, #NAVERWEBTOON

  Art

  (LEAD) Naver Webtoon's 'Lore Olympus' receives Eisner Award

  SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The “Lore Olympus” which Naver Webtoon picked up from the North American armature comic website "Canvas", was recently awarded with Eisner Award which is conside
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  Contribution

  Han River summer festival to hit riverside parks this week for 1st time since pandemic

  Han River-festival Han River summer festival to hit riverside parks this week for 1st time since pandemicSEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A summer festival spanning the Han River's riverside parks in Se
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  #webtoon, #comics, #loreolympus, #naver

  Art

  Naver Webtoon's 'Lore Olympus' receives Eisner Award

  SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The “Lore Olympus” which Naver WEBTOON picked up from the North American armature comic website "Canvas", was recently awarded with Eisner Award which is conside
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  Estonian Festival Orchestra to visit South Korea on September

  SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Paavo Järvi, Estonia’s master conductor, will visit South Korea on September, leading the Estonian Festival Orchestra. It is the orchestra’s first concert in South Korea.Vin
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  #boryeongmudfestival, #festival

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  Boryeong Sea Mud Expo and Festival in full swing with sports competitions being held

  SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- In Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, where the 2022 Boryeong Sea Mud Expo and the 25th Mud Festival are in full swing, various events and national sports competitions ar
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  #museum, #mesopotamia

  Contribution

  'Mesopotamia: Great Cultural Innovations, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art' to be held from today

  SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- HIgunu (barley) grain 200ℓ, malt 300ℓ, grain 251ℓ… It belongs to the brewer "Kusim."Sometime around 3100-2900 B.C. The temple in charge of the administration of
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  #iksan, #iksanprisonset

  Travel

  School transformed into prison set, popular as filming location

  SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) --Iksan City, North Jeolla province announced on Thursday that the prison set, which is still popular despite COVID-19, has been selected as a "safe tourist destination.
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  Art

  (2nd LD) Culture ministry seeks to turn Cheong Wa Dae into cultural complex

  (ATTN: UPDATES with President Yoon's instructions in paras 10-12; ADDS photo)SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The culture ministry said Thursday it will push for transforming the former presidential home of Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul into a multipu
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  Art

  (LEAD) Culture ministry seeks to turn Cheong Wa Dae into cultural complex

  (ATTN: ADDS more info on plan to support content industry in last 5 paras)SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The culture ministry said Thursday it will push for transforming the former presidential home of Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul into a multipurpose c