Beginning on May 17 this year, South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration will be renamed the Korea Heritage Service as a part of efforts to revamp the agency.The outfit said that the name change was designed to provide better services to people. The term “national heritage” will be also used in
The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra announced on Feb. 1 that the ensemble would return to Seoul midway through next month for the first time in almost a decade.The orchestra, which was founded in 1808, is scheduled to perform at the Lotte Concert Hall located in eastern Seoul at 7:30 p.m. on March 13.A
Gangneung Yeongdong University said on Jan. 5 that its President Hyun In-sook had received the Korea Knowledge Management Award in an event held at the parliament.A total of 39 people, including politicians, entrepreneurs, and professors, received the prestigious award. Hyun was recognized as the le
Space 21 invites people to watch environmental art piecesSouth Korea’s top-tier gallery Space 21 said on Sept. 21 that it was holding an exhibition of environment art pieces of renowned U.S. artist Alan Sonfist.The exhibition, titled ALAN SONFIST: Working with Nature – Environmental Landscapes, will
Observers question whether Saudi Arabia is eligible to host 2030 World ExpoSaudi Arabia has come under fire for having killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border since March 2022.Non-government organizations claimed that the systemic a
Representative academic entity to work on the hot-button issueA South Korean scholarly association announced on Aug. 3 that they would form a dedicated committee to verify controversies about the controversial discovery of a room-temperature superconductor.Toward that end, the Korean Society of Supe
John Edward Sexton wins honorary doctorate of science degreeKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Feb. 17 that it had given an honorary doctorate to New York University (NYU) President Emeritus John Edward Sexton.The event took place at the commencement ceremony of
Kim hopes to bring her former manager back to KoreaA North Korean defector in her early 30s, surnamed Kim, seeks to bring justice to her former boss who fled to the United States before being convicted in a South Korean court.In recent interviews, Kim said that her former manager, named Heo Kang-il,
Prof. Austin Givens receives ministerial commendationKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Feb. 9 that a professor at its language center had received a ministerial award.Prof. Austin Givens had won received a ministerial commendation from the country’s Ministry of
AI chatbot not consistent about which country owns the isletsThis is an experimental article of interviewing ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered generative chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022.This article is about Dokdo, a set of volcanic outcrops that is under the control of Korea.
AI chatbot recommends several policies for South KoreaThis is an experimental article of interviewing ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered generative chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022.This article is about the Federal Reserve, which unanimously approved a quarter-point interest rate
The city will reopen the websites in MayIn response to the Korea News Plus article, Hanam City shut down its foreign-language websites on Feb. 1 instead of updating the name of its mayor (See the Korea News Plus article on Feb. 1).The city runs three foreign-language websites in English, Japanese, a
Former mayor still welcomes online visitorsSouth Korea's Hanam City Mayor Lee Hyun-jae took charge of the city located south of Seoul on July 1 last year after beating former Mayor Kim Sang-ho in an election in a convincing way.In the city’s foreign-language websites, however, former Mayor Kim still
Quadrupedal robot control technology keeps improvingKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Jan. 25 that its research team had developed a robotic dog walking through a sandy beach.The team, headed by Prof. Hwangbo Jemin, noted that the new quadrupedal robot was desig
AI chatbot denounces Pyongyang’s provocationThis is an experimental article of interviewing ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered generative chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022.This article is about five North Korean drones, which crossed into the South late last year. One was found to
Lee Myung-jae will be based in Ho Chi Minh CitySouth Korea’s full-service law firm Yulchon announced on Sept. 29 that it would send its Asian business chief Lee Myung-jae to Vietnam for brisker global expansion.The Seoul-based company said that attorney Lee would take charge of the Asian businesses
First South Korean leader for ISOHyundai Mobis CEO Cho Sung-hwan was appointed as chief of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), according to South Korea’s industry minister on Sept. 16.The General Assembly meeting of the ISO in Abu Dhabi elected Cho as its new head, which will l
First trade union set up in 41 yearsEmployees of the World Federation of Overseas Korean Traders Associations (World-OKTA) organized their first labor union in the outfit’s 41-year history.The World-OKTA announced on Sept. 1 that its unionists unanimously elected Nam Jang-hyun as the inaugural leade
Korean outfit tries to open team for traditional wrestlingThe Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) announced on Aug. 31 that the entity would strengthen its efforts for sports marketing down the road.The country’s top apex organization came up with the plan at a time when its fe
Seosamreung error needs to be instantly correctedThis is the third of a series of checking mistakes and typos in English-language tourist signs or explanations on the country’s cultural heritages. _ ED. Seosamreung Royal Tombs are located northwest of Seoul, meaning three royal tombs of the Joseon