Psy's huge success with hit song "Gangnam Style" seems to have brought the world's attention to his home country. The world's interest not only lies in K-pop and Korean films but also in its resilient economy.

If you’re interested in K-pop culture, come and experience it to the fullest by learning to dance and sing to the music. You’ll find it fun and surprisingly educational. K-pop music isn’t just for ardent K-pop fans. A...

New light has been cast on Korea's jikji, the world's oldest extant movable metal type print book. On October 17, El Cultural.es, the online edition of influential Spanish newspaper El Mundo, published an interview wi...

In 2002, ahead of the Korea/Japan FIFA World Cup, a program offering an authentic experience of traditional Korean culture was introduced to the public. Ten years later, Korea’s Templestay program is one of the most p...

The global culinary industry is expanding beyond national borders. Chefs no longer bound their creations by a national title such as French or Italian but instead utilize different food materials and recipes from arou...

The final round of the K-Pop World Festival 2012 went off without a hitch. This year’s K-Pop World Festival took place in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang Province) on October 26, gathering more than 15,00...

For the first time in Latin America, the Sejong Institute has established its first Korean language education center at the Autonomous University of Nayarit (UAN) in Mexico. The university, now in the process of estab...

Romantic love was a new freedom that emerged with modernism. An affirmation of individual freedom, along with romantic love, was more widely recognized, and a new order was built on the freedom of sentiments.

With temperatures continuing to drop and trees beginning to show the richer, redder hues of autumn, few things are more inviting than a steaming cup of tea. Whether needing a quick defense on unexpectedly chilly morni...

I think it is no coincidence that the most notable Korean novels on the theme of family have the mother narrative at their core. A mother’s worldview and the values she instills in her children play a defining role in...