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Imminent Opening to Japanese Culture Industry
The government will announce its schedule of opening the market to the Japanese popular culture industry. Korean movie and music industries are naturally uneasy about the intiative to open the door first to Japanese award winning movies and popular musician's concerts. The film business is the most lucrative field that chaebols as well as importers are hotly competing to gain licensing rights. SKC already acquired the rights for the movies 'Son…
Oct 13,1998
Japanese Culture to be Introduced
Japanese culture, which has long been prohibited in Korea, will gradually be open to the general public, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on October 11. Minister Hong Soon Young appeared on a TV talk show and stated, 'Cultural products will enter gradually but somewhat fast. President Kim Dae Jung promised the lifting of the ban during his state visit to Japan, and there is no big hinge in importing it. The kinds of programs will …
Oct 11,1998
Korean Fine Arts Popular in San Francisco Art Fair
The Park Young Duk Gallery of Seoul, Korea, which participated in the San Francisco International Art Fair from October 1 through October 4 sold 15 pieces of fine art by Korean artists. The sales amounted to 84,000 U.S. dollars. Six Korean artists including the world-famous video artist Paik Nam Jun submitted their works for the exhibition. Among them, Ham Sup who works with Korean traditioal paper was so popular that he sold all of his seven p…
Oct 08,1998
Language Difference between the North and the South Widening
The linguistic differences between the North and South is growing each day. Not only jargon, idioms and words of foreign origin but also common language are much different from that of the South. Many common words in South Korea that derived from foreign languages are not found in the North. For example, a 'donut' is called 'garakji pang (ring cake)', juice is termed 'kwail danmul (fruit sweet water)', and 'ramyon (instant noodle)' as 'koburan…
Oct 08,1998
Korean Literature in Translation at Frankfurt Book Fair
Korean literary works are scheduled to be exhibited at the 50th Frankfurt Book Fair which runs from October 7 through October 12 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. According to the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation(KCAF) and Daesan Culture Foundation on October 6, a total of 88 novels and poems that were translated into English, German, French, and Swedish will be shown in the book fair. Sixty three works including an English version of Park Kyu…
Oct 06,1998
Child Classical Composer"s Work to be Performed
A 10 year old female composer has appeared, and comparisons to Mozart are inevitable. Kim Seo Yoon a student at Ulsan Mooguh Elementary School, has composed a work titled 'Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer Night for Symphony' was selected to be staged at the Seoul Music Festival and performed by the Korean Symphony Orchestra on October 12. Kim's father Kim Kyu Nyun, who is a professor at Ulsan University, lived in Russia in 1995 and taught…
Oct 02,1998
100th anniversary of Baehwa Educational Foundation
The Baehwa Educational Foundation which operates a kindergarten, a girl's middle & high school, and a woman's university celebrated its 100th anniversary. The foundation's beginnings were humble with the opening of the 'Carolina School' in which Jesephin Campbell, a female nun educated two Korean girls in October 1898. It changed its name to 'Baehwa' in 1909. It has specialized in female education allowing 42,000 students to graduate from midd…
Oct 01,1998
Ancient Diplomat"s Costume Style
The Korean National Folk Museum made public on September 30 a picture of ancient diplomat about 1,500 years ago. The picture was drawn by a Chinese painter who was a high-ranking official of the ancient Chinese government. The picture describes the political situation at that time and the visits of diplomats from other countries. This picture should prove to be a very valuable resource in historic research due to its seldom seen realistic styl…
Sept 30,1998
Cultural Merchandize Coupons Popular at Chusok
It is a time honored Korean tradition to give and receive gifts during Chusok, the biggest holiday in Korea. Therefore merchants usuall enjoy a surge in special orders during the Chusok holiday season. Various kinds of gift sets are sold at deparment stores right up to Chusok, which actually falls on August 15 in the traditional lunar calendar but this year is on October 5. However, this year almost everybody feels a sharp chill, especially …
Sept 29,1998
Korean Sinatra Dead at 82
Kim Jung Ku(photo), 82, regarded for a long time as the Korean Frank Sinatra, died on September 25 at his home in San Jose, California. His unprecedented hit song 'Tumen River in Tears', which was released in 1935, made him a big star. The song is still beloved and sung among old fans. Born in 1916 in Wonsan City, Hamnam Province in the now devided North, he made his debut in 1933 as a mere 17 year-old boy with 'To Mother's Bosom'. Kim releas…
Sept 27,1998
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