Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

KSU suspends Olympic speed skater Kim Min-seok for 18 months

Four national team speed skaters including Olympic speed skating medalist Kim Min-seok have been suspended for their involvement in a drunk driving accident near the National Training Center on July 22.

2022-08-09

Geumgang Jeondo by Jeong Seon

This is a picture of Naegeumgang (the inner part of Mount Geumgang) drawn by Jeong Seon, whose pen name is Gyeomgjae (1676-1759). He is known as the great master landscape painter in 1734 (the 10th year of King Yeongjo) during the late Joseon...

2021-11-21

Mount Inwang offers inspiration, romance and an easy hike

Korea is a mountainous country. About 60 percent of the peninsula is covered in forests leading to many hiking enthusiasts in the nation. In its capital city Seoul alone, which has relatively fewer mountains compared to more rural areas ...

2021-05-09

Going once? Going twice? Going back into storage...

When the turn of the highlight piece of an auction approaches the atmosphere begins to tingle. All eyes become busy trying to identify the potential buyer, and if the item is of a high profile, even media flock in with cameras to see who’ll...

2020-07-21

Treasure for sale

Art work going on sale at K-Auction in southern Seoul on July 15 include paintings that are part of Treasure No. 1796 Haeak palgyeong and Songyu palhyeondo (Album of Eight Scenic Views of Seas and Mountains and Eight Confucian Scholars of the...

2020-06-25