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The Gugak Festival
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Korean Food
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Korean Boy in Hanbok
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The Fan Dance
(photographer Tom Coyer)
Cheongju Haraboji
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Korean Tiger
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Kumgansan
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Since our university offers good training concerning the traditional Korean culture, I chose to emphasize on different kind of information in this section. The themes presented in the "Culture" field are based mainly on newspaper articles and reports referring to current events in Korean life and society.
Online Universities Selling Degrees
(www.english.chosun.com)
An investigation confirms that campus-less universities essentially sell credits and degrees.
The Ministry of Education said Monday an investigation of 17 online universities revealed many instances where schools gave credits to students they recruited through agencies regardless of whether they turned up for online classes.
Divided Korean Families in Emotional Reunion
(www.southkoreanews.net)
Some 430 South Koreans met 100 family members from North Korea in the North's Kumgang Mountains on Monday. It was the 11th event of the kind since a thaw between the two Koreas started in 2000.
Hong Jae-hee, at 95 the oldest member of the Southern group, met her 71-year-old son Chae Su-ung, who went missing in the North during the Korean War, for the first time in 55 years. When the son greeted his mother, "Mom, I'm Su-ung," the two simply stared blankly at one another, as if they had forgotten what to say.
First South Korea tourists visit North Korea city
(www.southkoreanews.net)
Associated Press
KAESONG, North Korea - The first South Korean tourists visited historic sites in Kaesong, North Korean, Friday.
The city is set to become only the second destination in the communist nation that can be visited by ordinary citizens of its southern neighbor.
N. Koreans Flock to Pyongyang for Mass Festival
(www.southkoreanews.net)
North Koreans are flocking to Pyongyang for a massive festival ostensibly marking Korea's Aug. 15 Liberation Day and the 60th anniversary of the Workers Party of Korea. Every day, tens of thousands are taking buses, trains, subways and even walking to the Rungnado May First Stadium, a rare occurrence in North Korea, where the movement of residents is tightly controlled. A similar mass migration took place during the first Arirang Festival in 2002.
North Korea backs out of nuclear disarment talks
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Big News Network.com
North Korea has again delayed its return to nuclear disarmament talks, saying joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea are one reason.
The six-nation talks had been due to resume this week in Beijing.
In a statement Monday, North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun said his nation would delay returning to the six-party negotiations because of the annual war games, but he said talks could resume by the end of September if - in his words - "things are going well."
S.Korea low-price cosmetics brands venture abroad
(www.hindustantimes.com)
Reuters
Building on their domestic success, two South Korean cosmetics brands are betting their low-price lipsticks and eye shadow will entice more Asian women to put on make-up.
Seoul-based ABLE C&C Co. Ltd., listed on South Korea's junior Kosdaq market, and its unlisted local rival The Face Shop, are now looking beyond well-groomed Korean women to their less-preened counterparts in the rest of Asia.
Living on the edge of history, Daesong Village
(www.story.northkoreatimes.com)
Demilitarized Zone
Once upon a time, two farming villages, Daesong and Gijeong, were separated only by a low-lying embankment. Just over a mile apart, it took at most 15 minutes to walk from one village to the other. Thus, the villagers often visited and had tea together ? before the Korean War, and the Military Demarcation Line that was drawn at its close. Today, only flocks of wild geese cross the embankment freely. The course of history has put these two villages, Daeseong in the South and Gijeong in the North, on opposing sides.
Korean Green Tea, a well-kept secret
(www.story.northkoreatimes.com)
By Brother Anthony
SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- In recent years, many people in Europe and the Americas have discovered that green tea has a far more delicate and interesting taste than black tea or coffee. However, they have almost never heard of Korean green tea.
Dano Festival remains important Korean cultural heritage
(www.story.northkoreatimes.com)
By Alan C. Heyman
SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Dano is the day marking the beginning of the summer season, when farmers held rites to pray for a good fall harvest following the completion of spring planting. Also on this day, new summer food was offered to ancestors at the family shrine and the graveyard.
Korean Scientists Cultivate Chicken Stem Cell
(www.chosun.com)
A team of Korean scientists at Seoul National University has created chickens by redirecting the development of mature cells back into stem cells, a high-end technology called de-differentiation.
South Korean's zeal for English leads to abuse of "Hagwon" system
(www.story.northkoreatimes.com)
By Matt Hodges
SEOUL, March 4 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean public's gold rush for English and a better life has led to educational innovations, such as "English villages," and depredations, according to some local media that have put Western language teachers under the microscope.
Hanbok: symbol of Korean "cool" ?
(www.story.northkoreatimes.com)
By Matt Hodges
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- From the Confucian era to R&B pin-up Usher, South Korea's traditional dress, or "hanbok," refuses to die out and is slowly metamorphosing into a symbol of Korean 'cool'.