The 32nd annual charity bazaar of the Korean Red Cross (KRC) was held at the B1 Hall of COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul on Oct. 13, 2015 with the participation of Mrs. Choi Ji-yeong (wife of the prime minister), Mrs. Sung-joo Kim (president of the KRC), Mrs. Kim Sun-hyang (vice president of the KRC), C

When one is asked what the traditional Korean religions are in Korea, one will answer, “Yu-Bul-Do,” meaning “Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.” Some will even say “Yu-Bul-Seon” but here “Seon” is more or less similar to “Do” (Taoism).The answers are all wrong.The traditional Korean religion is Mugy

The then Special Advisor Kim Deo-gyong to President Lee Myung-bak at Cheong Wa Dae on National Unity in 2009 extoled the 70 ambassadors, spouses and other senior diplomats attending the opening ceremony of the 2009 Goseong Dinosaur World Expo on March 27, 2009 for the invaluable role they played in

Some 50 ambassadors, spouses and other senior members of the Seoul Diplomatic Corps (SDC) attended the opening ceremony of the 3rd Goseong Dinosaur World Expo in Goseong City on March 30-31, 2012, the largest such event of Korea. The tour of the Expo and the Goseong City for the diplomats was arrang

You might have noticed, if you have watched Korean TVs, that almost all the TVs and other print and digital media in Korea are all out in presenting cooking demonstrations, giving tips on what to each and what not to.What to eat and how to have become a popular topic of discussion in Korea today as

The 9th Ansan Seonghwang Folk Religious Rite and Dance Festival is scheduled to be opened at the Dalmaji Theater of the Ansan Cultural Center in Anshan City at 2p.m. on Oct. 23, 2015 co-hosted by President Lee Eun-sook of the Asia Traditional Seonghwang Gut Rite Research Institute and the House of N

The Korea Post expands its coverage of the international students in Korea. It is because the international students are invaluable assets to Korea and the countries where they come from.The students are honest compared with fully grown-up people and can sometimes give frank and even candid views th

There are 111 resident embassies in Korea and most of them host their National Day celebration receptions and other functions such as those in celebration of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and their countries.▲Publisher-Chairman Lee Kyung-sik of The Korea PostAt each such re

President Park Geun-hye takes strong interest in the promotion of cultural exchange between Korea and all the countries of the world, especially those in Asia and Europe including the countries on the Silk Road. Against this backdrop, President Park had been scheduled to attend the opening ceremony

Nowadays, more and more people take interest in the food and beverage of other countries as they have a unique pleasant taste.Like music and art, or even more so, the food and beverage have no language barrier nor is any tariff imposed when they cross front one country to another.Why hide the mouth-

Newly elected President Ms. Lee Eun-sook of Hankuk Minsok Shinmun (Korea Folk Culture Newspaper) had an augural ceremony at the Crown Hotel in Seoul on Aug. 12, 2015 with the attendance of Chairman Choi Su-jin of Gyeongsin Yeonhap-hoe (Federation of Korean Folk Religious Organizations) and other lea

Flexinteractive, a well-established game-developing company in Seoul, launched a new puzzle game, Kittenball Prince, today with attractive new features and interesting rules and stages. It is for the young people as young as kindergarteners but it can also be enjoyed by grown-ups in the 30s.The stor

Famed Korean Buddhist Monk Hyecho (AD 704-787) of the Silla Kingdom of Korea, also known as Praj??vikram in Sanskrit and Hui Chao in Chinese, went over to China and studied Esoteric Buddhism, and toured five different kingdoms of Cheonchuk-guk (now India) and various countries of Central Asia in the

Governor Kim Kwan-yong of the Gyeongsanbuk-do Province and Mayor Choi Yang-sik of the Gyeongju City have invited many ambassadors and spouses to attend the opening ceremony of the extensive Gyeongju Silk Road Culture Expo plus a tour of the famed Gyeongju Yangdong Korean Folk Village.Seoul, the capi

Fifteen-year-old Amara Okonju (not her real name) outstayed her visa in Korea, and became pregnant after an involuntary encounter with a man in Seoul. She gave birth to a baby boy and tried to raise him on her own, but it was simply impossible. She could not even feed herself?let alone the baby. One

The Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corp. (aT) hosts an auction of Chunnan (Korean cymbidium goeringii orchids) at the Flowering Plant Joint Market in Seoul on June 24, 2015 for a one week run, which marks the first anniversary since it started the event. The aT opened a wholesale market at the Joint Mar

The Korea Post Media is working with the Organizing Committee of the 2015 Namyangju Slow Life Planet Festival, which is an extended festival from the 2013 Namyangju International Slow Food Fair which the City hosted in 2013 on the eastern outskirts of Seoul (some 10 miles away).The 2015 Namyangju Sl

How many meals did the Korean kings have a day? Records indicate that they had five meals a day which was called Surasang, or Royal Table. Early in the morning they had a small bowl of Juk (gruel), regular breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night snack or meal (related story on page 11).Early in the

Sculptor Park Kyung-bum plans to have an exhibition of the busts of the noted personalities of the international community as well as of the Korean society on the theme of "Communication and Sharing" and in this effort Park wants to invite the interested ambassadors to take part in the program."The

World famed artist and fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, also known as JC/DC, opened an art exhibition at the Blue Square Nemo Art Center in Hannam-dong, Seoul on June 11, 2015. Under the theme of ‘Shades of Tomorrow’, the exhibition, which was his first Asian exhibition, continued for 1