BEIJING (AFP) ― Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a 7th-century female politician who was one of the most powerful women in China’s ancient history, local media said on Thursday. Shangguan Wan’er ― who lived from 664 to 710 in the Tang dynasty ― was a trusted aide to China’s first empress Wu Zetian and is sometimes described as effectively her prime minister. She married Wu’s son, whil...

A trade show of Korean fashion brands will be held from Oct. 17-19 at COEX in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, the Korea Creative Contents Agency said Monday. Envisioned as Asia’s No. 1 fashion trade show, Fashion KODE 2013 will open with the “KODE Fashion Fair” where international and domestic buyers are invited to meet with the participating Korean fashion brands. The show will be opened to the ...

An open lab where cultural content creators can initiate, develop and execute their ideas will be set up in Daehangno in northern Seoul in May 2014, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday. The lab, dubbed “Contents Korea Lab,” will be located inside Hongik University Art Center in Daehangno, consisting of seminar and networking rooms, exhibition halls and studios equipped with 3...

MEXICO CITY (AP) ― Mexicans got their first chance Friday to see three pre-Hispanic stone carvings that were returned by the Lowe Art museum in Miami after they were apparently removed illegally from Mexico. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History says the three stone pieces depict a serpent, a water god and a priest or nobleman. While it is hard to say what culture or ruin site...

The government on Thursday selected online games, films, animated films, the character business, broadcasting and musicals as well as converged content as Korea’s “killer content,” subject to tailored support in the future. The authorities will also discover and develop storytelling in content that has a uniquely Korean appeal in order to enhance global competitiveness, the Ministry of Culture, ...

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday started releasing comprehensive information about the country’s cultural heritage through its portal site, www.culture.go.kr, giving the public wider and easier access to the country’s traditional cultural assets. Currently, photos and details about 300,000 items are available. The Cultural Heritage Administration and the National Museum o...

Asia’s largest broadcast visual content market will kick off its three-day run on Wednesday at COEX B Hall in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. More than 170 visual content providers including BBC Worldwide, NHK Enterprise, Asahi TV, CITVC and TV5 will be participating in Broadcast Worldwide, BCWW2013, organized by the Korea Creative Contents Agency. About 90 domestic content distributors and manuf...

Thanksgiving on the lunar calendar has been celebrated all across Asia for a very long time. It was the time when people ― even married women who were tacitly restrained from visiting their mothers and fathers after getting married and living with the in-laws ― got together and tried to convey their good status by giving gifts. “After women served all the holiday visitors they were allowed to v...