Young people, mostly female, gather inside a small cottage in Kolkata, India. They twist and turn, laughing and joking as they try to dance to the music. It seems like another jolly day at a typical dance class, except for one thing: The participants are all victims of horrific crimes. It is a dance therapy session started by Kolkata Sanved, a human rights organization that uses dance to heal v...

Chinese, Korean and U.S. researchers have created an extensive online database for Korean classics in Chinese, Korean and Romanized Korean as part of their East Asian studies project, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) said Sunday. The database created by researchers from CityU and partner institutions in Korea and the U.S. is a collection of 3,000 volumes of old Korean literature written in c...

Exhibition takes visitors through 120 years of advertising in Korea Advertising has responded to social changes, trends and lifestyles of people over the years. But behind the simple overview lies the fact that advertising in Korea is also a byproduct of the turbulent days of its modern history, influenced by Japanese colonial rule and, more recently, globalization. The chronological tour of t...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is putting the magic in a “Book of Spells” that uses augmented reality to make ink-and-paper works interactive using PlayStation 3 videogame consoles. Sony Computer Entertainment chief Andrew House said that the Japanese entertainment titan was collaborating with Rowling and her online Pottermore world on the first title in what will be a vast...

Viewers become part of exhibits, study their body and balance An innovative exhibition is creating a rare scene in the Korean art world by combining art and dance. At the exhibition titled “The Move: Art and Dance since the 1960s” at the National Museum of Contemporary Art of Korea, the artwork is not in a completed state until viewers engage with it physically. For two months, the NMOCA will ...

None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 years. ``If you can see the mole on Cindy Crawford's face, ...

The last Venus transit of this century to take place June 6 People whose birthday is on June 6 should expect a special gift from mother nature. On this day a rare astronomical event will unfold, visible from most parts of the Asia-Pacific region, including the Korean Peninsula. From the early morning hours’ planet Venus will move across Sun, an event lasting for 6-7 hours until the early aftern...