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South Korean composers scoop prizes at Enescu music festival

Sept 12, 2011

Three South Korean composers won top prizes at the George Enescu International music competition held in Bucharest, organizers said on Sunday. Kwang Ho Cho with his "Cytisus/A-Phonie" and Mihyun Woo with 'The play of light for string quartet", tied for the first prize in the chamber-music section. In the category Symphonic music, Chang Eunho finished first with his symphonic poem "The Human". ...
Don’t get stuck at home this Chuseok

Sept 9, 2011

Wide variety of events available for expats to enjoy during holidays After Dillon Jones’ first Chuseok, there was nowhere to go but up. It was September 2003, and he had just arrived in Seoul from the U.S. about a month earlier. He knew a traditional holiday was coming; for one thing, his Korean-American roommate had left to spend it with his family. Not having any plans, though, Jones only re...
Brundi, Mexico win UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize

Sept 8, 2011

Brundi’s National Literacy Service and Mexico’s National Institute for the Education of Adults received the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize on Thursday, the Culture Ministry said. The UNESCO held the award ceremony in New Delhi this year in recognition of the Indian government’s contribution toward curbing illiteracy by cutting the illiteracy rate in the country to 30 percent from 40 percent i...
‘Think big, act small’ to make real change

Sept 7, 2011

Former fundraiser for N.Y. public schools transforms Governors Island with creative cultural ideas Career choices of Leslie Koch, president of the Trust for Governors Island, have been far from typical. The 49-year-old was once an executive at Microsoft. She later became a successful fundraiser for public schools in New York City. Then, she took a challenging job in 2006 to transform an almost-...
Unique Roman gladiator ruins unveiled in Austria

Sept 6, 2011

PETRONELL-CARNUNTUM, Austria (AP) ― They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in and usually fought until they died. This was the lot of those at a sensational scientific discovery unveiled Monday: The well-preserved ruins of a gladiator school in Austria. The Carnuntum ruins are part of a city of 50,000 people 45 kilometers east of Vienna that flourished about 1,700 years ago, a majo...
Koreans are very quality-conscious: Bogner

Sept 5, 2011

It is hard for Europeans to distinguish between Asian cultures, and Willy Bogner suggests that may help Korea to come up with effective publicity “For us Europeans, so many elements are similar in Japan and China and Korea. I think even for Koreans it must sometimes find it hard to differentiate between them ― you have to be very well educated to know when was when and what was what. Maybe this ...
Parental dilemma: Should you spy on your kids?

Sept 5, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― In the 21st century, parenthood and paranoia often walk hand in hand. For some, the blessed event is followed by high-tech surveillance, a monitoring system that tracks the baby’s breathing rhythms and relays infrared images from the nursery. The next investment might be a nanny cam, to keep watch on the child’s hired caregivers. Toddlers and grade schoolers can be equipped with ...
International cultural leaders to hold forum in Seoul

Sept 1, 2011

Cultural leaders from major economies will gather in Seoul this weekend to experience Korean culture and discuss how to better promote it. The Corea Image Communication Institute, or CICI, which organized the C20 (Culture 20) side event during the G20 Seoul Summit last year, will hold the Culture Communication Forum from Sunday to Tuesday at a variety of cultural venues in Seoul, inviting 14 cul...
Ancient humans used hand axes earlier than thought

Sept 1, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ancient humans fashioned hand axes, cleavers and picks much earlier than believed, but didn‘t take the stone tools along when they left Africa, new research suggests. A team from the United States and France made the findings after traveling to an archaeological site along the northwest shoreline of Kenya’s Lake Turkana. Two-faced blades and other large cutting tools had been ...
Focus on fusing tradition with the contemporary: Choe

Aug 31, 2011

Combining Korean traditional culture with contemporary culture, sports and tourism will be key to promoting the country, said Choe Kwang-shik, 58, culture, sports and tourism minister designate. “Patchworks best represent Korean culture. It shows a unified beauty by connecting different pieces. I will try to conduct a cultural administration based on such values of communication and creation,” s...
Mandela museums booming in S. Africa

Aug 31, 2011

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) ― Nelson Mandela covered most of South Africa during five decades fighting apartheid and five years as president, and it sometimes seems a museum has sprouted everywhere he set foot. The 93-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner is among the world’s most famous living icons, and re-tracing his steps is one of the country’s major tourism draws. In Johannesburg alone, visitors can s...
Nation branding led by government?

Aug 30, 2011

Inconsistent projects on nation branding may hinder promotion of hallyu and other successful events The Lee Myung-bak administration has repeatedly stressed its desire to improve the Korea brand. It became the first country to establish a presidential council on the issue, to coordinate and support efforts to bolster the nation’s image. But the council admits it isn’t even aware of all nation ...
New HIV case causes LA porn industry shutdown

Aug 30, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A porn industry group says an adult film performer has tested positive for HIV, resulting in a production moratorium in Southern California while the organization investigates to see if the virus has spread. Free Speech Coalition executive director Diane Duke told The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/mX0vin ) on Monday that her group became aware of the HIV case Saturday. ...
Germany celebrates 125 years of the car

Aug 29, 2011

STUTTGART (AFP) ― Germany is celebrating this year the birth of the automobile, with a patent applied for by Carl Benz 125 years ago for a motorized tricycle, in hopes of drawing tourists smitten by cars. The national tourism office has made the auto industry a highlight of its annual program for the first time and the southwestern region of Baden-Wuerttemburg alone has organized 200 events from...
Addiction? Video games crowded out man’s real life

Aug 29, 2011

SARASOTA, Florida (AP) ―At the height of what he calls his addiction, Ryan Van Cleave would stand in the grocery store checkout line with his milk and bread and baby food for his little girls and for a split second think he was living inside a video game. It sounds crazy, but it’s true: Something would catch his attention out of the corner of his eye ― maybe another shopper would make a sudden m...

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