Category: Entertainment
Korea-born French director gets glimpse of Philippines’ migrant workers
Busan: Yoon Sung-a, a 42-year-old Korea-born French director, has been regarded as a promising young filmmaker in the European film market. She made 10 short films in her early 20s […]
Taste Korea in Jeonju … 2019 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival to start on October 9
Jeonju: Jeonju, a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, will host the 2019 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival, a fiesta of traditional Korean taste and charm. Under the slogan of “Mixing excitingly! Enjoying […]
Born to lead: Sheikh Mubarak Al Abdullah Al Mubarak Al Sabah
By Shane McGinley Arabian Business Kuwait: Waiting in one of the reception rooms in The White Palace in Kuwait City, it is hard not to notice a huge painting hung […]
Film based on feminist novel sparks anti-feminist backlash in South Korea
Seoul: The movie “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” based on the best-selling novel of the same title, has re-ignited the debate on feminism ahead of its release next month, with some […]
Kyrgyzstan: National Nomad Games to be held every two years
Bishkek: The National Nomad Games will be held every two years, Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism Azamat Jamankulov told a media conference. The decision to hold the game biennially […]
Pakistan’s documentary film on plight of folk artists, music to be screened in Italy, Germany
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan’s award-winning documentary film ‘Indus Blues’, which tells about the endangered world of traditional music of the country, is all set to be screened […]
‘Battle of Jangsari’ recalls forgotten battle of Korean War
Seoul: The Battle of Incheon, code-named Operation Chromite, of Sept. 15-19, 1950, was a historic amphibious landing mission during the 1950-53 Korea War. It turned the tide of the war […]
Film on ’80s serial murder regains attention with identification of key suspect
Seoul: A serial rape and murder case that gripped South Korea in the 1980s was so mysterious and ghastly that it has inspired a host of TV shows and movies, […]
Rare musical instruments displayed at Baku exhibition
Baku: Close to 200 rare musical instruments from the 18-20th centuries are showcased at an exhibition at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The exhibition “Musical […]
AJA, JAK forum to debate “how we should face the third decade of the 21st century”
Seoul: Diplomacy, national security, the unification of Korea, multiculturalism, conflicts, the environment, and religion will be among the topics to be debated in depth at a forum to be hosted […]