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Ahn Jung-geun is best known for his dramatic assassination of Japan's first prime minister in 1909 at a railway station.
A Korean-born artist is passing down a centuries-old tradition to Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) students in ...
The legend of the American West is pervasive, but instead of cowboys or conquest, 'Go West' exhibits a frontier of ...
Yeon Shim Chung, Doryun Chong, Kyung An, Lee Ufan, and Andrew Russeth explore how four influential artists helped shape modern Korea’s identity through their art and correspondence during a period of ...
Mare Island was one of only two public shipyards in America that built nuclear submarines during the Cold War. It hosted an ...
A Korean Buddhist statue from the 14th century that was stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago has been returned ...
Timed to coincide with the Venice Biennale, the new San Marco Art Centre opened with a show on the work of South Korean ...
Across the gallery, each piece offers a different lens on movement, memory and reinvention, anchoring big ideas in the ...
Officials in the country’s second-largest city are hoping that new infrastructure, including a new airport, can help revitalise the port city.
It’s where many travellers go to immerse themselves in Korean culture. Stroll down the winding alleys of the area filled with ...
Umami, which translates to delicious savory taste, was identified as a distinct flavor in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda. Umami is now recognised as the fifth taste, joining sweet, salty ...
The aging, all-women group of free divers embody a many-generation tradition on the Korean island of Jeju. Like the centuries of women who came before them, the Haenyeo, which translates to “sea ...