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Cultural Riches In Shopping Hub

Edit China Daily 16 Sep 2016
South Korean capital offers visitors perfect blend of old and new. Seoul is a city filled with cultural heritage, delicious food, and is more than just a shopping destination for cosmetics. The city, which is about two hours' flying time from Beijing, is friendly if you like to walk and your adventures can start from Dongdaemun ... Inside the walls are hanok, or traditional Korean houses ... Near the palace is Bukchon Hanok Village....

Jeonju Hanok Village to Offer Dance Festival During Chuseok

Edit Chosun Ilbo 14 Sep 2016
A traditional dance festival will take place at a hanok village in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province during Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving ... Ganggangsullae was listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 ... ....

Travel: Jeonju Hanok Village, beautiful collaboration of tradition and modernity

Edit Asia Times 10 Sep 2016
... lined with Korean traditional houses, or hanok, with unique roof edges that are raised slightly toward the blue, sunny sky....

ROK Embassy in France Remodeled in Hanok Style (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Aug 2016
The consular services office at the Republic of Korea Embassy in France has been remodeled to resemble a Hanok (traditional Korean house) courtyard ... The remodeling of the ROK Embassy in Hanok style is a result of the project that the Foreign Ministry is working on with ......

A tale of three cities: exploring Seoul, Incheon and Gyeongju, South Korea

Edit The National 24 Aug 2016
It's a colourless February dawn in Seoul, and my cheeks are burning in the minus 2°C wind ... Sitting somewhat incongruously amid all this shiny splendour is Gyeongwonjae Ambassador Incheon, a resort comprising hanok, or traditional Korean houses ... We arrive at our hotel by nightfall, and to my delight, it's another hanok-style resort, this time more authentic. ­Hwangnamguan Hanok Village is exactly what it sounds like....

Singapore daily focuses on popularity of traditional Korea (Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Aug 2016
The daily allocated two pages to cover its special reports on the revived polarity of traditional Korean Hanbok attire and of traditional Korean Hanok homes ... The Straits Times publishes in-depth reports about the revived popularity of traditional Hanbok clothes and Hanok architecture ... In the special report about Korea, the Straits Times also took a closer look at traditional Hanok architecture....

23 Traditional Houses in Seoul Open to Tourists

Edit Chosun Ilbo 08 Aug 2016
Twenty-three traditional houses or hanok in Seoul's Bukchon Hanok Village have been turned into ......

Marriage losing appeal for Korean women

Edit Topix 24 Jul 2016
To wed or not to wed. A South Korean couple getting married in a traditional ceremony at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul. - The Korea Herald/Asia News Network She gets up at 4.30am every day to get ready for work and returns home at about 8.30pm ... ....

Itchy feet? Forget Europe, try these Lonely Planet's 'Best in Asia' spots

Edit The Times of India 15 Jul 2016
If travelling is one of your passions or an excuse to break the humdrum of an ordinary life, there is excitement for you. Lonely Planet's 'Best in Asia' list is just out - and it will give you some major #travelgoals. Yes, it will ... You can spend your time wandering cobblestone lanes, grazing food stalls, spending the night in a hanok (traditional home) or joining the locals for a boozy night out ... Jeonju Hanok Village, visitkorea.or.kr/)....

Petrol bomb hurled at church in Tumakuru

Edit The Hindu 14 Jul 2016
A man hurled a petrol bomb at the Tomlinson Church in Tumakuru around 4 a.m ... The church attender, Hanok, who stays nearby, heard the sound and stepped out ... ....

Protest condemning the church attack

Edit The Hindu 11 Jul 2016
They demanded protection to their community ... A protest march will also be taken out from Town Hall Circle to Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday ... Hearing the sound of the petrol bomb, the church attender Hanok rushed to the spot and doused the fire with a water hose ... ....

2016 Yonsei University Spring School concludes (1-19 March 2016) (Kyoto University)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jun 2016
(Source. Kyoto University) ... Ten KU students from various academic years and fields of study had been selected from a larger number of applicants, and participated in the program ... They also participated in cultural programs, such as tasting Korean cuisine, practicing the language using TV dramas, and touring the Namsangol Hanok Village where Korean traditional houses are preserved ... Report form a participating student. Yurie Moriwaki....

Nigerian children explore Korea through art (Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016
(Source. Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) ... On June 9, the Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria held an award ceremony for its seventh annual Korea-Nigeria Drawing Competition ... The prize-winning drawings depicted images of the Korean Taegeukgi national flag, taekwondo, traditional Hanok buildings and fortresses, Hanbok garments, mountains and K-pop stars ... By Han Sungrae ... (noodl. 34063868) ....
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