Jindo Sea parting Festival (진도 신비의 바닷길축제)
A few times during the year, the sea around Jindo in South Jeolla Province parts and visitors can walk along a narrow path through the…
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Mountain Trout Ice Festival (화천 산천어축제)
Each year throughout January, visitors are welcomed to celebrate the beautiful scenery of crystal clear ice and amazing white snow at Hwacheon, Gangwon Province. The…
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
The Admiral: Roaring Currents is a 2014 South Korean film directed and co-written by Kim Han-min and starring Choi Min-sik. It became the biggest film…
Boryeong Mud Festival (보령머드축제)
Boryeong has beautiful scenery with mountains and beaches. Its mud festival takes place on Daecheon beach. Participants slap on mud packs made from Boryeong mud,…
Andong International Mask dance Festival (안동탈춤축제)
The Andong International Mask Dance Festival is held around the end of September each year. At one of the venues, Hahoe Folk Village, Korea’s vibrant…
Korean Festivals in Summary: Events, Date, Food
Festival Significance Events Date Food Seollal New Year’s Day Sebae(New Year’s greetings), Charye(Ancestral ceremony), Yunnori(Traditional game) 1st day of first month Tteokguk(Traditional soup made of…
Korean traditional musical instrument-Gayageum
The gayageum means a stringed instrument (geum) of Gaya, an ancient country located in the southern part of the Korean peninsula. According to the History…
Korean Traditional musical instrument-Geomun-go
Geomun-go, or hyeongeum in Chinese character form, is a composite word of:”geomun,” meaning black(or Goguryo); and “go,” meaning stringed instrument. According to the History of…
Society of Nepalese Students in Korea (SONSIK)
The Society of Nepalese Students in Korea (SONSIK), a nonprofit organization, is the sole student organization of Nepali students, academicians and intellectuals in the Republic…
Myanmar Students Association in Korea (MSAK)
Myanmar Students Association in Korea (MSAK) was founded in 2009 in Korea by Alumni and Myanmar students who are studying in Korea. It was founded…