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  MMCA picks Kwon Byung-jun as artist of the year

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) said Thursday it has picked sound artist Kwon Byung-jun as the final winner of the Korea Artist Prize 2023 for his insightful approach to art, humanity
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  Travel

  [K-Traveler] Uganda 2: ‘Never had a friend like me!’

  *Editor’s note: K-VIBE introduces travel journals by alumni of Yonhap News Agency Travel Academy, provided in Korean and English. The original Korean article precedes the English translation. 우간다 여행기
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  (LEAD) Culture ministry aims to make S. Korea global cultural power

  (ATTN: ADDS photo)SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- The culture ministry on Tuesday unveiled its policy goals for this year, aiming to establish South Korea as a leading global cultural powerhouse and foster citizens' happiness through cultural engagemen
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  Culture ministry aims to make S. Korea global cultural power

  SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- The culture ministry on Tuesday unveiled its policy goals for this year, aiming to establish South Korea as a leading global cultural powerhouse and foster citizens' happiness through cultural engagement.According to the
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  SeMA puts architecture on key exhibition agenda this year

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) said Tuesday it will present a series of architecture exhibitions this year, touching upon a wide variety of topics related to architecture beyond its primary purpose as a dwelli
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  (LEAD) Boston museum to return 14th-century 'sarira' to Korea after 85 years

  (ATTN: ADDS quote in 5th para, background info in paras 13-14; CORRECTS "a Buddhist monk" in lead to "Buddhist monks"; RECASTS last sentence in 7th para to clarify)SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- A rare and culturally significant &
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  Boston museum to return 14th-century 'sarira' to Korea after 85 years

  SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- A rare and culturally significant "sarira," the remains of Buddhist monks from Korea's 14th-century Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), will return home after more than eight decades in the United States.South Korea&#
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  [K-Traveler] Ethiopia, country close but yet far from Korea

  *Editor’s note: K-VIBE introduces travel journals by alumni of Yonhap News Agency Travel Academy, provided in Korean and English. The original Korean article precedes the English translation. *편집자 주:
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  (Yonhap Interview) Challenging Western-centered order, artist Gimhongsok believes in power of 'marginal' art

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- A cat stands against a dark gray wall wearing the mask of a joker. Or is it the joker dressing in a cat costume? Next to the weird resin sculpture lies a pair of bronze slippers on top of thick stone platforms
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  CJ Group Vice Chairwoman Lee given Abu Dhabi Festival Award

  SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- CJ Group Vice Chairwoman Lee Mie-kyung has won the 2024 Abu Dhabi Festival Award for her outstanding lifetime dedication to art and culture, the group's media and entertainment arm said Monday.Lee, globally known as Miky
• State-run ocean firm to build, lease 4 car carriers amid Red Sea disruptions

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  SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's oceans ministry said Monday it has clinched a contract to build and lease four car carriers to address the lingering supply shortages of shipping vessels.Under the contract, the state-run Korea Ocean Busine
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  (Yonhap Interview) Defying classification, Park Dae-sung re-imagines Korean ink painting

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Artist Park Dae-sung occupies a unique position in contemporary Korean art: He captures Korea's serene landscape in calligraphic lines using traditional ink while simultaneously breaking from tradition wit
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  Works by Korea's top artists, including BTS RM's collection, to be on full display at Venice Biennale

  By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- From Korean abstract art master Yoo Young-kuk (1916-2002) to Seundja Rhee (1918-2009), one of the few female first-generation Korean abstract artists, the Korean Pavilion has a lot to offer at this year's
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  Festivals Calendar - February 2024

  SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- The following are the major cultural and tourist festivals to be held in South Korea in February.* Yeongdeok Daege FestivalWhen: Feb. 29-March 3Where: Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang ProvinceVisitors will be able to catch, buy
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  S. Korea's whiskey imports hit record high last year: customs data

  SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's imports of whiskey surpassed 30,000 tons for the first time to hit an all-time high last year amid rising popularity of whiskey-based cocktails, customs data showed Tuesday.Imports of whiskey products came
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  [K-People] Gong Ji-young finds happiness in lonesomeness

  by Jung Kyoo-deuk and Kim Ji-sunwolf85@yna.co.kr (END)
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  Han Kang's latest novel shortlisted for French literature award

  SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Acclaimed novelist Han Kang's latest novel has been shortlisted for a French literary prize, the state translation agency said Monday."I Do Not Bid Farewell" has made it into the three finalists for the top
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  Composer Unsuk Chin wins Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

  SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean composer Unsuk Chin won the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of classical music, Thursday, becoming the first Asian to do so.The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and the Bavarian Academy
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  (LEAD) Monument to Gwanggaeto the Great restored digitally

  (ATTN: ADDS 'of the monument' in last para to clarify)SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The colossal tombstone of King Gwanggaeto the Great, undoubtedly the greatest conqueror in Korean history, has been restored digitally for display at a national
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  Monument to Gwanggaeto the Great restored digitally

  SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The colossal tombstone of King Gwanggaeto the Great, undoubtedly the greatest conqueror in Korean history, has been restored digitally for display at a national museum in Seoul more than 1,600 years after its erection.The N