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  Indigenous streaming platforms see rise in users in May while Netflix suffers fall

  SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- Three indigenous streaming platforms in South Korea saw a rise in their users in May while global streaming giant Netflix suffered a slight fall.Tving, the nation's largest streaming platform run by CJ ENM, saw the numbe
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  Soprano Sumi Jo to launch singing competition named after her next year

  BRUSSELS, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Renowned South Korean soprano Sumi Jo has said that an international classical singing competition named after her will be launched in France next year.The inaugural "Sumi Jo International Singing Competition in Cas
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  (2nd LD) Baritone Kim Tae-han becomes 1st Asian male singer to win Queen Elisabeth Competition

  (ATTN: UPDATES with Kim's comments in paras 4-5)SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baritone Kim Tae-han has won the Queen Elisabeth Competition for voice, becoming the first Asian male singer to win the coveted classical music contest in Belg
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  (LEAD) Baritone Kim Tae-han becomes 1st Asian male singer to win Queen Elisabeth Competition

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details from sixth para; ADDS photo)SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baritone Kim Tae-han has won the Queen Elisabeth Competition for voice, becoming the first Asian male singer to win the coveted classical music contes
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  S. Korean baritone Kim Tae-han wins Queen Elisabeth Competition

  SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baritone Kim Tae-han has won the Queen Elisabeth Competition for voice, becoming the first Asian male singer to win the coveted classical music contest held in Belgium. Kim was named the first prize winner durin
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  (URGENT) S. Korean baritone Kim Tae-han wins Queen Elisabeth Competition

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  Festivals Calendar - June 2023

  SEOUL, June 2 (Yonhap) -- The following are the major cultural and tourist festivals to be held in South Korea in June.* Hansan Ramie Fabric Cultural FestivalWhen: June 9-12Where: Hansan, Seocheon County, South Chungcheong ProvinceHansan is famous fo
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  Baek Heena's picture book 'Magic Candies' wins Italian literary award

  SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Korean author Baek Heena's picture book "Magic Candies" has won the SuperPremio Anderson 2023, a top prize from Italy's most prestigious children's book awards. "Magic Candies" was chosen
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  Travel

  [K-Traveler] Pine Trees Found in Namsan Mountain

  *Editor’s note: K-Odyssey 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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  MMCA, Guggenheim team up for exhibition on Korean experimental art in 1960-70

  By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, May 25 (Yonhap) -- The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) said Thursday it will hold an exhibition focused on Korean experimental art in the 1960s and 1970s jointly with Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.Ti
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  Contribution

  Photos from the press event of 'Sisikgonggam'

  These photos taken during the press event of "Sisikgonggam" held by Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation show various small segments of the program which will kick off on May 25, 2023. Phot
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  [K-Traveler] Evening bells of Goseong Temple in Gangjin

  *Editor’s note: K-Odyssey 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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  Smithsonian museum seeking to establish research center in South Korea

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- The Asian Cultural History Program of the U.S. Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is pushing for a plan to establish a research center in South Korea to facilitate exchanges of curatorial and
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  Annual lantern parade set to take place in central Seoul at full scale

  SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The annual lantern parade is set to take place in central Seoul on Saturday at full scale ahead of Buddha's Birthday next week for the first time in four years, organizers said. The annual parade will begin at Dongdaemun
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  Reconstructed Dondeokjeon hall in Deoksu Palace to open to public in September

  SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Dondeokjeon, a historic Western-style building in Deoksu Palace used as a royal guesthouse during the Korean Empire (1897-1910), will open to the public in September after being reconstructed in its original shape, officials
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  (LEAD) Documents on 2 Korean civil revolutions inscribed on UNESCO Memory of World Register

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more background info, statement from CHA and addition of N. Korean items in paras 8-10, 12-14)SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's archival records related to two of the nation's historic grassroots revolutions, which a
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  Documents on 2 Korean civil revolutions inscribed on UNESCO Memory of World Register

  SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's archival records related to two of the nation's historic grassroots revolutions, which are seen to have contributed to the democratization of Korea, were added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Regist
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  (URGENT) Documents on 2 Korean civil revolutions added to UNESCO Memory of World Register

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  #Busan, #WorldEXPO2030

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  Busan publishes 2030 EXPO Travel Guide

  SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Busan, a fervent bidder to host the 2030 World Expo, compiled a new travel guide featuring tourist attractions formerly visited by the global convention's supervisors, th
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  (LEAD) Art facility modeled after Tate Modern to be created in Seoul's old power station

  (ATTN: ADDS photos)By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Two retired units of a thermal power plant in western Seoul will turn into an art center modeled after Britain's Tate Modern art gallery by 2025, the culture ministry said Wednesday.The M