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  Iksan Mireuksa Temple Site Builds Metaverse Content…pilot operation until March

  SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) - Iksan City, North Jeolla Province, is to recreate Mireuksa Temple Site, a world heritage site, in a virtual reality space to preoccupy metaverse historical and cultural tou
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  S. Korea, UAE to sign MOU on cultural cooperation

  SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United Arab Emirates will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand bilateral cultural cooperation as part of President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the Middle Eastern nation, Seoul's
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  #CheongWaDae, #LunarNewYear

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  Cheong Wa Dae to host Lunar New Year’s cultural festival

  SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) – Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House, will be hosting a cultural festival during the Lunar New Year holidays, according to the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) M
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  Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival to kick off on Jan 27

  SEOUL January 15 (Yonhap) -- Taebaek city located within Gangwon province will be kicking off their famous “Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival” on January 27Due to the wide spread of COVID 19 “Taebaek
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  #WoodblockPrint, #Museum, #Exhibition

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  Museum of Ancient Asian Woodblock Prints to hold special exhibition for Year of Black Rabbit

  SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) – A special exhibition, titled “In Hope of the Fulfillment of Wishes: Rabbits and Talismans,” will be held at the Museum of Ancient Asian Woodblock Prints of Myeongjusa Temple
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  Tenor Juan Diego Florez to hold first concert in Korea

  SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) – Tenor Juan Diego Florez, the master of "Bel Canto” that requires the use of high-pitched notes and techniques, holds his first performance in Korea. Juan Dieg
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  Various performances await commemorating 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff's birth

  SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) – Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), eventful stages are to be set up in Korea this year to commemorate his music and life.
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  'Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival' reopens after sudden closure due to winter rain

  SEOUL January 14 (Yonhap) -- Festivals being held in Gangwon province which was put to a pause due to unexpected rain on Friday, will be reopen its venues to visitors throughout the weekend. According
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  #JaapvanZweden, #SeoulPhilharmonicOrchestra, #orchestra, #concert

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  Incoming music director Jaap van Zweden holds first concert with SPO

  SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) – Jaap van Zweden, 63, who is currently the music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, will be joining the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO). The incoming Director
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  #HwacheonSancheoneoIceFestival, #Icefestival, #Icefishing

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  Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival to be temporarily closed due to flooding rains

  SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) – Hwacheon County has decided to close the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, which had its kick-off on Jan. 7, for a day due to the flooding winter rains that hit the County on
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  #Hwacheon, #HwacheonIceFestival

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  Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival attracts visitors

  SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) – Night fishing at the “2023 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival” has been attracting visitors as the Festival marked the fifth day since its kick-off on Jan. 7.Hwacheon-gun has b
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  #TaebaeksanSnowFestival, #WinterFestival

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  Taebaeksan Snow Festival to return after three years gap

  SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) – The 30th Taebaeksan Snow Festival, a winter festival held in the Taebaek Provincial Park in Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do, will be returning in 3 years. The festival will celebrate
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  #Icefishing, #Trout, #WinterFestival, #HongcheonRiver

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  ‘Hongcheon River Winter Festival’ to be held in 3 years

  SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) – The “Hongcheon River Winter Festival,” one of the major festivals held in Gangwon-do, will be held from Jan. 13 to Jan. 24 – for 12 days – at the riverside of the Hongcheon R
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  Art museum at hospital...Kangwon National University Hospital’s special exhibition of 150 oil paintings

  SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) - Kangwon National University Hospital has announced that it will hold an art exhibition of oil paintings at the hospital's main building and children's hospital unti
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  MMCA to step up collaborations with overseas museums, galleries

  SEOUL January 10 (Yonhap)-- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, shortened as MMCA will be collaborating with The Guggenheim Museum and host an exhibition featuring Korean experiment
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  MMCA to step up collaborations with overseas museums, galleries

  By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- The National Museum of Modern Contemporary Art (MMCA) said Tuesday it will expand collaborations with major galleries and museums abroad to promote major Korean artworks in the global market. The MMCA said i
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  Hankyoreh reporter fired for borrowing money from key figure in development scandal

  SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- The Hankyoreh newspaper has decided to dismiss a senior reporter for borrowing money from a key culprit in a high-profile development scandal.The newspaper said Tuesday it decided to fire the reporter during a personnel com
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  Maurizio Pollini to host piano recital in South Korea on April

  SEOUL January 9 (Yonhap) -- World class pianist Maurizio Pollini who canceled all of his schedules in South Korea due to health related issues, will be visiting South Korea in April for his concerts.
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  Changwon MoonShin Art Museum, where RM visited, prepares for a new leap forward

  SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) – Changwon Moonshin Art Museum in South Gyeongsang Province, which attracted attention recently by RM, the leader of the group BTS, will continue various exhibition projects in
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  (LEAD) Ice fishing festival begins in Hwacheon

  (ATTN: CHANGES photo)HWACHEON, South Korea, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- A world-renowned annual ice fishing festival kicked off in the Gangwon Province county of Hwacheon on Saturday, after a two-year pause due to COVID-19.The 2023 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Fes