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One of South Korea’s iconic cherry blossom festivals, opened Saturday in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, but the cherry blossoms were still days away from coming into full bloom. According to a Changwon City official, the city moved up the opening date for its cherry blossom festival, Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, believing the mild winter might cause flowers to bloom early. But, the lack of sunny days and a ...
Local governments, renowned for hosting iconic flower festivals every spring, find themselves grappling with flowerless venues this year.
When the 1980-87 military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan controlled access to information by creating lists of banned books, blocking access to foreign news and persecuting suspected dissidents, Korea's universities were a nexus of subversive activities, from political demonstrations that often clashed violently with police, to secretive groups that shared and read forbidden literature. That situation is dramatized in 'Banned Book Club,' a 198-page graphic novel by Kim Hyun-sook, Ko Hyung-ju and Ryan Estrada.
A South Korean law firm operator was jailed in Busan on March 11 after stealing clients’ money to spend on crypto investments. Read more!
As spring unfolds from March to May, Korea becomes a canvas of beautiful colors with blooming flowers under the warm sun.