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Early Joseon-era metal movable type blocks unveiled to public

Early Joseon-era metal movable type blocks unveiled to public

Posted : 2021-01-31 13:37 Updated : 2021-01-31 13:38 The cover of "Jikji Simche Yojeol" in Korean, left, and English. Courtesy of the Jogye Order Jikji, the world's oldest book printed with movable metal type, has been published in Korean and English, the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, said Sunday. Jikji, written in Chinese characters by Buddhist monk Baegun Gyeonghan, is the abbreviated title of a Buddhist document whose full title, "Jikji Simche Yojeol," can be translated as "anthology of great Buddhist priests' Zen teachings." It was printed in 1377 at the Heungdeok Te...

ABCDEFG SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Yonhap) -- An exhibition highlighting South Korea's close relationship with the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will take place online next month, organizers said Monday. The 2021 National Brand Up Exhibition, to be co-organized by the nongovernmental organization Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) and Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key newswire, will be held from Feb. 18-25, under the theme of Korea's friend ASEAN and ASEAN's friend Korea. Yonhap and VANK, which internationally promotes South Korea and its history onl...