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Groups declare Dokdo Day The Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations, together with various civic groups here, proclaimed Monday Dokdo Day. The day celebrated the 100th anniversary of Oct. 15, 1900 when Emperor Gojong of the Daehan Empire officially announced the jurisdiction over the islets and nearby Ulleung Island in the East Sea. The KFTA has decided to proclaim the day in order to remind all Koreans of their historic connection to Dokdo, said the federation in a statement. “While the Korean government has shown only passive responses to the Japanese illicit claims over our territory, the National Assembly has also failed to pass the bill on designating the Dokdo Day,” said a KFTA official. “We especially hope that young students shall acquire through such commemorative events a thorough understanding of the meaning and the history of Dokdo.” Foreign press, including the Japanese NHK, covered the events. DOKDO DAY — Civic group members hold a rally for the proclamation of...

    The South Korean government had to pursue Khan for over two months before he agreed to officially accept the offer. Times of Indi   RELATED   NEW DELHI: Shah Rukh Khan is the new poster boy for South Korea — not its conglomerates, but the nation. The Bollywood superstar has just been appointed goodwill ambassador for South Korea. So you know South Korea only as the land of Samsung and Hyundai? The King Khan could introduce you to Kukkiwon, the world famous taekwondo academy, Psy of Gangnam Style fame and K-pop, the mouthwatering Korean barbeque. To South Koreans, the actor could teach their first cricket team a thing or two about the business of the game — maybe organize the first match between Kolkata Knight Riders and the Koreans. And, perhaps, open Bollywood to a new part of the world. Khan as a public diplomat and an ambassador of India ’s soft power is not hard to imagine. But only if the man...

Korean National Institute for International Education(NIIED) has announced the plan for recruiting Global Korea Scholarship program for undergraduate degree in Korea. Interested applicants are instructed to apply for the program following the directions of the attached instruction manual no later than October 31, 2013. . Source: mofa.go.kr

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    유성선 강원대 교수, 시민교육센터 전임교수 장면1. “조선노동당의 당면 목적은 공화국 북반부에서 사회주의 강성대국을 건설하며, 전국적 범위에서 민족해방 민주주의 혁명의 과업을 수행하는 데 있으며 최종목적은 온 사회를 주체사상화하여 인민대중의 자주성을 완전히 실현하는 데 있다.”-북한조선노동당 규약서문. 장면2. “국가안보는 물리적 공격으로부터 국가의 국민과 영토를 보호하는 것이다.”-아모스 조르단(Amos A. Jordan). 장면3. “자신들이 알지도 못하는 나라, 만난 적도 없는 사람들을 지키기 위해 부름에 응한 우리의 아들과 딸들을 기린다.”- 미국 워싱턴 한국전 참전 기념비. 국가정보원이 경기동부연합의 지하조직 RO(Revolutionary Organization·혁명조직) 조직원 등으로부터 확보한 3대 강령의 핵심 키워드는 `주체사상'이다. 주체사상을 지도 이념으로 남한사회를 변혁하고, 남한사회의 자주·민주·통일 실현을 위해 주체사상을 심화·보급·전파한다는 게 강령의 골자이자 조직의 존재 이유다. 이 3대 강령 중 남한사회의 자주·민주·통일 강령을 주의깊게 살펴야 한다. 우리 학생들이 일부 교육의 잘못으로 6·25남침·북침의 개념을 혼동하듯 북한의 인민민주주의혁명 수행에도 이 대남 전략의 3대 투쟁과제가 우리의 민주주의 통일과제와 흡사하다. 먼저 북한과 종북세력들이 주창하는 자주는 미군 철수에 있다. 민주의 구호는 대한민국 정권타도에 있다. 통일은 연방제 통일이다. 따라서 이들이 앵무새처럼 반복하는 민족해방은 주한민군 철수와 남한민족해방이요. 인민민주주의혁명은 남한정권 타도와 인민정권 수립에 있다. 결국 경기동부연합의 지하조직 RO 조직원 등으로부터 확보한 3대 강령의 핵심 키워드는 `주체사상'으로 북한조선노동당 규약서문과 판박이다. 주체사상을 지도 이념으로 남한사회를 변혁하고, 남한사회의 자주·민주·통일 실현을 위해 주체사상을 심화·보급·전파한다는 게 강령의 골자이자 조직의 존재 이유...

In 1893, ten musicians from Korea navigated to the United States on a special mission of King Gojong (1852-1919), the 26th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). They played the music of Joseon and received the spotlight in the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition where 37 countries participated. To promote Joseon as an independent country in the world and differentiate the nation from its neighbors China and Japan, the musicians donated their musical instruments to the United States before returning home. At the opening ceremony for the “Returned after 120 years: Joseon instruments in the U.S.” exhibition on September 30, Culture Minister Yoo Jin-ryong points at the piri double reeds on display (photo: Jeon Han). Over a century has passed since then and these instruments, currently owned by the Peabody Essex Museum in Boston, will return to Korea for a special exhibition titled “Returned after 120 years: Joseon instruments in U.S. (unofficial translation)” The exhibition, jo...

Korean Choi In-ho (1945-2013) is not new for those who love Korean films and TV dramas as well as novels. Passing away at the age of 68, the writer is known as a leader of the youth culture of the 1970s. He initially began his literary career in 1963 when he was a second-grade high-schooler by becoming the youngest writer to win at an annual literary contest held by the Hankook Ilbo, with a short novel titled Into the Hall of the Wall, which took the Korean literary circle by surprise. Later, he wrote vigorously and produced many novels. Choi won the Rookie of the Year Award with his novel Another Man's Room in 1972. A year later, his novel The Stars Heavenly Home sold more than 1 million copies for the first time in the history of Korean literature, which made him a best-seller writer. This novel was later made into a film and also became a box office hit. In another novel written in the same year, The March of Fools, he wrote about the dreams and loves of Korean college s...

“Cultural enrichment” has been proclaimed as one of the four policy priority areas of Park Geun-hye’s administration . The cultural enrichment initiative aims to raise the level of happiness of individual citizens by offering them the chance to become a producer and a consumer of culture. This month, celebrating the Month of Culture, over 1,200 cultural programs have been prepared nationwide. During Culture Week (October 16- 20), which is centered around Culture Day, October 19, the third Saturday of October, a diverse range of participatory and interactive events are being planned at Culture Station Seoul 284 , in the old Seoul Station building. It’s titled “I am an Artist. This is Cultural Village.” Promotional poster for the Month of Culture campaign As part of the events, clubs, associations, dance troupes, theatre groups and other assorted “cultural societies” from across the nation will join together at Culture Station Seoul 284 to jointly celebrate the month of culture. T...

얼마 전 <정책공감>이 유네스코 세계문화유산 으로 등록되어 있는 우리나라의 자랑스러운 유산들을 소개해 드린 적이 있었는데요.     유네스코 세계유산 지키기에 나선 대학생들이 있다고 합니다. 문화재청 은 국가브랜드위원회, 유네스코한국위원회 와 함께 지난 7월 4일 창덕궁 부용지 영화당에서 ‘ 청년 유네스코 세계유산 지킴이단 ’(이하 지킴이단)의 발대식을 가졌는데요.   문화재청은 개청 50주년을 맞이해, 전국의 대학생들에게 종묘, 공주·부여역사유적지구, 고창고인돌, 안동·하회마을 등  각 지역의 세계유산을 대상으로 다양한 활동을 펼치고, 이를 통해 우리 문화유산을 배우고 즐길 수 있는 특별한 기회를 제공하기 위해 올해 '청년 유네스코 세계유산 지킴이단'을 처음 발족하게 되었답니다.   <청년 유네스코 세계유산 지킴이단들, 앞으로 우리의 훌륭한 세계유산을 널리 알리고 지켜 주세요! 사진 출처: 문화재청>   청년 유네스코 세계유산 지킴이들은 발대식을 통해 정식으로 위촉된 후, 서울·경기, 충청권, 영남권, 호남권 등 권역별로 3~4일 일정으로「문화재사랑 캠프」에   참가하게 되는데요. 세계유산 현장에서 펼쳐지는 캠프에서는 다양한 문화재보호활동, 현장 답사, 관련 소양교육 등이 이루어질 예정입니다. 지킴이들의 활동, 궁금하시죠?  지킴이단이 어떤 활동을 하는지, ‘청소년 교육문화’라는 주제를 가지고 ‘문화재사랑 캠프’에 참여하고 있는 서울권 ‘ 종묘팀 ’을 통해 같이 한 번 들여다 볼까요?   "하면 할 수록, 더욱 열심히 해야겠다는 생각이 들어요." 종묘팀의 단원들은 6일 이른 아침, 종묘 에서 만나 진설(궁에 서 제사를 지낼 때, 음식을 법식에 따라 상위에 차려 놓는 것)하는 법부터 배웠습니다. 이어 임금, 영의정, 좌의정의 옷을 입고 제 를 올리는 체험을 했는데요. 제사를 지내기 위해...

Korea has long been known as a "shrimp among the whales", boxed as it is among China, Japan, Russia and the United States in northeast Asia. While the divided Korean Peninsula's geopolitics continues to be shaped by the great powers, South Korea is rapidly emerging as a middle power to reckon with in Asia and beyond. South Korea has long been an economic powerhouse. What we are seeing today is Seoul's conscious search for a political and diplomatic role in Asia and beyond. Sustained high growth rates since the 1960s had transformed South Korea from a backward country at the end of World War II into the world's 12th largest economy (PPP terms) and 15th largest (nominal GDP) by 2012. As the world's seventh largest exporter and eighth largest importer, South Korea is one of the world's important trading nations. Its companies have steadily moved to the export of sophisticated products, including nuclear reactors. Samsung, for example, is giving Apple ...

The house of Myeongsook Gong in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, is where visitors can experience traditional Korean meals passed down from generation to generation in the noble family. The memory of food remains strongly in one’s mind. In the animation film “Ratatouille,” a dish of ratatouille brought back memories to a food critic of his mother and her cooking of the same dish. In real life, some will travel to Hong Kong to experience authentic dim sum and to the city state Singapore for chili crab. Korea too has the well-known dishes of “bulgogi” and “bibimbap” that surprisingly taste good to the Western palate. Now, food makers want to broaden people’s experience of Korean food to know that there are stories — of families and country — in it. A meal that the Myeongsook Gong family would usually serve for birthdays, in particular for the son-in-law’s first birthday following marriage into the family. With that aim in mind, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Ru...

For the past few years, there have been growing calls for more government spending toward the arts and culture. Korea spends around 1.14 percent of its total budget on culture, and industry insiders are demanding a 2 percent range to catch up with OECD member states on cultural investments. Amid challenging budget decisions, Korea has slowly increased its cultural spending in the last few years. The ministry announced Tuesday that the 2014 state budget on culture is 5.3 trillion won, a 5.7 percent increase from the previous year. “Culture recorded the largest increase in next year’s budget, after welfare and employment,” First Vice Culture Minister Cho Hyun-jae said in a press conference. “We will see a continuous raise in the culture budget over the next few years. According to our roadmap, we can expect an average of 11.7 percent increase annually from 2015 through 2017.” The underlining message of the latest culture ministry report on 2014 budgetary plans is ...