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"아시아의 매운 고추, 한국을 세계에 알리고 싶다" 청년유네스코세계문화유산지킴이 한국문화글로벌화팀장 선저이 꾸마르 씨 2011년 07월 07일 (목) 01:44:13 강현주 기자 sunlove10@kookhaknews.com 청년 유네스코 세계유산지킴이단의 한국문화 글로벌화팀장을 맡은 선저이 씨는 지난 7월 4일 발대식에서 국가브랜드위원회 이배용 위원장에게 임명장을 받았다. 한국을 뜨겁게 사랑하는 인도의 젊은이가 우리문화를 세계에 알리는 임무를 맡았다. 지난 7월 4일 청년 유네스코 세계유산 지킴이 발대식에 참석한 선저이 꾸마르(24, 강원대 한국학 석사과정) 씨는 둥글둥글한 얼굴에 호기심어린 눈빛을 지닌 쾌활한 청년이었다. 인도 네루대학에서 한국어와 문학, 문화를 전공하고 2009년 한국정부초청 장학생으로 한국에 왔다. 원광대에서 1년간 한국어 어학연수 후 한국어로 한국학을 전공하고 싶어 강원대에서 석사과정을 밟고 있는 선저이 씨는 유창한 한국말로 한국 문화에 대한 관심을 나타냈다. 선저이 씨는 "한국과 한국문화를 널리 세계에 알리는 것이 한국학을 전공하고 한국을 사랑하는 본인의 의무"라고 했다. 그는 "지난 10년 동안 인도에 한국 기업이 급속히 증가해 거리를 지나는 학생이나 시민들이 한국 휴대폰을 들고 다니거나 한국 차가 지나는 모습을 쉽게 볼 수 있다. 신문에서도 '한국은 아시아의 작은 고추인데 아주 맵다. 매우 짧은 시간에 경제 선진국으로 올라간 나라 중 하나이고 특히 아시아에서 발전모델로 배울 점이 많은 나라'라고 소개한 것을 보고 한국에 대한 관심을 갖게 되었다."고 계기를 밝혔다. "한국에 온 이후 한국 문화를 쉽게 접할 수 있고 다양한 사람들의 의식을 알게 되어 한국을 더 깊이 알 수 있는 절호의 기회를 갖게 되었다."...

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1. The 15th Muju Firefly Festival  http://www.firefly.or.kr   - Period : 3 June (Fri), 2011~ 11 June (Sat) - Place : Namdaecheon, Jinam Park, etc , Muju-gun Jeollabuk-do 2. R-16 Korea 2011 Korea Elimination (B-Boy Crew & Popping & Locking)  http://www.r16korea.com   The dynamic performance festival that over 300 street artists, musicians, promoters, and B-boys from all over the world will participate will give you the most enjoyable time in June. Feel their passion and the exciting performance! - Date : 4 June(Sat) 2011 - Venue : main Theater at Uijeongbu Arts Center, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do

Korea ballet, Fly high to the world! Korean ballet is on focus nowadays. Two main ballet companies of Korea, 'Korea National Ballet (KNB)', and 'Universal Ballet (UB)', are now internationally acknowledged for their artistic latent energy, being compared to world-class ballet companies. In fact, Korea ballet was out of B30 (Ballet Ranking Top 30) ten years ago. But now its reputation has been prominently enhanced, as Korean ballet troupes are being invited to foreign countries, surely raising the pride of Korea’s dance world. The world’s eye on Korea ballet KNB has been leading the popularization of ballet, performing 81 times in 2009, 123 times last year throughout the country including its capital city, Seoul. Last year KNB performed in Bolshoi Theater (Bolshoi Teatr) and Mariinskii Theater (Mariinskii Teatr), creating a better reputation of Korean ballet. Recently, KNB was invited to theaters of Italy and France and currently further schedules in details are un...

Gochang appeared in  Mischelin  guide!  guide>   (Source: Joongang Ilbo) Have you heard the  Mischelin  guide? It is the most well known guidebook which is published by Tire company  Mischelin  in 1900. Actually the  Mischelin  is the renowned magazine that grades restaurants, which of the grading system is called 'Red Guide'. It hasn't been a long since it adopted the 'Green Guide' system which now grades the tourists' attraction. Well, it became sensational that  Mischelin  Co. will publish a 450 page of ' Mischelin  guide-Green'. The number of places in Korea mentioned in  Mischelin  guide are 23. There, we can find a rather unexpected name among other familia names, Dolmen Museum, which is located in Gochang, Jeollabuk-do. There are few people know where the Dolmen museum is actually located. In addition, not many people know that the dolmen is such an attractive place to visit. Isn't it go...

 Korean Medical Care that impressed Kazakhstan At the end of last November, the medical team from the Korea University Anam Hospital flew over to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, and carried out the kidney transplant as officially invited by the National Medical Emergency Center of Kazakhstan. The surgery was successful, and the news on the medical techniques of the Korean medical team was aired throughout the country. Not like in Korea, the success rate of the kidney surgery in Kazakhstan is pretty low. However, the organ transplanting was the only way to save Aigerim Kumasheva suffering from the chronic renal insufficiency, so the medical team operated the surgery with her brother’s kidney, which took 8 hours in total. Dr. Kasimov, the head of the medical emergency center of Kazakhstan, appreciated at Korean medical team, saying “Our hospital deeply appreciates at Korean medical team that added a new page to the medical history of Kazakhstan. I was very impressed at their sense ...

Let’s Go Inside the Love Story of Chun Hyang and Mong Ryong! We see many ‘Couples of the Century’ through numerous media. Whether they are real couples or the fake ones, the range of couple are limitless. For example, world famous football star  David Beckham  and the member of the world pop girl group ‘ Spice Girls’ ,  Victoria Beckham  became the couple of the century since their marriage. There are also fictional couples beloved by many in the world. In  Jane Eyre , the famous and influential western novel, the love between  Jane Eyre  and  Edward Rochester  has been remembered among readers until now. Then, is there any ‘Couple of the Century’ in Korean classical literature? Absolutely, yes!  Chunhyang  and  Mongryong , they are the familiar names to Korean. The novel was adapted for pansori, book, film and even drama, beloved by many fans. The main character,  Chunhyang , built an image of active woman in  Jose...