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Seoul Players takes entries for 10-Minute Play Fest

Expat theater group Seoul Players has opened submissions for its annual 10-Minute Play Festival. The festival is a competition for plays by Korean- and …

Seoul seeks ‘quality of life’ volunteers

Seoul Metropolitan Government is recruiting foreign volunteers to help make suggestions to improve life as an expat in the city. The “Quality of Life …

Seoul Shakespeare to host free screening

Seoul Shakespeare Company will be screening a video of last year’s main performance, “Titus Andronicus,” on March 5. It will be the first time the video …

Foreign envoys get lesson in calligraphy
Foreign envoys get lesson in calligraphy

The Corea Image Communication Institute welcomed 60 foreign diplomats and opinion leaders with a calligraphy class Tuesday night, marking the opening of the …

Italy‘s castle farewell to literary giant Umberto Eco
Italy‘s castle farewell to literary giant Umberto Eco

 MILAN (AFP) – Hundreds of mourners flocked to Milan’s Sforza Castle Tuesday to pay their respects to Italian literary giant Umberto Eco, the …

Bagan ban: Myanmar stops tourists scaling prized pagodas

YANGON (AFP) – Visitors to Myanmar’s ancient capital Bagan will no longer be able to climb the venerated pagodas for a view of the country’s most …

Pakistan literary festivals tell a tale of cultural revival

LAHORE (AFP) – Pakistan’s literary scene is seeing a spirited revival, with packed festivals attracting tens of thousands in a rock concert-like …

Solano receives renowned Colombian literature award
Solano receives renowned Colombian literature award

Colombian writer Andres Felipe Solano, currently teaching at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, received a prestigious Colombian literary award, …

London museum celebrates Charlotte Bronte‘s 200th birthday

LONDON (AFP) – Manuscripts, portraits and even a pair of cloth boots belonging to English author Charlotte Bronte went on display in London on Monday to …

Ministry to encourage citizen participation on ‘Culture Day’

The Korean government will offer financial and logistics support to citizen-led culture clubs and encourage more people to participate in community culture …

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