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From calligraphy to tattoos, beauty of Hangeul captivates Hallyu enthusiasts worldwide Whenever feeling down in her studies, Gulperi Kucukkaraca would wield her pen and craft her favorite Korean ...
Artist Hyun Kwang-hun creates art with metal pieces. He is involved in the A to Z of watchmaking and even produces a tiny screw as small as 0.6 millimeters by himself. He also makes handmade film ...
Members of a blind art troupe perform traditional Korean music in front of a statue of King Sejong the Great at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on May 14, 2025, one day ahead of the king's 628th ...
Spanish artist Jaume Plensa’s new public art project is now on view at the Lotte World Tower in southeastern Seoul. The 8.5-meter (27.89-feet) white stainless sculpture of a human figure is created ...
The Amorepacific Museum of Art (APMA) in central Seoul is holding the American conceptual artist's first solo exhibition in Asia, unveiling Kruger's first-ever Korean alphabet works.
Luckily, a few calligraphers ignored the comments and mastered their craft in Hangeul, the Korean alphabet. Looking back, they served as the trailblazers for the now-burgeoning market for Hangeul ...
An exhibition to be held at UNESCO HQ from 7 to 11 September to celebrate International Literacy Day takes the Republic of Korea Hangul alphabet as its theme. The show, Beginning of the Bright, by ...
October 9 marks Hangeul Day, the day Korea celebrates the invention and proclamation of the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, in 1446 by King Sejong the Great (r. 1418-1450). For the upcoming Hangeul Day, ...
Among the works featured are Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon, a commentary on the classic textbook of the Korean alphabet Hangeul, and vases from six domestic museums: Hoam Museum of Art, Whanki Museum, ...
There’s hanja (Chinese characters) instead of the Korean alphabet spelling out the title of three stars’ latest film, ‘ Twenty,” in old style vernacular.