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Why Alphonse Mucha, Now?

Seoul is hosting two major exhibitions on Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) this season, reigniting interest in the iconic figure of the Art Nouveau movement. While one focuses on original works and hi

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Alphonse Mucha

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‘All that Photography’ Reveals How Images Shaped Korea’s Contemporary Art

The Photography Seoul Museum of Art (Photo SeMA) is turning its attention inward this season, presenting an ambitious exhibition that draws exclusively from its own holdings to reconsider how photogra

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‘All that Photography’ Reveals How Images Shaped Korea’s Contemporary Art

“All that Photography” on view during a press preview at Photo SeMA in Dobong District on Nov. 25. [Photo SeMA]

CULTURE

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Korea Seeks UNESCO Recognition for Two Collections Documenting Centuries of Language Preservation

Korea is moving to add two major documentary collections to UNESCO’s Memory of the World register — a pair of archives that capture how Korean women, scholars and activists wrote, protecte

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Sinheungsa Temple’s 18th-Century “Ten Kings” Painting Repatriated After 71 Years Abroad

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Korea Seeks UNESCO Recognition for Two Collections Documenting Centuries of Language Preservation

Naebang-gasa, a traditional genre of women’s literary songs, is shown in this photo. Korea has requested its inscription on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, the Korea Heritage Service said on Nov. 24. [Korea Heritage Service]

Entertainment

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Rosé, in Her Own Words: How the BLACKPINK Star Is Rewriting the Rules of Going Solo

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Rosé, in Her Own Words: How the BLACKPINK Star Is Rewriting the Rules of Going Solo

Opinion

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Why Korea’s Language Archives Deserve a Place in UNESCO’s Memory of the World

Korea’s latest proposal to UNESCO — the nomination of Naebang-gasa and early modern Korean dictionary manuscripts — is more than an administrative submission. It is an appeal to reco

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Why Korea’s Language Archives Deserve a Place in UNESCO’s Memory of the World

Shown is a Malmoe manuscript, designated a national treasure in 2020 and recognized as evidence of Korea’s early dictionary-making efforts and its preservation of the Korean language under Japanese colonial rule. [Korea Heritage Service]