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Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130131

Today we discussed the following:

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News:

Seoul Subway Distributes Travel Guide in Foreign language

Happenings:

Sungnyemun Gate Set to Reopen in April

Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013

Gyeonggi Tourism Organization Selects 7 Best Places to Visit in Winter

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Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130128

Today we discussed the following:

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News:
Deoksugung Palace launches new multilingual mobile app

Happenings:
Exhibit - History in Glass: 3000 Years of Glassware from the Mediterranean and West Asia
Jeju Field Burning Festival
Share your trip with My Korean Travel Story

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Korean Travel Online - January 2013 Events in Korea

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here's a list of ongoing events and happenings in and around Korea for the rest of this month. We tried to include English links as much as possible. But even if some of them are in Korea, you may still check out some photos from the site to get an idea.

Festivals

Jaraseom Singsing Winter Festival	Jan 4 – Jan 27	Gapyeong	Gyeonggi-do
Pocheon Dongjangkun Festival	Dec 29 – Jan 27	Pocheon	Gyeonggi-do
Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival	Jan 5 – Jan 27	Hwacheon	Gangwon-do
Yeongwol Donggang Winter Festival	Jan 11 – Feb 3	Yeongwol	Gangwon-do
Pyeongchang Trout Festival	Dec 22 – Feb 3	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival	Jan 25 – Feb 3	Taebaek	Gangwon-do
Daegwallyeong Snow Festival	Jan 9 – Feb 5	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Inje Icefish Festival	Jan 19 – Jan 27	Inje	Gangwon-do
Boseong Green Tea Plantation Light Festival	Dec 14 – Jan 27	Boseong	Jeollanam-do
Ganghwa Bingeo Festival	Dec 22 – Feb 24	Ganghwa	Incheon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 14 – Mar 3	Yeonsu	Incheon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 19 – Feb 17	Yuseong	Daejeon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 21 – Feb 24	Buk-gu	Daegu
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 15 – Feb 24	Seo-gu	Gwangju
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 15 – Mar 3	Gumi	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 22 – Mar 3	Changwon	Gyeongsangnam-do

Museums/Exhibits

Claes Oldenburg-Coosje van Bruggen Exhibit	Through Jan 31	Cheongdam	Seoul
Maden Pictures 13	Jan 15 – Mar 3	Cheongdam	Seoul
Last Princess Deokhye (Free)	Through Jan 27	Jongno	Seoul
Pine Tree: Looking Ahead 1000 Years	Through Feb 17	Jongno	Seoul
Sparkling Secrets -Swarovski	Through Feb 17	Jongno	Seoul
Year of the Snake Exhibition	Through Feb 25	Jongno	Seoul
Asian Wedding Rituals	Through Feb 11	Jongno	Seoul
Joseon Dynasty Life	Jan 15 – Feb 24	Jongno	Seoul
Engraving Exhibition-Baptiste Fompeyrine	Jan 15 – Feb 24	Jongno	Seoul
The Colors of Manhwa	Jan 23 – 28	Jongno	Seoul
Israel in Photography	Jan 22 – Feb 7	Jung-gu	Seoul
Tim Burton Exhibition	Dec 12 – Apr 14	Jung-gu	Seoul
Label Market Exhibition	Through Feb 17	Mapo	Seoul
I Am an Artist Exhibition	Through Mar 31	Seocho	Seoul
Musei Vaticani Collection	Through Mar 31	Seocho	Seoul
Illumination: Light in Today’s Art	Through Jan 27	Seocho	Seoul
Van Gogh in Paris	through Mar 24	Seocho	Seoul
American Impressionism Exhibition	Through Mar 29	Seocho-gu	Seoul
History in Glass	Through Feb 27	Yongsan	Seoul
Anish Kapoor Exhibiiton	Through Feb 8	Yongsan	Seoul
The World Animals: Exhibition Project	through Mar 3	Yongsan	Seoul
Caricatures of Korean Presidents	Through Mar 31	Bucheon	Gyeonggi-do
Lim Choong-sup Exhibition	Through Feb 24	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Snake Exhibition at Seoul Zoo	Jan 1 – Feb 28	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Alive Gallery - Living Art	Through Mar 3	Buk-gu	Daegu
Korean Life & Customs of Modern Times (Free)	Through Feb 28	Jung-gu	Daegu
Contemporary Video Art in China	Through Feb 24	Cheonan	Chungcheongnam-do
Cinema Prism	Jan 11 – Jan 30	Haeundae	Busan
Journey to the World-Renowned Art Museums	Jan 5 – Feb 28	Haeundae	Busan

Others

Wednesday Midday Concerts	3rd Wed of each month	Jung-gu	Seoul
Outdoor ice skating rinks in Seoul	Dec to Jan		Seoul
Lantern Festival & Ice Sledding	Dec 21 – Feb 1	Gwangjin	Seoul
Sledding Hill	Dec 15 – Feb 17	Hangang	Seoul
Masters of Traditional Korean Music	Jan 26	Goyang	Gyeonggi-do
Special Olympics World Winter Games	Jan 26 – Feb 6	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Daegu Ice Rink	Through Feb 11		Daegu
Traditional Music & Dance	Saturdays 2013	Busan	Busan

Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130124

Today we discussed the following:

Songpa-gu Launches English Culture & Tourism Newsletter

New Lotte Outlets Branch Opens at Seoul Station

K-POP Snow Music Festival on February 3

The 20th Taebaeksan Mountains Snow Festival Kicks off on January 25th

2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games

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Korean Travel Online - Sparkling Secrets - Swarovski Exhibit at Daelim Museum

"Sparkling Secrets - Swarovski" explores the 117 years of Swarovski's stories and artistic experiments which is being featured for the first time in an Asian Museum.

The exhibition highlights crystal as a material of artistic creation, not just simple jewelry concentrating on a unique attribute of crystal itself. Focusing on splendid aura and rich spectrum of crystal, artists present the artworks reinterpreted in their own ways including design, installation, media art and architecture.

For something fun, you can download the free museum app from these QR codes. Once you install the app, you can collect stamps and complete missions.

Sparkling art pieces of Swarovski, being loved by celebrities and designers are also displayed. Swarovski items worn by Marilyn Monroe, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, and Lady Gaga who led the trend of the times show the glamorous beauty encompassed a century. Furthermore, it exhibits Haute Couture dresses collaborated with renowned fashion designers such as Giorgio Armani, Vivienne Westwood and Vera Want and provides an experience space where visitors are able to be a star by wearing Swarovski's stunning items in the shooting studio.

The exhibition shows how European culture and trends are embraced into design through a long heritabe of Swarovski. Moreover, it will be a special chance to encounter leading art collaborations presented at the foremost international design fairs and art festivals. Furthermore, it offers visitors an opportunity to explore a remarkable moment created by light and crystal with differentiated display methods and to discover aesthetic value of Swarovski crystal.

Once you finish looking through the exhibit, drop by the gift shop for more awesome crystals.

Don't go home just yet. Head on over to the lounge for some coffee or the shooting studio. Just follow the crystal-shaped markings on the ground.

You can have your photo taken, wearing some Swarovski jewelry, while posing beside a dress. Afterwards, they will give you a code which you can use to download your picture from the Daelim Museum website.

On our way out, we passed by this building with some really quirky chairs on display. It's in the map at the bottom of this page that says Kolon Building. Looking from the window, it looked like it was some sort of exhibit so we decided to go in and check it out. It turns out the building is the Fashion Institute of Kolon and the chairs are part of the Re-design Chair Graduate Exhibition.

Daelim Museum

Walking distance from Gyeongbokgung Station (Seoul subway line 3) Exit#3

35-1 Tongui-dong Jongro-gu Seoul

www.daelimmuseum.org

Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130121

Today we discussed the following:

Nami Island is giving away free entrance tickets to up to 45 foreign visitors a day who buy advance tickets for the Nami Shuttle Bus departing from Jamsil station. Go here for more details.

World Animals Exhibition at the War Memorial in Yongsan
Until March 3. 2013

Adults W15,000 / Children & Students W12,000 / Under 35 months Free

2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics Winter Games
Torch Lighting Ceremony at Gwanghwamun Square - January 23, 2013

Wednesday Midday Concerts

Every third Wednesday of each month, until December at the National Theater of Korea

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Korean Travel Online - Opening a Samgak Kimbap (aka Triangle Kimbap)

The samgak gimbap (삼각김밥) is a popular food item in convenience stores. These triangle shaped goodies come in several varieties. These are good paired with ramyeon too.

Some of there are a bit spicy. If you like something that's not too spicy, try the ham and kimchi fried rice. Some of the samgak kimbap only have white rice but this one has the kimchi fried rice which is more flavorful.

The first time I ate one of these, I didn't know how to open them properly and ended up ruining the seaweed wrap. So here's how to open them up properly. There's also one extra step that I like to do.

1. Hod the easy-open strip with your fingers

2. Pull it down all the way to the back

3. Pull out one side of the wrapper carefully (do this at the tip of the triangle)

4. After pulling it out, put it back in again so you don't have to hold the kimbap with your hands. Then pull out the other side of the wrapper

5. Enjoy!

Korean Travel Online - The Korean Film Archive's Top 101 Korean Movies

Click on each movie title to read the synopsis. The list is based on a survey of 62 film industry professionals. Only the first 12 titles are arranged by rank. The rest are ordered by year.

Watch full movies provided by the Korean Film Archive from this YouTube Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/KoreanFilm?feature=watch

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Rank	Korean Title	English Title	Director	Year
1	하녀	The Housemaid	김기영	1960
1	오발탄	Aimless Bullet	유현목	1961
1	바보들의 행진	The March of Fools	하길종	1975
4	자유부인	Madame Freedom	한형모	1956
5	마부	A Coachman	강대진	1961
6	별들의 고향	Heavenly homecoming to stars	이장호	1974
7	바람불어 좋은날	Good Windy Day	이장호	1980
7	살인의 추억	Memories of Murder	봉준호	2003
9	사랑방 손님과 어머니	Mother and a Guest	신상옥	1961
9	영자의 전성시대	Yeong-Ja's Heydays	김호선	1975
9	바보선언	Declaration of Idiot	이장호	1983
9	서편제	Sopyonje(Seopyeonje)	임권택	1993
	청춘의 십자로	Turning Point of the Youngsters	안종화	1934
	미몽(죽음의 자장가)	Sweet Dream (Lullaby of Death) (Mimong)	양주남	1936
	집없는 천사	Homeless Angel	최인규	1941
	반도의 봄	Spring of Korean Peninsula	이병일	1941
	자유만세	Viva Freedom!	최인규	1946
	마음의 고향	A Hometown in Heart	윤용규	1949
	운명의 손	The Hand of Destiny	한형모	1954
	피아골	Piagol	이강천	1955
	시집가는 날	The Wedding Day	이병일	1956
	돈	The Money	김소동	1958
	지옥화	The Flower in Hell	신상옥	1958
	로맨스빠빠	A romantic papa	신상옥	1960
	박서방	Mr. Park	강대진	1960
	성춘향	Seong Chun-hyang	신상옥	1961
	삼등과장(三等課長)	A Petty Middle Manager	이봉래	1961
	서울의 지붕밑	Under the Sky of Seoul	이형표	1961
	고려장	Goryeojang	김기영	1963
	돌아오지 않는 해병	Marines Are Gone	이만희	1963
	김약국의 딸들	Kim's Daughters	유현목	1963
	혈맥	Kinship	김수용	1963
	맨발의 청춘	The Barefooted Young	김기덕	1964
	마의 계단	The Devil's Stairway	이만희	1964
	검은 머리	Black Hair	이만희	1964
	갯마을	The Seashore Village	김수용	1965
	비무장지대	The DMZ	박상호	1965
	초우	Early Rain	정진우	1966
	산불	Flame in the Valley	김수용	1967
	귀로	Homebound	이만희	1967
	안개	Mist	김수용	1967
	미워도 다시한번	Love Me Once Again	정소영	1968
	장군의 수염	The General's Mustache	이성구	1968
	휴일	Holiday	이만희	1968
	화녀	Woman of Fire	김기영	1971
	화분(꽃가루)	The Pollen of Flowers	하길종	1972
	삼포가는 길	A Road to Sampo	이만희	1975
	겨울여자	Winter Woman	김호선	1977
	이어도	Ieoh Island	김기영	1977
	장마	Rainy Days	유현목	1979
	최후의 증인	The Last Witness	이두용	1980
	피막	The Hut	이두용	1980
	짝코	Mismatched Nose	임권택	1980
	만다라	Mandara	임권택	1981
	난장이가 쏘아올린 작은공	The Ball Shot by a Midget	이원세	1981
	꼬방동네 사람들	People of Kkobang Neighborhood	배창호	1982
	여인잔혹사 물레야 물레야	Spinning the Tales of Cruelty Towards Women	이두용	1983
	고래사냥	Whale Hunting	배창호	1984
	깊고 푸른 밤	Deep Blue Night	배창호	1985
	길소뜸	Gilsotteum	임권택	1985
	티켓	Ticket	임권택	1986
	씨받이	Surrogate Mother	임권택	1986
	나그네는 길에서도 쉬지 않는다	The Man with Three Coffins	이장호	1987
	칠수와 만수	Chil-su and Man-su	박광수	1988
	개그맨	Gagman	이명세	1988
	달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은?	Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?	배용균	1989
	우묵배미의 사랑	A Short Love Affair	장선우	1990
	파업전야	The Night Before Strike	이은,이재구,장윤현, 장동홍	1990
	남부군	North Korean Partisan in South Korea	정지영	1990
	그들도 우리처럼	Black Republic	박광수	1990
	나의 사랑 나의 신부	My Bride My Love	이명세	1990
	경마장 가는길	The road to race track	장선우	1991
	결혼이야기	The Marriage Life	김의석	1992
	하얀전쟁	White Badge	정지영	1992
	우리들의 일그러진 영웅	Our Twisted Hero	박종원	1992
	낮은 목소리 - 아시아에서 여성으로 산다는 것	(Najeun Moksori - Asiaeseo Yeoseongeuro Sandaneun Geot)	변영주	1995
	아름다운 청년 전태일	A Single Spark	박광수	1995
	꽃잎	A Petal	장선우	1996
	돼지가 우물에 빠진 날	The day a pig fell into a well	홍상수	1996
	넘버 3	NO.3	송능한	1997
	8월의 크리스마스	Christmas in August	허진호	1998
	강원도의 힘	The Power of Kangwon Province	홍상수	1998
	쉬리	Swiri	강제규	1999
	인정사정 볼것 없다	Nowhere To Hide	이명세	1999
	박하사탕	A Peppermint Candy	이창동	1999
	춘향뎐	Chunhyang	임권택	2000
	죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나	Die Bad	류승완	2000
	공동경비구역 J.S.A	Joint Security Area	박찬욱	2000
	소름	Sorum	윤종찬	2001
	복수는 나의 것	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	박찬욱	2002
	지구를 지켜라!	Save the Green Planet	장준환	2003
	바람난 가족	A Good Lawyer’s Wife	임상수	2003
	올드보이	Old Boy	박찬욱	2003
	송환	Repatriation	김동원	2003
	빈집	3-Iron	김기덕	2004
	가족의 탄생	Family Ties	김태용	2006
	괴물	The Host	봉준호	2006
	밀양	Secret Sunshine	이창동	2007
	마더	Mother	봉준호	2009
	시	Poetry	이창동	2010
	피에타	Pieta	김기덕	2012

Source:	http://www.kmdb.or.kr/film/movie_list.asp?movielist_id=42

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