Culture and Arts Notebook

We are in the festivity mood of the autumn season in South Korea where citizens, foreign residents as well as visitors are taking part and enjoying various performances, events, and fiestas across the country. On the eve of 05 October…

The Korean Thanksgiving, known as Chuseok or Hangaw, is celebrated across the peninsula and worldwide where Koreans are residing. This holiday is a time when families gather together to offer thanks to their ancestors for an abundant harvest. It is…

In celebrating its 12th editions, the 2023 Seoul International Writers’ Festival was held from September 9-13, 2023 on Nodeulseom, an artificial island on the Han River in Seoul. Held under the theme of “Crossing the Bridge of Language”, it was…

by Arlene Agbasil Mintas and Genevieve Balance Kupang Baguio Central University (BCU), under the auspices of the College of Teacher Education and Liberal Arts (CTELA), marked the festive culmination of Buwan ng Wika (BnW: Language Month) at the BCU Function…

My niece came for a visit in early June. Every morning, I prepared my bag for our tourist sightseeing in New York City: my refillable bottle of water, two masks, hand sanitizer, a cellphone charger, and Ambrosia: Poetic Recipes. The…

This August 6th, the Centre for Humanist Studies of the Americas has organised the conference “Bantu returning to Kemet (Egypt)” by Maali Kentake. It will take place at 11 AM Argentina. For millennia others have told false stories of our…

  An afternoon of rain over clusters of trees with leaves and flowers peeling off from the boughs to the grassy ground: how it wafts a smell not earthy but sweet, even sacred – the incense of benediction the candle…

Taunting a summer clinging to its fiery sun a thunderstorm explodes one after the other on a tin roof and I am caught between rolling the blanket early and making a pot of tea. Tea wins as I am then,…

The artworks of Abdul Bashir Torun, a Syrian refugee artist who is in exile in Turkiye, were exhibited at Heyground Gallery, Seoul from June 20-27, 2023. Torun’s 21 artworks were brought to Korea in partnership with ThePromise and Help Syria,…

June 3rd, 2023. During a pleasant sunny Saturday afternoon in Seoul city, a group of enthusiasts gathered to set foot on a cultural excursion called “A Deep Dive into the History of Hanok Preservation in Bukchon” led by Robert J.…