Today, Nine Vietnamese students’ works will be on display at the “Red River Art Awards” ceremony held at the Hanoi-based Korean Cultural Center.This award is granted by the Korean Traditional Culture Institute, the Hanoi University of Arts, and the Asia Society Korea Center under the Korean Cultural Center based in Hanoi and Seoul.The organizing board chose nine of 110 pieces submitted by Vietnamese art universities, for example the Hanoi University of Arts, Hanoi University of Industrial Arts and University of Stage and Movies.The first prize, worth VND10 million, will go to Nguyen The Dung, from the Hanoi University of Arts; the second prize to Tran Anh Son, also a student of the Hanoi University of Arts and the third to Pham Minh Tung, from the Hanoi University of Stage and Movies. A special prize presented by the South Korean Embassy will be granted to Le Van Thuoc from the Hanoi University of Arts.These students’ art will be on display in the exhibition … [Read more...] about South Korea honors nine art students
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Korea Tourism Organization promotional video wins award
A promotional video produced by the Korea Tourism Organization (CEO Oh Ji-chul) won a prize at the 12th International Festival of Tourism and Ecology Films that took place in Romania from July 14-16. The Korea Tourism Organization says the promotional film titled "A Sparkling Journey to Korea" won the prize for the most original subject category. The International Tourism and Ecology Film Festival selects outstanding clips from submitted tourist, travel-documentary, cultural, historical and ecological films for a prize in each of the seven different categories and also one clip from any category for the Grand Prix of the Festival. The video presented the charms of Korean culture through the traditional and modern images of Korea's sights, sounds, food and entertainment. The clip especially focused on introducing the elements of "Han Style" encompassing six traditional cultural themes – Hangeul (Korean language), Hansik … [Read more...] about Korea Tourism Organization promotional video wins award
Russian tankers fuelled North Korea via transfers at sea: sources
Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive Communist state. The sales of oil or oil products from Russia, the world's second biggest oil exporter and a veto-wielding member of the United Nations Security Council, breach U.N. sanctions, the security sources said. The transfers in October and November indicate that smuggling from Russia to North Korea has evolved to loading cargoes at sea since Reuters reported in September that North Korean ships were sailing directly from Russia to their homeland. "Russian vessels have made ship-to-ship transfers of petrochemicals to North Korean vessels on several occasions this year in breach of sanctions," the first security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters. A second source, who independently confirmed the existence of the Russian … [Read more...] about Russian tankers fuelled North Korea via transfers at sea: sources
Holding the Vietnam cultural Festival in South Korea in 2012
(Cinet) – The Government Office has had the Document No. 6752/VPCP-QHQT to transfer instructing opinions of the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung about agreeing the MOCST to host and cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold Vietnam cultural festival in the South Korea in 2012. The Document reads clearly that, considering the report of the MOCST (Document No. 167/BC-BVHTTDL dated 19 September 201) about the results of the working travel of the Minister of the MOCST Hoang Tuan Anh in the South Korea and Laos, the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung agreed the MOCST to host and cooperate with the Department of Foreign Affairs to hold Vietnamese festivals in the South Korea 2012. As schedule, the Vietnamese cultural festivals in South Korea in 2012 will be held in Gyeoongsangnam and in some neighboring cities and provinces to advertise and make cultural exchanges with South Korean people at the same time meeting the requirements of the demand of spriritual culture of … [Read more...] about Holding the Vietnam cultural Festival in South Korea in 2012
A concert commemorates 20 years for establishing a foreign relation between South Korea and Vietnam
(Cinet)- A Program, namely “Concert commemorates 20 years for establishing a foreign relation between South Korea and Vietnam” will be organized on March 15 in Vietnam National Convention Center in No.57, Pham Hung street. It is one of some activities aiming at commemorating 20 years for establishing a foreign relationship between two countries (from December 22, 1992 to December 22, 2012) The performing program consists of some performing groups such as Super Junior, Sistar, Beast, T-ara, CNBLUE, Davichi, a young singer IU, a singer Trot Park Hyun-bin and Secret. Nowadays, the program has been prepared to ensure a successful performance serving some audiences who concerns about South Korea’s culture in general and South Korea music in particular. … [Read more...] about A concert commemorates 20 years for establishing a foreign relation between South Korea and Vietnam