Park Ji-won (박지원)

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  Performing Arts Market in Seoul 2011 Provides Networking Opportunities for Performing Arts Professionals
  2011/10/12, Source,
  Hundreds of professionals, including directors, actors, dancers and producers, have gathered for this year's Performing Arts Market in Seoul or PAMS. Organized by the Korea Arts Management Service, this seventh installment of the annual international event aims to promote creative production and active collaboration in the performing arts industry in and outside of Korea,...More

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  National Archives of Korea Releases Video Footages of the Past Hangul Day
  2011/10/10, Source,
  This year marks the 565th anniversary of the proclamation of the Korean alphabet, or Hangul, back in the 15th century, and many events are being held nationwide to commemorate this historic event. The National Archives of Korea has released the country's video footage of the 1950s and 60s,showing how Koreans of the time celebrated this special occasion. This is a Korean alphabet typewriter. It has become obsolete now but during the 1950s and 60s, a typing contest with the typewriter had been held on every Hangul day,...More
• World Festival of National Theaters Kicks Off in Seoul
  2011/09/09, Source,
  Every September and October for the past four years, the National Theater of Korea holds the World Festival of National Theaters, inviting representative performing art works from a number of countries. And this year's opening performance, 'Mr. Rabbit and the Dragon King', or 'Sugungga' in Korean kicked off the event on Thursday evening. This opera is gaining a lot of attention as it it's being directed by world-renowned German art director Achim Freyer, who is attempting to transform "pansori", Korea's traditional storytelling through song, into a new art form called "pansori opera".,...More

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  Seven Korean Films to Feature in the 2011 Cannes Intl. Film Festival
  2011/05/12, Source,
  The 64th Cannes International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday night with a grand opening ceremony. One of the world's oldest and largest film festivals, Cannes will continue for eleven days featuring 49 films selected from 33 countries, with seven hailing from Korea. Director Hong Sang-soo's "The Day He Arrives", Kim Ki-duk's "ARIRANG - Movie", and Na Hong-jin's "The Yellow Sea" will be screened in the festival's second-most prestigious "Un Certain Regard" category,...More