The Ansan Sangroksu furniture street festival is a flagship year-end event that brightens the local shopping district in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province (near Seoul). Furniture stores draw shoppers with discounts of up to 80%. Cultural performances and wee…
Jeonju’s so‑called "Faceless Angel" has been a local emblem of anonymous giving for more than 25 years. Every year near the end of the year, a large donation appears by the neighborhood resident center (a local public office) to help neigh…
The 2025 MAMA Awards in Hong Kong became controversial because it took place just days after a deadly fire. Two days earlier, a large blaze at Wong Fuk Court in the Tai Po district killed at least 128 people. The organizers said they would go ahead …
Spotify House Seoul is a pop-up interactive space in Seongsu-dong, a creative neighborhood in Seoul known for small studios and cafes. It recreates rooms of a house to deliver a range of audio experiences. Visitors can try lossless tracks and intera…
The 14th Diaspora Film Festival will take place in Incheon for five days starting May 22 next year. The festival looks at the lives of Korean-origin immigrants and multicultural families from a variety of perspectives. The choice o…
The Seoul Volunteer Center's Neighbor Harmony Project is drawing attention. It began as a 2024 pilot and plans to expand in 2025. Focusing on apartment complexes (multiunit housing common in Korea), it encourages voluntary resident participation…
From the first sentence, artificial intelligence and XR (extended reality) are reshaping the alleyways. A five-day media festival will take place in Hwangridan-gil and the Hwangnam-dong burial mound area. Prize-winning AI videos and VFX screenings e…
It is the voice of film that echoes across the Ulju Alps each autumn. South Korea’s only mountain film festival connects a local valley with a global audience. It puts nature, risk, and environmental themes onto the screen. It also injects fresh ene…
Grandmother rappers from Chilgok are stepping onto a new stage. Their challenge blurs local and generational lines. Participation in variety shows becomes more than personal expression — it becomes public culture. Health, ethics, and commercial use …
The Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Fest stitches together stories of mountains and people on screen. Set against the clean forests and peaks of the Yeongnam Alps (a mountain range in southeastern South Korea), it began in 2016 as an international film fes…
The Beautiful Hapcheon Independent Film Festival began in 2020 as a small, regionally rooted celebration of independent cinema. Held each autumn around the Hapcheon Video Theme Park, it brings emerging filmmakers together with local residents and vi…