Entrance to the EU Boosted Gender Equality Policies. 27% of the Members in the Cabinet are Represented by Women. The National Women’s Council Coordinates Overall Women’s Issues. Ireland is one of the representative countries that have the comparatively settled culture of gender equality. According t
More than fifty robots from Korea, Japan and China including ‘art robots’ to stimulate people`s imagination, ‘companion robots’ to share daily lives and ‘robot bands’ with the possibility of being used for entertainment have gathered at Nabi.Digital art-specialized art gallery, Art Center Nabi (Dire
The Korean cartoon exhibition held under the theme of “Flowers that never fade” at the Angouleme International Comics Festival is being displayed at the Korea Manhwa Museum as an encore. Under a shared vision of promoting people’s awareness about the truth behind the issue of “comfort women,” top ar
On the 17th, the judging committee of the “Female Culture Icon of the Year” announced Insooni as this year’s recipient, citing her “contribution to the advancement of popular music and initiative for sharing the fruit of her success with others.” “After overcoming difficulties and channeling her pas
Hangul Proclamation Day, the day to celebrate the Korean alphabet, has been re-designated as a national holiday in 23 years. Many people are simply happy to have one more day marked red in the calendar. How did this day make its way back to the so-called “red days?” Until not so long ago, one would
It's October. Every fall, two “international documentary festivals” are held at the same time: EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF), celebrating its 10th anniversary this year; and DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs), which will be held for the 5th time this ye
The honor of 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature went to Canada’s Alice Munro, leaving Korea’s Go Eun and Japan’s Haruki Murakami bitterly disappointed.The Swedish Academy announced on the 10th that it has selected Alice Munro (82), also known as “Canadian Chekhov,” as the winner of 2013 Nobel Prize for
ForbesWoman announced its fourth annual list of Forbes 100 Best Websites for Women. This year’s list is an outcome of collaborative effort by dedicated staffers, contributors, and ForbesWoman readers whom you will find in the ForbesWoman community, ranging from Twitter to Facebook to ForbesWoman web
The Milk of Sorrow is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during Peru’s decades of civil strife. Though not officially identified by medical science, people believe that Peruvians suffering from the disease live in constant psychic trauma.Fausta(Magaly Soli
During its 5,000 year-long history, Korea developed a very unique heritage of food, shelter, and clothing. Traditional clothing or "hanbok" is known for its beautiful colors, comfortable ampleness, and elegant silhouette while kimchi, a scientifically fermented food, is already being shared proudly
During the APEC-WLN meeting (August 23-27), the Hotel Inter-Burgo in Daegu will have exhibitions of works by Korea's female artists. Sponsored by the Women's News, the exhibitions are intended to exhibit the capabilities and vision of Korea's modern fine arts and will feature 40 works by
Born in Haenam in 1948, Jung-Hee was a social activist, passionately engaged in the democratization movement, as well as the liberation of women and marginalized groups. Her writing career produced a number of poetic works. As a leading Korean feminist poet, Jung-Hee worked as the first editor-in-ch
The Huh Nansolhon Memorial Festival was organized by the Korea Women's Hot Line and held in July 2004 at her house of birth near Gangneung, a coastal city in Gangwon province. The festival closed successfully after arousing significant attention and interest. The participants were mourning the t
The courts sided feminist artists in the legal battle between the artists and the Jeonju Yi clan regarding the avant-garde cultural event in Jongmyo Park. (translator's note: Jongmyo Park houses the ancestral shrines of the royal Yi family of the Chosun dynasty) Known as the 'Abang Palace
The Queer Culture Festival Rainbow 2003 (executive organizing committee chaired by Hong Ki-hoon, sys-op of Hitel's online community for gay rights 'Another Love') will be held from June 21 to 29 along the streets of Jong-no with the assertive catchphrase "Move!" This will be the fourth t
The 2003 International Festival of Women in Music Today (IFW, honorary president First Lady Kwon Yang-sook, president Lee Young-ja, honorary president of the Korean Society of Women Composers), expected to launch Korean women musicians onto the world stage and facilitate exchanges between women musi
An opinion has recently emerged claiming that women, whose rights ought to be protected by the law, are vulnerable in criminal procedure, which is dominated by male-oriented mentality. This is particularly so in sexual violence cases in which women, who are supposed to be protected, often become the
350 South Korean women and 300 North Korean women gathered at Mt. Kumkang from October 16 to 17 for the 'North and South Korea Reunification Women's Rally for the Realization of the June 15 Joint Declaration and Peace.'For two days, the participants broke down the wall of unfamiliarity b
National Highway No. 1 that connects Mokpo in the southernmost region of the Korean peninsula and Shinuiju in North Korea used to be the main artery that ran across the Korean peninsula. Along this main artery lie traces of the modern history of Korea, which have been the theme of Jeollanamdo- and G
As Korean artist Na Hye Seoks works began to receive more critical acclaim in recent years, not a few fakes have appeared on the artistic scene, giving rise to an intensifying genuine or fake debate.The debate was launched in earnest by Kyungwon University professor Yoon Bum Mo at the 5th Symposium