As fall leaves gradually changed colors, the strong and passionate sounds of pansori (traditional lyrical opera) and its heavy rhythm on Nov. 1 flowed with seasonal winds on a stage in Namsangol Hanok ...

"Simcheong" is a story every Korean child grows up with — a tale of devotion, sacrifice, filial piety and transformation, told and retold in countless variations. Among them is "Simcheongga," the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. When performer Moon Ok-gyeong leaves the theater after a ...

Earlier this year when Ong Keng Sen, a Singaporean director of the theater group TheatreWork, was tapped by the National Changeeuk Company of Korea (NCCK) to direct the Korean traditional opera ...

"The Longest Night" is preparing to meet Australian audiences through a pansori performance integrating Korean and English. The stage adaptation of the bestselling Korean children’s book of the same ...

Twenty foreign nationals on Nov. 7 from 1 p.m. visited the practice room of Seoul Namsan Gukakdang in Seoul's Jung-gu District. Their passion for learning pansori (traditional lyrical opera) was ...

In recent years, the National Theater of Korea’s National Changgeuk Company has courted wider audiences by breathing new life into changgeuk, a traditional Korean opera that involves the folk song ...

A former culture minister, Kim is a pansori performer, actor and producer, and former president of the National Theater of Korea. He has been leading preparations for the JISF, which is known for its ...

Every edition of the Korean city’s storied biennale includes the invocation of the revolutionary “spirit of Gwangju” with a frequency bordering on zeal. Both city and exhibition have reason for that: ...

Best-selling Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern discusses her new short story collection, Roar, which features 30 stories about 30 different women. Show more Best-selling Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern ...

Steve McQueen, Erica Whyman on Romeo and Juliet, Gender-swapped theatre Danny Boyle's Armistice Day tribute, White Teeth the musical, singer-songwriter and poet Emily Maguire Marin Alsop, Russell ...