The Honorary Reporters were invited to the National Museum of Korea on August 5, 2020. The museum recently re-opened after closure due to Covid19. As we all know, all cultural facilities like museums and art galleries were closed as part of the government’s efforts to contain the virus. The National Museum of Korea designed a… Read More National Museum of Korea Re-opens After Closure due to Covid
I received the book from CheongWaDae yesterday. It contains the selected speeches of President Moon Jaein. Aside from the fact that it came from CheongWaDae, the official residence of the President of South Korea, it has something even more valuable. The package came with a personal note from First Lady Kim Jung-sook. That was more… Read More Book from CheongWaDae
edited version published in Korea.net: Recollecting my 2 years as an Honorary Reporter On January 23, 2018, I was inducted into the 7th batch of the Honorary Reporters Program. It has been a two-year journey since then. And what a journey it has been. Aside from consistently writing articles for the Korea.net website, I can… Read More A Lookback of my Two Years as an Honorary Reporter
published in Korea.net The Hangang River in Seoul was clean and clear, and the sun was shining bright. It was a perfect day for a shoot. I was with a professional video production team to film a video on President Moon Jae-in’s first two years in office. As a Korea.net Honorary Reporter who had joined… Read More 5 Honorary Reporters discuss filming video on president’s 1st 2 years in office
(also published in Korea.net: Honorary Reporters Meet Winners of Talk Talk Korea) The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially launched Talk Talk Korea in 2013 as a global content contest showcasing Korea to the world. The contest has come a long way since then. This year, 2018, had… Read More Honorary Reporters meet winners of Talk Talk Korea contest
I am an Ilongga living in Seoul. I come from Iloilo, located in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. I wear my patadyong, Iloilo’s traditional and most versatile textile, as my first choice among Philippines’ many choices of traditional clothing. I first wrote about my made in Miag-ao Patadyong (old website no longer exists) detailing… Read More Patadyong: Versatile Textile from Iloilo