Korea’s traditional martial arts taekkyeon, tightrope walking and ramie fabric weaving of the Hansan region have joined UNESCO’s intangible heritage list. UNESCO delegates, who are meeting Nov. 22-29 ...

Georgios Emmanouilidis is a Greek martial artist who specializes in Korean styles. He started with taekwondo in 1999 and eventually earned a black belt, but did the same with haidong, geomdo, ...

Korea’s traditional martial arts, tightrope walking and ramie weaving have been listed as intangible heritages. UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee inscribed the three Korean traditions in the ...

There’s probably no telling whether taekkyeon, in which practitioners conduct smooth and slow movements with their limbs, is a dance or a martial art. One could say, however, that it is a form of ...

Taekkyeon demonstrations will be held every Sunday at Insa-dong, according to Seoul City, Friday. Taekkyeon is a traditional Korean martial art that makes use of fluid, rhythmic dance-like movements ...

Aspiring to achieve the same global recognition as K-pop and K-dramas, North Chungcheong Province, the home of traditional Korean martial arts taekkyeon, plays host to various martial arts-related ...

During a recent recording for the SBS variety show “Roommate,” the cast members, including Park Joon Hyung, Jo Se Ho, Lee Gook Joo, After School’s Nana, GOT7’s Jackson, and KARA’s Youngji, received ...

On the afternoon of the 21st, at the Golden Mouse Hall in the MBC new building broadcasting center in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, MBC's new Friday-Saturday drama "Fifties Professionals" held a ...