SEOUL – Czech photographic exhibition Woman and the City

Large size fashion and advertisement photographs by leading Czech photographer Jiří Turek made on his assignments in cities like New York, London, Brussels as well as his home city of Prague are on show at Czech Info Center from February 3 to March 13, 2010.

05.02.2010 06:21

SEOUL – Czech-Korean cooperation programme in the fields of education, youth, sport and culture signed

Czech-Korean cultural ties got an additional boost with a new cooperation programme in the field of education, youth, sport and culture signed in Seoul.

31.12.2009 08:06

SEOUL – international Antonín Dvořák composition competition announced

The 1st international composition competition named after famous Czech composer Antonín Dvořák has been announced in the Republic of Korea.

22.12.2009 03:24

SEOUL – Korean concerts of famous Czech children choir Bambini di Praga

Famous Bambini di Praga spent a fortnight in and around Seoul on their fourth tour of the Republic of Korea in the last years.

20.12.2009 02:57

JANUARY – documentary films on North Korea, DR Congo, Burma and former Czechoslovakia to be shown in Czech Info Centre

Five different films on the topic of human rights will be shown throughout January 2010 in Czech Info Centre on the occassion of the 20th anniversary of the end of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Among them a new Czech films „Welcome to North Korea!“ (dir. Linda Jablonská, 2009) and „Tears of Congo“ (dir. Olga Šilhová, 2009).

08.12.2009 08:03

SEOUL – Czech writer in unique Korean-language literary anthology

Jan Balabán´s short story „A Boy“ (Kluk) represented modern Czech writers in the first ever wide Korean-language selection of modern European literatures.

01.12.2009 06:07

SEOUL – Czech Květa Pacovská main guest of CJ Picture Book Festival

World famous Czech visual artist Květa Pacovská opened her special exhibition on the occassion of the 2nd CJ Picture Book Festival in Seoul. Her paintings as well as 3D objects were presented to Korean public in Korea Foundation Cultural Center.

26.11.2009 08:27

SEOUL – Another Czech musical, Jack the Ripper, hits Korean stage

Seoul saw the premiere of another Czech musical - Jack the Ripper - by well-known hitmaker Vašo Patejdl. The show will be on stage at Universal Arts Center until January 31, 2010.

20.11.2009 05:17

NOVEMBER-JANUARY – Unforgettable Fall of 1989

Series of exhibitions under the theme „Unforgettable Fall of 1989“ depicting the communist regime in Czechoslovakia and its fall at the end of 1989 will be held in various places in Seoul.

12.11.2009 06:32

SEOUL – Prague Chamber Orchestra ended its Asian tour in Seoul

The last stop of Prague Chamber Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe and soprano Marie Fajtová during their Asian „Toyota Classics 2009“ tour was Seoul.

11.11.2009 03:04