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Tweet of the Day: South Korean Museums to Become Wedding Venues
| July 23, 2024
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Tweet of the Day: National Museum of Korea the 6th Most Visited in the World
| April 16, 2024
Tea Museum on Jeju Island Accused of Discrimination Against Foreigners
| December 16, 2021
I don’t think this is discrimination because foreigners can attend the museum’s special programs if someone is willing to translate without interfering with the class. It seems like this is much to do about nothing:
A tea museum operated by South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific is found to have a rather controversial policy: It says no foreigners are allowed in its guided tours or tea classes because no interpretation services are provided.
Even if the foreigner is OK with not having an interpreter or has a native Korean speaker to help, the museum is apparently reluctant to accept the guest, warning, “The translation (by another guest) may be restricted if it disturbs other participants of the program.”
The museum in question – Osulloc Tea Museum – is one of Jeju Island’s most popular tourist spots.
Opened in September 2001 and located near the scenic Seokwang tea fields in Seogwipo, it is the first tea museum in Korea designed to introduce and promote the nation’s traditional tea culture. As of 2020, more than 15 million people have visited the venue, it says, with some 20-30 percent of those being foreign visitors.
Korea Herald
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Picture of the Day: Korean First Lady at Museum of Vienna
| June 15, 2021
South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook (2nd from R) looks at a piece of armor and a helmet from Korea’s Joseon Dynasty at Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna on June 14, 2021. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Aviation Museum Opens
| July 4, 2020
Airplane models are displayed at the National Aviation Museum of Korea in Seoul’s Gangseo Ward on July 3, 2020. The three-story museum was opened the same day, but access for the public is restricted for the time being due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Forced Labor Museum
| November 20, 2015
This photo released on Nov. 17, 2015, shows the exterior of what will be South Korea’s first museum that chronicles Japan’s mobilization of forced labor. Built in the southeastern port city of Busan, the six-storied museum, set to open on World Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, exhibits documents and other material related to Koreans who were coerced to work for Japan who colonized Korea from 1910-45. Busan was where most of these Koreans were gathered before being shipped abroad. (Yonhap)
Picture of the Day: Robot Museum Opens in Seoul
| October 18, 2015
A boy wearing a taekwondo uniform poses for a photo in front of a 13-meter figure of “Robot Taekwon V,” a robot from a popular animation of the same title, during a ceremony in Seoul on Oct. 14, 2015, for the opening of the robot animation-themed museum. “Robot Taekwon V,” the nation’s first science fiction-themed animation released in 1976, was very popular among teens and children. (Yonhap)
