Tag: new horizons

[New horizons] Rediscovering diplomacy during the pandemic

Starting a new diplomatic posting in the midst of a pandemic is no easy feat. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, ambassador of Pakistan to Korea, arrived in Seoul in early 2020, just as the number of daily cases were starting to pick up. “Especially in the...

2021.7.18

[New horizons] National heroines remembered through portraits

Among the hundreds of Korean students who rallied for Korea's independence in 1919 in the streets of Tokyo was a Korean woman named Kim Maria. “She is among hundreds, if not more, of women who took part in the independence movement of Korea, yet...

2021.4.27

″Alone Together″ by Anna Anderegg, to be performed at Eunam Museum of Art in Gwangu from Feb. 26 to March 3, as part of the Swiss Pavilion at the 13th Gwangju Biennale. [NICOLE PFISTER]

[New Horizons] Swiss-Korean dance 'Alone Together' juxtaposes reality and cyberspace

"Alone Together," the Swiss-Korean dance performance to be showcased for the first time at the 13th Gwangju Biennale, speaks of our experiences in the pandemic. Four female performers, some holding up laptops, tablets or phones, will perform...

2021.2.21

[New horizons] Korea’s Arctic ambitions begin with Norway

It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Korea’s place in the Arctic began in Norway nearly 20 years ago. Korea’s first Arctic research station, the Dasan Station, was established in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in 2002. To be fair, it was...