The organizing committee of the Daegu Queer Culture Festival announced that it will hold the 12th Daegu Queer Culture Festival in October this year. It has been held every year since it was first held on June 20, 2009. The committee said that the festival will be held at the plaza in front of Daegu

The world tour of the musical The Phantom of The Opera has started performing in Daegu from August 19 to September 6 at Keimyung Art Center. A preview performance was held on August 18, and reporter Bang for The Observer went to the scene. Rigorous measures were being taken to prevent the spread of

For Koreans, one of the biggest features of Filipinos can be their sense of a leisurely or unhurried lifestyle. It seems that the hot weather and the beautiful natural environment surrounded by the sea of the Philippines has made Filipinos optimists and persons of leisure. They seem to enjoy life, a

We have all heard about Thailand. Thailand is known as the country of smiles, and lots of Buddhist architecture. The foods of Thailand are also famous, such as TomYumGoong, a Thai style soup; Khao Phat, a kind of fried rice; and Phat Thai, Thai-style stir-fried noodles. Likewise, Thailand has many f

Kota Kinabalu is the capital of the Malaysian state of Sabah. The average temperature is 30 degrees Celsius, and it’s humid and rainy all year round. Perhaps due to this climate, we can observe that the lifestyle of the locals is very different from Korea. For example, there are things like ritual a

The Seonam traditional market is located in Dalseogu, Daegu. The Seonam traditional market is large in size, convenient for transportation, and well equipped with various amenities for people. There isa customer rest center in the market. The customer rest center is very well decorated. You can take

Seomun market is the most famous market in Daegu. It has been in operation since the 17th century, the mid-Joseon Dynasty. It advanced gradually and made a name for itself as a center of distribution as one of the three markets of Joseon. It kept its position during the Japanese colonialera and it r

We often visit supermarkets or large retailers near our homes to buy necessities, instead of going to the market and buying things we need personally. However, we can easily find the history of traditional markets as the starting point for marts. Even though it’s more common and convenient to buy th

Many people may know this building – the Daegu Arts Center. The DAC has a special history, as it was the first cultural infrastructure in Daegu. Since 1990, many buildings were constructed regarding art, music, and performance, and they have organized DAC. In the beginning of the 2000s, an opera hou

Have you ever heard of Mt. Baekdu? The mountain, called Mt. Baekdu by its Korean name and Mt. Jangbaek by its Chinese name, is the highest mountain in the Korean Peninsula and has a huge volcano. I’d like to tell you about Mt. Baekdu, Cheonji pond, and Biryong Falls. Mt. Baekdu is located on the bor

Forbidden City & Tiananmen The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of Ming and Qing dynasty. It was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1987. Tiananmen is a gate located in the south of the Forbidden City. Some people misunderstand it as the main gate of the Forbidden City, but it is actually

Nanjing Dongru is a busy street that rivals waitan, the center of Shanghai tourism. The eastern road to the Huangpu River, based on the intersection where it meets Xizang Zhonglu, is called Nanjing Shiru, and the western road to Jingansu. Therefore, this walking course has become a well-known and mu

The Daegu Art Factory(DAF) was established in 2013 as a public institution for contemporary art. At first, it started as a tobacco manufacturing plant in 1919 but the factory was shut down in 1999. As it is now, it has been used as an art space since 2008 when it was dedicated to creating an art spa

The first exhibition is the “POP/corn” exhibition being held from June 11 to September 29. The title “POP/corn” means contemporary Korean “Pop” art as an “icon” of the time (“corn” expresses icon) which represents the diverse flow of Korean pop art. The artists who participate in the exhibition show

On 20 Jun, 2019, I visited The Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai which ran from 1926 to 1932 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean Provisional Government. After paying a 20 Yuan entrance fee, I watched a video and saw the inside of the building. The video gave

Living in a busy society, we can easily think that national days are just days off from school or work. But we should not forget the significance of the 100th anniversary of the Korean Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and the meaning it holds. Especially, as university students living

The March 1st Independence Movement is a historic day to commemorate when the Korean people protested against the Japanese colonial rule on March 1, 1919, and announced their declaration of independence to the world. At that time, the Declaration of Independence and the Independence Movement took pl

The March 1st Movement, spread out from cities and farm villages in 1919, sent a hopeful message to nationalist leaders and independence activists inside and outside of the country. They made a decision to establish government in the various places to achieve independence. In Shanghai, China, Korean

Here comes the spring! In Daegu, there are lots of enjoyable things to do. In this section we’re going to introduce baseball at Daegu Samsung Lions Park. This stadium was built three years ago and is located in Suseong-gu, Daegu. Visitors who want to see a baseball game can use the line two of the s

What do you think of when you visit Daegu? Perhaps you think of many things, but Daegu is a city with a huge of passion for sports, unlike any other city. Soccer is the most popular sport for Daegu citizens. Daegu’s local soccer team, Daegu FC, was founded on 9 October 2002. It is the first soccer c