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ICPC 2020
Mon 13 - Wed 15 July 2020
co-located with ICSE 2020

One other thing at virtual ICSE 2020, we offer you to enjoy some taste of Korea and its culture!

We’ve brought several video clips which may give you a great virtual experience on the page!

Ga, Nah, Dah, Lah,,, Let’s learn Hangul!

National Hangeul Museum (국립한글박물관)
The History of Hangul This video explains the history of Hangeul and the background of King Sejong’s creation of Hangeul and scientific principles of Hangul. You may learn how Hangeul becomes a daily writing system and shows as a driving force for blooming various cultures.
About Hangul Foreign cultural anthropologist explains the greatness and uniqueness of Hangul. This video explains the principles and background of Hangeul with its scientific components.
Korean Unnie (한국언니)
Best Video to Learn Korean Alphabet Hangul This video explains the vowels of Hangul, and there are other series of videos about learning Korean. Korean Unnie explains how to pronounce vowels and make us to repeat. After her lecture, she shows some example words to practice it along.

Yum! K-Foods!

Seoul Tourism Organization (서울관광재단)
Best Korean Food Randomly Interviewing foreigners who've been living in Korea and ask their opinions about Korean foods they knew before coming to Korea and their current favorite foods. Asking them about the foods that represent Korea in their thoughts.
King Sejong Institute (세종학당재단)
Enjoy Korean Food Foreign expats in Korea take foreign students a Korean street food tour. this video recommends and eat their best Korean foods in Korea.
Maangchi
Traditional Kimchi Recipe ‘Maangchi’ is a famous Korean food recipe chef on Youtube. She easily introduces many Korean food recipe to foreigners with detailed explanations. It shows how to make traditional Kimchi. (FYI, There are many kinds of Kimchi in Korea.) She made ‘baechu-kimchi (a traditional napa cabbage kimchi)’ which is the most well-known kimchi also represents “Kimchi” the most.
아내의 식탁 Wife's Cuisine
Bulgogi Bibimbap Recipe This video shows how to make Bibimbap which is one of the famous traditional Korean foods. Put 3~5 ingredients and red pepper paste. And then mix it all with egg. Bibimbap has recently emerged as a health food worldwide because it contains a lot of vegetables and because of its nutrition facts.

Invite You to the Virtual Excursions!

Seoul Tourism Organization (서울관광재단)
Best place in Seoul Logan from Seoul Hunters asked foreign people about their best attractions to visit in Seoul! Check this video out to get some insight on traveling! XD
5 things have to do at 한강 Lara went to Han River in Seoul. Nowadays, Han River is popular among foreign tourists visiting Seoul. There are a number of parks along the riverside though, Lara visited ‘Banpo Han River Park’, and she introduces her 5 ways how to enjoy well in Han River. Come and check it out!

Attractive! Traditional Korean Dances are here!

National Gugak Center (국립국악원)
Buchaeipchum The “Buchaechum”, a.k.a fan dance, a newly-choreographed dance from the mid-twentieth century in which dancers dance with colorfully decorated hand-held fans, is characterized by the balance between straight and curved lines with delicate movements. Furthermore, the fan dance shows the nuanced variations in the shape of a fan made by its folding and unfolding with the stylized movement of Korean folk-derived dance. This “Buchaechum” from the Park Suk-ja school is one of various versions.
Taepyeongmu “Taepyeongmu” (Dance of Great Peace) is a work choreographed by Han Seong-jun (1874–1941) in the twentieth century based on the rhythms and movements used in Gyeonggi (central region around Seoul capital) regional shaman ritual. It is performed in a king or queen costume depending on the gender of the performer, offering a prayer for peace and prosperity. The dance is characterized by majestic and speedy footwork. Using the feet to display diverse movements such as making circles or turning between beats is a unique attraction of the work.

Have you heard these sounds? The Genuine Voice of Korea!

King Sejong Institute (세종학당재단)
Experience Korean Culture_Traditional Music Pansori diva Park Ae-ri introduces the traditional Korean music. Try to experience Korean classical music!
National Gugak Center (국립국악원)
Cheonnyeonmanse A suite from the aristocratic genre, pungnyu, comprising three short pieces, Gyemyeongarak dodeuri, Yangcheong dodeuri, and Ujogarak dodeuri. These three pieces are often performed together as a suite or as individual pieces. Compared to other court or pungnyu music, “Cheonnyeonmanse” brings a light and cheerful mood, and, among all pyungnyu repertoires, Yangcheong dodeuri most lifts up listeners with its fast tempo. The title “Cheonnyeonmanse,” literally means a wish for eternal life, and is played after Yeongsanhoesang, the most representative pungnyu music.
Sujecheon “Sujecheon,” is one of the most well-known and representative works of the court music repertoire. In the Joseon court, “Sujecheon” was performed on several different occasions, including formal state ceremonies, royal banquets, royal processions, and to accompany masked dance. The piece is performed with a full orchestra. “Sujecheon,” which expresses the wish for eternal life like that in Heaven, was originally entitled Jeongeup, a song from Bakjae, one of the Three Kingdoms of the Korean Peninsula. The piece was performed at court as court dance accompaniment as well as instrumental repertoire for ceremonies throughout history.

Enjoy your K-POP!

BBC Radio 1
K-Pop: Korea's Secret Weapon? Adele Roberts tracks the rise of Korean Pop - the lifestyle, the fashion and the fans - and meets BTS, the biggest band in the scene. Is K-Pop about to take the world by storm? Adele investigates the secrets behind the genre, delving in to the lifestyle, the fashion, and looking at the fans and the politics that make up the scene…before meeting the K-Pop band who are taking the world by storm. BTS are the first Korean group to break into the US Top 30 and the UK Top 50 charts. So how is a music genre from a country with a different language, different culture and one of the world's most heavily militarized borders, becoming so successful around the world?
BLACKPINK
BLACKPINK - 'How You Like That' M/V "How You Like That" is a song by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released on June 26, 2020, through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records, as the first pre-release single from the group's upcoming debut Korean-language studio album, set for release in September 2020. Teddy co-wrote the track with Danny Chung, and its producers R. Tee and 24. Its music video currently holds the record of being the most streamed music video premiere in YouTube with 1.65 million views. Upon its release on YouTube, the music video garnered 86.3 million views in its first 24 hours, breaking the record for the most views in its first 24 hours of release. It also broke the record for fastest video to reach 100 million views on YouTube, doing so in just 32 hours. From Wikipedia “How You Like That”
Big Hit Labels
Agust D '대취타' MV D-2 (the album of the song) is the second mixtape released by South Korean rapper Agust D, better known as Suga of boy band BTS, following his eponymous debut mixtape released in 2016. The mixtape was released on May 22, 2020, and consists of ten tracks. Its lyrics share the rapper's viewpoint on the current world. From Wikipedia “D-2 (mixtape)”