{
  "id": 12298825,
  "title": "Seoul to hold free festival to link foreign, local residents through beauty, culture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/seoul-to-hold-free-festival-to-link-foreign-local-residents-through-12298825",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T04:32:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20261006/seoul-to-hold-free-festival-to-link-foreign-local-residents-through-beauty-culture"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Seoul is set to host a free cultural festival on Friday, connecting local and foreign residents through Korean beauty, wellness, and lifestyle experiences. The second Better Together Seoul Culture & Wellness Festival will take place from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Oullim Square within Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a prominent landmark in central Seoul. Notably, Friday marks Hangeul Day, a nationwide holiday in South Korea.\n\nThe event, organized by the Seoul Foreign Resident Center with support from the city, will see representation from embassies of Colombia, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan, as well as a Spanish cultural center. International student associations will also contribute by running booths at the festival.\n\nAttendees can look forward to a K-beauty and health zone offering cutting-edge services such as artificial intelligence skin analysis, personal color diagnosis, face painting, blood pressure and blood sugar checks, a virtual reality safety program, and CPR training. Additionally, the K-culture zone will feature hands-on activities like crafting gat key rings, traditional Korean horsehair hats, calligraphy, and folk games like jegichagi, where players keep a shuttlecock airborne using their feet.",
  "summary": "Seoul will host a cultural festival this Friday, bringing together local and foreign residents to experience Korean beauty, wellness and lifestyle programs, city officials said Tuesday. The second Better Together Seoul Culture & Wellness Festival will run from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Oullim Square of Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), a landmark in central Seoul. Friday is Hangeul Day, a national holiday.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul to hold free festival to link foreign, local residents through beauty, culture",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/seoul-to-hold-free-festival-to-link-foreign-local-residents-through",
        "published": "2026-10-06T04:07:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}