PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ introduced in NBC, following CNN, ABC
Korea’s popular singer PSy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ was introduced in the NBC’s morning news “The Today Show” following the CNN and ABC, confirming its growing popularities in the United States. Natalie Morales who is a co-anchor of the NBC Today Show, introduced PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ for one minute on August 22nd (local time). NBC’s Today Show showed PSY’s music […]
Actor Song remains calm on Japan’s entry denial
Hallyu actor Song Il-gook responded matter-of-factly to a senior Japanese official’s comment that he may not be allowed to enter Japan. Appearing on a cable network Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi said that it’s regrettable but Song may find it difficult to visit Japan in the future because that’s the state of Japanese […]
EU invites Koreans to apply for unique scholarship
When Suh Sim-eun, a former research officer at the Global Green Growth Institute, studied environmental studies, her classrooms were scattered across Europe: Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and Denmark. When not working, she made time to study Spanish or crossed a border into another country for the weekend. “Mobility was so convenient, and I liked […]
KR to lead global railway market
Korea Rail Network Authority (KR), the state-run railway builder and maintenance manager, is stepping up efforts to share its knowhow with developing countries as trains have emerged as a preferred, sustainable means of transportation across the world. It has offered China and other developing economies construction supervision and consulting management assistance in railroad projects over […]
US fence-sitting on Dokdo row
NEW YORK — Korea-Japan relations are getting rockier by the day, with stories about the bilateral standoff starting to take up more space, more often in U.S. print, television and online news. Not surprisingly, Washington is sitting on the fence over the intensifying territorial feud between its two most important allies in Northeast Asia. But […]
‘Rage crimes’ grip the nation in fear
A series of recent “rage crimes” has sent a wave of shock and fear across the nation. In the latest incident, a man terrorized the streets of Yeouido Wednesday, knifing two former colleagues and two strangers. This was preceded Tuesday by the arrest of a sex offender on probation, now charged with murdering a housewife. […]
Nature, music, book at Paju BookSori 2012
Books, nature and music intermingle in this celebration to delight readers, authors and publishers in Paju, the Asian capital of books. Located 30 kilometers north of Seoul, Paju in Gyeonggi Province has recently emerged as the nation’s new center of art and culture with events like the DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival and Heyri Art […]
Online real-name system unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the Information Communications Law requiring the use of real names online was unconstitutional, setting the stage for scrapping the policy which was implemented in 2007. The court made a unanimous decision that the law violated people’s freedom of speech. A petition filed by “Internet Media Today,” an online media […]
Sensational Ahn keywords sweep Naver
“Ahn Cheol-soo room salon (hostess bar),” “Park Geun-hye room salon,” and “Park Geun-hye condom” were the most searched keywords at the nation’s largest portal site Naver on Tuesday afternoon. As the lewd keywords connected with the possible front-runners for the presidential election appeared on the top 10 search ranking, people clicked on them out of […]
South Koreans, Chinese differ on way of handling NK defectors
Most of South Koreans think that the North Korean defectors in China should be treated in accordance with their free will while many Chinese say that the defectors should be sent back to the North, it was learned last week. It was revealed in a survey conducted recently by The AsiaN in cooperation with the Asia Journalist Association (AJA) on the occasion of […]
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