With tears and sweat, BTS wraps up globe-trotting concert tour in home country
Seoul: Tears and sweat wrapped up K-pop superband BTS’ year-long world concert tour in the capital of their home country on Tuesday. The famous home ARMY’s fan chant consecutively naming the seven BTS members brought to a close BTS’ “Love Yourself” world tour at the thundering Olympic Stadium in southern Seoul, 14 months after the […]
Fans, friends bid final farewell to K-pop star Sulli
Seoul: Fans and fellow K-pop stars bade their final farewells to Sulli as her coffin finally left for her burial early Thursday. The 25-year-old K-pop star and actress, whose legal name was Choi Jin-ri, was found dead at her residence in Seongnam, south of Seoul Monday, sending a shockwave across the country. Before her death, […]
World’s most expensive guitar on display at Jewellery Show in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi: A $ 2 million guitar decorated with over 11,441 diamonds will be on display at the Jewellery and Watch Show on October 26-30 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The masterpiece is acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most expensive guitar. Visitors of the […]
K-pop star Sulli, 25, found dead: police
Seoul: South Korean singer-actress Sulli, who suffered from online abuse, was found dead at a residence south of Seoul on Monday, police said. The body of the 25-year-old, whose legal name is Choi Jin-ri, was found by her agent at around 3:21 p.m. at a two-story house in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, according to police. Police […]
One-day Korean Cultural Festival in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: The embassy of the Republic of Korea in collaboration with Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) is organizing a daylong “Korean Cultural Festival” at RAC on Monday October 14. The artists of Jeollabuk-do Provincial Institute for Korean Traditional Performing Arts would perform in the cultural festival. The festival would feature cultural […]
BTS rocks capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The strong religious culture in Saudi Arabia couldn’t stop abaya-covered fans from springing up in their seats to dance as K-pop superband BTS performed its latest mega hit, “Boy With Luv,” in the country’s capital, Riyadh, Friday evening. The K-pop septet took the stage of Riyadh’s King Fahd International Stadium and opened up its […]
Korea-born French director gets glimpse of Philippines’ migrant workers
Busan: Yoon Sung-a, a 42-year-old Korea-born French director, has been regarded as a promising young filmmaker in the European film market. She made 10 short films in her early 20s and 30s, one of which, “And I’ll Keep In My Heart,” was selected for the Cinefondation section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Her […]
Taste Korea in Jeonju … 2019 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival to start on October 9
Jeonju: Jeonju, a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, will host the 2019 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival, a fiesta of traditional Korean taste and charm. Under the slogan of “Mixing excitingly! Enjoying deliciously!” the festival will be held in Jeonju Hanok Village, Seohakdong Art Village, Jeonju Nambu Market and other spots in and around Jeonju on October […]
Born to lead: Sheikh Mubarak Al Abdullah Al Mubarak Al Sabah
By Shane McGinley Arabian Business Kuwait: Waiting in one of the reception rooms in The White Palace in Kuwait City, it is hard not to notice a huge painting hung on one of the room’s walls. The image is of an Arabic woman sitting at a desk writing by candlelight as she looks over at […]
Film based on feminist novel sparks anti-feminist backlash in South Korea
Seoul: The movie “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” based on the best-selling novel of the same title, has re-ignited the debate on feminism ahead of its release next month, with some men announcing a boycott of the story that has emerged as a symbol of women’s struggles in patriarchal South Korea. The 2016 work by novelist […]
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