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Culture
Seoul celebrates the holiday season with French Christmas market
The French Christmas Market is one of the highlights of the holiday season. Presented by the Association des Francophones de Coree (AFC) and sponsored by several French businesses operating in Korea, the market is a good place to pick up French products such as mulled wine, games, wine, cheese, salmon and…
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West Asia
Iranian newspaper condemns media censorship
Iran’s “Ettelaat” newspaper has objected to the state’s ban on publishing the name or images of the former reformist president, Mohammad Khatami. As the managing editor of the state-run newspaper, Seyed Mahmoud Doaei, wrote a front-page editorial in the form of a public letter addressed to President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday 9th December…
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Culture
EXO “Sing for You” in their latest winter song
EXO have revealed the Korean and Chinese music videos of their winter-themed title song “Sing for You.” The song “Sing for You” is the title track from EXO’s upcoming 5 songs mini-album of the same name. The moody, black and white music video features EXO members going through some good and bad…
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Culture
ZICO tells his life story in first solo album
Having already released many singles, Zico now drops his first official solo mini-album “Gallery” The Block B leader’s self-produced album includes “Veni Vidi Vici” featuring DJ Vegun, “Eureka” featuring Zion. T, “Pride and Prejudice” featuring Suran, and his recent digital singles “Tell Me Yes or No,” “Day” and “Boys and…
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Culture
“Signal”: a paranormal cop drama debuts in 2016
The writers of “Ghost” and “Sign” are back with their latest drama, “Signal”. Signal, a paranormal police drama, about cops both past and present who can communicate with one another via two-way radio, and how they use this unique situation to crack long-unsolved cases. The released teaser introduces the main cast: Lee Je-hoon playing “Park Hae…
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Culture
Retrieval of Joseon era plant samples from Russian museum
National institute of biological resources in South Korea announced their retrieval of Korean plants that date back to the Joseon era from Russia. The institute announced receiving 100 plant samples of Korean old plants collected between 1886 and 1902 from Seoul and Incheon, and had been kept since then in “Komarov”…
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West Asia
Saudi Arabia reconsiders stoning sentence of Sri Lankan woman
A Saudi court has decided to reopen the case of a Sri Lankan woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, according to a Sri Lankan government minister. Harsha de Silva, the deputy foreign minister, told parliament on Tuesday 8th December that an appeals court in Riyadh, Saudi…
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East Asia
New Seoul-based zine offers platform for female artists
What has always interested me in Korea is the alternative forms of art. While the mainstream media rules the markets all around the world, it is the alternative art, music and cinema of a country which push the envelope and experiment and bring in more diversity. And in Korea, specifically in…
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East Asia
82% South Koreans in favor of reunification
Eight out of 10 South Koreans believe unification with the North is necessary, a survey shows. The National Unification Advisory Council surveyed 1,000 adults last month and 82 percent said unification is necessary while 15.2 percent said it is not. The perception that the divided peninsula needs to be unified…
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Politics
South Korea elected as president for Human Rights council
South Korea has been elected as president for Human Rights council for next year. The members of the council chose Korea’s permanent representative in the UN in Geneva, Choi Kyong-lim, during the council’s meeting on Monday 7th December. Choi will head the council for year starting in January. Upon his election,…
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