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Lifestyle
Decaying town eyes artful comeback
Sunset Janghang Festival kicks off town’s renaissance effort JANGHANG — The vacation traffic jams clogged up the main freeways out of Seoul last Saturday. But as this reporter’s car approached the smallish seaside town, only a few other cars were in sight, the promotional flags attached to lampposts outnumbering the…
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Society
Court bans sale of UN chief’s biography
The Seoul Western District Court has banned the sale of an “unauthorized revised edition” of the best-selling biography about U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, upholding the original writer’s claim to copyright. On Monday, the court granted an injunction to Shin Woong-jin, author of “Study like a Fool, Dream like a Prodigy,”…
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East Asia
Enjoying samgyetang
Foreign students try samgyetang (chicken ginseng soup) as part of the 2012 International Summer School program at Hansung University in northern Seoul, Tuesday, a day before “chobok,” one of the three hottest days of the year. Samgyetang is a favorite of Koreans during the summer, as it is known to…
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Lifestyle
Lie Sang-bong, inspired by ‘dancheong’
Designer presents his 2012 S/S collection at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum July 30 Fashion designer Lie Sang-bong cuts a normal yet singular figure in the high world of fashion. And he has been chosen to represent Korean fashion in London for the cultural program “All Eyes on Korea,” which…
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South Asia
Anyer pran bachate giye nijer pongu howar ashonka ek chatrer
Namaskar, ami Sudhanya Ghosh,Asia Journalist Association,AJA. Attohoya kari ek bekti ke trainer dhakka theke bachate giye nije e pran songshoyer sommukhin kuri bochor boyosko ek chatro. trainer dhakkaye tar daan paati jokhom hoye ebong baa payer hatur ninmno bhag bad jaye. tar daan paa ti beche jabe bole doctor ra…
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Politics
[India Report] Campaign called ‘Because I Am A Girl’ held in National Assembly
Forbidden Entry For ‘Because I Am A Girl’ A group of school girls gathered Tuesday (July 17) in the precinct of the National Assembly building in Seoul, South Korea, for the promotion of a campaign of an organization. But, they were prevented from entering the National Assembly building, causing a little chaos in…
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Knockoff Galaxy S3 to go better than genuine one in China
Knockoff Galaxy S3, similar with genuine smartphones not only in appearance but also in functioning, will be on sale in China just one month after Galaxy S3 of Samsung Electronics began to be marketed. The name of Galaxy S3 knockoff smart phone is ‘HDC Galaxy S3’, whose size and external appearance are almost…
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‘MB should do something to improve South-North relationship’
A survey showed that some 60 percent of South Korean people are pessimistic about the improvement of relationship between South and North Korea next year as a result of regid attitude of Lee Myung-bak government toward the North in the last five years. The survey was conducted recently over the telephone by the Hyundai Research…
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South East Asia
Viet Nam : APEC must play key role
Top news in <Vietnam News> : APEC must play key role Viet Nam, as a developing country, was actively integrating into the global economy, fully implementing multilateral and bilateral international commitments, and creating a favourable business environment for domestic and foreign businesses and investors. President Truong Tan Sang made the statement while attending…
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East Asia
NK Film “Meet In Pyongyang” To Premiere In China
Director Kim Hyong Chol introduces cast members from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) during the premiere ceremony of “Meet in Pyongyang” in Beijing, capital of China, July 16, 2012. “Meet in Pyongyang”, the first China-DPRK co-production film, was about the story of a Chinese dancer learning dancing in DPRK…
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