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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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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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Culture
The first kpop concert in Prgaue
On Friday 4th December, the first Kpop concert in the Czech Republic capital, Prague, was held in a sports stadium, during the visit of South Korea’s president Park Geun Hye to the country. The concert was attended by over 1800 hallyu fans from Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. President…
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West Asia
Red Cross seeking permission to work in ISIS territory
The International Committee of the Red Cross has said it is trying to establish relations with ISIS in hopes of delivering aid to the 10 million people living under its control as ICRC Director-General Yves Daccord told AFP in an interview. “We have a very clear humanitarian vision. First, what we…
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West Asia
Draft law fails to ensure disability rights in Morocco
A draft law on rights for disabled people that has gone before the Moroccan parliament has been criticized by civil society groups. Moroccan disability associations are being supported by Human Rights Watch, which recently wrote to the Moroccan parliament calling on lawmakers to ensure that the draft law accords full…
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Culture
“Tug of War” joins UNESCO’s intangible heritage list
The traditional game of “Tug of War” was recently added to UNESCO’s international intangible heritage list. The decision was made during the meeting the intangible heritage committee of UNESCO held in Namibia on Wednesday 2nd December. It’s worthy to mention that four Asian countries: South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Philippines, applied…
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Culture
TaeTiSeo welcome winter with “Dear Santa”
The trio from Girls’ Generation have returned with a new song for the upcoming holiday season as part of their mini album titled “Dear Santa”, which will include 6 tracks. “Dear Santa” was just released as they’ve been teasing for the release of the song and the music video fro over…
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