• Culture

    Busan: Lights of Cinema

      A view of the backside, the food court of BIFF Hill, one of venues for 20th Busan International Film Festival. (Photograph by Rahul Aijaz)

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  • West Asia

    Christie’s Dubai auction runs for its 19th season

    Christie’s auctions of Modern and Contemporary Art and Important Watches held this week in Dubai totaled $10,590,875/ AED 38,900,284, with impressive sell-through rates of 89% and 96% respectively. A pioneer in the sale of both categories, having held its first art sale in Dubai in 2006 and the first stand-…

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  • Society

    Seoul hosts Kimchi festival

    Seoul city announced that the preparations for the upcoming Kimchi festival are starting, with the festival expected to run on 6 – 8 November, reported by KBS. Over 6000 people are expected to participate, with over of 2000 of them being foreigners, in “Kim Jang” festival, which Kimchi making festival.…

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  • Culture

    Relationships and age difference in Korea and Middle East

    Age difference has always been a deciding factor for relationships success in Middle Eastern countries, that it’s refreshing to see how that aspect of a person is the last thing to determine a relationship’s success in South Korea. In middle Eastern countries, like online dating, younger men dating older women,…

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  • Culture

    Cho Seong Jin wins International Chopin piano competition

    Piano player Cho Seong Jin became the first South Korean contestant to win International Chopin piano competition. Fryderyk Chopin Institute announced Cho Seong Jin as the winner for the competition in its 17th round held on October 2015 in Warsaw. This competition originally started on 1927 to honor Polish composer Fryderyk…

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  • West Asia

    Korean cartoons in Algeria

    A special screening for the Korean cartoon “Flowers that never fade” was held in Algerian capital earlier in October. This cartoon was part of a special exhibition by Korea that aims to detail what comfort women went through because of Japanese soldiers. This exhibition is part of Algeria’s International festival for…

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  • Culture

    Lee Min Ho, Korea’s most loved star in Middle East

    According to a questionnaire by KBS World Radio Arabic, the Korean star Lee Min Ho was chosen as the most loved Korean star among Arab audiences. They asked Arabic audience about the Korean star who comes to mind when they talk about Korea, Lee Min Ho topped the results with…

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  • South East Asia

    Cheongju International craft Biennale hosts philosopher de Botton

    Famous philosopher Alain de Botton participates in 2015 Cheongju International craft Biennale as an art director, introducing a special project. His special project titled “Beauty and Happiness” aims to discover the value of letters in our daily life. According to organizers, it’ll include 49 works resulted from cooperation between Botton and 15 teams…

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  • Culture

    Kpop pamphlets in American universities

    Popular South Korean singer “PSY” cooperated with public relations expert professor “So Kyung Dok” in promoting Korean pop music in the US. They printed pamphlets introducing Kpop, and distributed them in some of the big American universities. The pamphlets’ cover has a picture of PSY, and includes a brief history…

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  • Culture

    JOO makes her comeback after 5 years

    The kpop singer Jung Min Joo, who’s known by her stage name JOO, hasn’t been active since 2011, and she’s finally making a comeback. JOO’s latest album “Heartmade” was released in 2011 under the management of JYP entertainment, with the main single being “Bad Guy”. Following that she released “Not…

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