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Culture
Kimbap: Korea’s special food
Kimbap is “bap” which is rice wrapped in “kim” which is dried seaweed leaves. It’s considered Korea’s relief food; it’s made especially for kids to put in their lunch boxes when they go to school, or as a light lunch served with Korean specialty, Kimchi. But since it needs a…
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Marlon James wins the Man Booker prize 2015
Marlon James has become the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker prize, as he receives it for his third novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings”. He was the only Jamaican to be shortlisted in this year’s round, as the shortlist included two authors from the US and…
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South Asia
Malala documentary premiered at London Festival
A documentary about the youngest-ever Nobel Peace laureate Malala had its European premiere this week at the London Film Festival. “He named me Malala” is an intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai. Humbled by Malala’s aspirations and efforts, American actress Meryl Streep hailed her as the worthy heiress of the suffragettes…
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West Asia
Twelve Arab innovators become science stars on TV
Twelve of the Arab world’s most promising and remarkable young innovators beat thousands of rival applicants to be selected as candidates on the seventh season of Stars of Science, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development ‘s (QF) “edutainment reality” TV program on MBC4. This selection concludes the casting…
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South East Asia
Busan Review: A Copy of My Mind
Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar’s latest film, A Copy of My Mind hit the screens as part of the 20th Busan International Film Festival in ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ section. The film has previously premiered in Venice. The film revolves around the love story of a pirated DVDs subtitles maker…
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Culture
Nobel awards literature prize to war documenting
In one it’s most notable awards, Nobel awarded it’s literature prize for 2015 to Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich, for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time. She’s a Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer. Of her most famous books, “War’s Unwomanly Face” documenting women through WWII,…
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East Asia
Bollywood film ‘Zubaan’ wows audience at Busan International Film Fest.
Zubaan, the opening film at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in Korea, is directed by Mozez Singh, an Indian filmmaker from Mumbai. This is the first time that a mainstream Bollywood film has opened the biggest film festival in Asia. The film revolves around a boy, Dilsher (played by…
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Culture
“Netflix” comes to Korea in 2016
The biggest on-demand internet streaming media “Netflix” is expected to be available in Korea starting next year. As Greg Peters, head of international projects at Netflix, said during his speech in streaming international convention held at Coex mall in Seoul in September. He explained that his company plans to start implementing Netflix…
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Lee Min Ho endorses Ferrero chocolate
On October 2, Starhaus Entertainment confirmed that Lee Min Ho would serve as a spokesmodel for the Italian chocolatier “Ferrero Rocher”, whose brand grew exponentially through heavy marketing. “Korean Wave star Lee Min Ho has exceptional talent, as a model, showing the continued interest in the Korean market of Rocher…
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Culture
Women in Truman Capote’s world
Truman Capote, the American writer, who’s mostly known for his nonfiction book “In Cold Blood”, wrote a number of novels and short stories, and though their protagonists weren’t always female, there always seemed to be an interesting female character in everything he wrote, and the reason why they were…
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