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Society
Encouraging disabled people through photography
Disabled people, naturally, face problems adjusting in the society. Most of the times, they live an isolated life if they are unable to perform daily-life functions. An non-profit international social enterprise EyeContactNow, established in Estonia, supports and encourages disabled people to share their stories and life through visual media. EyeContactNow promotes…
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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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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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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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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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Culture
Photographer captures people’s reactions when told they are beautiful
A photographer conducted a social experiment to see what happens when you tell someone they are beautiful. The 18-year-old student from Chicago, Shea Glover, asked random people to pose for her and said to them, “I’m taking pictures of things I find beautiful.” “I conducted an independent project which evidently…
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Society
Remembering Edie Sedgwick
What urged me to write about Edie Sedgwick was first, her timeless beauty, and then her tragic life story but most of all, it was her sensitive soul that remained mostly hidden behind the mask of her beauty, trendsetting fashion statements that influenced the 1960s America and, her popularity as…
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