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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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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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South East Asia
Geoje International Photo Festival: Photographers community gathers in Geoje Island
November 27 marked my first visit to Geoje Island, the second largest island in Korea. The reason was quite simple and interesting. My photographs had been selected as part of the first Geoje International Photo Festival and I was also on assignment to cover the festival. The two-day journey to…
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South East Asia
Sex slavery talks between Korean, Japan likely to continue into 2016
Negotiations between Korea and Japan over Tokyo’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II are likely to drag on into next year. Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said he was skeptical about striking a deal with Korea over the issue by the end of this year, Japan’s Nihon…
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West Asia
International festival of visually impaired musicians in Tunisia
Starting on Thursday 3rd December and until Saturday 5th December, the first round for the International Festival for Blind Musicians will be held in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis. The festival chose for its first round to honor one of the icons of the Arab music, the late Sheikh Imam. This festival, the…
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Culture
Yoo Seung-ho’s legal thriller “Remember” releases teasers
“Remember – War of the Son” is an upcoming 2015 thriller and legal South Korean melodrama starring Yoo Seung-ho and Park Min-young for the main roles of Seo Jin Woo and Lee In Ah. Seo Jin-woo (played by Yoo Seung-ho) has the condition of Hyperthymesia which allows him to remember almost…
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Culture
MAMA in Hong Kong celebrates Kpop in its 17th round
The ‘2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards’ is taking place in Hong Kong this year round, being hosted by Psy, awarding idol stars and groups for their amazing music. Originally launched in 1999, the ‘MAMA’ is a major K-pop award ceremony that attracts performers from all over the world. It aims…
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West Asia
UAE celebrates its 44th National Day in Seoul’s Silla Hotel
In it’s celebration of it’s National Day, UAE chose Silla Hotel to host that memorable event. Abdallah Khalfan Matar Al-Ramethy, United Arab Emirates’s ambassador in South Korea, celebrates the 44th National day of the United Arab Emirates, in the presence of notable figures of politicians and ambassadors. In the picture,…
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