• East Asia

    Yokohama warehouse breathes of culture and history

    The red-bricked Akarenga, originally a quayside warehouse, is gaining popularity as a tourist attraction in Yokohama, Japan. The Meiji Restoration has opened Japan to foreign culture and materials from abroad, but the country did not have a sizeable wharf or port to support this heavy increase. As such, in 1896…

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  • New genre of Hallyu comes to Seoul

    Actors starring in MBC’s new period drama “Hwajeong” pose at a press event at the MBC building in Sangam-dong, west Seoul, Tuesday. From left are Cha Seung-won, Kim Jae-won, Lee Yeon-hee, Seo Kang-jun, Han Ju-wan and Cho Seong-ha. / Courtesy of MBC   The moth-eaten story of Gwanghaegun (or Prince…

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  • More Korean farmers are turning to online shopping

    / Yonhap According to online retailer auction, sales of agricultural equipment rose about 200 percent last year from 2013. “More young people have returned to farming, and they tend to buy machinery online,” a company spokesman said. The company’s sales surged 378 percent last month from the same period last…

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  • ‘Gangnam Style’ expands YouTube’s view limits

    K-pop singer Psy’s megahit “Gangnam Style” has drawn unexpectedly high view counts on YouTube, so much so that Google had to reform the system to expand the maximum limit. The music video surpassed 2.26 billion views as of Wednesday, which exceeds the online video provider’s view counter. YouTube-owned Google had…

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  • ‘Hallyu’ content website opens in Chinese

    A website providing cultural contents on Korea from shopping to travel and leisure opened in Chinese, Tuesday. Korea DMC (short for Destination Management Company), a service company providing in-bound travel-related contents for tourists, launched an online service called “Korea Top 10” (www.koreatop10.com). The website provides information on Korean celebrities, news…

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  • East Asia

    [Survey] Which city captures your heart?

    Tourists of the world are all heading to Asia. About 200 million tourists visit Asia annually and based on the combined statistics of the ASEAN countries, about 100 million tourists visit Southeast Asia. A huge increase of migrants from other countries can be seen as well. Many are attracted by…

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  • Culture

    The Spectacle of WrestleMania 31: pyrotechnics, ladders and Money in the Bank

    All year round, wrestling fans may complain about the quality of wrestling and storylines and wrestlers, but if there is one time of the year, everyone comes together to celebrate, it is WrestleMania. The biggest event of the year, at the Grandest Stage of them all, WrestleMania. Millions of people…

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  • Oscars 2015: Birdman, Boyhood pushing the boundaries of Cinema

    Just when I was wondering that the quality of cinema in 2014 would not surpass that of 2013, I watched films like Birdman and Boyhood, exceeding every expectation and slapping me across my face… with an Oscar. Frankly, I was afraid I would be right when I was thinking ‘How…

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  • East Asia

    Exploration of ethos in Seoul

    February 3, 2015, Tuesday morning. I was all hyped up about my first visit to Bukchon Hanok Village. Less than a month in the new city and Bukchon, one of the few places I wanted to visit, awaited me. No excuses, no sleep, I rode toward Bukchon with all my…

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  • East Asia

    The world votes for ‘samgyetang’ as one of Korea’s best dishes

    The rise of the chicken dish “samgyetang” as one of the three best dishes of Korea in a survey by foreigners show the continuing rise and heyday of Korean food in the international scene. Samgyetang, usually consumed during the dog days of summer to replenish bodily energy, is emerging as…

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