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East Asia
Kim Jong-un: his first five years
Next month it will be five years since the sudden death of Kim Jong-il led to the second dynastic transition in North Korean history. Kim Jong-un’s reign is approaching the five-year mark, the length of a presidential term in many modern democracies, so it is probably a good time to…
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Thinking Outside the Box on North Korea
Doug Bandow – The Korea Times Monarchical Communism thrives in North Korea. Kim Jong-un has passed his fifth anniversary in power. Unfortunately, the “Cute Leader,” as the plump 30-something is informally known, is busy staging missile and nuclear tests. By some estimates he could have 100 nukes within four years,…
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Japan’s record-high defense budget reflects military ambition it cannot afford
The Japanese government has approved a record-high defense budget for the fiscal year 2017 with a growing ambition for military expansion although it added to an already heavy financial burden for the country. The defense budget, rising for the fifth straight year since Abe took office in 2012, hit an…
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‘The Great Graffiti exhibition’
Seoul Arts Center and Minoa Art Asset are presenting “The Great Graffiti exhibition” which will stick around until February 26th of 2017 at the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum. This is the first graffiti museum show in Korea at Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum. Graffiti started from vandalism, which means in a…
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Lifestyle Show ‘2017 Daegu Fashion Fair’
Lifestyle Show ‘2017 Daegu Fashion Fair’ is held on March 8th 2017. The Korea Fashion Industry Research Institute (HanPae Won) plans to hold the ‘2017 Daegu Fashion Fair’, a lifestyle fashion trade show, from March 8th to 10th next year at the Daegu EXCO. The fair will be held with…
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35% of newlywed couples are childless
More than 35 percent of newlywed couples had no children last year amid the country’s chronically low birthrate and late marriage trend, government data showed. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, some 1.47 million couples married in the past five years as of November 2015, with 80.1 percent…
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Mari Kim’s solo exhibition ‘La Vie Parisienne’
You might want to make a quick visit near Cheongdam’s Dosan Park, to Gallery 0914. With the 130 Year Friendship Korea-France event ending, Mari Kim’s solo exhibition ‘La Vie Parisienne’ will be opening. The title of the exhibition, ‘La Vie Parisienne’, which means the life of Parisian, is based on…
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East Asia
60% of global Christmas commodities made in Yiwu, China
As the world’s biggest transfer center for small items, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province provides 60% of global Christmas commodities, with over 1,000 containers full of Christmas items being delivered abroad from Yiwu just ahead of this year’s Christmas Day. Santa Claus-themed items and LED reindeer are sold…
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‘HipHoper’ Street Fashion Photo Exhibition
If you are interested in street fashion, then you should definitely visit the upcoming event that is held in Seoul from the 26th to the 30th of December. Online Shop ‘HipHoper’ Street fashion photo exhibition opens! Online Street Editing Shop ‘HipHoper’ will hold a photo exhibition ‘People I met in…
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