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Wed, January 29, 2020 | 20:38

World-class Korean jazz singer Nah Youn-sun [Exclusive Interview]

World-class Korean jazz singer Nah Youn-sun [Exclusive Interview]

Soulful-voiced Nah Youn-sun is undoubtedly the most acclaimed Korean jazz singer in the world. Boasting particular popularity in France, where almost every city has its own jazz festival, Nah last year received the Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters). It is a prestigious award from the French Ministry of Culture that recogniz...

Lee Min-young | 2020-01-29 15:07

How top NYC nightclub promoter turned to save millions of lives in Africa: Scott Harrison

How top NYC nightclub promoter turned to save millions of lives in Africa: Scott Harrison

Scott Harrison was the life of the party in New York in the late 1990s. As promoter for the Big Apple's 40-plus nightclubs, he was paid good money for drinking brand vodkas and was always part of good-looking crowds.

Lee Min-young | 2020-01-28 16:30

[2020 SPECIAL] A look back to 2019: Expats talk about life in Seoul

[2020 SPECIAL] A look back to 2019: Expats talk about life in Seoul

It's the end of the year, and the start of a new decade. Koreans are not the only ones excited to usher in 2020 hoping it would be another fantastic year. So we talked to a number of expats in Korea with varying lengths of stay - from several months to over a decade - about how they assess their life in general this year.

Lee Min-young | 2019-12-30 19:51

Post-BTS? K-pop-inspired Filipino boy band SB19 goes viral

Post-BTS? K-pop-inspired Filipino boy band SB19 goes viral

Seoul-based management agency ShowBT tried out an experiment by becoming the first Korean agency to bring the unique Korean idol training system to the Philippines. And soon after ShowBT unveiled its first Filipino boy band SB19, a K-pop-inspired all-Pinoy boy band, the group immediately started to receive enormous support on social media.

2019-12-18 17:06

How Korean Shine Kuk rose to stardom in the Philippines

How Korean Shine Kuk rose to stardom in the Philippines

Son-yong Kuk, better known as 'Shine Kuk,' describes herself as a Korean by blood, Pinoy at heart. It is not at all easy for a pure Korean to enter showbiz in the Philippines, but here she is, quickly gaining support and love from Filipinos which made her win the “You’re my Foreignay” contest of Eat Bulaga, and subsequently appearing on numerous televisions shows including Un...

Lee Min-young | 2019-12-17 14:13

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon: How Seoul became the world's top-performing global city

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon: How Seoul became the world's top-performing global city

Over the past several decades, Seoul has risen remarkably as one of the world's most powerful cities. Manifested by its robust drive with which is forges ahead towards a future of advanced technology, the city is paying no less attention to its people and their quality of life. And with the increasing number of foreigners flowing into the city, Seoul is ever mindful of its fo...

Lee Min-young | 2019-12-11 16:33

'Seoul becoming darling of city diplomacy'

[Jobs in culture] A-list celebrity's nail artist UNISTELLA sweeps the world with 'K-nail craze'

[Jobs in culture] A-list celebrity's nail artist UNISTELLA sweeps the world with 'K-nail craze'

At the forefront of nail trends, there is Park Eun-kyung, internationally recognized nail artist, better known as Unistella. While running her own nail salon "Unistella," in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, she has also been known as celebrity nail artist being involved in scores of music videos and photoshoots, including for BLACKPINK and supermodel Cara Delevingne.

Lee Min-young | 2019-12-04 19:02

[Jobs in culture] Illustrator Wooh Na-young: Reinterpreting Western fairy tales with Asian look

[Jobs in culture] Illustrator Wooh Na-young: Reinterpreting Western fairy tales with Asian look

Illustrator Wooh Na-young, also known by her pen name "Obsidian," changes the popular image of the protagonist of Lewis Caroll's novel. Woo presents something unique in Alice falling down the rabbit hole - the girl is in "hanbok" or traditional Korean costume.

Lee Min-young | 2019-11-28 21:43

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon stresses importance of Korea-ASEAN co-prosperity

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon stresses importance of Korea-ASEAN co-prosperity

Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned of waning multilateralism calling for its restoration to maintain world peace during the KOR-ASIA Forum 2019 at The Shilla Hotel Seoul in Jung-gu, Seoul, Friday. He said multilateralism was not easy to recover once it had collapsed and this explained a need for co-prosperity between Korea and 10-member ASEAN as it had been for ...

Lee Min-young | 2019-11-25 17:32

The 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards

The 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards

Fourteen students from interracial backgrounds were honored at the eighth Korea Multicultural Youth Awards, Thursday, for their exemplary achievements.

Lee Min-young | 2019-11-25 17:31

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