If you consider KPOP boy and girl group that is most popular in overseas these days, maybe it is the BTS and TWICE. Let’s take a look at the activities of those who have dominated the domestic market and are well known overseas. The BTS was on stage for the 2017 American Music Awards (AMAs)...Read More
Just days after debuting on U.S. television on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and performing at the 2017 American Music Awards, steaming-hot K-pop boy bandĀ BTSĀ make their daytime TV debut Monday with a pretaped stint onĀ The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The seven-piece boyband ā made up of RM, V, Jin, Jimin, J-Hope, Suga and Jungkook ā prerecorded an interview...Read More
Tourism experts are saying that it is necessary to be “extreme measures” in order to boost the ‘2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games.’ It is necessary to create an Olympic tourism boom through the exemption of accommodation VAT, and the holding of large national sales events. Kim Cheol-won, a professor at the convention management department of...Read More
New York, Seoul, and a couple of romantic ‘half-hearted’ photographs taken to express love towards each other on the other side of the globe draws the viewer’s attention. In recent years, photographs taken as part of the ‘Half & Half’ project, which pop artists Shin Dan-Bi and Lee Seok made together online, are spreading. The...Read More
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), strong weather warning is in effect at Chungcheong area and Daejeon, Sejong, Gyeonggi Osan, Pyeongtaek, Anseong, Hwaseong, Jeonbuk, Wanju, Muju, Iksan, Jinan, Jangsu and Imsil. The snowstorm warning comes into effect when 24-hour snow that accumulates on snow is expected to be over 5 cm. At this time,...Read More
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The lowest temperature of this year in the morning on Thursday, 16 November, will be minus 9 degrees and it will be the coldest this fall. The KMA(Korea Meteorological Administration) estimated the temperature to be between minus 9 degrees Celsius and 5 degrees Celsius, with the highest temperature between 4 and 13 degrees. An official...Read More
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday he will hold a summit meeting with the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila, Philippines, to jointly work to develop bilateral ties. “I hope to strengthen the relationship between Korea and ASEAN to the highest level,” said President Moon. “As stated...Read More
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), as of 4:20 pm today, the national daytime maximum temperature was 9 to 19 degrees Celsius, which was one to two degrees higher than normal (10.7 to 16.7 degrees). In particular, the Gangneung area rose 3.9 degrees from the normal level of 14.3 degrees, and the eastern area...Read More
A North Korean soldier, believed to be a private, has been shot in the afternoon of November 13 and has fled to South Korea through the Joint Security Area(JSA) in Panmunjom. HeĀ wasĀ bleedingĀ fromĀ gunshotĀ woundsĀ inflictedĀ byĀ NorthĀ KoreanĀ borderĀ guardsĀ whileĀ heĀ wasĀ defecting. The Joint Chiefs of Staff called on North Korea to return to the “house of freedom” at a North Korean military base located...Read More
