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North Korea’s Kim sends educational aid to pro-Pyongyang Koreans in Japan – Beragampengetahuan
North Korea holds a photo exhibition marking the 112th birthday of late founder Kim Il-sung in this file photo carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, April 9. Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent an educational aid fund and stipends to a group of pro-Pyongyang ethnic Koreans in Japan ahead of the […]
More Koreans still prefer watching new films at theater: data – Beragampengetahuan
A multiplex chain CGV Yongsan I-Park mall in Seoul. (CGV) Despite the widespread popularity of watching films on streaming platforms like Netflix, more Koreans still prefer watching the latest movies at theaters, according to market data. According to the survey conducted by consumer research institution Consumer Insight on 1,064 Korean moviegoers aged between 20 and […]
North Koreans left without clear national vision after unification policy shift: experts – Beragampengetahuan
This Feb. 16 photo, released by North Korea’s state media on Feb. 17, shows North Koreans paying their respects to the statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il at Pyongyang in North Korea. Yonhap Experts say Pyongyang’s denial of own founding principle will likely weaken young leader’s legitimacy By Jung Min-ho Deeply embedded in North […]
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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Why Koreans feel compelled to stay busy — or at least look like it – Beragampengetahuan
“You must have been very busy lately.” So starts many a conversation as a polite kind of South Korean icebreaker, often after having not met someone for quite a while. Responding to it by correcting its speaker with one’s actual level of busyness is generally not advised. In practice, the ideal response would be, “You […]
60% foreign tax defaulters in Seongnam are ethnic Koreans from China – Beragampengetahuan
By Jung Da-hyun A total of 6,223 foreign residents of Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province were found to be behind in their tax payments and 59.2 percent of them were ethnic Koreans from China, according to the city government. Also, 571 Americans, 363 Chinese, 206 Canadians, and 185 Vietnamese residents of Seongnam just south of Seoul […]
Over 190 Koreans to return home from Israel following deadly clashes – Beragampengetahuan
A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Oct. 9. AFP-Yonhap A Korean passenger jet carrying dozens of citizens is set to return home from Israel, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, after violence erupted between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The Korean Air flight, carrying 191 Korean nationals, is expected to arrive […]
S. Koreans win gold, silver in men’s roller skating – Beragampengetahuan
HANGZHOU, China — South Korean Choi Gwang-ho won the gold medal over compatriot Jung Cheol-won in a brand new roller skating race at the Asian Games on Sunday. Choi finished first in the men’s 1,000-meter sprint event with a time of 1:29.497 to edge out Jung, who grabbed silver in 1:29.499. Roller sports have been […]
Resolution pushed to urge China not to repatriate North Koreans – Beragampengetahuan
Rep. Ji Seong-ho speaks at a summit of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China in Prague on Sept. 3. (courtesy of Ji office) South Korea’s ruling party is preparing a resolution to stop the possible forced repatriation of more than 2,600 North Korean defectors detained in China. The People Power Party said Wednesday that it has […]
For Koreans in Japan, this little-known massacre still carries weight – Beragampengetahuan
Hundreds are expected to gather along Tokyo’s Arakawa River on Saturday to commemorate an oft-forgotten massacre. Following the Great Kanto earthquake on Sept. 1, 1923, Japanese authorities spread rumors that immigrants from Korea – then a colony of Japan – were starting riots and poisoning city wells. More than 6,600 Koreans were killed by Japanese […]