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For better days

Students of Jeondong Middle School in eastern Seoul release balloons,on which they have written their hopes, into the air at a graduationceremony, Friday. / Yonhap

Feb 6, 2015

Welfare consultation

Saenuri Party floor leader Yoo Seong-min, right, shakes hands with Health and Welfare Minister Moon Hyung-pyo during a meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, Friday. The party criticized the ministry for suspendinga national health insurance reform plan to ease the financial burden on people with low incomes. / Yonhap

Feb 6, 2015

Michael Buble falls in love with dancing Korean man at concert

Man who introduced himself as Ji-gwang is dancing on the stage of Michael Buble's concert held on Wednesday at Jamsil Sports Complex. / Screen capture from YouTubeA Korean man who was too excited to contain himself from dancing at Michael Buble’s Seoul concert on Wednesday was invited onto the stage to strut his stuff in front of the singer and the spectators.“Tonight is the 174th show in 33 countries and I have never fallen in love with a man before, but…” said the Canadian star during the concert at the Jamsil Sports Complex. “I can’t stop myself because there’s a dude that’s dancing over there.” He then invited the man on stage.The man, wearing blue jeans and a pink long-sleeve shirt and sporting a huge smile, walked up and gave Buble a big hug. The singer asked him to dance as he did offstage. Then, with the band playing and the singer performing a hip number, the man began to lose himself in a dance for about a minute.After his performance, the spectator introduced himself as Ji-gwang.

Feb 6, 2015By Ko Dong-hwan
Michael Buble falls in love with dancing Korean man at concert

Singers from '70s and '80s seeking comeback

From above, Jeon Young-rok, Kim Chang-wan and Kim Heung-guk / Korea Times fileSingers from Korea’s pop mainstream in the ‘70s and ‘80s are looking to make a comeback into a show business dominated by idol singers and other younger entertainers.Kim Chang-wan (62), Jeon Young-rok (62) and Kim Heung-guk (57), popular singers from the past, complain today’s industry doesn’t offer them enough opportunities to perform in front of the public, a local newspaper said Friday.Kim Chang-wan, who debuted with three-member band Sanwoollim in 1977, said he will perform on TV whenever there are chances. Now a member of the Kim Chang-wan Band, he wants to introduce the public to the band’s latest songs from their third album released Feb. 5.“It is evident that we need to borrow media power to succeed with the album,” said Kim as quoted by the report.Jeon, who debuted in 1971 and produced many hit songs for not only himself but also other singers, wants to appear in the media.The same goes for Kim Heung-guk, who debuted in 1985. He wants t

Feb 6, 2015By Ko Dong-hwan
Singers from '70s and '80s seeking comeback

Taxi driver dies after getting into brawl with passenger

/ Korea Times fileA taxi driver in Seoul fell unconscious during a street brawl with a passenger Friday, and died hours later, according to local police.Footage from an onboard camera showed the driver suddenly collapse in the street after the two men grabbed each other by the collars. But they didn’t hit each other, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.The driver, surnamed Lee, was taken to a nearby hospital, but died about four hours later.The passenger said he was in a quarrel with the driver because he was rude. He told the police that the driver didn’t greet him when he got into the taxi and it made him irritable.The passenger is now undergoing police questioning. Police said they haven’t decided whether or not they will charge him.“We are investigating whether Kim suffered from a chronic disease,” a police officer said. “We need to wait for the autopsy result to determine the exact cause of his death.”

Feb 6, 2015
Taxi driver dies after getting into brawl with passenger

Men mocking Sewol ferry sinking victims using fish snack detained

One of the suspects mocking Sewol ferry sinking victims in his selfie posted on Ilbe Storehouse in late January / Courtesy of Ilbe StorehousePolice detained two men Thursday for mocking Sewol ferry sinking victims from September 2014 using fish shaped snacks.The two, identified as Kim, 20, and Cho, 30, posted a selfie on Jan. 26 wearing Danwon High School uniforms and eating the snacks on user-content website Ilbe Storehouse. They described the snacks as was the disaster’s victims, mostly 2nd year students from the school on their way to Jeju island for a school retreat. They explained the fish shaped snack was made with fishes that ate the drowned victims.The post enraged the public and Danwon police in Gyeonggi Province launched an investigation to find them.The police found that the suspects, who met each other online, bought the uniforms from an online second-hand store. Kim and Cho posted the photo to gain attention, police said.

Feb 6, 2015By Ko Dong-hwan
Men mocking Sewol ferry sinking victims using fish snack detained

Hongdae picked as hottest place in Seoul

A crowd of people enjoy a street performance near Hongik University, western Seoul. / Korea Times fileHongdae topped the list of most-searched locations in Seoul, according to the Cheil Data and Analysis Center.The center analyzed some 258,000 search words related to hot places in Seoul during the last half of 2014. The results released on Thursday showed that Hongdae is the hottest place in the capital with 29.8 percent of the words searched.It was followed by Gangnam Station, Shinchon and Itaewon, with 12.9, 11.8 and 10.3 percent, respectively.Hongdae also took first-place in all the demographic groups in the survey ― 20s and younger, 30s, and 40s and older. It is one of the city’s most crowded districts known for its music and entertainment.Itaewon ranked second among people in their 20s and younger, but for people in their 30s and above, Gangnam Station was ranked second.The center also classified the panelists into eight categories ― confident, adventurous, reclusive, perfectionist, attention-seeking, whimsical, defensive and compliant.The attention-seeking group

Feb 6, 2015
Hongdae picked as hottest place in Seoul

Lee Chung-yong says he's proud to join Crystal Palace

Lee Chung-yong / Korea Times fileMidfielder Lee Chung-yong expressed hope in returning to the English Premier League after signing with Crystal Palace.“This club plays in the best league in the world and it is where everyone wants to play,” Lee said during an interview with the club Thursday (local time), “I am looking forward to the opportunity of doing that with my new club.”Lee made his Premier League debut in 2009, joining Bolton Wanderers from FC Seoul. But the team was relegated to the second tier Championship League from 2012-2013 season. Lee has since failed to get an opportunity to run in the Premier League.At Bolton, he played with Dean Moxey who is a former Crystal Palace defender.“We spoke about Palace as a club and he said how friendly it was, like one big family,” Lee said. “He also told me about the fans and how good they are.”When asked about the injury picked up during the recent Asian Cup opening match, he said it is now getting better.“I can’t join the team out in training at the moment but my injury is ge

Feb 6, 2015
Lee Chung-yong says he's proud to join Crystal Palace

Comedian receives threatening text messages

Comedian Kim Joon-ho / Korea Times fileFormer Coko Entertainment co-CEO Kim Joon-ho said he received threatening text messages from the wife of the company’s other co-CEO Kim Woo-jong, who fled to the U.S last year after allegedly embezzling hundreds of millions of won in company funds.Comedian Kim Joon-ho revealed the text messages he got from her on Dec. 4 in an interview with the SBS TV show “One Night of TV Entertainment,” which aired Wednesday.“If you attack Kim Woo-jong through mass media once again, it will make all of us die together,” she texted him.“I request you to think back to the moment when we established Coko Entertainment, she said, “please make things go in the right direction.”The entertainment company declared bankruptcy on Jan. 24, failing to deal with the crisis following Kim Woo-jong’s embezzlement.Kim had reportedly suffered financial hardships from his restaurant business before fleeing to the U.S. last November.Coko workers haven’t been paid for months, and they filed a complaint with the police on

Feb 6, 2015
Comedian receives threatening text messages

NK leader and his sister

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un inspects a cosmetic factory in Pyongyang, the Rodong Sinmun reported, Thursday, while his younger sister Kim Yo-jong looks on. His sister is vice department director of the North’s Central Committee./ Yonhap

Feb 5, 2015
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