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Dog on tracks delays morning trains

A dog on the tracks delayed trains on Seoul’s subway line 2 for about 15 minutes on Monday morning.The dog was spotted on the tracks between Sincheon and Jamsil stations at about 6:50 a.m., Yonhap News Agency reported.Officials tried to capture the dog between Jamsil and Jamsilnaru station, but the animal ran away ― and vanished.Seoul Metro officials said they were baffled about how the dog came to be on the tracks.“A woman contacted us saying that the dog might be her lost dog, but we haven’t confirmed it yet,” said an official said.In another incident on Monday, a train made an emergency stop near Seoul National University station at about 1.40 a.m., causing multiple people to fall over. No one was hospitalized.

Dec 1, 2014
Dog on tracks delays morning trains

Debate over cultural heritage

Culture, Sports & Tourism Minister Kim Jong-deok, right, and Japan’s Education, Culture and Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura shake hands after a meeting in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday. Kim proposed the establishment of a joint organization to discuss the repatriation of culturalheritage items taken to Japan during the country’s occupation of Korea (1910-1945), but the Japanese culture minister gave no response to the proposal. The government estimates that there are over 20,000 Korean cultural items in Japan. / Yonhap

Dec 1, 2014

Charity train

Children look at a toy train set installed in the lobby of the MillenniumSeoul Hilton, Sunday. The hotel received donations from 60 firms for theoperation of the “charity train,” which will run until Jan. 18. The money will be used for the needy./ Courtesy of Millennium Seoul Hilton

Nov 30, 2014

Cultural network

Culture, Sports & Tourism Minister Kim Jong-deok, left; Japan’s Education, Culture and Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura, center; and Chinese Vice Culture Minister Yang Zhijin join hands after signing the “Yokohama Declaration,” Sunday, in Yokohama, Japan. An outcome of the Sixth Korea-China-Japan meeting of cultural ministers, the document contains avenues of cultural cooperation among the three countries. Korea and Japan mark the 50th anniversary of normalizations of relations next year. / Yonhap

Nov 30, 2014

Video edit joining sex scenes from film used for harassment

Scene from "For the Emperor," a film from which the criminal sliced and joined sex scenes to make his video edition and show to his female collegue. / Courtesy of YouTubeA court ruled Sunday that showing a video comprised of sex scenes edited together from a publicly released film was a form of sexual harassment.Seoul Central District Court fined a 37 year-old office worker, surnamed Cho, three million won, and ordered him to undergo 40 hours of therapy for sex crimes, after finding him guilty of sexually harassing a female colleague with the video. It also ruled that the video could be construed as pornography that was used to harass the woman.Cho argued that the video was not “illegally produced porn” as it came from a legitimate Korean film that opened in theaters and was approved by Korea Media Rating Board. However, the court disagreed, saying that if the video, no matter how it was made, caused the victim to feel sexually harassed, then criminality applied.The judge was quoted by a local online vernacular as saying, “The victim expressed to the accused that sh

Nov 30, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Video edit joining sex scenes from film used for harassment

Kissing contest to be held in Gwanghwamun

/ Courtesy of FacebookA contest to determine which couple can keep their lips together the longest will be held in central Seoul, Saturday. Though people suspect the event might just be a hoax, the host of the Longest Kissing Contest, Park Jung-il said, "The competition is fierce, and it’s really taking place," adding that many people online have already questioned the validity of the event.Park says that currently 200 people have signed up to participate in the smooching contest. Everyone is welcome, he says, with an admission fee of 5,000 won ($4.49). Whoever's lips stay attached to their designated partner's for the longest will be the winner of about 1 million won ($899.08)."Too many people are focused on online activities, possibly leading to social crimes," said Park, explaining his reason for hosting this event. "I wanted to change the people's perception to life and society, and deliver that we are meant to love, not to misunderstand nor be afraid of.""I think it's sad that people think nowhere else beyond messengers, Facebook, and other mobile applications," says Park.

Nov 30, 2014
Kissing contest to be held in Gwanghwamun

New Judo uniform code classifies athletes' levels

Kim Jae-bum, second from left, is wearing an uniform with gold inscription of his name and nationality, while his opponent Wang Ki-choon is wearing an uniform with blue inscription. / Courtesy of YouTube Judo Grand Prix Jeju 2014 opened on Nov. 28 with new uniforms for athletes that have their names and nationalities inscribed in different colors to indicate their level of skill.Employed by the International Judo Federation after the 2012 London Olympic, the new uniform uses gold writing for those who have won one or more gold medals in past Olympic Games. Kim Jae-bum, who won a gold in the men’s under-81 kilograms at the 2012 London Olympics, was seen wearing one on Friday.Kim’s uniform drew a clear division from the one worn by his opponent Wang Ki-choon, as well as most of the athletes in the tournament, whose names were written in blue.Those who previously were victorious at world championships, which, unlike the Olympic Games held four years apart, are held every year, wear uniforms bearing red insignia.  Local online news outlets said the new uniform code

Nov 30, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
New Judo uniform code classifies athletes' levels

Legoland to enter Korea by 2017

/ Courtesy of Gangwon ProvinceBy Lee Ji-hyeBritish theme park company Merlin Entertainments is set to bring their Lego-themed amusement park to a city east of Seoul, according to a provincial press release.Gangwon Province held a ceremony Friday to announce the construction of Legoland in its capital city, Chuncheon, promising the theme park will be completed within three years.  / YonhapVarious participants included the British ambassador Scott Wightman, the Danish ambassador Thomas Lehmann and Merlin's managing director of Legoland Parks John Jakobsen.The province anticipates more than 2 million visitors to the amusement park each year, along with the creation of ten thousand new jobs, according to the release.  / Yonhap"We will turn this into the world's most beautiful global theme park by completing the construction by 2017 spring without any problems," Choi Moon-soon, governor of Gangwon Province said in his opening remarks.Construction for additional facilities including a water park and hotels surrounding the theme park are to be completed by 2018.Legoland

Nov 30, 2014
Legoland to enter Korea by 2017

Beauty queen dressed as farmer remains sexy

/ Courtesy of ajunewsActress Lee Honey, who won Miss Korea in 2006 and Miss Universe the following year, has been praised by fellow cast members for dressing as a sexy farmer.Photos released Friday by her management company Saram Entertainment show the actress attired in outfits usually worn by women who are usually too busy with farm chores to give a second thought about how they look.Wearing colorful selections of the rural attire which includes floral print baggy pants, Lee is seen in a series of joyously expressive pictures.She is cultivating the agrarian look because of her current role as a farm worker in SBS’s “Modern Farmer.” A local online vernacular quoted other cast members of the show, who said that the beauty queen remains “still sexy” in the clothes.

Nov 30, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Beauty queen dressed as farmer remains sexy

The logic of English 3

안성진의 안글리쉬: "영어의 논리 3" 동영상 강의

Nov 28, 2014By Ahn Seong-jin
The logic of English 3
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