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VIDEO Halloween in Korea: Meet Korean ghosts at the Korean Folk Village

In Korea, Halloween has become a national festival celebrated with great enthusiam. On the last day of October, people wearing wacky costumes and bloody make-up flock to crowded areas like Itaewon, Seoul, to get into the Halloween spirit and spend the spookiest night of nights.This year, we decided to do something different. We visited a ghost-themed attraction at the Korean Folk Village for a unique, Korean-style Halloween experience. Check out the video and learn more about Korean ghosts!

Oct 31, 2019By Lee Min-young

Halloween in Korea: Meet Korean ghosts at the Korean Folk Village [VIDEO]

VIDEO Pets join the 486th Turtle Marathon as running buddies

The 486th Turtle Marathon hosted by the Hankook Ilbo, the sister paper of The Korea Times, was held on Oct. 26. on Namsan Mt. in Seoul.This time, some 500 companion dogs, including shelter dogs, joined the walkathon.Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon attended the event to launch an advocacy campaign for animal rights. 

Oct 29, 2019By Lee Min-young

Pets join the 486th Turtle Marathon as running buddies [VIDEO]

VIDEO 'FACE of Philippines' fashion show lights up the night in Manila

By Lee Min-youngHazel De Leon won the EDGC grand prize at the 2020 Asia Model Festival “FACE of Philippines with EDGC” on Thursday (local time) at the Shangri La Hotel in Manila.There were 19 contestants in the running for the grand prize. The first runner-up was Christian Pauco, the second runners-up were Regine Bulac and Paul Etruiste and the third runners-up Beulah Gatdula and Nico Tolentino. However, only three ― De Leon, Pauco and Bulac ― will compete in the FACE of Asia finals slated for June 2020 in Seoul.The judges included EDGC Marketing Director Ahn Seung-ki, GTG Wellness President Kim Tai-hyun, Exyai designer Kim Hak-seon and modeling agency Art Personas creative director and Chief Operating Officer Rene Dominguez."I hope that Korea and the Philippines can further expand cultural exchanges, especially in terms of fashion and beauty through the FACE of the Philippines and FACE of Asia fashion show to be held later in Seoul," Asia Model Festival Organizing Committee (AMFOC) Chairman Yang Eui-sig said during a welcoming speech.FACE of ASIA, the largest model-hunt

Oct 24, 2019By Lee Min-young

'FACE of Philippines' fashion show lights up the night in Manila [VIDEO]

VIDEO Miss Korea Lee Da-hyun shows off the world elegance of Korean dance

Lee Da-hyun, 23, a Korean traditional dance performer and also 2019 Miss Korea 2nd runner-up, expresses herself through her own elegant language. The way she dances ― slow and restrained ― may seem mysterious to western eyes but how she projects deep human emotions through her every movement makes her dance extremely graceful. Lee has been dancing for 20 years by now and she says her next mission is to introduce Korean dance to the world stage.

Oct 14, 2019By Lee Min-young

Miss Korea Lee Da-hyun shows off the world elegance of Korean dance [VIDEO]

A taste of Mongolia at Central Asia Street (Part 2)

Video by Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-minThe last leg of our tour around the Central Asia Street in Seoul was 'Mongol Nomadic,' a Mongolian restaurant with a unique interior decked out with items that give visitors a taste of the traditional Mongolian nomadic lifestyle. This restaurant was not only a place where you can try authentic Mongolian dishes but also wear traditional Mongolian costumes and have your meal inside the ger, a Mongolian yert where nomads live and share food communally. Meat is essential to the Mongolian diet with sheep and goats forming the basis for much Mongolian cuisine. We tried Mongolian barbecue called 'Khorkhog' which is a staple across the country, meat-filled dumplings, both fried and steamed, and Mongolian stir-fried beef noodles. To sum up the whole food experience in one word: Heaven-sent.

Oct 8, 2019By Lee Min-young

A taste of Mongolia at Central Asia Street (Part 2)

VIDEO K-BEAUTY worldwide: SOAK brings Korean beauty products to U.S. market

Video by Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-minOnce you visit the Soak Lifestyle website, you will notice how many great Korean skin products that you have never heard of are out there for picky Korean consumers to use.Soak is a skin curating company that started off as an online beauty magazine that deals with Korean skin products. Soak's CEO Judy Kim uses her online blog to promote Korean skincare brands and bring high quality products to the U.S. cosmetics and skincare market."Americans know that Korean products are good but they just don't know what to choose. I thought there weren't enough information out there for average Americans who love to take care of their skin and are interested in Korean products." Judy said during a collaboration project with Korean cosmetics brand Pony Effect.While working directly with Seoul-based marketers, brand managers, and executives in the Korean beauty industry and help promoting their new launches, Judy has many connections with the entertainment world and works with a lot of foreigner influencers so that Korean brands could reach out to potential

Oct 1, 2019By Lee Min-young

K-BEAUTY worldwide: SOAK brings Korean beauty products to U.S. market [VIDEO]

Korea's trade surplus in beauty products hits new high in 2018

Food tour around Central Asia Street: Uzbek cuisine & Russian dessert (Part 1)

Video by Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-minIf you look closely into the little alleyways and streets near the Dongdaemun Stadium, Korea's largest shopping district, you can find an exotic neighborhood where signs in Cyrillic line the streets. Known as “Little Russia,” this community is mainly home to migrants from Central Asian nations, particularly Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia. The neighborhood was full of Central Asian and Russian restaurants so we had to try out their food first! We visited 'Samarikant,' the very first restaurant to serve Uzbek food in Seoul, and 'Russian Cakes' to indulge our sweet tooth.

Sep 25, 2019By Lee Min-young

Food tour around Central Asia Street: Uzbek cuisine & Russian dessert (Part 1)

The first man to walk along the length of Yangtze River

By Lee Min-youngWhen it comes to tests of endurance, there are mental and physical limits to human ability. But humans are capable of far more than we think. And extreme athlete and professional adventurer Ash Dykes is living proof.Dykes is a British explorer from North Wales and the first recorded person to complete a 4,000-mile (6,400-km) trek along the entire length of the Yangtze River in China, which took him a year to complete.The Yangtze is the third-longest river in the world and the longest to flow through a single country."I just returned from the expedition about three weeks ago," he said. "I feel very skinny and I've lost a lot of weight but I'm feeling great mentally and physically."FULL ARTICLE AT: https://bit.ly/2m6PV9q

Sep 23, 2019By Lee Min-young

The first man to walk along the length of Yangtze River

National-level-athlete becomes Miss Korea beauty queen

Video By Lee Min-young, Kim Kang-minMeet Woo Hee-jun, 25, the 2019 Miss Korea first runner-up. She is extremely talented and has great skills onstage, but she also has a serious history with sports.She is a member of the South Korean national kabaddi team and has continued her medal march since she joined the sport in 2015. Kabaddi is India's traditional contact sport.In 2016, she helped the Korean women's team win the 4th Kabadi Asian Women's Championship in Busan and won silver at the Iran Championship the following year. She also clinched gold at the Taiwan Championships and finished fifth at the Asian Games in 2018.Her next goal is to become a soldier and dedicate her life to protecting the nation. She has been recently accepted as a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadet.Woo said taking part in the Miss Korea pageant was part of her bigger goal and vision ― she wanted to break the common stereotype that athletes are only capable of doing sports. "I don't see any reason why people like me should not be joining beauty pageants. I hope I can inspire athletes like me as well as

Sep 18, 2019By Lee Min-young

National-level-athlete becomes Miss Korea beauty queen

Did you know Korea loves street dance, too?

South Korea is well known for K-pop, its beauty products, K-dramas and many more. But did you know that street dancing is also slowly becoming huge in Korea, too?And the street dance culture in Korea is ever expanding not because of popular dancers flaunting fancy dance moves on television but thanks to average Koreans just like you who work nine to six everyday ― people who are no different from you other than the fact that they have a cool hobby they can enjoy after work.

Sep 16, 2019By Lee Min-young

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