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Soo Joo reveals life story on TV

Fashion model Soo Joo starred as a guest on “Live Talk Show Taxi” on tvN, Wednesday night, to share her story. (Instagram) The model revealed she had graduated from the department of architecture a...

Nov 2, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Actor Kim Joo-hyuk laid to rest in Seosan

The funeral ceremony of actor Kim Joo-hyuk, who passed away in a car accident Monday, took place Thursday at the Asan Medical Center in southeastern Seoul. The private ceremony was held at 10 a.m....

Nov 2, 2017
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Song couple’s marriage dominates Chinese media

Stars of “Descendants of the Sun” Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo’s private wedding on Tuesday grabbed the attention of many, but especially their fans in China, where the TV drama was a big hit, with...

Nov 1, 2017
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Official wedding photos of Song couple released

Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo tied the knot in a tightly guarded private ceremony that nevertheless was the target of heated media attention Tuesday. Their agencies Blossom Entertainment and UAA En...

Nov 1, 2017
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[Video] Big day: Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-kyo wed in private ceremony

Asian media, fans wait outside for a glimpse of newlyweds

Oct 31, 2017
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[Video] Actor Kim Joo-hyuk dies in car crash

Actor Kim Joo-hyuk, 45, died in a car crash Monday that occurred around 4:30 p.m. in Samseong-dong, Seoul, police said. Kim’s Mercedes-Benz SUV was driving along Yeongdong Daero when it hit a car an...

Oct 30, 2017
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Song-Song couple to tie knot in tightly guarded ceremony

It may be the wedding of the year, but little is known about Tuesday’s much-anticipated wedding of Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo, as the pair remain tight-lipped on the details. The couple’s weddin...

Oct 30, 2017
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Ven. Seoljeong elected to head Jogye Order

Ven. Seoljeong was elected the new leader of the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist group, on Thursday. The Jogye Order announced that Ven. Seoljeong won 234 votes from 319 electoral colleg...

Oct 12, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner dies at 91

Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by bow-t...

Sept 28, 2017
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Herald Corp. chairman appointed to WWF board

World Wide Fund for Nature, the world’s leading conservationist organization, has appointed Jungwook Hong, chairman of Herald Corp. and its premium food brand Organica, as its newest board member. J...

Sept 17, 2017
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Novelist Ma Kwang-soo found dead

Famed novelist Ma Kwang-soo was found dead at his residence in Seoul on Tuesday. His body was discovered by his family around 1:50 p.m. at his house in Yongsan-gu. A will was found next to him leavi...

Sept 5, 2017
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[Video] From Busan to Britain and back: meet Korean Billy, the internet sensation of 2017

When Kong Seong-Jae, known as Korean Billy, walks the streets of Seoul, not many would blink an eye. Little do they know that he is an online sensation on the other side of the globe, in Britain, and...

Aug 1, 2017
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Chung Myung-whun receives Italian honors

Conductor Chung Myung-whun shakes hands with Italian Ambassador to Korea Marco della Seta after receiving the Order of the Star of Italy at a ceremony held at the ambassador's residence in Seoul on T...

Jul 6, 2017
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Fiction becomes reality: Drama couples who got married in real life

With the internet abuzz over the newly revealed couple of Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki, fans are focusing on other star couples who met on drama sets and ended up tying the knot. The most recent c...

Jul 5, 2017
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Dali’s ‘daughter’ says she wants her identity

BARCELONA, Spain - Pilar Abel, the woman claiming to be Salvador Dali’s daughter, said Tuesday she wanted to recover her identity more than anything else, a day after the artist’s exhumation was orde...

Jun 28, 2017
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