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SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation to hold online concert Posted : 2021-03-09 16:08 Updated : 2021-03-14 17:38 Promotional poster for a performance of the opera "The Marriage of Figaro" by the SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation, March 20 / Courtesy of SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation By Kim Jae-heun The SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation will bring Mozarts comic opera "The Marriage of Figaro" to the stage without a live audience March 20 as part of its "Opera Bucket" series at the Seoul Arts Center. The ...

Copy URL South Korean authorities have culled 28.8 million poultry so far. The country has been culling birds within a 1km radius of infected farms since mid-February, which was eased from the previous guideline of 3km. – EPA pic, February 25, 2021. SOUTH Korea’s agricultural ministry said today it has confirmed yet another case of highly pathogenic bird flu, raising the total caseload to 102, Yonhap news agency reported. The latest confirmed case of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza came...

Fire in redevelopment zone kills Filipina, grandchildren Posted : 2021-01-31 16:05 By Yi Whan-woo A Filipina grandmother and her two grandchildren were killed in a fire in a redevelopment zone in Wonju, Gangwon Province, police said Sunday. Her daughter barely escaped the fire but is hospitalized after suffering multiple burns and exposure to smoke. The daughter is married to a Korean man who works in China and has been away from home. The fire started at 3:05 a.m., Sunday, in a nearby house a...

Korean Catholic sculptor crafts artwork for all Han Jin-seops portfolio includes a series of sculptures of altars, pulpits and statues in Korean churches Trending Catholic Han Jin-seop is one of South Korea’s most famous modern and contemporary sculptors. (Photo: Catholic Times) In a career spanning more than four decades, prominent Korean sculptor Han Jin-seop has crafted dozens of stone sculptures that majestically feature in various places including churches, parks, schools and museums. No...

Exodus unlikely as Vietnamese-Asian diaspora brace for new Covid-19 outbreaks By Viet Anh  &nbspDecember 31, 2020 | 02:35 pm GMT+7 A migrant worker has her temperature checked as she queues to talk with the public health authorities for a Covid-19 investigation at a fresh market, in Bangkok, Thailand, December 22, 2020. Photo by Reuters. With new outbreaks and a Covid-19 variant looming on the horizon, Vietnamese expats in Asia are worried sick, but they are staying put. Most have no plans t...

  By Habib Toumi SEOUL: The Fall/Winter double edition of Asia N in is out now, packed with great articles on a wide range of topics and a rich array of views from the ASEAN, Southern Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia. The ASEAN articles are “For Indonesia, Electric Vehicle is a must, not an option; Cambodian Youth and Their Move to the Future” and “Fighting Fake News in the Philippine.” The Southern Asia articles are “Questions posed by the continuous rape cases of Dalit women�...

Environmental cleanup costs weigh on Korea Posted : 2020-12-13 19:08 By Kang Seung-woo Despite an agreement on the return of 12 military bases from the United States to Korea, the party responsible for cleaning up environmental contamination at the sites remains an outstanding issue between the allies. The agreement was finalized, Friday, during a virtual joint committee session of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between Director-General Ko Yun-ju of the North American Affairs Bureau of...

BLACKPINK, Britain, and Bases By David Tizzard Rather than a tale of cities, this week in South Korea weve seen a tale of two embassies. For one it has certainly been close to the best of times; for the other, most definitely the worst. On Monday evening, citizens who have sacrificed much while social distancing, enduring economic hardships, the loss of physical contact with loved ones, and the stress of having young children largely unable to go to school, looked on aghast as footage came o...