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Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep”, Chinese Opera-Style

• Michelle Hughes
  Sep 2, 2016
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Adele should try to do a cover of this guy’s version of her song!

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• China, Korea
• (Adele • Kpop • music)

Going from experiment to experience: Non-Korean K-pop boy band EXP heads to Korea!

• Michelle Hughes
  Sep 1, 2016

The world is still trying to figure out if you need at least one Korean person in your band for it to qualify as K-pop.

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• Korea
• (boy band • Kpop • music)

Korean fan surprised to receive present from baseball’s Yu Darvish after Twitter request

• Jamie Koide
  Aug 24, 2016

Sometimes when you want something, all you’ve got to do is ask.

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• Japan, Korea, USA
• (baseball • fan video • random acts of kindness • sports • twitter • Yu Darvish)

“Japanese English” can baffle native English speakers — but what about Korean speakers? 【Video】

• Corey Gold
  Aug 21, 2016

“Wasei Eigo”, or “English words created in Japan”, can leave native English speakers baffled — but what about Korean speakers?

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• Japan, Korea
• (American • English • Japanese • konglish • Korean • language • pronounce • pronunciation • wasei eigo • world of dave • YouTube)

Korean man wins lottery, family stages City Hall protest demanding he split the money

• Mike
  Aug 19, 2016

The 58 year-old winner’s mother and daughter say they’re entitled to part of his winnings and went as far as to stage a protest at the local city office.

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• Korea
• (lottery • money • news)

The power of makeup shows a daring transformation【Video】

• KK Miller
  Aug 15, 2016

Why worry about surgery scars when you can just make(up) your worries away?

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• Internet, Korea
• (beauty • cosmetics • how to • make-up • makeup • tutorial • videos)

Korean mobile game featured eerily similar gameplay to Pokémon Go…in 2011

• Mike
  Aug 12, 2016

Korean netizens unearth a Korean mobile game that seems to be a blatant ripoff of the wildly popular Pokémon Go, except it predates Niantic’s megahit by five years.

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• Korea
• (apps • games • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)

Selfie love shown between South and North Korean gymnasts

• Corey Gold
  Aug 10, 2016

A South Korean and North Korean gymnast have shown the world the two nations can live peacefully side-by-side with one selfie.

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• Korea, North Korea
• (gymnastics • LINE brown • North Korea • rio olympics • selfie • South Korea)

South Korean “Poktanju Ajumma” wows with her cocktail party tricks【Videos】

• Joan Coello
  Aug 10, 2016

Poktanju, sometimes known as Soju Bomb in English, is a cocktail popular in South Korea, and this lady is the queen of making them pop.

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• Korea
• (ajumma • alcoholic beverages • cocktail • cool • soju)

The latest spat between the two Koreas took a really bizarre turn

• BUSINESS INSIDER
  Jul 29, 2016

The dispute between the two Korean nations took a really odd turn when North Korea accused their southern counterpart of releasing deadly snakes along the border.

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• Korea, North Korea
• (DMZ • North Korea • Pyongyang • snakes • South Korea)

Rear-view camera captures a horrifying car crash in Korea【Video】

• KK Miller
  Jul 24, 2016

A last second lane change saves this car from disaster.

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• Korea
• (car crash • negligent driving • pay attention • rear-view camera • scary)

The inevitable march of Pokemon Go clones continues as Korean publisher announces “Pororo Go”

• Mike
  Jul 22, 2016

The production house behind Korea’s hit kid’s show Pororo the Little Penguin recently announced a partnership with a developer to release an augmented reality game called Pororo Go.

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• Global, Korea
• (apps • entertainment • Pokémon GO • Pororo the Little Penguin • TV • video games)

Korean voice actress loses job after tweeting picture of herself wearing feminist T-shirt

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 20, 2016

South Korea acting a little like its neighbor to the north.

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• Korea
• (controversy • feminism • MMORPG • voice actors • voice actresses • women • women's rights)

Are people already playing Pokémon Go in Asia?

• Corey Gold
  Jul 18, 2016

Even though Pokémon GO is not yet available to download in Asia, there have been rumours of people playing in South Korea and China. Could this be true?

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• China, Japan, Korea
• (nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)

Security cameras capture wild boar’s intense rampage inside Korean restaurant【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Jul 18, 2016

While the concept of a wild pig going crazy in a restaurant sounds like a fun time, this video shows how harrowing it can actually be.

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• Korea
• (boar • gamjatang • Restaurant • South Korea • Uijeongbu • wild boar)

Cow-tongue tacos and spicy tripe soup: Korean girls try authentic Mexican food for the first time

• Meg Murphy
  Jul 14, 2016

Whatever you do, don’t upset the Mexican mama!

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• Korea
• (food • Korea • Mexican food • video)

Meet the Korean dog (or cotton candy?) with more Instagram followers than you

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 8, 2016

Let this perky pup with the perfectly groomed spherical head in South Korea lift your spirits mid-week.

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• Internet, Korea
• (Bichon Frise • cute • dog • Instagram • popular • social media • tori)

Frightening video shows how quickly Korean university’s library flooded in fierce storm 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2016

Downpour turns room into pond in less than two minutes.

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• Korea
• (crazy • flooding • rain • schools • video)

Korean photographer documents life living with sex doll in series of beautiful pictures 【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 25, 2016

Love can be real, even if your partner isn’t.

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• Korea
• (beautiful • june korea • love • love doll • New York • photography • relationships)

Korean artist seamlessly blends real life with beautiful optical illusions【Photos】

• KK Miller
  Jun 21, 2016

You may not believe your eyes, no matter how many of them you have!

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• Art, Entertainment, Korea
• (art • beautiful • body painting • Dain Yoon • face painting • optical illusions)

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