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November 28, 2020 Books

Poet Jeong Ho-seung speaks of relationships in ‘Loving’ and ‘Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables’

“Lonesome Jar: Poetic Fables” takes the animals, plants and objects that we see every day and tells stories from their perspective, talking about human relationships and love. “While writing these t...

[Around the Hotels] Promotions and Packages

Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas presents holiday cakes by NY patissier Grand Deli located on the ground floor of Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas in Samseong-dong is offering holiday cakes th...

November 27, 2020
Food&Beverage
COVID-19 plagues drama productions

Filming of “The Penthouse: War in Life” was almost finished for the first season when the production team was notified of the positive COVID-19 test. The drama attained a viewership rating of 16 perc...

November 25, 2020
Television
‘Fake Men’ is back

After a monthlong break, reality show “Fake Men” returned to local streaming platform Kakao TV on Tuesday at noon with its fifth episode, titled “3000 PT gymnastics ... start of a new training proces...

November 24, 2020
Television
‘Space Sweepers’ takes the safe route and heads to Netflix

Local movie theaters that were hoping “Space Sweepers” would bring life to cinemas are facing further challenges as the social distancing level was to be heighted to Level 2 starting Tuesday. “It’s ...

November 23, 2020
Film
Gaon, La Yeon keep Michelin stars

In addition to the Michelin-starred restaurants, 60 Bib Gourmand restaurants, serving quality food at prices under 45,000 won ($40), were selected prior to the event on Thursday along with 86 Plate r...

November 21, 2020
Food&Beverage
A refugee’s story, told in pictures

Picture book “The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story,” released in September, recounts the story of author Thao Lam, who escaped Vietnam after the Vietnam War in a small fishing boat with her parents, becom...

November 21, 2020
Books
Bwipo, T1 apologizes to Effort

Later on Thursday, Bwipo posted a lengthy apology in both Korean and English regarding the event. “This time, I want to do it right,” said Bwipo in his tweet with link (tl.gd/n_1srfb4k) to an apolog...

November 20, 2020
More sports
‘King of Mask Singer’ expands reach to 31 countries

Meanwhile, a spin-off program, “The Masked Dancer,” will be shown by Fox in the US starting Dec. 27. “More than five countries are already scheduled to launch their remake of ‘The King of Mask Singe...

November 20, 2020
Television
[Around the Hotels] Promotion and Packages

Shinsegae Chosun Hotel X L’Escape Hotel offer ‘Romantic Mood’ package Shinsegae Chosun Hotel in central Seoul’s Jung-gu has collaborated with L’Escape Hotel to offer the Romantic Mood package for gu...

November 20, 2020
Food&Beverage
Faker among 5 LCK players chosen for 2020 LoL All-Star

After a week of online voting, the most popular player in each of the five roles in League of Legends was selected to play in the 2020 LoL All-Star Event on Dec. 18 to 20. Unlike the previous years ...

November 18, 2020
More sports
Kakao TV’s ‘No, Thank You’ brings popular Instatoon to life

Mobile content streaming platform Kakao TV will kick off its latest original drama “No, Thank You” on Saturday at 10 a.m. through its mobile app, KakaoTalk. “No, Thank You” is based on popular webto...

November 17, 2020
Television
Esports arena opens in Busan, first outside greater Seoul

Busan Esports Arena will officially open Wednesday, Busan Metropolitan City and Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency announced Tuesday. The esports arena to open in Busan on the 15th and 16th floors o...

November 17, 2020
More sports
JTBC ‘Sing Again’ to give singers another shot

While audition shows are a dime a dozen on Korean television, JTBC’s newest program “Sing Again” promises to be a new type of singing program that will touch the hearts of viewers. “Sing Again” feat...

November 16, 2020
Television
[Newsmaker] Ven. Haemin ceases all public activities following real estate controversy

Bestselling author and popular Zen Buddhist teacher the Ven. Haemin announced late Sunday night that he was ceasing all activities and returning to a meditation center. The announcement came upon cri...

November 16, 2020
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