Archive for July 29th, 2012

Real DMZ Project provides new perspectives

e Demilitarized Zone along the 38th parallel is a place of incongruities. Not only is it one of the world's most militarized areas, for the next month and a half it will be an art museum. Eleven artists from around the world have joined forces to create an exhibition titled Real DMZ Project. Their intent was to "offer their own viewpoint on the divided reality of the Korean Peninsula in today's context". Looking forward to the day when this place that is in a constant state of confrontation and tension loses its raison d'etre and becomes "'demilitarized' in the true sense of the word", participating artists placed installations, photographs, paintings and videos in five locations on the route of the Cheorwon Security Tour

KPOP 101: Meet the members of B.A.P and their Matoki partners

It has been over half a year since Koreaboo’s last “KPOP 101” editorial, which last featured idol female group Secret. But fear not, the 3rd edition of KPOP 101 has returned with “Rice,” as I like to affectionately call them, or “Warrior” B.A.P as the next featured group."KPOP 101" articles:U-Kiss | Secret B.A.P debuted with a unique concept when they released “Warrior” – all the members had their hair color dyed to blonde – and while it was interesting, it made it difficult to attach a name to a face

Korean cuisine expected to be globalized at faster pace

Korean cuisines will be globalized at the faster pace, said a leading "bulgogi" cuisine restaurant owner, who has been to New York to participate in the 2012 International Franchise Expo recently.Bulgogi and bibimbab are no more strangers to foreigners, said Jung In-tae, head of the Bulgogi Brothers, a franchise of bulgogi, a dish that usually consists of marinated barbecued beef, chicken or pork Jung said many foreign business partners expressed their hope to "take the similar cuisines they enjoyed when they came before" during their revisit to Korea

Food Artist Merges Food with Art

Sandang Yim Gi-Ho in front of his restaurant in Seoul Sandang Yim-Gi-Ho Uplifts Culinary Art to Philosophy Food is a medicine, a science, and an art, said a famed food stylist Sandang Yim Gi-Ho at his restaurant in Seouls Cheongdam-dong in a recent interview with The Seoul Times. Mr. Yim is one of the rare food experts in the nation, recognized as the artist and philosopher of traditional culinary culture field. His restaurant Sandang offers top-quality Korean food in a natural ambience

Gwacheon: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul Land, Seoul Grand Park

The National Museum of Contemporary Art (NMOCA) in Korea recently won one of the world's biggest design competitions with its "Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting" exhibition. It has become the country's first national art museum to receive a red dot design award. The exhibition received an award in the communication design category and was up against a tough pool of 6,823 design works from 43 countries. The exhibition, which ended this past May, featured about 150 paintings by 31 artists

SB Midyear Wrap-up: Best Drama

With our final poll, we’ll be asking you drama watchers what you think has been the best drama of the year so far, as well as throwing in a bonus poll for who you think was the best onscreen couple.It does seem that the drama landscape will be picking up a bit in the second half of the year, with strong contenders like Song Joong-ki’s Nice Guy and Lee Minho’s Faith, but let’s take a look back to see what you think has the merit of being best drama of the year so far. And with that, we’re going to finish up our Midyear Wrap-up

Lee Hyori’s Book ‘Closer’ Makes Seoul Mayor’s Summer Reading List

Lee Hyori, Park Won Soon, Closer lee hyo ri Singer Lee Hyori revealed that Park Won Soon, the mayor of Seoul will be reading her book over his summer break, and revealed her thoughts of embarrassment. Hyori tweeted on July 26th, "I see that Mayor Park Won Soon's vacation reading list includes my book. He. I'm embarrassed." Mayor Park Won Soon on the 25th through Facebook revealed a list of the thirteen books he plans to read on his summer break starting on the first day of August

‘Invincible Youth 2′ miss A Suzy, Slaps KARA Jiyoung’s Cheeks with a Broom

miss A, Suzy, KARA, Jiyoung, KBS, Invincible Youth suzy miss A Suzy accidently slapped KARA Jiyoung's face with a broom. In KBS2 'Invincible Youth 2' aired on the 28th, Lee Young Ja, Boom, and the G5 members went on a cleaning spree to welcome in guests to their 'Youth Inn'. On this day, the 5th daughter Jiyoung and the youngest daughter Suzy were in charge of cleaning inside of the house. The two were having fun sweeping the floors with brooms, but Suzy accidentally slapped Jiyoung's cheeks with the broom

Tim Gaining Interest for Joint Korean-Indonesian Drama ‘Saranghae, Love You’

Tim, Saranghae, I Love You, Indonesian tim i love you Singer Tim is receiving a lot of love for his joint Indonesian-Korean drama. With Tim's acting debut and also the first joint drama between Korea and Indonesia being "Saranghae, I Love You," the singer has been gaining much love from his Indonesian fans. The show started airing on June 16th on Indonesia's biggest public channel 'Indosiar' with the first week's viewers rating recording at 7.5%. Because the country has a lot of private broadcasting channels, 10% is regarded to be the best in viewer ratings thus "Saranghae, I Love You" recorded a pretty high rating showing the amount of interest it is receiving

Super Junior Donghae and Yesung Look Charismatic in Tuxedos for Latest Selca

super junior, donghae, yesung super junior donghae yesung Super Junior Donghae and Yesung snap a picture wearing tuxedoes, transforming into charismatic men. Donghae on the 29th, tweeted the photo above and wrote "We are right now...Donghae, Yesung." In the photo above, Donghae and Yesung are seen sporting a bow tie along with a suit looking like stylish young men. They are seen looking handsome like sculptures with a fierce gaze into the camera showing off their charismatic and sexy charm