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Since first arriving to Korea in 2008, I've been blessed with the opportunity to travel to every corner of the peninsula and Jeju. This month on the The Korea Blog, I'm venturing down to the southeastern coastal city of Gyeongju (경주). The city is often referred to as the "museum without walls" because of the large number of historical relics unearthed during archaeological excavations. In this first installment of the series, I visit one of the best known sites in the city and the definitive religious asset: Bulguksa (불국사)

We Got Married, Global, HongKi, FTISLAND, Mina "Global We Got Married" Episode 10 Recap Part 4: After Hongki and Mina had a good time in Okinawa World for their honeymoon, Mina suggested that they go canoeing! (Click here to see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 of "Global We Got Married" Episode 10 Recap) Mina, who likes nature, insisted that she really wanted to go on the canoe, but Hongki, thinking that canoeing would be difficult and tiring, wanted to ride on the tourist boat instead. The two played rock, paper, scissors to determine what they would do, and Mina ended up winning

Lee Hyori, Bad Girls, SBS It's not easy being one of the "Bad Girls." Lee Hyori breaks down on the SBS program "Thank You" It's not easy being one of the "Bad Girls." In a Friday television interview for the Seoul Broadcasting System program "Thank You," Queen of K-pop Lee Hyori broke down in tears when recalling her rebellious youth. "I always did what I wanted to do, then I became a problem child," the singer said. "It happened because I was dying my hair and dancing

2PM, Nickhun, Kim Yuna 2PM Nickhun Expresses Interest in Kim Yuna 2PM's Nickhun expressed his interest in world's best figure skater and Korea's most beloved athlete Kim Yuna. Appearing on talk show, "Three Wheels," with Taecyeon, Nickhun was asked about his ideal woman. He responded, "I like professional athletes. It does not really matter what type of sports but I like someone like Kim Yuna." When the hosts asked, with a suspicious tone, whether he has any personal relations with Kim Yuna, Nickhun said that he would like to get to know her

Speaking about their past relationships and ideal ladies, 2PM’s Nichkhun showed a bit of interest in gold medal figure skater, Kim Yuna. In a recent recording of MBC’s The Quiz to Change the World, 2PM and MBLAQ appeared as guests and began talking about their experiences in dating. MBLAQ’s Lee Joon and Seung Ho shared that they’ve dated women one year older than them, while 2PM’s Taecyeon and Nickhun respectively said they’ve dated women who were five and six years older than them. On the reason why, Taecyeon said that older woman are more financially stable

The “Luv Virus” Makes For a Great Cure While SKarf has enjoyed surprisingly high levels of support from Singapore, from where two of their members hail, it could be safe to say they are not exactly the highest-profile act in the extremely competitive K-pop girl group market. Hopefully though, their latest single would help raise their profile as a decent alternative to the current crop of girl groups. You see, if you are tired of either the mish-mash of layered electronic sounds (think any high-tempo release after SNSD’s “I Got A Boy”) or the overt displays of sexy (which is very much dominated by Sistar and Girls’ Day), SKarf has the answer

Althoughthey have nothing but respect, the Shinhwa members revealed a time when they were truly upset with SM Entertainment chairman, Lee Soo Man. On June 4, tvN’s Baek Ji Yeon’s People Inside continued its second episode with Shinhwa as the guests.With so much revealed about the group’s history, MC Baek Ji Yeon asked the Shinhwa members to talk about a secret that hasn’t been mentioned on air before. Lee Min Woo spoke up about an award ceremony following their first album activities, where Lee Soo Man won the producer of the year award

Big Bang Big Bang Back in Japan This November Big Bang will be back in Japan this November for a Japanese Dome Tour. On June 1, the news of Big Bang's upcoming tour was announced during G-Dragon's World Tour performance held in Nagoya Dome in Japan. According to the announcement, Big Bang will hold solo concert performances at six different dome stadiums in Japan, starting with Seibu Dome on November 16 and 17, then to Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Tokyo and Sapporo. YG Entertainment projects to bring out around 720,000 fans over their 15 scheduled concerts

Running Man Running Man Korea's most popular variety show "RUNNING MAN" will kick start its first overseas fan meeting tour in Hong Kong with "'Race Start!'. The fan meeting  is scheduled for 8PM at AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10 on July 13, 2013 (Saturday). "Race Start" begins Running Man's international outreach.  After Hong Kong, the tour will then move on to perform in other Asian countries. "RUNNING MAN" is a new genre reality variety show first aired in 2010. It quickly established itself as a household name and became one of the most popular variety shows with its healthy, exciting and entertaining wit and jokes

Actress Park Bo Young is receiving a lot of admiration for her beautiful figure. Recently on an online community bulletin board, two photos were uploaded under the title, “Park Bo Young reveals her adorable abs.” In the released pictures is Park Bo Young wearing a pair of white pants and a shirt that has been tied around her waist to show off her beautiful body. With an adorable smile on her face, Park Bo Young looks gorgeous in these pictures. Netizens that saw these photos commented, “Park Bo Young has cute abs,” “Not exactly washboard abs, but still pretty,” “She looks so young,” “Whatever she does, Park Bo Young always looks great,” and “I don’t think it would look right if she was muscled