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Actor Jang Geun Suk updated fans on how he did on the TOIEC (Test of English for International Communication) he was stressed about studying for. On the 18th, he tweeted, “The TOIEC scores are out. I got over 100 points! Yahoo.” Jang Geun Suk shared last month, “Tomorrow is the test and today is the first extracurricular assignment.. looking at this, it’s full of language twists and turns.. getting sleepy just looking at it… School dean, can you let me take a test besides the TOEIC which is harder, but tests my Korean language ability…” Though he did get an awesome score, the actor previously commented that he knew his strengths and weaknesses

Seoul Beats Idols Music Film Drama TV Media Style Culture TweetidolsSB Comments of the Week (5/11-5/18) Written by Fannie On May 18, 2013 Welcome to another Comments of the Week! This week in music and idol news, we talked about recent or upcoming works of Cho Yong-pil, Seo In-young, 2PM, 4Minute, SHINee and Gatsby, Nine Muses, Shinhwa, and Exo. For fashion and tv topics, we looked at the best of last week’s music shows, the first few episodes of She Is WOW, sizzling May fashion spreads, and highlights of the K-pop Dream Concert 2013

After releasing a few sets of group teaser images (1, 2, 3), EXO has finally begun revealing individual teaser images for their comeback!Today, EXO unveiled three individual teaser images through the official sites for EXO-K and EXO-M. The three teaser images all were of EXO-K members, with the first image featuring EXO-K member Kai and the second and third images featuring members Suho and D.O.EXO is slated to make a comeback to the Korean music scene through the release of their first full-length album "XOXO" (Hugs and Kisses)

On May 14 it was announced that actor Park Shi Hoo and trainee “A” had quietly come to a compromise and mutually dropped their charges against each other. The real life drama, that started in February when “A” pressed charges against Park Shi Hoo for rape, had ended. What does this compromise mean for Park Shi Hoo’s career? It is a rather disappointing ending to a case that had fascinated the public. If there had been no compromise and the two had determined everything to the court, the future would have been more predictable

Park Young-sook, former acting chairwoman of the Peace and Democracy Party, who is dubbed the Godmother of Koreas feminine movement, died Friday morning. She was 81. Born in Pyongyang in 1932, she graduated from Chonnam Girls High School, and the English department of Ewha Womans University. In the 1960s, she started devoting her life to feminine movement. While serving as general affairs manager of YWCA and general secretary of the Korean National Council of Women, Park became a close acquaintance of Lee Hee-ho, former President Kim Dae-jungs wife who was also her senior alumnus of Ewha

Gamcheon Culture Village at Night There's a saying that during the summer, parents in Seoul will ask their kids: "Would you like to go to Busan?" The kids will say: "No. Let's go to Haeundae".The beach-front suburb is no doubt an iconic holiday spot that Koreans associate with summer vacation, not to mention the scenery that Busan conjures up for most.But the truth is Korea's second-largest city, located 329 kilometers (204 miles) from the nation's capital, has so much more to offer than just its beaches

Hugo Barra, vice president of product management for Android at Google, holds a Samsung Galaxy S4 GE at the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference in San Fransciso, California, on Wednesday. Google has made Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S4 flagship phone into its latest "reference phone" and will start selling it for $649 through its Google Play online store June 26 in the United States.The world's largest search engine operator and Android operating system developer announced its collaboration with the Korean tech king at Google's annual developer conference, I/O, in San Francisco Wednesday

Seoul Beats Idols Music Film Drama TV Media Style Culture TweetmusicSide B: Appreciating B.A.P’s Emotional Ballads Written by Lindsay On May 18, 2013 One of the top rookies of 2012, B.A.P impressed with their intense and masculine debut. After “Warrior” came “Power,” and then “No Mercy.” They became known as the hip-hop-influenced tough guys of the industry, but that didn’t stop them from trying out a softer image as well. Their next round of promotions, that included “Crash,” “Stop It,” and “Rain Sound,” generated criticism from many fans of B

The interior of the Korean Peninsula has breathtaking views of natural rocks and cliffs along steep valley and mountains, coupled with long traditions of songs of Arirang and Confucian culture. The region is less accessible than major cities due to its rugged geography, but that's changing these days with the recent introduction of special train routes. Since the O-train and V-train opened the door to the mountainous interior of the peninsula on April 12, 20,000 passengers have taken the trains to see the hidden attractions of the inland so far, and another 20,000 have made reservations to take the trains, according to Korail

Jason Mraz made a guest appearance on ‘SNL Korea‘ during his promotional trip in Korea and brought laughter with his Korean-style humor. Jason Mraz made his first appearance on the show’s May 18 broadcast in which he performed hilarious covers of his songs and showed off his knowledge of Korean food. During one of the skits, comedian Ahn Young Min tried to get friendly with the singer-songwriter and asked Jason, “Do you want to eat ramen?”, to which Jason Mraz wittily answered, “I like tteok [rice cake] ramen”, hilariously revealing his love for the Korean staple snack