by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Liam Neeson has signed on to portray U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in Operation Chromite, a Korean blockbuster set during the Battle of […]
Tag: Incheon
Lucia Cho’s Creative Direction at KwangJuYo
by NAMJU CHO During a tour in early January of the KwangJuYo ceramics factory in Icheon, a city about an hour’s drive southeast of Seoul known for its pottery and rice, artisans and […]
100-car Pileup Near Incheon Leaves 2 Dead, Over 60 Injured
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Two people were killed and at least 60 were injured on Wednesday morning as more than 100 vehicles piled up on a bridge […]
CCTV to Be Required at Day Care Centers in South Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Surveillance cameras will soon become a requirement for all day care centers in South Korea as part of an effort to prevent child […]
Korean Air VP Resigns After ‘Nutty’ Episode
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Heather Cho resigned as the head of in-flight services for Korean Air amid a surge of public criticism that she delayed a flight […]
Asiana’s San Francisco Route Suspended For 45 Days
by STEVE HAN South Korea’s Asiana Airlines will suspend its services to San Francisco for 45 days over a jet crash that killed three people in the U.S. city […]
Son Yeon-jae Wins SKorea’s First Gold in Rhythmic Gymnastics
by REERA YOO Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae gave South Korea its first Asian Games gold in the individual all-around event on Thursday, reported Yonhap. The 20-year-old scored a combined […]
South Korea Wins Asian Games Gold in Men’s Basketball
by STEVE HAN Odds were stacked against Team Korea, but the home team erased a five-point deficit with just over a minute remaining and toppled Iran for a 79-77 […]
3 Weird Things That Happened At The 2014 Incheon Asian Games
by STEVE HAN South Korea’s port city of Incheon, about 15 miles southeast of capital Seoul, was given the honor to host the Asian Games, a multi-sport quadrennial event […]
PSY, JYJ and EXO Headline Electric Incheon Asian Games Opening Ceremony
by JAMES S. KIM South Korea knows how to party, and the host country put on one heck of a show to kick off the 2014 Incheon Asian Games earlier today […]
SKoreans Banned From Carrying NKorean Flag at 2014 Asian Games
by REERA YOO South Korea reminded its citizens Friday that waving North Korean flags during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon will be strictly prohibited, according to Yonhap. North […]
SKorean Ferry Carrying 477 Sinks, 2 Reported Dead
Image via Reuters This story has updated figures, according to the latest news reports. A South Korean ferry carrying 477 people, most of them high school students, sank off the southern coast […]
World's First Robot Theme Park To Open In Korea
The world’s first robot-themed amusement park is set to open in South Korea in 2013, according to news reports. Robot Land will feature “famous science fiction cyborgs and motion […]
