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REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File PhotoSEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday picked a conservative scholar and an outspoken critic of North Korea's human rights record as the country's new unification minister handling relations with Pyongyang in a cabinet reshuffle. Kim, 63, served as a presidential secretary for unification and a human rights envoy under the conservative Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations. North Korea has long rejected criticism of its rights conditions as part of a plot to overthrow its rulers. Kim is the right person to pursue a "principle-based" and consistent North Korea policy, said Yoon's chief of staff, Kim Dae-ki. The unification ministry's role ranges from cross-border dialogue and exchanges to studying human rights abuses in North Korea and helping defectors resettle in the South.

Persons: Kim Hong, Yoon Suk, Kim Yung, Yoon, Kim, Lee Myung, Kim Jong, Kim Dae, Jang Mi, Soo, hyang Choi, Hyunsu Yim, Jack Kim, Ed Davies, Gerry Doyle Organizations: South, REUTERS, Sungshin Women's University, North, Thomson Locations: Korean, South Korean, Paju, South Korea, SEOUL, Pyongyang, North Korea, North Korean, Korea, United States

☆ I Got My Name From Connie Chung. So Did They. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Connie Wang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

In my freshman class alone, there was a Connie Zheng, a Connie Guo, a Connie Xu, a few Connie Chengs, and multiple Connie Wangs. That ayi was Constance Yu-Hwa Chung, or, as the world knows her, Connie Chung. Connie Chung hosting the “CBS Evening News” in 1991, the year after the author named herself Connie. Connie Wang Connie Koh Connie Yang Connie Tang Connie Jang Connie Chung Connie Moy Connie Huang Connie Kwok Connie Chang Connie Sun Connie Chung, center, surrounded by 10 members of Generation Connie. Clockwise from top right, Connie Yang, Connie Tang, Connie Moy, Connie Sun, Connie Chang, Connie Kwok, Connie Huang, Connie Jang, Connie Wang and Connie Koh.

☆ Kim Jong Un digitally erased an actor he doesn't like from the re-run of a popular North Korean TV show
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

North Korea has wiped all record of an out-of-favor actor from a popular TV show, per NK News. The actor was digitally replaced with another actor in the re-run of the series, per the outlet. Choe Ung Chol, an actor known for his good looks, has been digitally replaced with actor Pak Jong Taek in the show "The Taehongdang Party Secretary." The series was otherwise completely unchanged, per Prof. Tatiana Gabroussenko, a North Korea specialist writing for the outlet. Jang, once considered the most powerful person in North Korea beyond Kim himself, was denounced as "despicable human scum."

☆ Some TD shareholders urge bank to ditch or renegotiate First Horizon deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Maiya Keidan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Regional lenders in the U.S. face a crisis of confidence after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank last month. First Horizon shares are trading almost 30% below TD's offer price of $25 each, which points to the high risk to the deal closing. TD offered a 37% premium to buy First Horizon more than a year ago in a deal that would make TD the sixth-largest U.S. bank, operating in 22 states. Even the shareholders who support TD going ahead with the deal say it should not pay the original price proposed. A First Horizon top-20 shareholder told Reuters he expects the deal to be extended with no other changes.

Hong Kong/Seoul CNN —The billionaire mastermind behind some of the world’s biggest K-pop stars is pushing back on accusations that he’s trying to monopolize the Korean music industry. “It wouldn’t be correct to say that we’re trying to take over the whole industry,” Bang told CNN in an exclusive interview in Seoul. Bang Si-Hyuk, who chairs the HYBE management agency, spoke with CNN's Richard Quest on Tuesday. “When the two companies are combined, a monopoly and oligopolistic group of companies that account for approximately 66% of total market sales will be created,” it told CNN. The company would then announce the outcome and next steps, it told CNN on Friday.

☆ How a Houston real-estate agent who closed $28 million in deals in 2022 turned her broadcast news layoff into a lucrative new career
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Layne Van Vranken | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"I took my profession as a news anchor, my marketing skills, and leveraged everything I had and who I was, and I used that in real estate," Jang said. Here's how she built a business that's thrived through social media and organic marketing. My business is 70% referral from day one and 30% social media," she said. Jang also shares on social media what she does off the clock, like her overseas travel and fine dining. "'Lily's List' was just as important as social media for me in reaching potential clients."

☆ Ronaldo, Messi roll back the years in nine-goal thriller
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Both teams kept their foot on the gas in the second half, but Ekitike's 78th-minute strike eventually made the difference on the night. Played through on goal by Neymar, Messi was able to poke the ball past goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Owais, who he last faced in Saudi Arabia's shock World Cup win over Argentina in November. Despite going behind early, the Riyadh Season Team - a combined Saudi Pro League XI featuring players from Al Nassr and Al Hilal - had numerous chances. Ronaldo was an ever-present threat and won a penalty when goalkeeper Keylor Navas clattered into him. It was Mbappe's last contribution, as he was taken off shortly after, along with team mates Messi and Neymar, as well as Ronaldo.

☆ South Korea's LGBTQ community confronts crushing headwinds in fight for equality
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Michael Mitsanas | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

NBC News spoke with South Korean lawmakers, human rights organizations and dozens of LGBTQ South Koreans in three of the country’s largest cities: Seoul, Daegu and Busan. Most say a bill that would outlaw discrimination against all minority groups — including the LGBTQ community — is the critical first step toward legal equality. The documentary filmmaker turned progressive lawmaker calls herself an advocate for this country’s LGBTQ community. This, he added, “includes South Korea.”While support for a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill is strong in South Korea, Jang concedes that the odds of one passing, at least in the near future, are slim. The country’s conservative president and People Power Party oppose a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill, while the left-leaning Democratic Party has expressed lukewarm support.

☆ South Korea debates scrapping Cold War-era ban on North's propaganda
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

SEOUL, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Debate is brewing in South Korea over efforts to scrap a decades-old ban on North Korean media, as changing attitudes fuel renewed calls to review a national security law dating from the Cold War. South Korea's National Security Act blocks access to the North's government websites and media, barring efforts at "praising, inciting or propagating" its activities. In a statement to the court before the hearing, the national rights watchdog had called the clauses vague, disproportionate and damaging to fundamental rights. North Korean films, songs and other content are already widely available on YouTube and elsewhere, they added. "The North will likely produce television shows and publications specifically designed to sow more division in the South," said defector Kim Tae-san, a former North Korean ambassador to the Czech Republic.

☆ (video) Booo! Șapte filme înfiorătoare pentru seara de Halloween
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-31 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

În această noapte sărbătorim cea mai înfiorătoare zi din acest an – Halloween. Dacă te numeri printre cinefili și ești în căutare de un horror bun pentru această seară, atunci să știi că am realizat un top de filme bune. # Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (Bedevilled)Regie: Jang Cheol-soGen: crimă, dramă, horrorDurată: 115 minuteNotă IMDb: 7,3Hye-won ajunge pe insula Moo-do, unde a copilărit. # Let Me InRegie: Matt ReevesGen: dramă, fantastic, horrorDurată: 116 minuteNotă IMDb: 7,1Anii ’80. Gândurile de răzbunare și frustrarea neputincioasă a protagonistului își află leac în prietenia acestuia cu o vecină de aceeași vârstă, Abby.

Persons: Ari, Ellen, Graham, Jordan, John, Kim, Jang, Quentin Tarantino Gen, Julia, Mike, Matt Reeves, Abby Locations: american, Coreea de Sud, Seul, Busa, Moo, pustie, nam, Austin, american Colorado

☆ Decizie radicală! Ministrul de Externe a fost DEMIS din funcție
▼ + stars: | 2016-10-12 | by ( ) 24h.md time to read: +1 min

Ministrul adjunct de externe din Coreea de Nord, Kung Sok-Ung, a fost demis din funcție și trimis într-o zonă rurală, fiind pedepsit astfel pentru dezertarea numărului doi al ambasadei nord-coreene în Marea Britanie vara trecută, relatează miercuri un ziar sud-coreean, citat de AFP. Potrivit ziarului, înaltul diplomat ar suferi consecințele mâniei liderului Kim Jong-Un, furios din cauza dezertării lui Thae Yong-Ho, numărul doi al Ambasadei Coreii de Nord la Londra care a trecut în Coreea de Sud în cursul verii. Potrivit aceleiași surse, alți patru diplomați însărcinați cu afacerile europene au primit interdicție de a locui în Phenian. Kung, 72 de ani, este un diplomat experimentat, care a acoperit timp de peste 20 de ani relațiile cu Europa și Rusia în MAE nord-coreean. Anunțuri privind epurări, execuții și dispariții — unele confirmate, altele nu — sunt frecvente după sosirea la putere a lui Kim Jong-Un în 2011.

Persons: Kung, Kim Jong, Thae Yong, Song Locations: Coreea de Nord, Ung, coreene, coreean, de Nord, Londra, Coreea de Sud, Phenian, Europa, Rusia, MAE

☆ (foto) Soarbe cafeaua cu un sărut. Un coreean a creat cele mai ingenioase capace
▼ + stars: | 2015-08-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | Olesea Este Redactor-Şef Al Site-Ului Și Face Parte Din Echipa Diez.Md Încă De La Lansarea Acestuia | Aprilie Vine În Presa Online Din Economie. Scrie Pe Domenii Precum Educație Și Social. | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

Pentru cei îndrăgostiți de cafea s-a inventat recipientul conceput special pentru a transmite senzația unui sărut cu gust de cafea. Dacă vă place cafeaua atât de mult încât să doriți să o sărutați, cana de cafea cu capac sub forma de buze este răspunsul. Diferită de celelalte recipiente de cafea de la automat, care au, de obicei, o gaură în capac pentru pai sau pentru a putea bea direct, cana de cafea care imită sărutul arata ca o față umană, astfel încât consumatorul are parte de o experiență amuzantă, însoțită de senzația unui sărut cald cu aromă de cafea. Ideea îi aparține designerului coreean Jang WooSeok și este creată ca simbol al culturii urbane, un accesoriu care va fi folosit de tinerii care vor să fie în pas cu moda.

Persons: Jang

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