From the 15th-century Hangeul manuscript “Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon” to Shin Yun-bok’s iconic “Portrait of a Beauty,” celebrated Korean treasures from the Kansong Art Museum’s collection have been given a new lease on life as immersive media art. At the exhibition “When the Clouds Clear, the Moon Shines, the Wind Blows, and the Stars Shine,” running through…
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Nation divided on Liberation Day due to rift over Independence Hall head
Korea ended up seeing two separate Aug. 15 Liberation Day events, Thursday, as civic groups and opposition parties boycotted a government-organized ceremony and held their own to protest the appointment of a new director of the Independence Hall of Korea, whom they accuse of being a pro-Japan figure. This division marked an unprecedented split in…
Betts showed his health by hitting a home run
LA Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, who had been out of action due to an injury, showed his health by hitting a home run in his return game. Betts started as the second right fielder in the away game against the Milwaukee Brewers of the 2024 Major League Baseball held at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,…
Jaron Duran has been suspended for two games.
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jaron Duran has been suspended for two games. On the 13th (Korean time), the official website of the US Major League Baseball, MLB.com, reported, citing a statement from the Boston team, that “Duran has been suspended for two games.” In the bottom of the 6th inning of the game against the…
The Dodgers are ahead in their away game against Milwaukee
The LA Dodgers are ahead in their away game against Milwaukee with two 2-run homers. The MVPs are firing. The Dodgers are leading 4-0 in their away game against the Milwaukee Brewers of the 2024 Major League Baseball held at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on the 13th (Korean time). The first to…
Shohei Ohtani hit a home run again in three games.
Shohei Ohtani (30, LA Dodgers) of the US professional baseball league hit a home run again in three games. Ohtani hit his 36th home run in the game against the Milwaukee Brewers held at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on the 12th (local time). Starting as the designated hitter, Ohtani hit a fastball…
Primorsky Krai casino visitors up 36 pct in Q1 government says
Russia’s Far East Maritime Province gambling region welcomed more than 146,000 visitors in the first three months of 2023, local authorities said. The Maritime Region JSC Development Corporation said on its official website that the figure was up 36.0% year-on-year. The number of visitors increased by 24.6% compared to October-December 2022. The quarterly figure represents…
Foreign casino recovery seems to outpace S. Korea Airlift
The rate at which gambling volume among Japanese and Chinese tourists is recovering at many foreign-only casino resorts in South Korea is not necessarily positively correlated with the recovery rate of air travel between those locations and South Korea, suggesting second-quarter data checked with GGRAsia by several operators. Nevertheless, the Korean government’s air travel data…
Lee Kang-in was offered 27 times the current salary
“According to our information, Lee Kang-in, who arrived at PSG last summer, is very popular in Saudi Arabia. Last month, we talked about a Premier League club that offered PSG 70 million euros (about 105 billion won). However, PSG rejected it,” he reported. “Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi will have to show solid support as there is…
Jeju Dream Tower July Casino Sales Monthly Record
Casino sales at the Jeju Dream Tower Casino Resort (pictured) in Korea’s vacation resort of Jeju Island rose 95.3 percent on-month to nearly 20.12 billion won (US$15.5 million) in July, according to data submitted to the Korea Exchange on Wednesday. Judging by that, sales rose 516.8 percent year-on-year. Jeju Dream Tower’s foreign-only casino sales in…