아시아 각국의 전통 문화를 뽐내다

 

Asians show off traditional cultures

 

2010-06-23

 

Pyounghwa Plaza in World Cup Park in Mapo-gu was filled with unfamiliar sights on Sunday as people from different Asian countries gathered to introduce their traditional cultures.

The annual “Asia Culture Festival,” hosted by the Asia Culture Festival Organizing Committee and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, was held under the theme “One Asia,” aiming to provide a venue to experience different Asian cultures and thus improve understanding of neighboring countries.

Visitors crowded at the “Asian Village” where booths representing each participating country -- Thailand, Mongolia, Vietnam, Japan, Nepal, China, Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Malaysia, India and South Korea -- were set up.

 

 

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[코리아헤럴드] 삼성에게 소니와 애플이란?

Samsung a partner or foe for Sony and Apple?

 

 

2009-12-10

Are Samsung and Sony partners or rivals?

 How about Samsung and Apple?  The answer is both.

 Sony competes with (~와 경쟁하다; n.competition) Samsung in the TV market, but at the same time the Japanese company is one of the biggest buyers of Samsung's display screens.

 

 

 

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김장훈 독도위해 기부

A pop singer's crusade for Dokdo

 

2009-11-10

A singer, as well known for his donation as for his singing career, has contributed another 300 million won ($258,620) to promoting Korean sovereignty* over Dokdo in the East Sea, an area long disputed by Korea and Japan....

 

*sovereignty: 주권

 

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