Monday, September 25, 2006

Varia, 25 September 2006

Front - Sep. 23, 2006


Students from Korea University in red root for their team against Yonsei University during an annual event dubbed the Korea-Yonsei fete also known as Ko-Yon Jun at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Friday./Yonhap


Students from Yonsei University in blue root for their team against the Korea University team during an annual event dubbed the Yonsei-Korea fete also known as Yon-Ko Jun at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Friday./Yonhap





Culture - Sep. 23, 2006

The short-lived Daehan Empire(1897~1910)'s sole customs house in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, has been transformed into a customs museum./Courtesy of Gunsan Customs House


Front - Sep. 26, 2006

Students in traditional costume perform the Seokjeonje Memorial Rite at the Sung Kyun Kwan in Seoul on Monday. Seokjeonje is a celebration to make offerings to Confucius and the great sages as the supreme teachers at a civil temple to honor their virtue and follow their instruction, along with music and dancing and libation offerings./AP-Yonhap

Business - Sep. 26, 2006

With Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving just around the corner, customers make jeon, a traditional Korean fried dish, at a department store in Seoul on Monday.


Harvesting rice: A group of elementary school kids experience rice threshing with farmers in rice paddies located in Kimje City, North Cholla Province, Friday. / Yonhap09-22-2006 20:46


Whisky fashion show: Models pose with Chivas 18, a super premium scotch whisky of Pernod Ricard Group, during a fashion show at the W Hotel in southern Seoul, Thursday.
/ Courtesy of Jinro Ballantine’s 09-22-2006 21:02


No fear: Soldiers of a special forces unit jump out of a CH-47 helicopter to demonstrate their skydiving skills Sunday during an practice in South Chungchong Province, for the 58th Armed Forces Day, which falls on Oct. 1. / Korea Times
09-24-2006 17:26


Seasonal color: Visitors enjoy the autumn foliage on the slopes of Mt. Sorak, Kangwon Province, Friday. / Korea Times 09-22-2006 18:41



Korean Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook shakes hands with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at the latter's residence in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday (Sept. 20).

Officials accompanying Han said Gaddafi would work to mediate a dispute between North Korea and other nations over the North's nuclear arms ambitions.

He also requested South Korea and other East Asian countries to cooperate to set up oil pipelines running from Libya to Ethiopia and the Middle East.

Han is on a 10-day trip to the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. / Yonhap 09-22-2006 09:03

Kang Ho-dong to tie knot

Korean Piano Prodigy Takes Another Top Prize
(Another photo)

Lee Sabi Gains Lively Following in Japan
In Japan... it figures...

No comments: