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  • Buddhist performs in cathedral
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    A Buddhist nun performs hymns at a Seoul cathedral during a Catholic mass to commemorate Buddha's birthday and to promote inter-faith harmony, netizens react.
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  • North Korean ‘Girls Generation’ Used as Army Morale Booster
    While the ROK Army invites 'girl groups' such as Girls Generation to boost the moral of troops, North Korea has its own 'girl troupes' for home and abroad.
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  • Integral anyone?
    Maths Formula Used in Call for University Head’s Resignation
    Students at one of Korea's most prestigious universities call for the resignation of their Chancellor through a mathematical formula.
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  • Students Make Teacher Kneel and Apologise to Class
    A teacher uses a slim and fat student in an attempt to demonstrate the theory of gravity. Students demand the teacher kneel down and apologise.
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  • Male Rights Group Files Injunction Against ‘Sexist Song’
    A male rights group is filing an injunction against South Korean popstar Baek Ji-young over her latest song that describes men as 'dogs'.
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  • New ‘Military Cooperation’ Unveiled Between Korea and Japan
    Netizen reactions to the new initiative unveiled by South Korea and Japan last week that calls for more military cooperation between the two states.
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  • Roh Geon-pyeong is entering the Changwon district Prosecutors' office for questioning.
    Prosectors Prematurely Allege Guilt of Ex-President’s Brother
    Prosecutors come under fire for prematurely suggesting ex-president Roh Moo-hyun's brother received bribes in exchange for peddling political influence.
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  • Killer instinct
    Nurse Threatens to Kill Annoying Patients in Three Seconds
    A hospital nurse vents her frustration at annoying patients on Twitter, pointing out that she has both the power to resuscitate and the power to terminate.
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  • 'Brainless Couple' on Busan Metro
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    Romance strikes the port-city of Busan as the second instance in as many weeks of a couple behaving badly on public transport causes waves on the internet.
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  • A series of vivid and detailed full colour photos of wartime Seoul
    Vivid and Rare Colour Images of Prewar Seoul
    A vivid series of full colour photographs from prewar Seoul currently doing the rounds on the Korean internet.
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  • King Sejong, Inventor of the Korean Script
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    Should Hangul Day, that celebrates the invention of the Korean writing system, become a national holiday in South Korea? Netizens debate.
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  • Girls not giving up their seats on the metro
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    koreaBANG reflects on the latest Ladygate trend that is taking the Korean internet by storm.
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  • 'We are not amused' - Charles Darwin
    Evolutionary Theory to Disappear from Science Textbooks
    The Korean Ministry of Education gives in to pressures of a Christian petition, deciding to remove a theory of evolution from school textbooks.
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  • 'Horny Bus Couple' were publicly shamed on the internet by a fellow passenger for allegedly getting up to no-good snogging and touching on the back of a Busan bus
    ‘Horny Bus Couple’ Shamed for Public Display of Affection
    A photo of a young couple publicly kissing and touching (a social taboo in South Korea) on a Busan bus has caused outcry amongst some netizens.
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