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Mamas (마마수), Sunway Giza Mall, Malaysia

  Mamas Korean Restaurant is located at Sunway Giza Mall, Malaysia Price: $$$ (30 – 50) in RM Address: C-1-1, Sunway Giza Mall, Jalan PJU 5/14, PJU 5, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Contact Number: 03-61511816 Opening Hours: 10am – 11pm I …
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Home by Hyun Jin-Geon

The story is set in the 1920s when the Japanese Empire’s colonial exploitation is in full force in the Korean peninsula. The narrator meets a man who wear an unusual set of clothing at the train carriage. He finds out …
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J Roh’s “Life is Art” Illustrative Drawing Series

Part of the city of Seoul, drawn and uploaded in 21 January 2014 (Source: J Roh Facebook) During J Roh’s studies on Fine Arts at Hongik Univeristy (Seoul) and Chelsea College of Arts and Designs, she did her illustrative drawings. …
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YellOwe Jam: Calm and Soulful Jazz

YellOwe Jam is a indie jazz duo that was formed in 2008. Kim Hee Chul (saxaphone) decided to formed a band after he heard Yedda’s (vocalist) voice that fit well with the songs that heal both mind and soul. Their …
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Broken Strings by Gang Gyeong-Ae

Hyeong Cheol is standing in between two decisions which he had to choose one of them: (1) take the path to have a better life or (2) fighting what is right for the society. Later, he decides to throw everything …
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VIDAN: Interactive Storytelling About The Korean Treasures

Vidan (Source: Vidan Facebook) We listen and read the Korean folk tales and history through books and from the people who talked about it. Instead, VIDAN takes another approach in telling the Korean treasures through fusion Korean traditional music and …
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Tous les Jours at WOLO Hotel, Malaysia

A few of my friends had either brunch or teatime at the Tous les Jours, a French-Asian bakery, when they shopped around Kuala Lumpur. Since I was around in Kuala Lumpur, I decided to have tea time over there after …
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Vakki Park

What I Dreamed at Kia Surprise Weekend (Source: Vakki Park Official Website) If you happened to watch Love X Stereo’s Fly Over MV, this music video is directed by Vakki Park. Vakki Park is known as the visual pop artist …
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Weekly Events: 20 January – 2 February

Film One Fine Day film screening and discussion at SOAS, London (Source: Red Carpet Spirit Facebook) 24 January: One Fine Day, written and directed by Kim In Guen will be shown at the SOAS Russell Square, London. After the film …
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Top 10 Films in 2013

Hope (Wish) After watching some films, both commercial and independent, in 2013, some of them were enjoyable to watch while others left me with disappointment. There were films that I laughed; there were films that I cried; there were films …
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