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[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

See what Korean webtoons are making waves in China, a teacher/mother shows us how to make paper disks to play a traditional Korean game, enjoy some stunning black-and-whites images of Somaemuldo Island by Chris Cusick, and browse a gallery of noteworthy images from around Asia from the past week.

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"Five Popular Korean Webtoons Reach China's Shores"

K-Culture comes in many forms and one of the more recent cultural products that are finding traction are webtoons. Online comics have been popular in Asia for some time now, but in recent years, South Korean comics have spread rapidly and continue to find favourable footing in a number of countries. In this post, Jon Khristian Maclang takes a look at five Korean webtoons that have found success in China.

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"Art Around the World: South Korea (Ddakji Game)"

This is a great little blog post from a teacher/mother who puts South Korea in the spotlight in her arts and crafts series and shows us how to make the paper disks required to play the traditional Korean game of Ddakji. "I had to warn my kids ahead of time that it takes practice to flip the disks over, and that it is okay if they aren't able to. We were never successful in flipping the disks over but they enjoyed playing never the less".

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"Bridging the Gap: Somaemuldo in Black and White"

Enjoy this beautiful black-and-white series from Chris Cusick of Somaemuldo Island in Tongyeong: "All of the images are monochrome captures of this beautifully rugged island to the south of Tongyeong". Stunning stuff!

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"PICTURED: Editor selections from the past week in Asia"

The Mail Online features a series of images of the past week from around Asia; there's one of South Korea's Lee Sedol as he despairs over his recent loss to Google's DeepMind in a game of Go: "Google's Go-playing computer program again defeated its human opponent in a final match on Tuesday that sealed its 4:1 victory".

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