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[HanCinema's Digest] Culture Corner

Watch a short animated documentary about what transpired with the Sewol disaster, get schooled on Korean cosmetics and its relation to K-pop, catch a glimpse of Hongdae's vibrant youth culture with some street-side jamming, and see what the new Asian Culture Centre in Gwangju has planned to develop innovation in the country's capital.

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"Two Contrasting Views of the South Korea Ferry Accident - English"

The Sewol accident was a tragic event that rocked the nation, but what happened on that fateful day, exactly? Man Park presents the controversy: "This short animated documentary is based on the South Korea Ferry Sewol accident. The intention is not to reconstruct what actually happened, or to analyse why it happened. It simply asks us to think about how we can best learn from it, taking account of systems safety research over the past thirty years".

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"BEHIND SOUTH KOREAN COSMETIC SURGERY: ITS HISTORICAL CAUSES AND ITS INTERTWINED RELATIONSHIP WITH KOREAN POP CULTURE"

For those who enjoy digging a little deeper into important culture issues and history, here is a timely MA study about Korea's phenomenal cosmetic surgery surge in relation to K-pop culture by Yuqing Wang. The more you know…

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"Busking Hip-Hop/Kpop Culture in Hongdae, South Korea"

I thoroughly enjoy visiting the Hongdae area, it's always alive with young energy, art and awesomeness, and there's always something interesting to go see or do. In this short video, you'll get to see some awesome hip-hop dancing in streets of Hongdae; a little taste of Korea's youth culture and its vibrancy in action. Enjoy!

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"A place to 'tell Asia's story'"

Park Hyongki from The Korea Herald reports on the Gwangju and its multicultural Asia Culture Centre (ASA): "With its long history and traditions, Asia was never able to raise its voice or tell its stories on par with Europe. We offer a variety of programmes both for artists, scholars and other people to share and develop ideas through public seminars, artists' residencies and exhibitions", Bang Sun-gyu, acting president of the ACC, told The Nation.

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