Tracy Wanjiru and Anita Nderu ventured to one of the ten Korean restaurants in Kenya. Daejanggeum Korean Restaurant / 대장금 located in a guest house on the corner of Ndemi Road and Killimani Road. Daejanggeum,…
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#Travel: Heading to Korea? Why not stay at a temple?
Planning a visit to Korea? Why stay in a hotel when you can have a unique experience such as staying at a Buddhist temple? Dubbed Templestay, a program initiated by Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism,…
Korean K-fashion dreams of emulating K-pop on the catwalk
With insults being traded almost daily between Washington and Pyongyang, Koreans could be forgiven for feeling they are dancing on the edge of a geo-political volcano these days. Yet South Korea could not be more…
A plus-size challenge to South Korea’s beauty ‘norm’
In a country with beauty ideals that pre-makeover Barbie would struggle to meet, South Korean plus-size model Vivian Geeyang Kim is facing down online trolls in her defiant campaign to persuade curvy women they have…
From a Kenyan music fan: Exploring South Korean Hip hop, K-pop
By Kevin Gitau Before delving any deeper into this article,i first want to point out a few things – about 3months ago, through a challenge from a friend and also from a personal observation, I…
Samsung Electronics posts 8% fall in Q2 net profit
Samsung Electronics posted an 8.0 percent fall in second quarter net profit on less than stellar sales of its flagship smartphone and stiff competition from cheaper Chinese rivals. The world’s largest smartphone maker said net…
‘Gangnam Style’ breaks YouTube counter with over 2 billion views
Just how big a hit was “Gangnam Style”? So mammoth that the Internet literally wasn’t ready to handle it. YouTube said that the 2012 song by South Korea’s Psy — accompanied by a horse-riding-like dance…
My virgin Korean Scrub: The quest for the softest skin
For first-timers in a Korean bathhouse, especially the scrub “seshin,” which can only be known as an extremely intense exfoliation process – the experience may almost be alarming, punishing, but incredibly satisfying. As an early birthday…
Producer Quincy Jones teams up with S. Korea firm on K-pop
Prominent US music producer Quincy Jones teamed up Thursday with a South Korean entertainment company to help promote Korea’s K-pop stars globally. “I feel like there is a very strong connection between Korea and the…
Psy back in saddle with new single ‘Gentleman’
“Gangnam Style” star Psy Friday unveiled the highly anticipated follow-up to his global hit with another catchy dance tune infused with his signature self-mocking humour. Even Kim Jong-Un’s threats of nuclear war couldn’t divert world…