Tag: Korean
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81-year-old South Korean model falls short in a bid to become oldest Miss Universe contestant
SEOUL, South Korea — An 81-year-old South Korean fashion model fell short in her bid to become the oldest Miss Universe contestant after competing in the country’s national pageant against rivals old enough to be her grandchildren. Dressed in a beaded white gown, the silver-haired Choi Soon-hwa strutted across the stage and performed in a…
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Kim Ye-Ji, viral Korean sharpshooter, to star as assassin in upcoming series
After her stone-cold expression went viral at the Paris Olympics, sharpshooter Kim Ye-Ji will play the role of an actual assassin in an upcoming Korean series. Kim, 31, has been pegged by Korean entertainment company Asia Lab to star in a new multinational short-form series called “Crush.” Alongside Indian actor Anushka Sen, Kim will play…
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Korean adoptees say they were ‘commodified’ and governments ignored fraud, investigation finds
An International Social Service social worker who visited the U.S. Embassy in Seoul around that time found what she saw “distasteful,” according to documents at the agency’s archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries. “It showed the callous way in which children going to the US. were processed, to me, it was a real assembly…