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South Korea: Fire Breaks Out at Seoul Convention Center, Prompting Evacuation

A fire broke out at the COEX convention center in Gangnam District, southern Seoul on Friday, April 25, prompting an evacuation of the building.

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South Korean Esports team gears up for Hangzhou Asian Games

STORY: South Korean Esports team gears up for Hangzhou Asian Games DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of contestants training 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): KWAK JUN-HYUK, Contestant of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): PARK KI-YOUNG, Contestant of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Korean): SHIN BO-SEOK, Coach of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Korean): KWAK JUN-HYUK, Contestant of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Korean): KWAK JUN-HYUK & PARK KI-YOUNG, Contestants of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 7. various of contestants training STORYLINE: The South Korean FIFA Online 4 team is gearing up for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, which is to be held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, China. With their eyes on the prize, the contestants are training hard to bring home the gold. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): KWAK JUN-HYUK, Contestant of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team "My goal is to

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Exhibition in memory of 'Ramen Demon' begins in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - An exhibition of goods including recipe notes used by "Ramen Demon" Minoru Sano begins in memory of the feared and respected chef at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, a food-themed amusement park, in Yokohama on April 3, 2014, following his recent death.

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Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum celebrates 20th anniversary

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoji Iwaoka, head of the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, poses in a replica street of the 1950s at the food-themed amusement park in Yokohama just west of Tokyo on March 6, 2014. The museum, which attracted over 150,000 foreign visitors in 2013, celebrated its 20th anniversary the same day.

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Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum celebrates 20th anniversary

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A foreign visitor tries out a bowl of Japanese noodle at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama just west of Tokyo on March 4, 2014. The food-themed amusement park, which attracted over 150,000 visitors from overseas in 2013, celebrated its 20th anniversary on March 6.

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S. Korean envoy in Hiroshima visits Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun (R), consul general at the Consulate General of South Korea in Hiroshima, and his wife offer flowers on Dec. 1, 2011, at the monument for an atomic blast in Nagasaki peace park in Nagasaki in southwestern Japan. Shin's father Shin Yong Su, who was exposed to an atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World War II in 1945, became the founder and former president of an association of South Korean survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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K-pop culture in Shin-Okubo

Tokyo, Japan - A charity event is held at Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on June 19, 2011. The event, held June 17-19, was aimed at supporting the reconstruction of northeastern Japan areas hit by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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S. Korean son of A-bomb victim visits Hiroshima as consul general

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korea's newly appointed consul general in Hiroshima, Shin Hyong Gun, offers a wreath at a cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 11, 2011. His father survived the atomic bomb attack.

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S. Korean son of A-bomb victim visits Hiroshima as consul general

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korea's newly appointed consul general in Hiroshima, Shin Hyong Gun, answers reporters' questions after visiting a cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 11, 2011. His father survived the atomic bomb attack.

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New head of scandal-hit USJ vows to fix 'shortcomings'

OSAKA, Japan - Shin Sasaki, new president of USJ Co., operator of the Hollywood-style movie theme park Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka, speaks at a press conference in Osaka's Konohana Ward on Oct. 23. Sasaki pledged to fix ''shortcomings'' in the company in the wake of declining popularity caused by a series of scandals.

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Opposition GNP wins S. Korean by-elections

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Shin (2nd from L), a candidate of South Korea's main opposition Grand National Party (GNP), is joined by supporters in celebrating his victory in a Seoul constituency by-election Aug. 8. GNP won a sweeping victory in the parliamentary by-elections by taking 11 out of 13 seats up for grabs to secure a parliamentary majority.

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S. Koreans go to polls in parliamentary by-elections

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Shin, a candidate of the opposition Grand National Party (GNP), casts his vote with his wife at a poll station in downtown Seoul on Aug. 8. Voters in the capital and across the nation went to the polls to fill 13 vacant seats in the 273-member National Assembly in by-elections widely seen as a key test of voter sentiment ahead of the December presidential election.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2021 shows twin giant panda cubs Xiao Xiao (R) and Lei Lei (L). Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 26, 2021 shows a giant panda cub. Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2022 shows twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao (R) and his sister Lei Lei (L), playing at Ueno zoo in Tokyo, Japan. Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2021 shows twin giant panda cubs Xiao Xiao (back) and Lei Lei (front). Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors see twin giant panda cubs and their mother at Ueno zoo in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 12, 2022. Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2022 shows twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao (top) and his sister Lei Lei (bottom), playing at Ueno zoo in Tokyo, Japan. Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors see twin giant panda cubs and their mother at Ueno zoo in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 12, 2022. Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 1, 2021 shows 8-day-old twin giant panda cubs. Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-PANDA-CUB-DEBUT

(220112) -- TOKYO, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2021 shows twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao (R) and his sister Lei Lei (L), with their mother Shin Shin. Twin giant pandas, male cub Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei, who were born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, appeared to the public for the first time with their mother Shin Shin Wednesday, much to the delight of a limited number of lottery winners. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society/Handout via Xinhua)

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New head of scandal-hit USJ vows to fix 'shortcomings'

OSAKA, Japan - Shin Sasaki, new president of USJ Co., operator of the Hollywood-style movie theme park Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka, speaks at a press conference in Osaka's Konohana Ward on Oct. 23. Sasaki pledged to fix ''shortcomings'' in the company in the wake of declining popularity caused by a series of scandals. (Kyodo)

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Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)

Ha-Kyun Shin & Du-Na Bae Characters: A hired assassin 2 & Film: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance; Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (KOR 2005) Director: Chan-Wook Park 29 July 2005 Date: 29 July 2005

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Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)

Kang-Ho Song & Ha-Kyun Shin Characters: A hired assassin 1 & A hired assassin 2 Film: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance; Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (KOR 2005) Director: Chan-Wook Park 29 July 2005 Date: 29 July 2005

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Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)

Kang-Ho Song, Du-Na Bae & Ha-Kyun Shin Characters: A hired assassin 1, & A hired assassin 2 Film: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance; Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (KOR 2005) Director: Chan-Wook Park 29 July 2005 Date: 29 July 2005

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Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)

Ha-Kyun Shin, Kang-Ho Song & Du-Na Bae Characters: A hired assassin 2,A hired assassin 1 & Film: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance; Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (KOR 2005) Director: Chan-Wook Park 29 July 2005 Date: 29 July 2005

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Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)

Ha-Kyun Shin Characters: A hired assassin 2 Film: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance; Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (KOR 2005) Director: Chan-Wook Park 29 July 2005 Date: 29 July 2005

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A jinrikisha carrying a foreign sailor

For foreigners, the rickshaw symbolized Japan. The sailor probably had this photograph taken to commemorate his visit to Japan. The background suggests a park, but the exact location is unknown.==Date:1899, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐22‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

Lake Shinobazu had a Bentendo on Chikubu Island which was built by the priest Tenkai, forming a miniature of Lake Biwa, when he built Kanei Temple in the second year of Kanei (1625). Mt. Ueno provides a bird's eye view from the Kiyomizuzaka. There are tea houses along the approach. Further on, there is a Bentendo in the center, with the Kijiin to the right. A photo before Mt. Ueno was designated as a park in the 1873.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐6‐0]

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K-pop culture in Shin-Okubo

Tokyo, Japan - A charity event is held at Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on June 19, 2011. The event, held June 17-19, was aimed at supporting the reconstruction of northeastern Japan areas hit by March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean son of A-bomb victim visits Hiroshima as consul general

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korea's newly appointed consul general in Hiroshima, Shin Hyong Gun, answers reporters' questions after visiting a cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 11, 2011. His father survived the atomic bomb attack. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean son of A-bomb victim visits Hiroshima as consul general

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korea's newly appointed consul general in Hiroshima, Shin Hyong Gun, offers a wreath at a cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 11, 2011. His father survived the atomic bomb attack. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean envoy in Hiroshima visits Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun (R), consul general at the Consulate General of South Korea in Hiroshima, and his wife offer flowers on Dec. 1, 2011, at the monument for an atomic blast in Nagasaki peace park in Nagasaki in southwestern Japan. Shin's father Shin Yong Su, who was exposed to an atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World War II in 1945, became the founder and former president of an association of South Korean survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Kyodo)

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Former S. Korean president Park denies charges as trial begins

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong Bin arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on May 23, 2017, when the trial of ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye began. Her lawyer denied a string of allegations against her including bribery and abuse of power. Shin is accused of offering bribes to Park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean tycoons face parliamentary questioning over scandal

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong Bin (R) attends a parliamentary hearing in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2016, into an influence-peddling scandal implicating embattled President Park Geun Hye's longtime confidante Choi Soon Sil. The scandal, over which Choi has been indicted and the president named by prosecutors as an accomplice, has rocked the country for over a month. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Koreans go to polls in parliamentary by-elections

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Shin, a candidate of the opposition Grand National Party (GNP), casts his vote with his wife at a poll station in downtown Seoul on Aug. 8. Voters in the capital and across the nation went to the polls to fill 13 vacant seats in the 273-member National Assembly in by-elections widely seen as a key test of voter sentiment ahead of the December presidential election. (Kyodo)

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Opposition GNP wins S. Korean by-elections

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Shin (2nd from L), a candidate of South Korea's main opposition Grand National Party (GNP), is joined by supporters in celebrating his victory in a Seoul constituency by-election Aug. 8. GNP won a sweeping victory in the parliamentary by-elections by taking 11 out of 13 seats up for grabs to secure a parliamentary majority. (Kyodo)