Korean CNG Bus Explosion Caught on Camera

Today people comfortable go to another place by public transportation, but does it always safe to take a public transportation? For this article, the answer is no. A Korea CNG bus blew up in Seoul, and 17 people got hurt. A video could take the whole situation. Furthermore, a 28-tear-old woman was in coma. She was operated her both ankles is a hospital immediately. In addition, 95% of Seoul's bus were CNG buses. To sum up this problem, the Korea government had the investigation into the safety of the fuel tanks. If the tank had a problem, all buses will be recall. One thing's for sure though, I hope people in Seoul stop taking CNG buses for a while until things figured out.

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NKorea suffered serious flood damage last month

A lot of people die from natural disaster. I think, that is very scary because people cannot control the nature. They cannot stop the natural disaster that will destroy their life. I will talk about an terrible news in North Korea. The effect of flooding in North Korea last month caused a lot of troubles. Homes, farms, roads and buildings were destroyed by this natural disaster. Moreover, about 36,700 acres of farmland was sinked. More than 5,500 homes and 350 public buildings and facilities also were flowed away. This disaster was not just some houses were destroyed. It affected on the economic growth and the people's living as well. In addition, it caused a landslide by a rapid rain. Bridges and roads were destroyed. A power equipment also was cut off. Next, the North Korea does not need help from other countries. About 600 people were dead and missing. More than 100,000 people were homeless after those floods. South Korea, China, and aid agencies such as the UN's World Food Program, tried to help those poor people.

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Wonder Girls meet world through MTV

Do you know Wonder Girls? the answer might me yes and no. However, many people in the world will know them from watching MTV soon. In Malaysia at the MTV Stage Live, about 15,000 audience went to watch Wonder Girls' performance. Six songs were shown from this girl group including "Tell Me,” “So Hot,” “2 Different Tears” and their most popular song “Nobody" Moreover, people in the live concert went crazy when the girl group began to sing "Nobody" Next people can watch this performance on MTV from Aug. 21. The performance will appear in 154 countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. More than 550 million people in the world want to watch the show. This is the first time that a Korean group will be able to show on “MTV World Stage Live” In addition, the Wonder Girls just finished a tour in U.S. last month. Now they are planning to perform more in Asia. Furthermore in Singapore, they will perform in "Singfest", a live music festival at Fort Canning Park. Although they were not popular all over the world, many people would like to watch them on MTV.

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S. Korean subway stations to offer wireless-fidelity service

This is a very interesting topic. Nowadays, technology is necessary for our life. Cell phone, net book, and Ipad are technology that need wireless to connect with internet. The South Korea telecom companies will provide WIFI at subway stations for smart phone users. In addition, people will be able to use WiFi in main cities of South Korea. This month, the company names Telecom giant KT plans to build WiFi network in subway stations including the Seoul metropolitan area, Incheon, Daejeon, Daegu and Busan. Not only in South Korea that people can use internet everywhere but also there are many places in the world where they can use WiFi too.

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S. Korean fishing boat goes missing amid tension with N. Korea

In this article is about a pressure between South and North Korea. If you had read a Korea histoy book, South and North Korea were joined together. What about now? I will tell you one of many resons why they are apart. On Sunday, 7th August, seven foreigner and a fishing boat of South Korea has gone in the East Sea. Souh Korea guess that North Korea may kidnap the crew. The pressure of Korea that split into North part has threatened "strong physical retaliation" Since this situation happened, South Korea prepares navies in The Yellow Sea. This article involves in the history of Korea. Then I choose this article.

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BoA, Seven to perform at Incheon Korea Music Wave

Do you like listen to music? Many people like to go to concerts. They like to hear sound and watch their favourite singers and boy bands. Today Korean singers and boy bands are very popular all over the world. For this article, I will talk about Korean singer who are well-known international stars in South Korea; Boa and Seven. Boa and Seven will perform at Korean Music Wave 2010 in Incheon, a big city in west coast of South Korea. They will perform the concert with other 14 Korean musicians. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. on Aug 29th at Incheon Munhak World Cup Stadium. In addition, there will be a lot of guests who join the concert such as Kara, 2PM, and Super Junior. Next, “Digital Bounce" is a new album by Seven, and it will be on sale on Wednesday. For BoA, she will come back to Korea after She left Seoul for five years. The concert hopes that more than 50,000 audience will appear. For those who interested in this concert can buy the online ticket starting July at ticket.gmarket.co.kr.

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Korea-Libya ties put to test over spy case

Some countries have a problem with their politics, and there are many kind of problems. Some of them can be solve and some cannot. For this article, I will talk about Korea politics that involves with Libya, a small country in North Africa. This Affair is happened when Libya government finds out that there are several koreans spy in Libya. In Africa, a South Korean intelligence agent which working at the Korean Embassy is expelled. The relation of South Korea and Libya's governmaent is very complicated. Moreover, the Libyan government take out three employees of the Economic Cooperation Bureau of Libya in Seoul. The bureau in Africa stopped making a visa for South Koreans. To solve this issue, South Korea government sent a group to Libya for telling a detail of the spy case. Now the agent is waiting for the Libyan government to reply. I think this issue might be a misunderstanding between two countries. The problem will be solve soon.

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Yahoo bids to gain ground in S. Korea with open Web portal

Today technologies have become very high. Most of people have their own computer or net-book. Next, they go online to social network such as Yahoo, Twitter, and Facebook. For this, I will talk about Yahoo, one of the most popular Web sites in South Korea. Yahoo Korea's Web site improved a homepage to gain a stronger foothold in the local market. People can add tab that connect to the company's partners on Yahoo Korea's new Web site. For instance, they can add twitter for video streaming or discussion forums. Users are allowed to browse content, post messages or read new posts without leaving Yahoo Korea. Those tabs are very useful for people who like to open many social networks at once. This is benifit for many people include myself because almost everyone uses web site in daily life.

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The Dangerous of Flooding in South Korea

Today our planet has changed a lot because of people. The atmosphere of earth and the surface have also changed into the worse. The changing of these caused a flooding in South Korea. In the central regions of South Korea, there were 4 people died from heavy rains and 2 were missing. Hundreds of homes were destroyed by up to 320 millimeters of rain in landlsides and floods. Furthermore, weather officials forecast more rains through Sunday. This was very terrible news. I recommended that people should watch the weather forecasting, so you can escape to some where else as possible as you can. In conclusion, people should save our planet, so this natural disaster will not frequently happen.

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'Cash passport' Available in South Korea

There are many people like to go oversea for vacation, and they always have the question of how much money to bring and how much to spend. Moreover, tourists also have the same problem that which cards they have to use to buy traveler' check or exchange money into other currencies. Do they have to bring both credit cards and bank cards? Now, the problem had solved by a travel agency.

The world's largest foreign exchange and international payments specialists calls Travelex tried to change the way Koreans dealing with their money when traveling abroad. The company provided the Travelex Cash Passport Master Card for those who like traveling.

Standard Chartered First Bank, MasterCard and BC Card are corporated with Travelex to introduce the first foreign currency prepaid card in Korea.

This Cash Passport will be the most convenient and safest card for Korean travelers. Korea is a big market for this and the company are very excited to introduce this card in Korea.

This is very interesting for traveller. You don't have to worry about exchange money into other currencies anymore. These cards are not just available in South Korea, but there are over the world. I am the one who like to travel. It would be great, if we have one.

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iPhone Most Satisfactory Smartphone, Survey Finds

Today, there are many types of smart phone, and how much do you know about these phones? Smart phone has all the hype surrounding it, but dose it actually deliver the goods? For Apple iphone’s answer is yes. I chose this topic because I want other people know about types of cell phone that they use.

In South Korea, iPhone 3G was the highest rate of consumer satisfaction in a survey of 450 smart phones users. The questionnaire was divided into 5 categories: convenience, Internet use, portability, usefulness of the applications, and price satisfaction. The iPhone topped all categories except for price satisfaction. The survey also found that smart phone users are most displeased with the high price of their phones and contracts. Will you buy these expensive phones?

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iPhone 4 Won't Debut in Korea This Month

Now, everyone uses a cell phone for daily life . A person without a cell phone is old-fashioned. There are over 50 percent of the population now has a cell phone, and a percentage rises daily. There are many brands of cell phone such as iPhone, blackberry, and LG. For this article, I will talk about iPhone 4.

In South Korea, iPhone 4 won’t be on sale. Korea is not in the list of 17 countries that Apple noticed on Friday. It will take awhile for iPhone to pass the legal process from the Korean government. The 17 countries that iPhone4 will be on sale include Canada, Australia, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, and Switzerland.

I think cell phone is necessary for daily life. There are a lot of functions in cell phone, and there are useful for people life. Nowadays, technology has high developed. This is why I choose this topic.

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Korean Teenagers Study 8 Hours a Day

How many hours do you spend on studying 4 or 5? In South Korea, teenagers study 8 hours a day. This makes me wonder. A Korean student wakes up 6 o'clock in the morning and reads news for his writing essays. His classes begin at 7a.m. to 1 p.m. He has only an hour for lunch. He has classes until 5:35 p.m. After dinner, he studies until 9 p.m. at school. He comes home and continues to study until 12:30 a.m. This is a daily life of South Korea high school student. Teenagers in Korea spend 15 hours in school more than other students in this world. Their hours of study are above the average. Studying will take off their sleeping and exercising time. Young people should sleep at least 7 hours and 30 minutes a day. These teenagers should have time for social activities, volunteering and sleep. It is very surprised with Korean students. How can they just study and study? Can you wake up at 6 o'clock and study until 12:30 at night?

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The Successful of South Korea's Education

This is a very interesting topic. Now a day, the education is very important for people life. In South Korea, young people have higher education. High education is supported in South Korea same as its economic future. In Korea, younger people have graduated in higher level which is ahead Norway and Japan. The test results were given by the South Korea success. South Korea got the second place in math, while Finland won over. The development of education can lead the economic system. There are a lot of people who have high education, and there are also many don't have enough education. The education is not just making your life good; it's also making the country become advanced. Now, you can see how important it is?

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South Korea Popular Traditional Sport

Everyone knows South Korea singers, but do they know South Korea traditional sports? There are many type of traditional sports in South Korea and one of them is Kite flying. Kite flying is the most popular sports. Many people play Kite flying during the first few days of the Lunar New Year. They fly kites and also have kite fighting, in which kite fighters try to snag each other's kites or cut other kites down. The traditional Korean kite is made of bamboo sticks and traditional Korean paper. Other popular traditional sports in South Korea are Bull fighting and Korean wrestling. They sound fun, don't they? I wish i could go to South Korea during New Year. I would like to join in Kite flying.

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Are You Interested in Football?

Are you interested in football? This is an interesting question. Most of people like watching football games, but how many people actually know about them. In South Korea, football is one of the most popular sports. Football game is called " chuk-guk" in there. The football game in South Korea began to play in 1882. They has started with zero become one of the most-loved sports of the country. Their popularity of football in South Korea boomed in 2002 FIFA World Cup. What was better was that in the 2002 World Cup, South Korea reached 4th place. Football in South Korea is so famous, that there are stadiums and playgrounds spread all over the country. If you want to read more about football in South Korea Click Football games are more than just a game, why don't we watch them. I am one of the fans in football game.