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All posts tagged "christmas"

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  Religious harmony

  A monk wearing a Santa hat walks past Christmas lights and decorations set up at the Jogye Temple in Seoul on Dec. 16, 2015. The temple is of the Jogye Order, the largest Buddhist sect in the...

  • Posted December 17, 2015
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  Girls’ Generation-TTS to release Christmas album

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Girls’ Generation-TTS, a subunit of South Korean girl group Girls’ Generation, will release a Christmas album next week, its agency said Wednesday. “Dear Santa” will hit digital stores at midnight next Monday, S.M. Entertainment...

  • Posted November 24, 2015
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  78-foot Christmas tree hoisted into place at Rockefeller Center

  NEW YORK (AP) — A 78-foot Norway spruce from New York’s Hudson Valley has been installed at Rockefeller Center for the Christmas season. The 10-ton tree was hoisted into place Friday. It will be illuminated on Dec....

  • Posted November 6, 2015
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  Do Min-jun and Jang Bo-ri wish you a merry Christmas!

  South Korea’s Everland amusement park has named its baby cats after two of this year’s most beloved K-drama characters. A baby lion named Do Min-jun (Kim Soo-hyun in “Man From Another Star”) and a baby tiger named...

  • Posted December 24, 2014
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  S. Korean Christians cancel plan for Christmas tree near N. Korea

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A local Christian group said Thursday it has dropped a plan to set up a giant Christmas tree-shaped tower near the tense border with North Korea. The announcement by the Christian Council of Korea...

  • Posted December 18, 2014
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  Christmas tree in Buddhist temple

  (YONHAP) — A ceremony is underway at the Jogye Temple in Seoul on Dec. 17, 2014, to light a Christmas tree with Buddhist monks and Christian leaders attending. South Korean Buddhists have been celebrating Christmas to show...

  • Posted December 17, 2014
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  [WaPo] South Korea approves plan for new Christmas tree to annoy North Korea

    —  It’s Christmas time, and North Korea will soon get a holiday greeting. South Korea has approved a plan from a Christian activist group to set up an illuminated Christmas tree along the border...

  • Posted December 6, 2014
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