All posts tagged "christmas"

  • 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 country. (Yonhap)
    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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  • An image promoting Girls' Generation-TTS' upcoming Christmas album. (Photo courtesy of S.M. Entertainment) (Yonhap)
    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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  • A Norway Spruce at least 75 feet high, from Gardiner, N.Y., draws attention after being placed in its new location as the 2015 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    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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  • A baby lion named Do Min-jun, right, and a baby tiger named Jang Bo-ri wear Santa Claus caps during an event to celebrate Christmas at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    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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  • South Korean Marine Corps soldiers stand in front of the Christmas tree at the Kwanghwa Island, west of Seoul near the North Korean border, in December 1996. (AP Photo/Yun Jai-hyoung)
    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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  • IN THIS PHOTO TAKEN ON TUESDAY, DEC. 21, 2010, A giant steel Christmas tree is lit at the western mountain peak known as Aegibong in Gimpo, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    [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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