All posts tagged "Kang Sue-jin"

  • Texas Rangers’ Choo Shin-soo, right, and Kim Jin-sun, president of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic organizing committee, pose with a commemorative plate after Choo was named a goodwill ambassador for the event at the Korea Press Center in Seoul, Monday. (Yonhap)
    Batting in support

    Choo named goodwill ambassador for PyeongChang Games By Jung Min-ho High-profile Koreans have been asked to do their part in promoting the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province. The latest to join the star-studded group of...

    • Posted January 6, 2014
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  • Kang Sue-jin, incoming director of the Korea National Ballet, speaks during a news conference in Seoul, Wednesday. 
(Courtesy of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
    Kang vows distinctive style at national ballet

    By Do Je-hae There have been many instances of a star dancer taking the helm of a ballet company after retirement. In the case of Kang Sue-jin, however, few in Korea had expected her to repatriate after...

    • Posted December 18, 2013
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  • Kang Sue-jin, incoming director of Korea National Ballet
    Kang Sue-jin to lead Korea National Ballet

    By Do Je-hae After almost 30 years at the Stuttgart Ballet, prima ballerina Kang Sue-jin will return to her homeland next month to lead the Korea National Ballet (KNB). The culture ministry announced Kang’s appointment as successor...

    • Posted December 3, 2013
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