On August 8, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games opened its grand prelude. The Olympics, as a world festival, is sometimes referred to as a 'Mega Event,' meaning a very big event of which the number of visitors is more than one million and the cost for it requires almost five hundred million dollars. Mega events include the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, the World Championship in Athletics, and the Asian Games. For example, 'Triple Crown' refers to a country which has an experience of holding such a mega event more than three times. South Korea is the 7th triple crown country in this sense as it hel
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First, there is no single university culture in America. The array of schools is enormous, and the variety of opportunities and sub-cultures even within a single university makes it impossible to suggest that there is one typical university experience.Just as it is for students here in Korea, the university years are a very special time for American students. During this time students experience more freedom, as well as more responsibility, than most have ever had before. While this is a tremendous adjustment for many students, many consider this time a rite of passage that marks the transitio
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On May 21, Ha Suk-bae, a professor in the College of Music and Performing Arts, joined nine other famous Korean tenors at the Ten Tenors Concert in Seoul Art Center. In the sense that the number of tenor performances has decreased these days compared with frequent soprano performances like Cho Su-mi, the performance of these famous Korean tenors has a significant meaning for the Korean audience who rarely have the chance to see such performances. Professor Ha performed “Di Quella Pira” from Verdi’s Il Trovatore. The concert was one of the highlights of the summer opera season. Translated by Ju
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