Pinay jin Jenna Kaila Napolis won a Gold Medal at the 2019 World Martial Arts Mastership Games held in Chungju, South Korea. Napolis scored her medal in the Adults Jiu-Jitsu Female -52kg division besting 7 other competitors including runner up medallists Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, and host country Korea. Napolis’ gold is the first medal […]
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Alden Richards captures hearts of Korean fans, promises to return
Alden Richards captured the hearts of South Korea’s drama fans as the Filipino actor visited the Kdrama-land to receive recognition from the Seoul International Drama Awards. Alden Richards trended on South Korea social media and made headlines as he walked the red carpet and received the Asian Star Prize at the 14th Seoul International Drama […]
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Alden Richards wins Asian Star Prize in Korea Drama Awards
Filipino actor Alden Richards was awarded the Asian Star Prize at the 14th Seoul International Drama Awards held tonight in South Korea. Richards personally accepted the recognition “for Asian talents widely beloved by Korean audiences” at the awarding ceremonies held at the Hall of Peace in Kyunghee University. Accepting his new international award, Alden Richards […]
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Philippine jins conquer South Korea’s Shinhan Taekwondo Festival, bag 56 golds
The Philippine National Taekwondo Team conquered the 2019 Shinhan World Peace Taekwondo Festival in South Korea, bagging a total of 56 golds, 20 silvers, and 11 bronze medals. The team announcement on August 3 reported the 46-strong Philippine delegation won a total of 87 medals in competitions held at the Shinhan University Campus 1 in […]
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UST Singers’ Mark Agpasa judged Composition Winner of 2019 Busan Choral Festival & Competition
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Singers’ assistant musical director, Mark Raeniel Agpasa, was declared Composition Winner of the 2019 Busan Choral Festival & Competition. Mark Agpasa, a University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music graduate, was announced as the Gold Prize winner of the Composition Competition that judged 56 applicants from 29 countries. The assistant […]
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Chino Sy Tancontian grabs bronze in 2019 Asian Judo Cup in HongKong
Davao City’s Chino Sy Tancontian brought home the bronze medal from the International Judo Federation (IJF) Asian Cup Cadets and Juniors Championships in HongKong. The country’s Judo and Sambo fighter, who delivered the Philippines’ first gold at the 2nd Southeast Asian Sambo Championships in Indonesia in June, competed in the Junior Men’s -81 kg division […]
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Philippines upsets South Korea to bag 3rd in Asia-Oceania Floorball Championships
The Philippine floorball team beat the highly-favored South Korean team in overtime, 6-5, to win the bronze medal in the recently concluded Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup at the Alonte Sports Arena in Manila. The third-place finish was the best performance of any Philippine team in this competition. In 2017, the team ended up in […]
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Filipino soldiers receive Taegeuk Medal South Korea’s highest medal for bravery
Two Filipino soldiers received the coveted “Taegeuk Medal” (Medal for Valor), South Korea’s highest military decoration given to a soldier for bravery in combat during the Korean War. The recipients were retired Maj. Maximo Young and the late Capt. Conrado D. Yap, both members of the famed 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) of the Philippine […]
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1st Filipino Film Festival in South Korea opens in September
Nash Ang sets up online Sari-Sari Pinoy Store in South Korea
Filipino social entrepreneur Nash Ang has brought the Philippines to South Korea through the online Pinoy Store – an e-commerce platform which functions much like a Pinoy neighborhood sari-sari store. Pinoy Store sells Filipino products to Filipino migrant workers in South Korea through a mobile application downloadable from Google Play Store. The Filipino Sari-Sari (Tagalog […]
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Baguio City’s Saint Louis University Dance Troupe showcases Filipino folk dances in Korea
Saint Louis University (SLU) Dance Troupe from Baguio City showcased the beauty of Filipino folk dances at the 2019 Jinju World Folk Arts Biennale in Jinju, South Korea. The Filipino dance troupe performed various Igorot dances from Cordillera along with rural dances in the World Folk Arts. SLU Dance Troupe trainer and choreographer Sherwin Santiago […]
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Filipino students win 21 Golds in World Mathematics Invitational in Korea
One hundred eleven grade school students from the Philippines performed as a powerhouse team, bringing home a total of 97 Medals and 14 Merit Awards from the the 2018 World Mathematics Invitational (WMI) held in Yonsei University, South Korea.
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