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Pop idols @ Taiwan-Style!

Catherine Lee

Been doing a bit of research among some of our students in the 15-17 year age group to find out who their pop idols are ~ part of my English conversation classes, so bringing you up to speed, here goes! Top of the list by far for everyone are the boy bands from S. Korea – all brought together on TV talent shows and promoted by the mega-entertainment industry that is so big in S. Korea.  And currently top of the list of all of them is BTS.  Super Junior is long over, now it is BTS.  Our girls say … Continue reading Pop idols @ Taiwan-Style!

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From the Anglican Church of Korea: Welcoming Rev. Stephen Sikyung Yoo!

Catherine Lee

A big welcome to Taiwan to Rev. Stephen Sikyung Yoo, his first ever visit to Taiwan! Rev. Stephen Sikyung Yoo is the Provincial Secretary of the Anglican Church of Korea, and was invited here earlier this week for a conference of East Asia leaders hosted by the Taiwan Presbyterian Church.  Before becoming Provincial Secretary, Stephen worked at the Seoul Anglican Cathedral, and before that he and his family spent 10 years in Japan as missionaries from the Korean Anglican Church; Stephen was chaplain of Rikkyo (St. Paul’s) University, Tokyo, the largest Anglican University in Japan, with over 20,000 students. Yesterday Bishop … Continue reading From the Anglican Church of Korea: Welcoming Rev. Stephen Sikyung Yoo!