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  Big Bang Makes Hearts Throb, Heads Explode in Seoul
  2012/03/12, Source,
  Big Bang just kicked off their Big Bang Alive world Tour last weekend with three sold-out concerts in Seoul in front of more than 30,000 fans. As this is a Korea-focused technology and design blog we dispatched our secret K-pop loving staffer to the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in southern Seoul to check out the show,...More

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  Big Bang not so 'Alive'
  2012/03/05, Source,
  Visibly ill band disappoints despite int'l backing, new records Even before the concert, all five members of Big Bang reeked of fatigue. The press conference preceding the evening show Friday was meant to celebrate the 25-city 16-nation world tour they were about to embark on, but instead, G-Dragon, T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyeon)., Taeyang, Daesung and Seungri were demure, even aloof. They sneezed and coughed sporadically,...More

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  Seung Ri comes wrapped in chains
  2012/02/16, Source,
  Chest bared and wrapped in chains, Big Bang member Seung Ri joined his bandmates in revealing a new look for the band's upcoming album "Alive". The photo of Seung Ri was released yesterday on the band's blog, which has been showcasing images of each band member in succession in advance of the new album release on Feb. 29,...More

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  Year of Black Dragon
  2011/12/30, Source,
  The year 2012 is the Year of the Dragon and the mythical animal, seen in this "Hwangnyonggi", symbolizes power and wealth.(Courtesy of National Palace Museum of Korea) The animal has a head resembling a camel, eyes of a rabbit, the nose of a pig, ears like an ox, antlers similar to a buck, a snake-like neck, fists as fierce as those of a tiger, the sharp talons of a hawk and scales no different from a carp. There are long whiskers decorating the mouth and a bump in the middle of the head, which allow the animal to fly in the air. In this manner the mythical dragon creature is described in "Boncho Gangmok" (Classified Records of Chinese Medical Botany) originally published in 1596,...More