Hieun Shin

Seoul Correspondent at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

AFP Seoul correspondent, Previously Seoul based reporter at The Economist, AAJA-Seoul Co VP, Ewha DIS

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Pour pimenter la soirée électorale, la TV sud-coréenne mise sur les visuels déjantés

6 days ago | wargny.com | Hieun Shin |Cat Barton

Avatars de candidats à la présidence débouchant des toilettes, tirant dans un ballon de football, puis ouvrant une canette de soda… il ne peut s'agir que de la soirée électorale en Corée du Sud, où les chaînes redoublent d'inventivité pour muscler le décompte des voix à grand renfort d'animations farfelues. "Harry Potter", "Squid Game", un sprint sur un vélo stationnaire...
Pour pimenter la soirée électorale, la TV sud-coréenne mise sur les visuels déjantés

6 days ago | capitol.fr | Hieun Shin |Cat Barton

Avatars de candidats à la présidence débouchant des toilettes, tirant dans un ballon de football, puis ouvrant une canette de soda… il ne peut s'agir que de la soirée électorale en Corée du Sud, où les chaînes redoublent d'inventivité pour muscler le décompte des voix à grand renfort d'animations farfelues. "Harry Potter", "Squid Game", un sprint sur un vélo stationnaire...
Pour pimenter la soirée électorale, la TV sud-coréenne mise sur les visuels déjantés

6 days ago | boursedirect.fr | Hieun Shin |Cat Barton

Avatars de candidats à la présidence débouchant des toilettes, tirant dans un ballon de football, puis ouvrant une canette de soda… il ne peut s'agir que de la soirée électorale en Corée du Sud, où les chaînes redoublent d'inventivité pour muscler le décompte des voix à grand renfort d'animations farfelues. "Harry Potter", "Squid Game", un sprint sur un vélo stationnaire...
TV graphics put fun into South Korean election count

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Hieun Shin |Cat Barton

Two candidates vying to be president vigorously plunge a toilet, kick a football, then pop open a soda -- it can only be South Korean election night, where whacky graphics strive to make vote-counting fun. "Harry Potter", "Squid Game", a rigorous spinning class... no reference is too small or too bizarre to be mined by broadcaster SBS for outlandish CGI-animated graphics to attract viewers -- and, the journalists behind it say, make politics more accessible and engaging.
South Korea's Conservative Contender Kim Moon-soo Emerges From Yoon's Shadow

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Hieun Shin

1 hour ago'You can still eat healthy!' - Jesse Lingard admits to scoffing McDonald's & Papa John's 'cheat meals' during stint in South Korea with FC SeoulFormer Manchester United star Jesse Lingard has admitted to scoffing 'fast food' as cheat meals during his stint with South Korean side FC Seoul.
South Korea's Conservative Contender Kim Moon-soo Emerges From Yoon's Shadow

1 week ago | barrons.com | Hieun Shin

When his conservative party bowed to show remorse for ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol's disastrous martial law decree, Kim Moon-soo sat alone and resolute in symbolic non-apology. The moment catapulted the labour activist turned lawmaker to fame, which he now hopes to harness to become South Korea's next president. "He's essentially a presidential candidate that social media gave birth to," Jeongmin Kim, executive director at the Korea Risk Group, told AFP.
South Koreans begin early voting in presidential poll

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hieun Shin

Early voting in South Korea's presidential elections kicked off on Thursday, with both main candidates set to cast ballots in a poll triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol's ill-fated effort to suspend civilian rule last year. All major polls have placed liberal Lee Jae-myung as the clear frontrunner in the presidential race, with a recent Gallup survey showing 49 percent of respondents viewed him as the best candidate.
5/23/25 Korean News and Commentary

2 weeks ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Nancy Youssef |Timothy Martin |Chun In-bum |Hieun Shin

Quotes of the Day:"We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others."– Will Rogers"The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working.
South Korea Vote: Who Will Run Asia's Fourth Largest Economy?

2 weeks ago | barrons.com | Hieun Shin

Since US President Donald Trump began his second term, key Asian ally South Korea has not had an elected leader -- meaning crucially, no one to bargain with Washington on tariffs. With the country now set to vote in a presidential election on June 3, the new leader will need to juggle finding ways to stay out of Trump's trade wars with keeping both Washington -- Seoul's main security partner against the nuclear-armed North -- and neighbouring Beijing happy.
APEC says 'concerned' over challenges to global trade

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Julien Girault |Hieun Shin

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group said Friday that it was "concerned" over the challenges to global trade, as ministers from APEC countries met in South Korea in the shadow of growing woes from US tariffs. Trade ministers from the top economies that make up APEC are meeting on South Korea's Jeju Island amid concerns for the global trading system since US President Donald Trump unveiled bombshell levies on most partners.