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K-Cumbia Hits Mexico

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of an ongoing program to bridge the geographic distance between South Korea and Mexico, the Korean Cultural Center and Korean Embassy here, in cooperation with the Mexico City government, released the first cumbia rendition of that Asian nation’s best-known folksong, “Arirang,” on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The catchy music video, “Arirang en Cumbia,” was arranged and

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Korea Celebrates 100 Years of Sovereignty

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     The South Korean Embassy in Mexico and the Korean Cultural Center hosted a spectacular, one-night-only performance by the renowned National Gugak Center of traditional music and dance at Mexico City’s Teatro Metropólitan on Saturday, April 6, to mark the 100th anniversary of that country’s March First Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule and the subsequent establishment of

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