Sujan Shakya Explained

Sujan Ratna Shakya
Birth Date:1988 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Kathmandu, Nepal
Occupation:Television personality
Years Active:2015–present

Sujan Ratna Shakya (Nepali: सुजन रत्न शाक्य; born 10 March 1988) is a Nepalese television personality based in South Korea. He was a cast member in the talk show Non-Summit and reality-travel show Where Is My Friend's Home.[1] [2]

Personal

Shakya is from Kathmandu Nepal.[3] He arrived in Korea in 2010 to study urban planning at Dankook University, where he graduated,[4] and is a Sales and Marketing Manager of a parachute products company in Seoul where he has worked for over five years.[1] [5]

Career

On 5 January 2015 he interned as a guest representative from his home country Nepal, on Episode 27 of the JTBC South Korean talk show Non-Summit,[1] that is made of a cast of young men from different countries, living in Seoul, who debate and discuss issues, in the Korean language, with perspectives they bring from their various cultures, from their native countries.[6] He was immediately selected to be a permanent cast member for the next episode on 12 January, and joined, along with two more previous guest interns from Russia and Australia.[3] In a taped video, as to his expectations for his appearance on the show, he said he felt awkward, but would try his best,[3] and hoped to bring awareness to Nepal and teach others about his country[1] [7]

On the show, Shakya responds to questions about his country and religion, in one instance, as presented by the show's host Sung Si-kyung, that 90 percent of the people of Nepal are Hindu and revere the "cow" animal, with fellow talk show member Guillaume Patry, from Canada, responding with a joke, that he likes "beef".[8] In discussions about an "angry society," he said rather than getting mad, people suppress anger by doing yoga.[9] Another time he discussed the pace of life in Nepal as compared to the city life in Seoul.[10]

In March 2015, after participation on Non-Summit, he became part of the cast of the spin-off reality and travel show Where Is My Friend's Home, for a visit to the country of Belgium, with other cast members, on their second country's visit.[11] [12]

In April 2015, he hosted the trip to Nepal, the third country visited by Where Is My Friend's Home.[13] [14] While filming there, he said, "I hope people remember Nepal as a beautiful country of mountains," and "I wanted to show Nepal’s traditional culture where gods and humans exist together." He said he was happy to visit family and friends he hadn't seen in over a year and a half.[15]

During the broadcasting of pre-recorded episodes of My Friend's Home, the April 2015 Nepal earthquake occurred on the same day that the second episode of the Nepal trips aired, on 25 April 2015. He was interviewed and said that his family was fine and the family home had not collapsed.[16] [17] He posted a poem and the message "#prayforNepal" on his Twitter account.[18] [19]

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleNetworkRoleNotes
2015 Non-Summit Himself cast member
2015 Where Is My Friend's Home Himself cast member

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Choi. Ji-Hyun. ko:‘비정상회담’ 수잔 샤키야, 특이 직업 공개 “낙하산 회사 다닌다”. http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/407757. January 5, 2015. Ten Asia. Korean. January 5, 2015.
  2. Web site: Ghim. Sora. Julian Quintart Is Next To Reveal His Home In Belgium. February 11, 2015. Yahoo! News Singapore/BNT News. March 25, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150212045128/https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/julian-quintart-is-next-to-reveal-his-home-000207050.html. February 12, 2015.
  3. Web site: Oh. Min-hee. ko:‘비정상회담’ 수잔, “어색하지만 많이 노력할 것”. http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/01/12/2015011203667.html. January 12, 2015. The Chosun Ilbo. Korean. March 25, 2015.
  4. Web site: Lim. Eun-Jung. ko:‘비정상회담’ 러시아 호주 네팔 대표 합류.. G12 확정. http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/408294. January 6, 2015. Ten Asia. Korean. March 25, 2015.
  5. Web site: Dedicated Team of Vital Parachute Inc.. April 11, 2014. Vital Parachute Inc.. April 26, 2015.
  6. Web site: ko:비정상회담 [27회] 다시보기 . http://home.jtbc.joins.com/Preview/PreviewView.aspx?epis_id=EP10022456. JTBC. Korean. March 25, 2015.
  7. Web site: ‘Nonsummit’ Adds New Members For A Total Of G12. January 6, 2015. Yahoo! Entertainment Singapore. March 25, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224090655/https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/nonsummit-adds-new-members-for-a-total-of-045956952.html. February 24, 2015.
  8. Web site: ko:'비정상회담' 수잔 "기욤, 네팔 오면 고소 당할것" 왜? . http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=3098069. January 11, 2015. JoongAng Ilbo/Korea Daily. Korean. March 25, 2015.
  9. Web site: Ahn. Woorim. Sujan Shakiya, "Nepalis Do Yoga When They Get Angry". January 19, 2015. BNT News. April 26, 2015.
  10. Web site: Hyo. Jin. ko:'비정상회담' 수잔샤키야 "네팔에선 슬로우~ 일상이다". http://www.metroseoul.co.kr/news/newsview?newscd=2015021600223. February 16, 2015. Metro. Korean. March 25, 2015.
  11. Web site: Lee. Eun-Ho. ko:‘내친구집’ 줄리안 고향 벨기에로 떠난다. http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/441454. February 11, 2015. Ten Asia. Korean. March 25, 2015.
  12. Web site: Ghim. Sora. ‘Where Is My Friend’s House’ Gives A 3-Set Food Broadcast. March 23, 2015. Yahoo! News Singapore/BNT News. March 25, 2015.
  13. Web site: Ghim. Sora. Who Will Be Going To Nepal?. March 25, 2015. BNT News. April 15, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151211022646/https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/who-will-be-going-to-nepal-004058147.html. December 11, 2015.
  14. Web site: Kim. Min-Jung. ko:제임스 후퍼, '내친구집' 히든멤버..오늘(30일) 네팔行. http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2015033007074116795. March 30, 2015. Star News. Korean. April 15, 2015.
  15. Web site: Ahn. Woorim. Sujan Shakiya, "I hope people remember Nepal as a beautiful country of mountains,". April 17, 2015. BNT News. April 26, 2015.
  16. Web site: Lee. Chae-Yun. ko:'내친구집' 수잔, 네팔 7.9지진 소식에 "가족들 괜찮다"[스포츠투데이]. http://stoo.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=enter99&idxno=2015042518132769717. April 25, 2015. Sports Today. Korean. April 25, 2015.
  17. Web site: Pray for Nepal, pleads TV panel member. April 26, 2014. The Korea Times. April 26, 2015.
  18. Web site: ko:네팔인 수잔 "기도가 필요하다". http://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2015/04/26/story_n_7144616.html. April 26, 2015. The Huffington Post Korea. Korean. April 26, 2015.
  19. Web site: Altatis. Conviron. ‘Pray For Nepal’ Goes Viral After Deadly Earthquake; Over 2400 Killed, Almost 6000 Injured. April 26, 2015. Yibada. April 26, 2015.

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