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The intern was 30-year-old Hongik University visual arts major, and rapper Kang Chun-hyeok, a South Korean who defected from North Korea and lived as a kotjebi there.

The week's intern was 32-year-old Kiki Karnadi, an office worker from Indonesia.

The intern was 33-year-old Rodrigo Diaz from Chile, who works for the power plant of an engineering company, went to Seoul National University and has a 16 month old son. He said his country was the longest north-south country in the world, with a length of 3,400 km, among other things.

The intern was 27-year-old Ukrainian Andri Kurtov, linguistics scholar at the Academy of Korean Studies, who discussed the beauty of his country and of South Korea.

The weekly intern was 23-year-old Do An Ninh from Vietnam who shared his singing talent with the cast, and talked about his country, including eating snake meat as part of the Vietnamese cuisine, which he said was good for stamina.

The intern was Ireland's Cillian Byrne, a 30-year-old English teacher in Suncheon, who discussed the culture of the Irish pub and drinking life in Ireland, among other things.

The intern was 23-year-old student Leo Ranta, from Finland, who sparred with representative Johnsen, and discussed the culture of the Finnish sauna, and the popularity of Finland's Joulupukki.

The intern was 25-year-old Jargalmaa Suldbold from Mongolia who has been in South Korea about 2 1/2 years and is a graduate student at Seoul National University, of life sciences. He spoke about the life of Genghis Khan, among other things.

Film Director Lee Byeong-heon, latest Twenty, presented the topic of mainstream vs. non-mainstream. He judged an acting contest between Lindemann, Zhang and Rashad El-Baz, with the later winning Lee's praise as best representing the film's piece he chose.

The intern was 30-year-old Gabriel Schvetz, from Argentina, an industrial engineering graduate student the last three years at Seoul National University. He spoke of his country's landmarks, like Iguazu Falls and their love of soccer player Maradona.

The intern was 34-year-old (Korean age) Jack Stenhouse from New Zealand who has been in South Korea for seven years, taught English for two years and now works in trade. He talked about the history of Australia and New Zealand having been British colonies and the New Zealand flag debate.

The intern was Sweden's Ola Håkansson, a 27-year-old who studied Korean language at Yonsei University. He shared that he had small acting roles in music videos, Super Junior's "Devil", Girls' Generation's Lion Heart, and AOA's "Heart Attack".

The intern was 22-year-old Rinchen Dawa from Bhutan, a student at Kyung Hee University who has been in South Korea for 5 years and was first attracted in high school when he watched the K-drama Autumn in My Heart. He discussed the Gross National Happiness, 97% of the people being happy, even with lower incomes, and satisfaction with the Buddhist ideology. He also said that the Korean wave is popular there, with EXO a favorite.

The first part of the show was a discussion with three Chinese interns - Zhao Lijing, a 30-year-old from Shandong, Chung-Ang University theatre studies; Zhang Wenjun, a 25-year-old from Anshan, Hanyang University Economics and Finance; and Ma Guojin, a 24-year-old from Beijing, Korea University Korean language and literature. Zhang Wenjun and Rep. Zhang had a voice competition; and their discussion included generational differences from the past.

The intern was Yuri Kim, a 30-year-old from Belarus, who has been in South Korea for three years and studies linguistics and computers at Yonsei University. The discussion included human trafficking in Belarus.

The show began with a special note of remembrance for the sinking of MV Sewol two years ago at this time.

The intern was 36-year-old Szabolcs Sárközi from Hungary, who did undergraduate Korean studies in Hungary and post-graduate work in Korea. He said he speaks Korean with a Daegu accent, having learned there.

The intern was Nihat Khalilzade from Azerbaijan, a 25-year-old computer engineering student at Hanyang University. He performed one of the Azerbaijani dances and arm wrestled with Varsakopoulos. His discussion included one of the oldest religions Zoroastrianism.

The intern was 29 year-old Muhammad Khalid Bin Ismail, from Malaysia, a mechanical engineer who studied at Korea University who has been in South Korea for nine years.

The show began with the cast's discussion of the upcoming Mother's Day.

The weekly intern was 37-year-old Iranian Mohsen Shafiee who said K-drama Jewel in the Palace and Song Il-gook of Jumong were popular in Iran.

There were four interns from the United States. 34-year-old Gabriel (Gabe) from Boston, a model, hypnotist and actor who had an acting part in the K-drama, Descendants of the Sun; 28-year-old Jonathan (Jon), from Kansas, where he studied Korean language, a company English interviewer; 34-year-old Michael, from Washington, D.C. developed an interest in Korea due to his grandfather's participation in the Korean War, and after college, served in the Eighth United States Army in Dongducheon; and 31-year-old Guy, in South Korea for six years, first as a kindergarten teacher, studied Korean for a year at Seoul National University. John tested Yoo and Zhang on their English skills, and the talk included America's eating habits, like fast food and Freshman 15.

The weekly intern was 25-year-old Ali from Pakistan, a Korea University student and actor, with a recent role in Descendants of the Sun as the boyfriend of the character 'Fatima.'

The week's intern was 29-year-old Francis Okello Ngome from Kenya, an engineering student at Pohang University of Science and Technology. He won the 2015 'people's choice' award on KBS1 for singing national songs and sang for the cast. He said the background of the film The Lion King was Kenya's Hell's Gate National Park and one of the character's names is in one of the official languages of Kenya, Swahili, and sang part of the song Hakuna Matata for them.

Prior to the special celebration for the one hundredth episode, hosts and creators met with media to discuss the show's history and remember some guest appearances.

In the first part, the cast were joined by prior representatives James Hooper, Julian Quintart, Robin Deiana, Takuya Terada, Ilya Belyakov, Blair Williams and Sujan Shakya, making a total of eighteen for the panel. Staff called it a reunion for the show, with behind the scenes stories and talk about past episodes. Belyakov said his happiest moment was singing the duet with Baek Ji-young; and members acknowledged one another. Deiana and current member Przemysław Krompiec had a breakdance competition, and joined Terada and Okyere for a dance routine to Big Bang's song Bang Bang Bang.

The first half of the show was with regular cast, minus Gorito. Varsakopoulos and Patry demonstrated some exercises, the diamond burpee and side crawl to Moo and Zhang. The week's intern was 27-year-old Amine Ammor, from Morocco, a Yonsei University graduate of Global Economy and Strategy studies. He talked about his country, including the Marathon des Sables, Morocco's tea consumption, and the phrase "giving my liver" which means "giving my life."

The intern was Reuben Ho, a Korea University student from Singapore. He discussed Singapore being called Asia's Silicon Valley, several Singaporean local delicacies, tourist hot spots and the well known strict criminal law of Singapore, including the chewing gum ban in Singapore and prosecution of nose-picking drivers.

Guests were Sechs Kies's Kim Jae-duc and rival band H.O.T.'s Tony An who discussed the struggle to find happiness.

The week's intern, Emil Price from the United Kingdom, appeared as a special on the show to discuss the recent Brexit issue. The discussion was kickstarted by the new France representative Loubert.

The interns were Mexico's 24-year-old Christian Burgos (video producer) who appeared previously on Episode 68, China's Wang Yu (journalism graduate Kyung Hee University, studied international management Yonsei University and television producer in China), and Japan's 25-year-old Hitoshi Ogi (graduate Keio University, and emoticon designer for an animation company).

The interns were South Africa's Akeem Pedro (prior intern on Episode 76), a 28-year-old doctoral student in construction management, architectural engineering department at Chung-Ang University and China's Wang Xinlin, a 28-year-old graduate of electrical engineering at Dalian Jiaotong University and currently studying a doctorate in mechanical engineering at Seoul National University. Burgos was, also, present again. One of the topics discussed was presented by representative Klablunde, Germany's recent debate on outlawing after-work e-mails.

The show began with an "emergency" discussion of ISIS, soft target terrorism, and recent attacks spreading into Asia, including the 2016 Nice truck attack, the 2016 Atatürk Airport attack, the July 2016 Dhaka attack, and the July 2016 Baghdad bombings.

The visiting interns were female, for the first time since the show premiered, Poland's Adela Borowiak, who has a master's degree from Seoul National University in international commerce, and Iran's Najafizadeh Sudeh, who is studying for a master’s in textiles and fabric at Hongik University. Borowiak, who speaks six languages English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Korean and Polish, discussed the Violence at UEFA Euro 2016 and Polish football hooliganism.

The intern was China's Sim Jung, a graduate of Beijing Normal University who came to South Korea as an exchange student ten years prior and currently works at a Chinese entertainment company. He presented the topic and his disagreement with the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling on the South China Sea dispute, saying the territory had been a part of China since the Han dynasty. Cast had a second talk on the pros and cons of Pokémon Go and whether it should be regulated.

The intern for the first part of the show was U.S.'s Robert Hamilton from Detroit, who is working on a doctoral dissertation at Seoul National University and presented the topic of recent shootings by police in the U.S., racism and gun control. Cambodia's intern Bot WisalBots, previously on Episode 74, joined the later part of the show; majored in Cambodian literature and arts at Royal University of Phnom Penh and is working on a master's degree at Yonsei University in Korean Culture and Society.

The representatives first discussed Switzerland's thoughts on expanding their military, conscription of women in Switzerland and conscription, in general.

The show was a National Liberation Day of Korea celebration special, with interns and current representatives pairing off to discuss prior colonizations of various countries. Great Britain's intern, 26-year-old Nathan Jackson from London, who works in marketing at a whiskey company, paired off against India's Lucky. Additional pairings included: France's Loubert against Guinea's intern Gassim Fofana; Italy's Mondi against Libya's 25-year-old intern Amira; China's 28-year-old intern Wang Xinlin (previously on Episode 106) against Japan's 25-year-old intern Hitoshi Ogi (previously on Episode 105); and Mexico's Burgos against the U.S.'s Tetto. Further discussion included World War II and Germany's perspective from Klabunde; and Korean and American issues with Japan.

Simon Pegg, most recently of Star Trek Beyond, appeared as the "intern/representative" for his country Great Britain, the first Hollywood actor to appear on the show. He posed the topic of the possibility of science fiction films becoming reality. Prior interns, Japan's Hitoshi Ogi and China's Wang Xinlin, were also present; representatives Mondi and Burgos were absent for the first half of the show.

The show first had a 'What is so important?' segment with the topic presented by Tetto, the 'no kids zone' in public places. Mondi announced the birth of his son Leonardo, who will be called Leo in Korean. The weekly intern was Nadia from the Netherlands, who is preparing to open a cosmetics business; along with past interns, Ogi and Xinlin.

The guest was actress Kim Hyun-joo with the topic of urban life and conditions of living in general.

Interns were again Xinlin and Ogi. There were two topics of "what is important"; the Eurojackpot, presented by Klabunde, and in general, government lotteries by country, and Canada's birth tourism, presented by Patry.

The intern was Libya's Amira (previously on Episode 111) and the first topic was the ban on the burkini and burqa.

The intern was Rigoberto Banta Jr., from the Philippines, who is in charge of education in an international organization in Korea; the topic was Duterts's War on Drugs and whether the recent killings of about two thousand drug suspects is right or wrong.

India's Lucky presented the first topic, the quality and pollution of drinking water in his country. Mazzucchelli said Switzerland had the best tap water, and further discussion included all public utilities and whether they should be government or privately run.

The first topic was the recent Kim Young-ran Act (or the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Prohibition Act) which placed monetary limits on meals, gifts and consolation received by Korean public officials, journalists and private school staff.

Italy's Mondi raised the first topic about charitable donations beginning with August 2016 Central Italy earthquake relief and including celebrities and politicians donating for personal image gain. The second issue was brought up by Tetto, regarding Elon Musk's plan for the colonization of Mars.

The show started with recognition of the date's United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Japan's Ogi brought up the first topic, the "Wasabi Terror Incident"; a famous Osaka restaurant served tourists sushi with double amounts of wasabi, which critics had called discrimination. The topic continued about discrimination against tourists, dangerous product recalls, and whether the companies should be forgiven.

The show announced United Nations Day; and Burgos introduced the first topic, mitochondrial donation, as the first "three-parent-baby" was born in Mexico. Talks included gene manipulation to create healthy babies, commercial surrogacy in India and other countries, and sperm banks.

The show began with talk of Halloween, including the need for sensitivity to minorities and ethnic groups with its costumes, and the 2016 clown sightings. The "global side dishes" or "what is important" topic was presented by Patry - foreigners real estate investments in Canada, and talk included Chinese "explosive buying" globally, and whether governments' restrictions would be discrimination against the foreigners or protection of the citizens.

The show first discussed the upcoming US presidential election, and presidential qualities. The "what is important" issue was marriage endowments or dowries from both bride and groom; also sharing of dating expenses.

The intern was Busan University of Foreign Studies political science professor Andrew, originally from the UK. He joined the special "emergency" talk, the 2016 United States presidential election results, stating that he had experienced the shocking election results of the Brexit. Discussion included Tetto's explanation of media election projections, protests against Donald Trump, and Burgos' neighboring countries' concerns, as well as each representative countries' perspectives. The second talk, with the show's cast only, was about the 2016 South Korean protests and other countries' historical protests.

The "global side dish" talk was Black Friday, presented by Tetto, and whether it stimulates the economy, or promotes excessive consumption. Discussion included cross-border shopping and shopping tips, and Wang talked about happy memories shopping with his mother during China's equivalent day.

The intern was Sinasi Alpago, a journalist from Turkey, with the topic of pseudonyms or fake names. Talks included famous people who have used them like President Park Geun-hye's use of "Gil Ra-Im" a character in Secret Garden, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy's use of "Paul Bismuth" to buy a phone for private use. They also discussed unique names and name change.

The "global side dish" topic, presented by Tetto, was Bob Dylan's winning the Nobel Prize in Literature for his song lyrics, and his not appearing at the awards ceremony. Talks included the appropriateness of the award being given to a lyricist and the obligation to attend or not; along with stories of famous acceptance speeches from each country for awards ceremonies.

The side issue was presented by Patry; after Fidel Castro's recent death Pierre Trudeau called him a legendary leader. The cast discussed whether country heads should give condolences, and whether governments should pay for memorials for past leaders.

There were two global side talks, the first a discussion of each countries' government hearing proceedings, with Tetto giving the example of Nannygate. The second talk was the effectiveness of tobacco packaging warning messages, including issues like smoking in apartments and private homes.

The first talk was about unusual airplane incidents, including unruly passengers, (due to celebrity Richard Marx's recent incident helping flight attendants restrain one on a Korean flight); fines and laws imposed. The second talk on Indian monetary reform was presented by Gupta and joined by intern Sinasi Alpago from Turkey, who also appeared on Episode 126.

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