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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.

Personal

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

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, 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. 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. In a taped video, as to his expectations for his appearance on the show, he said he felt awkward, but would try his best, and hoped to bring awareness to Nepal and teach others about his country

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". In discussions about an "angry society," he said rather than getting mad, people suppress anger by doing yoga. Another time he discussed the pace of life in Nepal as compared to the city life in Seoul.

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.

In April 2015, he hosted the trip to Nepal, the third country visited by Where Is My Friend's Home. 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.

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. He posted a poem and the message "#prayforNepal" on his Twitter account.

Filmography

Television series

References

1. ^ Choi, Ji-Hyun (January 5, 2015). ‘비정상회담’ 수잔 샤키야, 특이 직업 공개 “낙하산 회사 다닌다” (in Korean). Ten Asia. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
2. Ghim, Sora (February 11, 2015). "Julian Quintart Is Next To Reveal His Home In Belgium". Yahoo! News Singapore/BNT News. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
3. ^ Oh, Min-hee (January 12, 2015). ‘비정상회담’ 수잔, “어색하지만 많이 노력할 것” (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
4. Lim, Eun-Jung (January 6, 2015). ‘비정상회담’ 러시아 호주 네팔 대표 합류.. G12 확정 (in Korean). Ten Asia. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
5. "Dedicated Team of Vital Parachute Inc". Vital Parachute Inc. April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
6. 비정상회담 [27회] 다시보기 (in Korean). JTBC. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
7. "'Nonsummit' Adds New Members For A Total Of G12". Yahoo! Entertainment Singapore. January 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
8. '비정상회담' 수잔 "기욤, 네팔 오면 고소 당할것" 왜? (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo/Korea Daily. January 11, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
9. Ahn, Woorim (January 19, 2015). "Sujan Shakiya, "Nepalis Do Yoga When They Get Angry"". BNT News. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
10. Hyo, Jin (February 16, 2015). '비정상회담' 수잔샤키야 "네팔에선 슬로우~ 일상이다" (in Korean). Metro. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
11. Lee, Eun-Ho (February 11, 2015). ‘내친구집’ 줄리안 고향 벨기에로 떠난다 (in Korean). Ten Asia. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
12. Ghim, Sora (March 23, 2015). "'Where Is My Friend's House' Gives A 3-Set Food Broadcast". Yahoo! News Singapore/BNT News. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
13. Ghim, Sora (March 25, 2015). "Who Will Be Going To Nepal?". BNT News. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
14. Kim, Min-Jung (March 30, 2015). 제임스 후퍼, '내친구집' 히든멤버..오늘(30일) 네팔行 (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
15. Ahn, Woorim (April 17, 2015). "Sujan Shakiya, "I hope people remember Nepal as a beautiful country of mountains,"". BNT News. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
16. Lee, Chae-Yun (April 25, 2015). '내친구집' 수잔, 네팔 7.9지진 소식에 "가족들 괜찮다"[스포츠투데이] (in Korean). Sports Today. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
17. "Pray for Nepal, pleads TV panel member". The Korea Times. April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
18. 네팔인 수잔 "기도가 필요하다" (in Korean). The Huffington Post Korea. April 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
19. Altatis, Conviron (April 26, 2015). "'Pray For Nepal' Goes Viral After Deadly Earthquake; Over 2400 Killed, Almost 6000 Injured". Yibada. Retrieved April 26, 2015.

External links

• 1988 births
• Living people
• Nepalese television personalities
• Nepalese expatriates in South Korea
• People from Kathmandu
• Dankook University alumni