Lady breaks world marathon singing record

South Korean housewife today broke a world record in marathon singing after crooning for more than 76 hrs.

Seoul, Feb 21: A South Korean housewife today broke a world record in marathon singing after crooning for more than 76 hours without stopping at a Seoul karaoke bar, local record verifiers said.Kim Sun-Ok, 54, broke the 75-hour Guinness World Record held by Marcus Lapratt of the United States, the private Korea Record Institute said.

She started singing at 1114 am yesterday (0214 GMT) and sang a total of 1,283 tunes before she gave up at 0321 today following her family`s appeal for her to quit for the sake of her health, it said. Under Guinness World Record regulations, she was given 30-second breaks between songs and five-minute breaks every hour. She was also barred from singing any song she had already sung less than four hours earlier, it said. "My sister has had a very strong sense of determination since she was young. Once she sets her mind to anything, she finishes it," her brother, Kwang-Jin, was quoted as telling South Korea`s Yonhap news agency. The Korea Record Institute said it would submit video footage of Kim`s feat to the Guinness authorities for official recognition as the new title holder in "longest singing marathon by an individual." Bureau Report