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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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Seo In-guk sends loving look to Lee Hana in ‘High School King’
Seo In-guk’s love toward Lee Hana in “High School King” is catching viewers’ eyes amid the soaring popularity of the soap opera.The episode that aired on Monday showed Seo and Lee discovering their feelings for each other and start dating.The two had their first date on Namiseom, a romantic island east of Seoul famous for its beautiful scenery, and visited an ice rink.The whole time, Seo looked at Lee Hana lovingly, making the viewers fall for their romantic relationship.The drama airs every Mon
July 18, 2014
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Theme park ride at a movie theater
It is like going on a ride in an amusement park. In a 4-DX theater the chairs sometimes tremble, rock, heave and pitch; water squirts and bubbles float around; not to mention the odor effects, all in tandem with the action on the big screen. Thanks to the advancement of technology, moviegoers can enjoy a plethora of theater experiences from merely watching actors on the screen, to wearing 3-D glasses to see the film pop out, all the way to the 4-D experience, where audiences are placed into a fi
FilmJuly 17, 2014
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Australian contemporary art in spotlight
The undiscovered aspects of contemporary Australian art will be on view in Seoul this summer, highlighted in three exhibitions featuring media art, photographs and a mix of diverse media. Australia is one of the five guest countries invited to the 13th Dong Gang International Photo Festival, scheduled for July 18-21. The Australian photo exhibition highlights contemporary aspects of indigenous photography of aboriginal artists. “Aboriginal art has been thought of as paintings with flamboyant col
PerformanceJuly 17, 2014
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Korean movies vie for top prizes at Locarno fest
South Korean film “Gyeongju” will compete for top prizes at the Locarno International Film Festival, its production company said Thursday.The movie starring Park Hae-il and Shin Min-a has advanced to the international competition category in the 67th edition of the festival, Invent Stone Corp. said.“Gyeongju,” directed by renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lu, follows the one-day journey of a young university professor to Gyeongju, one of Korea’s ancient capitals, where he encounters a beautiful a
FilmJuly 17, 2014
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Michelle Obama salutes Grammy Museum
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Michelle Obama says every arts organization in the country should embrace the mission of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, which focuses on education.Six million American children attend schools with no art or music classes, she said Wednesday at the museum’s inaugural Jane Ortner Education Award Luncheon. “Arts are a way to channel ... pain and frustration into something meaningful and productive and beautiful, and every human being needs that, particularly our kids,” she sai
PerformanceJuly 17, 2014
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Psy’s ‘Hangover’ tops 100 million views on YouTube
The music video for South Korean rapper Psy’s new song “Hangover” surpassed 100 million views on YouTube on Thursday, a little over a month after its release.As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, the video had some 123.9 million views on video-sharing site YouTube, 39 days after the video’s release on June 9. With this, Psy became the first singer to top the 100 million mark in YouTube views for the third time in a row following “Gangnam Style” and “Gentleman.”This proved Psy’s steady global influence even
July 17, 2014
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‘Superstar K’ stars to stage free concert
Ulala Session. (Ulala Company)Past winners and top contestants of Mnet’s music audition program “Superstar K” will stage a joint concert in Seoul for the first time next month.“Superstar K 6 All Star Concert” ― launched in celebration of the show’s sixth season that will kick off on Aug. 22 ― will take place on Aug. 15 at the Indoor Gymnasium at Jamsil Sports Complex. The concert is open to the public free of charge.Former winners including Seo In-guk, Huh Gak, Ulala Session, Roy Kim and Park Ja
July 17, 2014
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Dynamic Duo takes ‘giant step’ with DJ Premier collaboration
Famed American hip-hop mastermind DJ Premier has produced beats for A-list artists including Jay Z, Kanye West, the late Notorious B.I.G, Maroon 5 and The Black Eyed Peas. Now, local hip-hop artists Gaeko and Choiza of Dynamic Duo can add their names to this exclusive list of stars.On Wednesday, Dynamic Duo and DJ Premier released the collaborative EP “A Giant Step,” featuring the two singles “AEAO” and “Animal.” The new EP marked the first time that the renowned DJ has worked with Korean artist
July 17, 2014
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BigBang’s Daesung tops Japanese album chart
The latest album by Daesung, a member of the popular South Korean boy band Big Bang, topped Japan’s leading music ranking chart on Thursday, just a day after its release, according to the chart company.“D’s Love,” Daesung’s second full-length solo album, took the No. 1 spot on the Oricon Daily Album Chart by selling 30,099 copies on the first day of its release, it said.This marks the first time the singer has risen to the top spot of an Oricon chart. He had previously ranked at No. 2 on the Ori
PerformanceJuly 17, 2014
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‘Song of the Shank’ celebrates a unique American musician
“Song of the Shank,” Jeffery Renard Allen’s epic and brilliant new novel about slavery and musical genius, is not an easy book to read. There is, for starters, the book’s odd and sometimes confounding protagonist, based on a real man who is most often referred to in historical accounts as “Blind Tom.”“He isn’t talking. He isn’t playing,” his mother observes when Tom is a boy. “He isn’t even moving.” As he grows into adulthood, Blind Tom is a cipher for dozens of pages and then suddenly sets off
BooksJuly 17, 2014
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‘Mockingbird Next Door’ recalls life with Harper Lee
What ever happened to Harper Lee? The Alabama native was 34 when her first novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” was published in 1960. This tale of childhood innocence and racial injustice in the Depression-era South won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, was adapted for an award-winning film with Gregory Peck and became a staple of high school English curricula. But Lee shunned publicity and never published another novel, fueling occasional rumors that her friend Truman Capote ― a childhood neighbor in the
BooksJuly 17, 2014
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Novel tells tale of ‘Unknown Americans’
“The Book Of Unknown Americans”Cristina Henriquez (Alfred A. Knopf)A dilapidated cinder-block apartment complex surrounded by a chain-link fence is the setting for Cristina Henriquez’s second novel, “The Book of Unknown Americans.” What at first appears to be a no man’s land is actually Delaware. Welcome to the U.S.A., where every whistle stop has an immigrant story to tell.The novel opens as the Riveras, a newly arrived Mexican family ― Arturo, Alma and teenage daughter Maribel ― are settling i
BooksJuly 17, 2014
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Boys will be boys (and sometimes girls)
AdamBy Ariel Schrag (Mariner)In Ariel Schrag’s audacious coming-of-age novel “Adam,” an inexperienced teenage boy falls in love with a lesbian and tricks her into believing he’s transgender so she’ll go out with him. Yes, I know: So many things could have gone wrong with this premise. The sheer number of potential missteps is enough to daunt any novelist, let alone a first-timer like Schrag.But Schrag, best known for her series of graphic memoirs about her adolescence, has found compassionate an
BooksJuly 17, 2014
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EXO Chen‘s solo track to be released on July 23
The solo song of K-pop idol group EXO’s Chen for the drama “It’s Okay, That’s Love,” is set to be unveiled on July 23, the soundtrack production team said Thursday. CJ E&M released a teaser video of some tunes to be included on the drama soundtrack at noon on Thursday through YouTube and local music charts. The video featured the recording session and Chen passionately working on his first-ever solo.The production company said it received a flood of questions about Chen‘s song, but more details
July 17, 2014
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Actress Song Hye-kyo spotted traveling in Turkey
A Turkish news outlet reported that Song Hye-kyo visited Istanbul, printing a photo of her taken on the street in the capital. The photo was taken while Song was enjoying sightseeing in her spare time during her visit to Turkey for the shooting of her upcoming Chinese film “I Am the Queen.” The Turkish media outlet used a picture posted by Song’s agency. In the photo, Song flaunts flawless skin and much-envied facial features. The 32-year-old star looks younger than she is with her new short ha
July 17, 2014
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Fantastic Film Festival kicks off for 11-day run
An 11-day film fiesta kicked off with the opening of the 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival on Thursday.The PiFan red carpet ceremony was set to open with the participation of Korean film industry celebrities such as international award-winning director Im Kwon-taek, actress Shim Eun-kyung and model-turned-actor Kim Woo-bin.Other participants in the opening ceremony included Maximilian Erlenwein, the director of the opening film, “Stereo,” and Producers’ Choice awardees Hyun Bin a
July 17, 2014
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Ailee shows off powerful voice at NY bar
Korean-American K-pop singer Ailee showed off her powerful voice at a small but famous bar in New York on SBS reality show “The Law Of City” aired on Wednesday.Ailee went to the live bar to earn money with actor Jung Kyung-ho and Moon of K-pop boy group Royal Pirates. The singer took the stage right after Moon’s performance.“Actually, I used to live in New Jersey. And I debuted as a singer in Korea. Before I became a singer, I sang a lot of songs in America,” the K-pop diva said as an introducti
July 17, 2014
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K-pop festival to open with Incheon Asiad
“K-pop Festival in Incheon 2014” will be held on the sidelines of the Incheon Asian Games that will open in mid-September, organizers said Thursday.The Visit Korea Committee said the event aims to promote Korean culture through K-pop, which has been an international sensation for about a decade.Celebrating its third anniversary, the upcoming event is also to promote Incheon’s various tourist attractions and unique charms as the host of the 17th Asian Games.“We will prepare the event to make Inch
July 17, 2014
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EXO Baekhyun deletes apology from Instagram
Baekhyun, member of K-pop boy band EXO, removed his heartfelt apology for fans from his social networking site, 10 hours after it went viral. The idol left a message on Instagram early on Thursday, breaking his silence a month after he admitted that he is dating Taeyeon of labelmate Girls‘ Generation. But now the apologetic comment is deleted. (OSEN)In the message, he explained why he had to remain quiet after the news broke and how sorry he is. “I know it is too late, but I am leaving a messag
July 17, 2014
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Actress Clara to transform into rapper
South Korean actress Clara said Thursday on Twitter that she will turn into a rapper. “I am working on my first single. It will be a hip-hop song,” she wrote in the caption alongside her photo. In the photo, Clara is singing with headphones on at a recording studio.Her new tune “Fear” is raising the expectations of fans as it features the rapper Beast, who appeared as a judge in season three of the TV audition program “Show Me the Money.” (laeticia.ock@heraldcorp.com)
July 17, 2014