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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Chinese visitors turning once-quiet Los Angeles suburb into boomtown
LOS ANGELES ― Chen Si, 35, and her husband visited Los Angeles from Shanghai for the first time in December, excited about local attractions like Disneyland and Hollywood.They were less enthused about the idea of American food. They booked a room in San Gabriel, where friends said they could find “acceptable” Chinese food in the surrounding neighborhood, Si said.The once-quiet suburb about 19 kilometers east of downtown Los Angeles is in the midst of a transformation built on the growing interna
TravelFeb. 21, 2014
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Legoland theme park and hotel built for kids
CARLSBAD, California ― It’s mid-afternoon on a hot summer day. After a full morning at a theme park, energy is running low. While the adults are ready to leave the fun behind for a few hours of rest, there are many in the party who don’t want to leave.Legoland has come up with a solution.The Legoland Hotel, which opened in April, sits just outside the entrance to the theme park. The three-story, 250-room hotel is an explosion of primary colors made to resemble the colorful structures that can be
TravelFeb. 21, 2014
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Hawaiian Airlines to operate interisland flights
Hawaiian Airlines has launched the interisland flight service “Ohana by Hawaiian,” connecting three major Hawaiian islands ― Oahu, Molokai and Lanai. Three daily flights from Honolulu International Airport to Molokai Airport will launch on March 11 and two daily services from Honolulu to Lanai Airport will begin on March 18. The “Ohana by Hawaiian” service will be available for purchase at www.hawaiianairlines.com or at the Korean sales office for Korean residents.“As Hawaii’s first airline, thi
TravelFeb. 21, 2014
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Food comes priority for Asian travelers
Asian leisure tourists spend half of their total holiday budget on food and drink while traveling, according to a survey on travelers’ behavior by Hilton Worldwide. The survey showed that 43 percent of respondents said half of their travel expenses are spent on food and drinks. The survey asked 2,700 leisure travelers in Asia Pacific countries, including China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. It was commissioned by the global hospitality company Hilton World
TravelFeb. 21, 2014
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Vienna named world’s most livable city again
VIENNA (Reuters) ― Vienna, Austria’s opulent capital, offers the best quality of life of any city in the world and Baghdad the worst, according to the latest global survey from the consulting firm Mercer.German and Swiss cities also performed especially well in the annual quality of living rankings. Zurich, Munich, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt made the top 10.Mercer’s survey helps companies and organizations determine compensation and hardship allowances for international staff. It uses 39 criteria,
TravelFeb. 21, 2014
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Around the Hotels
Chinese group dining specials at Grand Hilton SeoulGrand Hilton Seoul’s Chinese restaurant Yeohyang is offering special group dining specials until the end of February. The menu for five-seven people, priced at 430,000 won, includes deep-fried chicken in hot pepper sauce, Hong Kong-style blue crab, sweet and sour pork, a main dish and dessert. It also includes a bottle of the Australian red wine Koonunga Hill or Tianjin kaoliang liquor. The menu for eight to 10 people, priced at 735,000 won, inc
CultureFeb. 21, 2014
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Banh mi at Tamarind
A good banh mi sandwich starts with the baguette. Not only because the baguette essentially gave birth to today’s banh mi, but because it seems to matter, deeply, that the very bread cradling all that deliciousness inside be perfectly soft yet crackly, taking the lead gently as the conduit between you and all those tasty fillings. Served up warm, the bread used for the Vietnamese-style sandwiches at Tamarind by Miss Saigon seems to do just that. “Banh mi bread is very important,” said Tamarind o
FoodFeb. 21, 2014
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Agujjim (spicy braised monkfish with soybean sprouts)
Agujjim (also called agwijjim) is a spicy fish dish made with agu (monkfish) and kongnamul (soybean sprouts). The dish originated from the southern coastal city of Masan. In the past, this not so good-looking fish wasn’t consumed as a food item in Korea due to its appearance. The story behind the birth of this dish is that some fishermen didn’t want to waste their catches, so they brought them to an eatery and asked the cook to make a tasty dish. That was in the 1960s. The dish is now enormously
FoodFeb. 21, 2014
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Kim Go-eun to come back in vicious revenge tale
Actress Kim Go-eun, who made an impressive breakthrough in filmmaker Jung Ji-woo’s critically acclaimed 2012 sensual drama “Eungyo (A Muse),” is making a comeback as a vengeful mad woman in her upcoming movie. Kim made her acting debut in Jung’s 2012 film as Eun-gyo, a teenager who becomes the subject of desire for Lee Jeok-yo (Park Hae-il), a renowned poet in his 70s. The film received much attention for its subject matter as well as its depiction of sexuality. Kim, who had never appeared in a
FilmFeb. 21, 2014
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Yeom Soo-jung to be formally installed as cardinal at Vatican
Cardinal-designate Andrew Yeom Soo-jung will be officially elevated to the post in a ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday. Yeom, Seoul’s archbishop since 2012, will be among the 19 who will receive their red hats ― a symbol of a cardinal’s willingness to shed blood for the faith ― rings and assignments from Pope Francis. The ceremony, called the consistory, will start at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday (7 p.m. Korean time). The next day, the pope will hold a Mass to celebrate the installation of t
PeopleFeb. 21, 2014
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China media sees lessons in Korean TV dramas
BEIJING (Yonhap) ― China’s state-run media on Friday urged the country’s TV drama producers to learn from South Korean dramas, citing the “new round of popularity” in China of the Korean fantasy-romance soap “You Who Came From the Star.” The hit drama series, which is also enjoying a popularity rating of about 25 percent in South Korea, is rapidly gaining wider audience appeal in China, with actors Jun Ji-hyun and Kim Soo-hyun becoming household names among young Chinese people. Running in prime
TelevisionFeb. 21, 2014
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[Photo News] Sports culture seminar
PeopleFeb. 20, 2014
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Ready to rock
A few hours after its English-language digital single “Cigarette Girl” became available on overseas music sites Wednesday, YB members quietly awaited listeners’ reactions at an office in Hapjeong-dong, Seoul, near Hongdae area where the band got its start. The members seemed to be in no hurry.The rock band ― composed of vocalist Yoon Do-hyun, bassist Park Tae-hee, guitarists Heo Joon and Scott Hellowell, and Kim Jin-won on the drums ― has been in the business long enough to know that there won’
PerformanceFeb. 20, 2014
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Top ballerinas to collaborate in ‘Two in Two’
Two of the most celebrated ballet dancers in Korea will collaborate onstage for the upcoming restaging of choreographer Ahn Sung-soo and fashion designer Jung Kuho’s 2000 piece “Two in Two.”Kim Ji-young and Kim Joo-won, who were colleagues and also “rivals” at the Korean National Ballet, will take to the stage jointly with male dancers Kim Bo-ram and Jang Kyung-min. The last time the two Kims collaborated in the same performance was 14 years ago. Kim Ji-young still remains a principal at the Kor
PerformanceFeb. 20, 2014
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Thumb-size statue looks like Buddha’s mother
A thumb-size bronze statue of a woman unearthed at an ancient temple site in the southern old city of Buyeo looks like the mother of Buddha, archeologists said Thursday. If they’re right, it would be the first statue of Queen Maya found in Korea and could provide new clues to ancient Korean Buddhism. The artifact, standing 6 centimeters tall, was discovered by a team of archeologists on site at Wangheung Temple in Buyeo, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Baekje. The temple was built in A.D.
CultureFeb. 20, 2014
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Joseon period art to tour three U.S. cities
Some of the finest examples of Korean art during the Joseon era will go on display in Philadelphia next month, as part of a three-city traveling exhibition in the United States. Titled “Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910),” the exhibition will be held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from March 2 till May 26. “The Philadelphia exhibition is, for us, just as important as the one taking place now at New York’s Metropolitan Museum,” said Kim Young-na, head of t
CultureFeb. 20, 2014
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SM launches global auditions
For talented K-pop hopefuls looking for their opportunity to become the next Girls’ Generation, BoA, TVXQ or EXO, the wait is over. The nation’s biggest entertainment agency SM Entertainment has launched its annual global talent search starting today in Jakarta, Indonesia. This year’s “2014 S.M. Global Audition” is being held for the first time in Indonesia for four days and has already attracted more than 20,000 applicants. The global auditions will continue until May 25, stopping at 18 cities
PerformanceFeb. 20, 2014
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Boy band EXO to extend Japan concert series
Popular K-pop boy group EXO has expanded its Japan concert series scheduled for April, SM Entertainment announced. By adding one more concert to their original itinerary, the band is expected to reach out to about 100,000 fans in Japan.EXO is slated to deliver five “EXO Greeting Party in Japan ‘Hello!’” concerts at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo over three days from April 11-13. Originally, the group had planned to only perform two shows each on April 12 and 13, but added one more performance
PerformanceFeb. 20, 2014
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Absent David Bowie steals show at Brit Awards
LONDON (AP) ― David Bowie stole the show at Wednesday’s Brit music awards without even showing up, while Arctic Monkeys took home two big trophies at British music’s leading prize night. The 67-year-old Bowie, who is enjoying a renaissance with his first album in a decade, “The Next Day,” was named British male artist of the year. The trophy was accepted by supermodel Kate Moss. She was sent, presenter Noel Gallagher joked, as New York-based Bowie’s “representative on Earth.” Moss wore one of Bo
PerformanceFeb. 20, 2014
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Jackie Collins is still ‘Wild,’ steamy
LOS ANGELES ― Author Jackie Collins still has the steam engine chugging. Her newest novel, “Confessions of a Wild Child,” released last week, is a prequel to the Lucky Santangelo books and centers on the treasured heroine during her formative teen years ― the book has already landed a film deal with Amber Entertainment. The 76-year-old scribe talks about finally getting into character and staying clued-up.Q. “Confessions of a Wild Child” is the seventh book to feature the character Lucky Santang
BooksFeb. 20, 2014