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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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New York Met expands live opera broadcast program
NEW YORK (AFP) ― New York’s Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday it has expanded its program of live broadcasts for the 2013-2014 season, with 10 operas to be shown in 1,900 movie theaters in dozens of countries.The season kicks off on Oct. 5 with a new production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” and wraps up on May 10 with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.”The Met will unveil four new productions including Verdi’s “Falstaff” conducted by music director James Levine, who has been absent for nearly three y
PerformanceAug. 22, 2013
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Spanish artist to share riches from botched fresco makeover
MADRID (AFP) ― An 82-year-old Spanish woman whose botched restoration of a painting of Christ made her a global laughing stock is to reap nearly half the riches from worldwide merchandising of the monkey-like image.Cecilia Gimenez took it upon herself a year ago to fix up Ecce Homo (Behold the Man), a flaking, century-old fresco of Christ painted on a pillar in a church in Borja, northeastern Spain.The touched-up result resembled a pale-faced ape with cartoon-style eyes and mouth and a crooked s
PerformanceAug. 22, 2013
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Berlin to build museum for 20th-century masterpieces
BERLIN (AFP) ― Berlin agreed Wednesday to build a new museum for 20th-century masterpieces by artists including Rothko, Magritte and Dali donated by a wealthy couple, potentially resolving a years-long dispute.The state museums foundation put forward a proposal for the cash-strapped city to create a 130 million euro ($174 million) home for the collection directly behind the already overflowing New National Gallery at the Cultural Forum in central Berlin.The works themselves belonging to milliona
PerformanceAug. 22, 2013
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Metallica to headline at the Apollo
NEW YORK (AP) ― There will be a different type of Sandman featured at the Apollo next month.Metallica is set to rock the legendary Harlem venue on Sept. 21. They will promote their 3-D concert-action film “Metallica Through the Never,” released in IMAX on Sept. 27 and other theaters a week later. It will also air live on a special temporary Metallica channel on SiriusXM.The Apollo, revered for its place in black entertainment and historic performances from the likes of James Brown to Michael Jac
PerformanceAug. 22, 2013
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The Killers to bring 'hot fuss' to Korea with first concert
American rock band The Killers, who brought listeners hits “Somebody Told Me” and “Mr. Brightside,” will be hitting the stage in Seoul for the band’s first concert in Korea on Oct. 5. The upcoming concert is the 12th installment of the “Hyundai Card Culture Project” series, which in the past brought acts such as Keane, John Legend, Ke$ha, Jason Mraz, Kraftwerk, Mika and Damien Rice. Formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by lead vocalist Brandon Flowers and guitarist Dave Keuning ― later joined by Mark Sto
PerformanceAug. 22, 2013
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Girl group Sistar returns to stage
Girl group Sistar is to hold its second live concert “S” on Oct. 12 at Olympic Park’s Olympic Hall in Seoul. The four-member group debuted in June 2010 with the song “Push Push” and quickly shot up in the local music charts with the release of a slew of hit songs such as “So Cool” and “Alone.” In June 2012 the group released its second album with title track “Give it To Me” and landed No. 1 slots on numerous major music charts. “Sistar has a lot to offer to fans,” a representative of the group’s
Aug. 22, 2013
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Comics + math = entertainment
Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book UniverseBy Tim Leong (Chronicle)“Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe” demands a soft toilet seat and, I estimate, 17.4 hours of your time. That’s a compliment. In fact, if you don’t own a bathroom, build one immediately so you may luxuriate for obnoxiously long, undisturbed stretches with artist Tim Leong’s self-described “love letter to the medium,” an absorbing, wonderfully unnecessary pairing of inventive, beautiful designs
BooksAug. 22, 2013
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A boy’s reservations from the ‘rez’
If I Ever Get Out of HereBy Eric Gansworth (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)“If I Ever Get Out of Here,” Eric Gansworth’s first novel for young people, rings true with a sophisticated look at what it’s like to be an outsider and what it takes to be a true friend.Lewis Blake has precious little going for him in school; he’s smart, sure. But he’s super skinny, essentially friendless, his family is dirt poor, and he’s from the “rez” in an area that routinely treats his Tuscarora Reservation community w
BooksAug. 22, 2013
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Debut novel chronicles expats in Prague
“Prague doesn‘t let go,” Franz Kafka once wrote of his hometown. “This little mother has claws.”That line neatly summarizes the tension in Caleb Crain’s elegant and intellectually robust debut novel, “Necessary Errors.” Its hero, Jacob, is a 20-something American navigating familiar 20-something crises: love versus lust, accomplishment versus slackerdom. Tales of such post-collegiate expats are usually thin studies in privileged narcissism. But Crain complicates the story, using the Prague setti
BooksAug. 22, 2013
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A man, a mike, a karaoke machine
Rob Sheffield is the kind of true-blue music nerd who’ll pause his latest memoir ― one with a subtitle promising a book about “the rituals of love & karaoke” ― to address the topic of Rod Stewart.Not how much he loves Rod Stewart, exactly, nor which of Stewart’s songs is the most fun to sing at karaoke. (Duh: “Love Touch.”) Rather, Sheffield’s chapter on the singer, called “Hot Legs,” examines in great detail Stewart’s merry progression from “a rambling rock & roll rogue” to “an L.A. roue trappe
BooksAug. 22, 2013
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Seo Taiji, Lee Eun-sung secretly wed in June
Singer Seo Taiji tied the knot with actress Lee Eun-sung in a secret marriage ceremony almost three months ago, it was revealed Wednesday. Seo announced the news on his official website saying, “We recently gathered our family and held a meaningful wedding ceremony.” The couple reportedly invited a few of their closest friends for a housewarming party after the wedding on June 26 and “had a good time.” He also talked about married life so far, how there were many good aspects to being married a
PeopleAug. 22, 2013
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Four U.S. female lawmakers to visit S. Korea
Four iconic female members of Congress will travel to South Korea early next month during a summer recess, congressional sources said Wednesday.They are Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), and Terri Sewell (D-AL)."All of them are symbolic figures in the 113th Congress in terms of representing minority groups," a source said. "Also, they have a good understanding on Korea."Gillibrand is said to have potential to become a political star like Hil
PeopleAug. 22, 2013
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Archaeologists race to save Gaza’s ancient ruins
ST. HILARION, Gaza Strip (AP) ― The ruins of this ancient complex sit on dunes by the sea, a world away from Gaza City’s noise and bustle. Up in the sky, birds compete for space with children’s kites flying from a nearby farm.St. Hilarion’s monastery, a reminder of the time in late antiquity when Christianity was the dominant faith in what is now the Gaza Strip, is one of many archaeological treasures scattered across this coastal territory.But Gaza is one of the most crowded places on earth, an
CultureAug. 21, 2013
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Picasso murals at heart of debate after Breivik bombing
OSLO (AFP) ― Five Picasso murals that survived Anders Behring Breivik’s bombing of an Oslo government block in 2011 are now at the heart of a divisive debate in Norway on the buildings’ fate.The murals drawn by the Spanish master in the late 1950s and 1960s ― “The Beach,” “The Seagull,” “Satyr and Faun” and two versions of “The Fishermen” ― risk being removed from the location for which they were conceived if the damaged buildings are torn down.The government is currently mulling whether to demo
PerformanceAug. 21, 2013
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Turkish fans of Korean cinema get festival treatment
The first-ever Korea-Turkey film festival will be held in Istanbul next month as part of the upcoming Istanbul-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2013.Internationally acclaimed Korean director Kim Ki-duk, known for his award-winning films such as “Pieta,” “Arirang” and “Samaritan Girl,” as well as actresses Han Ga-in, Kang Soo-yeon and Ye Ji-won, actor Park Joong-hoon and other notables in the Korean film industry are slated to attend the film fest. The Korea-Turkey Movie Week in Istanbul will highlig
CultureAug. 21, 2013
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Netflix strikes movie deal with Weinstein Co.
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) ― In a drive to add subscribers, Netflix has expanded on a movie licensing deal with The Weinstein Co. that will add more films to its Internet video service beginning in 2016.The multi-year agreement announced Tuesday builds upon a partnership that Netflix Inc. forged with Weinstein Co. last year. That deal gave it the streaming rights to the Oscar-winning film, “The Artist,” as well other foreign films and documentaries from the 8-year-old studio.The new deal giv
FilmAug. 21, 2013
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YG Entertainment to debut new boy band
Reality television is old stomping ground for K-pop mogul Yang Hyun-suk. Yang tapped into the now-popular formula to debut boy band Big Bang in 2006 and then kept viewers abreast on his follow-up act, the girl group 2NE1, with three reality shows. Most recently, the prominent YG Entertainment founder and main producer proved his knack for judging as well on SBS’ music reality competition “K-Pop Star,” from whence new YG solo artist, Season 1 runner-up Lee Hi, hails. Now, Yang is turning to the
TelevisionAug. 21, 2013
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Korea’s longest walking trail reveals beauty of east coast
YEONGDEOK, North Gyeongsang Province ― Set to be the country’s longest walking trail stretching 770 kilometers along Korea’s east coast, the Haeparang Road trail offers some of the nation’s most diverse and scenic walking and hiking experiences. Starting in the south from Busan and heading north all the way toward the demilitarized zone in northern Gangwon Province, “Haeparang Road” allows walkers to venture days on end through more than 15 cities and counties on one long, uninterrupted trail. “
TravelAug. 21, 2013
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Author Elmore Leonard dies
DETROIT (AP) ― Elmore Leonard, a former adman who later became one of America’s foremost crime writers, died Tuesday. He was 87. His researcher, Gregg Sutter, said Leonard died from complications from a stroke he suffered a few weeks ago. Leonard won an honorary National Book Award in 2012. His more than 40 novels were populated by pathetic schemers, clever con men and casual killers. Many of the novels ― notably “Out of Sight,” “Get Shorty” and “Be Cool” ― were made into films. Critics adored h
PeopleAug. 21, 2013
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Richest U.S. Congressman worth at least $355 million
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Republican Darrell Issa of California was 2012’s richest member of Congress, worth at least $355 million, according to a ranking published Tuesday.The congressman, who made his fortune in car security systems, topped the annual list of the 50 wealthiest lawmakers published by The Hill newspaper, a trade publication about Washington politics.A large portion of Issa’s assets come from investment funds and properties valued in the millions. The rankings were based on financial di
PeopleAug. 21, 2013