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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Around the Hotels
Happy hour promotion at Renaissance Seoul HotelThe hotel’s bar Trevi Lounge presents a happy hour promotion where draft beer with a sausage side dish can be enjoyed at an affordable price every day from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The bar has six different kinds of European, Japanese and Korean draft beers such as Jirisan Moon Bear, Seorak Oatmeal Stout, Asahi and Hoegaarden, paired with delicious grilled sausage. One glass of draft beer and grilled sausage is priced at 19,500 won, and two glasses with the
FoodAug. 9, 2013
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Kongguksu (chilled soy milk noodle soup)
Kongguksu is a cold noodle soup that’s served in creamy soy milk. Making soy milk is less work than you might imagine. Soaked soybeans are cooked, then pureed and filtered through a sieve. The secret to making delicious soy milk for kongguksu is not to overcook the beans so that they retain their natural flavor. More often than not, a small amount of sesame seeds and/or nuts (such as pine nuts, peanuts, almonds and walnuts) are pureed with the soybeans for an extra-nutty flavor. Nothing beats th
FoodAug. 9, 2013
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Cronut trend hits Seoul
After chef Dominique Ansel launched his croissant-meets-donut dessert at his New York-based bakery this May, the pastry, christened the Cronut, quickly went on to become the sweet of the moment. Even the bakery is aware of its dessert’s overwhelming popularity, stating that the Cronut “is taking the world by storm.”The site goes on to explain what a Cronut is, detailing how it is crafted from “a laminated dough which has been likened to a croissant.” It is almost as if the bakery foresaw the glo
FoodAug. 9, 2013
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Tom Hanks films to open, close London Film fest
LONDON (AP) ― The London Film Festival is getting a double dose of Tom Hanks.Organizers announced Thursday that the festival will close Oct. 20 with “Saving Mr. Banks,” which stars Hanks as movie mogul Walt Disney.Hanks also plays the lead role in the festival’s opener, piracy thriller “Captain Phillips.”Based on real events, “Saving Mr. Banks” tells the story of the fraught page-to-screen journey of children’s classic “Mary Poppins.” Hanks plays the American filmmaker, with Emma Thompson as the
FilmAug. 9, 2013
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Keen interest in rare ABBA memorabilia at Swedish auction
STOCKHOLM (AFP) ― An online auction of ABBA memorabilia to be held this weekend, including two rare recordings, has attracted keen interest from fans, a Swedish auction house said Thursday.Some 25,000 items from the legendary Swedish pop group being sold by a collector are expected to fetch some 830,000 kronor (95,000 euros, $123,000).“Interest in the auction has been huge since we announced it in late June,” Stockholms Auktionsverk curator Beata af Donner said.But the viewing of objects has not
PerformanceAug. 9, 2013
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Sinawe returns after 7 years with album, DMZ show
Heavy-metal rock band Sinawe, nationally recognized as being the very first metal band in Korea, has made its return to the big stage. Last week the iconic rock band released “Mirrorview,” its first album in more than seven years.Members Shin Dae-cheol, Kim Jung-wook and Yoon Gee-hyun had previously commented that the concept of their latest album was “bibimbap.” The veteran rockers who are known for the hard-core rock tunes have tried to incorporate a variety of different styles into their newe
PerformanceAug. 9, 2013
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[Photo News] Tackling tourism
TravelAug. 9, 2013
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Heritage office lifts travel ban on ‘Pensive Bodhisattva’
The Silla-period gilt-bronze Buddha statue “Pensive Bodhisattva” will be traveling to New York for an upcoming show after the Cultural Heritage Administration on Friday rescinded its ban on the National Treasure No. 83 from being taken out of the country. The reversal came 11 days after the National Museum of Korea was notified of the travel ban on July 29. With the green light from the state-run heritage agency, “Pensive Bodhisattva” will take its place as the highlight of the “Silla, Korea’s G
CultureAug. 9, 2013
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Son seeks real identity after DNA testing
CHICAGO ― In April 1964, Paul Joseph Fronczak, less than two days old, was kidnapped from a Chicago hospital by a woman posing as a nurse.A few months ago, in a way, he vanished again. Because of a DNA test taken this April, Paul Fronczak learned that he is a Fronczak only in name.After getting the test result, he realized “I didn’t know my birthday. I didn’t know anything about me,” he said.The mystery over Fronczak’s identity began 49 years ago in hospital room 418B at the former Michael Reese
PeopleAug. 9, 2013
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Guitarist apologizes to Korean Air over false accusation
A renowned U.S. guitarist has offered an apology to Korean Air Lines Co. on Thursday for his false accusation that the carrier damaged his guitar.Steve Vai said in a message posted on Facebook that the broken neck of his guitar was discovered at a rock festival in South Korea. The music event came before the guitarist took the Korean Air flight.Korean Air “was not the airline that damaged my guitar,” Vai said. “My apologies to Korean Airlines for this misinformation.”He said the largest South Ko
PeopleAug. 9, 2013
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IU, Lee Hyun-woo deny dating
The respective agencies of South Korean singer IU and actor Lee Hyun-woo denied on Friday rumors that the two 21-year-old stars are an item.Earlier in the day, photos of IU and Lee entering a movie theater at midnight circulated on the Internet, sparking speculation that the two are in a romantic relationship.Lee’s agency Keyeast admitted that the two had watched a movie together but said they were “just close friends.” Loen Entertainment, IU’s management company, said agencies’ other staffers w
TelevisionAug. 9, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Abe struggles to get a grip on Fukushima
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated that his patience with the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant had worn out when it ordered his government to help with the clean up.Tokyo Electric Power Company announced last month that about 300 tons of radioactive groundwater had been flowing into the sea every day. It was criticized for its lack of openness and slowness to report the leaks or the risk of them happening. The announcement added to a growing consensus that TEPCO’s respo
Expat LivingAug. 8, 2013
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Radical theater in Belarus performs under pressure
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ― Two emotions course through spectators at the Belarus Free Theater ― excitement at watching avant-garde drama and fear that police will haul them away.The theater, in a cramped and run-down house, is a rare crucible of dissent and experimentation in the country known as Europe’s last dictatorship, taking on topics such as political oppression and homosexuality.Abroad, performing in such renowned settings as the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Scotland, the troupe has earned ra
PerformanceAug. 8, 2013
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Haruki Murakami most-read foreign novelist in Korea: poll
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami is the most-read foreign novelist in South Korea, according to a recent poll. Reflecting the Murakami boom here, Korea Gallup said that 24 percent of 1,230 people aged 19 and over surveyed said they had read a book by the popular Japanese author.Forty-five percent of the respondents said they were aware of Murakami, but had not read any of his novels. Another 31 percent said they did not know who he was.The Japanese novelist was more popular with female readers, w
BooksAug. 8, 2013
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Countertenor Andreas Scholl set for three recitals in Sept.
Prominent German countertenor Andreas Scholl will have a recital on Sept. 23 at Seoul Arts Center’s Concert Hall, three years since his last performance in Korea.A specialist in Baroque music who performs worldwide, Scholl is known for having a singing voice equivalent to that of a female contralto or mezzo-soprano. Countertenors were first introduced to the stage in the 16th century when women were restricted from performing, resulting in men with higher vocal ranges playing the female roles.
PerformanceAug. 8, 2013
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‘Learning to be bilingual can be fun’
English teacher and author Bella Chung remembers a memorable encounter with one of her young students. The middle school student walked into Chung’s English class at Korea Herald English Institutes in central Seoul, looking rather miserable and uninterested. The girl attended an English immersion kindergarten in Korea as a kid, and apparently lost her interest in the language as she enrolled in elementary school. “She was very pretty but her face was stiff,” Chung said during an interview with T
BooksAug. 8, 2013
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Culture Ministry acts against music chart manipulation
A day after major record labels YG Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and Star Empire Entertainment filed a complaint with Seoul Supreme Prosecutors’ Office claiming local digital music charts were being illegally manipulated, the Culture Ministry announced related countermeasures on Thursday.According to the complainants, the number of cases where firms were paid to illegally manipulate music chart rankings has been on the rise. The manipulators boost song rankings by playing
PerformanceAug. 8, 2013
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S.M. Entertainment to open hallyu museum in L.A.
Entertainment agency S.M. Entertainment, home to Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, TVXQ, SHINee, f(x) and others, announced on Thursday that it would establish a museum-entertainment complex tentatively named SMTOWN Museum. In collaboration with S.M. Entertainment USA, the SMTOWN Museum, which will be located on Oxford Avenue in L.A.’s Koreatown, will feature an entertainment space, a Korean restaurant as well as other content related to K-pop stars including hologram displays. “Through the remod
PerformanceAug. 8, 2013
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Long-lost Orson Welles film turns up in Italy
NEW YORK (AFP) ― A long-lost silent film directed by Orson Welles in 1938 has been recovered from a warehouse in northeastern Italy, where it will be screened in public for the first time in October.“Too Much Johnson” was originally intended to be shown as a prologue to a slapstick comedy at the Mercury repertory theatre in New York, but it was never finished.Until staff at the Cinemazero art house cinema in Pordenone, Italy found the work print in a warehouse earlier this year, it was thought t
FilmAug. 8, 2013
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‘The Terror Live’ to get North American release
After marking 2 million viewers within just six days of release, “The Terror Live” will be released in seven cities in North America starting on Aug. 9, the movie’s investment distribution company Lotte Entertainment announced Thursday. The North American premiere will take place at CGV theater in Los Angeles on Friday, followed by New York, Atlanta, Seattle, Las Vegas, Vancouver and Toronto. More screens may be added depending on the film’s performance. Meanwhile, nearly 3 million people have s
FilmAug. 8, 2013