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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Korea enters full election mode
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Dancing toward respect and fame
The man said he would show some moves. In a blink of an eye, his body spun a couple of times with just his hands touching the floor. Thanks to his relatively long legs ― and taekwondo training in his early teens ― the spins performed by break dancer VERO are larger and more dramatic than average Korean b-boys, but somehow lighter and very well controlled. With his signature spins, the 27-year-old dancer became a household name in the b-boy circle. VERO, whose real name is Jang Ji-kwang, won the
PerformanceJune 23, 2013
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‘Under the Dome’ helps break summer rerun spell
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― There’s no summer break anymore for broadcast networks, with overachieving cable competitors regularly airing new series instead of succumbing to rerun laziness.Over at CBS, star students have teamed up for the ambitious “Under the Dome.’’The 13-episode drama series debuting Monday is based on the best-selling Stephen King book and includes heavyweights Steven Spielberg, Neal Baer (“ER,’’ “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’’), Jack Bender (“Lost’’) and comic-book and TV scribe
TelevisionJune 23, 2013
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Film about N.K. defectors to be shown in Toronto
“The Defector,” a documentary film directed and produced by a Canadian-Korean director, will have a free screening in Toronto next month, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported Saturday.The film by award-winning director Ann Shin will be screened at Innis Town Hall of the University of Toronto on July 4, the Washington-based radio station said.The film takes the Toronto-based director on an arduous journey with two North Korean defectors, who have high hopes of gaining a better life in South Korea, from
FilmJune 23, 2013
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Reality TV hypes plastic surgery craze
An overweight 20-year-old man with breasts and “unattractive facial features,” as well as a 30-year-old woman suffering from excessive hair growth due to a hormonal malfunction boasted that they have found a second life. They each went under the knife and were strongly driven to shed the weight. And when they walked out into the “world” with vulnerable hearts, hundreds of thousands of people gave them the “victory” sign and applauded them for looking “unbelievably great.” These were the lucky tw
CultureJune 23, 2013
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[Photo News] Herald chairman lectures on leadership
Herald Corp. chairman Jungwook Hong gives a lecture on leadership to about 100 members of the Future CEO Academy at Novotel Ambassador Gangnam in Seoul on Thursday. The academy is an association of alumni of a Korea Management Association program for second- and third-generation chief executives. (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald)
PeopleJune 23, 2013
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Korean War veteran reminds people of ‘forgotten war’
Larry Kinard’s Korean War memories come back to him with a vivid clarity, which makes him shudder at the recollection of being so close to death.One of them is of an incident that took place in 1952, three years after he became a U.S. Army second lieutenant to serve in the 3rd Infantry Division on the front-line. He was 22. Looking out at the enemy territory over the Imjin River, an artillery shell exploded just 22 meters in front of a four-member observation team. “It literally blew us out of t
PeopleJune 23, 2013
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Putin claims no memory of ‘stealing’ Super Bowl ring
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) ― Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he had no recollection of allegedly stealing the Super Bowl ring belonging to the National Football League’s New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.The New York Post reported on June 14 that Kraft had told a U.S. audience that he had once met Putin in 2005 and showed him the $25,000 ring team players and owners are awarded for winning the U.S. football league final.Kraft said that Putin took the ring in his ha
PeopleJune 23, 2013
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Brad Pitt scraps Brazil film promo amid unrest
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) ― U.S. Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt has scrapped a plan to come to Brazil to promote his new film “World War Z,” the movie’s distributors said Saturday, citing social unrest in the country.A statement issued by Paramount said Pitt would not make a planned trip to Rio because of “ongoing events in Brazil.”The country is awash with protests after more than a million people took to the streets in recent days to decry poor public services and corruption as well as transport fare
PeopleJune 23, 2013
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Historic places in N. Korea listed as UNESCO world heritage sites
Historic sites in North Korea's ancient city of Gaeseong were added to the world heritage list of UNESCO on Sunday, official sources said.The decision was made during the 37th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, earlier in the day, sources following the event said. The session is set to continue until Thursday.The decision has been widely expected as the sites were recommended last month by the Paris-based International Council on Monuments and Sites, an advisor
CultureJune 23, 2013
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Rooftop revolution
Cherry tomatoes, still green, soak in the summer sun, taking their sweet time to ripen. Romaine lettuce blooms in long, emerald stalks. The roof garden at Garosu-gil-based cafe Able is a pastoral scene of rustic charm, a scene that seems to be in tune with today’s “healing” and “well-being” trends. “We felt the need to not waste anything, to use everything,” Able co-owner Cha Eun-young said on how the garden came into being when the flower shop-cafe opened in Seoul last summer. “We decided we co
FoodJune 21, 2013
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Calendar
Theater“A Tale of Two Cities”: “A Tale of Two Cities,” a musical based on the novel of the same title by Charles Dickens, is being restaged in Seoul after its first run in the city last year. The piece is set against the conflicts between the rebels and aristocracy during the French revolution and its parallel world in 18th-century London. It tells the story of Sydney Carton, a shrewd young English lawyer who develops a strong, unrequited love for Lucie Manette, a young, loving French woman who
CultureJune 21, 2013
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Box Office: Cold Eyes, White House Down, World War Z
Cold Eyes, Opening July 4Crime. Action. Directed by Joh Ui-seok and Kim Byeong-seo. In a remake of the 2007 Hong Kong film “Eye in the Sky,” rookie detective Ha Yoon-ju (Han Hyo-joo) joins a special crime unit within the police department that specializes in surveillance of high profile criminals. Soon, a bank is robbed by armed men. Detective Ha teams up with Hwang Won-jin (Sol Kyung-gu), the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down the criminal organization led by cold-hearted leade
FilmJune 21, 2013
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Eyelike:
Tyrell pays tribute to Cahn on new albumSteve Tyrell“It‘s Magic: The Songs of Sammy Cahn”(Concord)Late blooming crooner Steve Tyrell burnishes his reputation as one of the finest interpreters of the Great American Songbook with this tribute marking the centennial of the birth of Sammy Cahn, the lyricist who gave voice to Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the early 1960s.Tyrell’s rough-hewn baritone - with the slight twang of his native Texas - gives him the swagger to put his own stamp on such C
PerformanceJune 21, 2013
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Billy Crystal’s new ‘Monster’ project
It’s been a dozen years since the release of Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.,” but it didn’t take much for Billy Crystal to get back into the spirit to voice Mike Wazowski for the follow-up film “Monsters University.” He’s seen “Monsters, Inc.” many times with his grandchildren. What was important to him was that he wanted to do a movie suitable for all grandchildren.Crystal’s sad there aren’t a lot of movies in theaters that he considers true family films.“We are seeing the disintegration of the family
FilmJune 21, 2013
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63% of Koreans plan summer vacation
Are you planning to get away this summer? If you are, you are one of 63 percent of people in Korea set to take a summer vacation this year. According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, 62.7 percent of 1,004 people surveyed on May 27-30 said they were planning or highly likely to take summer leave this year, which is about 12.1 percentage point ups from 2012. Most of the respondents were planning to take days off between July 29 and Aug. 4,
TravelJune 21, 2013
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South Korea’s northernmost island surprisingly peaceful
BAENGNYEONGDO ISLAND ― Baengnyeongdo Island is approximately 226 km off the coast of Incheon, in Ongjin County and stands as the northernmost territory of South Korea. Located near the Northern Limit Line ― a demarcation line in the Yellow Sea separating the South and the North ― the remote island is actually north of the Demarcation Line and at its closest, is only a mere 13 km from North Korea’s mainland.On an island where the general population is outnumbered by the number of military station
TravelJune 21, 2013
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Around the hotels
Spa for men at Park Hyatt SeoulThe hotel presents “Park Club Spa for Men,” which includes a 60-minute full body treatment plus a 30-minute facial treatment. Highly trained therapists will provide customized treatments based on the guest’s physical condition and preferences. Facial treatment provides a deep cleansing to remove excess sebum and debris. Those who visit Monday through Friday before 8 p.m. will receive a complementary shirt dry cleaning and shoe-shine service. The package also includ
TravelJune 21, 2013
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Conversations simmer at communal tables
Mary Altman and John Pinson, though each traveling alone on business, savored some conversation with their barbecue last week as they sat together at one of 4 Rivers Smokehouse’s large picnic tables in Winter Park, Florida.The two discovered they both live in Jacksonville, Florida, so they chatted about their lives there.“When you’re by yourself, it’s nice to meet somebody and, coincidentally, to meet somebody from your own hometown,” said Pinson, a salesman in his 70s.Diners such as Pinson are
FoodJune 21, 2013
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Jjukkumi guui, (spicy grilled baby octopus)
I know that a lot of people are intimidated about cooking octopus. If you’re one of them, I urge you to try cooking with baby octopus, “jjukkumi.” Baby octopus is naturally tender and easy to handle. If you prefer, you can also use small squid for this recipe. Here, they are marinated in a spicy gochujang sauce and seared quickly on the grill. Marinating helps tenderize the octopus, so give it sufficient time to marinate. You will have tender baby octopus with a burst of flavor in every bite!2 t
FoodJune 21, 2013
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Tony Soprano more than a memorable TV character
NEW YORK (AP) ― James Gandolfini’s portrayal of Tony Soprano represented more than just a memorable TV character. He changed the medium, making fellow antiheroes like Walter White and Dexter Morgan possible and shifting the balance in quality drama away from broadcast television.The passage of time since “The Sopranos” ended in 2007 brought all of that into sharp relief even before Gandolfini’s death of a heart attack while vacationing in Italy on Wednesday.Television characters certainly weren’
FilmJune 21, 2013