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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Eyelike:
Patty Griffin scores with ‘American Kid’Patty Griffin“American Kid”(New West)Patty Griffin bookends her seventh album “American Kid” with two songs about the death of her father, opening with the wistful, spiritually open-hearted :Go Wherever You Wanna Go.” The song features a series of poetic images conveying to a loved one that it’s OK to let go and pass to the other side. She closes with the sweetly mournful “Gonna Miss You When You’re Gone,” which blends old jazz chords set against a backgro
PerformanceMay 24, 2013
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‘Fast & Furious 6’ includes scene long dreamed by Justin Lin
The idea came screeching into director Justin Lin’s fuel-injected imagination in 2009: a fiery escape scene featuring a muscle car that crashes out of an airplane during takeoff.In production at the time on “Fast & Furious” ― the fourth installment of “The Fast and the Furious” franchise that has grossed $1.6 billion in worldwide box office since 2001 ― he commissioned digital “pre-visualization” artists to mock up a rendering even though the stunt did not fit the movie he was making and was too
FilmMay 24, 2013
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Top of Aspen Mountain to reopen for holiday skiing
ASPEN, Colorado (AP) ― Aspen Skiing Co. is reopening the top of Aspen Mountain for skiing and snowboarding this Memorial Day weekend, after getting some late spring snow.Sixteen runs on almost 90 acres will be open at the top of the mountain Saturday, Sunday and Monday.Aspen Skiing Co.’s vice president of mountain operations, Rich Burkley, says the resort has had nearly four feet of snow since Aspen Mountain closed for the season. The company said Monday that the snow base is 33 inches deep at t
TravelMay 24, 2013
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American will favor passengers without roller bags
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ― In a quest to speed up the boarding process, American Airlines is letting passengers board sooner if they travel light. The airline said that people carrying just a personal item that fits under the seat ― no rolling suitcases ― will be allowed to board before most other passengers. American said that the change will allow flights to take off sooner, helping the airline improve its on-time performance. Airline officials say boarding times have increased in the last few y
TravelMay 24, 2013
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Escape the city noise without ever leaving
This is the second installment in a 11-part series that introduces some of the best walking trails in Korea. Based on each trail’s popularity and the recommendations of travel experts and the Culture Ministry, The Korea Herald selected the 10 best places for walking and hiking. The series received funding from the Korea Press Foundation. ― Ed.The hustle and bustle of city life in Seoul just comes with the territory. However, for those looking for a break from the chaos and noise, Seoul has no sh
TravelMay 24, 2013
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Around the hotels
Philippine cuisine at Millennium Seoul HiltonThe hotel’s international buffet Orangerie is showcasing Philippine cuisine during the month of June. Guest chef Sau Del Rosario will prepare traditional Philippine dishes such as lechon (whole roasted pig), adobo (pork or chicken boiled with vinegar and soy sauce), pancit (fried noodles with meat and vegetables), kare-kare (oxtail with peanut sauce) and lumpia (spring rolls and egg rolls). It will also provide a variety of desserts made with sticky r
FoodMay 24, 2013
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Maneuljjong hodu bokkeum (Stir-fried garlic scapes with walnuts)
Garlic scapes (maneuljjong) are the curly flowering shoots/stalks of garlic plants that are snipped off to allow the bulbs to grow bigger. They have a milder flavor than garlic cloves but are still quite garlicky. When cooked, the scapes become sweeter with a subtle garlic undertone and have a texture similar to that of thin asparagus. In this recipe, the garlic scapes are stir fried with walnuts in a soy sauce-based sauce. It’s a simple and delicious spring side dish. The scapes only appear in
FoodMay 24, 2013
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Middle Eastern eats at Hummus Kitchen
Hummus Kitchen, one of the latest restaurants to open in foodie-friendly Hannam-dong, adds to the area’s growing gourmet vibe, serving up Middle Eastern fare with a modern slant. Beet sauce, parsley pesto and whole grain mustard adorn platters of hot, charcoal-grilled kebabs and made-from-scratch hummus and falafels, adding pops of color and flavor to each mouthwatering dish. Helmed by owner Kim Hyun-sung, the restaurant is the culmination of years spent in the Middle East dining on the region’s
FoodMay 24, 2013
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YG signs Akdong Musician
YG Entertainment, one of the country’s largest talent agencies, on Friday said that Akdong Musician, this year’s winner of SBS TV’s audition program “K Pop Star 2,” will be joining the clan after nearly two months of contemplation. “We have met the musicians and their parents several times and finally reached an agreement. Despite their young age, the duo showed huge potential with their self-composed songs on ‘K Pop Star 2,’” the agency said in a press release. Akdong Musician, composed of lyr
PerformanceMay 24, 2013
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La Scala scales back on productions
MILAN (AP) ― La Scala has reduced the number of operas it will stage during the 2013-14 season due to Italy’s economic crisis, the theater’s general manager said Thursday. The program for next season announced by Stephane Lissner comprises 10 operas instead of the usual 13, and there will be just eight new productions among the 16 ballets and operas. Lissner said the choices reflect “problems due both to the economic crisis and the constant decrease in public funding.” Italy’s unemployment rate
CultureMay 24, 2013
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[Photo News] Tourism expo
TravelMay 24, 2013
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Psy donates money to U.N.
Pop star Psy donated an undisclosed amount of money to fight world poverty and famine to the United Nations, his American agency Universal Republic Records said Friday. The star of “Gangnam Style” was reportedly impressed by the international organization’s endeavor to make the world a better place when he met the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in October last year. The money was donated to the United Nations Secretary General Trust Fund to be used for Millennium Development Goals, which ran
PeopleMay 24, 2013
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Asia Society appoints Sheeran as new president
Representatives of the Asia Society announced on Thursday that they have appointed Josette Sheeran, the vice chair of The World Economic Forum, as president and CEO of the institution. Sheeran will take office on June 10.“Josette Sheeran is a proven executive with a long and successful record of global leadership, and far-reaching diplomatic experience with the nations of Asia,” Asia Society board co-chairs Henrietta Fore and Ronnie Chan said in a joint statement. “We are delighted that she wil
PeopleMay 24, 2013
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Publishers try to capitalize on ‘revival of humanities’
South Korea is witnessing renewed public attention to books on humanities, with some observers suggesting it is a “revival of humanities.” However, many in the publishing industry cast doubts on whether the term “revival” would be fit to describe the current trend.“It is not a revival since humanities has never been dead,” said Go Won-hyo, head of the humanities department in Munhakdongne Publishing Group in an interview. “Rather than calling it a revival, ‘restoration of interest in humanities’
BooksMay 24, 2013
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Akdong Musician signs with YG entertainment
Winner of audition show “K Pop Star 2,” Akdong Musician, has signed with YG Entertainment, the agency said on Friday. The brother-and-sister duo said in an interview that “we thought that YG Entertainment could be the best place for us to develop our musical talent. We want to make much better songs here.” The agency said that it took a while to finalized the contract as the siblings are minors, meaning their parents in Mongolia had to sign on their behalf. The entertainment company has already
PerformanceMay 24, 2013
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Norwegian jazz singer to perform with Korean guitarist in Seoul
Norwegian jazz artist Inger Marie Gundersen will hold a concert with Korean guitarist Park Youn-woo on Sunday in Seoul.Production agency Plus Hitch said on Friday that Gundersen is visiting Korea for the tenth time to meet Korean fans, but is not bringing her regular band members. Instead, Korean guitarist Park Youn-woo and his trio will accompany the vocalist. Park is one of the few guitarists in Korea to cover a wide range of genres ranging from jazz to classical. Park earned a graduate degree
PerformanceMay 24, 2013
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Fake Psy appears at Cannes
A man pretending to be Psy was spotted in this year’s Cannes International Film Festival, foreign media reported Thursday. Wearing Psy’s trademark suit and round sunglasses, the imposter reportedly sang “Gangnam Style” and performed the world-famous horse-riding dance in front of celebrities who attended an exclusive VIP party at the festival in France.The man, who was later identified by the local JoongAng Ilbo newspaper as a Frenchmen of Chinese descent, reinforced his disguise by being accomp
PeopleMay 24, 2013
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War, childhood and family secrets
Korean-born American writer Maija Rhee Devine was just getting ready to study abroad after graduating from the English literature program at Sogang University in Seoul, when a family secret that had been buried all of her 20-something years suddenly burst into open: Her parents were not her biological parents. “I just immediately went into a denial, a total denial,” the 70-year-old said during a press meeting in Seoul on Wednesday. “I just had had enough of this (Korean) culture ― I was given aw
BooksMay 23, 2013
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Baumann balances acting career with a literary one
To some people ― those who might attend a guerrilla reading in San Francisco, for example ― Ken Baumann is a writer and small-press publisher who is part of the contemporary literary vanguard. And yet, to a generation of adolescent girls, he’s instantly recognizable as a star of the beloved ABC Family series “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” now in its last season.“As long as I can do both, why wouldn’t I want to?” Baumann asks at an L.A. cafe. He’s lanky and pale-skinned, making it ea
BooksMay 23, 2013
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Curses, ghosts and miracles enliven
The Kings and Queens of RoamBy Daniel Wallace (Touchstone)“Once upon a time” is probably the most seductive phrase in the language of books. Add a forest, a witch, a giant and a princess, and children are enchanted beyond any reasonable doubt: No need to know the story’s setting (it’s a kingdom!) or the king’s reasons for beheading his daughter’s suitors one by one (they gave the wrong answer!).Even adult readers still warm to the tall tale, the fable and the fairy tale. Maybe that’s the reason
BooksMay 23, 2013