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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Psy cracks jokes at Harvard
South Korean rapper PSY was welcomed to Harvard University on Thursday night by dozens of screaming and shouting students and fans, as the “Gangnam Style” star participated in a conversation inside an ornate church dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in World War I.PSY began addressing students and faculty by noting that his presence at the Ivy League school “is so weird.”He recalled spending four years studying management at Boston University while marveling at Harvard from af
PerformanceMay 10, 2013
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Makeup artist says Jackson was pushed to rehearse
Michael Jackson's longtime makeup artist testified Thursday that she overhead an executive for concert promoter AEG Live insist that the singer rehearse despite signs of Jackson's declining health.Karen Faye, who worked with Jackson for more than 27 years, told jurors she became increasingly concerned about Jackson's health and agreed with a fan's assessment that the singer might die if he was pushed too hard in preparations for his “This Is It” concerts.AEG executives continued to push Jackson,
PeopleMay 10, 2013
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Lee to make directorial debut on TV
Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee said Thursday he is excited to be working on his first TV project "Tyrant," but dismissed reports he would stay away from movies to focus on television."'Tyrant' is Middle East intrigue. The subject matter is touchy and pretty scary. I like scary, to scare myself... I am very excited about this project," Lee told a press conference."I am still choosing my next (film) project and developing the next one. Of course movie is my first love," he said,
CultureMay 9, 2013
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Another visit from Bernie Gunther
A Man Without Breath, By Philip Kerr (Marian Wood/G.P. Putnam’s Sons)Through nine Philip Kerr novels spanning the rise and fall of Nazi Germany and the subsequent pursuit and prosecution of some of its creators, lead character Bernie Gunther has become an old friend.Each visit of the always wisecracking, sometimes compromised detective, private investigator and German soldier is eagerly awaited.A year ago, I read Gunther’s then-latest adventure while in the hospital recovering from open-heart su
BooksMay 9, 2013
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Florida vacation without leaving home
Board StiffBy Elaine Viets (Obsidian)With few exceptions, characters in mysteries change and grow throughout the series. Not only does that reflect real life ― are any of us the same person we were last year? ― but it also allows authors to stretch their storytelling skills. Elaine Viets’ “Dead-End Jobs” series started with her heroine taking low-paying, off-the-grid jobs following a horrific divorce. Viets’ lively plots and broad humor complemented these highly entertaining novels while also sh
BooksMay 9, 2013
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Items from Hemingway’s Cuba home go to JFK Library
WASHINGTON (AP) ― While most Americans have never seen Ernest Hemingway’s home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous books, a set of 2,000 recently digitized records delivered to the United States will give scholars and the public a fuller view of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist’s life.A private U.S. foundation is working with Cuba to preserve more of Hemingway’s papers, books and belongings that have been kept at his home near Havana since he died in 1961. On Monday at the U.S. Capito
BooksMay 9, 2013
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Sacrifices, sins of the father
After the film adaptation of his 2010 novel “Eungyo”― a tale about a 70-something poet falling for a teenage girl ― created much hype even before its release, author Park Bum-shin in 2011 moved alone to his hometown Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province. He wanted to write in solitude, away from public attention. His latest novel, “Salt,” is a product of Park’s two years of seclusion. A story of an isolated, agonized father and his dysfunctional family, the novel again explores the theme the writer
BooksMay 9, 2013
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Former U.S. ambassador wins Sejong Munhwa award
Former U.S. ambassador to Korea Kathleen Stephens and celebrated actors Cha In-pyo and Shin Ae-ra were named the recipients of the 32nd Sejong Munhwa awards, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Thursday. Stephens, who served as the U.S. ambassador between 2008 and 2011, was nominated in the Korean culture category for maintaining a friendly relationship with the country since 1975 when she came to Korea as part of the Peace Corps and served as an English lecturer. Cha and his wife
PeopleMay 9, 2013
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Germany marks 80 years since Nazi book burnings
BERLIN (AFP) ― Eighty years ago on Friday, and only months after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, his Nazi followers burnt piles of books in what has been labelled the nation’s “intellectual decapitation” ― an act of terror that foreshadowed worse to come.A metal plate in the grounds of Berlin’s Bebel Square, where 20,000 books went up in flames, is covered in dust from nearby renovations, but the chilling quote from 19th-century poet Heinrich Heine stands out: “Where they burn books, they will als
CultureMay 9, 2013
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Hwang to sue publisher over hoarding scandal
Author Hwang Sok-yong said he plans to sue Jaeum & Moeum, the publishing house accused of hoarding copies of his latest novel in an attempt to have it included in the bestseller list, for libel and financial and psychological damages, according to news reports.The author said he wants his best-selling novel “Yeowoolmoolsori” off the selves and that he is not involved with the publishing house’s alleged hoarding, after SBS current affairs show “In Depth 21” on Tuesday accused the publishing house
BooksMay 9, 2013
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Presidential fashion: Park delivers powerful yet feminine image
President Park Geun-hye’s official visit to the U.S. drew the attention of even those normally indifferent to politics. It was the first overseas trip by Korea’s first woman president and the public was eager to see how she would present herself to the global audience.And it seems that Park has developed her own way of wearing powerful suits and feminine hanbok, or traditional Korean dress. Starting with a gold-green silk jacket with a turquoise mandarin collar, paired with brown trousers, the o
CultureMay 9, 2013
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‘Bremen Town Musicians’ delights families with fun, dynamics and sentiment
Everyone knows about the four jolly town musicians of Bremen. The musical “The Bremen Town Musicians,” now on at the National Museum Theater Yong in Seoul until May 26, is a pleasant mix of adventure, dreams and self discovery. The four animals, which were depicted as useless, outdated and almost abandoned fixtures in the original Grimm Brothers’ story, were revamped as a curious donkey, a dog with bad breath, a sympathetic cat, and an aspiring-star hen. And they take on a journey to become memb
CultureMay 9, 2013
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Psy’s ‘Gentleman’ tops 300 million YouTube hits
The video for South Korean rapper Psy’s new single “Gentleman” has been viewed more than 300 million times since it was posted on YouTube last month, the global video-sharing Web site said Thursday.The video, released on April 13, recorded 300.256 million hits as of 11:10 a.m. Thursday. The milestone was reached 26 days after its release and 17 days after the new video broke the 200 million mark on April 22.The singer’s previous hit “Gangnam Style” has attracted more than 1.5 billion YouTube vie
PerformanceMay 9, 2013
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Lee Hyori unveils ‘Monochrome’ album image
Lee Hyori’s agency B2M Entertainment revealed the title of her upcoming album and the jacket image Thursday morning.“Monochrome,” the title of the album, explains why the singer maintained a black-and-white look throughout her music video for “Miss Korea,” the first single from the album.The agency posted the jacket image on Twitter with the words, “The long-awaited 5th album ‘Monochrome’ will be released on May 21! It will be available in two versions, special limited edition and regular! Pre-s
PerformanceMay 9, 2013
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Between dream and reality: Murakami novel on stage
Famed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami is currently in the international spotlight for his recently released novel “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.” But Seoul’s Daehangno, the local hot spot for plays, is instead buzzing about his 2002 fantasy novel, “Kafka on the Shore.”The novel, famous for its literary blend of magical realism and a suspenseful plot, is currently being performed as a play for the first time in Korea.A production by American director Frank Galati, the show
PerformanceMay 9, 2013
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KCIS records high acceptance to foreign colleges
An international school here is attracting growing attention thanks to its high record of acceptance to universities and colleges abroad.The Korea Christian International School in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, announced that for the fifth consecutive year all its seniors had been accepted to foreign colleges and universities.This year, the KCIS produced 17 graduates with all being accepted to colleges and universities around the world, mostly in the U.S., including Cornell University and the Unive
PeopleMay 9, 2013
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‘Singing Diplomat’ releases album
Back home in Switzerland, he was nicknamed, “The Singing Diplomat,” and for good reason. The artistic life of Raoul Imbach, a counsellor-level envoy at the Swiss Embassy in Korea, has long accompanied his diplomatic profession. His singing career started at age 5, and 50 years later he is still going strong as a singer-songwriter. Now he is celebrating his 10th studio album and the completion of a five-year posting here. The 14-track LP features what Imbach described as a “light and fun tune” de
PeopleMay 9, 2013
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Start buying guitars if you want to get more dates!
If you want to get a date, try carrying a guitar. According to a recent study by researchers from the University of South Brittany, the number of women giving their phone numbers doubled when a man was carrying a guitar compared to a man without.Professor Nicolas Gueguen, a researcher of behavioral science who led the study, hired a 20-year-old man to ask a total of 300 women aged between 18 and 22 for their numbers in a shopping mall.The man approached the women with the same comment holding di
PeopleMay 9, 2013
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Man who helped free Ohio women becomes media star
A neighbor who helped free three women from nearly a decade in captivity in Ohio has become a star, offering moments of levity in an unspeakably horrible story, free publicity for a restaurant chain and unexpected lessons in race relations.Charles Ramsey lived next door to where Ariel Castro is alleged to have kept the women in a makeshift prison in a Cleveland neighborhood. On Monday afternoon, Ramsey happened to be home and heard Amanda Berry's scream.Or let him tell it: “I got the day off fro
PeopleMay 9, 2013
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Designer honored by French order
Designer Moon Young Hee is a rare example in the Korean fashion scene: a designer with a unique perspective who has been presenting her signature style to the global audience every season at Paris Fashion Week since 1996. In recognition of her persistent efforts and fresh input to the Parisian fashion world, Moon received the National Order of Merit, one of the highest honors given by the French government, on Tuesday in Seoul. “Putting on shows for 18 years has been a difficult task. It’s reall
Arts & DesignMay 8, 2013