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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Gogi wanja jorim (glazed meatballs)
In this recipe, meatballs are braised in a soy sauce-based sweet and savory sauce (jorim jang) commonly used in Korean cooking. For the meatballs, I like to use a mixture of beef and pork. You can use all beef or all pork depending on your preferences. Mushrooms, onions and scallions add a lot to the flavor and texture of the meatballs without being overpowering. Make sure to take the time to finely chop the ingredients for a smoother texture. Then your children will never know there are mushroo
FoodMay 3, 2013
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Slice of the moment, Neopolitan pizza
The pizza of the moment seems to be the Naples version. Once a rarity in the ‘90s, the Italian specialty can now be easily found throughout the city. “When we opened in 2009, Neopolitan pizza was only popular among a small clutch of diners,” said The Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo manager Yu Byeong-gyu. “Recently, it has become all the rage.” Yu attributes this in part to increasingly food-savvy, well-traveled diners who have tasted the world’s first pizza from its place of origin ― Naples, Italy ― ret
FoodMay 3, 2013
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Cho Yong-pil reclaims his crown
“The King of Music” Cho Yong-pil won first place in a television music program for the first time in 23 years. Although he did not make a personal appearance on Wednesday’s live broadcast show, Cho’s title song “Hello” was ranked first in MBC’s “Show Champion.” Cho had last won first place in a TV music program in 1990, on MBC’s “Show Network” for his hit song “Reunion in Memory.” After winning a number of awards with his single “Dream,” the legendary singer retired from the public eye and rarel
PerformanceMay 3, 2013
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Psy shows off ‘arrogant dance’ on ‘Today Show’
Psy is back in action promoting his latest single “Gentleman” in the U.S., making his way back to the NBC morning program “The Today Show,” where he performed live at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on Friday morning. During the interview with the morning show hosts, Psy talked about the key choreography points while teaching them the new hip-swaying and pelvic-thrusting “arrogant dance” moves that go with his new single. The Korean rap star later took the stage to perform live and show off b
PerformanceMay 3, 2013
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Ex-consul general in New York named KOICA chief
A former consul general of South Korea in New York has been named as the new head of a government agency responsible for overseas aid projects, an official said Thursday. Kim Young-mok, a career diplomat, had served as a security aide for President Park Geun-hye during her election campaign last year. Kim will succeed Park Dae-won as president of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, the government official said on the condition of anonymity. (Yonhap News)
PeopleMay 3, 2013
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Ex-lawmaker Gu tapped as Shanghai consul general
Gu Sang-chan, former lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party, is said to have been tapped as consul general in Shanghai, China.“Gu was recently picked to fill the empty position of consul general to Shanghai. He is expected to take office late this month,” a Foreign Ministry official said Friday. Gu is among the figures loyal to President Park Geun-hye.In 2007, he was Park’s special adviser on public information, when she was one of the Grand National Party presidential nomination contenders. The G
PeopleMay 3, 2013
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Investment guru Warren Buffett joins Twitter
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Investment guru and mega-billionaire Warren Buffett took a new plunge Thursday: He sent his first message on Twitter ― and within a short time had more than 100,000 followers.“Warren is in the house,” Buffett said on the microblog service, sparking a fury of re-tweets of the debut words of the savvy investor dubbed the “Oracle of Omaha.”There was no news, no sage advice on how to manage a stocks portfolio, or announcements of the latest big-money moves of his investment house
PeopleMay 3, 2013
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‘Olympics is not just about the sports’
A top Olympic official said preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics were going well, but that a lot of work remained to ensure a successful Games.The 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang will mark the 30th anniversary of the Seoul Olympics. This will allow the country to showcase again to the world its organizational ability as well as its cultural diversity, according to Gunilla Lindberg, an executive board member in the International Olympic Committee. “The sporting competition is just a small part
PeopleMay 3, 2013
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Alain de Botton ‘working hard in Seoul’
A picture of philosopher and author Alain de Botton posing with several Korean female fans went viral on social media on Friday. The Swiss author himself uploaded the picture with a short sentence “Working hard in Seoul” on Twitter Friday morning. In contrast to the words, Botton is apparently having a fun time, sporting a bright smile with some 10 female Korean fans who came to get a photo with him at a digital forum held in Seoul.De Botton visited Seoul for the second time since 2011 to partic
PeopleMay 3, 2013
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SHINee’s new album tops Billboard world chart
South Korean boy band SHINee ranked No.1 on Billboard’s world music chart.SM Entertainment said on Friday that SHINee’s third full album "Chapter 2 Why So Serious? – The Misconceptions of Me,” released online on April 26, topped the World Albums chart on Billboard, reflecting its worldwide popularity.The album also ranked first the same day in Hanteo Information System where overall sales of physical albums released in the country are recorded.With its unique sound and zombie-like dance moves, t
PerformanceMay 3, 2013
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Tupac’s godmother on FBI’s most wanted list
Joanne Deborah Chesimard, a murder convict who is also godmother and step-aunt of rapper Tupac Shakur, has been put on the most wanted list of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the first time a woman has made the list.The FBI on Thursday announced the new addition of Chesimard on the list and offered up to $1 million for information leading to her arrest. The New Jersey state police also offered an independent reward of $1 million.“This case is just as important today as it was when it h
PeopleMay 3, 2013
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Kentucky’s new poet laureate hears voices in sounds of silence
Writer Frank X Walker is driving to Alabama with a trunk full of books.The eight-hour trip is not out of the ordinary for Walker, who is promoting his latest collection of poems, “Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers” (University of Georgia Press, $16.95).Another job that will take him on the road starts this week: He is being installed as the 2013-14 Kentucky poet laureate, the first black writer and the youngest person to hold the post, in a ceremony as part of Kentucky Writers’ Day o
BooksMay 2, 2013
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Grisham sequel to ‘A Time to Kill’ to be published in Oct.
NEW YORK (AP) ― The defense attorney in John Grisham’s first novel, “A Time to Kill,” is returning to the courtroom.Grisham’s new book, “Sycamore Row,” will be published Oct. 22, the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group announced Wednesday. Like “A Time to Kill,” it will feature Jake Brigance as a lawyer in a small Mississippi town. Knopf Doubleday promises a trademark Grisham tale of “intrigue, suspense and plot twists.”“A Time to Kill” was published in 1989 and sold modestly. But after “The Firm”
BooksMay 2, 2013
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Mitch Albom switches publishers, has 3-book deal
NEW YORK (AP) ― Mitch Albom, one of the most popular U.S. authors, has a new publisher and a new novel coming this year.The author of “Tuesdays With Morrie” has a three-book deal with Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Albom’s previous publisher was the Disney-owned Hyperion.Harper told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Albom’s next book is called “The First Phone Call from Heaven.” The novel will tell of a small town where residents start receiving phone calls from those in th
BooksMay 2, 2013
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Questions for author Ben Greenman
Have you ever seen a juggler on a moving sidewalk? Ben Greenman, whose latest novel, “The Slippage,” was published Tuesday, ponders this and other wonders of life.A novelist, short-story writer, humorist and magazine editor, Greenman has observed, proverbially speaking, all sorts of jugglers in all sorts of circumstances. The results of his observations earn him the on-spot tagline “a poet of romantic angst in contemporary American life.”“I want to run out onto the balcony of my apartment and ye
BooksMay 2, 2013
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Resilience on, off the field
Hank Greenberg: The Hero of HeroesBy John Rosengren (New American Library)The game of baseball seemed grandly American in the 1930s. Players had cherubic names ― Birdie and Schoolboy, sounding like characters from a Broadway musical. Beneath the good times, though, breathed an awful hatred.In his new book, “Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes,” John Rosengren describes how the New York Yankees used to call up minor leaguers just to harass the Jewish baseball star from the bench.In the South, thin
BooksMay 2, 2013
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Book offers glimmers of redemption
The Humanity ProjectBy Jean Thompson (Blue Rider Press)My friend Beth says that we are all “dented cereal boxes.” Even the best among us occasionally think dark thoughts, make bad decisions, hurt the people we love and turn a blind eye to the suffering of others. With godlike power, Jean Thompson, author of “The Humanity Project,” throws her dented (and entirely recognizable) characters into the crucible of the American recession to reveal what it means to be human: flawed, and yet somehow worth
BooksMay 2, 2013
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Celebrated monk implores, ‘Never give up on life’
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn, the author of “No Death, No Fear,” “The Art of Power,” and “The Miracle of Mindfulness,” on Thursday encouraged sufferers of depression, anxiety and stress to never give up on life. “Emotion is just an emotion but we are much larger than emotions. Why do we have to kill ourselves because of such feelings that come and go?” he said at a press conference held in central Seoul on the day. Korea has topped the suicide rankings among OECD countries for the past several
CultureMay 2, 2013
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Rated-R theater ‘Caligula_Remix’ to open Uijeongbu festival
The infamously R-rated theater play, “Caligula_Remix,” with the famous line “I am God! Worship and blame me!” will open the 12th Uijeongbu International Music Theater Festival on May 4 as its Asian premier. “Caligula_Remix,” an adaptation of Albert Camu’s “Caligula,” tells the real-life story of Roman emperor Caligula’s suffering over the death of his sister and lover Drusilla as well as conflict between the tyrant and his rebel forces. Although there is no nudity involved, explicit verbal descr
PerformanceMay 2, 2013
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MODAFE 2013 to feature ‘dance and life’
The 2013 International Modern Dance Festival, one of the oldest modern-dance festivals in Korea, unveiled its lineup for the upcoming edition scheduled for later this month.Under the theme “Dance and Life,” a total of 18 works, both from home and abroad, are to be featured during this year’s festival. Among them, five are from overseas, including the festival’s highly anticipated opener “Babel.”A work by renowned Belgian choreographers Damien Jelet and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, “Babel” is based on t
PerformanceMay 2, 2013