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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Spring lunch at Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
The hotel’s barbecue restaurant Myongwolgwan presents a special spring lunch menu from April 1 to June 30. The fresh and healthy menu designed by the restaurant’s head chef, Yeom Young-il, features hanwoo bulgogi (200 g), yeongchae and seasonal spring vegetables. The spring menu has been created to help guests regain their appetite. The cuisine contains protein, vitamins and vital amino acids. Korean kings used to eat yeongchae every spring to regain energy. The menu is only available from noon
FoodMarch 29, 2013
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Outdoor Beer Garden at Renaissance Seoul Hotel
The hotel opens its outdoor Beer Garden from April 5 to Oct. 31. The promotion offers several packages between 6 and 10 p.m, including unlimited beer and grilled snack buffet menus at a reasonable price. You can enjoy an unlimited sausage and meat barbecue buffet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and a seafood barbecue buffet on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both packages include unlimited organic salad buffet, bread, soup, dessert and unlimited draft beer, soju and makgeolli. The sausage and meat b
FoodMarch 29, 2013
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Delicious tea at Imperial Palace Seoul
The hotel’s lounge Delmar presents various healthy teas for visitors who want to protect themselves from the effects of yellow dust. Wild ginseng tea, created by brewing ginseng, jujube and medicinal herbs is designed to strengthen the immune system for those who already have accumulated yellow dust in their bodies. The hotel will also offer ssanghwa tea, ginseng tea, ginger tea and more. Traditional rice cakes decorated with spring flowers will also be offered to all guests. The price starts fr
FoodMarch 29, 2013
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Sea bream promotion at JW Marriott Hotel Seoul
The hotel’s Japanese restaurant is offering sea bream as part of a special promotion this spring. The promotion includes sea bream sashimi, grilled sea bream head and a range of Korean and Japanese-style sea bream stews. The grilled sea bream head, cooked with a variety of fresh spring bamboo shoots, vegetables and mushrooms, brings out the full flavor and texture of the prized flesh found at the head of the fish. The sea bream promotion includes both a la carte dishes and set menus, with a la c
FoodMarch 29, 2013
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Radish soup, (mu guk)
In this radish soup (mu guk), I used a quick method, common in Korean cooking, to make a beef soup base. The thinly sliced beef is seasoned with guk ganjang (soup soy sauce) and sauted before being boiled in water. The result is a broth with a deep flavor that deliciously complements the white radish. 4 servingsIngredients:● 170 grams beef brisket (or beef chuck)● 2 teaspoons minced garlic, divided● 340 grams Korean radish (mu)● 2 scallions● 2 tablespoons guk ganjang (soup soy sauce*), divided ●
FoodMarch 29, 2013
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Enjoy spring greens in style
In Korea, the spring table is synonymous with vegetables. As trees flower and the days grow longer, supermarkets stock up with a dizzying variety of delectable greens that can be eaten raw, roasted, blanched or piled into soups and pancakes for crunch, fragrance and an overall sense of goodness. Spring cabbage, fatsia shoots and other delicacies pop up on menus throughout the city as well, including that of Dadam ― a Korean fine dining restaurant run by CJ Group subsidiary CJ N City ― that opene
FoodMarch 29, 2013
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Man inherits $362K from dad he never knew
An out-of-work truck driver in Australia is inheriting a $362,425 estate from the father he never knew, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling.The man, identified in court papers only as AMH, was named the sole heir of his father by the court following a DNA test that proved the deceased man, a businessman and member of the ancient Rosicrusianism secret society, was his true father, the Brisbane Courier-Mail reported Friday.The court was told the man believed he had another father for 50 years until h
PeopleMarch 29, 2013
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'X Factor’ off to bad start after just 1 hopeful shows up
British television music competition “X Factor” may be waning in terms of popularity.On Tuesday, Colchester, Essex, saw only one participant for the show’s regional audition, according to British media.The contestant, Cher Townrow, appeared to have entered by mere chance, as she said, “I was walking home and saw it on the sign for the auditions.”Despite being the sole contender, she failed to capture producers’ hearts and had to head back home. “At home I can sing brilliantly, but it didn’t happ
TelevisionMarch 29, 2013
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Designer with no boundaries
With the recent release of his book “Fashion is Passion,” veteran designer Lie Sang-bong can now add “author” to his long list of job titles ― which currently includes fashion designer, nude model and goodwill ambassador for several institutions that range from Goodwill Seoul Design Olympics, the Hangul Association, Korean Green Organization, Esmod and more. Commemorating 33 years as a fashion designer, Lie looked dapper at his press conference held at the Press Center in Seoul on Monday. Rockin
BooksMarch 28, 2013
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Hemon’s short stories as remarkable as his literature
Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he arrived, war broke out in Yugoslavia. Hemon was stranded. In the years since, as he settled into this country and became an acclaimed writer ― one of Chicago’s finest contemporary writers and arguably its most important literary talent since Saul B
BooksMarch 28, 2013
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Writer covers lots of territory
Middle CBy William H. Gass (Knopf)There’s an amusing and apt anecdote about William H. Gass, whose exhausting but also exhilarating new novel, “Middle C,” has just been published.During a 1978 debate, novelist John Gardner explained how he and Gass were different by stating that “my 707 will fly and his is too encrusted with gold to get off the ground.”Gass ― who loves metaphor and surely enjoyed this one ― was quick with his reply: “There is always that danger. But what I really want is to have
BooksMarch 28, 2013
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Moral quandaries, lost love
The StorytellerBy Jodi Picoult (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)Jodi Picoult is a familiar name to those of us who race through the Hudson News stores at the airport just before we board a plane. We are smug in our certainty ― we know what we’re getting when we pluck one of her novels from the pile. Her prose goes down easy, and she fills her stories with characters confronted by moral quandaries and life-changing decisions.That’s certainly the case in “The Storyteller,” which opens with the narration
BooksMarch 28, 2013
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Publisher speeds up e-book access for libraries
NEW YORK (AP) ― The publisher of Khaled Hosseini, Harlan Coben and other popular authors has decided that it’s comfortable with letting libraries offer e-book editions of brand new releases.Starting Tuesday, libraries can offer e-books from Penguin Group (USA) at the same time that the hardcover comes out, a switch from the previous policy of delaying downloads for six months, the publisher told the Associated Press. While vastly more e-books are available to libraries compared with a few years
BooksMarch 28, 2013
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New Orleans Jazz Festival to celebrate native American heritage
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― As this year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival’s detailed lineup was released Tuesday, a month before the gates open, organizers said they are energized and expecting to build on last year’s growth in attendance.“Last year’s festival was really special,’’ festival producer Quint Davis said at a news conference. “It was the first to show attendance going up a notch. We came out of last year with tremendous momentum and after 44 years to be relevant and growing is a treme
PerformanceMarch 28, 2013
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British actress Swinton takes an artful nap at Museum of Modern Art
NEW YORK (AP) ― It’s not the kind of performance that will win her another Academy Award, but British actress Tilda Swinton certainly has people buzzing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.But keep quiet, please. She’s trying to sleep.The “Moonrise Kingdom’’ star has been engaging in a different kind of performance art. She’s presenting a one-person piece called “The Maybe,’’ in which she lies sleeping in a glass box for the day. The first performance was over the weekend, and the museu
PerformanceMarch 28, 2013
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Mars, Venus lose body parts as Berlusconi ‘surgery’ reversed
ROME (AFP) ― An ancient statue of Mars has lost its fake penis and his counterpart Venus her hands, in the reversal of cosmetic changes ordered by Italy’s ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, a newspaper reported Wednesday.In 2010 Berlusconi decided the two marble statues adorning the official residence of the prime minister were “incomplete” and ordered a swift intervention to remedy their shortcomings.In a move which horrified the art world, Mars was touched up with a fake penis, shield, hand
PerformanceMarch 28, 2013
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Korea targets 16m tourists a year
The country’s tourism sector is targeted for a renewed boost under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s new five-year plan. With the goal of attracting 16 million foreign visitors to Korea annually by the year 2017, the ministry will implement a number of initiatives, including medical tourism clusters in Daegu and Osong, North Chungcheong Province, designed to utilize the two cities’ infrastructure as government-designated medical clusters. In its report to President Park Geun-hye on T
CultureMarch 28, 2013
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Goo Hara, Yong Jun-hyung split
Goo Hara from Kara and Yong Jun-hyung from B2ST are a couple no more.Music industry insiders said the two, who had been dating since 2011, have broken up. On Wednesday, Cube Entertainment and DSP Media both confirmed that Goo Hara and Yong Jun-hyung have parted ways.“Goo Hara and Yong Jun-hyung decided to remain good colleagues,” stated DSP Media. “Due to their busy schedules, the two weren’t able to see each other often, and they decided to end their relationship.” Cube Entertainment also conf
PeopleMarch 28, 2013
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For Lee Soo-young, 2nd time is sweeter
Lee Soo-young released her second cover album “Classic: The Second Remake” on Thursday.“Lee Soo-young was thankful to be on ‘I Am a Singer 2.’ During the show she said that she was able to redevelop her love and passion for singing,” said T Entertainment on Wednesday. “This album expresses Lee’s emotions from back in the days when she wanted to go up on stage very badly.” The singer also said through her agency that she was very pleased to share the songs with her fans, and that she hoped that e
March 28, 2013
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The Cure, Foals to join Ansan Valley Rock Fest headliners
Eleven new acts have been announced for the second lineup of this year’s inaugural Ansan Valley Rock Festival.The four acts that will be joining Nine Inch Nails, The XX, fun. and Coheed & Cambria as the overseas headliners are British alternative rock band The Cure, the Foals, the Hurts and the punk rockers of Yellowcard. The local band second lineup includes Nell, Galaxy Express, Daybreak, Dear Cloud, E Z Hyoung, 2nd Moon and Achime. These acts will be joining the festival along with the previo
PerformanceMarch 28, 2013