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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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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Veteran to be reunited with girl he helped in Korean War
A Korean War veteran who helped a Korean girl with burn injuries receive treatment at a U.S. hospital 60 years ago will visit Seoul next week to be reunited with her after a decades-long search, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said Thursday.Richard Cadwallader, 82, was serving as a signalman in Suwon, south of Seoul, in 1953-54 when the then 12-year-old girl was brought to the base with severe burns. The former airman helped the girl receive emergency treatment and then arranged a
PeopleMarch 28, 2013
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Netherlands to celebrate last Queen’s Day on April 30
The Netherlands will celebrate its last Queen’s Day on April 30, its embassy in Seoul said Thursday.On the day Queen Beatrix will abdicate the throne and her oldest son, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, will become King Willem-Alexander. From next year, King’s Day will be celebrated on the birthday of King Willem-Alexander, which falls on April 27. But since April 27 is a Sunday in 2014, it will be celebrated on April 26 once. Since kings and queens in the Netherlands are not crowned, the c
PeopleMarch 28, 2013
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Actress Han Hye-jin denies marriage rumors
Actress Han Hye-jin has denied rumors that she is planning to marry soccer star Ki Sung-yueng.Speculation that the two were going to tie the knot in June surfaced soon after Han and Ki confirmed to the press that they were dating. On Thursday afternoon Han tweeted that the rumors are not true. “The reason I stepped up today is because I felt that I needed to clear up the misunderstanding that is going around at the moment.” The actress broke up with her boyfriend of nine years, R&B artist Naul,
PeopleMarch 28, 2013
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Arthouse film ‘Jeseul’ trailblazing at box office
The South Korean film “Jiseul” depicting the 1948 Jeju Massacre sold 42,300 tickets as of Thursday, an unexpected feat for the small-budget independent film.The black-and-white movie features some 120 people who try to escape from the soldiers ordered by the Korean government to kill every Jeju villager living beyond 5 kilometers of the coast. The movie title was named after “jiseul,” which means “potato” in Jeju dialect. Jiseul was a staple dish for refugees in the film. “’Jiseul’ deserves prai
FilmMarch 28, 2013
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[Newsmaker] MBC chief faces music after disputes
Is he a martyr for the previous administration’s broadcasting policy or a tyrant facing the music for his authoritarianism?Kim Jae-chul, who resigned on Wednesday after being voted out as chief of the state-subsidized broadcasting network MBC on Tuesday by the board of the broadcaster’s majority shareholder, Foundation for Broadcast Culture, had been at the center of controversy from the day he took charge at MBC in February 2010. Kim’s appointment was labeled “Lee Myung-bak cronyism” as he had
CultureMarch 27, 2013
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Surprises in traditional winter black and gray
There seemed to be a unifying theme in the fall/winter menswear collection of Seoul Fashion Week, which kicked off Monday, as designers presented safe variations of traditional tailored suits, and fitted or oversized overcoats. Black and gray dominated the color palette as expected for the season. But some twists and fun came from Vanhart di Albazar. For the third season Italian celebrity designer Lino leluzzi is working with designer Jung Doo-young, artistic director of the brand. Contrasts in
Arts & DesignMarch 27, 2013
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Opera Gallery greets spring with masterpieces
While the chill still lingers in the morning air, spring is here in flower buds waiting to bloom and warm breezes in the afternoon sun. Opera Gallery Seoul is celebrating the season with an exhibition of masterpieces by artists such as Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Bernard Buffet, Salvador Dali, Raoul Dufy and Rene Magritte. The exhibition “Le Sacre Du Printemps,” meaning the Rite of Spring, borrowed from the music of Stravinsky which premiered in Paris in 1913, features 70 artworks inspired by t
PerformanceMarch 27, 2013
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Applications open for hallyu magazine grant
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday said it was receiving grant applications for hallyu magazines seeking to advance overseas. The publications, to be eligible, should cover the areas of traditional, contemporary or pop culture in Korea. Seven selected magazines will receive up to 2.5 million won a month in subsidies to put toward translation of their content for six months. A total of 30 additional magazines will be supported with a translation stipend for their brochures a
CultureMarch 27, 2013
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Sejong arts center to support Korean-developed musicals
The Sejong Center for the Performing Arts will offer discounts on local musical performances in order to boost the domestic arts industry, the center’s president Bahg In-bae said on Monday. “The center charges an additional 30 percent fee to events that lease the performing halls for more than 15 days, of which the majority are musicals. However, we will exempt the fee for locally created musicals, which account for 10 percent of all musicals staged in Korea at the moment,” Bahg said at a press
CultureMarch 27, 2013
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‘Altar’: Traditional dance meets modern fashion
As if directing fashion brands KUHO and LEBEIGE wasn’t enough, it seems Jung Kuho can’t get enough of dance. After the Korean National Ballet’s “Poise” last year, in which he participated as the stage art director and costume designer, Jung is ahead of his second dance show ― this time with the National Dance Company of Korea.The state-run traditional dance troupe was founded in 1962 with the aim of creating and performing new dances based solely on Korea’s traditional dance. The upcoming show,
PerformanceMarch 27, 2013
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CNBLUE to hold additional concerts in H.K., Malaysia
CNBLUE will add two more concerts to the group’s world tour after selling out all the tickets for their stops in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.On Tuesday FNC Entertainment announced that the shows for the Blue Moon World Tour 2013 were sold out in the three locations. Tickets for the 7,000 seats at the Hong Kong concert sold out in about five minutes, prompting the quartet to add one more show on May 10 in response to fan requests. Now the group will perform in Hong Kong for two days, on May 1
March 27, 2013
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Love in Hong Kong, 1957
Long before Jung Woo-sung and Gao Yuanyuan’s romance “A Good Rain Knows” (2009), there was Kim Jin-kyu and Lucilla Yu Ming’s “Love with an Alien” (1957).The first Korea-Hong Kong joint production film has been rediscovered and its digitized version will be screened for the first time in Seoul next month. Co-directed by Korean director Jeon Chang-geun and Shanghai-born, Hong Kong-based director Tu Gwang-qi, “Love with an Alien” is also the oldest surviving color feature film archived in Korea. Th
FilmMarch 27, 2013
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Contestant dies during filming of French 'Survivor'
Filming of the French version of the hit reality TV show "Survivor" has been cancelled after a contestant died of a heart attack on a tropical Cambodian island on the first day.French broadcaster TF1 said it had axed the 2013 season of the show, called "Koh Lanta", after 25-year-old Gerald Babin fell ill on Friday during filming on Koh Rong off Cambodia's southwestern coast.Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon said the TV crew had planned to spend five months in the kingdom."The contestants hav
TelevisionMarch 27, 2013
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Seoul holds travel fair in Paris
Seoul City government and the Seoul Tourism Organization jointly held a travel fair in Paris in a collaboration project to attract interest in traveling to Korea.Korean Air and Asiana Air’s French branches and specialized Europe inbound travel agencies including Jane Tour & DMC and Kims Travel participated in the event to introduce Korea tour packages to some 100 French travel industry workers. Featuring traditional “hanok” houses, the Gangnam district including Cheongdam-dong, Apgujeong-dong an
TravelMarch 27, 2013
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Searching for 15 minutes of fame
There has long been a tradition of open mics in Korea, with many coming and going as their founders or artists ― who are mostly expats ― move on to other cities or countries.However, a few open mics have latched on to longevity across the country. Some have been going for many years, while other newer events hope to stick it out longer than their predecessors. One of the longest-running open mics is in Busan at OL’55 in the Kyungsung University area. Mike Edmunds arrived in Korea in 2006 and beg
Expat LivingMarch 26, 2013
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Orientation session for Seoul newcomers
Itaewon Global Village Center is running an orientation session Friday for foreign residents who are new to Seoul.A presentation will give an introduction to the city’s services and tips on living in the city, before a question and answer session. Guides and maps will also be given out.The session will run at the center’s offices in Itaewon from 10:30 a.m. To attend, please give advanced notice by contacting (02) 2199-8884 or itaewon@sba.seoul.kr.To get to the center, leave Itaewon Station Exit
Expat LivingMarch 26, 2013
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Foreigners’ flea market in Seoul on Saturday
Seoul Global Center will run a Foreigners’ Flea Market on Saturday at the Seoul Folk Flea Market in Sinseol-dong.All stalls must be staffed by at least one expat, but Koreans can help out at stalls run by a foreign vendor. Participating as a vendor is free of charge but those who wish to participate must register by Thursday.Those going are asked not to use a car for transport as the area is pedestrian-only on Saturdays. The market will be held from noon until 4 p.m.To get to the Seoul Folk Mark
Expat LivingMarch 26, 2013
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Seoul KOTESOL to hold conference
Seoul KOTESOL holds its conference Saturday at Sookmyung Women’s University.The conference will focus on practical ideas for teaching students of all ages that can be quickly put to use.After an initial keynote presentation, there will be four 45-minute sessions, with a lunch break at noon. There will be a choice of four classes for each session. The conference will end with three “pecha kucha” speed slide-show presentations.The conference runs at the southern half of the university campus from
Expat LivingMarch 26, 2013
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High-tech kabuki theater set to open in Tokyo
TOKYO (AFP) ― The curtain is about to go up at a new theater dedicated to Japan’s centuries-old kabuki-za performing art, sited in a high-tech venue in a 29-storey Tokyo office building.The theater in the upscale Ginza shopping district, which will open to the public at the start of next month, will let audiences use portable monitors to read subtitles to explain the sometimes difficult to understand art form.The service will be available only in Japanese at first. But theater managers hope to i
PerformanceMarch 26, 2013
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Paper never looked so beautiful
The following is part of a series exploring unique museums, collections and the passionate collectors behind them. ― Ed.The wonders that can be created with something as seemingly simple as a piece of paper are awe-inspiring. Although paper is used in everyday life on such regular basis, its intrinsic and artistic value is oftentimes overlooked. Beyond its practical uses such as material for printing and jotting down notes, paper itself is actually a form of artistic expression. Despite the adva
CultureMarch 26, 2013