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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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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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S. Korea’s candidate for WTO top post named ambassador for economic affairs
Former South Korean trade minister Bark Tae-ho, who is running for the top post of the World Trade Organization, was appointed as an ambassador for economic and trade affairs, the foreign ministry said Monday. The appointment is “aimed at supporting former trade minister Bark’s campaign activities for the director-general of the WTO,” the ministry said in a statement. Bark is one of nine candidates who have applied for the WTO’s top job. Other competitors include Herminio Blanco Mendoza, a forme
PeopleMarch 25, 2013
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Incheon Airport to hold anniversary concerts
Incheon International Airport will hold concerts to celebrate its feat of ranking at the top of the Airport Service Quality survey for eight successive years and the 12th anniversary of its opening. The concerts will be staged in the Center Millennium Hall on the first floor of the passenger terminal of the airport for one hour from 4 p.m. every day, March 27-31.They will feature the INSIEM philharmonic orchestra; an internationally acclaimed Korean composer and pianist Yiruma; Kim Won-jung, a s
PeopleMarch 25, 2013
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Russia to open first cultural center in South Korea early next year
Russia is expected to establish its first cultural center in South Korea early next year with the aim of promoting Russian culture and facilitating cultural exchanges between the two nations, a diplomatic source said Monday. “The governments of Korea and Russia have been in close consultation to set up the Russian cultural center in Seoul,” the source said on the condition of anonymity. Seoul and Moscow have been pushing to hold a bilateral summit between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and
PeopleMarch 25, 2013
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Cho to head Korean Pavilion at 2014 Venice Biennale
Architect Cho Min-suk has been named the commissioner of the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2014, the state cultural agency Arts Council of Korea announced on Monday. Cho will be in charge of selecting architects and planning the Korean Pavilion for the architecture exhibition. Cho runs his own architecture firm, Mass Studies in Korea. Its representative projects include the “Dalki Theme Park,” in Paju, “Nature Poem,” and “World Expo 2010 Shanghai: Korea Pavilion,” for which Cho received the
CultureMarch 25, 2013
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Unification Church foundation ousts founder’s son as chairman
Less than a year after the death of Moon Sun-myung, founder of the Unification Church, his widow, Han Hak-ja seems to have consolidated power at the organization. Han is referred to as the True Mother in the religious group with reportedly more than 3 million members and a number of successful business enterprises. Tongil Foundation, the umbrella organization that controls Tongil Group with 12 affiliates and the Unification Church, on Sunday announced the appointment of Park No-hee as the chairm
PeopleMarch 25, 2013
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Webtoon artists given a new profit channel
NHN Corporation, operator of the country’s largest search engine Naver, introduced what is called a “page profit sharing,” or PPS, program to make its webtoon services more profitable for the writers. “PPS is a business package in which we introduce a revenue model to a webtoon page and share the profit with the author,” said Kim Joon-ku, director of Naver Books.Webtoon -- a series of comic strips published through the Internet -- was originally provided for free to local readers. PPS now allows
CultureMarch 25, 2013
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Concerns of traveling to India rise due to safety issues
“Yoga,” “healing” and “tranquility” are words Koreans often link to India. The movie “Eat, Pray & Love” portrayed a peaceful and meditating Indian lifestyle, as the main character was filmed praying about her worries and finding an answer to her anxieties. These dreamy images of India, however, were shattered by the gang rape of an Indian girl on a bus in south Delhi last December. Shortly after the incident, the alleged drug rape of a Korean college student and gang rape of a Swiss woman have f
TravelMarch 25, 2013
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Park Jin-young reveals closure of U.S. operations
CEO and founder of one of the country’s “big three” record labels JYP Entertainment Park Jin-young, also referred to as JYP, revealed on Friday that he has shut the doors of his company’s New York City office and U.S. subsidiary corporation “JYP Creative” in November of last year after only a year in operation. The subsidiary JYP Creative was first established in November 2011 and it was reported that Park invested approximately $1.2 million in the branch to assist in his agency’s promotional ac
PerformanceMarch 24, 2013
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Tongyeong festival retains independent streak
The small South Gyeongsang Province city of Tongyeong was clearly in a festive mood Friday as its annual Tongyeong International Music Festival kicked off. The streets were adorned with flags and signboards about the event and local merchants were busy selling delicacies and other goods to mark one of the most celebrated festivals for contemporary classical music in Asia. Students and young artists gathered at the city’s port and enjoyed free performances that were held as part of a fringe festi
CultureMarch 24, 2013
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Vivienne Westwood outshines Handel at ‘Semele Walk’
Semele Walk, the opening piece for the Tongyeong International Music Festival featured on Friday evening in its Asian premiere, was as strong as it could get from the beginning. Musicians loosely holding their instruments in rainbow-colored hair and dark eyeliner with funky garments appeared on the catwalk and seated at the front row. As soon as the orchestra started playing the quintessential Baroque tunes of the great George Friedrich Handel, flocks of models sashayed the catwalk, flaunting th
CultureMarch 24, 2013
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‘Father of African literature,’ Chinua Achebe, dies at 82
NEW YORK (AP) ― Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with “Things Fall Apart’’ and continued for decades to rewrite and reclaim the history of his native country, has died. He was 82.Achebe died following a brief illness, said his agent, Andrew Wylie. His death in Boston was confirmed by Brown University, where he taught.His eminence worldwide was rivaled only by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison and a
CultureMarch 24, 2013
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‘Book of Mormon’ already breaks record in London
NEW YORK (AP) ― The seemingly unstoppable hit “The Book of Mormon’’ has broken another record ― this time on the oter side of the Atlantic. The quirky, profane musical opened Thursday night to some critical bashing, but the next day earned the highest one-day gross in London theater history. Between 10 a.m. and midnight Friday, 2.1 million pounds ($3.2 million) worth of tickets were sold at the box office, according to final figures. By comparison, the Broadway version only earned $1.5 million t
CultureMarch 24, 2013
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Ellen DeGeneres wows audience for Aussie filming
SYDNEY (AP) ― Ellen DeGeneres was applauded by a rapturous Aussie audience like a cherished part of the family as she introduced her Australian-born wife, Portia de Rossi, on a Sydney Harbour-side stage on Saturday to begin pre-recording Down Under segments for her popular U.S. TV show.The Emmy Award-winning talk-show host arrived in Sydney with her mom, Betty DeGeneres, and de Rossi on Friday after a 14-hour flight from Los Angeles for a six-day filming trip to Australia.“I’m moving here, it’s
TelevisionMarch 24, 2013
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My Chemical Romance breaks up after 11 years
NEW YORK (AP) ― The chemistry is over: rock outfit My Chemical Romance has disbanded.The New Jersey-based band announced Saturday that “it has come time for it to end.” The foursome thanked fans in a statement and said the experience was “a true blessing.”My Chemical Romance’s sound is a mix of alternative, punk rock and pop. Band members released their debut album in 2002 but really made a splash on the music scene in 2004 with the platinum-selling “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.” It featured
PerformanceMarch 24, 2013
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Depp, Stewart win at slimy Kids’ Choice Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Johnny Depp and Kristen Stewart avoided slime ― mostly ― while picking up blimp-shaped trophies at the Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday.The “Dark Shadows” star won as favorite movie actor at the 26th annual awards extravaganza, while the “Twilight” leading lady was selected as favorite movie actress and female butt-kicker.“Dude, I was too much of a coward to accept this,” she said embracing the slime slathered on the podium at the University of Southern California’s Galen Cente
TelevisionMarch 24, 2013
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N. Korean movie to be shown at Hawaii, Wisconsin film festivals
A North Korean movie that has made its debut in the United States last month will be shown at two more film festivals in the United States, a media report said Saturday.The romantic comedy made jointly by North Korean, British and Belgian film producers has been invited to the Hawaii and Wisconsin film events slated for April, Radio Free Asia said. The movie is set and filmed in Pyongyang, and portrays the life of Kim Yong-mi, a 28-year-old coal miner, who overcomes hardships to fulfill her drea
PeopleMarch 24, 2013
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Bahk to head fund to write off long overdue debt
Bahk Byong-won, chairman of the Korea Federation of Banks, was tapped to concurrently head a fund for helping restore the credit of long-term delinquents, industry sources said. The “National Happiness Fund,” scheduled to be formally launched this week, will select the 61-year-old as chairman at a shareholders’ meeting. The board will consist of Bahk and other members, who are chairmen of the General Insurance Association of Korea, the Korea Life Insurance Association, the Korea Financial Inves
PeopleMarch 24, 2013
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Nobel laureate lectures on universe at Songdo Global University
George F. Smoot, a Nobel laureate and Big Bang theorist, gave a public lecture at Songdo Global University in Incheon on Saturday, the Incheon Center for International Cooperation & Exchange (ICICE) said. The astrophysicist explained interesting cosmic phenomena, including the history of the universe, to the audience of hundreds of teenage students, their parents and Incheon citizens. He also called on the youth to continue to study in various fields without letting up in order to catch up with
PeopleMarch 24, 2013
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Tilda Swinton performs art of sleeping in NYC
Actress Tilda Swinton is performing the art of sleeping at New York City's Museum of Modern Art.A musem spokeswoman says the ``Moonrise Kingdom'' star presented her one-person piece called ``The Maybe'' on Saturday.In ``The Maybe,'' Swinton lies sleeping in a glass box for the day. The exhibit will move locations within the museum every time Swinton performs.There is no published schedule for the piece, which will occur about a half dozen more times through the end of the year.Swinton first perf
FilmMarch 24, 2013
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The modern library revolution
In today’s increasingly digital world, collecting and enjoying books may seem outdated. Nonetheless, many still remain attached to paper books as they allow for a “comprehensive” experience. “I love the feeling of turning the pages, which is a special experience. Paper books will always be closer to my heart,” said Chung Hye-sun, a 34-year-old office worker. In order to survive in the digital era, many libraries are specializing, devoting their shelves to a specific category or language, for exa
CultureMarch 22, 2013