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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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SPO to hike ticket prices
The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra will raise ticket prices to make ends meet, the newly appointed CEO of the state-subsidized organization said Thursday. “The price was set when SPO was not so popular. After so many years, we need to rationalize our ticket price,” said Park Hyung-jung, who was inaugurated on Feb. 1, at a press meeting on Thursday. Today, the SPO led by Maestro Chung Myung-whun has become arguably the nation’s most popular orchestra with its 2013 season tickets being sold out. Tic
PeopleFeb. 14, 2013
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Syrian official warns of trafficking in antiquities
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) ― A Syrian government official warned Wednesday of rampant trafficking in antiquities from his country and appealed for U.N. help in halting the illicit trade that has flourished during the nearly 23-month-long civil war.Syria’s turmoil has increasingly threatened the country’s rich archaeological heritage but the issue of smuggling artifacts has taken a back seat to more dramatic images as some of the most significant sites got caught in the crossfire between regime forces an
CultureFeb. 14, 2013
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Korean director frustrated with Hollywood system
It seems that his first foray into Hollywood wasn’t so easy for famed director Kim Jee-woon.“Hollywood may not be so great for (Korean) filmmakers,” said the director, after the press premiere of his Hollywood debut “The Last Stand” in Seoul on Wednesday.Kim, best known for his 2003 horror “A Tale of Two Sisters” and 2010 thriller “I Saw the Devil,” is back with a $30-million English-language film featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead. Directing the action flick in the U.S. was “lonely” a
FilmFeb. 14, 2013
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Best Actress winners to present at Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Best Actress Oscar winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will be among the presenters at next week’s 85th Academy Awards, organizers said Wednesday. The four are the latest addition to the presenting cast at the February 24 show, which already includes former honorees Meryl Streep and Catherine Zeta-Jones.Berry won the award for her performance in “Monster’s Ball” (2001), Bullock for 2009’s “The Blind Side,” Kidman for “The Hours” (2002) and
FilmFeb. 14, 2013
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‘Legend of 2PM’ shoots to top of Oricon Chart
2PM’s second Japanese album, “Legend of 2PM” ranked first place on the Oricon Charts. “Legend of 2PM has sold six times more copies than the album in second place on the Oricon Chart. The sales numbers prove their popularity,” said a representative from JYP, the group’s agency.The second album contains 13 tracks in all with nine new tracks and four from their previously released singles including “Masquerade,” “Beautiful,” “If You are Here,” and “Forever.”Last year was a breakthrough year for 2P
PerformanceFeb. 14, 2013
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Twenty One Pilots to unleash ‘schizoid pop’ live in Seoul
From self-releasing albums to being named one of the “2013 Artists to Watch” by MTV, the two members of the alternative pop rock band Twenty One Pilots are making a name for themselves as a dynamic music force to be reckoned with this year. Tyler Joseph formed the band Twenty One Pilots in 2009 with a couple of his college buddies, putting out two self-released albums. Joseph later met drummer Josh Dun through a mutual friend and the two ended up forming a duo. “The first time we hung out, we st
PerformanceFeb. 14, 2013
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Psy to be on postage stamps
A set of postage stamps featuring Psy, the singer of the global hit “Gangnam Style,” will be released next week, the performer’s local management agency said Thursday.The stamps will hit shelves Monday to “commemorate the global success of ‘Gangnam Style,’” YG Entertainment said.The video for the song became the most-viewed YouTube clip in December, topping 1 billion hits, and broke the 1.3 billion mark early this week.The stamp series includes six stamps on three artistic cards, both featuring
PeopleFeb. 14, 2013
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ACRC chairman elected Asian director
Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission chairman Lee Sung-bo has been elected as one of three Asian directors of the International Ombudsman Institute, the commission said Thursday.The institute was established by 147 ombudsman institutions from around 100 countries in Vienna, Austria in 1978 to share their experiences of promoting civil rights.Six candidates, including Lee, ran for Asian director in an electronic vote held Wednesday. Three contestants ― Lee, Panit Nitithanprapas, chief ombuds
PeopleFeb. 14, 2013
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Actress models in NYT bibimbap ad
Hallyu actress Lee Young-ae appeared in the Feb. 13 edition of the New York Times as a model advertising bibimbap. The advert in the U.S. daily newspaper was taken out by professor Seo Kyoung-duk of Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul, who has promoted Korea overseas.The advertisement shows Lee in hanbok, smiling under the large headline “Bibimbap?” It also introduces her as an actress who shot to hallyu fame after playing a historical cook-turned-royal physician in the Joseon Era in a Korean T
PeopleFeb. 14, 2013
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Teens ‘sleep texting’ and don‘t remember
Some teens and adults are so connected with their smartphones they answer the buzz in their sleep and don‘t know they’re “sleep texting,” a U.S. expert says.Elizabeth Dowdell, a nursing professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, said her research involves Internet safety and many have told her about texts other people tell them they made but don‘t remember making.“Many parents tell me, ’My child is so connected they never leave their cellphone and they have it on their nightstand and the
CultureFeb. 14, 2013
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Profiles of minister-nominees: Yoo Jin-ryong, Culture, sports and tourism
Yoo, a former vice culture minister and the current dean of Hallyu Graduate School at the Catholic University of Korea, has been named as the new culture minister. He received his bachelor’s degree in commerce and trade from Seoul National University, and a Ph.D in public administration from Hanyang University. Yoo became a public official in 1978 and served a number of positions in the nation’s cultural sector, including the secretary-general of Korea National University of Arts, and deputy sec
CultureFeb. 13, 2013
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Salt of the earth in Sinan, Yeonggwang
In the far southern villages of Sinan and Yeonggwang in South Jeolla Province, there are endless salt farms glaring with white crystalline under the sizzling sun. They are the so-called salterns, and appear on the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tentative List. “Salterns are the result of human interaction with the environment and are also an outstanding example of sea water usage. They show the continuity of a living culture in which people have long employed the natural environment to produce items
CultureFeb. 13, 2013
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Large Baekje cemetery discovered on southern island
Archeologists have discovered 38 graves from the sixth to seventh century on an island off of South Korea's southern coast, which were hailed as a rare find, even in the country's inland areas. The graves were part of the Baekje cemetery on Sangtae Island off Sinan, 410 kilometers south of Seoul, and were first discovered on a field survey conducted by a regional university from 1986 to 1987. Baekje was an ancient Korean kingdom that existed in the southwestern part of the Korean Peninsula from
CultureFeb. 13, 2013
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Salt farm, full of history and life
Salt existed before mankind. Indeed, animals noticed the true value of salt before any humans became aware of it. All animals naturally eat salt based on their natural appetite. Humans observed animals’ behavior and slowly followed their lead. Salt was very difficult to find back when humans carried no tools; people had to find tiny specks of saline crust on shore rocks and from tidal pools that had dried up. It finally became easily attainable when humans started to use tools to obtain salt fro
CultureFeb. 13, 2013
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Weather’s silver lining: coat comfort on runways
NEW YORK (AP) ― Rain, snow, ice. There’s a lot of grumbling about the stiletto-adverse weather during New York Fashion Week. But there’s a silver lining: cozy coats, especially styles with oversized fur hoods, never looked better.Phillip Lim, for his 3.1 brand, sent out his big coats in navy and black during a show in a cavernous space south of the Lincoln Center tents.Houndstooth set off one of Tommy Hilfiger’s coats for women. On a bomber jacket, he moved the comfy lining to the outside, putti
Arts & DesignFeb. 13, 2013
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More than just coffee at some cafes
Coffee shops and cafs are an important part of Seoul’s cultural atmosphere. Indeed, their incredible popularity becomes apparent walking down almost any street in Seoul. Multiple cafes line the streets, some several stories tall. And they are packed with people. Most of the cafes on the main streets are chain brands, offering space of one’s own for those who need a quick escape from the cramped city life. If there is one thing that all of these cafes have in common, it is that they are very mund
CultureFeb. 13, 2013
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Mecenat Council, Arts Council Korea to help artists receive grants
Korean companies are encouraged to support local arts organizations through a grant-matching program run by the Korean Business Council for the Arts and Arts Council Korea. The KBCA, dubbed the Mecenat Council, announced on Wednesday that the two organizations will start accepting registrations from both private companies and arts organizations to match grant seekers and providers.In its seven years, the system has contributed to building partnerships between companies and artists in Korea. The
PerformanceFeb. 13, 2013
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Review of ‘blah’ memoir wins Hatchet Job prize
LONDON (AP) ― A critic who dismissed a divorce memoir as a stew of “vague literary blah’’ has won a prize celebrating the year’s most lacerating book reviews.Camilla Long’s review of Rachel Cusk’s “Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation’’ for the Sunday Times newspaper was named winner of the Hatchet Job of the Year Award on Tuesday.Long acknowledged finding the book ― in which Cusk, an award-winning novelist, recounts the breakdown of her marriage ― full of narrative gaps and “quite simply, biza
BooksFeb. 13, 2013
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Peru archeologists find ancient temple
LIMA (AFP) ― Peruvian archeologists have discovered a temple believed to be about 5,000 years old at the ancient El Paraison archeological site in a valley just north of Lima, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday.If the date is confirmed, it would be among the oldest sites in the world, comparable to the ancient city of Caral, a coastal city some 200 kilometers to the north.The discovery, dubbed the Temple of Fire, was found in one of the wings of El Paraiso’s main pyramid. It includes a hearth tha
CultureFeb. 13, 2013
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And the Oscar for Best Nap Time goes to ...
NEW YORK (AP) ― Nancy Zwiers was genuinely psyched to see “Lincoln,’’ but something happened between the ticket purchase and the credits. Off screen, that is.“Yes, I fell asleep,’’ confessed the 54-year-old. “I only have two clear memories of the movie: a bunch of old white guys sitting around talking and Sally Field in a perpetual state of angst.’’That was shortly after its release in October. Fast forward to January, and a dozen Academy Award nominations for the 150-minute epic and another acc
FilmFeb. 13, 2013