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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Psy to release new song in April
Korean rapper Psy said Monday that his next song would likely be released in April.“I’ve already finished the song, but it has been hellish trying to make the music video,” he told reporters at Incheon International Airport. The rapper achieved worldwide recognition last year for his music video “Gangnam Style,” the first to hit 1 billion views on YouTube. Last month the video surpassed 1.2 billion views.The singer recently starred in a Super Bowl ad for Wonderful Pistachios, a popular snack bra
PerformanceFeb. 5, 2013
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‘Last’ Soderbergh film, French divas battle at Berlinale
BERLIN (AFP) ― Steven Soderbergh’s “last” movie, a battle of French screen icons and daring looks at homosexuality in the Catholic Church will vie for gold at the Berlin film festival starting Thursday.The 63rd Berlinale will open with martial arts epic “The Grandmaster” by Chinese arthouse favourite Wong Kar Wai (“In the Mood for Love”), who will also lead the jury handing out the Golden Bear top prize on Feb. 16.Nineteen productions including big-budget Hollywood movies, new work by European v
FilmFeb. 5, 2013
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Korean-foreign productions create buzz for 2013
Famed filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming Hollywood debut “Snowpiercer” is already creating much buzz in the film industry, and looks to be one of the most anticipated Korean-foreign joint productions of the year. The sci-fi film, jointly distributed by Korea’s CJ Entertainment and American film studio The Weinstein Company, features Tilda Swinton, Chris Evans and Jamie Bell, along with Korean heavyweight Song Kang-ho. But “Snowpiercer” isn’t the only film that moviegoers should be excited about.
FilmFeb. 5, 2013
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‘Architecture 101’ producer heads KFPA
Film producer Lee Eun, whose works include last year’s hit romance “Architecture 101” and 2011 animated film “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild,” has been appointed the new head of the Korean Film Producers Association, the organization said on Monday.Lee, along with his wife and film producer Shim Jae-myung, founded their film house Myung Films in 1995. Their box office hits include “The Contact” (1997), “Joint Security Area” (2000), and “Forever the Moment” (2008). Lee and Shim last year announced t
FilmFeb. 5, 2013
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Scholar to lead SUNY Buffalo alumni in Korea
English literature professor Kim Seong-kon, who is also director of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, has been elected president of the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY Buffalo) Alumni Association of Korea.Kim, who received his Ph.D. in English from the university, has been teaching at Seoul National University. He was appointed the director of LTI Korea in 2012. In the same year, he received the International Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mat
BooksFeb. 5, 2013
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Cheonggye Stream coins total 48.5 million won in 2012
People threw a total of 48.5 million won ($45,000) worth of coins last year into Palseokdam, an artificial pond in Cheonggye Stream.It is the largest sum since the restored stream in downtown Seoul was opened to the public in 2005. It is 51.3 percent higher than the previous record of 32.05 million won in 2011. The number of foreign coins thrown in 2012 was 51,092, a 121.8 percent increase from 23,033 in 2011.In 2005, 3.58 million won worth of coins were piled on the sculpture within two months
PeopleFeb. 5, 2013
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Dozens of victims sue ‘revenge porn’ website
An X-rated website where embittered lovers anonymously post semi-nude pictures of their former partners was sued by its victims, according to American news outlets. ABC News reported that 17 women whose pictures were posted on Texxxan.com filed a lawsuit against the website and its hosting company for invasion of privacy. The plaintiffs’ representative John Morgan said dozens more had joined the suit in the last two weeks. The website allows “revenge porn,” where people can upload revealing phot
CultureFeb. 5, 2013
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Man sees Jesus image in beer case
A Florida man who picked up a portion of a beer case because it was fish-shaped said he flipped it over and saw the image of Jesus.Fred Truluck of Bradenton said he picked up the piece of cardboard from a Corona beer case while walking with his dog because of the religious symbolism of the fish, WWSB-TV, Sarasota, reported Monday.Truluck, who described himself as a devout Christian, said the religious symbolism became even more apparent when he took the cardboard fish home and flipped it over.“I
CultureFeb. 5, 2013
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Gay Jesus billboard ‘not offensive’
An Auckland church billboard bringing together Jesus and homosexuality been considered not offensive. The St. Matthew-in-the-City billboard featured baby Jesus in a manger against a rainbow-colored background with the words: “It’s Christmas. Time for Jesus to come out.” The complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority said the words on the billboard were “akin to hate speech.”However, the authority said the Auckland church’s billboard is not offensive as it did not speculate about Jesus’ sex
CultureFeb. 5, 2013
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Dali portrait on offer in auction of surrealist works
LONDON (AP) ― Salvador Dali’s portrait of a New York style icon and Joan Miro’s homage to his Catalan roots are going on sale at a London auction of surrealist masterpieces.Dali’s 1943 “Portrait of Mrs. Harrison Williams’’ will go under the hammer Tuesday with an estimated price of between 1.5 million and 2 million pounds ($2.4 million and $3.2 million). Dali painted the ultra-rich and super-stylish socialite ― who later became Countess Mona Bismarck ― barefoot and dressed in black rags.Proceeds
PerformanceFeb. 4, 2013
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White paper on hallyu released
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Monday released a white paper on hallyu, or the Korean Wave. This is the first time a book of this kind has been released. The report follows the birth of the term hallyu, its effect on overall Korean society and foreign countries, and concludes with predictions about the possible future of the Korean pop culture boom. The book covers a wide range of Korean popular culture including TV dramas, K-pop, animation, movie, games, literature, fashion, cui
CultureFeb. 4, 2013
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In Paris, Hopper show is hit with 780,000 visitors
PARIS (AFP) ― A smash-hit Paris exhibition of works by U.S. artist Edward Hopper closed Sunday after attracting more than 780,000 visitors in less than four months.Demand was so feverish that the Grand Palais stayed open all night on Friday and Saturday.Museum officials said 40,000 art lovers flocked to the show over the weekend up to the closing bell at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday.The exceptional opening hours put Hopper on a par with Picasso and Monet, the subjects of previous Grand Palais blockbuste
PerformanceFeb. 4, 2013
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U.S. museum unwrapping mummy’s story with CT scan
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) ― Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies.The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond partnered week with a medical imaging center to complete a CT scan on Tjeby, its 4,000-year-old mummy, in hopes of piecing together more information about the mummy itself and better understanding the early history of the mummification process.While it isn’t the first time a mummy has gone under the
CultureFeb. 4, 2013
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Dutch architect to build house with 3-D printer
THE HAGUE (AFP) ― A Dutch architect has designed a house “with no beginning or end” to be built using the world’s largest 3-D printer, harnessing technology that may one day be used to print houses on the moon.Janjaap Ruijssenaars, 39, of Universe Architecture in Amsterdam, wants to print a building resembling a giant mobius strip ― a continuous loop with one side ― with around 1,100 square meters of floor space using the massive D-Shape printer.The printer, designed by Italian Enrico Dini, can
Arts & DesignFeb. 4, 2013
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KNB to stage 19th-century Austrian ballet set in Korea
A recently-discovered 19th century Austrian ballet about two young Korean lovers at a time of war will be restaged by Korean National Ballet with new choreography, the state-run troupe said Monday.The music score of the piece, titled “Die Braut von Korea” (The Korean Bride), was discovered in Germany by Korean scholar Park Hee-seok, who has been researching how Korea was perceived in the European country in the 19th century. Park discovered the score last year, which had been left neglected in t
PerformanceFeb. 4, 2013
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Affleck’s ‘Argo’ wins Directors Guild top honor
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Ben Affleck has won the top film honor from the Directors Guild of America for his CIA thriller “Argo,’’ further sealing its status as best-picture front-runner at the Academy Awards.Saturday’s prize also normally would make Affleck a near shoo-in to win best-director at the Feb. 24 Oscars, since the Directors Guild recipient nearly always goes on to claim the same prize at Hollywood’s biggest night.But Affleck surprisingly missed out on an Oscar directing nomination, along wi
FilmFeb. 4, 2013
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Sistar19 makes comeback, sweeps charts
The two members of the sexy Sistar unit group Sistar19, vocalist Hyo-rin and rapper Bo-ra, made their comeback official with their latest EP album “Gone Not Around Any Longer.”“Gone Not Around Any Longer” was released on Thursday and its title track received a perfect “all-kill,” sweeping all the main real-time local music charts, making it the second certified all-kill of the year after Leessang’s hip-hop single “Tears.” The newest release from the duo is a mid-tempo pop song featuring Sistar’s
PerformanceFeb. 4, 2013
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KOC president Park not to seek second term
The incumbent head of the top South Korean sports body said Monday he will not run for a second term.Park Yong-sung, chairman of the Korean Olympic Committee, said in a statement that he will not seek a second term in an election scheduled for Feb. 22.Park, 72, had been the KOC head since 2009. He had also been a member of the International Olympic Committee.Lee Elisa, a former table tennis star and now a lawmaker with the ruling Saenuri Party, and Park Sang-ha, chairman of the International Sof
PeopleFeb. 4, 2013
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Lee Yong-goo named head of Chung-Ang University
Chung-Ang University named Lee Yong-goo, professor of applied statistics of the business and economics school, its new president at its board meeting Monday.Lee graduated from the economics department of Korea University in 1980 and acquired master’s and doctoral degrees in statistics from the University of Minnesota in the U.S.He joined the faculty of Chung-Ang University in 1986, and has held important positions including chief of admissions and chief editor of the school newspaper. He will ta
PeopleFeb. 4, 2013
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Yonhap to host conference on Northeast Asia security
Yonhap News Agency and the Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) of Stanford University will host an international conference this week on how to tackle pending security issues in Northeast Asia, organizers said Monday. The conference, set for Tuesday, will look at security prospects in the region amid signs that North Korea’s nuclear test, which it has threatened to conduct, appears to be imminent. The one-day forum, titled “Yonhap-Stanford APARC International Symposium,” will bring together a n
PeopleFeb. 4, 2013