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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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[Today’s K-pop] BTS pop-up event to come to Seoul
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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Ticket rush: Film fans hand Hollywood record cash
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The big deal for Hollywood is not the record $10.8 billion that studios took in domestically in 2012. It’s the fact that the number of tickets sold went up for the first time in three years.Thanks to inflation, revenue generally rises in Hollywood as admission prices climb each year. The real story is told in tickets, whose sales have been on a general decline for a decade, bottoming out in 2011 at 1.29 billion, their lowest level since 1995.The industry rebounded this year, w
FilmDec. 27, 2012
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Lady Gaga heel, Michael Jackson hat on auction in Paris: Drouot
PARIS (AFP) ― A silver platform shoe tossed to the audience by Lady Gaga and a felt hat custom-made for Michael Jackson are among celebrity memorabilia up for sale in Paris, an auction house said Wednesday.The Feb. 11 sale at the Drouot auction house also features a leather ecritoire, or writing case, used by Marilyn Monroe and a pocket knife owned by Napoleon III, France’s last monarch and first president.The Armani heel, lobbed by Lady Gaga in Paris during her second worldwide “Monster Ball” c
PerformanceDec. 27, 2012
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Lee Byung-hun chosen as ‘actor of 2012’ in poll
South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun was selected as the best actor of 2012 in an annual poll released Wednesday.Lee received the most support with 37.6 percent of the 1,700 people aged 13 and older who were polled in a Gallup Korea survey conducted last month, the Seoul-based pollster said.Lee also won the best actor honor at the 49th Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Awards for his title role in the Korean costume drama “Gwanghae: the Man Who Became King” that has sold 12 million tickets to become the thi
FilmDec. 27, 2012
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MBC Gayo Daejejeon to be broadcast live in Japan
The annual New Year’s celebration concert the MBC Gayo Daejejeon Korean Music Festival will be broadcast live in Japan this year.The music festival will be available for viewing in various movie theaters across Japan including in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Niigata.This year’s festival will feature a total of 45 acts including performances by some of the most recognized names in the K-pop industry, such as Big Bang, 2NE1, TVXQ, Super Junior, Beast, Kara, SHINee, Sistar and others. This year’s Gayo D
TelevisionDec. 27, 2012
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Guckkasten re-mastered and re-packaged
The four-member indie rock band Guckkasten has announced its plans to release a new compilation album titled “Time After Time Selection.” The album will feature 10 re-mastered tracks from their 2012 first full album and tracks from their later released mini album. A representative from Yedang Entertainment, the band’s agency, stated, “This is an opportunity for people to appreciate the re-mastered and upgraded sound of previously released first album and singles.”Some of the songs that will be f
PerformanceDec. 27, 2012
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Eric Benet and JEA of Brown Eyed Girls combine forces
American R&B singer Eric Benet will be featured on the first solo album of JEA, a member of the sexy K-pop diva group Brown Eyed Girls. Brown Eyed Girls’ agency Nega Network announced that Benet has joined JEA in the making of the album’s first track, “Day & Nights.” The agency went on to state that JEA had always been a big fan of the R&B artist. She sent him an email and wrote on his SNS about her desire to work with him on her new album. JEA flew to the U.S. to meet Benet and record the track
EntertainmentDec. 27, 2012
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George H.W. Bush in intensive care: spokesman
HOUSTON (AP) ― Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to a hospital intensive care unit “following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever,” but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said Wednesday.Jim McGrath, Bush’s spokesman in Houston, said in a brief email that Bush was admitted to the ICU at Methodist Hospital on Sunday. He said doctors are cautiously optimistic about his treatment and that the former president “remains in guarded condition.”No othe
PeopleDec. 27, 2012
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Salvation Army kettles bring in record 5b won
South Korea’s Salvation Army brought in more than 5 billion won ($4.6 million) with its annual red kettle campaign this year, an all-time high despite global economic difficulties, the charity said on Wednesday.The Salvation Army Korea Territory said it has collected 5.018 billion won in its street campaign that closed on Christmas Eve. The amount is the highest since the local charity pot campaign began in 1928.Although the street collection is over, the charity will continue to receive donatio
PeopleDec. 27, 2012
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Military high court to get first female chief judge
Army Brigadier General Lee Eun-soo will be inaugurated as the nation’s first woman Chief Judge of the High Court for Armed Services on Friday.The 47-year-old was also the first woman to be commissioned as a judge advocate in 1991. She was also the nation’s first woman to hold other posts in the military judiciary, including chief judge of a general military court.She graduated from the school of law of Kyungpook National University in 1989 and passed a state exam to recruit judge advocates in 19
PeopleDec. 27, 2012
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Yoo In-chon returns to acting with ‘Faust’
Former Culture Minister Yoo In-chon will break the 7-year hiatus he took from acting with a performance of his own play on Friday. The professional actor-turned-public official will perform the main role in the new play he produced, “Faust ― Goethe and Gounod,” on Friday at Yoo Theater, which he founded in 1999, in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul. Yoo served as the culture minister for three years starting in 2008 under the Lee Myung-bak administration. “I am warming up to my return to being an actor,” Yo
PeopleDec. 27, 2012
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Pop star Janet Jackson and Wissam al-Mana get engaged
U.S. pop star Janet Jackson is engaged to Qatari billionaire Wissam al-Mana, her boyfriend of two years, UsMagazine.com reported Wednesday.Al-Mana “gave her a huge, expensive ring,” an insider told the celebrity magazine.“She‘s afraid it will get lost, so she keeps it locked up!”A spring wedding in Qatar is being planned, the report said. (UPI) <관련 한글 기사> 팝스타 자넷 잭슨, 결혼 임박! 미국 팝스타 자넷 잭슨(Janet Jackson)이 2년간 사귀어온 카타르의 억만장자 위삼 알-마나(Wissam al-Mana)와 약혼했다고 UsMagazine.com이 수요일 보도했다.알-마나는 "그녀에게 아주 크고 비싼
PerformanceDec. 27, 2012
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Play ‘hard-to-get’ works for serious love
Playing “hard to get” works for women who want a long-term relationship, but not for those looking for casual sex, researchers in Australia say. Study author Peter Jonason, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Western Sydney in Australia, and colleagues said playing “hard to get” is a mating tactic in which people give the impression they are ostensibly uninterested to get others to desire them more. The researchers conducted four experiments using a supply-side economics mo
CultureDec. 27, 2012
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Japanese fans present ‘Jang Keun-suk Bus’ to mark actor’s debut
Actor Jang Keun-suk has received a "Jang Keun-suk Bus" to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his debut, his agency said on Wednesday. Since his debut in 1992 as a child model, hallyu star Jang has emerged as a leader representing the Korean Wave in Japan and elsewhere. To celebrate the anniversary, Japanese fans prepared a surprise gift -- a bus with congratulatory remarks.“People in South Korea, we are regaining our strength due to so much support from the last massive earthquake,”Jang fans
Dec. 27, 2012
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Hero dog getting closer to surgery
Veterinarians in California said a dog credited with saving two girls from being struck by a motorcycle is getting closer to receiving reconstructive surgery.University of California-Davis veterinarians said Kabang, a 2-year-old dog who lost her muzzle in last year‘s motorcycle crash, successfully underwent chemotherapy for the tumors that delayed her facial surgery, The Sacramento Bee reported Wednesday.The vets said Kabang is now undergoing heartworm treatment before the reconstructive efforts
CultureDec. 27, 2012
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Thousands sign U.S. petition to deport Piers Morgan
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views.Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his “Piers Morgan Tonight” show an “unbelievably stupid man.”Now, gun rights activists are fighting back. A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user
PeopleDec. 27, 2012
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Korea National Opera in heavy debt over 2007 fire
Concerns are growing over the Korea National Opera’s struggle to pay over 7 billion won ($6.5 million) in compensation to the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance for a fire that broke out during a performance five years ago. According to industry insiders, the KNO has yet to pay any of the 4.8 billion won in principal and 2.2 billion won in interest to the insurance firm 10 months after the Supreme Court ruling that ordered the opera company to pay its insurer. The money exceeds this year’s governme
CultureDec. 26, 2012
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Classic bar for the V.I.P.s
Following is part of a series on Seoul’s hottest bars and clubs. ― Ed. Most bars in Seoul do not differ greatly from one another. They uniformly feature a modern or futuristic interior with loud music. It is not bad to be in such an environment, but in a party scene like that, people get exhausted and everyone needs an escape from time to time to a more relaxing and friendly atmosphere. Club Horizon located on the top floor of Renaissance Seoul Hotel is a perfect place for a relaxing and comfort
FoodDec. 26, 2012
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Niche perfumers give new options
PARIS (AFP) ― Deep in concentration, Tina Queralt sorts through a scatter of white paper strips sprayed with scent. She has whittled the choice down to a handful in her search for The One: the perfect perfume.One Saturday in the run-up to Christmas, the Parisian and her two daughters have come to investigate a niche perfume store called Nose, that holds more than 250 references ― and the elusive promise of personalised perfumery.Opened in June, Nose is one of a new breed of stores that prides it
Arts & DesignDec. 26, 2012
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Poster couple
“It took us a long-list of nearly 500 names to arrive at Zia,” Sheikh Imtiaz Ali says about the naming of his newborn daughter while making his way on a cold Saturday afternoon to his apartment in Dokbawi in northern Seoul. What’s so special about that? Well, Ali, 34, a Muslim-Bengali from India’s West Bengal, is married to Yun Sue-kyung, 31, a Korean. “Our baby’s name had to have a ‘Muslim sound’ according to my parents, a touch of Korean according to hers, and be fashionable yet short for our
CultureDec. 26, 2012
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Stevie Wonder, Gilberto Gil give Rio Christmas cheer
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) ― U.S. singer Stevie Wonder joined Brazil’s Gilberto Gil late Tuesday for a massive free Christmas concert on Rio’s Copacabana beach attended by half a million people.“Tudo bem?” (Everything allright?) Wonder shouted out to the crowd in Portugese after being led on stage by his sons.Dressed in a golden suit, the blind singer began his set with “What a Wonderful World,” then performed hits like “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and to sing a
PerformanceDec. 26, 2012