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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Commander of U.S. war on Iraq dies at 78
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein’s forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78. Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, where he had lived in retirement, according to a U.S. official, who was not authorized to release the information publicly and spoke on condition of
PeopleDec. 28, 2012
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Egypt: Mubarak once again in military hospital
CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s deputy interior minister says that ousted President Hosni Mubarak has been transferred to a military hospital from his prison cell for the second time in a week following complications from a recent injury. Mubarak is serving a life term after being sentenced in June for failing to stop the killing of hundreds of protesters during last year’s uprising. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim said Thursday that the 84-year old Mubarak had been moved to the hospital in Cairo’s Maadi suburb
PeopleDec. 28, 2012
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Pakistan: Bhutto’s son launches political career
ISLAMABAD (AP) ― The 24-year-old son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has launched his political career with a fiery speech on the fifth anniversary of his mother’s assassination. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s speech Thursday comes several months before national elections are expected to be held. He is too young to participate in the elections himself, but is likely to be a key asset for the ruling Pakistan People’s Party. Zardari was made party chairman after his mother’s death but
PeopleDec. 28, 2012
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2012 career-topping for Psy
The year 2012 has certainly been a life-altering year for Psy. The man who horse-danced his way around the world to becoming the most-watched YouTube video in history with his comical music video, “Gangnam Style,” was placed in the No. 5 spot on CNN’s top celebrity news of the year.Psy’s music video launched him into the realm of global superstardom landing him on the cover of Billboard Magazine and in headlines across the world. Along with being named one of the top celebrity news stories of th
PerformanceDec. 28, 2012
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Kevin Federline’s brother claims to have fathered Britney Spears’ child
The brother of Kevin Federline, Britney Spears’ ex-husband, has claimed that he fathered the pop star’s first child, according to local news reports.Christopher Federline said that he is the father of Spear’s oldest son, Sean Preston, when he filed for a temporary restraining order against Spears.Federline alleged that Spears harassed him over the fact that they cheated together while Spears was married to his brother Kevin Fedrline.“She is out-of-control and a maniac,” Federline said in the co
PerformanceDec. 28, 2012
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What’s Korea’s fortune for the New Year?
The presidential election is over, and the year 2012 is reaching its end. Korea is heading into a new year with its newly-elected, first female president. So what’s Korea’s fortune for the year 2013?According to fortune teller Kim Deok-young, a nation’s fortune is inseparable from the “saju,” or four pillars of destiny, of its president. The term saju describes the four components creating a person’s destiny or fate: the year, month, date, and hour of one’s birth.Kim posted a video-clip on his w
CultureDec. 28, 2012
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'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies in U.S.
Fontella Bass, a U.S. soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with “Rescue Me” in 1965, has died. She was 72.Bass died Wednesday night at a St. Louis hospice of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ago, her daughter, Neuka Mitchell, said. Bass had also suffered a series of strokes over the past seven years.“She was an outgoing person,” Mitchell said. “She had a very big personality. Any room she entered she just lit the room up, whether she was on stage or just going out
PerformanceDec. 28, 2012
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Winslet marries for third time - to Mr. RocknRoll
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has married her third husband in a secret ceremony -- tying the knot with Richard Branson's nephew Ned RocknRoll, The Sun tabloid reported on Thursday.Winslet, 37, was given away by her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio at an intimate service in New York attended by just a few close friends and family in early December, according to the paper.Although Winslet's spokeswoman confirmed the actress had married, it came as a surprise to her family -- her father Ro
FilmDec. 27, 2012
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After Newtown, essential reading: ‘Columbine’
When it comes to events like school shooting in Newtown, Conn., there are knowns, unknowns and, already, mis-knowns. A photograph of Ryan Lanza circulated asserting he was the shooter, when in fact it was his brother, Adam Lanza. Their mother, Nancy Lanza, whom Adam killed, was reported to have been a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary, where the other shootings took place ― but she was not. The story of what happened Friday when 20 children and seven adults were killed has been written and rewrit
BooksDec. 27, 2012
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Reading books by their cover
Don’t judge a book by its cover, so goes an old saying, but looking at this book exhibition one is reminded of what Oscar Wilde once said: “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances; the true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”Kyobo Book Center’s current exhibition, “Art, Design, Culture: The History of Penguin by Design,” shows how book covers have responded to ― and influenced ― changing trends and culture in the past 77 years. The exhibition, featuring des
BooksDec. 27, 2012
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Book offers a bird’s view of deserts
Desert AirBy George Steinmetz(Abrams, New York)‘Tis the time of year for coffee table books and, for the adventuresome, there is nothing better than “Desert Air.”World-class photographer George Steinmetz who worked for National Geographic and GEO Magazine has published a number of his finest photographs in a book that is only just big enough to hold their subjects.He was fascinated with the hyper-arid regions ― “areas that get less than four inches of annual precipitation.” Seated in a motorized
BooksDec. 27, 2012
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Neurologist examines ‘Hallucinations’
HallucinationsBy Oliver Sacks(Knopf)Enter a nondescript building in the West Village, ride an old elevator a couple flights up and suddenly you’re in a world of wonder long in the making.You’ve entered the office of Dr. Oliver Sacks.The well-worn lair of the world’s most literary neurologist bespeaks a restless spirit that all but says, “Yeah, I’ve been at this awhile.” A vintage, multicolor Chart of Electromagnetic Radiation dominates one wall; it looks like something you’d find in a gargantuan
BooksDec. 27, 2012
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In search of original hallyu stars
Before Korean pop stars became the most welcomed Koreans in Japan, there were Tongsinsa, or diplomatic envoys to Japan, in the Joseon era (1392-1910). These people were more like the rock stars of today as they transmitted to Japan some of the latest international trends from China, the Orient and elsewhere including Joseon itself. Composed of government officials such as diplomats, as well as scholars, artists and others, the group toured Japan ― from Tsushima Island near Joseon to Edo, today’s
CultureDec. 27, 2012
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U.S. man’s Little Free Library copied worldwide
HUDSON, Wisconsin (AP) ― It started as a simple tribute to his mother, a teacher and bibliophile. Todd Bol put up a miniature version of a one-room schoolhouse on a post outside his home in this western Wisconsin city, filled it with books and invited his neighbors to borrow them.They loved it, and began dropping by so often that his lawn became a gathering spot. Then a friend in Madison put out some similar boxes and got the same reaction. More home-crafted libraries began popping up around Wis
BooksDec. 27, 2012
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E-book restrictions leave ‘buyers’ with few rights
There’s a crass old joke about how you can never buy beer, just rent it. Who would think that the same joke applies to book buying in the digital age?But that’s the case. Many people who were unwrapping iPads, Amazon Kindles or Barnes & Noble Nooks on Tuesday morning and loading them with bestsellers or classics won’t have any idea how limited their rights are as their books’ “owners.”In fact, they won’t be owners at all. They’ll be licensees. Unlike the owners of a physical tome, they won’t hav
BooksDec. 27, 2012
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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