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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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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
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A rambunctious year for composer John Cage
LOS ANGELES ― Once, when asked how he thought history would consider his work, John Cage responded that he had made so much, getting rid of it all would be very difficult. Twenty years after his death he has been spectacularly proven right. This year marked the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth in Los Angeles on Sept. 5. As part of an international celebration, Cage’s work appeared and continues to appear in concert halls, opera houses, museums, galleries, clubs, alternative spaces, reco
PerformanceDec. 26, 2012
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American Impressionist works on first exhibit in Korea
A large collection of American Impressionists paintings are on exhibit for the first time in Korea. The exhibition “Transcending Vision: American Impressionism 1870-1940” presents 130 paintings that highlight unique characteristics of American Impressionism, the mainstream style in American art from the late 19th century to the beginning of World War II.The exhibition of 130 artworks by 90 artists on loan from Bank of America also marks the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South
PerformanceDec. 26, 2012
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‘Gangnam Style’ ranks No. 1 on YouTube Japan
“Gangnam Style” seems to finally be getting noticed in Japan. Last week the Japanese Internet news outlet RBB Today revealed that Psy’s music video had ranked No. 1 as the most-clicked video on YouTube Japan.Ever since it was first uploaded onto YouTube in July, Psy’s ubiquitous viral hit and the horse-dancing craze seemed to be spreading everywhere, except in Japan. Although K-pop music tends to attract a large number of Japanese fans, these fans had not been jumping on the bandwagon of Gangnam
Dec. 26, 2012
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Shinsadong Tiger presents EXID
From a tough girl image to sexy and sophisticated choreography, five-member girl group EXID is one of the latest projects from the hit-making songwriter and producer Shinsadong Tiger. Original members LE and Sol-ji, and new members Jung-hwa, Ha-ni and Hye-rin, make up the new hip-hop/dance girl group, whose name is a combination of “exit” and “dreaming.”“The concept behind our group’s name is our desires to go beyond just dreaming,” said Ha-ni. EXID first debuted as a six-member group in Februar
PerformanceDec. 26, 2012
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N.K. among 5 countries where Santa ‘must watch his back’
The online edition of U.S. magazine Foreign Policy has chosen North Korea as one of five places where Santa Claus really does have to watch his back.Foreign Policy said in a Dec. 24 article titled “The World War on Christmas” that North Korea, an officially atheist state, does not permit the celebration of Christmas.Though North Korea’s constitution says it guarantees freedom of religion, at the time of Kim Jong-il’s death, there were between 50,000 and 70,000 Christians in North Korean labor ca
PeopleDec. 26, 2012