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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Hankook Tire takes over control of Hanon Systems
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‘Pieta’ headed to Academy Awards
Director Kim Ki-duk’s Venice International Film Festival prize-winning “Pieta” has been selected as Korea’s entry to the 85th Academy Award’s foreign film section, the Korean Film Council announced on Thursday.A total of five films, including “Taste of Money” by director Im Sang-soo, “In Another Country” by director Hong Sang-soo, “Nameless Gangster” by Yun Jong-bin and “Masquerade” by Choo Chang-min applied to the film council to be considered as Korea’s entry to the Academy Awards. “Pieta” was
FilmSept. 13, 2012
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KBS cable television cancels transgender show after protests
A South Korean TV channel on Thursday said it had pulled the plug on a newly-launched talk show aimed at the transgender community, following strong objections from viewers.KBS Joy, an entertainment subsidiary of the national KBS TV, said on its website that it had reached the decision after “taking viewers‘ opinions into account.”The midnight programme, titled “XY That Girl”, was only launched last week, but the first airing sparked uproar from conservative groups, who staged protests outside t
TelevisionSept. 13, 2012
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Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ breaks into U.S. iTunes top 10
Psy’s viral hit “Gangnam Style” made it into the U.S. iTunes top 10 chart, just about a week after the singer announced his contract deal with major American record label Island Def Jam Recordings.“It really is a big triumph that a Korean song has broken into the iTunes top 10 chart, which controls 80 percent of the online music market share in the U.S.,” said Psy’s local agency YG Entertainment.“It’s going to be difficult for any Korean artist to break Psy’s record (on iTunes’ chart).”The 34-ye
Sept. 13, 2012
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Singer Kim plans ad project for Korean victims of Japan’s sex slavery
Singer Kim Jang-hoon announced through his social networking channel that he is planning to release advertisements in European media in November requesting a public apology and compensation from the Japanese government to the victims of Japan’s wartime military sex slavery. “Japan released advertisements claiming their sovereignty over Dokdo in about 70 newspapers and I think it’s a revival of militarism,” said Kim on Me2Day, a Korean SNS platform. “I am planning the biggest advertisement projec
PeopleSept. 13, 2012
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Former 007 Roger Moore ‘beaten up by first two wives’
LONDON (AFP) ― Former James Bond actor Roger Moore has claimed he was a victim of domestic violence during his first two marriages, it emerged on Wednesday.The 84-year-old British star, who first played agent 007 in 1973’s “Live and Let Die,” said his former wives Doorn Van Steyn and Dorothy Squires subjected him to a string of attacks in both of their doomed marriages.Van Steyn, an ice skater who married Moore when he was 19, once threw a teapot at him, he told television presenter Piers Morgan
PeopleSept. 13, 2012
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Tallest ever dog revealed in new Guinness Book of Records
A Great Dane who towers 2.2 meters on his hind legs is named the tallest dog ever recorded in the latest Guinness Book of World Records launched on Thursday.The giant canine from Michigan in the United States eats an entire 14-kilogram bag of food every day and weighs in at 70.3 kilograms, the 57th edition of the global records book says.Measuring 1.12 meters from paw to withers -- the point betwe
CultureSept. 13, 2012
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Unlikely Korean pop star conquers the U.S. -- 'Gangnam Style'
(YouTube)A chubby thirty-something with wacky dance moves, Park Jae-Sang falls far short of the prettified, teenage ideal embodied by the stars of South Korea's phenomenally successful K-pop industry.But Park, known as "Psy," has succeeded where the industry-manufactured girl and boy bands have tried and failed, making a huge splash on the mainstream U.S. music scene thanks to a viral video and a
PerformanceSept. 13, 2012
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Foreign cosmetic products sold at relatively high prices in Korea
Foreign-branded cosmetic products are more expensive in South Korea than other countries, a report showed Thursday, suggesting that a distorted distribution system here may be to blame.According to the report by the YWCA, which analyzed the average consumer prices of 18 types of foreign cosmetic products, they turned out to be sold in department stores here at relatively higher prices than the other seven countries it surveyed.The countries include the U.S., Japan, Italy, Germany and France, and
Arts & DesignSept. 13, 2012
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Woman finds ex from 12 years ago in attic
(123rf)A South Carolina woman said she was shocked to discover her ex-boyfriend from 12 years ago has been living in her attic.The Rock Hill mother of five, who identified herself as Tracy, said her one-year relationship with the 44-year-old man, whose name was not released, ended 12 years ago due to his drug use and conviction for robbing a flower shop, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported Tues
PeopleSept. 13, 2012
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Ex-007 Roger Moore 'beaten up by first two wives'
Former James Bond actor Roger Moore has claimed he was a victim of domestic violence during his first two marriages, it emerged on Wednesday.The 84-year-old British star, who first played agent 007 in 1973's "Live and Let Die", said his former wives Doorn Van Steyn and Dorothy Squires subjected him to a string of attacks in both of their doomed marriages.Van Steyn, an ice skater who married Moore
FilmSept. 13, 2012
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Disabled musicians from Korea, U.K. hold charity concert in London
Musicians with physical disabilities from Korea and the United Kingdom jointly held a series of concerts in London last week to celebrate the 2012 Paralympics, a Korean charity organization said on Wednesday.Under the title “Beautiful Concert, Beautiful World,” artists from the two countries expressed a message of hope for a world free of discrimination, through the universal language of music, it added.The two-day concert was held at different venues ― at London University’s Beveridge Hall on S
PerformanceSept. 12, 2012
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One in five young Germans prefers Internet over sex
BERLIN (AFP) ― Nearly one young German in five would rather do without sex than give up the Internet for a year, a poll on the country’s online habits indicated Monday.Eighteen percent of those surveyed said their drive to use the Web was stronger than their sex drive, according to the survey of Germans between the ages of 18 and 35 for lifestyle magazine NEON.“The net plays an important role for the first Internet generation but there is also life beyond the World Wide Web,” NEON said in a summ
PeopleSept. 12, 2012
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Topsy-turvy weather frustrates winemakers
PARIS (AFP) ― Record rainfall, cold snaps, hail storms and rampant vine disease: the conditions for making wine in large parts of France and in England have rarely been as tough as they have been this year.Yet winemakers on both sides of the Channel are defiantly optimistic that 2012 could still turn out to be a vintage to remember for its quality as well as for the financially devastating impact of low yields.“Some growers don’t have a thing, others only have 30 percent of their normal yields,”
FoodSept. 12, 2012
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Black, white and printed all over at Fashion Week
NEW YORK (AP) ― The story of New York Fashion Week has been told in mostly black and white ― making it that much harder to ignore all the unusual prints on the runway, even if they, too, were color-free.Marc Jacobs put out oversized black-and-white and red stripes on Monday a day after stripe-happy Tommy Hilfiger, whose red stripes were inspired by rope. Carolina Herrera showed an abstract geometric print on Monday, while Elie Tahari took his prints from Palm Beach, mixing palm leaves, leopard s
Arts & DesignSept. 12, 2012
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Renoir painting is an unlikely find in U.S. flea market
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A box of bric-a-brac purchased for several dollars at a Virginia flea market contained an unlikely treasure: a painting by French Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir.The canvas, which shows a scene along the Seine River titled “Paysage Bords de Seine,” is scheduled to be auctioned later this month by the Potomack Company, an auction house in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. It is expected to sell for between $75,000 and $100,000. The small oil painting
PerformanceSept. 12, 2012
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Hilary Mantel and Will Self make Booker Prize shortlist
LONDON (AFP) ― Former winner Hilary Mantel and radical contemporary author Will Self have both made the shortlist for Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction, it was announced Tuesday.The six-person list included authors from Britain, India and Malaysia. The winner, due to be announced at London’s Guildhall on October 16, receives $80,000.Mantel, from Britain, was listed for her novel “Bring up the Bodies,” a sequel to her 2009 Booker winner “Wolf Hall.”They are the first and second volum
BooksSept. 12, 2012
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London show explores Pre-Raphaelite radicals
LONDON (AFP) ― An exhibition celebrating the Pre-Raphaelite movement that shook up the Victorian art world opened at London’s Tate Britain on Wednesday.“Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde” includes masterpieces by the group’s founders ― William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.The group formed in rebellion against the art establishment, and was inspired by the purity of early Renaissance painting and the natural world.The Tate exhibition features well-known painti
PerformanceSept. 12, 2012
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DMZ Docs look at peace, communication
The 4th Korean International Documentary Film Festival to showcase 115 nonfiction films from 36 countriesThe annual Korean International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs) kicks off this month, featuring a total of 115 nonfiction films from 36 countries.Celebrating the themes of peace, life and communication, the festival always takes place in Paju, a South Korean border city in Gyeonggi Province. The city is located near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, a line re
FilmSept. 12, 2012
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Director Cameron’s company files for bankruptcy
PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (AP) ― The digital production company founded by “Titanic’’ director James Cameron has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada and reached a deal to sell its operating business to a private investment firm for $15 million.Digital Domain Media Group Inc., best known for its work on “Titanic,’’ filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, along with a Canadian court, the company said Tuesday.The sale agreement with Searchlight Capital Part
FilmSept. 12, 2012
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Director Kim unchanged by Venice triumph
South Korean film director Kim Ki-Duk said Tuesday he would stick to his maverick ways after winning the coveted Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival for his anti-capitalist movie “Pieta.”“Pieta mirrors my philosophy ... I will continue to produce interesting and meaningful movies like this film,” Kim said.The eccentric director, long-treated as an outcast at home, won the top award in Venice for the film, which tells of a brutal loan shark who struggles for redemption after he meets a
FilmSept. 12, 2012