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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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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Rock band Gate Flowers looks beyond Korea
Up-and-coming band from KBS show ‘Top Band’ plans to perform in Japan, U.S.Rock band Gate Flowers, who finished in the No. 4 spot in the first season of the survival show “Top Band” on KBS, did not get a winning trophy, but they gained something bigger ― fans, the courage to carry on with their music career and their mentor Shin Dae-chul, a prominent figure in the country’s rock scene and the son of legendary guitarist Shin Joong-hyun.It was the four-member band’s honest but rough rock ‘n’ roll
PerformanceSept. 12, 2012
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Author Bach slowly healing: son
Writer Richard Bach, author of the inspirational best-seller “Jonathan Livingston Seagull,” is able to speak a few words and respond to simple commands as he remains hospitalized in intensive care more than a week after his small plane went down in Washington state. The 76-year-old Bach continued to recover from head and shoulder injuries Sunday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, but the healing process has been slow, his son said in an email to the Associated Press. James Bach described h
PeopleSept. 12, 2012
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Love transcends language, borders
It has been said love needs no translation, but for a Mexican and Korean chef couple, love sometimes needs a dictionary, Google Translate and, of course, body language. Han Jo-eun, pastry chef of Millennium Seoul Hilton, and Montserrat Pineiro, former executive chef of Hilton Airport Mexico City, met briefly for about three weeks in 2010 and another three weeks in 2011 for a Mexican food promotion event in Seoul. Over the next three years, they developed a relationship through email.“When I got
PeopleSept. 12, 2012
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‘Flesh-eating’ amputee: ‘I love life’
A Georgia woman says life is “even more beautiful” for her after having survived the loss of her hands, right leg and left foot to a flesh-eating bacteria.Aimee Copeland, who was sickened by the bacteria this year when she sustained a severe cut to her right leg when she fell from a zip line, was a guest Tuesday on “Katie,” former “Today” show host Katie Couric‘s new TV talk show.“There’s a lot I don‘t have that other people have, but there’s a lot I have that other people don‘t have,” Copeland
PeopleSept. 12, 2012
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Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ video draws over 130 million views from 220 countries
Korean singer Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video drew more than 130 million views from 220 countries around the world in less than two months, recent data provided by YouTube showed on Tuesday.The number of views for the viral song’s music video in the United States topped the list with 19.36 million, followed by Korea and Thailand with 17.06 million and 8.97 million, respectively. Malaysia and Canada placed fourth and fifth with 6.79 million and 3.65 million views. The music video has also been
PerformanceSept. 11, 2012
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Free health checks offered in Itaewon
Yongsan Community Health Center will run free health checks for foreigners at Itaewon Global Village Center on Sept. 18. The tests include blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol measurements, as well as levels of bodily muscle and fat and a BMI calculation. In addition, a dietician and a sports physiotherapist will be available to give exercise and eating recommendations. The tests take place from 10 a.m. to noon. Reservation is not required. To get to the center, leave Itaewon Station, Exi
Expat LivingSept. 11, 2012
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Maria Fertility Hospital offers fertility class
Maria Fertility Hospital is hosting a free lecture on infertility in English on Sept. 22.The talk will go over the basics of pregnancy, causes of infertility and treatments such as intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization. There will be a question-and-answer session and hospital tour after the lecture.The lecture takes place at 1 p.m. at the hospital in Seoul’s Sinseol-dong.To attend, notify hyejunlee@mariababy.com or call Yoon Ji-yeon at (02) 2250-5577 by Sept. 20.(paulkerry@heraldc
Expat LivingSept. 11, 2012
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Irish Association of Korea to hold annual Ceili
The Irish Association Korea is hosting its annual Irish Ceili at D-Cube Plaza in Sindorim on Saturday.The event will feature live music from a traditional Irish band and dancing performances from professional Irish troupe Tap Pung. But the main feature will be dancing that everyone can get involved in. IAK’s Shauna Browne says that the organizers will ensure that the steps are easy to follow, and will demonstrate the dances before coming off stage to help people join in.“There’s lots of voluntee
Expat LivingSept. 11, 2012
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Korea Foundation runs lecture series
The Korea Foundation is running a series of lectures about Korea on Saturdays from Sept. 22 until Nov. 3.The series will seek to explain the interactions between contemporary and traditional culture in Korea.In the first talk, “The Furies Unleashed: Korea in the Balance, 1950-1951,” Andrew Salmon, the author of two books on the Korean War, will talk about the opening stages of the conflict.The next talk, “Park Taewon’s Modernology: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness in 1930’s Seoul” will
Expat LivingSept. 11, 2012
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Fundraiser for deceased expats’ families
Friends of two Korea-based English teachers who died due to unknown causes while backpacking in Vietnam are holding a party in Itaewon on Friday to raise funds for the girls’ families.American Karin Bowerman, 27, and Canadian Cathy Huynh, 26, had been visiting the coastal town of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, during a week-long vacation when they suddenly fell ill and passed away on July 30 and Aug. 2, respectively. The two had been vomiting and Bowerman had trouble breathing when they were ad
Expat LivingSept. 11, 2012
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10 minute play fest returns to Seoul
Back for a second year, Seoul Players’ 10-Minute Play Festival and Competition returns this weekend, this time with plays from across the world.Seeking to maximize submissions, the troupe advertised on several international theater websites. The response was more than expected, with nearly 200 submissions having to be whittled down to 14 finalists. Adel said that after an initial screening selected the top 60 plays, the panel spent 10 hours reading through each one.“This year it was a really tou
Expat LivingSept. 11, 2012
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PEN International calls for freedom of speech
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says writers should defend human freedoms with languageGYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province ― Nobel laureates and writers on Monday stressed the importance of freedom of speech and their members who are currently imprisoned, at the opening of the 78th International PEN Congress in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.One PEN International member in Beijing, Jiao Guobiao, has been prevented by the Chinese government from attending the literary event in Gyeongju, said PEN
BooksSept. 11, 2012
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Midnight’s Children film may not be released in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) ― A new film of Salman Rushdie’s 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children,” which is set in India after independence, may not be released in the country, its director has said, blaming “insecure politicians.”The adaptation, which has been shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, is due for worldwide release in October or November, but has yet to find an Indian distributor.“Salman has often said that the book was his love letter to India. I think the film reflects that l
FilmSept. 11, 2012
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Warhol’s influence gets focus at Met Museum
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Andy Warhol wasn’t just prolific himself, but inspired the whole field of contemporary art, and now an exhibit opening at New York’s Met traces that influence across half a century.“Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years” opens Wednesday until the end of the year and is being presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the first to examine the king of Pop Art’s wide-ranging legacy.“Warhol’s work has challenged, inspired, amused, enraged and provoked hundreds of other re
PerformanceSept. 11, 2012
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Dancing through gugak on toe shoes
Korea National Ballet experiments with gayageum master Hwang Byung-ki to add ‘something Korean’ to the Western danceForget about tutus, Tchaikovsky and pas de deux ― the very first things that come to your mind when you think of ballet. Korea National Ballet, one of the major ballet troupes here, attempts to create something new and also Korean by featuring gayageum master Hwang Byung-ki this month. “I think Korean ballet has become one of the top class troupes in the world. And I thought it is
PerformanceSept. 11, 2012
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Busan film fest embraces Asian diversity
A Hong Kong action-thriller and a rural drama from Bangladesh will open and close Asia’s top film festival next month, as its South Korean hosts look to share more of the spotlight with regional offerings.In the past, Korean films have nearly always bookended the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), but with the event now in its 17th year, organizers said they were keen to underline the diversity of Asian cinema.The Oct. 4-13 festival will feature 304 movies from 75 countries, including “Co
FilmSept. 11, 2012
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American independent music eyes South Korean market
Despite K-pop’s formidable hold on local music scene, demand for wider variety growingMuch of the focus has been on the South Korean music industry’s ability to go abroad, with singer Psy’s unprecedented global success bringing the buzz to a fever pitch.While the press was zoning in on Psy’s history-making moment, the American Association of Independent Music’s 16-member delegation boarded a plane for Seoul. A non-profit trade organization representing around 200 U.S.-based indie labels, the Ame
PerformanceSept. 11, 2012
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Germany’s ex-first lady denies having worked as escort
BERLIN (AFP) ― Germany’s former first lady, Bettina Wulff, denies she ever worked as an escort in a book to be published Wednesday, seven months after the ex-president stepped down over a political favors scandal.In a chapter entitled “The Rumours,” 38-year-old Wulff seeks to snuff out stories that have swirled about an alleged previous life suggesting she worked as call girl under the pseudonym “Lady Viktoria.” The former PR executive, who married Christian Wulff in 2008 and with whom she has a
BooksSept. 11, 2012
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Korean-Canadian director shows documentary on North Korea
Sunny Yi, a Korean-Canadian film director, has recently introduced to Korean viewers her 2004 documentary film on North Korea, which got somewhat embarrassing responses with some calling it “ideologically biased.” For Yi, well-known in Canada for a set of Asia-related fine documentaries, the responses from people of her motherland were not what she first expected. But she appeared to take the responses as part of becoming better in her documentary production.“I will not wince back. I want to liv
PeopleSept. 11, 2012
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Rock guitarist Shin JH to take stage in U.S.
South Korean rock guitarist Shin Joong-hyun will perform his hit songs for a U.S. audience at a record label’s anniversary concert in Los Angeles at the end of September. “Shin has been invited to perform at a concert that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the record company Light in the Attic,” said a marketing official of Guitarnet, a Korean guitar importer and distributor, which is handling Shin’s concert in the U.S. in collaboration with the record company. U.S. label Light in the Attic re
PerformanceSept. 11, 2012