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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Ministry denies blame for Jamboree debacle
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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Psy invited to MTV Awards
Psy, who recently hit big with his mega-hit song “Gangnam Style,” has been invited to the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, his management agency YG Entertainment said. The 34-year-old singer will participate in the event which will be held at the STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, Thursday. Although he is not listed as a nominee for an award, MTV noticed the global popularity of his music video and officially invited him, according to the agency. Psy is the second Korean singer to be invited to the MTV Aw
PeopleSept. 4, 2012
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Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in “The Green Mile’’ and such other box office hits as “Armageddon,’’ “’Planet of the Apes’’ and “Kung Fu Panda,’’ has died at age 54.Duncan died Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack, said his fiancee, reality TV personality Rev. Omarosa Manigault, in a statement r
FilmSept. 4, 2012
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Psy signs a contract with U.S. record label
Singer Psy signed a contract with a major U.S. record label, according to his local agency YG Entertainment. The 34-year-old, who recently created a sensation with his latest hit “Gangnam Style,” will be working with Island Def Jam Recordings, the agency said. Upon the contract, the U.S. label is given the exclusive international publishing rights and management over Psy, YG Entertainment said. Th
PerformanceSept. 4, 2012
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13,000 gallon fish tank bursts at casino
A Florida casino was forced to close two floors of gambling areas when a second-floor fish tank burst and leaked 13,000 gallons of water into the facility.Tim Ritvo, president and general manager of the Gulfstream Racing and Casino Park, said two floors of gambling facilities at the Hallandale Beach casino will be closed for at least a few days while crews work to clean up from Sunday‘s saltwater tropical fish tank spill, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Monday.Ritvo said a hazmat team vi
CultureSept. 4, 2012
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Chestnut eats 7.62 pounds of chicken wings
BUFFALO (UPI) -- Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, the world’s No. 1 ranked competitive eater, downed 7.61 pounds of wings at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in Buffalo, N.Y. Chestnut, 28, took the top prize Sunday at the festival’s professional Buffalo Chicken Wing Eating Contest, defeating the No. 4 professional eater, Sonya Thomas, who downed 6.36 pounds of wings in the 12-minute contest, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported Monday. Thomas previously won the contest in 2004 and for the five consecutiv
FoodSept. 4, 2012
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Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54
(AFP)LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in ``The Green Mile'' and such other box office hits as ``Armageddon,'' `'Planet of the Apes'' and ``Kung Fu Panda,'' is dead at age 54.Clarke died Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being tr
FilmSept. 4, 2012
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Unification Church founder dies
Controversial religious leader oversaw a vast business empireRev. Moon Sun-myung, the founder of the Unification Church and a business mogul, died shortly before 2 a.m. on Monday morning. He was 92.Moon died at a church-owned hospital in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province. His wife, Han Hak-ja, and children were at his side, the church said.Moon was admitted to the intensive care unit at Catholic University St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul on Aug. 13 with complications of pneumonia. Last Friday, as the doc
PeopleSept. 3, 2012
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Moon claimed persecution, but enjoyed business success
Rev. Moon Sun-myung, who died Monday, was a controversial figure reviled as a cult leader by his detractors but who was also a shrewd businessman running a vast empire of businesses. Moon founded the Unification Church in 1954 and has built it into a worldwide religious organization claiming up to 3 million followers around the world. Its followers are often derisively called “Moonies” after the founder.The Unification Church is famed for mass weddings, which it trumpets as “dedicated to the cre
PeopleSept. 3, 2012
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Chinese ‘blind spot’ for Western readers
HONG KONG (AFP) ― A potent mix of state censorship, conservative publishing choices and scant translation means international readers are given a narrow view of contemporary China, industry critics say.There are the occasional books by Chinese authors that hit the international bestseller lists such as the blockbuster “Wild Swans” by Jung Chang, which has sold millions worldwide, and Adeline Yen Mah’s “Falling Leaves.”But both of those authors are based in the West ― highlighting the paucity of
BooksSept. 3, 2012
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Buenos Aires unveils new contemporary art museum
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) ― The Argentine capital unveiled a new museum this weekend dedicated to exhibiting a private collection of some 150 works by contemporary artists from around the world.The Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires, a concrete-and-glass structure of seven floors and 1,500 square meters of gallery space, houses a collection of works remarkable for their geometric abstraction and striking colors.Among the featured artists are Italians Tony Costa and Alberto Biasi, Sewell Sillman
PerformanceSept. 3, 2012
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Salzburg Festival reports record box office sales
VIENNA (AFP) ― The famed Salzburg Festival ended Sunday having marked up record ticket sales, after a month and a half of music, operas and concerts featuring top international names.In total, almost 279,000 guests attended the event, surpassing the previous record of 265,200 guests during the Mozart anniversary year in 2006.Average attendance at the 251 regular performances however sank to 90 percent, the lowest figure in 13 years, according to organisers.This was due to more tickets having bee
PerformanceSept. 3, 2012
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‘You cannot get away from your past’
Korean-Canadian director Yi speaks on her work, connection to her rootsFilmmaker and journalist Yi Sun-kyung grew up in a Canadian city where her family was one of only a half-dozen Korean households in town. That small community was what shaped her view on Korea as a little girl. It was the world where she was pressured not to be a reporter, but a teacher or a nurse. For many years, she tried to stay away from it as much as possible. “There was competition and gossip,” the filmmaker told The Ko
FilmSept. 3, 2012
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‘Gangnam Style’ tops 90 million views on YouTube
YG Entertainment’s Psy set another record with his hit-single “Gangnam Style,” becoming the first Korean singer to break the 90-million mark in YouTube views on Monday.The viral song’s online music video had attracted 92.5 million views as of 11 a.m. on Monday. It became the most-viewed music video in the history of Korea’s music industry surpassing Girls’ Generation’s “Gee,” which currently has a viewer count of 83 million. However, that figure includes all views in the three years since its re
Sept. 3, 2012
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Baek Chung-gang to take break for health reasons
Baek Chung-gang, winner of MBC Star Audition Season One, will have to cancel his entire September schedule and perhaps further as well for health reasons, his management agency said via its official website on Aug. 31. Multiple local dailies have claimed that Baek is suffering from rectal cancer while others claimed that it is an adenoma. Thor Entertainment, the Yanbian-born singer’s agency, stated that Baek underwent surgery to remove a 4-centimeter-large benign tumor in his rectum and is curre
TelevisionSept. 3, 2012
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G-Dragon turns producer for YG’s new girl group
G-Dragon, the leader, singer, rapper and singer-songwriter of boy band Big Bang, is the official producer for YG Entertainment’s new girl group, according to local reports. “G-Dragon was chosen as the producer for his management agency’s new girl group. It is his first time for him to produce songs other than for himself or his team,” said a media industry insider in an interview with a local daily. As a leader of a group and a solo artist, the 24-year-old singer has been producing songs in genr
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Jay-Z mimics Rocky at Philly Made In America fest
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― Jay-Z’s entrance said it all: He bounced up and down on top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, mimicking Rocky before he took the stage in front of nearly 50,000. His song “Made In America’’ played in the background.Jay-Z, like Rocky Balboa, has a rags-to-riches American dream story, and the 42-year-old entertainer ― who grew up in the Brooklyn projects and released his debut album in 1996 ― shared some of that through songs in his 90-minute set Saturday night at
FilmSept. 3, 2012
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Winds of economic crisis at Venice film festival
VENICE, Italy (AFP) ― For all the glamorous seaside partying at the Venice film festival, there is a distinct air of austerity at this year’s edition for an industry that is questioning its economic future.The festival line-up has been slimmed and the star wattage toned down while even some of the movie plotlines reflect various forms of fallout from the financial crisis ― from family and relationships to faith and spiritual values.“The main recurring theme is the crisis. The economic crisis, wh
FilmSept. 3, 2012
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Clinton to urge ASEAN unity on South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for Southeast Asian states to present a united front to the Chinese in dealing with territorial disputes in the South China Sea.Clinton will be in Indonesia's capital Monday to offer strong U.S. support for a regionally endorsed plan to ease rising tensions by implementing a code of conduct for all claimants to disputed islands. Jakarta is
TelevisionSept. 3, 2012
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S. Korean actress cancels visit to Japan amid tension over Dokdo
A South Korean TV actress has canceled her plan to visit Japan, her entertainment agency said Monday, after a Japanese network suspended the broadcast of a television drama starring her amid heightened diplomatic tension over the South Korean islets of Dokdo. Ku Hye-sun planned to visit Japan on Monday and Tuesday to attend events to mark the release of a DVD set of "Absolute Darling," a Taiwanese
TelevisionSept. 3, 2012
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Famed author caught praising own book, slating rivals on Amazon
An award-winning crime writer’s fraudulent reviews on Amazon.com from four years ago have come to light, earning him criticism from readers and fellow authors alike. The 47-year-old British novelist RJ Ellory posted under assumed names like “Jelly Bean” and “Nicodemus Jones” while applauding his own works and disparaging works of fellow crime writers, according to news sources. “I would highly recommend this book to anyone who really wants to experience a class read. Just buy it, read it, and ma
PerformanceSept. 3, 2012