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What is Hybe’s next move?
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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S. Korea to issue travel ban on Haiti amid intensifying gang violence
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Seventeen shows who is the ‘Maestro’ of K-pop in greatest hits album
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Around 50% of people with disabilities aged 65 or above: report
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Global travel industry gears up for Muslim tourist boom
SINGAPORE (AFP) ― From halal spas to prayer rooms at airport terminals, the global tourism industry is gearing up for a projected boom in Muslim travel over the next decade, experts say.Their growing number and affluence means Muslims ― especially from the oil-rich Middle East ― are traveling like never before, and it is a trend that looks set to gather pace.Spending by Muslim tourists is growing faster than the global rate and is forecast to reach $192 billion a year by 2020, up from $126 billi
TravelJuly 30, 2012
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Japanese Kobe beef debuts in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Rarely exported Japanese Kobe beef made its way to Hong Kong dining tables Friday as supermarkets and high-end restaurants started selling the previously exclusive Japanese culinary delicacy.Hong Kong is only the second foreign market after the nearby Chinese territory of Macau to receive exports of officially certified Kobe beef, the industry’s marketing association said.“The response has been overwhelming ― most of our stock has been sold out in a few hours,” Taste supermarke
FoodJuly 30, 2012
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Underground university helps immigrants achieve dreams
ATLANTA ― Despite the “model minority” stereotype that presumes all Asian-Americans are prosperous and well educated, Keish Kim’s family is not well-to-do and she can’t get into her dream college.The first blow to Kim’s quest for success came when the lawyer hired by her family to handle their immigration from Seoul, South Korea, in 2000 (when Kim was 8) missed a crucial deadline, making it impossible for them to attain citizenship. The second came in 2010 when the state Board of Regents barred
PeopleJuly 30, 2012
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Fair opens market for designers, customers
Young designers find new opportunities, visitors discover unique designsAn annual design fair brought together young independent designers and customers under one roof in Seoul last week, serving as an open market for innovative designs. In its second year, The Handmade Korea Fair 2012, held from July 26-29 at COEX, Samseong-dong in Seoul, featured 180 small design companies that offered unique products ranging from clothes, accessories and jewelry, to stationary, furniture, home-ware and childr
Arts & DesignJuly 30, 2012
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‘Future menu may include insect burgers’
With global population and food prices rising rapidly, humankind may have to depend on some unconventional food supplies like insects in the future, according to a report on BBC magazine.“Rising prices mean we are now starting to see the return of meat as a luxury. As a result we are looking for new ways to fill the meat gap,” said food futurologist Morgaine Gaye during an interview with the magazine. “Things like crickets and grasshoppers will be ground down and used as an ingredient in things
FoodJuly 30, 2012
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U.K. man overwhelmed with ‘Olympic spirit’ tries swimming to U.S.
A British man overly enthusiastic about the 2012 London Olympic Games recently attempted to swim across the Atlantic Ocean before being rescued by lifeguards, local media reported Sunday.The 34-year-old unidentified man, enjoying a holiday at a beach in Biarritz, Southern France boldly declared to his friends that he would deliver the "Olympic spirit" to New York by swimming there.The man swam until he was well out of sight of his friends watching in concern, embarking on what he hoped to be an
PeopleJuly 30, 2012
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John Park named goodwill ambassador for poverty reduction
Singer John Park has been appointed a goodwill ambassador to help promote the Foreign Ministry’s campaign for poverty reduction by raising funds from airline taxes. Since 2007, airline passengers have been levied a 1,000 won tax on each international flight ticket purchase, which is used to help fund the government’s contribution to global poverty eradication.The 15 billion won collected annually goes to non-profit organizations and the Korea International Cooperation Agency, a state-run aid org
PeopleJuly 29, 2012
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Hollywood trying to avoid villain role in film violence after shooting
LOS ANGELES ― The mass shooting at a “Dark Knight Rises” screening last week has Hollywood quietly squirming. Despite the entertainment industry’s famously liberal leanings, violent content has long been its stock in trade ― leading creators of movies, TV shows and video games to contemplate what role if any their work may have played in the violence.The fact that the Aurora, Colorado, massacre occurred at a post-midnight screening of a film depicting murder and mayhem nonetheless has triggered
FilmJuly 29, 2012
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POSCO Art Museum shows Joseon landscapes
Paintings from the late Joseon era are on public display at the POSCO Art Museum, offering a chance for students to see in person some of the major paintings and calligraphy works often shown in school textbooks. As the exhibition title “From Gyeonmjae to Hyewon, Gathering of Joseon’s Genius Painters” indicates, the exhibition shows landscape paintings drawn by great painters of the era. The painters range from Jeong Seon (known by his pen name Gyeomjae) to Shin Yoon-bok (Hyewon), considered gen
PerformanceJuly 29, 2012
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GMMFS brightens future of classical music
Annual classical music festival brings together established and young artists in the sports and resort city of PyeongchangPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― Great Mountains International Music Festival & School, an annual classical music event held in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, is opening a bright future for the country’s classical music scene by acting as a bridge between established and young Korean artists. More than 60 distinguished and young up-and-coming artists collaborated in a series o
PerformanceJuly 29, 2012
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Jisan rocks on
Music festival returns bigger, better despite searing heatICHEON, Gyeonggi Province ― The hills were definitely alive with the sound of music this weekend as an estimated 100,000 people braved the scorching July heat and traveled south of Seoul to the Jisan Valley Rock Festival near Icheon, Gyeonggi Province.With some of the best bands from around the world and Korea, this year’s Jisan was bigger and better than the previous three runs, with more food and drink booths, sponsor tents, activities
PerformanceJuly 29, 2012
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‘I’m more motivated than ever’
Actor Lee Jung-jae talks about his acting career, being singleActor Lee Jung-jae was not used to playing “unattractive” characters, until he was given the role of a jealous thief in his latest film “The Thieves.”“Director Choi Dong-hun asked me to be as unattractive and foolish as possible for the role,” Lee told the Korea Herald in an interview on Thursday.“So I asked him: if you want this guy to be so unattractive, why did you cast an (attractive) actor like me? But as I got to know more about
FilmJuly 29, 2012
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On the trail this summer
The Korea Tourism Organization suggests budget-friendly, eco-friendly vacation ideasHave you planned a summer vacation in advance, or are you looking for just any travel package at the last minute? As summer vacation season approaches, the dilemma of choosing between going abroad or staying in the country inevitably arises. Furthermore, many Koreans cannot afford to take off more than a week, even though summer vacation may be their longest break of the year.Overloaded with work and out of trave
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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Festivals“Taebaek Sunflower Festival”: More than 1 million sunflowers will stretch across a vast field of Taebaek, Gangwon Province along with more than 300 kinds of wild flowers that usually grow at an altitude of around 900 meters. The sunflower festival offers a rare chance to be surrounded by sunflowers and participate in hands-on activities such as painting and photography contests and animal feeding. The festival is also a chance to take photos of beautiful scenery ranging from sunflower b
PerformanceJuly 27, 2012
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Box Office
The Thieves (Korea)Opened July 25Crime. Action. Directed by Choi Dong-hun. Anycall (Gianna Jun), Popeye (Lee Jung-jae), Chewing Gum (Kim Hae-sook) and Zampano (Kim Soo-hyun) are professional thieves who work together. After their success in a gallery heist, the group hears that Popeye’s old partner, robbery mastermind Macao Park, is back for another job after having gone missing for many years. Pepsi (Kim Hye-soo), a genius safecracker and Macao Park’s old flame, decides to join the group to set
FilmJuly 27, 2012
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Eyelike
Gaslight Anthem’s ‘Handwritten’ is hardyThe Gaslight Anthem"Handwritten" (Mercury/Island Def Jam)The Gaslight Anthem has always occupied this unsettling space between the earnestness of Bruce Springsteen’s lyricism and the musical passion of harder-edged bands like Jawbox. The former is no surprise, given the quartet’s New Jersey Roots and the latter -- well, this is a band that bounds back and forth across the line between punk and folk with no apologies.Nor should it.On its fourth studio album
PerformanceJuly 27, 2012
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Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis rally the troops in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas ― Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank!The chant rose up inside the stifling gymnasium at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Wednesday afternoon, a nod to Will Ferrell’s character in the movie “Old School.” The crowd of uniformed men and women were stoked, because Ferrell and his funnyman cohort Zach Galifianakis were in the house.Fort Worth was just one stop on an 11-city “Whistle Stop” promotional tour for their new comedy, “The Campaign”; the
FilmJuly 27, 2012
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KORAIL to extend night services from Pentaport
Korea Railroad Corporation has announced it will operate night trains for visitors traveling from the 2012 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival to Seoul on Aug. 10-12. It will run night trains three times that will leave Geomam Train Station at 12:21, 12:40, and 1:00 a.m. and arrive at Seoul Station at 12:53, 1:12, 1:32 a.m., respectively. KORAIL said it would offer 50 tickets to participants of a Twitter event to promote the special night trains. To enter the lucky draw, follow the KORAIL Twitter ac
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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Fujita Kanko opens Korean office
Japanese hospitality company Fujita Kanko will open a Seoul office on Aug. 1, incorporating its Shanghai office, to expand its Asian business base. The company said it is seeking business opportunities in hospitality, leisure travel and the wedding and banquet business in Seoul based on its 57 years of travel business experience. “Opening the Seoul office and incorporating our Shanghai office demonstrates our firm commitment to the Asian market,” said the president Kazumasa Suezawa.Fujita Kanko
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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KTO releases carbon neutral travel package
The Korea Tourism Organization introduced a carbon neutral travel package and plans to donate part of its proceeds to an environmental NGO. The proceeds will also help anti-desertification and yellow dust prevention projects in Mongolia. Jointly developed by Korea Railroad Corporation, Hotel Sky Park, Hotel Shilla Duty Free and Green Asia, the travel package covers a three-day trip to Kanto region of Japan, which includes the greater Tokyo area. The package includes fare for the airport train or
TravelJuly 27, 2012