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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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'Queen of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN's most-watched series ending
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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12,000 cultural events across Britain to celebrate the Olympics
LONDON ― Every street, alley and grassy knoll here will be alive with a cacophony of ringing bells ― church bells, bike bells, doorbells and a ringing-bell app downloaded to smartphones. Or at least that’s the plan behind “All the Bells: Work No. 1197,” a massive interactive performance art project created by artist Martin Creed to mark the start of the London Olympic Games on July 27.“All the Bells” is one of 12,000 cultural events unfurled across Britain to celebrate the Games. The Cultural Ol
CultureJuly 16, 2012
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Bringing back Korea’s black soul
Independent artists attempt to revive hip-hop clubs in Hongdae,offer young underground artists chance to performStarting in the late 1990s, Afro-American music, encompassing a wide range of music genres including hip hop, soul, R&B and reggae, swept the country’s music scene. The popularity of hip hop, in particular, brought a huge influx of related culture. Streets were filled with young people wearing so-called hip hop jeans ― baggy and worn extremely low on the waist ― and extra large T-shirt
PerformanceJuly 16, 2012
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Singer wounded in stabbing by ex-employee
GOYANG, South Korea (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer Cho Kwan-woo is recovering after being stabbed in the neck during a squabble with a drunken former employee, police said Monday.The Ilsan Police Station said they have requested an arrest warrant for the 44-year-old suspect, identified only by his surname Jeon, on charges of attempted murder.Cho was taken to a hospital and required around 10 stitches to his neck but his vocal cords were not affected, the police said, adding that the singer was
PerformanceJuly 16, 2012
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Life of late poet featured in dance-musical
Han Ah-reum, writer of musical ‘Hero,’ returns with period drama about Yun Dong-ju“May I look up into the heaven until the day I die ― without a bit of shame,” poet Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945) famously wrote in his poem “Prologue” in 1941, at the age of 25. The poet, who lived through the turbulent years of Japanese rule, often wrote about the sense of shame in his lyrical and sometimes politically-resistant poems. He was ashamed that his poems were being written “too easily” while many were sufferi
PerformanceJuly 16, 2012
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Singer wounded in stabbing by ex-employee
South Korean singer Cho Kwan-woo is recovering after being stabbed in the neck during a squabble with a drunken former employee, police said Monday.The Ilsan Police Station said they have requested an arrest warrant for the 44-year-old suspect, identified only by his surname Jeon, on charges of attempted murder.Cho was taken to a hospital and required around 10 stitches to his neck but his vocal c
TelevisionJuly 16, 2012
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France’s far-right National Front to sue Madonna over swastika
France’s far-right National Front said Sunday it plans to sue Madonna over a video at the U.S. pop star’s concert in France showing party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead.“We cannot accept such an odious comparison,” National Front vice-president Florian Philippot said, adding that the legal action would be filed this week.The video, which served as a backdrop for Madonna’s performance of the song “Nobody Knows Me,” flashed a picture of Le Pen’s forehead superimposed with a s
PerformanceJuly 16, 2012
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Five Avengers-related movies in 2 years
A movie poster for Producers discussed plans for five Avengers-related films to be released in the next two years at the "Iron Man 3" Comic-Con panel in San Diego.The panel included appearances by Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, producer Jon Favreau and director Shane Black, U-T San Diego reported Saturday.Favreau directed the first two Iron Man movies, but is acting as producer on t
FilmJuly 16, 2012
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Lawn chair balloon flight forced to land
Adventurers Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta lift off Saturda from Couch`s gas station in Bend, Oregon, as they attempt to fly some 360 miles to Montana. (AP-Yonhap News)A lawn chair balloon flight for two men was forced to land early in Oregon due to variable wind, thunderstorms and the loss of 35 helium-filled balloons.Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta hoped to reach Montana by Sunday in their specially bu
TravelJuly 16, 2012
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Cause elusive in death of Stallone son in US home
There were no signs of foul play or trauma in the death of Sage Stallone, whose sudden passing at the age of 36 left his father Sylvester Stallone devastated, a publicist and investigators said.Sage Stallone was found unresponsive in his Los Angeles home Friday by an employee and a relative, and police arrived and confirmed he was dead, Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said.“Sylvester Stallone is
FilmJuly 16, 2012
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Kennedys honor Swift with ‘social change’ award
WASHINGTON (AFP) ―Chart-topping country star Taylor Swift is to be honored by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights for her “commitment to social change,” the non-profit organization said Friday.Swift, 22, a multiple Grammy winner who spent the July 4 holiday with the Kennedy clan on Cape Cod, will receive the center’s Ripple of Hope Award at a black-tie dinner December 3 in New York hosted by actor Alec Baldwin.Getting the same laurel ― whose past recipients include U2 front
PeopleJuly 15, 2012
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Oscar-winning producer Richard Zanuck dead at 77
LOS ANGELES ― Film producer Richard Zanuck, who won the best picture Oscar for “Driving Miss Daisy” and was involved in such blockbuster films as “Jaws” and “The Sting” after his father, Hollywood mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, fired him from 20th Century Fox, has died. He was 77. Zanuck’s publicist said he died Friday of a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home. Zanuck’s run of successes as an independent producer rivaled the achievements of his legendary father who reigned over 20th Century Fox from
FilmJuly 15, 2012
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Ancient pre-Inca tomb found in northern Peru
LIMA (AFP) ― Archeologists said Friday they have discovered a tomb about 1,200 years old, from the pre-Inca Sican era, in northern Peru.Human remains and jewelry were found July 4 along with the tomb, likely that of a member of the aristocracy of the Sican or Lambayeque elite, head researcher Carlos Wester La Torre told AFP.A gold earflap, a silver-plated crown, and some 120 silver and copper ornaments that served as emblems of power, along with 116 pieces of pottery and seashells were found in
CultureJuly 15, 2012
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Art exhibitions in S. Korea celebrate London Olympics
British-themed exhibitions encompass contemporary artworks to BeatlesArt may not be the first thing to come to mind when you think of the Olympics. But the quadrennial event can be the largest and most effective cultural celebration as many eyes will be on the host country for more than two weeks and the events will be remembered for much longer. With less than two weeks left until the 2012 London Olympics, art galleries in Seoul are celebrating the big sporting event with art exhibitions on Bri
PerformanceJuly 15, 2012
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Comic-Con crowd goes crazy for ‘Hobbit’ footage
SAN DIEGO ― If reaction to “The Hobbit’’ footage at Comic-Con is any indication, Peter Jackson has another couple of blockbusters on his hands.The crowd attending Jackson’s “Hobbit’’ preview at the fan convention Saturday went wild over a 12-minute reel the filmmaker and his colleagues screened.Broken into two films, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’’ and “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,’’ the 3-D epic is Jackson’s prequel to his “Lord of the Rings’’ trilogy, whose finale won 11 Academy Awar
FilmJuly 15, 2012
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Bucheon to throw its annual genre-film bash
PiFan to also hold genre-fiction book fair, camping opportunities and movie-themed partiesFor horror, fantasy, mystery and animated film fans, Bucheon is the place to be this month.The annual Puchon (Bucheon) International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), which is considered the largest genre film fest in Asia, is opening this Thursday ― featuring a total of 230 films from 47 countries. This year’s edition opens with Korean horror film “Horror Stories,” a joint project by six local directors: Je
FilmJuly 15, 2012
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Kitten stows away on 6,500-mile journey
Animal rescuers in California said a kitten stowed away in a shipping container and made a 6,500 mile freighter trip from China.Marcia Mayeda, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control, said the kitten survived the trip without any food or water and was taken to the Carson Animal Center after the crate she was in was delivered Thursday to a Compton business, the Los An
TravelJuly 15, 2012
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Autistic man survives 3-week ordeal in U.S. desert
An autistic man lived on frogs and roots as he wandered for weeks in the remote Escalante Desert of southern Utah until being rescued, emaciated but alive.William Martin LaFever, 28, told rescuers that in addition to the bits of food he scavenged, including a few frogs he caught, he drank water from the Escalante River while attempting to walk from Boulder, Utah, to Page, Arizona, a distance of ap
PeopleJuly 15, 2012
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Ditching digital
Gadget-fatigued people turn back to vinyl records, film cameras, fountain pensKoreans are often thought of as some of the world’s most tech-savvy people, quick to catch on to the newest digital gadgets.Using their mobile phones or tablets, they listen to music, manage schedules, take pictures and type emails.However, an underground shopping arcade in Hoehyeon-dong, central Seoul seems to resist the tide of digital culture. Vinyl record stores line the passageways, and everything feels slow. If y
CultureJuly 13, 2012
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Museums, art centers offer fun, education for kids
With school break just around the corner, museums and art centers have lined up a variety of cultural events. The programs will suit the needs of children and teenagers looking for fun and entertaining events as well as parents seeking to find more educational opportunities. Although the vacation has been made shorter by the five-day school week this year, children and parents can still make the best of it in an enriching cultural atmosphere. Here are some fun yet educational summer programs tha
CultureJuly 13, 2012
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Dance“Swan Lake”: Russia’s Novosibrisk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is presenting Tchaikovsky classic “Swan Lake.” The piece is directed by Igor Zelensky while its stage and costume have been designed by Louisa Spinatelli. The show runs from July 26 to 29 at Seoul Arts Center. Tickets range from 50,000 won to 250,000 won. For more information, visit www.sac.or.kr or call (02) 2650-7481. “Orpheus and Eurydice”: Kim Yong-geol Dance Theater presents its original creative repertory “Orph
PerformanceJuly 13, 2012