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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Happy hour at Millennium Seoul Hilton
The hotel offers barbecued meats as well as side dishes and salads every evening (except Sundays and national holidays) from 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. The “Oak Room Happy Hour” also provides unlimited mugs of draft beer or free flowing glasses of wine. Happy hour menus include seven different types of salad with key ingredients such as salmon and Thai noodles and seven different types of barbecue ranging from German sausage to Texas steak and Mongolian chicken. In addition, the hotel also provides summer
Expat LivingJune 22, 2012
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Sangsu-dong coffee houses, haven for artists
Selling more than coffee, cafes double as community-focused cultural hubsYri Cafe co-owner Kim Sang-woo relaxes behind the counter of his joint, exuding the laidback ease of someone who is in his element. Wearing a frayed T-shirt like a uniform, his nonchalant, proprietary slouch makes it evident he runs the place. At one of the tables, a guy dozes off, head down. Another group studies in silence. A slight breeze filters in through the floor-length, antique-style windows. The lowkey vibe suits t
FoodJune 22, 2012
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After School returns to Korea after Kahi’s departure
K-pop group After School has returned to Korea with its fifth album “Flashback,” after a successful year in Japan.With the new album, full of electronica sounds and beats, the girls are trying to rekindle the image of their debut in 2009.“The album title ‘Flashback’ means that we are trying to go back to our initial image to the fans when we first debuted,” said Jung-A, the group’s lead vocalist, in a news conference held in Seoul on Wednesday.“For our new album, we are trying to show what fans
PerformanceJune 22, 2012
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Parents shocked by school assignment
A 14-year-old in Britain shocked his mother by giving her his suicide note. Vicki Walker was shocked by the letter from her son, Wesley, which read: “I know I have been a pain at the best of times but I’m with Nan and Grandad now so I love you and Goodbye.”It continued that everyone coming to his funeral should wear bright colors to remember him.“I really felt like I was going to find him hanging from his bed and maybe he felt he couldn’t take any more,” said Vicki.It turned out the letter was a
PeopleJune 22, 2012
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Ayumi linked to Japanese rock star
Image from the Official site of singer Ayumi(Iconiq)South Korean singer Ayumi is rumored to be in a romantic relationship with Gackt, one of Japan’s top rock stars, Japanese papers reported Friday.Tabloid magazine “Friday” published a photo of the 27-year-old singer dining at a French restaurant with singer and actor Gackt. One of the photos showed the two holding hands and gazing at each other.Ay
PerformanceJune 22, 2012
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Single by choice, and content
Lamenting thus aloud, Miss Felicia Chin recently called local young men materialistic and shallow. Surprisingly, the actress’ barbs did not elicit much of a furor. In a pro-marriage culture, perhaps her unattached status at 27 is moving her, on this issue at least, nearer to a persona non grata zone. To the degree that marital domesticity is highly valued in a culture, singlehood may be correspondingly disvalued. Because we are brought up in and naturalized to such a world view, we tend to assum
Life&CultureJune 21, 2012
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Rapid growth of concert market: Boom or bubble?
When YG Entertainment, one of Korea’s dominant entertainment companies, calculated its 2011 profits, its business strategy was confirmed a success ― domestic and overseas concert revenue accounted for 22.3 percent of its total revenue, a jump of 46 percent over the course of one year. With continued piracy issues and low margins of the local digital music market, the Korean music industry is shifting its focus to live concerts. According to industry experts, the Korean concert market was around
PerformanceJune 21, 2012
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Artist LeRoy Neiman dies in U.S. at 91
NEW YORK (AP) ― LeRoy Neiman, the painter and sketch artist best known for evoking the kinetic energy of the world’s biggest sporting and leisure events with bright quick strokes, died Wednesday at age 91.Neiman also was a contributing artist at Playboy magazine for many years and official painter of five Olympiads. His longtime publicist Gail Parenteau confirmed his death Wednesday but didn’t disclose the cause.Neiman was a media-savvy artist who knew how to enthrall audiences with his instant
PerformanceJune 21, 2012
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King of Kitsch, Jeff Koons, in Frankfurt double exhibition
FRANKFURT (AFP) ― Love him or hate him, there is no escaping Jeff Koons, the king of pornographic kitsch, in Frankfurt these days, with a mammoth double retrospective in two of the city’s main museums.Ubiquitous oversized posters line the river front and are plastered across every metro station proclaiming “Wow” or “Must See” for what is being hailed as the biggest-ever show of works by the 57-year-old American pop artist, opening here on Wednesday. The Schirn Kunsthalle, one of the city’s two m
PerformanceJune 21, 2012
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Asia’s digital divide poses challenge for music industry
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Technology is the new rock ‘n’ roll as smartphones and digital services transform the music industry. But for those companies helping change the way music is consumed, Asia presents big hurdles.Apple’s iTunes music store ― which has stamped its presence in the U.S. and Europe as sales in traditional formats such as compact discs continue to fall ― is still a limited service in many parts of the region.Other global players and streaming services popular in the West such as start
PerformanceJune 21, 2012
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South-North joint orchestra not likely to happen this summer
An anticipated project that aimed to have both South and North Korean musicians perform together is not likely to happen this summer, maestro Chung Myung-whun, a South Korean conductor, said in Seoul on Thursday.“We had hoped North Korean musicians would take part in the annual performance by the Asia Philharmonic Orchestra this summer. But until now we haven’t heard a word from them,” Chung told reporters at UNICEF Korea’s head office.Instead, he will hold a charity concert at the Amphitheater
PerformanceJune 21, 2012
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Park experiments with indie music, expands musical range
R&B diva releases ‘Parallax,’ her first album in three years, plans three-month-long tourIt was exactly a year ago that Lena Park stunned millions of viewers of “I am a Singer.” The 36-year-old singer, who is also known as Park Jung-hyun, mesmerized the audience with the powerful but touching voice that emanated from her small frame. Her popularity soared and so did people’s interest in her background ― being a Korean-American and an Ivy League graduate.After receiving much unexpected attention
PerformanceJune 21, 2012
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Who silenced the Pakistani diva?
A prominent Pakistani female singer, Ghazala Javed, was shot to death Monday by two unidentified gunmen, according to local news reports. Initial police investigation indicated that the 24-year-old singer’s ex-husband Jehangir Khan may be behind the attack. Last year, Javed asked him for a divorce, which is considered a dishonor in the highly conservative male-dominated society.However some are speculating that the singer’s abrupt death is a remainder of the dark history of “artist prosecution”
PerformanceJune 21, 2012
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Dad won’t face charges in alleged attacker’s death
This image was taken from the 2009 thriller movie Law Abiding Citizen where a father takes revenge for losing his wife and daughter.A young Texas father who beat to death with his fists a man molesting his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged, authorities said Tuesday as they released a dramatic emergency call tape of the dad frantically pleading for help before the hired ranch helper died.A La
PeopleJune 21, 2012
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Contacts on order for Carolina elephant
Veterinarians at a North Carolina zoo say they are crossing their fingers as a pair of jumbo contact lenses are made for one of their elephants.C’sar nearly went blind at the N.C. Zoo in Asheboro, but cataract surgery saved the day and has the 38-year-old bull African elephant pretty much back to normal after some harrowing months of bumping into things and being unable to eat. The next step is to fit C’sar with a custom-made set of soft contacts that will not only protect his eyes but also comp
CultureJune 21, 2012
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Bride steals her way into wedding, ends up in prison
A British woman who stole from her boss to pay for her expensive wedding has been sentenced to 20 months in prison, according to news reports.Kirsty Lane, a 30-year-old newly-wed, swindled over 200,000 pounds (360 million won) from her company which she used on her wedding last year. The wedding spared absolutely no expense, providing matching designer boots for the bridal party and a harpist at the reception, and finishing with a fireworks display.“It was an amazing event, face painting, firewo
PeopleJune 21, 2012
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Cat-loving robin returns to wild
A Michigan woman whose cats took a liking to a wounded robin she found in her yard said the bird had returned to the wild.Karin Caston of Otsego, who said Peeps the young robin appeared to have an injured wing when she found it chirping in her yard June 6, said she took the bird into her home and soon discovered the young bird liked to nestle in the fur of her cats, the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette r
TravelJune 21, 2012
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Principal dresses as Lady Gaga, milks cow for bet
Principal of the Roger Clap School Justin Vernon dressed as Lady Gaga.The principal of a Massachusetts elementary school said he dressed as Lady Gaga to make good on a deal with students to read a total of 10,000 books.Justin Vernon, principal of the Roger Clapp School in Dorchester, said he bet his kindergarten through fifth grade students at the start of the school year he would dress as Lady Ga
PeopleJune 21, 2012
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POSCO founder inducted into ‘Steel Hall of Fame’
Korean steel giant POSCO said Wednesday that its late founder and honorary chairman, Park Tae-joon, has been inducted into the American Metal Market’s “Steel Hall of Fame.”Park was recognized with seven other deceased industry leaders at a ceremony on Tuesday at the Sheraton New York Hotel in Manhattan, local time, during the 27th Steel Success Strategies Conference. Also known as the “Steel King,” Park is widely credited for helping his Pohang-based company grow into one of the world’s leading
PeopleJune 20, 2012
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Chinese singer Li Yuchun to promote Korean tourism
Chinese singer Li Yuchun was named a goodwill ambassador for the Korea Tourism Organization on Wednesday. According to the KTO, Li will visit famous tourist spots in Korea through Saturday this week as her first mission to promote Korean tourism to the Chinese people. The trip will be filmed and broadcast by Hunan Provinces’ Entertainment Channel. It will also be broadcast live on Weibo, a Chinese equivalent to Twitter, and the KTO’s website introducing Korea’s famous tourist attractions at www.
PeopleJune 20, 2012