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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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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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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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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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‘The world’s highest rollercoaster’ opens at 2.1 km
Imagine sitting on the top of the world, with a view of mountains and rivers in front of you. Then imagine plummeting toward the ground the next moment.Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Colorado offers an experience closest to plunging hellward, by introducing what it claims to be the world’s highest roller coaster, according to news reports.The “Cliffhanger,” which cost close to $1 million to build, is literally built on a cliff atop Iron Mountain, at an altitude of over 2.1 kilometers. It is
TravelJune 18, 2012
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Radiohead mourns crew member’s death
British rock band Radiohead said Sunday it was “shattered” by the death of one of its crew members in a stage collapse in Toronto.Scott Johnson, 33, of Doncaster, England, was killed Saturday in the accident prior to the band’s concert at Downsview Park. Three other stage workers were injured.“We have all been shattered by the loss of Scott Johnson, our friend and colleague,” the band said in a st
PerformanceJune 18, 2012
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Woman with flesh-eating disease refusing pain meds
This photo provided by the family shows Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection. (AP)A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating disease is refusing to take pain medications during some procedures, partly because of her personal convictions, her father said.Aimee Copeland despises the use of morphine in her treatment, despite its
PeopleJune 18, 2012
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Wallenda walks on tightrope over Niagara
NIAGARA FALLS, Canada (AFP) ― Cheered on by thousands of spectators, U.S. tightrope walker Nik Wallenda late Friday fulfilled his childhood dream of walking over the Niagara Falls and into the history books.Crowds packed the U.S. and Canadian sides of the border to watch the 33-year-old brave strong winds and heavy spray to walk on a cable suspended around 60 meters above North America’s biggest waterfall.After a brief prayer with his wife and children, Wallenda climbed onto the cable and headed
PeopleJune 17, 2012
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Ten Tenors of Australia to perform in Seoul
The Ten Tenors, dubbed the “Hero of Popera,” will perform at Sejong Center in central Seoul on Monday and Tuesday, marking the group’s third appearance before South Korean audiences following shows in 2008 and 2009.The Ten Tenors (also known as TTT or “The TEN”) is an Australian musical group that has toured worldwide. In a typical set, the group performs Queen standards including “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “The Show Must Go On,” in addition to tracks from a Meat Loaf medley, AC/DC and many more. T
PerformanceJune 17, 2012
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UNESCO designations focus on ‘preservation’
Secretary-general of UNESCO Korea speaks on various conflictsincluding Arirang Prize controversyIn October of 2009, the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea officially announced it would abolish the UNESCO-Arirang Prize, terminating its funding for the prize. The award, first established in 2001, was created to honor individuals or groups who protect spaces or forms of traditional cultural expression, that are listed in the UNESCO “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanit
PerformanceJune 17, 2012
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‘Amazing Spider-Man’: Action-packed journey of self-discovery
“The Amazing Spider-Man,” the latest addition to the Spider-Man franchise, is not just about an action hero and large-scale computer graphics on 3-D screen, according to its director Mark Webb.Speaking at a press conference last Thursday at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Seoul joined by Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield, Garfield’s on- and off-screen love interest Emma Stone, actor Riys Ifans who plays the villain The Lizard, and producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, Webb said the action film is also a
FilmJune 17, 2012
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Legendary lost city ‘found’ by laser mapping
U.S. scientists recently claimed to have found the remains of the legendary lost city of Ciudad Blanca (“White City”) in Honduras, according to news reports.Using laser-based light detection and ranging technique, researchers from the University of Houston and the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping have managed to locate ruins of the ancient city, hidden deep within the jungle for centuries.Scientists flew over Honduras’ Mosquitia region shooting laser pulses that hit the ground and the
CultureJune 17, 2012
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K-pop groups to hold concerts at Yeosu Expo
YEOSU -- Dozens of K-pop groups and popular singers will hold a series of separate concerts at the World Expo here starting this week, organizers said Sunday. The move is part of efforts by organizers to increase the number of visitors to the quadrennial fair, which opened on May 12 for a 93-day run. A four-member boy band 2AM will hold its concert at the Expo venue on Tuesday, followed by
PerformanceJune 17, 2012
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Stage collapses before Radiohead concert; 1 dead
Toronto (AP) -- A massive stage collapse hours before a Radiohead concert was to begin Saturday left one person dead and three others injured, officials said.Emergency Medical Services deputy commander David Viljakainen said a man who was trapped under the rubble was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials said he was in his mid-30s.A 45-year-old man was hospitalized with a head injury and two oth
PerformanceJune 17, 2012
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Buffet-style cafe puts Tongin Market on the map
Is Dosirak Cafe Tong one way to help revitalize traditional markets? This year a new traditional market has been getting noticed. Ever since a small do-it-yourself eatery opened in Tongin Market (a small 75-store covered arcade located near Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul), press coverage has been deafening. Though the basic concept behind Dosirak Cafe Tong is not necessarily new (both Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market and Majang Meat Market sport similar hands-on venues) ― people are buzzing abo
TravelJune 15, 2012
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Theater“Wedding”: Popular musical producer Song Seung-hwan, whose 1997 non-verbal piece “Nanta” made a global hit, has made a comeback with another foreigner-friendly work. Titled “Wedding,” Song’s latest musical is also non-verbal; its actors and actresses sing, dance, act and play over 20 musical instruments. The one-of-a-kind performance is specifically designed to draw foreign audiences. The show is a comical theatrical portrait of an ordinary Korean wedding, where the bride‘s father isn’t
CultureJune 15, 2012
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Deranged (Yeongasi) (Korea)Opening July 5Thriller. Directed by Park Jeong-woo. Jae-hyuk (Kim Myeong-min) is an ordinary man in his 40s who works for a medical supplies company. One day, a number of dead bodies are found floating on the Han River. The public is even more shocked when they find out the men and women jumped into the water as if they were on drugs, as seen on CCTV footage. Experts discover there is an outbreak of fatal virus-infected horsehair worms. Once infected by the deadly para
FilmJune 15, 2012
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Emeli Sande stuns with her debutEmeli Sande “Our Version of Events” (Capitol)For at least the next year or so, every U.K. female singer who has a soulful voice and favors ballads has to deal with an unenviable fate -- being compared with fellow Brit Adele.That’s what Emeli Sande is facing with her debut, “Our Version of Events.” It doesn’t help that Emeli Sande’s real name is Adele -- she started using her middle name when the current queen of pop became a sensation. Also like Adele, Sande has s
PerformanceJune 15, 2012
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Gerwig takes her chatty charms into action with ‘Lola Versus’
“Lola Versus” is a conventionally unconventional romance in the modern mode, a comedy alternating between cute and crude and packing a heaping helping of self-affirmation into its 84 minutes.It’s got that “Where have I seen this before?” familiarity even as it updates an old formula with snappy and saucy one-liners.But best of all, it has Greta Gerwig, indie-film’s blonde-next-door. Gerwig (“Greenberg,” “No Strings Attached”) brings that hapless and unhappy neediness thing she does so well to Lo
FilmJune 15, 2012
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KORAIL holds symphony orchestra concert
Korea Railroad Corporation holds a performances by a symphony orchestra on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. at Busan Station as part of its concert tour aimed at offering music to all. KORAIL conducted a national audition last January to select members for the orchestra. There are 92 members selected from the audition with 10 KORAIL employees in the orchestra.The company is planning more concerts to celebrate the first train festival in Seoul in July, and the closing of the Yeosu Expo in August and the DMZ
TravelJune 15, 2012
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Air Busan offers discounted air tickets to Fukuoka
Air Busan is offering round trip plane tickets from Busan to Fukuoka at 77,000 won until June 25.The Korean budget airline began the promotion as part of efforts to revitalize trips to Japan after a devastating tsunami and earthquake last year. The tickets can be bought at airbusan.com and cover trips to Japan from July 10-25 during weekdays. Airport tax and fuel surcharge are excluded from the price.Weekend tickets cost 99,000 won, excluding airport tax and fuel surcharge. For more information,
TravelJune 15, 2012
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KTO distributes London travel guide books
Korea Tourism Organization is giving out London travel guide books for those who plan to visit the London Olympics this summer.KTO plans to distribute a total of 5,000 guide books titled “How to enjoy the London Olympics” to reporters, supporters of athletes and travelers. The guide books have been published in cooperation with the British Embassy in Seoul and England Tourism Board. The guidebook consists of two parts ― the Olympic games schedule highlighting Korean athletes and major Korean cul
TravelJune 15, 2012
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Ritz-Carlton opens first resort in Japan
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company L.L.C. has opened its first luxury resort on the tropical island of Okinawa in Japan. The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa features 97 guest rooms and two suites that offer panoramic views of the East China Sea, forests and golf courses, as well as restaurants that serve Japanese, Okinawan and international dishes and a bar. The hotel also has a spa that is located separately from the hotel that offers luxurious spa treatments. “We have no doubt that Okinawa has the potential
TravelJune 15, 2012
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New ’Like a Local’ guidebooks from Peter Greenberg
NEW YORK (AP) -- Peter Greenberg wants you to travel like a local, not a tourist, and he‘s written a new series of guidebooks to help.The ``Like a Local’‘ series is debuting with books on New Orleans, the Caribbean, Miami and the Keys, Buenos Aires and Cuba. E-book versions are out in July, and the next five titles in the series, New York, London, Peru, Washington, D.C., and the ``Great Cities of Europe,’‘ due in April 2013.What makes the ``Like a Local’‘ books different from traditional guidebo
TravelJune 15, 2012