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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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U.K. parents campaign against self-harming sites after daughter’s death
British couple is calling for a ban against self-harming sites, after vicious comments from such sites pushed their daughter to take her own life, according to news reports.Their daughter, 15-year-old Rosie Whitaker, was hit by a train on Monday in what authorities presume was a suicide. Whitakers believe the tragedy was triggered by websites that idealizes extremely skinny bodies, and degrades the looks of normal teenage girls like Rosie.According to Rosie’s blog, the users of the website told
PeopleJune 14, 2012
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Shoe choice shows personality traits: study
A study conducted by the University of Kansas found that people can judge a stranger’s personality by looking at the person’s shoes with more than 90 percent of accuracy. A total of 63 university students participated in the study and they were asked to look at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes that were most commonly worn by the other volunteer group. The group also filled out a personality questionnaire to indicate their characteristics. Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgme
Arts & DesignJune 14, 2012
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Smart Bed makes itself after you get up
Spanish furniture maker OHEA has introduced an electronic bed that makes itself.The Smart Bed is equipped with two mechanical arms and a roller that move the blanket back to the head of the bed in a process that takes only about 50 seconds.When the user flips a switch positioned at the foot of the bed, the bed senses the body movement and makes itself three seconds later. The furniture also contains a built-in safety device that prevents operation while a person is lying on the mattress. OHEA ha
Arts & DesignJune 14, 2012
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Chinese block Tibetans at Buddhist event in Yeosu
A Chinese delegation abruptly left a religious conference in Yeosu on Wednesday morning after Tibetans attending the event refused to acquiesce to demands they leave. The Chinese delegation, consisting of Buddhist officials and monks, had walked out of the opening ceremony of the World Fellowship of Buddhists in Korea the previous evening. The Chinese had complained about the Tibetans’ participation, claiming that they represent Tibet’s government-in-exile. Saying they did not want to share the
CultureJune 13, 2012
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Seo Kang-soo takes office as database agency chief
Seo Kang-soo, former head of the Korean Overseas Information Service, took office on Tuesday as president of the Korea Database Agency, a state-run institution founded in 1993 to promote the nation’s active distribution of data. Speaking at an inauguration ceremony, Seo said he will push to raise more experts and pioneer wider territory in the global market. The state-run database agency head said that he will do his best to help Korean database companies exert their capacity with creativity and
PeopleJune 13, 2012
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Discovery of fossilized dinosaur footprints gets int’l recognition
Fossilized footprints of a quadrupedal ornithopod dinosaur found in South Korea have been recognized by an international research society, the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) said Tuesday.The institute said in a press release that research papers on the fossils, discovered in Duhori, Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, 446 kilometers southeast of Seoul, have been published in the latest issue of Ichnos, an international academic journal about fossil research.The fossils
CultureJune 13, 2012
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Lyrical abstraction artist Georges Mathieu dies
PARIS (AFP) ― The French artist Georges Mathieu, who from the 1940s pioneered the movement known as lyrical abstraction, has died aged 91, his family said Tuesday.Georges Victor Mathieu d’Escaudoeuvres, who in the 1950s and 1960s was one of France’s best known artists on the international scene, died Sunday in a hospital in the Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt.He launched the movement in 1947 with an exhibit entitled “Lyrical Abstraction” featuring paintings characterised by expressions of m
PerformanceJune 13, 2012
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Louvre makes history with fashion show
PARIS (AP) ― For the first time in its history, the French capital’s iconic Louvre Museum opened up its storied arcades Tuesday to fashion: a catwalk show by Italian house Salvatore Ferragamo.Proof enough of the unique setting of this collection lay with the celebrity-filled front row ― from actresses Freida Pinto and Leighton Meester to Oscar-winner Hilary Swank.The mid-season resort show was in pure celebration of a brand that began as a leather shoemaker for Hollywood’s first stars ― and went
Arts & DesignJune 13, 2012
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‘La Boheme’ outdoors to light up summer nights
5 billion won project features opera singer Angela Gheorghiu and conductor Chung Myung-whun of Seoul Philharmonic OrchestraAlmost ten years ago, Korean agencies started to bring in foreign opera productions, staging them at big venues in Seoul and selling tickets at record-high prices. There was “Turandot” staged in May 2003 at the Sangam World Cup Stadium and four months later, “Aida” at Jamsil Stadium. The two outdoor opera productions drew huge media attention at the time thanks to the grande
PerformanceJune 13, 2012
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New film shows how Houston’s death changed Grammys
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― When Grammy Awards producers learned of Whitney Houston’s death less than 24 hours before the live telecast, they scrapped parts of the script, added performances and puzzled over how best to honor the Grammy-winning singer, who died unexpectedly at age 48.Host LL Cool J said addressing the Grammy audience after Houston’s death was “definitely the most challenging moment I’ve faced in my career.’’He decided to open with a prayer, and producers agreed, though none could recall
FilmJune 13, 2012
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2NE1 to kick off first world tour
Popular girl group 2NE1 is kicking off the first world tour for a Korean girl group, according to their agency YG Entertainment.The four-member group is starting the tour with Seoul concerts on July 28 and 29 at the Gymnastics Stadium, Olympic Park. They are slated to tour a total of 10 cities in seven different countries in Asia, Americas and Europe. Since their debut in 2009, 2NE1 has enjoyed popularity at home and abroad, and are best known for their hip-hop sound, powerful choreography and
FilmJune 13, 2012
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Court backs celebrity Han in media libel suit
The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of former TV presenter Han Sung-ju in a libel lawsuit against two news outlets that reported that she had assaulted her ex-boyfriend.The court ordered them to pay 5 million won ($4,300) each in damages. The media reported in last December that Han, a former Miss Korea, and her brother had physically assaulted her ex-boyfriend Christopher Hsu after he threatened to disclose details about their relationship. Han denied the allegations and
TelevisionJune 13, 2012
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JIFF programmer’s dismissal stirs controversy
Jeonju International Film Festival programmer Yoo Un-seong’s sudden dismissal from his position has been branded by cinema devotees as unjust and political.Yoo, who had worked as JIFF’s programmer for eight years, claimed in a tweet that he was “unjustly” dismissed by the festival committee on June 5. The film critic, who started working as JIFF programmer in 2004, argues he was fired for remarks he made during a JIFF press conference last month which apparently enraged many Jeonju-based reporte
FilmJune 13, 2012
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30-somethings drive Korean consumption, culture: report
Korean people in their 30s, who were born in the 1970s and went to college in the 1990s, are the key generation leading mainstream Korean culture and consumption markets, a private think tank said in a report.Dubbed the “397 generation,” those in their 30s took up the largest portion in contributing to the sales of local department stores with 31.2 percent in 2010, followed by those in their 40s at 27.6 percent, the report by the LG Economic Research Institute said. Meeting the needs of the larg
CultureJune 13, 2012
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Strategy of addition and subtraction
Following is the sixth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed.Surplus is a product of a consumer society. Surplus exaggerates values, and, in turn, produces an infinite bubble of surplus. Similarly, a modern city extends itself with capitalism-friendly logic, and gives it the same bubble logic. But the surplus of any place on earth means a lack in another place. The essential problem of such surplus originates from a dishonest definition of th
Arts & DesignJune 13, 2012
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Look smart, stay cool
Try conservative necklines, tone-on-tone looks and play with patternsWith the recent government drive to save energy, civil servants and office workers have been encouraged to adopt casual wear ― shirts without a tie, shorts and even sandals. But while the relaxed and more casual look may keep office workers from turning on the air conditioner, it doesn’t help them look professional. Now, fashion brands have met the challenge, presenting men’s summer office wear in light, cool fabrics that will
Arts & DesignJune 13, 2012
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Thousands of JYJ fans from Japan to visit Korea
Over 7,000 Japanese K-pop fans will visit South Korea late June to attend an event held by boy-band JYJ, its agency said Wednesday.Cjes Entertainment said the 2012 JYJ Membership Week will host 15,000 Korean fans along with 7,024 Japanese fans that will visit Korea to attend the large-scale fan event.“No other Hallyu star has been able to gather such a huge flock of fans in a single event,” claimed the agency. It alleged the influx of Japanese fans were “the largest in scale since the foundation
PerformanceJune 13, 2012
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Adele addresses her weight issue
British pop star Adele made news this week admitting to have worn four pairs of Spanx under the dress she wore at the 2012 Grammys.“I had three or four pairs of Spanx on that night but I loved it,” said the iconic winner of six Grammys.She had to take off two layers before bedazzling the audience with her smash hit, “Rolling in the Deep,” for her Grammy performance.The singer also talked about how she had passed out in her first dress, which had a built-in corset that was much too tight. Altho
PerformanceJune 13, 2012
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Japan’s music sensation: a group ranked by fans
AKB48 is not exactly a band. It’s an army of girls-next-door, ranked by its fans, and after taking Japan by storm it’s getting ready to go global.More than 60 girls and young women, split into four teams, make up what is arguably Japan’s most popular pop group. It performs almost every day, has spawned affiliates across the country and has given rise to sister mega-groups in China, Taiwan and Indo
PerformanceJune 13, 2012
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Bacon isn't just for breakfast anymore
(Burger King/AP)U.S. fast-food giant Burger King, banking on an unusual taste combo to bolster its summertime revenues, announced Tuesday the availability of bacon sundaes.Burger King said in a release the decision was made to offer the pork-enhanced soft-serve dessert nationwide for a limited time after it "took Nashville by storm earlier this year."Bacon sundaes include vanilla soft serve with c
FoodJune 13, 2012