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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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North Korea holds drills simulating nuclear counterattack against enemy
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Former nanny sues Sharon Stone, claims harassment
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A former nanny for Sharon Stone sued the actress Wednesday claiming the Oscar-winner repeatedly insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime.Erlinda T. Elemen’s harassment lawsuit claims Stone insulted her accent, her religion and other aspects of her culture in the final months of her employment. Elemen worked for Stone for more than four years and was promoted to head nanny, a live-in position, but was fired after the actress disc
PeopleMay 24, 2012
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U.S. audio library inducts Grateful Dead, ex-slaves
WASHINGTON (AP) ― From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry.Summer’s 1977 hit “I Feel Love’’ is joining the Grateful Dead’s famous 1977 Barton Hall concert as sounds of cultural significance. The additions are being announced Wednesday by the Library of Congress.The world’s largest library also has chosen Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many
CultureMay 24, 2012
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K-pop stars take Silicon Valley by storm
K-pop singers held a concert near Google’s headquarters in Mountain View in California earlier this week to celebrate a content-sharing deal between MBC and YouTube. The concert marked the partnership between the Korean broadcaster and the world’s biggest video-sharing site, which was signed in October last year. The concert was broadcast live on YouTube Presents, an Internet-live music and performance broadcasting platform, as well as on the MBC K-pop channel on YouTube, according to MBC. Major
May 24, 2012
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UNESCO World Heritage map published in Korean
The World Heritage Map, released each year in English by UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris, has been published in Korean for the first time by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU). The world map points out a total of 936 world heritage sites around the world, including 10 sites in Korea such as Changdeokgung in Seoul and Bulguk Temple in Gyeongju. A total of 30,000 copies have been printed and distributed to more than 200 locations in Korea, including the World Heritage sites an
CultureMay 24, 2012
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Goyang Aramnuri to highlight works of Brahms and Beethoven
Goyang Aramnuri, one of Korea’s biggest arts complexes, plans to feature Beethoven and Brahms symphonies this year as part of its seven-year project designed to explore works of 14 great musicians.Kicking off this year’s program, the Korean Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Choi Hee-joon will perform Beethoven’s Egmont Overture Op. 84 and Symphony No. 8 in F Major Op. 93 at the center’s Hayden Hall on May 25. The orchestra will also perform Brahm’s Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor Op.
PerformanceMay 24, 2012
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Simple furniture, humble life
National Folk Museum exhibition features wooden furniture from Joseon periodRenowned artist Kim Hwan-ki was known for his attachment to Korea’s traditional wooden furniture.An avid collector of the wooden pieces, he often used them as the subjects of his famous paintings. A 1956 piece features simple wooden shelves filled with white porcelain jars of different shapes. A special exhibition hosted by the National Folk Museum of Korea introduces the world of Joseon wooden furniture and its distinct
PerformanceMay 24, 2012
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Green Plugged Festival to dazzle rock fans
More than 100 Korean rock and indie groups will perform on five different stages amid the greenery of Seoul Nanji Hangang Park at the annual Green Plugged Festival on Saturday and Sunday.The lineup for the festival, which runs under the motto “The Goodwill and Small Deed for a Better Tomorrow,” will include famous Korean bands such as Jaurim, No Brain, Crying Nut and Boowhal. Up-and-coming bands such as Ulala Session and Daybreak will also be performing, with a handful of popular indie bands lik
PerformanceMay 24, 2012
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Brit singer Pixie Lott enchants Korean audience
Pixie Lott, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Britain, captivated the Korean audience with her signature husky voice and adorable smile at her album showcase in Seoul on Wednesday evening. The singer, who gained popularity around the world with her hit-song “Mama Do (Uh oh, Uh oh),” was in Seoul for four days this week to promote her special album “Young Foolish Happy” released only in some Asian countries including Korea, Japan and Taiwan. She left Korea on Thursday for Malaysia, her next de
PerformanceMay 24, 2012
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Jang Dong-gun gets first ‘proper’ kiss scene
After a 12-year hiatus, Jang takes on rom-com with new SBS dramaIt would come as a major shock if SBS’ latest weekend installment, “A Gentleman’s Dignity,” failed to make a strong showing this Saturday. When one of South Korea’s most beloved actors returns to the small screen after a 12-year hiatus, the public is bound to tune in. Especially if over the past decade he has starred in a major international action flick and married an equally popular South Korean actress, Ko So-young. The question,
TelevisionMay 24, 2012
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Chimpanzees have human-like personalities
Chimpanzees and orangutans really do have personalities "like people," British researchers say.The new findings address a long-standing debate about whether great apes possess human-like personalities or if such perceived behavior is an anthropomorphic projection of human observers, they said.Using a statistical method to remove any biases in human observers of apes' behavior, researchers at the U
CultureMay 24, 2012
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Woman, 84, trapped in chair for two day
An 84-year-old Swedish woman who fell through the fabric of a chair on her balcony was stuck for two days, friends said.Neighbors in Karlskrona told the Kvallsposten newspaper they became concerned when they noticed the woman's newspaper hadn't been brought inside and the woman failed to show up for church on Sunday, The Local.se reported Wednesday.Friends and neighbors contacted the building's ca
PeopleMay 24, 2012
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JYJ Junsu to hold concert in Thailand
Junsu, a member of the group JYJ, will hold the “XIA 1st Asia tour in Thailand” on May 27, marking the second venue for his much-anticipated music tour following performances for his Korean fans in Seoul May 19-20. Cjes Entertainment said the concert in Thailand would host 4,000 seats and offer the same 90-minute performance that Junsu showcased in Seoul. “The first batch of tickets for the concert in Thailand sold out in just 10 minutes, and local fans are responding positively to Junsu’s innov
PerformanceMay 24, 2012
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Eminem to hold first Seoul concert
Superstar rapper Eminem will perform for the first time in Seoul in August, concert organizer Hyundai Card said Thursday.The rapper will go onstage at Jamsil Sports Complex on Aug. 19 at 8 p.m.The Super Concert series started in 2007, and invites big stars from overseas to perform for Korean music fans. Musicians who have performed with Hyundai include pop singers Lady Gaga, Steve Wonder and Beyonce, and classical musicians Sumi Jo and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets range from 110,00
PerformanceMay 24, 2012
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Hot dogs fall from the sky in Detroit
To celebrate a Detroit restaurant's 95th anniversary, 955 raw hot dogs were dropped from a hovering helicopter onto a soccer field Wednesday morning.The stunt, arranged by WKQI-FM, Detroit, honored the American Coney Island restaurant, whose third-generation owner, Grace Keros, noted the famed eatery has "been at the same location for the past 95 years."The hot dogs, referred to at the restaurant
FoodMay 24, 2012
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Warm words for Obama but no endorsement yet: Powell
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell had praise but no endorsement Tuesday for President Barack Obama, saying he plans to “keep my powder dry” as he weighs whom to back in November’s election.Powell, himself once widely touted as a prospect for the White House, and who endorsed Obama in 2008’s presidential race as a “transformational figure,” said the president by-and-large has lived up to that billing.“There are some things that he has done I wish he had not done. For
PeopleMay 23, 2012
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Architecture, a cultural animal
Following is the third in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed.Architecture is a projection of rationalized fantasies onto the world. It consists of spaces that started as programs, budgets and rules; they became characters, animals, labyrinths and more.In 2006 we designed our first project in Seoul; a house we called Godzilla, for its sleepy-dragon appearance, but also for the hard time our first Korean construction experience gave us. The p
PerformanceMay 23, 2012
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British artist brings two celebrated Korean writers into his world
Artist highlights writers’ artistic agonies and sufferings mixed with his ownThe multi-talented British artist Billy Childish sheds new light on two prominent Korean writers of Korea’s modern literature, Yi Kwang-su and Yi Sang, at his first exhibition in Seoul. “I wanted to make some paintings that related directly to the people who would be coming to see the exhibition,” Childish said at the opening event for his exhibition “Strange Bravery” in Seoul on May 11.Studying the two writers’ litera
CultureMay 23, 2012
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Haneke, Loach among Cannes’ early highlights
CANNES, France (AP) ― The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age. The latter came by way of Michael Haneke’s “Amour,’’ which is by wide consensus the favorite thus far for the festival’s top honor, the Palme d’Or. Such an outcome would make the Austrian filmmaker, who won three years ago for his previous film, “The White Ribbon,’’ the seventh director to win
FilmMay 23, 2012
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Actress returns in another racy period thriller
Jo Yeo-jung stars in Kim Dai-seung’s highly convincing noir ‘The Concubine’Despite the media frenzy and concern for her “going nude too often,” actress Jo Yeo-jung appears to have a fine taste in selecting her roles.After breaking into Korea’s film scene by going nude in her 2010 erotic period drama “The Servant,” the actress has chosen another period thriller with explicit sex scenes. But despite the media hype about Jo’s graphic nude scenes, “The Concubine” is actually an alluring thriller rev
FilmMay 23, 2012
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Canada bus killer says he believed the victim was alien
A Chinese immigrant who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in western Canada four years ago thought he was attacking an alien, according to a mental health advocate who interviewed him.Vince Weiguang Li (second from left)In 2009, Vince Li was found not criminally responsible due to mental illness for the death of Tim McLean, a 22-year-old carnival worker who was sittin
PeopleMay 23, 2012