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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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[Grace Kao, Meera Choi] Has money displaced romance on dates?
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Bee Gees star Gibb wakes from coma: spokesman
LONDON (AFP) ― Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has woken from a coma and responded to members of his family, his spokesman said Saturday.Gibb, 62, contracted pneumonia and fell into the coma last week. He is suffering from colon and liver cancer.His spokesman Doug Wright said Gibb had been able to nod and communicate with family members who have been at his bedside at a hospital in west London.He did not give further details.The British star’s wife Dwina said this week that the singer’s brother, fell
PerformanceApril 22, 2012
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Lady Gaga visits Olympic Stadium, expresses her excitement
U.S. pop artist arrived in Seoul on Friday night, no details of her schedule unveiledPop star Lady Gaga made a surprise visit to Olympic Stadium in Seoul, the country’s biggest sports and entertainment venue, on Sunday, expressing her excitement to her fans via Twitter.“Imagine when it’s full. I love that it’s raining, so NEW YORK of you Korea!” she wrote on Twitter on Sunday afternoon.Gaga posted two photos of her standing at the center of the venue for her upcoming concert holding an umbrella
PerformanceApril 22, 2012
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KFC guilty in Australia salmonella brain damage case
An Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was left paralysed by food poisoning won a court case against fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken, in a judgment published Saturday.Monika Samaan was seven years old when she suffered salmonella encephalopathy -- a brain injury linked to food poisoning that also left her with a blood infection and septic shock -- in October 2005.Several ot
FoodApril 22, 2012
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Father denies son’s impending marriage to Putin’s daughter
Retired admiral Yoon Jong-gu on Friday denied local media reports that his son, Yoon Joon-won, was likely to marry his longtime sweetheart Yekaterina Vladmirovna Putina, the youngest daughter of the Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin, soon.Local media reported earlier that Yoon Joon-won, 27, and Putina, 25, were likely to wed shortly after Putin’s presidential inauguration on May 7. However, in an interview with a local paper, Yoon Jong-gu, who once served as a military attach at the Korean
PeopleApril 20, 2012
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Cosmetics evolve
Latest beauty items from foundation vibrators, facial massage mask, to collagen jelly become market hits in 2012The country’s cosmetics industry may have attracted consumers with new colors, concepts and celebrity power so far. But companies are now adopting the latest technology to stimulate consumer curiosity and offer easier and more effective ways to apply everyday cosmetics.Leading the cosmetics market this year are vibrating foundation gadgets that help the skin absorb the foundation faste
Arts & DesignApril 20, 2012
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Calendar
Exhibitions“Nine Dwarves”: Kukje Gallery presents a solo exhibition of Paul McCarthy, a U.S. multimedia artist who garnered critical attention for his stunningly diverse variety of materials and a radically experimental approach to art. This exhibition is comprised of nine sculptures and one aluminum sculpture, including pieces from the artist’s famous White Snow series which reveal his social satire and wry sense of humor. The exhibition runs through May 12 at Kukje Gallery in Sogyeok-dong, cen
PerformanceApril 20, 2012
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Box Office
Opening May 17Drama. Comedy. Directed by Min Kyu-dong. Doo-hyeon (Lee Sun-kyun) is unhappily married to Jeong-in (Im Soo-jung), his beautiful yet ill-tempered wife. After enduring Jeong-in’s unpredictable and eccentric behavior, Doo-hyun desperately seeks ways to divorce her. The timid husband is too afraid to bring up the topic of separation to his bad-tempered wife. Instead, he decides to hire a womanizer to romance her -- hoping she will ask for a divorce once she falls in love with the man.E
FilmApril 20, 2012
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Eyelike
Mraz celebrates love on 4th albumJason Mraz ``Love is a Four Letter Word” (Atlantic)Jason Mraz is true to the title of his new album, singing about all kinds of love on ``Love is a Four Letter Word.”The 33-year-old singer-songwriter explores romantic notions, familial bonds and big, universal love on his fourth studio release. He also expands his folk-pop sensibilities to include reggae and jazz rhythms layered with horns and vocal harmonies.Mraz is at his best with his guitar and silky, lilting
PerformanceApril 20, 2012
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Sparks don’t fly with ‘The Lucky One’
“The Lucky One” is a like a corny old silent movie to which someone made the mistake of adding sound. Based on one of Nicholas Sparks’ overripe romance novels, it’s about a stoic, sensitive man who falls for a beautiful, but wounded woman, who must escape from the iron grip of her violent ex-husband.For good measure, the movie also includes some hambone Hallmark-style narration about destiny and luck and choosing the right path in life, along with a few sun-baked shots of dogs romping through th
FilmApril 20, 2012
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A night in Abu Dhabi
A typical day as a holidaymaker in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, might start at around 6 a.m. with the sun pouring in through the window. Whether you are on a remote island or in the city center, you can eat a world-class breakfast, jog in a fully-equipped gym and shower under a gigantic rain shower, before grabbing a taxi and touring around the skyscrapers, going on a shopping spree or setting out on a desert safari. The scorching sun also means there are plenty of opportu
TravelApril 20, 2012
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Bring out the bulls
Bullfights stir up energy and more in Cheongdo One of the most energetic, fierce and primeval festivals in South Korea opened this week in Cheongdo, Gyeongsang Province. The annual Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival kicked off on Wednesday at the Cheongdo Bullfighting Stadium in Cheongdo-gun, North Gyeongsang Province. A total of 96 bulls are locking horns during the five-day festival to the wild cheer of the spectators. This year’s festival is composed of two parts -- the first half, from April 18
TravelApril 20, 2012
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Hana Tour hosts travel fair at KINTEX
The nation’s leading travel agency Hana Tour hosts “2012 HANATOUR International Travel Show” from May 18-20at KINTEX in Daehwa-dong, Gyeonggi Province. Celebrating the sixth year, the fair is bigger than ever. Over 500Korean and international companies in the tourism and leisure industry will showcase their latest products.The fair will be composed of 11 pavilions, seven representing different regions like Southeast Asia, America, Europe, Japan, China, Korea and Oceania; and the rest each coveri
TravelApril 20, 2012
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Taste of Nuclear Security Summit at Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
Sheraton Grande Walkerhill offers the 5-course menu served at the recent Nuclear Security Summit luncheons and dinners through May 31 at all-day dining restaurant and caf The View. Sub-themed as “Exploring a Taste of Spring in Korea,” the promotion includes two types of 5-course menu for lunch and dinner. Menu A is composed of Sheraton Grande Walkerhill’s renowned dry-aged beef and four other courses that are made easy to digest. It is priced at 110,000 won. Menu B, priced at 80,000 won, is comp
TravelApril 20, 2012
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A celebration followed by tragedy
Carry the One By Carol Anshaw(Simon & Schuster)The long shadow cast by the excesses of the 1980s has been the subject of several excellent recent novels, including Michelle Huneven’s “Blame” and Eleanor Henderson’s “Ten Thousand Saints.” How do the survivors of self-induced, self-indulgent tragedies do penance, find wisdom, compensate (or not) in the decades following?Carol Anshaw’s novel “Carry the One” begins at the rural Wisconsin wedding of Carmen Kenney and Matt Sloan in 1983. The final hou
BooksApril 20, 2012
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A glimpse of the private Susan Sontag
As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980 By Susan Sontag, edited by David Rieff(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)In the three years since “Reborn,” the first volume of Susan Sontag’s journals and notebooks, was published, at least three more books about the literary titan have appeared, notably Sigrid Nunez’s 2011 memoir, “Sempre Susan.”Although Nunez’s reminiscences ― centering primarily on the brief time she lived with Sontag and her son, David Rieff, in the mid-’70s
BooksApril 20, 2012
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Book series offers Korean, Western classics
Following the huge success of its first four volumes back in January, “Olje Classics,”a book series consisting of Korean and Western classics recently published four more texts. Provided by non-profit corporation Olje, the eight-volume series’ newly released books include “Apologia Socrates” by Plato; “Utopia” by Thomas More; “Hangeul Maengja,” writings of Mencius translated into Korean by scholar Lee Eul-ho (1910-1998); “Cheongseong Jabgi,” a collection of various writings written by Joseon sch
BooksApril 20, 2012
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Rachel Maddow dings Congress as ineffective in her first book
Rising from their seats en masse, the liberal faithful at Beverly Hills’ Saban Theatre greeted Rachel Maddow like parishioners welcoming a mega-church pastor.Cellphone cameras flashed like fireworks. Lusty, and perhaps a few lustful, cheers cascaded from the Art Deco mezzanine.Bill Maher, the interviewer at Tuesday night’s Writers Bloc public chat, turned to Maddow as they took the sold-out theater’s stage. How much of that do you think was for you, and how much was for me? Maher joked.No offens
BooksApril 20, 2012
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Domimyeon
Domimyeon is a casserole made of fried sea bream fillets, vegetables and potato starch noodles in boiling broth. This dish is served and eaten while it is simmering. Domimyeon is unique in taste, luxurious and easy to eat since it uses boneless fish fillets.Ingredients● 500 g sea-bream: 1/5 tsp salt, 0.1 g ground white pepper ● broth: 150 g beef (brisket, shank), 6 cups water ● seasoning sauce 1: 3 1/2 tsp clear soy sauce, 1/4 tsp sesame oil ● 60 g beef (top round, sirloin) ● seasoning sauce 2:
FoodApril 20, 2012
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Coffee cup kid
When I was a kid, my mother called me The Mad Scientist. It wasn’t that I was an ace in science, but more that I liked to mix stuff in tiny cups ―and leave them scattered around the house.So when I stumbled on a recipe on the Prudent Baby blog (www.prudentbaby.com) for a coffeecake in a coffee cup, I was hooked. The ingredients were insanely tiny (1/2 an egg! drops of vanilla!) and the results could be tasted in minutes because the cooking was done in the microwave. The instant gratification mea
FoodApril 20, 2012
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Wine of the Week: 2009 Felsina Berardenga Chianti Classico
Hankering for a Chianti? The 2009 from Felsina is a beautiful mouthful, everything you want in a Chianti Classico ― an explosion of cherries with mellow tannins and a chiseled structure. Lovely finish too. Delicious drinking from a consistently excellent producer.● Region: Tuscany, Italy● Price: About $18 to $22● Style: Classic Chianti● What it goes with: Pasta, pizza, roast chicken, grilled chopsBy S. Irene Virbila(Los Angeles Times)(MCT Information Services)
FoodApril 20, 2012