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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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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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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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With Indonesia unable to pay full share, what’s next for KF-21 fighter project?
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Putin’s daughter to wed Korean man, reports
The youngest daughter of Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin will marry a South Korean man, local media reported Friday. He is the son of a retired admiral who had served as a military attache at the Korean Embassy in Moscow. Putin’s daughter, Yekaterina Vladmirovna Putina, 25, will marry Yoon Joon-won, 27, shortly after her father’s presidential inauguration on May 7, reports said. “Yoon will head to Russia on Friday under the protection of Russian bodyguards as the wedding preparations are
PeopleApril 20, 2012
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Tourism sector eyes travelers from emerging nation
TOKYO (AFP) ― The global tourism industry, hit by natural disasters and economic turmoil, is eyeing potential travellers from emerging nations in hope that their growing middle and upper classes could spur growth.Delegates converged on disaster-struck Japan this week for the sector’s major annual conference and were in an upbeat mood, encouraged by the prospect of the so-called BRICS nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.“Our industry will grow despite all the crises of the last
TravelApril 20, 2012
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Im and Hong’s films in running for Cannes
Films by two Korean directors will compete for a title at the Cannes Festival, the organizer announced. The organizer revealed Thursday the full official selection of films that will screen in Cannes from May 16-27, including Im Sang-soo’s film “Taste of Money,” and Hong Sang-soo’s “In Another Country.”Cannes’ general delegate Thierry Fremaux selected the 22 films from among some 1,700 submissions from the biggest names in film right down to first-time directors from North America, Europe, Asia,
FilmApril 19, 2012
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Lottery winners get $218 million
RED BUD, Illinois (UPI) ― The last of the three March 30 Mega Millions lottery winners came forward Wednesday and accepted their over-sized cardboard check for $218 million.Merle and Patricia Butler of Red Bud, Illinois, near St. Louis, were presented with the check in a ceremony at Red Bud City Hall, which represented a one-third share of the largest multistate lottery jackpot in history. Red Bud had been rife with speculation among locals and reporters who descended on the small town the past
PeopleApril 19, 2012
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Adele, Messi, Pippa Middleton make Time 100 people list
NEW YORK (AFP) ― What do singer Adele, soccer genius Lionel Messi and British royalty celebrity Pippa Middleton have in common? They’re among the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time magazine.Time published its annual list Wednesday, showcasing a typically eclectic mix of personalities, ranging from the rich and powerful, like financier Warren Buffett or U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake, to popular entertainers like Adele and Beyonce.The list, broken into moguls,
EntertainmentApril 19, 2012
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Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline play ‘Romeo and Juliet’
NEW YORK (AP) ― Kevin Kline will play Romeo opposite Meryl Streep’s Juliet for a one-night-only staged reading of Shakespeare’s play in Central Park. The Public Theater said Tuesday that Streep and Kline will combine on June 18 to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Shakespeare in the Park series. Daniel Sullivan will direct. To make that night even more giddy, Al Pacino will be honored for his body of work with the Public, which includes his playing Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice” in
FilmApril 19, 2012
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American named principal of Chadwick school in Songdo
Chadwick International School has appointed David Maher, academic dean of a U.S. secondary school, as the inaugural principal of its high school.Maher is academic dean of the Fountain Valley School of Colorado and also an academic director at World Leadership School, which facilitates global immersion education programs for U.S. students in developing countries.He will oversee the high school program of Chadwick International Upper School slated to begin this fall semester. “It is a tremendous h
PeopleApril 19, 2012
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New York City Opera returns to City Center in 2013
NEW YORK (AP) ― New York City Opera will return to its roots at New York City Center in March after a 48-year absence, splitting the 2012-13 season between its former home and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.After fleeing Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts last summer because of the company’s deteriorated finances, City Opera used three venues this season, starting at BAM, moving on to the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College and ending up next month at El Museo del Barrio.“We have succ
PerformanceApril 19, 2012
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Italian masterpiece returns to Jewish man’s heirs
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) ― U.S. authorities ended a more than 70-year-old art drama Wednesday when they returned a 16th century masterpiece to the heirs of a Jewish man after they sought for years to reclaim the painting wrested away during World War II.A grandson of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe listened in via teleconference from London as American authorities signed the documents transferring over the Baroque painting titled “Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue.’’“You did right a wro
PerformanceApril 19, 2012
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Muti brings Chicago Symphony Orchestra to Russia
MOSCOW (AP) ― The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti performed in Russia on Wednesday for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union.Muti and the U.S. ambassador described the visit as part of President Barack Obama’s efforts to improve relations with Russia.Chicago, the hometown of the U.S. president, “has become one of the symbols where all the people in the world look, hoping that the world ... can reach a future of peace and mutual
PerformanceApril 19, 2012
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Design world steels for austerity at Milan fair
MILAN (AFP) ― Austere furniture for austere times was the message from this week’s Milan design fair, where the aesthetics of the sober 1940s and 1950s prevailed and extravagance gave way to functionality.“Design needs to take into account a significant economic crisis which has led to a re-interpretation to make products more functional while avoiding provocations,” architect Marco Romanelli, a fair organiser, told AFP.“The attention is increasingly on the materials,” Romanelli said.The yearly
Arts & DesignApril 19, 2012
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Patti Kim’s life story told by Jo Young-nam
Veteran singers get together for a special project Veteran singer Patti Kim has never been so fond of the idea of publishing her biography, up until the idea of working with her famous colleague popped up.“I’ve been asked to publish a book about myself for the last 20 years, but the idea never really appealed to me,” said the 74-year-old diva during a press meeting in central Seoul Wednesday. “But when my staff members suggested the idea of working with Jo, I thought, well, that may actually wo
PerformanceApril 19, 2012
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‘American Bandstand’ host Dick Clark dead
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock ‘n’ roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for several generations of Americans.His identity as “the world’s oldest teenager’’ became strained in recent years, as time and infirmity caught up with his enduring boyishness. But he owned New Year’s Eve after four decades hosting his annual telecast on ABC from Times Square. And as a producer and entertainment entrepreneur, he was a med
TelevisionApril 19, 2012
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KBS to host Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union meeting
The 49th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union is scheduled from Oct. 11-17 at the head office of the Korea Broadcasting System and the 63 Convention Center in Seoul, KBS, the host organization, said Thursday.The ABU General assembly is the largest media event in the Asia-Pacific region and is expected to be attended by 220 broadcasters from 60 countries.Various events will be held to promote cooperation and exchange among broadcasters in the region under the theme of “Beyond t
TelevisionApril 19, 2012
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Tribeca Film Festival opens in New York
NEW YORK (AFP) ― New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, created a decade ago after the 9/11 attacks, opens Thursday with a touch of sparkle from Cannes thanks to new artistic director Frederic Boyer.Boyer joined festival founders Robert De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal for an opening presentation Wednesday in lower Manhattan where movies will be shown until April 29.The 89 films, including 50 world premiers, and 60 short films were selected from 46 countries for Tribeca.Boyer, who was recently in
FilmApril 19, 2012
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‘Sungkyunkwan Scandal’ wins bronze award at N.Y. TV Festival
KBS drama “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” won the bronze award at the New York Festivals’ International TV and Films Awards held in Las Vegas on April 17, KBS officials said on Thursday.The 2010 drama series, based on the tale of a group of elite students in the late Joseon period, was given the award in the mini-series category of the festival.The Korean drama starred K-pop star Park Yoo-chun from JYJ, actors Yoo Ah-in and Song Joong-ki and actress Park Min-young.The New York Festival’s International TV
TelevisionApril 19, 2012
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Curtain rises on latest version of ‘Miso’
Chongdong Theater dreams of stage in Las VegasChongdong Theater launched on Wednesday the latest version of “Miso,” the theater’s Korean traditional musical with modern twists. The new version, “Miso 3,” follows the 2011 version “Miso 2: Silla, the Land of Gods” and the 2009 original “Miso: Love Songs from Chunhyang.” The musical started off in 1997 under the title, “Traditional Art Stage” and later changed its brand name to “Miso” in 2009. “Miso 3” is an adaption of the tale of Chunhyang. The K
PerformanceApril 19, 2012
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Korea pushes to register Confucian academies on UNESCO heritage list
A government-civilian panel to promote nine “seowon,” or private Confucian academies established during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), as UNESCO world heritage sites was launched in a ceremony in Seoul on Wednesday.The panel is comprised of 19 experts in the government and the private sector, including Kim Chan, administrator of Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration, and Choi Gun-duk, chairman of the Korea Seowon Association.The Presidential Council on National Branding and the CHA have pus
CultureApril 19, 2012
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Airport stripper says he was 'nude but not lewd'
A high-tech worker who stripped naked at Portland International Airport as a protest against airport security screeners said Wednesday he was being ``nude but not lewd,'' and characterized his act of defiance as protected political speech. John E. Brennan, 49, of Portland was charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure after taking off far more than this belt and shoes during the screeni
TravelApril 19, 2012
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Park Ji-sung extends term as Asiana’s goodwill envoy
Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung agreed to serve as the goodwill ambassador of Asiana Airlines for another year, the air carrier said Wednesday. Park and his parents will be provided with top class seats on all of Asiana’s routes free of charge. It is Park’s sixth year as the goodwill ambassador of Asiana.In addition to Park, Asiana offers air tickets to professional golfers Choi Kyoung-ju, Yang Yong-eun, Kim Kyung-tae and Noh Seung-yul.(sophie@heraldm.com)
PeopleApril 18, 2012