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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Wolfhound Busan to hold acoustic contest
The Wolfhound pub in Busan’s Haeundae is running an “Acoustic Showdown” for four weeks starting Friday.The event will feature solo singers fighting it out for a top prize of 500,000 won. Second and third prizes are 200,000 won and 100,000 won. Judging will be done by a panel.Entrants should sing one cover and two original songs or two original songs and one cover, armed only with their voice and an acoustic guitar.There will be three heats taking place on consecutive Fridays and starting at 9:30
Expat LivingApril 3, 2012
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Dutch expats to hold Orange Ball
Expats from the Netherlands will host the Dutch Orange Ball on April 14 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.The black tie event will feature dinner and dancing and live music from Dutch band Grooveline.This is the 15th such event, which is organized by a group of volunteers from the Dutch community in Korea and is endorsed by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Open to the Dutch, Korean and international community, proceeds from the event will be put toward various charities in Korea, with an emp
Expat LivingApril 3, 2012
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Mustache Fable album focuses on the positive
Danielle Arsenault is always on the move.“I have so much energy, even when I’m sitting,” she says. “When I go out with a group of friends I often stand because I just can’t sit very well.”She doesn’t stand, thankfully, for the interview, but the list of her activities suggests she rarely has a minute to spare. Arsenault hosts shows, is writing a series of cookbooks and this Saturday is launching an album, “Saving Earthworms from Sun-Scorched Death,” under the pseudonym Mustache Fable. She is lea
Expat LivingApril 3, 2012
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Titanic centenary grips global TV market
CANNES, France (AFP) ― From documentaries to high-end costume dramas, the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic has sparked a tidal wave of TV shows, up for grabs at this week’s MIPTV international trade show.Episode one of the mini-series “Titanic,” penned by Oscar and Emmy-winning scriptwriter Julian Fellowes and distributed by Britain’s ITV Studios, was given a gala screening at the fair opening night Sunday, in presence of cast and crew.ITV’s take on the tragedy, which claimed some 1,5
TelevisionApril 3, 2012
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Trailer from Houston‘s new film makes its debut
Viewers got a first glimpse of Whitney Houston’s upcoming film Monday when NBC‘s ``Today’‘ show premiered a trailer for the much-awaited release, and a fuller clip debuted on Yahoo! Movies.A remake of the 1976 original, ``Sparkle’‘ stars Houston as the mother of three girls who form a singing group and struggle with fame and drug addiction. The trailer showed the daughters, including ``American Idol’‘ winner Jordin Sparks, performing. Houston is prominent throughout, at one point singing the cla
FilmApril 3, 2012
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Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in biopic
He's already a titan of social media, so it only makes sense that Ashton Kutcher would play the late Apple founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biography.Kutcher's publicist confirmed Tuesday that the independent film ``Jobs'' will begin production in May while he's on hiatus from the CBS sitcom ``Two and a Half Men.'' Variety first reported the casting news.The 34-year-old actor, who has over 10 mil
FilmApril 3, 2012
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Seok named secretary general of regional history institute
Seok Tong-youn, former international advisory ambassador of Gyeonggi Province, has been appointed the new secretary general of the Northeast Asian History Foundation, the state-run history research institute announced last week.Considered one of the leading experts on Korea-China relations, Seok served as the spokesperson of Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2002 to 2003, deputy chief of mission at the Korean Embassy in China from 2003 to 2006, and consulate general in Hong Kong
CultureApril 2, 2012
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Stones and nails bring artist close to nature
Artist Lee Jae-hyo showcases sculptures close to nature at Sungkok Art MuseumWhat could have ended up in the trash or at a hardware store at best turns into art ― extremely delicate, even, ― when touched by Lee Jae-hyo’s finger tips. The South Korean artist slices nails and hammers them until they are shiny and smooth, and creates symmetrical sculptures by putting thousands of them together. Some of his other materials of choice are wood and stones, which he works in similar ways. Seeing his wo
PerformanceApril 2, 2012
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Turkey asks museums to return antiquities
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―The government of Turkey has asked the J. Paul Getty Museum and several other American museums to return artifacts that it believes were looted.The Turkish government has contacted the Getty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Cleveland Museum of Art and Harvard University’s Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection to present evidence that objects in their collections may have been illegally excavated from the country’s archaeological sites, the Los Ange
CultureApril 2, 2012
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Sarah Palin set to co-host NBC’s ‘Today’
NEW YORK (AP) ― NBC’s “Today” show is bringing Sarah Palin on board as a co-host ― for one morning, this Tuesday.The announcement was posted Sunday on NBC’s website. It says the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate will “reveal a different side” than viewers have seen before.The booking is clearly an attempt to blunt the impact of “Today” alumna Katie Couric’s weeklong return to morning TV as a guest host on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Couric joined ABC last year and was
PerformanceApril 2, 2012
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Culture Ministry revamps Korean language-learning website
The Culture Ministry has launched an updated version of its online Korean language learning center to promote globalization of the language, officials said on Monday. The website (www.sejonghakdang.org) operated by the state-run The King Sejong Institute is now available in eight different languages, from the previous six languages, including Russian and Indonesian. The institute named after King Sejong of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), who invented Hangeul, the Korean writing system, has been
CultureApril 2, 2012
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Korean to head IATC for third time
Kim Yun-cheol, head of Korea National University of Arts’ School of Drama, has been reelected as the president of the International Association of Theatre Critics for the third time. The decision was made Friday at the IATC regular general meeting in Warszawa, Poland. Kim was the first Asian ever to be elected to head IATC in 2008. Each term lasts two years.Kim studied English education at Seoul National University and obtained an M.A. degree in Theater and Cinematic Arts at Choong Ang Universit
PerformanceApril 2, 2012
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Busan to become multimedia content center in May
Busan will become a marketplace for multimedia content including TV dramas and smartphone apps from around the world in May.From May 10-12, the city hosts Busan Contents Market at BEXCO, a convention center in Haeundae, with more than 600 media companies and buyers from 47 countries participating, the organizing committee said. The committee expects to have companies signing deals worth $54 million this year, up from $48 million last year.In its sixth year, the committee plans to open the market
TelevisionApril 2, 2012
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Filming in Chernobyl, the ‘Land of Oblivion’
PARIS (AFP) ― The film had to be shot in Chernobyl. That was the sizeable challenge Michale Boganim set herself for her first feature film, the story of a young bride robbed of a husband by the 1986 nuclear disaster.Five years in the making, the French-Israeli director’s “Land of Oblivion,” just released in France, was shot entirely in the so-called exclusion zone, reaching 30 kilometers around the defunct Ukrainian nuclear power plant.Starring “Bond girl” Olga Kurylenko in the lead role, the fi
FilmApril 2, 2012
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Feist wins Juno for Artist of the Year
TORONTO (AP) ― Indie-rock songstress Leslie Feist took home a Juno for Artist of the Year on Sunday night, her third win at the 41st annual Canadian music awards ceremony.Feist, best known for her whimsical 2007 song “1234,’’ which became an international hit after it was featured in an iPod nano commercial, might have surprised some with Sunday night’s win since her contemplative fourth disc, “Metals,’’ wasn’t nominated for Album of the Year.Another of the night’s early winners was no surprise:
PerformanceApril 2, 2012
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Korean-American playwright brings unusual portrait of immigrant family
Lloyd Suh’s drama ‘American Hwangap’ gets its first Seoul runThe concept of home and belonging has been repeatedly discussed in migration studies and art, yet many local viewers may find Korean-American playwright Lloyd Suh’s play quite equivocal and even unusual.As its title, “American Hwangap” suggests, the play deals with the clash between two different worlds: Korea and America, parents and children, and the past and the future. It deals with an uneasy reunion of an immigrant family, as well
PerformanceApril 2, 2012
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Sandler big loser at Razzie Awards
"Jack and Jill," a big-screen comedy starring Adam Sandler as the titular twin siblings, "won" 10 Razzie Awards at a Santa Monica ceremony Sunday night.The movie is the first to sweep all categories in the Razzies' 32-year history.It was named Worst Picture of 2011, while Sandler was declared Worst Actor and Worst Actress, and the cast was dubbed Worst Ensemble.Sandler's Oscar-winning co-star Al P
FilmApril 2, 2012
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Titanic's last lunch menu sells for 76,000 pound in Britain
A menu for the last luncheon served to first class passengers on the doomed Titanic sold for 76,000 pound ($122,000, 91,000 euros) at a British auction on Sunday.The menu, dated April 14, 1912 -- the night the biggest, most ambitious ship of the age hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank, killing 1,514 people -- was the star lot in an auction of Titanic memorabilia.A Britain-based collector
FoodApril 2, 2012
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Grammy Museum show reflects L.A. music’s darker side
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Think of the music that defines Los Angeles and often three words float to the surface: The Beach Boys. Which is why The Grammy Museum’s new exhibition, “Trouble in Paradise: Music and Los Angeles 1945-1975,” has carefully chosen not to overemphasize the group that helped cement L.A.’s reputation as the Land of the Endless Summer, filled with sandy beaches, tricked-out automobiles and beautiful women. Think such songs as Surfin’ USA,” “Little Deuce Coupe” and “California Girls
CultureApril 1, 2012
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Paris show bets on green, sustainable luxury
PARIS (AFP) ― Luxury and sustainable development may sound like polar opposites, but green pioneers gathered at a Paris show at the weekend were betting on a cleaner, fairer future for the industry.Created in 2010, the four-day Paris event, dubbed “1.618 Sustainable Luxury,” brought together some 40 firms, inventors and foundations, that aim to reconcile luxury with ethics and environmental good practice.One of these was Bruno Pieters, a Belgian fashion designer who in January launched Honest by
Arts & DesignApril 1, 2012