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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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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Adventures of a plucky girl
The Stranger Within Sarah SteinBy Thane Rosenbaum (Texas Tech University Press)Young adult novelists are increasingly tackling darker subjects: kidnappings, drugs, rape. But few have delved into so many dark subjects as novelist Thane Rosenbaum, who ventures into YA territory with his latest, “The Stranger Within Sarah Stein,” a novel revolving around divorce, Sept. 11, homelessness and the Holocaust.What might be most odd about this combination of subjects is that the book isn’t glum at all. To
BooksMarch 30, 2012
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‘The False Prince’: A medieval con man seeks impostor for missing royal
Most children want to be recognized as someone special. In “The False Prince,” Jennifer A. Nielsen takes that desire to an extreme with a romp of a medieval-themed, middle-grade novel. This kickoff to her new “Ascendance Trilogy” is a swashbuckling origin story about orphans forced to compete with one another for a chance to take the crown.The book opens with a boy running through the streets being chased by a cleaver-wielding butcher hoping to retrieve a stolen roast. The thief is Sage, a misch
BooksMarch 30, 2012
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Chicago physicist takes people back to vanished life of postwar Europe
“Lately I have been overcome by an urge to put my affairs in order,” Peter Freund read, and within moments another world began to materialize in Sandmeyer’s Bookstore.It was postwar Europe, a place of deception and danger for a Romanian Jewish couple masquerading as Catholics in the German town of Dachau.In this and in Freund’s other stories, people try to glue together the shards of shattered worlds and lives. They fight for lost fortunes, outwit Swiss bankers, encounter spies and betrayers, ar
BooksMarch 30, 2012
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Wine of the Week: 2011 Red C Sauvignon Blanc ‘Dry Creek Valley’
Need a bottle of kosher wine for the holidays? Look no further than this second vintage of Red C Sauvignon Blanc from Covenant Wines. Made with fruit from the Dry Creek Valley’s Allan Nelson Vineyard, this is a beautiful example of Sonoma Sauvignon Blanc. Jeff Morgan just let the natural yeasts do their thing, and the 2011 Red C is grassy with ripe golden fruit tempered by a bright thread of acidity and an appealing minerality.● Price: About $22● Style: Crisp and nuanced● What it goes with: Smok
FoodMarch 30, 2012
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Sogalbigui (marinated and grilled beef ribs)
Sogalbigui is a dish of beef ribs that are pre-marinated with soy sauce seasoning, then grilled over a charcoal fire. This is a favorite dish for many Koreans. Sogalbigui may have originated from maejeok which was a method of barbecuing skewered pre-seasoned beef over a charcoal fire. Ingredients● 4 ea beef short ribs on the bone ● minced garlic, 1/8 tsp ground black pepper, 1/2 tbsp sesame salt, 1 tbsp sesame oil ● 1 tbsp edible oil, 1 tbsp pine nuts ● seasoning (1): 40 g pear juice, 1 tbsp ref
FoodMarch 30, 2012
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A meal to remember: 100 years later, dinners re-create the last meal on the Titanic
The Henry Ford Museum is readying a sold-out dinner for 400 as it opens “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” which begins a long run in Dearborn, Mich., on March 31. In Royal Oak, Mich., a Titanic dinner will kick off the Stagecrafters’ production of “Titanic: The Musical.”The Kirby House, a bed-and-breakfast in Saugatuck, will put on its annual Titanic dinner, and in Alma, the public library will be turned into a ship’s dining hall for a buffet-style affair for 125.Titanic enthusiast David McMac
FoodMarch 30, 2012
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New Yangjaecheon restaurant puts French bistro fare in spotlight
Seasoned chef’s hotspot attracting crowds with good food in picturesque settingIt is hard for a restaurant to get everything perfect. In an ideal world, decor, food (from savory to sweet), service, pricing and surroundings would all blend seamlessly together to create the ultimate dining experience. Alas, in reality, that is no easy feat.Newly minted hotspot Cuisson82, however, comes pretty close to it. Given its idyllic location near Yangjae Stream, its rustic French fare and well-mannered staf
FoodMarch 30, 2012
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Lady Gaga’s Seoul concert banned for teenagers
American pop singer Lady Gaga's upcoming Seoul concert has been restricted to over-18s by the Korea Media Rating Board, as the Gender Ministry considers one of her songs to be performed at the show as “inappropriate” for minors.The rating board's decision came after a series of complaints filed by conservative NGOs and Christian groups, who demanded Hyundai Card to cancel the show on grounds that Lady Gaga promotes “inappropriate behavior” for youngsters, including homosexuality and mocking of r
PerformanceMarch 30, 2012
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At 98, once-illiterate US lobsterman is an author
James Arruda Henry had plenty to be proud of as a lobster boat captain who managed to build his own house and raise a family. But he kept a secret into his 90s, one that forced him to bluff his way through life by day and brought tears at night.Henry was illiterate. He couldn't even read restaurant
BooksMarch 30, 2012
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Another finalist booted from ‘American Idol’
In this March 1, 2012 image released by Fox, the remaining 13 contestants from the singing competition series, "American Idol," are shown in Los Angeles. (AP)It wasn’t a laughing matter for Heejun Han on “American Idol.’’The goofy 22-year-old nonprofit organizer from New York who found his way back
TelevisionMarch 30, 2012
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Nothing special makes it cool
Scandinavian designs hot in furniture and household itemsIt is not difficult to detect a notable trend in the living section in department stores and in design magazines: a lot of things have gone extremely simple, eco-friendly, with few vivid accent colors. Because most of the popular furniture and warm and cozy household items like lamps and rugs with such designs are made by brands based in northern European countries, they are summed up as “Scandinavian” or “Nordic” designs and are stirring
Arts & DesignMarch 30, 2012
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Under-18s banned from Lady Gaga concert in Seoul
Lady Gaga (Bloomberg)American pop singer Lady Gaga’s upcoming Seoul concert has been restricted to over-18s by the Korea Media Rating Board, as the Gender Ministry considers one of her songs to be performed at the show as “inappropriate” for minors.The rating board's decision came after a series of
PerformanceMarch 30, 2012
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New Zealand offers tourists tanks for their memories
In a country regarded as the adrenaline-pumped home of adventure sports, one New Zealand company is offering frustrated drivers the chance to squash a car with a Centurion tank.Tanks for Everything in Christchurch has a fleet of eight tanks, armoured personnel carriers and Jeeps, the largest of which can easily crush a family sedan pancake-flat in a crescendo of squealing metal and shattering glass.“I think it maybe releases repressed frustration, to go and crush something with a tank,” owner Jo
TravelMarch 30, 2012
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Ad placed in NYT demands Japan’s sex slavery apology
Singer Kim Jang-hoon and Sungshin Women’s University professor Seo Kyoung-duk placed an advertisement in the New York Times on Wednesday, requesting compensation or a public apology from the Japanese government to former sex slaves for the Japanese military. Headlined “Do You Hear?,” the ad shows a photo of Korean elderly women who were forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II and explains that they have been holding weekly protests outside the Japanese Embassy in
PeopleMarch 29, 2012
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Three young Korean pianists to compete at NY piano competition
Three young Korean musicians will participate in a piano competition in New York. Ahn Jee-hae, Hong Sa-hun and Chang Hye-won will compete at the sixth New York International Piano Competition, which will be held from June 18-22 in Manhattan.Ahn, who started piano studies at age 3, was the youngest pianist to perform in the Fourth Chopin International Competition in Moscow in 2004. She is a recipient of a Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award.Hong began playing the piano at age 4 and graduated Mag
PerformanceMarch 29, 2012
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Design House chief to direct 2013 Gwangju Design Biennale
Lee Young-hye, head of publishing company Design House, was appointed as director of 2013 Gwangju Design Biennale on Wednesday. Lee started her career as a reporter at monthly magazine Design and later became the publisher. Leading one of the biggest art and lifestyle magazine publishing companies, Design House, Lee published many art and lifestyle magazines including “My Wedding,” “Enfant” and “Luxury.” The company also runs “Seoul Living Design Fair” which has been held every spring since 2002
PeopleMarch 29, 2012
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Adrienne Rich, feminist poet and essayist, dies
SANTA CRUZ, California (AP) ― Poet Adrienne Rich, whose socially conscious verse influenced a generation of feminist, gay rights and anti-war activists, has died. She was 82.Rich died Tuesday at home from complications from rheumatoid arthritis, said her son, Pablo Conrad. She had lived in Santa Cruz since the 1980s.Through her writing, Rich explored topics such as women’s rights, racism, sexuality, economic justice and love between women.Rich published more than a dozen volumes of poetry and fi
BooksMarch 29, 2012
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Korea seeks UNESCO designation for Saemaul documents, Admiral Yi’s diaries
Korea plans to apply for UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” designation for a vast amount of documents related to the “New Community (Saemaul) Movement,” the political initiative launched by the late President Park Chung-hee to modernize Korea’s rural economy, according to the Cultural Heritage Administration.The state institution, which has been working on the application since last year, is submitting the application to UNESCO on Friday, Yi Kyung-hoon, director of the international division of the
PerformanceMarch 29, 2012
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CICI holds essay contest to seek better communication
The Corea Image Communication Institute is holding an essay contest on April 28 as part of effort to facilitate better communication among different generations, genders and social classes, the private non-profit group said on Thursday. The institute is currently receiving essays and applications from Korean undergraduate and graduates students for the contest. Foreigners younger than age 35 can also enter the contest. The essays must be written in Korean.“We wish to get creative ideas from part
CultureMarch 29, 2012
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Improved Ditto Fest moves beyond classical music
Violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill debuts as conductor performing water symphony ‘Liquid Interface’ by Mason BatesJune’s Ditto Festival, led by all-male chamber ensemble Ditto, will attempt to break barriers between classical and contemporary music.The slogan of the 2012 Ditto Festival will be “Nuovo Ditto,” to reflect the ensemble’s aim to creating new musical performances that go beyond the classical genre.The festival’s artistic director and renowned violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill will make his
PerformanceMarch 29, 2012