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What is Hybe’s next move?
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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S. Korea to issue travel ban on Haiti amid intensifying gang violence
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Seventeen shows who is the ‘Maestro’ of K-pop in greatest hits album
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Around 50% of people with disabilities aged 65 or above: report
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Mountaineer Um builds schools in the Himalayas
SEOGWIPO, Jeju ― Korea’s foremost mountaineer Um Hong-gil is scaling his 17th summit. The first person to have stood atop the 16 highest points on Earth, including all 14 8,000-meter peaks in the Himalayas, has now taken on the challenge of building schools in remote villages in the Himalayas.“At some point in the process of mastering the 16 peaks, I resolved to return the ‘favor’ given to me by the Himalayas if I survived the climb. I prayed, ‘Please let me live and return,’” Um told The Korea
PeopleFeb. 14, 2012
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Soo bahk do ― Korea’s other martial art
After years of practicing judo and jiujitsu, I became tired of the emphasis they put on competition and brute force. I felt that there was more to martial arts and that the discipline was as much about the mind as the body. Eventually, I was drawn to soo bahk do moo duk kwan. After coming to Korea, I set out to find the central dojang and start my training. I was greeted by a smiling and helpful master Park, with whom I trained my body and mind like never before. I am one of only two foreigners
Expat LivingFeb. 14, 2012
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Seoul City names three honorary vice mayors
Three citizens were selected as honorary vice mayors of the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday under Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s initiative to reflect citizens’ ideas in policy formulation, city officials said Tuesday. Following his motto, “Citizens are the Mayor,” the city government has so far selected citizens to be one-day mayors.This time, the city selected citizens to be messengers for ordinary citizens for a year in unpaid positions. There are three incumbent official vice mayors for
PeopleFeb. 14, 2012
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Madrid opens major Marc Chagall exhibition
MADRID (AFP) ― Spain on Tuesday opens one of the most extensive Marc Chagall exhibitions ever mounted, a feat that organizers say will not be repeated for many years.From canvasses peopled with peasants, musicians and circus characters to illustrations of books and fables, a broad sweep of the Russian master’s works is on show in Madrid.“It is extremely rare to have so many masterpieces together, to bring together so many paintings from all over the world is something that won’t happen again for
PerformanceFeb. 14, 2012
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K-pop's popularity in Europe amazes girl group T-ara
South Korea's top girl group T-ara said they could hardly believe their eyes when they were besieged by fans seeking their autographs during a performance tour in Paris early this month."It was such an amazing experience because all we wished in the past was to rise to the top of a local pop music c
PerformanceFeb. 14, 2012
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Is it a man’s world? Berlin film festival asks
BERLIN (AFP) ― Does the world treat men and women differently? Drag king pioneer Diane Torr not only believes so but in an experiment in front of the camera empowers women to test out her theory.The documentary “Man For A Day,” which has premiered at the Berlin film festival, follows a group of very different women who sign up for a workshop on how to assume the persona of a man.“Gender is a culture-given thing, it’s not natural,” German director Katarina Peters told AFP of her just over 90-minu
FilmFeb. 14, 2012
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Two Koreas' mountain photos
Roger Shepherd, founder of HikeKorea.com, will be exhibiting photos taken while he hiked the Baekdu-Daegan range in both South and North Korea from this week.Shepherd is the co-author of “Baekdu Daegan Trail: Hiking Korea’s Mountain Spine,” published in 2010, and has been documenting the range for six years. He took a major step toward the goal of documenting the entire peninsula-spanning range when he visited the North’s portion of the range in late October-early November. This exhibit, lasting
Expat LivingFeb. 14, 2012
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Drug use might have killed Whitney Houston
As fans await autopsy results that may not come for weeks, speculation raged Monday that pop legend Whitney Houston may have died from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol. A T-shirt, flowers and notes are left at a makeshift memorial for Whitney Houston outside the Beverly Hills Hilt
PerformanceFeb. 14, 2012
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‘Barriers of artistic institutions coming down’
Director of audiences and media at London’s Tate galleries talks about communicating with public in digital eraThe audience is completely changing, said Marc Sands, director of Audiences and Media at Britain’s Tate, just as it was when Tate Modern opened in 2000. “That was the moment when the audience changed both in terms of numbers and the type of people that came. Tate Modern brought contemporary art from the fringes of culture to the mainstream,” said Sands at a press conference on Monday at
PerformanceFeb. 13, 2012
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Paik Hae-sun to return to Korea for recitals
Paik Hae-sun, one of Korea’s favorite pianists, is well-known for her powerful and large-scale performances that produce great enthusiasm among audience members. The 46-year-old artist, who left the country in a surprise move seven years ago to concentrate on her performances, says her new life in New York has changed her and her music.“I used to give dramatic comparison during the recitals, but now I want to play the music with my free spirit and my life full of experiences and feelings,” Paik
PerformanceFeb. 13, 2012
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Halfway through Fashion Week, fierce fitted looks
NEW YORK (AP) ― It’s time for the well-heeled women who shop from New York Fashion Week runways to pull themselves up by their bootstraps ― preferably Christian Louboutins ― and carry off clothes rooted in strength, confidence and even toughness.Even glamorous Victoria Beckham, rarely seen without stilettos on, sent some of her models down the runway Sunday in motorcycle boots. (They were indeed Louboutins.)The fiercer, fitted looks are a contrast to the flowing, airy silhouettes that dominated
Arts & DesignFeb. 13, 2012
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Overseas quiz games aim to help spread Hallyu
South Korea will hold a round of quiz games in about 20 nations with questions and answers on the “Korean Wave,” in its latest effort to raise global awareness of Korean pop culture, officials said Monday.In a phenomenon known as the Korean Wave or “Hallyu” in Korean, South Korean TV dramas, movies
Feb. 13, 2012
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British Bob Marley documentary electrifies Berlin
BERLIN (AFP) - A hotly awaited documentary on Bob Marley has premiered to cheers at the Berlin film festival, tracking his journey from bullied biracial Jamaican boy to reggae superstar.“Marley” by Oscar-winning Scottish film-maker Kevin Macdonald is a two-and-half-hour-long tribute to a child of the Kingston ghettos who made reggae a global phenomenon by the sheer force of his talent and charisma.“For me, Bob is really one of the greatest cultural figures of 20th century. I don‘t think anyone i
FilmFeb. 13, 2012
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Novelists open new chapter for booming China film industry
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Acclaimed Chinese novelist Geling Yan has become accustomed to reaching a wide audience both at home and abroad. But nothing could have prepared her for the attention she has received since film director Zhang Yimou picked up one of her novels and turned it into “The Flowers of War,” China’s biggest box office smash of the past 12 months.“To see my work made into such a grand piece of cinema has made me very happy, it has been quite a shock,” said Yan of the production, adapted
BooksFeb. 13, 2012
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Streep and ‘The Artist’ triumph at Britain‘s BAFTA awards
LONDON (AFP) - Silent movie “The Artist” and US actress Meryl Streep continued their march towards Oscar glory on Sunday after scooping top awards at the BAFTAs, the biggest night of the British film industry.At a celebrity-packed ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London, “The Artist” won seven gongs including best film, best director and best original screenplay for Michel Hazanavicius and best actor for Frenchman Jean Dujardin.Dujardin -- who is also nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal
FilmFeb. 13, 2012
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Adele sweeps 6 Grammy Awards
Whitney Houston’s death casts shadow on awards show as performers pay tributeLOS ANGELES (AP) ― Adele, who captured the world’s heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year.The singer, who also made a triumphant comeback from vocal cord surgery on the Grammy stage, sobbed as she won the night’s final award, album of the year, for “21.’’ It was last yea
PerformanceFeb. 13, 2012
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Actor Cho to teach at university
Actor Cho Jae-hyun will teach at Sungshin Women’s University’s College of Convergence Arts, the school announced last week.The 46-year-old will be teaching two acting courses ― basic acting and “acting and documentaries” ― starting next month at the school’s department of acting for visual media. The Convergence Arts College was founded last year, with Son Seung-hwan, CEO of PMC Production and the producer of homegrown hit musical “Nanta,” taking charge as its president.Cho, who holds a master’s
FilmFeb. 13, 2012
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Victoria Beckham makes return to sophisticated form
NEW YORK (AP) ― She may be chic and petite, but don’t mess with Victoria Beckham. She offered a no-nonsense, tough-girl fall collection at New York Fashion Week on Sunday that she hoped would forge an “emotional attachment between the garment and the wearer.”She explained in the notes for attendants of her small runway show at the New York Public Library that she used this season to explore her interest in details and technique. The crowd did include husband David, in his Sunday-best suit.“The i
PeopleFeb. 13, 2012
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Brad Pitt moves from silver screen to behind-the-scenes
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Never content to be just another Hollywood hunk, Brad Pitt these days is not just one of America’s most bankable film stars but also a sought-after and influential movie producer.Pitt and his life partner Angelina Jolie are Hollywood’s gilded first couple, a fixture on the Big Screen and on the awards’ show red carpet circuit.The actor, 48, starred in the critically acclaimed “Moneyball” which has earned him a best actor Oscar nomination at this year’s awards, as well as in t
PeopleFeb. 13, 2012
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Adele top winner with 6 Grammys
Adele, who captured the world’s heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year.Musician Adele poses with her six trophies at the 54th Grammy Awards in Los A
EntertainmentFeb. 13, 2012