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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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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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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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Chung honorary mayor of Jeju Global Education City
Chung Un-chan, a former prime minister who now heads the Commission on Shared Growth for Large and Small Companies, will be appointed the first honorary mayor of the Jeju Global Education City (JGEC), the Jeju Free International City Development Center said Monday. Chung will oversee the special district that is set to play host to world-renowned international schools, as it aims to become the educational hub of Northeast Asia. According to the JDC, Chung’s appointment came as Jeju Gov. Woo Keun
PeopleFeb. 13, 2012
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Houston in posthumous movie about drug fallout
Whitney Houston will star in a posthumous movie she finished working on before her death, poignantly about a singing group dealing with the troubles caused by fame and drugs. Whitney Houston (AFP)“Sparkle,” due out in August, is a remake of a 1976 film loosely based on the story of the Supremes, fol
FilmFeb. 13, 2012
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Chocolate’s a challenge for gardening Valentines
If chocolate’s the thing for your sweetie on Valentine’s Day, why give plain old candy when you can give a chocolate plant (Theobroma cacao)? Handmade chocolate is being arranged in preparation for Valentine's Day. (Yonhap)THE CHALLENGE OF CHOCOLATEGrowing chocolate from seed is difficult. Fres
CultureFeb. 13, 2012
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Minister Choe, Swedish king celebrate exhibition on Korean culture
STOCKHOLM ― South Korea’s Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik on Saturday promoted the country’s traditional culture at the opening ceremony of a Korean antiquities exhibition room at a museum here.The Korean room in Sweden’s Museum of East Asia in Stockholm displays 160 of 350 Korean artifacts owned by the museum, most of which are ceramics. “The Korean room is our project to promote relations between the two countries further following the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties
CultureFeb. 12, 2012
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Yes sir! Fashion Week trends going military
NEW YORK (AP) ― Fashion’s top brass seems to like the military look for next fall. Three days into the seasonal previews at New York Fashion Week Saturday, styles for the urban battlefield have emerged as a trend.Prabal Gurung, one of Michelle Obama’s favorite designers, opened his show with a sharp black cape ― with a black patent-leather tank peeking out ― and black neoprene molded trousers. The outfit oozed strength but it wasn’t overly tough, either.It was a similar story at the Rag & Bone a
Arts & DesignFeb. 12, 2012
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Cultural cooperation, respecting creativity not building images
Goethe Institut stresses dialogue, collaboration between Korean and German cultureThis is the second of the series introducing cultural centers of different countries in Seoul. ― Ed.With Korean cultural centers slowly expanding their presence in countries around the world, the Goethe Institut in Seoul says it is important to respect artists’ creativity, rather than using their production as means of building the nation’s image.“It is important in the cultural sphere to respect culture, cultural
CultureFeb. 12, 2012
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Houston broke records, barriers and hearts
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Pop legend Whitney Houston, who was found dead Saturday, was the vocal star of a generation whose soaring voice broke records and inspired millions of fans before substance abuse sent her on a downward spiral.“She was a legend. These people don’t come around often,” British television host and producer Simon Cowell, of American Idol and Britain’s Got Talent fame, told CNN television. “No one could sell a song like Whitney.”She was a trailblazers who proved that a female artis
PeopleFeb. 12, 2012
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Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films
Cause of death unknown, authorities say no obvious criminal intentLOS ANGELES (AP) ― Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen told reporters outside the Beverly Hilton that Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. in her room on the fourth floor of the hotel. Her body remained there and Beverly Hi
PeopleFeb. 12, 2012
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Eight arrested in bribery probe at Murdoch's Sun
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's top-selling newspaper The Sun was in crisis Saturday after police arrested five of its journalists over bribery allegations, but owner Rupert Murdoch vowed to keep publishing the tabloid.A Ministry of Defence (MoD) official, a member of the armed forces and a policeman were
CultureFeb. 12, 2012
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Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was ruined by erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen said Houston was pron
PerformanceFeb. 12, 2012
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Exhibitions"Dutch Magic Realism: Past toward Contemporary": Museum of Art in Seoul National University presents 71 Dutch paintings and sculptures from ING Banks’s collections. The show will trace 80 years of figurative art, from Dutch realism to recent works, by displaying artworks by the European country’s representative artists including Carel Willink, Wim Schuhmacher and Philip Akkerman. The exhibition runs through April 12 at Seoul National University’s Museum of Art in Sillim-dong, souther
PerformanceFeb. 10, 2012
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U.S. to begin full-scale probe into alleged dumping by Samsung, LG
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- U.S. trade authorities on Friday announced a full-fledged investigation into allegations that major South Korean firms Samsung and LG have violated anti-dumping rules here."The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has made affirmative determinations in its preliminary phase anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning certain large residential washers from Korea and Mexico," the agency said in a press release.The move came after Whirlpool Corp.,
FilmFeb. 10, 2012
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Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama, under fierce election-year fire, on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.Obama's compromise means ultimately that women would still get birth control without having to pay for it, no matter where they work. The presid
FilmFeb. 10, 2012
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Lim looks back on decade as pianist
Lim Dong-hyek“10th Anniversary Edition”(EMI)Lim Dong-hyek, one of Korea’s promising classical artists, has released the special album “Dong-hyek Lim: 10th Anniversary Edition,” to celebrate his past decade as a professional pianist.The new album consists of three CDs with pieces he had already released with EMI Classics over the past 10 years. Lim released his first CD in 2002 including compositions by Chopin, Schubert and Ravel. In 2004, Lim recorded Sonata in B minor and other small works of C
FilmFeb. 10, 2012
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Box Office
Howling (Korea) Opening Feb. 16Crime. Thriller. Directed by Yoo Ha. Detective Sang-gil (Song Kang-ho), who is desperate for promotion, gets annoyed when he is assigned to work with an inexperienced junior Eun-young (Lee Na-young) for what looks like a suicide case. Eun-young finds out that it is in fact a murder case involving a giant wolf-dog. Being the only female detective in her team, socially inept Eun-young endures the low expectations, lewd jokes and even sexual harassment by her macho te
FilmFeb. 10, 2012
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Swedish director Daniel Espinosa took an unusual approach with ‘Safe House’
When Universal Pictures hired Daniel Espinosa to direct its rogue CIA agent thriller “Safe House,” the studio knew it was rolling the dice. The Swedish filmmaker had never made an English-language feature, he hadn’t worked with stars near the magnitude of “Safe House” leads Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, and he was graduating from a $4-million Nordic drug drama to an $85-million production.None of that prepared executives for the first batch of footage Espinosa sent back to California from
FilmFeb. 10, 2012
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Organic wine gala dinner on Valentine’s Day
Asian cuisine restaurant Asian Live at the InterContinental Seoul COEX in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, is offering an Organic Wine Gala Dinner for Valentine’s Day. The dinner is based on healthy hansik (Korean traditional cuisine), prepared by chef Kim Byeong-eun who was in charge of the meals during the ASEM and G20 meetings. Guests can enjoy a delicious full-course gala dinner accompanied by sparkling wine Toques et Clochers Crmant de Limoux 2007. The Organic Wine Gala Dinner is available on
TravelFeb. 10, 2012
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Finair offers early bird promotion
Finair is offering tickets to major European cities at about 600,000 won as a February promotional event. Flights to Amsterdam, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Zurich and Prague cost 600,000 won until Feb. 29 and trips to other European cities are priced at 700,000 won, excluding tax.Departure should be before April 15 and the return date should be no later than May 15. The length of required stay is from four days to a month. The promotional event also includes a free stop-over at Helsinki,
TravelFeb. 10, 2012
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JW Marriott Hotel Seoul’s molecular cocktails
JW Marriott Seoul’s Bar Rouge in Banpo-dong, southern Seoul, has invited molecular cocktail expert Antonio Lai as a guest bartender from Feb. 8 to 11 to present his famous molecular cocktails. Having worked in various areas of food and beverage for 14 years in Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Germany, Italy and the United States, he first encountered molecular cocktails while training as a cocktail maker in Italy. Since then, Antonio’s research and development gained him a reputation as one of the
TravelFeb. 10, 2012
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American shifts to more self-serve kiosks
American Airlines recently completed a radical makeover of its lobby at Los Angeles International Airport, a project that eliminated the counters that separate ticket agents from long lines of passengers.In place of counters, American Airlines installed banks of self-serve kiosks, a total of 36 machines, where passengers can check in, get boarding passes and pay for on-board extras.Although American Airlines filed for bankruptcy in November and has called for 13,000 layoffs, airline officials sa
TravelFeb. 10, 2012