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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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[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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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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e-readers infiltrate book clubs
Sandy Harris has long enjoyed laid-back conversations about literature with the other members of her book club. Lately, though, technology is complicating the routine: “We’re definitely divided into the Kindle people and the not Kindle people,” Harris says, alluding to Amazon’s popular digital reading device.Welcome to the changing landscape of book clubs, those ubiquitous living-room forums where
PerformanceApril 15, 2011
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Abby Sunderland revisits her around-the-world sailing adventure in book, documentary
Abby Sunderland is sitting barefoot aboard her brother’s boat in Marina del Rey on a recent morning, her blond hair fluttering in the light breeze. The only physical evidence of the five months she traveled by herself at sea before her sailboat rolled over, ripping off her mast and soaking everything on board, is a simple rope bracelet.The knotted white band on her left wrist was a gift from one o
BooksApril 15, 2011
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‘Bourbon Women’: Whiskey isn’t just a man’s drink
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― Marketing executive Peggy Noe Stevens sticks to basics when savoring Kentucky bourbon ― no splash of water, just ice, stacked.For the uninitiated, that’s one ice cube at a time, followed by equal shots of bourbon. Then she lets the whiskey settle before sipping.Stevens, a former whiskey industry executive, is a bourbon aficionado and founder of a new group called Bourbo
FoodApril 15, 2011
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Wine lovers in Hungarian town pay in Blue Francs
FoodApril 15, 2011
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Around the hotels
Oakwood Premier Coex Center SeoulThe hotel’s Genesis Business Center on the fifth floor offers the “All-day Meeting Room” package until May 31. The package includes complimentary coffee and cookies, a beam projector and the Internet. There are three meeting places at the Genesis Business Center. Meeting Room 1 is available for up to six people, Meeting Room 2, up to 18 people, and the Boardroom, u
TravelApril 15, 2011
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Retro Desserts
Carrot cake and banana bread for the sentimental sweet-fiendCertain desserts hearken back to the hearth. One bite stirs up childhood memories, like the cream cheese frosting over a slab of carrot cake, or that moist, dense crumb off a freshly-baked wedge of banana bread that mom packed for school. “I went for what I ate often,” Holly Sorim Yang, owner of The Cheesecake, explained why she put carro
FoodApril 15, 2011
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World‘s first 3D porn film’ opens in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP) -- Movie-goers flocked to see what is billed as the world’s first 3-D porn film as it opened to packed cinemas across Hong Kong on Thursday, with some screenings selling out completely.Loosely based on a piece of classical Chinese erotic literature, the $3.2-million Cantonese-language movie “3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy“ features orgies, swinging and some very graphic sex scene
FilmApril 15, 2011
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Shooter becomes international referee
Lee Eun-chul, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist in men’s 50m rifle prone, has qualified as an international shooting referee. Lee Eun-chulLast month he completed an international refereeing course in Korea and passed the final examination. Lee will referee in domestic competitions for the rest of this year, and take to international meets from next year.The 44-year-old former shooter studied computer
PeopleApril 14, 2011
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Actor Jang donates 10m yen to Japan
Actor Jang Keun-suk has donated 10.1 million yen ($121,000) in proceeds from his recent charity event for its earthquake and tsunami victims to the Japanese Red Cross. Jang Keun-sukHis management agency Tree J Company said on Wednesday that the 24-year-old actor raised the funds by selling wristbands, cards and other items with well-wishing messages for Japan at his Japanese fan site from March 17
PeopleApril 14, 2011
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‘The Korean War is forgotten in Russia’
Former Soviet veteran astonished that modern South Korea recalls conflictIn a Seoul coffee shop, his jacket jangling with medals, the 79-year-old man grew animated as he recalled the war of his youth. Like many other veterans of the conflict, he was astonished by modern South Korea, but also saddened that the 1950-53 Korean War is virtually unknown back home.This veteran was not, however, a member
PeopleApril 14, 2011
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Rome’s bloody, art-loving emperor Nero in new show
ROME (AFP) ― It’s safe to say that the Emperor Nero ― the subject of a major new exhibition and archaeology trail that opened in the Roman Forum this week ― has always had something of an image problem.He has gone down in the history books as the man who had his domineering mother Agrippina killed, kicked his pregnant wife Poppaea to death and ― as legend would have it ― played his lyre on a hill
PerformanceApril 14, 2011
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Silla’s millennium story unfolds at Gyeongju World Culture Expo
During the summer and autumn, North Gyeongsang Province and Gyeongju city will host an international cultural event to tell the story of Silla Kingdom (B.C. 57-A.D. 935), one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.Under the theme “The Story of Millennium ― Love, Light and Nature,” the 6th Gyeongju World Culture Expo will be held for 60 days from Aug. 12 to Oct. 10 at the Gyeongju World Culture Expo Park a
TravelApril 14, 2011
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Royal books finally come home
Joseon-period manuscripts return to Seoul on loan 145 years after they were looted by the FrenchThe first batch of Korea’s ancient royal books, looted by the French army in the late 19th century and kept by France until recently, arrived in Seoul on Thursday afternoon, their ownership still remaining in the hands of France.The 75 books of “Uigwe,” or manuscripts for royal protocols created during
CultureApril 14, 2011
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The Radio Dept. to make Korean debut
Landing fresh from a performance at California’s Coachella music festival, Swedish indie pop band The Radio Dept. are to play their first ever Korean gig next week. The band, whose music was featured in Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette,” are excited to play for their fans here, singer Johan Duncanson told The Korea Herald by phone from a recording space in Stockholm, in the midst of rehearsals fo
PerformanceApril 14, 2011
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Sesame Street beams American dream to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AFP) ― The United States has turned to oversized puppets in its newest attempt to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, funding a $20 million remake of popular children’s TV program Sesame Street.The U.S. show that popularized characters like Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and the Cookie Monster is being remade for a Pakistani audience, to promote “shared values and ideas” said USAID’s educatio
TelevisionApril 13, 2011
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Korea’s royal books returning from France
Korea’s royal books, looted by the French navy in the late 19th century and kept by the National Library of France until recently, will be returning to their home country Thursday, the government said.The 297 books of “Uigwe,” or manuscripts for royal protocols created during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), will be delivered to the National Museum of Korea in four separate air transports. The firs
CultureApril 13, 2011
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Shilla Hotel bans hanbok, offers apology
The Shilla Seoul CEO Lee Bu-jin (Yonhap News)The Shilla Seoul on Wednesday apologized for banning a hanbok-clad customer from entering its restaurant, the Park View, which provoked fierce criticism in the nation’s cyber space.The controversy sparked when well-known hanbok designer Lee Hye-sun of Damyeon was reportedly banned from entering the Park View on Tuesday evening by a restaurant staff, who
CultureApril 13, 2011
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Booming times for Czech monastery even as faith wanes
ZELIV, Czech Republic (AFP) ― Religious belief may be on a sharp decline in the Czech Republic but the Zeliv monastery has found a new role as a spiritual refuge while it recovers from its own decades of turmoil.Today’s pilgrims to the monastery tucked in a picturesque valley outside Prague include businessmen, managers and artists ― even a 1970s pop star ― who come to follow the steady rhythm of
TravelApril 13, 2011
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Middleton’s gown likely to be an influential one
Brides’ choice of wedding gowns inspired by what others wearNEW YORK (AP) ― When Kate Middleton walks down the aisle this month to marry Prince William, watching would-be brides almost certainly will home in on her dress.Bridal industry insiders expect her gown to be copied many times over as soon as the public gets its first glimpse.Some wedding dresses leave a legacy beyond the next-day knockoff
Arts & DesignApril 13, 2011
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Olympian Carl Lewis to run for NJ Senate
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) ― Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis says he’ll run again ― for New Jersey Senate.“When I run ― as you see from my record ― I run to win,” the 49-year-old Lewis said outside a historic courthouse in his home county, where he announced his candidacy Monday with his mother and other family members standing nearby. Lewis said he hopes to inspire people, encourage communities to
PeopleApril 12, 2011