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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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Students in U.S. compose Jeju song
MiYooMo campaigns for the island’s bid to become one of New Seven WondersA group of Koreans attending U.S. universities have composed a song with their foreign friends to promote Jeju island in its drive to be selected as one of the New Seven Wonders.The song, currently available on the group’s website (www.miyoomo.com), describes the beauty of the tourist attraction with English lyrics and a ligh
PeopleApril 11, 2011
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Acting couple campaign for organ donation
A Korean acting couple, Choi Soo-jong and his wife Ha Hee-ra, have joined an organ donation drive by Korean Organ Donor Program.Choi Soo-jong (left) and Ha Hee-raAccording to the organization, Choi and Ha pledged support for organ donation on its “Day of Organ Donation,” which fell on Saturday. The couple, together with 100 volunteers of Shinhan Bank, also campaigned for organ donations at an entr
PeopleApril 10, 2011
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Sotheby’s sells record $447m worth Asian art
Despite lackluster imperial porcelain sales, Hong Kong auction sets new recordHONG KONG (AFP) ―Sotheby’s said Saturday it sold a record HK$3.49 billion ($447 million) worth of Asian and Chinese art, fine wines, watches and jewels at its eight-day Hong Kong auction.The auction house offered 3,600 lots in eight categories in what its Asia CEO Kevin Ching described as the “most successful Hong Kong s
PerformanceApril 10, 2011
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Demi Moore on anti-trafficking drive
U.S. actress Demi Moore is in Nepal after joining a global campaign to root out human trafficking.She is there as part of CNN’s Freedom Project, a worldwide network which works to eliminate trafficking of women and sex slavery, the Press Trust of India reported Friday. Demi MooreThe 48-year-old actress is there without husband Ashton Kutcher to work with Maiti Nepal, the country’s biggest anti-tra
PeopleApril 10, 2011
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Films on detained China artist to screen in Taiwan
TAIPEI (AFP) ― A Taiwanese art center is to screen several films about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in a show of support for the detained dissident, an organizer said Saturday.The Taipei Contemporary Art Center will kick off its showings next week with the documentary “A Lonely Man,” directed by Ai, along with a discussion of his work and China’s censorship of the arts, said organiser Manray Hsu.“We u
FilmApril 10, 2011
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‘Tofu pizzas for the people’
While political elites enjoy chef-made Italian pizza in the only pizza restaurant in North Korea, citizens of Pyongyang are learning through a DVD how to make pizza with tofu instead of cheese.London-based designer Kim Hwang is the man behind the tofu pizza DVD. He decided to teach North Koreans how to make pizza when he found out about the hypocrisy of the pizzeria that opened in Pyongyang during
PerformanceApril 10, 2011
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Coachella festival to focus on high-concept aesthetics
LOS ANGELES ― In one corner of the field at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, fans will find an unlikely structure ― a kind of ad-hoc cathedral. There’s no atonement for a boozy weekend inside, however.Instead, beams of light will cascade from the ceiling in a hall filled with ambient white noise. Pass through the light columns and you’ll be awash in pieces from the orchestral,
PerformanceApril 10, 2011
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14m acts on MySpace: Any great band names left?
CHICAGO ― Snowflakes fluttered down, lightning flashed and inspiration for a brilliant new band name struck: Thundersnow.Mind you, I don’t actually have a band, but in my rock-geek fantasy life, I’m constantly in search of the perfect band name, so I vetted this one in the commonly accepted 21st century method: I Googled it.Sure enough, not only is there a Madison, Wis., rock band called Thundersn
PerformanceApril 10, 2011
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Saoirse Ronan shoots for something different in ‘Hanna’
Shortly after she received an Oscar nomination at the tender age of 13, “Atonement” star Saoirse Ronan needed a new movie. Despite a drama background, she was intrigued by the title character in “Hanna,” an ethereally beautiful teen who also happens to be a ruthless assassin. But the project was stuck in development at Focus Features; filmmakers like Danny Boyle had come and gone.Ronan had a simpl
FilmApril 8, 2011
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Packing a stylish picnic
Chic boxed fare for the parkIn a perfect world, picnic-goers would wake up early in the morning to pack hampers full of freshly baked homemade goods. Come weekend, the overworked and exhausted may groan when faced with such a daunting feat yet still want a tasty spread for the great outdoors. Enter the grab-and-go feast as dreamed up by catering veterans who have mastered the art of the packed mea
FoodApril 8, 2011
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[Herald interview] Universal Music sees big potential in Korean classical music
Universal Music Group International, which has prestigious label Deutsche Grammophon, expects that the Korean demand for classical music to grow faster in the coming years on the back of the country’s growing wealth and interest in the genre.“The first thing you need to invest in classical music is a market that is confident of growth. The second thing is an extremely accelerating level of wealth
PerformanceApril 8, 2011
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Adventure on two wheels
Biker club cares for safety, fellowship while enjoying majestic countrysideDriving a motorcycle in Seoul is an enthralling real-life trip into the depths of one’s resolution, courage, patience, motor skills and coordination. In a country with one of the highest traffic death rates in the world, the challenge becomes a daunting case of one near miss after the other.Putting all that aside, very few
Arts & DesignApril 8, 2011
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Korean novel gets world’s attention
(Author Shin Kyung-sook at a press conference in New York on Tuesday. Yonhap News)(The cover of Shin Kyung-sook’s “Please Look After Mom,” published by Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. Yonhap News)Korean novel “Please Look After Mom,” written by Shin Kyung-sook and translated into English by Kim Chi-young, is making an impact internationally, entering the top 40 bestselling books on Amazon.com.The book
CultureApril 8, 2011
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EVENTS CALENDER
Exhibitions“Koo Bohnchang”: One of South Korea’s most renowned photographers, Koo Bohn-chang, is holding a solo exhibition at Kukje Gallery. Not only parts from his different series but also his personal collections of eclectic objects are on display, giving the viewers a hint of Koo’s youth, attitudes towards photography and more. The exhibition runs through April 30 at Kukje Gallery in Sogyeok-d
BooksApril 8, 2011
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Box Office
In Love and the War (Korea)Opening April 28 Drama. Comedy. Directed by Park Geon-yong. Just about two months ahead of the Korean War, a young communist military officer (Kim Joo-hyeok) and his soldiers arrive in a secluded country town in Chungcheong Province. Amid the intense political turmoil, the town, Seokjeong-ri, is peaceful. It is so remote that its people don’t even take the war rumor seri
FilmApril 8, 2011
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A Brand new twist on ‘Arthur’
If you have fond memories of the 1981 comedy “Arthur,” that says a couple of things about you. One, you’ve been around for at least 40 years, and two, you’re probably curious about the remake, which arrives in theaters Friday.Much has changed since Dudley Moore first appeared as Arthur Bach, the merrily alcoholic heir to a family fortune who must agree to an arranged marriage or forfeit his millio
FilmApril 8, 2011
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When to visit disaster-struck lands
What is the line between being a ghoul and a do-gooder when it comes to visiting a recent disaster area? It’s a question to be asked again when the crisis in Japan finally abates.But what is an appropriate waiting period to visit a country hit by a magnitude 9 earthquake and 20-foot-high tsunami that killed thousands of people in northeastern Japan and created a nuclear radiation crisis?In natural
TravelApril 8, 2011
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New Books
Insider’s account of city politicsPolitics and PastaBy Vincent “Buddy” Cianci Jr(St. Martin’s Press, $30)In the fall of 1974, a few days after he was elected mayor of Providence, R.I., Buddy Cianci sipped beer with a few reporters and joked about the “Philistines” he had ousted from city hall.The denizens of the Democratic machine that had run the city for 30 years had trashed the place, he said,
BooksApril 8, 2011
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Author once confused with his writer father returns to the story of his youth in memoir
Andre Dubus III does not look like a man on a journey. Instead, sitting at an outdoor table at the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the 51-year-old author appears, finally, to have arrived. That may seem a stretch, considering his 1999 novel “House of Sand and Fog” was an Oprah Book Club selection and a finalist for the National Book Award, but Dubus has never had an easy road.The son of th
BooksApril 8, 2011
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‘Mildred Pierce’s’ sober realism takes it beyond noir
Of all the classic noir writers, perhaps none has been as tarnished by the brush of genre as James M. Cain. That’s because Cain was not just a great hard-boiled novelist but a great novelist, period, whose vision of 1930s Southern California is as acute and resonant as anything ever written about that time and place.His first novel, “The Postman Always Rings Twice,” published when he was 42, is sa
BooksApril 8, 2011