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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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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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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Public backlash against division of Gyeonggi Province under 'corny' name
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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For your home
Time for spring makeoverMaster of organizing’ advises on how to keep your closet organized year roundHeavy boots should be tucked away somehow and sandals should come out front. Winter coats should go in and sun dresses should be out. Even though you might not be a serious hoarder who turns their homes into trash dumps, you could still be at a loss, not knowing where to begin the ambitious spring
Arts & DesignMarch 25, 2011
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Events Calendar
Exhibitions“Hybrid Code”: Savina Museum of Contemporary Art offers 30 paintings, sculptures, photos, installations and video artworks which gave new functions to familiar objects by applying high-technology. The exhibition is divided into three sections ― Psychological Mutant, Expansion of Architectural Concept and Apply Science to Daily Life. It runs through April 14 at Savina Museum of Contempor
PerformanceMarch 25, 2011
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‘Jane Eyre’ role a dream come true for Wasikowska
“You can only breathe so much in corsets,” says Mia Wasikowska, who was required to wear such an apparatus, along with various bell-shaped skirts, flounced petticoats, and tight little bonnets, as she assayed the title role in the new and beautifully miserable “Jane Eyre.”“It restricts your voice and your breath, and it’s really symbolic of the repression of the day,” she observes. “That’s very mu
FilmMarch 25, 2011
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Film focuses on remote Uzbek museum at odds with politics
Back in 2000, University of Southern California film professor Amanda Pope and a former student, Tchavdar Georgiev, were traveling in Russia and some of its satellites, working on a series of short portraits of emerging leaders in the post-Soviet world. The two were in Uzbekistan when Pope heard about an amazing collection of Russian avant-garde art in a remote museum deep in the country’s desert.
FilmMarch 25, 2011
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New Books
Career tips for working womenTurn Your Passion into Your CareerBy Kim Joo-yeon(Business Books, 13,000 won)Being a working woman in Korea isn’t necessarily easy, especially when you are in your 20s and 30s.There are tough decisions to make between your career and family, and promotions and salaries to worry about. Being on good terms with everyone at work can be a challenge.For any working woman wh
BooksMarch 25, 2011
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Korea Best Seller
Growing up in a port cityChinatownBy Oh Jung-hee(Jimoondang, 5,000 won)Set in the port city of Incheon in the 1950s, author Oh Jung-hee’s novella “Chinatown” explores the theme of growing up in post-war Korea.The narrator is a 12-year-old elementary school girl who has recently moved to Incheon with her family after the Korean War. Her family settles in Incheon’s Chinatown, where the streets are s
BooksMarch 25, 2011
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‘Dreadfully’ yours, Jane Austen fans
The further they get from Jane Austen, the better the zombie mash-up books become.Enter “Dreadfully Ever After” by Steve Hockensmith, book three in a zombie trilogy that started with “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” which was a combination of Jane Austen’s classic novel of manners set in the early 1800s and contemporary zombie movie mania.The first in the series was “Dawn of the Dreadfuls” by Ho
BooksMarch 25, 2011
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Wesley Stace fuses music and literature
Singer-songwriter’s new book tells story of fictional English composerJohn Wesley Harding is Wesley Stace.That is, Wesley Stace is John Wesley Harding.That is, they’re the same person. Folk-rocker Harding ― intelligent, bardic songwright ― is the nom de rock of Wesley Stace, novelist, whose splendid new book “Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer” is out now.As usual, all sorts of things are a
BooksMarch 25, 2011
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Around the hotels
W Seoul-WalkerhillThe hotel offers the “W Hot Spring” package until May 31. The package includes a one night stay in a Wonderful room, breakfast for two, and two tickets to either sauna facility, Hot Spring or Water Zone. The package is priced at 295,000 won, excluding service fees and VAT. Package users can use indoor swimming pool Wet and fitness club Sweat for free and get a 10 percent discount
FoodMarch 25, 2011
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Food finesse: tricks to get most nutrients out of your food
The way you prepare your food can be just as important as what food you eat. Is there any point in eating broccoli, for example, if you cook the life out of its natural carcinogen killers? On the other hand, some foods, such as tomatoes, may offer more benefits when they’re cooked.Fortunately, nutrition experts know a few tricks to help you get the most nutrients out of your food.EggsThe process:
FoodMarch 25, 2011
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Cream puffs galore
Beloved sweet comes in different shapes and sizesWith spring just around the corner, dessert lovers might be experiencing a new set of cravings for classic chou a la creme. Gobs of cool cream or custard oozing out of airy choux pastry shells lose out to molten chocolate fondue and souffles in the winter but hit the mark on a warm, sunny day. In Britain, they are generally called profiteroles, in A
FoodMarch 25, 2011
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Austrian orchestra cancels Tongyeong concerts over Japan radiation fears
To the great disappointment of classical music lovers who had anticipated the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra’s opening concert for the Tongyeong International Music Festival on Saturday, the Austrian orchestra has called off its visit to Korea due to fears of radiation from Japan just two days before the concert.The TIMF secretariat office said on Thursday the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra cancelled
PerformanceMarch 25, 2011
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Singer Kim Gun-mo leaves MBC survival program
Singer Kim Gun-mo said he has voluntarily decided to stay out of MBC’s survival program “I am a Singer,” apologizing for his earlier choice to remain in the program even after he received the lowest score from the audience in the competition against six other singers in the latest episode. In each episode, seven singers are given a mission to perform in front of a 500-member audience made up of or
TelevisionMarch 24, 2011
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Ex-N.K. spy donates 1 million yen to Japan
Former North Korean agent Kim Hyun-hee, who blew up a Korean Air flight in 1987, donated 1 million yen ($12,350) to the victims of the devastating quake and tsunami which hit the eastern parts of Japan, the Sankei Shinbum reported on Wednesday.She had her husband deliver the money along with a letter praying for the dead to the Seoul office of the Japanese newspaper on Tuesday. Kim Hyun-hee“I don’
PeopleMarch 24, 2011
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Breaking the taboo on breaking up
Lee Jong-min publishes nation’s first divorce magazine, looking to open up the subjectWhen Lee Jong-min was going through his divorce a few years ago, he had to face everything alone. He had no access to any sort of information, and the worst part was that no one willingly stepped forward to help out. Even his closest friends left him.The now 50-year-old Lee has since recovered, and is now remarri
PeopleMarch 24, 2011
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Don Quixote: ballet to make you laugh
Presented by Universal Ballet, the nation’s oldest private ballet company, the humorous ballet “Don Quixote,” opens Friday at the Opera Theater in Seoul Arts Center in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul. Based on Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes’s novel of the same title, its ballet version premiered in the 1750s. Since then, it has been the world’s most-loved comical ballet. While the original novel r
PerformanceMarch 24, 2011
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East meets West in Asia-focused Edinburgh fest
LONDON (AFP) ― The 2011 edition of the Edinburgh International Festival will be a celebration of “vibrant and diverse” Asian culture, from traditional Indian music to a Chinese adaptation of Shakespeare, organisers said Wednesday.The festival, one of several that take place in the Scottish capital each summer and which together form the biggest cultural event in the world, will present three weeks
PerformanceMarch 24, 2011
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Chernobyl movie echoes Japan fears
MOSCOW (AFP) ― A new drama film set in Chernobyl opens in Russian cinemas this week, recalling the trauma of the world’s worst nuclear accident just ahead of the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe.The Russian film’s release comes after the quake-damage to a nuclear power plant in Japan brought fears of a nuclear explosion on the scale of Chernobyl and suspicions of another Soviet-style cover-up b
FilmMarch 24, 2011
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Singer Kim Gun-mo quits ‘I am a Singer’
Singer Kim Gun-mo (Yonhap News)Top singer Kim Gun-mo, one of the contestants of TV singer survival program “I am a Singer,” announced Wednesday night that he was leaving the show. Speaking at a press meeting, he said he felt sorry and responsible for any problems caused by his decision.MBC said they will replace the main producer of the show as he keeps singer Kim in the show despite him being eli
TelevisionMarch 24, 2011
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Actress Choi’s grave may be forcibly moved
Late actress Choi Jin-sil and her younger brother Choi Jin-young’s graves may have to be moved because the cemetery where they were buried was illegally built. Kapsan Park Cemetery in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, where the Chois are buried, has illegally destroyed a 7,550 square meter area of a nearby forest to create 188 graves since 2008, Yangpyeong-gun said Tuesday. The cemetery was authorize
PeopleMarch 24, 2011