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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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Visual and sound artist publishes book with music
Steve Roden combines found old pictures, recordings and text for his latest projectThe genesis of “... i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces,” a new book of vintage photographs with musical accompaniment, came simply, during one of artist Steve Roden’s regular visits to the flea market.“Th
Aug. 5, 2011
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Sweet, adorable tale for kids
While We Were Out By Lee Ho-baek(Kane/Miller Book Pub)A cute little rabbit sneaks into an empty house through an unlocked balcony door, while the family is away visiting grandma. The bunny is thrilled to explore the place and the new things she’s never done before.For any kid who has wondered what t
Aug. 5, 2011
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Marvel: New Ultimate Spider-Man boasts big changes
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Peter Parker is dead and gone, but Spider-Man’s still slinging webs and fighting crime.A half-black, half-Latino teenager named Miles Morales, as unveiled by Marvel Comics (Yonhap News)And it’s not just a new teenager climbing Manhattan buildings, it’s an entirely new crime
Aug. 4, 2011
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Internet archivist seeks every book written
RICHMOND (AP) ― Tucked away in a small warehouse on a dead-end street, an Internet pioneer is building a bunker to protect an endangered species: the printed word.Brewster Kahle, 50, founded the nonprofit Internet Archive in 1996 to save a copy of every Web page ever posted. Now the MIT-trained comp
Aug. 2, 2011
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A look at Asia in U.S. culture
Although the comics publisher DC Comics is now co-headed by Jim Lee, an Asian-American, for many decades American comics regularly featured racist depictions of Asians as inscrutable masterminds and devious coolies, among other stereotypes.A new exhibition at New York University (NYU), titled “Marve
Aug. 1, 2011
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Peace or prosperity in East Asia: Which came first?
Global AsiaVolume 6, No. 2, Summer 2011East Asia FoundationThe year 1979 ought to be studied one day as perhaps the pivotal point in East Asia’s history. In South Korea it is remembered as the year in which the dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated, ending his 18-year rule and heralding the tumultuous ‘80s, in which the people fought the government for greater liberties. Also in 1979, the last
July 29, 2011
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Author Park’s life rendered in fiction
Who Ate Up All the Shinga? An Autobiographical Novel By Park Wan-suhTranslated by Yu Young-nan and Stephen Epstein(Columbia University Press)Among the many novels by the late author Park Wan-suh, who wrote a great deal on the brutality of the Korean War, Korea’s ordinary families and women’s issues, her 1992 novel “Who Ate Up All the Shinga?” explores Park’s own family, whose fate was deeply affec
July 29, 2011
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Author gives insights into shoplifting and its costs
Trying on shoes at a department store, I was struck by how long it took for the salesperson to return from the stock room.“Where did he go?” I asked author Rachel Shteir, my new shopping companion.“Now, if you wanted to steal those, you would just take the pair you came in with and place them in the box, and wear the new ones right out the door,” Shteir whispered. “The Steal: A Cultural History of
July 29, 2011
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Dorothea Benton Frank talks about life in the Lowcountry
In her life and in 12 novels, writer Dorothea Benton Frank never hesitates to put her broad sense of humor on display and show she can deliver a punchline.Frank’s newly published book, “Folly Beach.”Such as her impassioned answer to this question: What impressions has she formed of her fans from hundreds of book-tour appearances over the years?“This is the honest-to-god truth ― my readers are good
July 29, 2011
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Campbell offers more than scary stories
July 26, 2011
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Gerritsen’s most personal novel
The Silent Girl: A Rizzoli & Isles BookBy Tess Gerritsen(Ballantine Books)Tess Gerritsen’s latest novel featuring homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli and coroner Maura Isles gives readers another great thrill ride with her two popular characters.A woman’s hand is found near a trash bin and the rest of her remains are up on a roof in a building in Boston’s Chinatown. The evidence at the scene stumps Ri
July 22, 2011
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Realistic view of adventurer
Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness ExplorerBy David Roberts(Broadway Books)Those with a soft spot for adventuresome romantics will find it difficult not to be beguiled by young Everett Ruess after reading David Roberts’ noteworthy book.A thorough biographer and determined detective, Roberts also explores the reasons that people remain intrigued by
July 22, 2011
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Lives in the urban center
Seoul-1964-winterBy Kim Seung-ok(Hollym)Seoul in the 1960s was going through many changes. It was recovering from the war, experiencing rapid industrialization under the authoritarian government, and receiving growing number of people from the countryside who were looking for more opportunities in the nation’s capital. It was also the period where its residents first became to be aware of individu
July 22, 2011
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Larry Flynt book bares politicians’ scandalous lives
Weary of sex scandals that have rocked all portions of our government in recent years, there’s a lot of talk on the campaign trail about getting back to the principles of our nation’s Founding Fathers. Publisher Larry Flynt attends the 2008 Directors Guild of America Honors at the DGA Theater in New York City, Oct. 16, 2008. Flynt and historian David Eisenbach have a new book, “One Nation Under Se
July 22, 2011
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California author publishes her first mystery novel
For Kathryn Gualtieri one of the toughest tasks in writing her first novel was suppressing her natural instincts as a historian.“The hardest part was not putting in too much history,” the Capitola resident said. “You don’t move the story along like that.”Her mystery novel, “Murder in the Pines,” still packs in a lot of historical references, and much of the plot revolves around real events. Depot
July 22, 2011
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Secrets of Somali pirates revealed in new book
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ― The pirates were nervous. A rookie author ― a white man from Canada ― had unexpectedly arrived in their cliff-top Somali village to ask about the captured ship anchored offshore.Locals fearing a showdown quietly melted away into a small collection of shacks.The encounter with the deadly gang forms the final chapter of “The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World,” a fir
July 19, 2011
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Book turns Princess Diana’s story into happy ending
Monica Ali’s first novel, “Brick Lane,” made waves in 2003. Some hailed it as a realistic portrait of Bangladeshi life in London, while others condemned it as exaggeration and fabrication. Her fourth book, “Untold Story,” makes no pretense at realism. Instead of drawing back the curtain on immigrant lives, Ali writes a happy-ish ending for that most tragic of English roses: Princess Diana.What if
July 15, 2011
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The gray zone in life
ContradictionsBy Yang Gui-ja(Cornell East Asia Series)Among many popular novels in the late 1990s, author Yang Gui-ja’s 1998 best selling novel “Contradictions” has managed to be an easy read while delving into the contradictions of the human condition.Jin-jin, a woman in her late 20s, is deeply influenced by the lives of her mother and her aunt. The twin sisters, who used look just like one anoth
July 15, 2011
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K.C. Hyatt skywalks’ collapse changed many lives forever
Thirty years is a long time to live in the shadow of a tragedy.Those who survived the collapse of the Hyatt skywalks or who treated victims or lost a loved one have managed in their own ways to move on from that night.But for many, it has not been easy.Some escaped death, only to live a life of physical or emotional pain that challenged their spirits and altered the course of their lives.Some who
July 15, 2011
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Love does not dominate but serves: Ko Un
Poet Ko Un speaks to reporter Claire Lee of The Korea Herald near Nowon Art Center in northern Seoul on Friday. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)Highly acclaimed poet publishes his first collection of love poemsDressed in a sky blue blazer and wearing his signature glasses with black plastic frames, poet Ko Un could not hide his spontaneous, child-like nature on Friday afternoon. “Let’s do this int
July 10, 2011