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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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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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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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1,000-year-old Indian statues seized from NYC auction house
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Indian statues that are more than 1,000 years old were seized Friday from Christie’s auction house after investigators discovered they had been smuggled out of the country, eventually landing in New York.The antiquities were to be part of an auction next week called “The Lahiri Collection: Indian and Himalayan Art, Ancient and Modern.”Both are made from sandstone. One statue called “Stele of Rishabhanata” depicts a cross-legged teacher flanked by standing attendants. It is va
March 13, 2016
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Louvre and Rijksmuseum to share Rembrandts bought from Rothschild
A pair of Rembrandt portraits owned privately for more than 130 years went on public display in Paris on Thursday, bought under shared ownership by the French capital’s Louvre museum and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.The portraits date back to 1634 and depict Amsterdam trader Marten Soolmans and his wife Oopjen Coppit. They were painted by the Dutch master for the couple’s wedding and are considered a defining example of his work.Bought by Baron Gustave de Rothschild in 1877 and kept in France ev
March 13, 2016
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Asia Culture Center offers rich spring events
No more staying indoors, cowering from the cold. Spring is just around the corner and along with it comes various fun and vibrant cultural activities around the country.The Asia Culture Center (ACC), a state-run arts and concert venue in the southwestern city of Gwangju, is planning to hold various events in the coming month.Every Saturday from March 26 until April 30 the center will stage the "ACC Spring Festival" with a slew of dance and music performances, art shows and participatory events l
March 11, 2016
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The science of conservation
Since 1964, some 120 pottery pieces have been kept in national artifact storage with other relics excavated from Geumgangsa Temple in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province. For 46 years, they were filed under the label “unidentified artifact,” without any records pointing their original form, until Hwang Hyun-seong, conservator at the National Museum of Korea, started to put the pieces together in 2011. It took about a year to assemble the hundreds of pieces and discover that they formed a 1.5-mete
March 10, 2016
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First Korean cultural center opens in Middle East
South Korea will open a state-run facility for promoting Korean culture in Abu Dhabi Thursday, the first in the Middle East, the government said.The new Korean Cultural Center, which sits near Khalifa Park, the biggest park in Abu Dhabi, is also the 29th of its kind worldwide.It has sections providing a first-hand experience of traditional Korean culture and showcasing the Korean cultural industry. South Korea's government-designated "quality" cultural products and Halal food are displayed on th
March 10, 2016
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Korea, Britain agree to promote cooperation in culture industry
South Korea and Britain agreed Monday to positively enhance cooperation and exchanges in the creative culture industry during a forum held in London.Culture ministers from the two countries adopted a joint statement which called for continuous efforts to cultivate the media industries and cultural content on the public and private levels.The agreement was made at the day-long U.K.-Korea Creative Industries Forum. The forum, the second of its kind, was presided over by South Korean Minister of Cu
March 8, 2016
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Shakespeare‘s curse-protected grave gets radar survey
LONDON (AFP) - Documentary film makers have radar scanned William Shakespeare's grave this year as Britain celebrates the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death, Channel 4 said and the Daily Telegraph reported Monday. The grave in the Holy Trinity Church in Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford upon Avon is a place of pilgrimage for fans and has an inscription on it with a curse against anyone planning to tamper with it. “Bleste be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my b
March 8, 2016
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Saint’s treasure sparks battle between Naples and Church
NAPLES (AFP) - Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Naples on Saturday in a bid to prevent the Catholic Church gaining any control over the treasure of a local saint that is reputedly worth more than British crown jewels. “We're protecting a centuries-old institution, we will not stand for interference from either the Church or the government,” Paolo Jorio, director of the San Gennaro museum where the jewels are kept, told AFP. The protest was sparked by a decree issued by Interior Minister A
March 6, 2016
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Netmarble presents ‘Knights of Night’
Netmarble Games, in collaboration with game developer Netmarble Blue, launched Friday its first role-playing game of 2016. Called “Knights of Night,” the game hopes to combine the visual effects of existing RPGs with strong strategic elements, optimized for a mobile user environment.“We focused on three things when preparing the game,” Netmarble Games COO Baek Young-hoon told reporters at the “Knights of Night” Media Day at the GLAD Hotel in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.“First is stylish action, with
March 4, 2016
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Choi shines as Korean-American adoptee in musical
A young Korean-American adoptee returns home for the first time in desperate search for his birth-mother. For musical director, conductor and actress Kolleen Park, the plot of her latest musical production “Airport Baby” may seem like an all-too-familiar tale. But add local musical actor Choi Jae-rim to the mix and the result is an unexpectedly moving portrayal of a troubled young soul. Following her role as a mother struggling with bipolar disorder in the Korean rendition of the off-Broadway mu
March 3, 2016
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Ha Jung-woo puts new painting up for auction
Actor and film director Ha Jung-woo has put up his painting “Keep Silence” for auction, art auctioneer I Auction announced Wednesday.The auctioneer described Ha’s works as an outlandish and humorous depiction of the conflict between oneself and the character he or she plays, adding that it evokes pop art and expressionism.The auctioneer estimated the value of Ha’s work to range from 13 million won ($ 10,647) to 25 million won. Ha’s career as an artist started as a hobby in 2007, when he was a co
March 3, 2016
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Charlotte Bronte cast as a fighter
``Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart‘‘ By Claire HarmanAlfred A. Knopf (480 pages, $30)Two hundred years after her birth, Charlotte Bronte‘s rage over social expectations for women and thwarted ambitions are as relevant as ever, and a new biography by Claire Harman makes the ``Jane Eyre’‘ author fresh and relatable to readers who might only think of the Brontes as figures long buried in tragic myth.Bronte and her sisters Emily and Anne published their poems and novels -- including ``Wuthering Heigh
March 3, 2016
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‘Comfort women’ statues magnet for Koreans
Sculptors Kim Seo-kyung and Kim Eun-sung have been making statues of teenage girls that symbolize Korean young women forced to work as Japanese military sex slaves, euphemistically called “comfort women,” since 2011. They have made 30 statues so far, with more in the making. The bronze sculptures are exhibited at memorial parks, museums and on the streets of Korea, the U.S. and Canada.This month, six variations of the “Statue of a Girl of Peace” are on view at a gallery in Seoul where the artist
March 3, 2016
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Looted ancient sculptures found in Slovenia refugee tent
LJUBLJANA (AFP) - Three ancient Mesopotamian sculptures, thought to have been excavated illegally in Syria or Iraq, have been found in a Slovenian refugee camp on the border with Croatia, police said Wednesday. The National Museum in Ljubljana confirmed the alabaster objects were authentic Mesopotamian temple figurines and probably dated back to the B.C. third millennium. “Since the objects have no registration or inventory signs, we believe they were excavated illegally,” museum archeologist Pe
March 3, 2016
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Last of the Mitford sisters' treasures sold in London
LONDON (AFP) - Hundreds of personal items from the estate of an eccentric British duchess, the youngest of six sisters who scandalized 1930s British high society, were auctioned in London on Wednesday. A collection of insect brooches, 36 model hens and a phone topped with a foot-high figure of Elvis Presley that dances and sings when the phone rings were among the items belonging to Deborah, the late duchess of Devonshire and one of the Mitford sisters. “Together, the objects tell this amazing s
March 3, 2016
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City moves to restore Dil Kusha residence in Seoul
For many years, Dil Kusha was a mystery. It sits quietly yet conspicuously near Sajik Tunnel in Jongno-gu, Seoul, a red brick two-story house that blends English and American architectural styles. Everyone knew it was there, but no one knew where it came from or who owned it. When squatters took over, it fell into a dilapidated state. It was not until 2006 that the history of the house was unveiled by an American named Bruce Taylor. On a visit to Korea, he revealed that the Dil Kusha was his ch
March 2, 2016
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Jung Kwan-joo appointed vice culture minister
Jung Kwan-joo, the new first vice minister of culture, sports and tourism, will officially begin his new job at the ministry Wednesday, according to the Culture Ministry on Monday. Jung was previously a presidential secretary for public communications. He is succeeding Park Min-kwon, who was appointed first vice culture minister in February last year. As the first vice minister of culture, sports and tourism, Jung will oversee culture and arts policymaking, as well as the development of the cul
Feb. 29, 2016
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Helping ‘creatives’ think entrepreneurially
Physically, the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at University of the Arts is little more than a tiny lounge, seeming far too small to contain the force in perpetual motion that is Neil Kleinman. Not that it matters. Kleinman's mission as the center’s director encompasses the whole city, and he seems to be exploring every pocket of Philadelphia for partners willing to support it. One day, he's at the Free Library; another, at Drexel University or the People’s Emergency Center in West Philad
Feb. 29, 2016
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Major Russian museum sends rarely loaned portraits to London
MOSCOW (AP) _ The staff of Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery is packing up some of Russia’s finest paintings to send to London for a landmark exhibition, proving, the gallery's director says, that cultural exchange between the Russia and the West is alive and well.The 26 portraits being sent to the National Portrait Gallery for an exhibition March 17 to June 26 are part of an exchange that also includes major British works loaned to Russia. Despite chilly relations between Moscow and the West and an ec
Feb. 25, 2016
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Myanmar backpedals on ban on Bagan temple climbing
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar has backpedalled on a ban on climbing temples at the tourist hot spot of Bagan, following fears visitors would no longer be able to enjoy the ancient capital's famed sunsets. The Ministry of Culture on Monday barred visitors from clambering over the monuments. But by late Tuesday it had revised the order to let tourists ascend five of the largest pagodas -- in a field of more than 3,000 Buddhist structures. “We would like to replace the statement about banning the climbi
Feb. 25, 2016