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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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Former minister authors book on spread of hallyu
Former Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik recently released a new book, “Hallyu Road,” focusing on the Korean Wave. In the book, the former director of the National Museum, Cultural Heritage Administration and the Culture Ministry traces how Korea, the “recipient” of pop culture transmitted from Japan, the U.S. and other countries, became an “exporter” of culture through K-pop singers, popular TV dramas, films and even literature such as Shin Kyung-sook’s “Please Look After Mom.” The author calls
April 15, 2013
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As protesters jeer, Hopi masks sell in Paris
PARIS (AP) ― In a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court ignored the objections of the Hopi tribe and the U.S. government.The total tally was 931,000 euros ($1.2 million), with the most expensive, the “Mother Crow,’’ selling for 160,000 euros ($209,000) ― more than three times the pre-sale estimate. Of the 70 masks up for sale, one was bought by an association to give back to the Hopis, the Drouot auction h
April 14, 2013
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Speech contest participants discuss how to sustain hallyu
A college student from Uzbekistan who spoke on the topic of “a key word that can imprint an image of Korea to the world” won a speech contest held at the Seoul Museum in Buam-dong on Saturday.The speech contest, held under the title “Communicating for a Brighter Future of Korea,” was organized by the Corea Image Communication Institute.In very fluent Korean, the top-prize winner Zohid Mamadjanov, who came to Korea only a year ago, suggested that developing the tourism industry would promote a po
April 14, 2013
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Hanok, where humans live with nature
Sound engineer Choi Jung-hoon and his wife Park Hyun-sook moved into a hanok, or Korean traditional house, in Tongui-dong, central Seoul, in August 2011. The one-story house, believed to have been built more than 100 years ago, is located in a narrow and crooked alley behind small galleries near Gyeongbokgung Palace. The area is clustered with hanok and old one-story abodes which create a humble, tranquil and peaceful atmosphere. Choi and Park, with their children, 5-year-old Jae-yul and 9-month
April 12, 2013
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Hanok style spreads
With more people seeking hanok, or traditional Korean housing, Western-style buildings are also beginning to adopt hanok features. In search of Korean spaceInterior design is the sector of architecture that is most to the Korean touch. Woomi Construction last year featured “Han Style” for its Woomi Fahrenheit apartment in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province. Right past the entrance is a “sarangchae” room, a guest room that guarantees both privacy for the hosts and comfort for the guests. The entrance t
April 12, 2013
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Classical Music“Ars Nova”: The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra is holding its “Ars Nova” concert series on April 16 and 19, dedicated to contemporary classical music. Under the theme of “Vienna,” a chamber unit of the SPO will perform music by Alban Berg, Hans Abrahamsen’s rearrangement of Arnold Schonberg, Georg Friedrich Haas, Bae Dong-jin and Olga Neuwirth at 7:30 p.m. on April 16 at Sejong Chamber Hall. On April 19 at 8 p.m. at LG Arts Center, the music of Charles Ives, Bernd Zimmermann, Albert
April 12, 2013
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List: McCartney is U.K.’s richest musician
LONDON (AP) ― Let it be ― as in billionaire.Paul McCartney remains Britain’s wealthiest musician, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.The newspaper estimated Thursday that the ex-Beatle shares a 680 million pound ($1.05 billion) fortune with his third wife, Nancy Shevell, whose family owns a U.S. trucking company.McCartney has topped the musicians’ list every year since it was first compiled in 1989. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is ranked second, with an estimated 620 million pound fortune.A
April 12, 2013
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Babies prefer overweight men: study
U.K. researchers said in a recent study that babies tend to favor overweight men over muscular, attractive men. Researchers at University of Sheffield conducted a study on three baby groups aged 3 months, 6 months and 9 months to find out what male figures infants preferred.The babies were shown batches of photos of attractive men and another batch that featured relatively less attractive men. Each photo was shown for 10 seconds at a time.In the study, 9-month-old babies’ eyes lingered more on p
April 12, 2013
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Clearer rubbing of newly found Goguryeo stele in China released
A clearer ink rubbing of a recently discovered rare stele from the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo was made public for the first time in South Korea Thursday.The rubbed copy is expected to serve as a crucial catalyst for the study of the monument by local historians since it has the best quality of all others that have been released so far.The monument believed to date from Goguryeo, which controlled the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and northeastern China for more than 700 years unti
April 11, 2013
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NYC Met Museum gets $1b Cubist collection donation
Leonard Lauder, honorary chairman of cosmetics firm Estee Lauder, has given New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art an entire collection of Cubist art worth $1 billion.The collection which Lauder has assembled over more than four decades includes 78 works of Picasso, Braque, Gris and Leger, making it the biggest art donation ever made.The Met has long been trying to secure major artworks from the early 20th century. Thomas Campbell, CEO of the Met, said, “Lauder’s gift would be truly transformati
April 10, 2013
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Classic opera music given high-tech treatment
Ever-evolving computer technology has already made inroads into many fields of arts, bringing even those uninitiated in art closer to what is normally considered the high arts.An ambitious project has recently kicked off, marrying one of the trickiest genres of music ― opera ― with a cutting-edge 3-D media faade. Arguably the first such attempt in the world, all eyes are on it to see if it can nurture a new generation of opera buffs. At the “IAM Opera Gala 2013” to be held at Seoul Arts Center O
April 9, 2013
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Joseon palaces come to life
In celebration of spring, palaces are opening their doors wide to those who want to know more about them and the stories they contain. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday that Korean traditional musical concerts will be held at Joseon-period palaces in Seoul through autumn. At the royal garden and Nakseonjae building in Changdeokggung Palace, stage actors Park Jeong-ja and Jeong Dong-hwan will perform short plays of love stories and other anecdotes from the Joseon era (1392-1
April 8, 2013
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Sudeok-sa Temple opens second global Zen forum
A Buddhist temple will host the International Zen conference for the second time to mark the 100-year pari-nirvana memorial of Zen Master Gyeongheo in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province. Located in the heart of Mt. Deoksungsan, Sudeoksa Temple will hold the three-day event titled “2013 The Pathless Path” starting from April 16-18, along with a trekking program and a music festival. Venerable Zen masters are invited for Dharma talks including Most Ven. Bang-jang Seoljung Daejeongsa, head of Deokso
April 8, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Mega publishers merge to fight e-books
What do George Orwell’s “1984” and E.L. James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” have in common? Starting later on in 2013, they’ll both be owned by the same company after a merger is completed between publishing heavyweights Penguin and Random House. The two have received unconditional approval from several regulatory commissions on competition in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with the latest coming from the European Union on Saturday. The merger does not “raise competition concerns, in par
April 7, 2013
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‘World’s greatest’ chef Ferran Adria seeks digital legacy
HONG KONG (AFP) ― From foie gras noodles and liquid olives to air baguettes and mimetic peanuts, much of what elBulli chef Ferran Adria and his team created across their nearly 2,000 dishes defies transcription.Two years after closing the beachside Spanish restaurant ― repeatedly lauded as the world’s best by those lucky enough to have dined there ― Adria says he is now focused on preserving its legacy for future generations.Widely regarded as the world’s best chef and credited with having chang
April 7, 2013
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Songdo Good Market to kick off on April 27
Songdo Good Market, an annual flea market aimed at spreading green and sharing culture in Korea, will be back on April 27 at the Songdo Canal Walk inside the Songdo International Business District in Incheon. Starting on that day, the 2013 market will continue to be held on the last Saturday of May, September and October from 1 p.m. through 6 p.m., said Gale International Korea, developer of the Songdo IBD. The organizer said about 300 sales booths will be installed along the main stream where p
April 7, 2013
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Pop music“Zedd in Seoul”: The young Russian-German DJ and music producer Zedd is a classically trained musician who began playing the piano at the age of 4 and the drums later on. In 2002, when Zedd was just 12 years old, he joined the heavy metal rock band trio Dioramic and began composing and producing music. In 2009, he discovered the world of house music after hearing French electronic duo Justice. This led Zedd to the path of DJing and producing electronica music and he released his debut h
April 5, 2013
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Psy wins innovation award
Psy has been included on the list of winners recognized for their “disruptive innovation” during the past year, according to the website of Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards. Psy was among the 19 recipients of the award given to a person or organization for their achievements that had a significant impact on their respective industry. “The recent online obsession over Psy’s video for ‘Gangnam Style’ has turned the Korean artist into a global phenomenon,” read the description of Psy on the we
April 5, 2013
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Louvre names antiquities expert as its new director
PARIS (AP) ― France’s Louvre museum is getting a new director ― the man who is leading the restoration of its most famous Greek sculpture and has his hands in some of the institutions latest efforts to expand its reach.Jean-Luc Martinez, a French specialist in Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities who has worked at the Louvre since 2007, was appointed by President Francois Hollande for a three-year term. Martinez, 49, is leading the restoration of the famed headless Winged Victory of Samothrace
April 4, 2013
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Korean films attract record-high 39.4m in Q1
The number of moviegoers for Korean films here marked a record-high of 39.4 million from January through March, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Thursday. The figure topped the previously held record of 37.2 million set in the third quarter of 2012.Seven Korean films were ranked among the top 10 movies, accounting for 69.4 percent of the audience, the authorities said. The biggest hit was “Miracle in Cell No.7” with 12.7 million audiences, followed by “Berlin File” with 7.1 milli
April 4, 2013