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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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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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[Kim So-hyun] The quiet taxi driver from Paris
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One thing at a time - multi-tasking is a myth
Every modern office worker knows the drill: the email queue is full, the telephone is ringing and the boss is bearing down on your desk from across the open-plan office. Multi-tasking is the order of the day.Distractions prompt the thought to cut yourself off to work in peace for a while. There is l
Jan. 24, 2012
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New director for national art museum
Chung Hyung-min, director of the Seoul National University Museum of Art, was named the new chief of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, the Culture Ministry said Thursday. Chung, 61, will hold the post for two years. After receiving a Ph.D in art history at Columbia University, Chung has held a variety of posts that helped her secure the knowledge and experience necessary as director of the national art museum, the ministry release said.Chung has been teaching art at Seoul National Univers
Jan. 19, 2012
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CICI awards honors, unveils image survey
“Divided country” is the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of Korea, said 34 percent of foreign nationals surveyed by the Corea Image Communication Institute. “Samsung” came in second (23 percent), followed by “kimchi” (20 percent). CICI announced the results of the survey at the annual CICI Korea Image Awards gala event held on Tuesday at Grand Intercontinental Hotel’s Grand Ballroom in Samseong-dong, Seoul. The survey was conducted for about a month starting December last year via
Jan. 18, 2012
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Hallyu bets on beauty, fashion to go global
Korea boosts its brand value across the globeFashionistas around the world may soon be adding a new city to their list of fashion capitals alongside Paris, New York, London and Milan.With its up-and-coming designers and beautiful celebrities Seoul is preparing to become the world’s next fashion and beauty destination.Greeting President Lee Myung-bak and his wife at the White House during the Seoul-Washington summit last year, first lady Michelle Obama was clad in a distinguished purple dress de
Jan. 17, 2012
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Jogye Order emphasizes harmony and peace
Ven. Jaseung shares his plan for order’s 50th year anniversaryThe Jogye Order, Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, will focus on promoting harmony and peace this year, its 50th anniversary.“It’s easy to say the word ‘harmony,’” said Ven. Jaseung, president of the Jogye Order, at a press conference at the Center for Korean Buddhist History and Culture in Seoul on Tuesday. “But there is a saying that conflicts are unavoidable unless you live all alone by yourself. This is an important year for Korea, a
Jan. 17, 2012
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Singer shares secret of Scandinavian music with Korea
After his first performance in Korea on Tuesday, Norwegian singer-songwriter Bellman pondered why Scandinavian musicians often created such music. The musician, whose real name is Arne-J Rauan and who describes his sound as “floating, atmospheric pop music,” said the otherworldly quality associated with Scandinavian groups could be down to the weather in Northern Europe. “In these countries, when it comes to the winter, it is dark all the time and people they are getting emotional. I think they
Jan. 17, 2012
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Toll from pedestrians wearing headphones triples
The number of US pedestrians who have been killed or badly injured while wearing headphones has tripled in six years, according to a study published Tuesday. An attendee listens to music wearing House of Marley, LLC headphones at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada
Jan. 17, 2012
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Greece wins Swiss court ruling over confiscation of ancient coin
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) ― A Swiss court has ordered the confiscation of a very rare ancient silver coin that was allegedly illegally excavated in northern Greece and sold at auction in Switzerland, Greek and Swiss officials say.The lawyer representing Greece in the case said Thursday that the ruling in October opens the way for the early 5th century B.C. coin’s return to Greece. The debt-crippled country’s rich cultural heritage has long suffered depredations from antiquities smugglers supplyi
Jan. 16, 2012
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3,000-year-old tomb of singer found in Egypt
CAIRO (AFP) ― Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said on Sunday.The rare find was made accidentally by a team from Switzerland’s Basel University headed by Elena Pauline-Grothe and Susanne Bickel in Karnak, near Luxor in Upper Egypt, the minister told the media in Cairo.The woman, Nehmes Bastet, was a singer for the supreme deity Amon Ra during the Twenty-Second Dyna
Jan. 16, 2012
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French expert on Korea dies at 67
Philippe Thiebault, who studied Korean philosophy in Korea for the past three decades, died of pneumonia and other complications on Saturday. He was 67. Thiebault, a visiting professor at Seoul’s Sejong University, is especially recognized here for translating “Mongmin Simseo” ― written by Jeong Yak-yong (1762-1836), one of the leading scholars in the late Joseon Dynasty ― into French in 2007. The book, whose title means “Admonitions on Governing the People,” describes the fundamental principles
Jan. 16, 2012
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Louvre to send artworks to Japan’s Fukushima
PARIS (AFP) ― France’s Louvre museum plans to send more than 20 artworks to Japan, including Fukushima prefecture, near the stricken nuclear plant, in order to show solidarity with the disaster-hit country.The exhibition will run from April 20 to Sept. 17 in Japan’s Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, said Jean-Luc Martinez, director of the department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities at the Louvre.The artworks ― 23 paintings, sculptures, drawings and other works from different eras
Jan. 15, 2012
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U.S. historical art treasures shine again at N.Y. museum
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York unveiled new galleries dedicated to the history of American painting, sculpture and design, some of which museum officials said displayed the country’s “crown jewels.”The new galleries are part of a $100 million renovation of the museum.“Today we celebrate 10 years since the beginning of the project to reimagine, reinvent and rebuild the American Wing,” said Morrison Heckscher, chairman on the “American Wing,” during a presentation to t
Jan. 15, 2012
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A reworked ‘Porgy and Bess’ is rich and luscious
NEW YORK (AP) ― In the end, “Porgy and Bess’’ didn’t need anyone coming to its rescue after all.A gorgeous version of the American stage classic opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Thursday for the first time in more than three decades with plenty of hand-wringing that this updated version led by director Diane Paulus and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks was messing with a Gershwin masterpiece.Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Paulus and Parks have protected and cared for this th
Jan. 15, 2012
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Chris Burden’s new work: art imitating the future
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Chris Burden’s latest kinetic sculpture, “Metropolis II,’’ does more than just imitate life. The colorful display of roads, cars, trains and buildings is art imitating what the artist foresees life being like in five or 10 years.It will be a time, Burden forecasts, when cars will race across Los Angeles’ no-longer-gridlocked freeways and streets, past a skyline of towering buildings and single-family homes, at speeds of 386 kilometers per hour or more.That’s just what the tiny
Jan. 15, 2012
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Making lunch break worthwhile
Office workers choosing ‘learning, meeting, resting’ over eating at lunchFor many Seoulites who often find themselves working nights and weekends to survive in the city of excessive competition and gloomy unemployment, lunch break is like a blessing to endure the long, tiring day. Feeling the one-hour break is too precious to waste on eating and gossiping with co-workers, a growing number of people here are coming up with different ideas to make the time more worthwhile. “I recently had three bl
Jan. 13, 2012
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Belle had a ball: Paige O’Hara remembers ‘Beauty and the Beast’
From the day it opened 20 years ago, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” has been hailed as perhaps the greatest of the Disney animated classics, nominated for multiple Oscars, including best picture, upon its release in 1991.And as a new wave of ecstatic reviews greet every re-release (“the quintessential Disney masterpiece,” according to Christianity Today), Paige O’Hara, who sang the role of Belle, the “Beauty” of the title, recalls first looking at the songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken for
Jan. 13, 2012
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Belle had a ball: Paige O‘Hara remembers ’Beauty and the Beast‘
From the day it opened 20 years ago, Disney‘s “Beauty and the Beast” has been hailed as perhaps the greatest of the Disney animated classics, nominated for multiple Oscars, including best picture, upon its release in 1991.And as a new wave of ecstatic reviews greet every re-release (“the quintessential Disney masterpiece,” according to Christianity Today), Paige O’Hara, who sang the role of Belle, the “Beauty” of the title, recalls first looking at the songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken for
Jan. 13, 2012
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Unique acid pop carried in five voicesVOY“VOY meet Girl”(Mirrorball Music)Lee Byung-hoon, well-known for directing music for the movies “Sunny” and “The Happy Life,” introduces unique acid pop on his new album through the voices of five female vocalists ― Gyepi, Han Hee-jung, Oh Ji-eun, Ahn Sin-ae and Kim Jin-a. The three-member band’s second album “VOY meet Girl” is clearly “Lee’s album” with the musician taking care of not just the composition, but the arrangement, keyboard and mixing. While “
Jan. 13, 2012
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Park appointed CEO of Sejong Center
Park In-bae, the former artistic director of the theater house “Hyeonjang,” was appointed the new CEO of the Sejong Center this week.The 58-year-old, who majored in physics at Seoul National University, has served in many key positions in heavyweight organizations on Korea’s culture scene. The groups include the Korean People Artist Federation and Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, as well as “Hyeonjang.” Most recently, he served as a member of the Advisory Committee for Seoul mayor Park Wo
Jan. 12, 2012
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Travel expo offers ideas for discovering Korea
Held just before the Lunar New Year holidays, the 2012 Korea Travel Expo will be offering special gift and travel ideas for visitors, the Korea Tourism Association said.Some 400 local government organizations, travel agencies and related groups are participating in the largest travel expo in Korea, held under the theme “Artistic Landscape of My Country” this year. The Jan. 12-15 event will be held at COEX in Samseong-dong, southeastern Seoul with the opening day broadcast live on TV. Aimed at dr
Jan. 11, 2012