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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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K-pop Cover Dance Festival kicks off preliminaries
Korea Year Committee announced the opening of the 2012 K-pop Cover Dance Festival. “Cover Dance” refers to emulating the choreography of popular K-pop groups. Those interested can participate by submitting their cover dance videos online at www.coverdance.org. The number of hits, votes for recommendation and experts’ evaluations will be used to decide on the qualifiers of the preliminary rounds. The website will receive applications from Wednesday through July. The deadline varies according to r
April 23, 2012
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Lady Gaga new tour costumes unveiled
Four of the outfits Lady Gaga will wear for her upcoming concert in South Korea were unveiled Monday, including a leotard fashioned from guitars and a giant piano keyboard headpiece.The U.S. star will also show off the Giorgio Armani designed costumes in four other venues during her “Born This Way Ball” global tour kicking off in Seoul, said Shinsegae International, Armani’s South Korean business partner.The pop diva arrived in South Korea Friday, a week before her Seoul performance which kicks
April 23, 2012
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Art fairs to inspire your spring makeover
More than 370 artists and designers offer latest works at large-scale fairs in SeoulTwo art and design fairs are set to open in Seoul, offering inspiration for those planning to have a fresh spring look in their homes. Monthly art magazine Art & Criticism will open “A&C Art Fair Seoul 2012” on Friday at SETEC in Daechi-dong. Celebrating its fifth year, the fair introduces over 1,200 works by about 250 artists. Unlike other art fairs, which are usually gallery-oriented, this fair is strictly arti
April 22, 2012
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‘Hunger Games’ fever makes archery cool for kids
NEW YORK (AP) ― In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of “The Hunger Games” and less than 100 days before the London Olympics.“All of a sudden sales of bows have, like, tripled,” said Paul Haines, a salesman at the Ramsey Outdoor store in Paramus, New Jersey.A manager there made a sign for the hunting department: “Quality bows for serious archers and girls who saw the movie,” he said.Archery ranges arou
April 22, 2012
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Unauthorized biography spills Cowell secrets
LONDON (AP) ― He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips, and insists on black toilet paper in his home.A revealing new biography offers intimate ― some might say too intimate ― details about Simon Cowell, along with a portrait of the entertainment mogul’s savvy business side.“Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell” is written by British journalist and biographer Tom Bower, whose previous subjects include former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, jailed media mog
April 22, 2012
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Bee Gees star Gibb wakes from coma: spokesman
LONDON (AFP) ― Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has woken from a coma and responded to members of his family, his spokesman said Saturday.Gibb, 62, contracted pneumonia and fell into the coma last week. He is suffering from colon and liver cancer.His spokesman Doug Wright said Gibb had been able to nod and communicate with family members who have been at his bedside at a hospital in west London.He did not give further details.The British star’s wife Dwina said this week that the singer’s brother, fell
April 22, 2012
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Lady Gaga visits Olympic Stadium, expresses her excitement
U.S. pop artist arrived in Seoul on Friday night, no details of her schedule unveiledPop star Lady Gaga made a surprise visit to Olympic Stadium in Seoul, the country’s biggest sports and entertainment venue, on Sunday, expressing her excitement to her fans via Twitter.“Imagine when it’s full. I love that it’s raining, so NEW YORK of you Korea!” she wrote on Twitter on Sunday afternoon.Gaga posted two photos of her standing at the center of the venue for her upcoming concert holding an umbrella
April 22, 2012
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Exhibitions“Nine Dwarves”: Kukje Gallery presents a solo exhibition of Paul McCarthy, a U.S. multimedia artist who garnered critical attention for his stunningly diverse variety of materials and a radically experimental approach to art. This exhibition is comprised of nine sculptures and one aluminum sculpture, including pieces from the artist’s famous White Snow series which reveal his social satire and wry sense of humor. The exhibition runs through May 12 at Kukje Gallery in Sogyeok-dong, cen
April 20, 2012
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Box Office
Opening May 17Drama. Comedy. Directed by Min Kyu-dong. Doo-hyeon (Lee Sun-kyun) is unhappily married to Jeong-in (Im Soo-jung), his beautiful yet ill-tempered wife. After enduring Jeong-in’s unpredictable and eccentric behavior, Doo-hyun desperately seeks ways to divorce her. The timid husband is too afraid to bring up the topic of separation to his bad-tempered wife. Instead, he decides to hire a womanizer to romance her -- hoping she will ask for a divorce once she falls in love with the man.E
April 20, 2012
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Eyelike
Mraz celebrates love on 4th albumJason Mraz ``Love is a Four Letter Word” (Atlantic)Jason Mraz is true to the title of his new album, singing about all kinds of love on ``Love is a Four Letter Word.”The 33-year-old singer-songwriter explores romantic notions, familial bonds and big, universal love on his fourth studio release. He also expands his folk-pop sensibilities to include reggae and jazz rhythms layered with horns and vocal harmonies.Mraz is at his best with his guitar and silky, lilting
April 20, 2012
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Sparks don’t fly with ‘The Lucky One’
“The Lucky One” is a like a corny old silent movie to which someone made the mistake of adding sound. Based on one of Nicholas Sparks’ overripe romance novels, it’s about a stoic, sensitive man who falls for a beautiful, but wounded woman, who must escape from the iron grip of her violent ex-husband.For good measure, the movie also includes some hambone Hallmark-style narration about destiny and luck and choosing the right path in life, along with a few sun-baked shots of dogs romping through th
April 20, 2012
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Arthouse meets glamor in Cannes festival line-up
PARIS (AFP) ― Ken Loach and David Cronenberg will headline the race for Cannes gold at the Riviera festival next month, after organisers Thursday unveiled a line-up studded with stars from Nicole Kidman to Brad Pitt.With a month to go until the May 16-27 event, organizers named the 22 films in the race for the Palme d’Or at the world cinema showcase, 17 in its new talent section, Un Certain Regard and 15 more set for a red-carpet slot out of competition.Canada’s Cronenberg was tipped for “Cosmop
April 20, 2012
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Im and Hong’s films in running for Cannes
Films by two Korean directors will compete for a title at the Cannes Festival, the organizer announced. The organizer revealed Thursday the full official selection of films that will screen in Cannes from May 16-27, including Im Sang-soo’s film “Taste of Money,” and Hong Sang-soo’s “In Another Country.”Cannes’ general delegate Thierry Fremaux selected the 22 films from among some 1,700 submissions from the biggest names in film right down to first-time directors from North America, Europe, Asia,
April 19, 2012
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Adele, Messi, Pippa Middleton make Time 100 people list
NEW YORK (AFP) ― What do singer Adele, soccer genius Lionel Messi and British royalty celebrity Pippa Middleton have in common? They’re among the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time magazine.Time published its annual list Wednesday, showcasing a typically eclectic mix of personalities, ranging from the rich and powerful, like financier Warren Buffett or U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake, to popular entertainers like Adele and Beyonce.The list, broken into moguls,
April 19, 2012
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Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline play ‘Romeo and Juliet’
NEW YORK (AP) ― Kevin Kline will play Romeo opposite Meryl Streep’s Juliet for a one-night-only staged reading of Shakespeare’s play in Central Park. The Public Theater said Tuesday that Streep and Kline will combine on June 18 to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Shakespeare in the Park series. Daniel Sullivan will direct. To make that night even more giddy, Al Pacino will be honored for his body of work with the Public, which includes his playing Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice” in
April 19, 2012
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New York City Opera returns to City Center in 2013
NEW YORK (AP) ― New York City Opera will return to its roots at New York City Center in March after a 48-year absence, splitting the 2012-13 season between its former home and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.After fleeing Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts last summer because of the company’s deteriorated finances, City Opera used three venues this season, starting at BAM, moving on to the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College and ending up next month at El Museo del Barrio.“We have succ
April 19, 2012
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Italian masterpiece returns to Jewish man’s heirs
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) ― U.S. authorities ended a more than 70-year-old art drama Wednesday when they returned a 16th century masterpiece to the heirs of a Jewish man after they sought for years to reclaim the painting wrested away during World War II.A grandson of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe listened in via teleconference from London as American authorities signed the documents transferring over the Baroque painting titled “Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue.’’“You did right a wro
April 19, 2012
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Muti brings Chicago Symphony Orchestra to Russia
MOSCOW (AP) ― The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti performed in Russia on Wednesday for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union.Muti and the U.S. ambassador described the visit as part of President Barack Obama’s efforts to improve relations with Russia.Chicago, the hometown of the U.S. president, “has become one of the symbols where all the people in the world look, hoping that the world ... can reach a future of peace and mutual
April 19, 2012
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Patti Kim’s life story told by Jo Young-nam
Veteran singers get together for a special project Veteran singer Patti Kim has never been so fond of the idea of publishing her biography, up until the idea of working with her famous colleague popped up.“I’ve been asked to publish a book about myself for the last 20 years, but the idea never really appealed to me,” said the 74-year-old diva during a press meeting in central Seoul Wednesday. “But when my staff members suggested the idea of working with Jo, I thought, well, that may actually wo
April 19, 2012
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‘American Bandstand’ host Dick Clark dead
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock ‘n’ roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for several generations of Americans.His identity as “the world’s oldest teenager’’ became strained in recent years, as time and infirmity caught up with his enduring boyishness. But he owned New Year’s Eve after four decades hosting his annual telecast on ABC from Times Square. And as a producer and entertainment entrepreneur, he was a med
April 19, 2012