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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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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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M Countdown to present Japan show
Busker Busker, Sistar, Tiger JK to perform in SaitamaKorean pop music TV program M Countdown will shoot its third Japan show on May 25 at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan. The show, titled “M Countdown Hello Japan” showcases 16 artists from Korea and Japan, and is scheduled to be aired on May 26. Korean artists performing in M Countdown Hello Japan include: Korean hip-pop artists Yoon Mi-rae, Tiger JK and Dynamic Duo; singer John Park; Korean boy bands Supernova, F.T. Island, MBLAQ, U-Kiss; i
April 16, 2012
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Se7en best overseas performer in China
Korean singer Se7en won the Best Overseas Performer Award at the China Music Award and Asian Influential Awards in Macau on April 13, YG Entertainment said.The 27-year-old K-pop artist was the only Korean singer invited to the event, the agency added.“I feel really grateful for receiving such a great award. I will do my best to meet my fans from China,” he said. The awards show, in its 16th year, took place at CotaiArena in The Venetian Macao and was attended by many internationally known celeb
April 16, 2012
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Met ‘Live in HD’ landmark: 10 million tickets sold
The Metropolitan Opera in New York has reached a landmark in its movie-theater broadcasts from the stage to the world: 10 million tickets sold since the series started.``Live in HD‘’ ended its sixth season this weekend, beaming Verdi‘s ``La Traviata’‘ via satellite to 1,500 movie screens in North America and more than 40 countries.Almost a quarter of a million people saw Saturday’s live performance directed for screens by the man who leads Macy‘s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Gary Halvorson. The simu
April 16, 2012
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Cannes film season begins, promising selection surprises
PARIS (AFP) ― Cannes season kicks off this week as the film festival unveils its pick of Hollywood giants and arthouse newcomers to compete for the coveted Palme d’Or at the glitzy event on the French Riviera next month.Organisers will announce the 20-odd films in the official competition at a press conference in Paris Thursday, ending film buff speculation about who will make the cut for the world’s top movie showcase on May 16-27.Cannes’ general delegate Thierry Fremaux selects the line-up eac
April 15, 2012
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Louvre Museum goes visual with Nintendo 3DS guide
PARIS (AP) ― The Louvre Museum is used to dealing with antiquities: Nearly all of its thousands of works of art date to 1848 or earlier. Now, it wants to create a relic of its own ― the old museum audio guide.The famed Paris museum, whose origins date to the 18th century, is pressing on toward modernity and going visual with new electronic guides in a deal with Japan’s Nintendo. The guide provides 3DS game consoles that offer touch-screen, visual-and-audio guidance for visitors who teem the muse
April 15, 2012
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French tycoon opens Venice palazzo to Swiss artist
VENICE (AFP) ― French luxury billionaire Francois Pinault Friday expressed his passion for art at the inauguration of a new exhibition by New York-based Swiss artist Urs Fischer at his Venice palace.“It’s an important part of my activities,” Pinault told AFP on the sidelines of the exhibition in Palazzo Grassi on the picturesque banks of the Grand Canal.“This is my passion, it’s not work as you know. It’s something else. It goes well beyond,” said the 75-year-old founder of fashion and luxury gr
April 15, 2012
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‘Music comes before politics’
Chung Myung-whun continues efforts to hold a joint performance by South-North Korean musiciansConductor Chung Myung-whun has high hopes of having musicians from South and North Korea perform classical music together this summer, despite intensifying political tension between the two Koreas.Chung, an internationally renowned conductor, said on Thursday that he has suggested that the North join the annual performance by the Asia Philharmonic Orchestra that he founded 16 years ago to bridge Asian m
April 15, 2012
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Sistar returns with new album ...on broken heart
Four-member girl group brings mature, sexy look for summerKorean girl group Sistar stepped back into the spotlight with a press conference announcing their new mini album Thursday, breaking their eight-month hiatus.Titled “Alone,” the album reflects the group’s attempts to transform its image from energetic to sexy in all aspects ― music, dance, make-up and outfits, Sistar said. The four-member group wore flashy red dresses cut shorter in the front to show off their new subtle moves focusing on
April 15, 2012
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Jolie-Pitt engagement certain to fuel media frenzy
Wills and Kate were just the warm up for the true wedding of the century. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards show at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 26,2012. (MCT)After years of cohabitation, six kids and countless tabloid headlines, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie made it official: They plan to make it official.If you thought
April 15, 2012
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Art of restoration
National Museum restores two Joseon paintings owned by the British MuseumIt’s a sunny Wednesday afternoon, and the office of the National Museum of Korea’s conservation team is busy. Located on the first floor of the National Museum, the high-ceiling office specializes in restoring damaged paintings and prints.The process is arduous. A large painting from the late Joseon period is on the table, and two scholars, dressed in doctor-like gowns, are leaning over the piece. Using their tweezers and
April 13, 2012
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Theater“Catch Me If You Can”: “Catch Me If You Can,”a successful 2002 U.S. comedy-drama movie is being staged as a musical in Seoul. The plot is based on the real-life story of Frank Abagnale, Jr., one of the most famous impostors of the modern times. The movie’s Broadway musical adaptation was made in 2011, and its Seoul run features some of the most celebrated Korean musical stars as well as K-pop idols. Musical and TV actor Um Ki-joon shares his role as Abagnale with singer Kim Jeong-hoon, po
April 13, 2012
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Eyelike
Paul van Dyk evolves little on ‘Evolution’”Evolution” Paul van Dyk(Vandit)German trance music titan Paul van Dyk treats us to his musical evolution with an album aptly titled “Evolution,” a light listen that features his signature synth-soaked approach. The good news for van Dyk fans is that he hasn’t lost his touch.The bad news is it’s the same old touch, delivered at the same old pace and does little to show that van Dyk has truly evolved since five years ago, when he last delivered similar st
April 13, 2012
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Box Office
Everything about My Wife (Korea)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
April 13, 2012
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The Farrellys’ ‘Three Stooges’ finally hits the big screen
The sound of “nyuk, nyuk, nyuk” will be heard across the land when “The Three Stooges” ― the Farrelly brothers’ long-awaited tribute to the slapstick comedy legends ― opens Friday, introducing the trio to a new generation of knuckleheads. Although Western civilization has long been divided by certain insoluble cultural questions (Ketchup or mustard? Betty or Veronica? Toilet paper ― over or under?), there’s never really been any question about which Stooges to bring to the big screen.“You can’t
April 13, 2012
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Actress Jun Ji-hyun ties the knot
Top actress Jun Ji-hyun, a.k.a. Gianna Jun, married a Korean businessman at Hotel Shilla in central Seoul on Friday, waving goodbye to single life.She tied the knot with Choi Jun-hyeok, the grandson of acclaimed hanbok designer Lee Young-hee and the son of also famous fashion designer Lee Jeong-woo.“I feel nervous but I will make a return for those who supported me by showing them my happy married life,” said Jun during a press conference held at the hotel just hours before her wedding.At the ce
April 13, 2012
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Artday auction offers artistic feast
Artday, a subsidiary of the Herald Media group, is opening its fourth art auction next week.It will roll out a total of 105 art works by acclaimed Korean artists, ranging from up-and-coming figures such as Mari Kim to renowned artists like Hwang Yeom-soo, Kim Chang-yeol and Cheon Gyeong-ja. Celebrated Chinese artists Chen Ruo Bing and Yin Jun’s works are also on the block.This year’s notable items include artist Kim Whan-ki’s 1968 abstract painting, which was created during his stay in New York.
April 12, 2012
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Italy’s museum czar: Culture can save the economy
ROME (AP) ― One of Italy’s top culture officials has pushed private investment in the country’s museums and galleries and the seemingly insatiable Chinese and Indian appetites for art and archaeology as the way to pull the country out of its recession.Mario Resca, a former CEO of McDonald’s Italian operations who was appointed in 2008 by the government of Silvio Berlusconi to be director-general of the Culture Ministry, said that an increase in ticket sales to Italian museums has not been matche
April 12, 2012
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Lavish election programs disappoint
TV broadcasters show off what they called fancy graphics, 3-D animations of ballot counting, but disappoint viewers with inaccurate exit polls and entertainment-like programmingTelevision coverage of Wednesday’s parliamentary elections showcased the evolution of the country’s visual and telecommunications technology, but the shows’ ratings slipped from previous years. The country’s three terrestrial broadcasters ― Korean Broadcasting System, Munhwa Broadcasting Station and Seoul Broadcasting Sys
April 12, 2012
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Axl Rose snubs rockers’ Hall of Fame honor
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Guns N’ Roses star Axl Rose will not attend a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony this weekend to be inducted into the prestigious music pantheon, he said in remarks published Wednesday.Rose wrote an open letter to The Los Angeles Times’ music blog explaining why he is refusing the honor from the Cleveland-based Hall of Fame, which holds its annual ceremony on Saturday.In the lengthy letter he cited the various line-ups of the hard rock band over the years, saying he did not
April 12, 2012
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‘Hunger Games’ seeks new director for sequel
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The hunt is on for a director for the next “The Hunger Games” movie after the record-breaking film’s maker announced he was pulling out of the franchise. Gary Ross said he will not make the planned sequel “Catching Fire” for Lionsgate Films, the company behind the movie phenomenon based on a teen book trilogy set in a post-apocalyptic world.“Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct ‘Catching Fire,’” R
April 12, 2012