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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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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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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Art sleuths believe long-lost Da Vinci found in Italy
Art sleuths said on Monday they believe they have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece on a hidden wall in a palace in Florence that has not been seen in over four centuries. A close-up of Giorgio Vasari`s fresco bearing the words "Cerca Trova",( seek and you shall find), that is painted
March 13, 2012
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Artworks get smarter
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art presents interactive, real-time ‘social networking arts’A hideous looking robot came to life when the number posted on one of its arms was called on a phone. Various parts of the robot creaked and turned, and drops of reddish brown paint slid down a thin tube onto a feather swooshing across a white canvas laid in the center of the machine. A colorful abstract painting was created only a few minutes later. When the caller says it is finished, it is finished. The
March 12, 2012
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Crowd-funding plays lead role in SXSW films
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― The crowd-financing website Kickstarter.com has electrified the traditional structures of filmmaking, aiding 33 films at the South By Southwest Film Festival. That’s 10 percent of the festival’s entire slate. Even SXSW Film head Janet Pierson was surprised.“I’m fascinated that this is a viable tool, or seems to be,’’ says Pierson, who produced indie films in the ’80s and ’90s. “How great that this vehicle exists that’s working for all these filmmakers.’’The budgets for even
March 12, 2012
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Daughter to follow Whitney Houston into showbiz
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Whitney Houston’s daughter said Sunday she plans to follow her mother into show business, while the drug-troubled star’s sister-in-law admitted her untimely death could have been predicted.In her first interview since Houston’s death last month aged 48, Bobbi Kristina ― Houston’s daughter from her stormy relationship with singer Bobby Brown ― also said she still hears her late mother’s voice.“I feel her passing through me all the time,” she told TV talk show host Oprah Winfre
March 12, 2012
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Silent film narrator returns to modern stage
Actor Cho Hee-bong performs oldest surviving Korean silent film ‘Crossroads of Youth’What would it have been like to watch a silent film with live narration and music?Today’s moviegoers were given an opportunity to watch Korea’s oldest surviving silent film, “Crossroads of Youth.” last week, accompanied by live music and narration ― all in the 1930s style. Just like the “silent era” in the 20s and 30s, they saw and heard a “byeonsa” ― Korean term for silent-film narrator ― “performing” each an
March 12, 2012
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Gugak center, Lee Young-hee to collaborate in New York
The National Gugak Center will hold a special fashion and music gala with hanbok designer Lee Young-hee in New York in October to commemorate the 130th anniversary of ties between Korea and the United States.One-hundred musicians will play royal court banquet music entitled “Music of Peace, Dream of the Dynasty,” adapted from Bongsudangjinchan Banquet, which was dedicated to the 60th birthday of Hyegyeonggung Hong, the mother of King Jeongjo. About 50 other performers, including dancers, will al
March 11, 2012
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Moon aims to share beauty of ballet worldwide
Universal Ballet president and director to lead company on tour of South Africa this monthMore than 1,000 people gave a standing ovation in November last year at the finale of the Universal Ballet Company’s “Shim Chung” at the Royal Opera House in Oman. Two months ago in January, about 100 middle-aged women crowded a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, to attend the fan meeting of UBC’s young ballerinos Lee Seung-hyun and Kang Min-woo. The show “This is Modern 3,” which took place few days later at the
March 11, 2012
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After long wait, Whedon brings ‘Cabin’ to SXSW
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― After several years of studio purgatory, Joss Whedon’s long-shelved, much-anticipated horror film “The Cabin in the Woods’’ finally arrived before audiences at the South By Southwest Film Festival.Nobody complained about the delay.“It really holds up,’’ deadpanned Whedon after the Friday evening premiere before a rapturous, hooting crowd at Austin’s Paramount Theatre. “I would say, timeless classic.’’“The Cabin in the Woods,’’ which Whedon produced and co-wrote with director
March 11, 2012
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Star-studded runway blends fashion, K-pop
K-pop stars strutted down the runway on Sunday, moving to the rhythm of their hit songs.“K-collection in Seoul,” a fashion show/concert held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena at Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, featured popular K-pop groups such as Girls Generation, Big Bang, IU, MBLAQ, Infinite, T-ara, Miss A and Secret. Some of the stars walked down the catwalk decked in impressive outfits as well as showcasing their songs on stage. Actor Yeo Jin-gu who rose to stardom after starring in the MBC hit d
March 11, 2012
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Report: Kardashian's ex seeks $7 million
Kim Kardashian's estranged husband, Kris Humphries, is demanding $7 million to sign off on their divorce, sources told TMZ.com.Other sources told the celebrity Web site the Kardashian camp quickly rejected the demand on the grounds the couple wasn't married long enough for Humphries to warrant $7 mi
March 11, 2012
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'Home Alone' house sold for $1.6M
The 14-room suburban Chicago house in which the big-screen comedy "Home Alone" was shot has been sold for nearly $1.6 million after 10 months on the market.The red-brick house in Winnetka, which was put up for sale last May by owners John and Cynthia Abendshien for $2.4 million, sold Thursday to an
March 11, 2012
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Exhibitions“Song for Nobody”: Bae Young-whan’s solo exhibition at Plateau in Taepyeongro, central Seoul, looks back on the last 15 years of his artistic career. The artist, who represented Korea at the 2005 Venice Art Biennale, filled the 43-square-meter exhibition space with 26 works that share the same theme, but are very diverse in genre and materials. His chandelier work “Insomnia -- Song of Dionysos” which appeared in director Im Sang-soo’s 2008 movie “The Housemaid,” is on show. The exhibi
March 9, 2012
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Springsteen’s anger channeled in new albumBruce Springsteen"Wrecking Ball" (Columbia)Nearly three decades ago, Bruce Springsteen wrote with sadness about a man showing his young son a hometown ravaged by outside economic forces, a town the family was about to leave.He’s not sad now. He’s angry, mighty angry. On the new song, "Death to My Hometown," he wants to "send the robber barons straight to hell, the greedy thieves who came around and ate the flesh of everything they found, whose crimes hav
March 9, 2012
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Box Office
Howling (Korea) Opened Feb. 16Crime. Thriller. Directed by Yoo Ha. Detective Sang-gil (Song Kang-ho), who is desperate for promotion, gets annoyed when he is assigned to work with an inexperienced junior Eun-young (Lee Na-young) for what looks like a suicide case. Eun-young finds out that it is a murder case involving a giant wolf-dog. Being the only female detective in her team, socially inept Eun-young endures low expectations, lewd jokes and even sexual harassment by her macho team members. W
March 9, 2012
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McGregor and Beaufoy find vocal harmony in ‘Salmon Fishing’
Hearing Ewan McGregor as an uptight salmon fisheries expert in the comedy “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,” you might think that you’re hearing the real Ewan ― the one whose voice isn’t the put-on American, British or what-have you accents he so often manages in the movies.“But nooo, that’s not me,” he says. “I didn’t want to use my own accent ― exactly.”He took a suggestion from “Salmon Fishing’s” Oscar-winning screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire”). Beaufoy’s one word idea?“Morningsi
March 9, 2012
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N. Korean orchestra opens musical bridge to Europe
PARIS (AFP) ― South Korean troops may be conducting live fire exercises near the North Korean frontier, and Pyongyang may be ramping up its anti-southern rhetoric, but there may be more harmony on the musical front.Next week, for the first time, musicians from North Korea will perform in Paris with a French orchestra led by a South Korean conductor, Myung-Whun Chung, in a minor diplomatic victory for the international maestro.“I’ve been trying to do this for 30 years,” he said this week. “For pr
March 9, 2012
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James Cameron to explore Earth‘s deepest ocean trench
“Titanic” director James Cameron will try in the coming weeks to dive to the deepest place on Earth, further than any other human has on a solo mission, to return with specimens and images.Cameron would seek to accomplish his feat aboard a submersible “as futuristic as anything in his movies,” the National Geographic scientific institution, which has partnered with the Canadian filmmaker for the Deepsea Challenge project, said Thursday.During testing off Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, Cameron of “
March 9, 2012
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Boundary blurs between art, household goods
Seoul Living Design Fair 2012 introduces latest designs and inspiring artworksA wide spectrum of household goods is found at Seoul Living Design Fair 2012 currently underway at COEX Hall A in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. The difference between a mart and the fair, though, is that every piece is artistic in its own way. Established by magazine publishing company Design House in 1994, the fair has become one of the biggest events of its kind and attracts about 150,000 visitors every year.Under t
March 8, 2012
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Lee says he did not quit shows for new drama
The buzz behind MBC’s new Wednesday and Thursday night series, “The King 2Hearts,” might be laying the pressure on thick for its cast and crew. The upcoming drama not only boasts two hit-making stars, Ha Ji-won and Lee Seung-gi, but is also following on the heels of MBC’s blockbuster period piece “Moon Embracing The Sun.” Furthermore, actor-singer-entertainer Lee recently stepped down from KBS’ popular reality show “Two Days and One Night” and is also stepping down from his role as host for SBS
March 8, 2012
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Director explores financial, social horrors
Byeon returns with ‘Helpless,’ adaptation of Miyabe’s thrillerIt’s been 17 years since director Byeon Young-joo made her controversial feature debut.The 45-year-old director impressed the film scene in 1995, showcasing her non-fiction film about elderly women who were forced to be sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War II. Now, Byeon is back with her third commercial, yet socially-conscious, film ― following her not-so-successful “Ardor” (2000) and “Flying Boys” (2004) ― a gruesom
March 8, 2012