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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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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
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Lee Seung-gi says he did not quit shows for new drama
Actor-singer says stepping down from variety shows was a mere coincidence 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-g
March 8, 2012
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Sungnyemun celebrates upcoming completion of restoration
The Cultural Heritage Administration on Thursday held a special ceremony at the restoration site of Sungnyemun, commonly known as Namdaemun, announcing that the completion of its restoration is close at hand.The historic gate of Seoul, which is also National Treasure No.1, was severely damaged by arson in 2008. The administration announced last month that the restoration will be completed by December.The ceremony, titled “Sangryangsik,” consists of placing a piece of wood at the highest center o
March 8, 2012
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Japanese conductor Ozawa to take year off
TOKYO (AFP) ― Celebrated Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa is to take a year away from the podium as he struggles to recover after a battle with cancer, his office said Wednesday.The 76-year-old maestro, who underwent surgery for esophageal cancer in 2010 and was treated for a hernia last year, had planned to conduct four concerts in Japan from March 17 but had decided to cancel the performances.“Unfortunately, Ozawa’s condition has not improved enough to conduct, and it has been decided that the f
March 8, 2012
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‘Planet of Snail’ invited to Tribeca Film Festival
The South Korean documentary “Planet of Snail” was invited to the 11th Tribeca Film Festival set to open in New York next month, the film’s local distributor said Thursday.The movie by director Yi Seung-jun will compete with 11 other entries from nine countries for a prize in the World Documentary Feature Competition section of the festival, Zoa Films said.“Planet of Snail” is about the intimate relationship between a deaf-blind man and his loving wife suffering from a distorted spine. The film
March 8, 2012
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Harvey Weinstein: French film’s golden age is now
PARIS (AP) ― Harvey Weinstein says “The Artist’’ is just the beginning.“France is about to have a golden age of cinema,’’ said the Hollywood titan, who produced the French-born silent film that captured the world’s attention and five Academy Awards, including best picture.Weinstein told the Associated Press on Wednesday that his optimism is driven in part by a French law cracking down on the Internet piracy that has strangled the U.S. movie and music industries.The expansive New Yorker was feeli
March 8, 2012
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At SXSW media zoo, convergence is annual buzz word
Increasingly, the media zoo that is SXSW looks more like today‘s overlapping media world.The annual South by Southwest Conference and Festival, which begins Friday, gathers thousands of creators, performers, media and industry members for 10 days onto the boozy downtown streets of Austin, Texas. It’s really three festivals -- Interactive, Film and Music -- in one, but each bleeds into the other.The annual buzz word at SXSW is always convergence. Just as the tech and entertainment worlds physical
March 8, 2012
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14 films in lineup for Sundance London offshoot
LONDON (AP) ― Organizers on Wednesday announced a lineup of 14 movies for Sundance London, a four-day British offshoot of the Utah-based indie film festival.The April 26-29 event will include Julie Delpy’s relationship comedy “2 Days in New York’’; Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos’ hip-hop drama “Filly Brown’’; So Yong Kim’s road movie “For Ellen’’; and Josh Radnor’s campus romance “Liberal Arts.’’Documentaries include “Finding North,’’ a study of hunger in America; “Under African Skies,’’ wh
March 8, 2012
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China woos Hollywood studios with film fund
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― China is continuing its courtship of Hollywood, with government officials touting a new fund that aims to co-finance movies.Wednesday’s push comes just weeks after China’s leader-in-waiting, Vice President Xi Jinping, unveiled rules that would give foreign films better access to the country’s booming box office and a larger percentage of ticket receipts.Yang Buting, former chairman of one China’s two national movie distributors, China Film Group, told a film finance conference
March 8, 2012
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Super Junior to hold concert in Paris
Super Junior, a 10-member K-pop group, will hold its first solo concert in Paris next month, according to reports on Wednesday.The Paris show is part of Super Junior’s world tour titled “Super Show 4” and will take place on April 6 at Le Zenith de Paris where world-famous stars including Neyo, the Pussycat Dolls and the Jonas Brothers have performed. The boy band performed for French fans at the same venue last year along with other K-pop artists under SM Entertainment.In December, the group per
March 7, 2012
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Franco, Cornish among those with films at Tribeca
NEW YORK (AP) ― This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will feature many domestically oriented movies that deal with contentious contemporary issues, from the recession to James Franco’s artistic antics.Tribeca announced the first half of its slate for this year’s festival Tuesday: 46 feature films out of a planned 90. This half includes entries in the world narrative and documentary categories, as well as those in the festival’s “viewpoints’’ section, a category that highlights edgier films.The docu
March 7, 2012
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Tim Burton’s monster carousel comes to Paris
PARIS (AFP) ― Peopled with lonely little monsters, dancing corpses and boggle-eyed creatures from the underworld, Tim Burton’s cult universe comes to Paris this week with a show that journeys through his life’s work.Some 500 sketches ― the starting point for all Burton’s films ― whisk visitors deep into the U.S. director’s surreal inner world, with gothic doodles dating back to his misfit childhood in Burbank, a bland suburb of Los Angeles.“These are things that were never meant to be seen by an
March 7, 2012
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Controversy grows over recording of JYJ allegedly assaulting fans
Controversy over fans invading the privacy of K-pop stars and the performers’ sometimes violent reactions is growing after the release of an audio recording of JYJ allegedly hitting and swearing at fans.The 10-minute clip released by online news site Dispatch on Tuesday appears to feature Park Yu-cheon cursing at a fan on the phone, accusing them of invading his privacy. The clip is reported to be from 2009.What appears to be another member, Kim Jae-jung, can also be heard assaulting and threate
March 7, 2012
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Former teen star returns to big screen
Kim So-yeon stars as Joseon’s first barista in ‘Gabi’Just a day before the press premiere of her upcoming film “Gabi,” actress Kim So-yeon could not hide her nervous excitement. It was a rainy day in Seoul, and Kim said she listened to singer Sim Soo-bong’s melodramatic song “Binari” on her way to the cafe in Samcheong-dong to calm herself down.“I’ve been waiting for the release date so badly,” the 32-year-old told The Korea Herald on Monday. “But now I’m rather worried a little. I really don’t
March 7, 2012
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Lady Gaga sets Twitter fan record
Lady Gaga walks through the campus prior to an event at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012.(AP)Lady Gaga has become the first person to amass20 million followers on Twitter.The pop star cracked the milestone on Monday, beating out other pop culture luminaries such as Just
March 7, 2012
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Sherman, composer of Disney songs, dies
LONDON (AFP) ― Robert B. Sherman, the composer of the “Mary Poppins” song “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and other Disney classics, has died in London aged 86, his publicist said on Tuesday.“He died peacefully yesterday,” a spokeswoman for Stella Richards Management told AFP, without giving any further details.New York-born Sherman and his brother Richard worked as staff composers for Disney between 1960 and 1973, during which time they wrote more than 200 songs for 27 films and two dozen
March 7, 2012
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Novak explains feelings behind ‘Artist’ protest
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Kim Novak is clarifying why she used the word “rape’’ to describe how she felt about “The Artist.’’The 79-year-old “Vertigo’’ actress, who will be honored next month at the TCM Classic Film Festival, said during a phone interview Monday that hearing the score from the Alfred Hitchcock film used in the recent Oscar-winning homage to the silent-film era reminded her of the same feelings she experienced when she was raped as a child.“It was very painful,’’ said Novak. “When I sai
March 7, 2012