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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Arirang TV expands news, current affairs programming
Arirang TV, an English-language network based in Seoul, is revamping its news and entertainment programs starting March 5, in hopes of promoting Korea and its culture to a wider international audience.“Many countries around the world promote themselves through their English-language news shows, including Japan’s NHK World, Russia Today, China’s CCTV News and France24,” said Sohn Jie-ae, president and CEO of the state-run, English-language station.“In Korea, K-culture, which goes beyond K-pop, ac
Feb. 28, 2012
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Everything old was new again at the Oscars
Justin Bieber wasn’t mincing words. “I’m here to bring you the 18 to 24 demographic,’’ the teen pop star told Billy Crystal in the opening Oscar montage. “So, how long do you want me to stay here for?’’The two were spoofing “Midnight in Paris,’’ a film about time travel, and actually it did feel like Bieber had swooped in from the future. Because everything else about this year’s Oscars had a distinct vintage feel, from the honored films harking back to early years of cinema, to the longevity of
Feb. 28, 2012
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Hollywood ‘god’ Weinstein rules at Oscars, again
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Meryl Streep famously called him “God.” And Harvey Weinstein certainly looked omnipotent at the Oscars Sunday, showing again his peerless skills at campaigning for the coveted golden statuettes.For the second year running the founder of The Weinstein Company steered one of its films to Academy Awards glory, this year with silent movie “The Artist,” after last year’s victory for “The King’s Speech.”The Weinstein Company was also behind “The Iron Lady” ― which won best actress
Feb. 28, 2012
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Bollywood movies to charm Seoul
Six Indian films will be screened for free in Seoul between Thursday and Monday, according to the Embassy of India and CJ CGV.The Indian Film Festival at CGV Apgujeong features acclaimed Indian films with Korean subtitles. All of the movies to be shown have won awards at national and international film festivals, according to the Embassy of India.“India is the biggest producer of feature films in the world and over 1,000 feature films are produced annually in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and other c
Feb. 28, 2012
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Ruling party rows over Lee ally’s selection
The ruling Saenuri Party’s leadership argued Monday over the selection of Rep. Lee Jae-oh, a close ally of President Lee Myung-bak, as a candidate for the general election. The party’s candidate selection committee announced the nomination of Lee, but immediately faced opposition from some party leaders who had openly called on him to step aside to take responsibility for the damage the president and his confidants have done to the party’s support. Committee head Jung Hong-won announced the firs
Feb. 27, 2012
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Anthony Rapp talks ‘Without You’(new addition ## second para)
“Rent” star in Seoul for his personal musical memoirWhen Anthony Rapp ended his musical memoir “Without You” at SangSang Art Hall in Daechi-dong, Seoul, on Feb. 12, many in the audience were looking for Kleenex in their purses. A few minutes later when the light was back on it wasn’t hard to find eyes smudged with tears and runny mascara.More than 15 years have passed since the first show of “Rent,” the role which made Rapp famous, during which he lost his mother and the writer behind the famed
Feb. 27, 2012
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‘The Artist’ wins best picture, director, actor Oscars
Hollywood celebrates its early years, with black-and-white silent film sweeping Academy AwardsLOS ANGELES ― “The Artist,” a black-and-white homage to the early days of Hollywood, was named best picture at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, it is the first essentially silent film to win best picture since “Wings” won at the first Oscar ceremony in 1929.Meryl Streep won the Oscar ― and a standing ovation ― for her uncanny portrayal of former British Prime Minister
Feb. 27, 2012
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Cohen pulls Kim Jong-il stunt at Oscars
HOLLYWOOD (AFP) ― Flamboyant British comic Sacha Baron Cohen pulled a North Korea-themed publicity stunt on the Oscars red carpet Sunday, pretending to pour late leader Kim Jong-il’s ashes onto an interviewer.The “Ali G,” “Borat” and “Bruno” star, who had been warned against staging a stunt at the Academy Awards, turned up in full military regalia from his latest movie “The Dictator,” and clutching a funeral urn bearing Kim’s photo.Flanked by two female guards in uniforms and red berets, he told
Feb. 27, 2012
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Bergman favorite actor Erland Josephson dies at 88
Swedish actor Erland Josephson, who collaborated with legendary film director Ingmar Bergman in more than 40 films and plays, has died. He was 88.The award-winning actor died at a Stockholm hospital on Saturday following a long battle against Parkinson’s disease, said Royal Dramatic Theatre spokeswoman Christina Bjerkander.Josephson was born into a family of artists and culture workers in Stockholm in 1923 and would become the actor who had the longest-running collaboration with Bergman. The two
Feb. 27, 2012
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Rattle leads Berlin in Mahler and Bruckner
NEW YORK (AP) ― When 12-year-old Simon Rattle heard Mahler’s Second Symphony live for the first time, he concluded he wanted to be a conductor.Forty-five years later, the “Resurrection’’ symphony still is central to his life. Now completing his 10th season as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle led an emotional and enthralling performance of the majestic work on Saturday night, the conclusion of a three-concert trip to Carnegie Hall.Combined with Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony the prev
Feb. 27, 2012
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Conductor Chung to visit N. Korea ...for rehearsal
Renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun plans to visit North Korea this week for a rehearsal of a planned joint performance in Paris by North Korean and French orchestras, an official said Monday.Chung is scheduled to travel to Pyongyang with his wife and his assistant on Tuesday for a three-day trip for the rehearsal, Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk said.The trip comes more than a week after Chung met with North Korean musicians in Beijing and agreed to hold the joint perf
Feb. 27, 2012
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Japanese art shifts in response to tsunami disaster
In the year since Japan‘s northeast coast was torn apart by a massive quake-tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis, artists have searched for new ways to come to terms with the disaster.The so-called “Post-3/11” movement has taken its inspiration from images of tsunami-ravaged townships and grief-stricken victims in the aftermath of the the worst tragedy to hit the nation since World War II.From activist performance art to the creation of a memorial, artists have found new ways to either make a stat
Feb. 27, 2012
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‘The Artist’ earns best-picture, lead-actor Oscars
Best Actress in a Leading Role Meryl Streep and Best Actor in a Leading Role Jean Dujardin celebrate their Oscars in the press room at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday in Hollywood, California. (AFP-Yonhap News)“The Artist” won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming t
Feb. 27, 2012
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X-ray scientists authenticate Caravaggio masterpiece
Italian art sleuths announced on Friday they had successfully authenticated a painting of the snake-haired Medusa from Greek mythology as the work of 17th-century master Caravaggio using X-ray technology.“The X-rays allowed us to see some sketches under the surface. This is therefore a creation, not a copy,” Caravaggio expert Mina Gregori said in Rome at the presentation of a book about the project which has lasted several years.The round painting has a diameter of 50 centimeters and is a smalle
Feb. 27, 2012
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Lee Byung-hun to star as Joseon king in movie
Popular actor Lee Byunghun this month started shooting a historical epic based on the life of Gwanghaegun — a 17th century Joseon ruler who was dethroned in a coup — the movie’s producer CJ Entertainment announced on Monday.The movie, whose working title is “King of Joseon,” is written by “Oldboy” screenwriter Hwang Jo-yoon and directed by “Mapado” and “Late Blossom” auteur Choo Chang-min. The fictional plot of the film develops as the eccentric king runs into Ha-seon, a man from the lowest clas
Feb. 27, 2012
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Crystal to the rescue for 84th Academy Awards show
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The Oscar ceremony has much to prove Sunday, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal’s host routine remains a crowd-pleaser.Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, the show’s producers, are laughing off the challenges: “Comedy is the direction we’re going in this year,” said Mischer.For Crystal, who returns to the ceremony after an absence of eight years, that means jokes and patter that were being rehearsed at the last minute to avoid punc
Feb. 26, 2012
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Strikes ravage Korea’s two biggest broadcasters
Unionists at KBS, MBC go on massive strike over alleged political biasTV viewers may be stuck with repeats and news programs cut in half as workers at the country’s two biggest terrestrial broadcasters plan strikes to demanding their presidents step down. It is the first time that the broadcasters have been hit with sit-in protests at the same time. On Friday, one of two major union groups at Korea Broadcasting System, the nation’s most powerful radio and TV network, said it will launch an indef
Feb. 26, 2012
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Cultural institute shows Italian treasures
Masterpieces from Florence’s Uffizi Museum set to be exhibited in Seoul in 2013This is the fourth of the series introducing cultural centers of different countries in Seoul. ― Ed.Italian cuisine needs no further explanation. Like in many other parts of the world, pastas and pizzas are adored here. So is the southern European country’s fashion industry. Many of the luxury brands thriving in South Korea are from Italy. Lucio Izzo, director of the Italian Cultural Institute Seoul who has lived and
Feb. 26, 2012
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Sandler sets Razzie record: 11 worst-movie nominations
SANTA MONICA (AP) ― When Adam Sandler’s bad, he’s really bad, according to voters for the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that singles out the worst movies of the year.Sandler received a record 11 nominations Saturday for the Razzies as star, producer or writer on three 2011 movies ― “Jack and Jill,” “Just Go with It” and “Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star.”That more than doubled the previous record of five Razzie nominations held by Eddie Murphy for 2007’s “Norbit.”Sandler’s nominations include
Feb. 26, 2012
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Rapper Jones arrested after fight at Foxwoods
Rapper Jim Jones was arrested and charged with assaulting a Connecticut state trooper in a brawl at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, police said Saturday.The hip-hop artist and actor, whose “We Fly High” was one of 2007’s top-selling rap tracks, was charged with assault on a police officer and breach of peace, state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said. Vance said he was not certain how the altercation Friday night began.Jones said on Twitter that he posted $40,000 in bond, adding that he “had a b
Feb. 26, 2012