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Yoon apologizes for first lady Dior bag scandal, calls push for special probe ‘political’
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Korea forecast to overtake Taiwan in chip production by 2032: report
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Can K-pop break free from ‘fandom’ model?
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YouTuber fatally stabbed on livestream by another YouTuber in Busan
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Yoon rebuffs opposition's call for special probe into wife
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Arrest warrant issued for medical student for allegedly killing girlfriend after breakup
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Stray Kids hit with racism in Met Gala photo line
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[News Analysis] Yoon's first 2 years marked by intense confrontations, lack of leadership
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Yoon apologizes for wife's 'unwise conduct'
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Spielberg, Jackson bring Tintin to U.S.
SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Steven Spielberg hopes he’s the typical American when it comes to Tintin. The filmmaker had never heard of the guy, but once he got acquainted, they became friends for life.Peter Jackson knows he’s the typical non-American when it comes to Tintin. He’s known him since before he could read, and the character’s globe-trotting adventures are part of his own storytelling DNA.Together, the two Academy Award-winning filmmakers hope to achieve something that eluded Belgian artist and w
Dec. 14, 2011
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Rediscovered Bruegel painting on display
MADRID (AFP) ― Spain’s Prado museum on Monday put on display for the first time a canvas painted by the 16th-century Flemish master Pieter Bruegel the Elder which was discovered last year.The painting, The Wine of St Martin’s Day, shows about 100 peasants, beggars, thieves and drunks all struggling to get some of the wine from the first barrel of the season.In September 2010 curators at the Madrid museum identified the canvas as having been painted by the artist after an X-ray revealed fragments
Dec. 13, 2011
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Largest armor collection on auction
BERLIN (AFP) ― A German octogenarian puts his lifelong fascination with armour under the hammer Tuesday when the largest private collection of medieval weapons goes on sale for millions of euros.The collection, valued at between three and four million euros ($4-5.4 million), goes up for auction in Brussels and includes not only classical armour and weaponry such as shields, helmets and swords, but also crustaceans.“Man does not have a shell, he had to make one,” collector Karsten Klingbeil, from
Dec. 13, 2011
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Mandela museum ‘boot camp’ inspires artists
QUNU, South Africa (AFP) ― Artists pore over their computers ― drawing up work experience and not sketches ― in a rigorous “boot camp”inspired by Nelson Mandela that combines practical business sense with talent.The five students are in a six-week residency in the isolated hills of Qunu at the Nelson Mandela Museum, overlooking the icon’s childhood home where he has been living for the last four months.The programme is part of the museum’s outreach efforts and aims to give the artists, who are f
Dec. 13, 2011
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National Museum reopens Paleolithic, Neolithic exhibits
The National Museum of Korea on Tuesday reopened its Neolithic and Paleolithic period exhibitions which were temporarily closed last month for renovation.Some 1,000 relics from the time periods are featured in the newly renovated exhibition halls. Of the items, about 600 are being exhibited for the first time. The new rooms have the latest video features, strengthening the interactive aspect of the exhibitions. The museum’s Paleolithic section features some 500 stoneware relics, which are believ
Dec. 13, 2011
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Kim Ki-duk films get special screening
Two films by director Kim Ki-duk, which have yet to be released in local theaters, are currently being screened at Cinecube in Seoul through Dec. 21.One of the two is “Arirang,” a wrenching, cinematic self-portrait of the director which received a coveted sidebar prize at Cannes in May this year. Written by, directed by and starring Kim, the emotionally raw piece features Kim’s perceived failings as a director after going through a series of “betrayals” by his real-life colleagues in the Korean
Dec. 13, 2011
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Spielberg announces new Tintin movie
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Steven Spielberg announced in New York a sequel to his 3-D movie version of the comic book hero Tintin.He told a press conference Sunday that “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson would direct the new film and that he had already chosen the book by the Belgian author Herge that would serve as the basis for the script.Spielberg was promoting the U.S. premiere on Dec. 21 of his “Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn,” which already premiered in Brussels in October and h
Dec. 13, 2011
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American movies thrive abroad, but foreign films face challenge in U.S.
LOS ANGELES ― Although Hollywood movies are making more money than ever overseas, it’s still a struggle for foreign films to sell tickets in the United States.“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ― Part 2” collected nearly a billion dollars abroad this year, the most of any American studio production. About $120 million of that sum came from one country ― Japan. Other U.S. films that hit big overseas this year were also sequels: “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” made more than $800
Dec. 13, 2011
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Billy Joel gets portrait at NYC’s Steinway Hall
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Piano Man is now officially a Steinway man.A Billy Joel portrait has been unveiled in New York City at Steinway Hall, home to the famed piano maker Steinway & Sons.Joel is one of only two living artists included in a collection featuring greats such as Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. He’s the only non-classical performer.The 62-year-old pop legend joked Monday about his painting’s proximity to Vladimir Horowitz’s, saying he doesn’t know “how crazy’’ Horowitz is about having h
Dec. 13, 2011
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Tilda Swinton needs to talk about ‘Kevin’
NEW YORK ― If you search online for photos of Tilda Swinton, you’ll find one, from the 2008 Academy Awards, that particularly delights the actress. She won the supporting-actress award that night for playing a squirmy lawyer in “Michael Clayton,” but that’s not why Swinton ebulliently brings up this photo of her and a young mystery man.“I was with the Coens (directors Ethan and Joel) and Fran McDormand. Their son (Pedro) was with them. Pedro and I were standing together. There were some photogra
Dec. 13, 2011
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Christian Bale says his Chinese film not propaganda
BEIJING (AFP) ― Oscar winning actor Christian Bale defended Sunday the upcoming Nanjing Massacre film “The Flowers of War,” by China’s most famous director, Zhang Yimou, as more than an anti-Japanese propaganda film.In the film, Bale plays an American drifter who becomes the unwitting protector of a group of Chinese schoolgirls and prostitutes trying to escape the Japanese army’s brutal sacking of China’s wartime capital.The Nanjing Massacre, in which Japanese troops killed tens of thousands of
Dec. 12, 2011
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Spot latest design trends at Seoul Design Festival
Check out the latest designs at a notable design fair kicking off Wednesday at COEX Hall B in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. Celebrating its 10th year, Seoul Design Festival 2011 is gearing up for a big five-day run packed with a variety of special exhibitions under the slogan “Designer Promotion.” Nine famed design figures from different design sectors and countries will hold lectures during the festival as well, including Spanish graphic designer Javier Mariscal who is known for the design of
Dec. 12, 2011
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Park Jung-bum recalls making of ‘The Journals of Musan’
After winning 17 awards with his feature debut, director says he is ‘overrated and lucky’This is the sixth in a series on up-and-coming Korean filmmakers. ―Ed.Clad in blue jeans and a grey hoodie, director Park Jung-bum looks nothing like the North Korean defector he played in his award-sweeping feature debut, “The Journals of Musan.” He no longer has the character’s bowl-cut, nor does he have that sluggish gait. “Oh, of course I look different,” says Park during an interview with The Korea Hera
Dec. 12, 2011
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TVXQ holds 'fan meeting' in Taiwan
The Korean pop music group TVXQ has successfully finished its first event for Taiwanese fans in three years, the group's entertainment agency said Monday. TVXQ SM EntertainmentAbout 10,000 fans attended the two "fan meeting" events held at "Taipei Show Hall 2" in the Taiwanese capital on Sunday, SM
Dec. 12, 2011
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L.A. film critics association names Yoon Jung-hee best actress of 2011
South Korean actress Yoon Jung-hee was chosen as the best actress of the year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) for her lead role in the award-winning South Korean film "Poetry."The association announced a list of the 2011 award winners, including Yoon, on Sunday (L.A. standa
Dec. 12, 2011
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Variety spice of life for ‘The Nutcracker’
Top ballet companies and Hyundai Capital stage different versions of season’s favorite performanceRegardless of what genre it is adapted to, “The Nutcracker” has been a Christmas season favorite for a long time. This year is no exception. Seoul’s three top ballet companies and Hyundai Capital are staging the show, each with their own unique interpretation.Universal Ballet Company is getting ready to attract fans with its best-selling adaption of “The Nutcracker” from Dec. 21 to 31 at Universal
Dec. 11, 2011
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Oswalt says love scene with Theron was ‘nightmare’
NEW YORK (AP) ― Shooting a love scene with Charlize Theron would be a dream come true for many actors, but for Patton Oswalt, who co-stars with the Oscar-winning actress in the new movie “Young Adult,’’ the experience was “a nightmare.’’“Why do I have to be in my underwear next to the most physically perfect person on the planet? Why couldn’t I have been next to John Goodman or Michael Moore in their underwear?’’ said Oswalt at the film’s premiere Thursday night. “It was a dream that turned into
Dec. 11, 2011
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YouTube buys N.Y. music rights company
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― YouTube said Friday it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company which manages music rights for songwriters, recording artists, record labels and online music services.“As new ways of consuming music have emerged, RightsFlow has been at the forefront of solving the complex issues of licensing and royalty payment management,” YouTube product manager David King said in a blog post.“By combining RightsFlow’s expertise and technology with YouTube’s platform, we hope to
Dec. 11, 2011
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To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) ― The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site.Instead, the university and countless other schools and businesses are rushing to prevent their good names from falling into the hands of the pornography industry. Over the past two months, they have snapped up tens of thousands of “.xxx’’ website names that could be exploited by the adult entertainment business.“Dow
Dec. 11, 2011
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Zombies storm Havana cinema festival
HAVANA (AP) ― The hottest ticket in Havana is a gory, campy zombie flick with a wicked sense of humor about Cuba’s obsessive relations with the United States, one that revels in islanders’ knack for making the best of things even when everything around you ― buildings, streets, human limbs ― is falling to pieces.Audiences thronged movie houses this week to catch screenings of “Juan of the Dead,’’ or “Juan de los Muertos’’ in the original Spanish, and organizers had to hastily add extra midnight
Dec. 11, 2011