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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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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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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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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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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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New head of doctors' association vows war in case of disadvantage to medical professors
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Comedian-turned-director slapped with exit ban over embezzlement charges
Disgraced comedian-turned-director Shim Hyung-rae has been banned from leaving the country in connection with suspicions that he embezzled huge company funds, police said Monday.Police have recently launched an internal probe into suspicions that Shim, chairman of the movie production company Youngg
Oct. 31, 2011
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Abu Dhabi museum island hit by more delays
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ― Branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim art museums being built as part of an ambitious cultural district in Abu Dhabi could now open at least a year later than planned, the developer and an official with knowledge of the projects said Saturday.Questions about the future of the Saadiyat Island cultural district have swirled among contractors in the Gulf for months. They came into sharper focus this week when the project’s government-backed developer disclosed tha
Oct. 30, 2011
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Kevorkian suicide machine, paintings don’t sell
NEW YORK (AP) ― A suicide machine belonging to Dr. Jack Kevorkian was withdrawn Friday from an auction of the assisted-suicide advocate’s possessions after failing to draw a high enough bid, while 17 of his paintings tied up in a legal dispute with a suburban Boston museum found no takers.The paintings, including one Kevorkian did with a pint of his blood, and about 100 other personal items went on sale at the New York Institute of Technology. The estate had estimated the value of the 17 paintin
Oct. 30, 2011
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Master craftsmen inspire with fine touches
Sulwhasu exhibition brings together handicrafts by 11 Korean masters in various fieldsIt is impossible to make “hanji,” or Korean traditional mulberry paper, without a hanji screen. And Yu Bae-geun, who is registered as Intangible Cultural Property No. 31, is the sole person in the nation who can make one. He spends his winters in the freezing Damyang County in South Jeolla Province searching for good four to five-year-old bamboo, and other months indoors extracting the thinnest-possible bamboo
Oct. 30, 2011
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Indian fans run riot as Metallica axes gig
NEW DELHI (AFP) ― Angry fans smashed equipment and hurled bottles in chaotic scenes after heavy metal group Metallica cancelled their first ever Indian gig at the last minute, reports said Saturday.Thousands of fans had already turned up at Friday’s concert, timed to coincide with this weekend’s Formula One Grand Prix, but were enraged when it was axed for safety reasons.Newspaper pictures showed piles of shattered equipment and the Times of India said one man broke his leg when he was pushed do
Oct. 30, 2011
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Classical Music“Trio Owon”: Classical music group Trio Owon, led by cellist Yang Sung-won, will hold its debut concert in Korea at the LG Arts Center on Nov. 6. The other two members are pianist Emmanuel Strosser and violinist Olivier Charlier. The name “Owon” comes from late Korean painter Jang Seung-up (1843-1897), who was depicted in Im Kwon-taek’s 2002 film “Painted Fire.” The trio will showcase German Romantic musicians in the 19th century -- Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms. Tickets range
Oct. 28, 2011
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The King of Pigs (Korea)Opening Nov.3Thriller/Drama. Directed by Yeun Sang-ho. Kyung-min, a 30-something CEO impulsively kills his wife after his business goes bankrupt. He seeks out his long-lost friend Jong-suk, whom he was close with in middle school. The two meet up and talk about their middle school days where both of them were severely bullied by their classmates. At the time, they became friends with Chul, an outsider who helped them avoid abuse from the class bullies. Chul had planned a
Oct. 28, 2011
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SPO, Chung fly with Mahler No.1 Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra“Mahler Symphony No. 1”(Universal Music)After releasing the debut album “Debussy and Ravel” under Deutsche Grammophon, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director Chung Myung-whun will launch their live recording of Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan” on Nov. 3. The program was recorded at the Seoul Arts Center’s Concert Hall on Nov. 3, 2010, as part of the SPO’s “Mahler Series” concerts and was hugely popular among classical musi
Oct. 28, 2011
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‘Johnny English’ star Rowan Atkinson finds the U.S. a tough bean to crack
If British comedian Rowan Atkinson had any doubts about his international appeal, they’ve been put to rest by stories he keeps hearing from English aid workers returning from trips to Africa.“They go to these African villages where there are four thatched huts,” said Atkinson, 56. “There is nobody in any of them except one, where the entire village is crammed in there. There’s a tiny black-and-white TV set being powered by a car battery, and there’s a ‘Mr. Bean’ VHS tape being played.”Mr. Bean i
Oct. 28, 2011
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A woman’s life is turned upside down by an affair
Anne Enright doesn’t believe in leading readers gently into anything ― certainly not an affair. In “The Forgotten Waltz,” the Irish writer plunges us headlong into the world of Gina Moynihan, young IT consultant and adulteress at large.Gina is not so much an unreliable narrator as someone obsessed with her own unreliability. Dissecting her love affair with married man Sean Vallely, she constantly doubles back on her own thoughts and memories, gamely trying to pinpoint the moment when her convent
Oct. 28, 2011
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Film on Myanmar activist opens Rome festival
ROME (AP) ― A biopic about Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday opened Rome’s film festival, whose organizers quoted the Nobel Peace Prize winner as calling truth and justice bastions against brutality.“The Lady,” by French director Luc Besson, features former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh playing Suu Kyi, who was freed from house arrest last year after spending most of the last two decades detained by a military junta. The movie was filmed in Thailand.In an interview with the Ass
Oct. 28, 2011
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Yoon Seok-hwa to return to big screen
Veteran stage actress Yoon Seok-hwa is returning to the big screen after 24 years for director Kim Tae-gyun’s debut film.According to Pan Cinema, the production house of the upcoming movie, it only took a day for Yoon to decide to take the role. The actress was instantly moved by the script, the company said.Based on director Kim’s personal story, the film, titled “Spring Snow,” is about a family coming together after losing one of its members. Yoon will be playing Soon-ok, the mother of the fam
Oct. 27, 2011
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Herald artday’s first online auction sets new records
The first-ever online auction held by Herald artday, a subsidiary of Herald Media group, closed on Wednesday with 84 percent of items sold, the highest-ever in the history of online art auction in South Korea. “Herald artday First Online Auction” which took place for six days topped the K Auction’s April record of 82 percent sales. The total amount in sales was over 427 million won, also exceptional for an online auction. Among the articles, Lee U-fan’s 1976 piece “From Line,” which was showcas
Oct. 27, 2011
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Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre to unveil spectacular refit
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Russia’s historic Bolshoi Theatre will finally raise its curtain on Friday after a massive, six-year overhaul that aims to create a state-of-the-art space for its world-renowned ballet and opera troupe.Stars including prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova and French soprano Natalie Dessay will tread the new stage at a lavish gala attended by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as well as major arts figures.The invitation-only gala in Moscow will be broadcast on a giant screen to crowds
Oct. 27, 2011
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Islam’s treasures back on display at New York’s Met
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Masterworks of Islamic art will once again be on view at New York’s Metropolitan Museum, which next week reopens an exhaustive installation following an eight-year renovation.New York’s biggest and most comprehensive art museum unveils on Nov. 1 its “New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia.”Refurbished at a cost of some $50 million, the 15 galleries will display 1,200 breathtaking works from the Middle East and North Africa m
Oct. 27, 2011
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Swede with Korea connection back for the fans
Musician-writer describes Koreans’ bizarre side in ‘Halla Seoul’Swedish singer-songwriter and author Lasse Lindh said he will return the love he has received from Korean fans in his upcoming concert in Seoul in November.The 37-year-old gained instant popularity here after his song “C’mon Through” appeared in the soundtrack of the 2006 MBC sitcom “Soulmate.” The unexpectedly enthusiastic response of Korean fans to his music led him to decide to live for a year in Sinchon, Seoul, in 2009.Lindh wil
Oct. 27, 2011
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‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ gets London prize
LONDON (AP) ― The beautiful, terrifying domestic drama “We Need to Talk About Kevin” has won the London Film Festival’s best-picture prize.Lynne Ramsay’s film stars Tilda Swinton as a mother grappling with grief and guilt after her teenage son carries out a high-school massacre.“Shakespeare in Love” director John Madden, who chaired the judging panel, on Wednesday called it “a sublime, uncompromising tale of the torment that can stand in the place of love.”The 55-year-old London festival introd
Oct. 27, 2011
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Singer Amy Winehouse poisoned by alcohol: inquest
LONDON (AFP) ― Singer Amy Winehouse was more than five times over the British drink-drive limit when she died, an inquest heard Wednesday, as a coroner delivered a verdict of death by misadventure.The inquest heard that Winehouse, 27, who was found dead at her London home on July 23 following years of alcohol and drug addiction, repeatedly ignored her doctor’s warnings about the effects of prolonged bouts of drinking.The hearing in London was told that the “Back to Black” singer had suddenly dru
Oct. 27, 2011
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Twisted revenge tale gives anime dark edge
BIFF award-winning ‘The King of Pigs’ first of its kind in KoreaAfter this year’s huge box office hit “Leafie,” Korea’s animation scene sees the arrival of a highly controversial work sure to leave an impact long after its theater run.A low-budget feature debut by director Yeun Sang-ho, “The King of Pigs” claims to be “the first animated vicious thriller in Korea.” Unlike “Leafie,” which sold over two million tickets with its PG rating, the film targets adult viewers only. Ironic, since the $150
Oct. 27, 2011
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Coroner: Amy Winehouse died from too much alcohol
LONDON (AP) — Amy Winehouse drank herself to death. That was the ruling of a coroner's inquest into the death of the Grammy-winning soul singer, who died with empty vodka bottles in her room and lethal amounts of alcohol in her blood — more than five times the British drunk driving limit
Oct. 27, 2011