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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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‘Ghost’ selected for Cannes short film competition
The short film “Ghost,” directed by Lee Jung-Jin (a.k.a. Ma Dahci), has been selected for the Short Film Competition of the 64th Cannes Film Festival. “Ghost” is a 10-minute thriller about a criminal hiding in an empty house in a deserted town where gentrification has been discontinued. “Ghost” by Lee Jung-jinThe Short Film Competition is an official competition category that highlights young tal
April 21, 2011
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SHINee wins French fans’ heart
French fans gathered in Chungdam-dong on Wednesday to meet SHINee, the Korean five-member boyband.Fifty-four French fans showed up for the fan meeting, singing “Hello,” SHINee’s hit song, when SHINee entered the room. The fans cheered when SHINee said a live SM Town concert will be held in Paris in June.(Yonhap News)The French fans were members of Korea Connection, a group of French people who lov
April 21, 2011
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Seo Tai-ji’s divorce suit shocks online users
The report claiming that singer Seo Tai-ji and actress Lee Ji-ah involved in a divorce suit has created sensation online as a local news media revealed the shocking news Thursday. The news spread quickly online as Twitter users began retweeting the news at a brisk pace. No one had ever known that the legendary Korean pop singer had ever gotten married or that the person he’s married to is in fact
April 21, 2011
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Musician Seo Tai-ji, actress Lee Ji-ah in divorce suit: report
Seo Tae-ji(left) and Lee Ji-ah (Yonhap News)To the great shock of fans, musician Seo Tai-ji and actress Lee Ji-ah are in a divorce suit, Sports Seoul reported Thursday.Seo, the media-shy enfant terrible of Korean hard rock, is famous for leading a secretive life but the report that he is married shocked the nation via cyberspace.The report is all the more shocking because Lee created top headlines
April 21, 2011
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Profile: Seo Tai-ji, Lee Ji-ah, Jung Woo-sung
Seo Tai-ji, a singer who is allegedly under a divorce suit with Lee Ji-ah, is a well-known South Korean singer, musician and songwriter. He had risen as an influential cultural icon in Korea during the 1990s and caused a sensation among teens. He created a dance group called Seo Tai-ji & Boys in 1992, heralding his rise to stardom. The group’s first single “Nan Arayo (I Know)” was a huge hit, the
April 21, 2011
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FT Island’s single No. 2 on Japan’s Oricon chart
FT Island’s new single “Satisfaction” hit the No. 2 on Japan’s Oricon single chart on Wednesday, demonstrating the band’s surging popularity in the biggest music market of Asia.The fourth single by FT Island was released Wednesday. First-day sales topped 17,665, sending the Korean music group's latest single to No. 2 slot on Oricon’s daily single chart. The title song, “Satisfaction,” has been use
April 21, 2011
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‘Tosca’ reveals beauty of Puccini opera
The Seoul Metropolitan Opera Company’s first production of “Tosca,” one of the most frequently performed operas among Puccini’s works, reveals the beauty of the Italian composer’s best-known lyrical aria through the singers’ vocal ability, acting and the orchestra’s following of veteran conductor Mark Gibson.During a press rehearsal Tuesday prior to April 21-24, soprano Kim Eun-joo in the role of
April 20, 2011
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East meets West in Edinburgh
Korean artists to take center stage at annual culture festivalIt is an annual festival in Edinburgh that draws hundreds of thousands of people for three weeks of music, dance, theater and opera in August. This year the world’s biggest cultural fest will seek to build a bridge between Asia and Europe by featuring artists from Korea, China and Japan, according to the organizer. The staging of the Ko
April 20, 2011
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SBS drama ‘Brilliant Legacy’ wins platinum at Houston film festival
Korean broadcasters had a fine showing at the 44th Houston International Film Festival from April 8-17, with SBS programs winning six awards and KBS taking four. According to SBS, the drama “Brilliant Legacy,” which aired from April to July in 2009, featuring singer-actor Lee Seung-gi and actress Han Hyo-joo, won the Platinum Remi for TV Series Full Length. The drama depicts a relationship between
April 20, 2011
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Hyun Bin assigned to western island
Popular television actor Hyun Bin has been ordered to serve on a frontline island. The actor, famous for recent appearance in hit television drama “Secret Garden,” joined the Marines last month for the mandatory military service. Actor Hyun Bin in uniform from an official Marine Corps blog. (Yonhap News)Able-bodied South Korean men are required to serve 20 months in the military, and Hyun’s decis
April 19, 2011
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N. Korea stages biggest magic show ever
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ― Amid a burst of fireworks and a haze of smoke, a burly showman in a white sequined suit and gold lame cape appears with a flourish. Over the next 45 minutes, he appears to make a Pyongyang bus levitate and wriggles free from a box sent crashing to the stage through a ring of fire.This is magic North Korean-style performed in a show touted as the country’s biggest ever
April 19, 2011
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Young acts supply most star power at Coachella
INDIO, California ― As the U.K. folk-revival quartet Mumford & Sons, all of whom are in their early 20s, stared out on the 70,000 people or so gathered to watch their set at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on Saturday night, they couldn’t help but remark on how much had changed for them. “In 2008, I was a punter sneaking in here for Rage Against the Machine,” one of the Mumfords’ string
April 18, 2011
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Animated documentaries tell real-life stories
Canadian director brings film about artists with Down syndrome to Women’s Film FestivalCanadian animation director Shira Avni makes films that are “in between genres.”“Animated documentaries don’t fit into doc festivals, nor do they fit into anime festivals,” Avni told The Korea Herald in Seoul last week. “But they get invited to both.”Her 2009 animated documentary, “Trying Your Own Shoes,” which
April 18, 2011
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Legend to hold two concerts in Seoul
American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend said he was happy to hold two concerts in Seoul on Tuesday and Wednesday. His visit to Korea is the first since he performed at the Olympic Hall in 2009.“The fans were incredible on my last visit to Seoul. I’m glad we’re doing two shows this time. It’s going to be a lot of fun,” Legend said in an email interview.“I’ll perform a mix of songs from all of my
April 18, 2011
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[Herald Interview] ‘Uncultured kids become uncultured adults’
Singer Yoo’s musical invited to open the Shanghai International Children’s Theater FestivalSinger Yoo Yeol did not really know that he would become a CEO of a musical company devoted to children until several years ago. However, since he established Yoo Yeol Company in 2006 to produce the children’s musical “The Bremen’s band,” the 50-year-old has drawn nearer and nearer to the thought that he cou
April 18, 2011
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Maestro Chung urges state support for Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Maestro Chung Myung-whun, music director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, said the Korean government should continually support the orchestra to help it advance to a world-class level.“If an orchestra wants to do better, it needs three things; the expertise of orchestra members, the expertise of the conductor and continuous support. In the history of Korean orchestras, none of them have really
April 17, 2011
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New museum seeks harmony with surroundings
The architect-in-charge of the highly anticipated Seoul branch of the National Museum of Contemporary Art has admitted it will be smaller in size than had been originally planned. The museum is scheduled to open at the former Defense Security Command complex site, known as “Gimusa,” in central Seoul in 2013. “We are trying to find ways to secure as much space as possible underground that does not
April 17, 2011
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Rain, No. 1 in TIME’s 100 poll
Rain, a South Korean actor and singer, has been voted the most influential person in the world in an online poll.In a poll conducted by TIME magazine, Rain ranked first in the voting for this year’s most influential people.The 2011 TIME 100 poll closed on April 14 with Rain in the lead. Taiwan’s Jay Chou and Britain’s Susan Boyle took second and third place. Rain received the highest number of vot
April 17, 2011
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Events Calendar
Exhibitions“Koo Bohnchang”: One of South Korea’s most renowned photographers, Koo Bohn-chang, is holding a solo exhibition at Kukje Gallery. Elements from his other series as well as his personal collections of eclectic objects are on display, giving the viewers a hint of Koo’s youth, attitudes toward photography and more. The exhibition runs through April 30 at Kukje Gallery in Sogyeok-dong, cen
April 15, 2011
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Box Office
Norwegian Wood Opening April 21Drama. Directed by Tran Anh Hung. Upon hearing The Beatles’ song “Norwegian Wood,” a Japanese businessman reminisces about the intense romance of his university days in Tokyo, set against the turbulent student riots of the late 1960s. Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama), an aloof university student at the time, had lost Kizuki -- his best friend in high school -- after
April 15, 2011