Top conductors, soloists to provide powerful symphonic sounds Korean classical fans will agonize over the choice of big tickets in November and early December as several world-renowned maestros arrive with their orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Paris Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. The classical scene’s most anticipated...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― “Two and a Half Men” star Jon Cryer on Monday received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and thanked former co-star Charlie Sheen and the show’s co-creators for intervening during last season when troubles arose. Cryer, 46, was honored with the 2,449th star on the famed walkway. Among those who attended were “Two and a Half” creator Chuck Lorre and co-stars Ashton Kutcher a...

Korean Culture Day celebrated at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO -- Korean music, delicate traditional patchworks, exquisite Buncheong ceramics and hands-on artistic activities brought a wide range of people together in the Korean spirit in San Francisco on Saturday. The Korea Foundation Korean Culture Day, a celebratory event of the opening of “Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong ...

YouTube, use of IT gadgets help quickly spread indie duo’s musical talents While idol-centered K-pop has been heavily covered by the media, the Korean indie scene has received relatively little attention. This is the ninth installment of a series of interviews shedding light on the scene. ― Ed. They almost never stay quiet or calm, just like rabbits. Jung Da-woon and Jung Hye-sun, the members ...

Designer’s four menswear lines target both high-end and mass market with classic twist This is the seventh in a series of articles on up-and-coming Korean designers. ― Ed. If the South Korean designer best recognized in Paris had to be named, it would be Jung Wook-jun. Since the 2007 F/W collection, Jung has been showcasing his designs at Paris Fashion Week every season. Chanel head designer Ka...

British actress Kate Winslet won the best actress in a mini-series Emmy, for her role in period drama "Mildred Pierce." The Oscar-winning star plays a divorcee single mother who opens a restaurant to survive in the Great Depression in the drama, for which her English-born co-star Guy Pearce won best supporting actor Emmy moments earlier. Kate Winslet accepts the award for outstanding lead actre...

Pop diva still sings at nightclubs, after 30 years of career success Even after a very successful career of about 30 years, pop diva Insooni still fondly remembers her humble beginnings. “I still sing at nightclubs about six or seven times a year,” Insooni told The Korea Herald Thursday after a press showing of the musical “Cats,” in which she stars as Grizabella. “It’s where my career started...

U.S. singer-painter says he’s still learning and growing even more Late singer Amy Winehouse once described Tony Bennett as follows: “He could sing the phone book and it would sound fantastic.” Her final recording was duet “Body and Soul” with Bennett, which is the third track on the 85-year-old’s new album “Tony Bennett: Duet II,” scheduled to hit the shelves Tuesday. Five years after the rel...

Expert calls for bigger investment for development of programming formats KBS reality show “1 Night, 2 Days,” which has aired every Sunday evening since 2007, not only introduces Korea’s most beautiful hidden tourism spots, but makes its contestants play for the right to sleep indoors, have breakfast, or skip on jumping into ice water. Even people who don’t speak Korean watch the program on You...

Old tobacco factory hosts international craft biennale; soy sauce factory spruces up Two of South Korea’s oldest and dullest-looking factories have been given a makeover. Although they may not be as dazzling as Willy Wonka’s magical factory in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the old tobacco factory in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, and the fully operating Sempio soy sau...

Classical Music “Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra”: The world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Simon Rattle, will come to Seoul again for concerts for two days on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16. Sponsored by Samsung Electronics and organized by Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation, the first evening concert will take place at the Seoul Arts Center’s Concert Hall for Mahler Symphony No. 9 i...