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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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‘King of Masked Singer’ most popular singing show: data
“King of Masked Singer” is the most popular singing competition show run by a terrestrial channel in South Korea, data showed Monday.Korea Broadcasting Advertising Corp. (KOBACO) released the result of its survey of 4,974 people aged 13-59 who live in Seoul and its satellite cities.The result showed that 52.6 percent of those surveyed voted MBC TV's “King of Masked Singer” as their favorite. SBS TV’s “Fantastic Duo” came next with 15.7 percent, followed by KBS 2TV‘s “Legend Song” with 9.8 percen
Aug. 22, 2016
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Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung star in new period drama series
A new period drama series “Love in the Moonlight” staring Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung will kick off next week. The series follows the unlikely romance between a crown prince, played by Park, and an 18-year-old girl masquerading as a eunuch, played by Kim. Actor Park Bo-gum and actress Kim Yoo-jung pose for a photo at a press conference on Thursday in eastern Seoul. (Yonhap) “As soon as I read the script, I really wanted to get on board,” Park said at a press conference for the show Thursday i
Aug. 18, 2016
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Silent mukbang brings focus back to food
Child actress Lee Na-yoon eats pasta in an empty classroom, using bread to scoop up leftover sauce after her last forkful. On a rainy day, model Lee Jini devours a bowl of steamed beef at a cafe, humming to herself. Singer Kim Hyun-chul finds himself outdoors next to a babbling stream, gulping down hot noodles while murmuring, “This has been cooked really well.” Celebrities do little else but eat in the new eating reality show “Quiet Dining,” which began airing on July 29 on cable channel O’live
Aug. 18, 2016
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Show's popularity soars on revelation of dating stars
A variety show featuring single middle-aged stars shot up to No. 1 on a TV popularity chart early this month after revelations of that two of its stars were dating.For the week of Aug. 1-7, the SBS TV show “Burning Youth” scored 256.8 points on the Content Power Index (CPI) as two of its cast – comedian Kim Gook-jin and singer Kang Soo-ji – revealed that they had been dating in real life.The 51-year-old Kim and 49-year-old Kang have been called the “chihuahua couple” because of their large eyes
Aug. 17, 2016
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New ‘Star Trek’ series lead: A woman but not a captain
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) - The start of production on the new “Star Trek” TV series is a month away and the debut date isn’t until next January, but the effort to build fan interest is already in motion -- if not at warp speed.Following up a Comic-Con panel in July about “Star Trek: Discovery,” executive producer Bryan Fuller shared details about the 13-episode series’ setting, characters and innovations at a Television Critics Association meeting Wednesday.“We want to arc out the informat
Aug. 12, 2016
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‘Dramaworld’ parodies K-dramas
The fictional realm of “Dramaworld” very consciously parades out every K-drama cliche: It weaves in trademark tropes such as the immaculate, not-lived-in homes, ferocious kimchi slaps, excessive product placement, overbearing mother-in-laws and, of course, the male lead who, though an heir to vast wealth forges his own path as a restaurateur.The lead character is Park Joon, played by British-Korean actor Sean Dulake. There are two women fighting for this ideal man’s affections: gold-digging rest
Aug. 11, 2016
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Colbert to air live after Trump-Clinton debates
BEVERLY HILLS (AP) -- Stephen Colbert, who capitalized on the political conventions with live airings of his late-night show, will do the same for the presidential and vice presidential debates.“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will air live on CBS after the scheduled Sept. 26 and Oct. 19 debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and following the Tim Kaine-Mike Pence debate on Oct. 4, the network said Wednesday.Colbert, who is in his first-season transition from his Comedy Central ser
Aug. 11, 2016
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‘Real,’ gritty issues dominate world drama trend
Competing at the 11th Seoul International Drama Awards are a wide array of pieces from around the globe, from the renowned British detective thriller “Sherlock” series starring actor Benedict Cumberbatch to Korea’s quaint family drama “Reply 1988,” set in late 1980s Seoul. This year’s selections are more realistic, as opposed to fantastical, said actor Yoo Dong-geun, a Grand Prize judge, at a press conference for the awards Wednesday at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club.“A lot of TV movies
Aug. 10, 2016
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Chinese TV to air 'Travel Korean' language program
China Education Television is gearing up to launch its new language education program, “Easy to Learn, Easy to Use ‘Travel Korean,’” starting this October. The main objective of the program is to provide a creative way to help teach Chinese viewers simple Korean phrases that will come in handy during their travels in Korea, such as on how to order food. “It’s the first time for us to collaborate like this with a Chinese broadcasting station to create a Korean language education program,” said Ki
Aug. 10, 2016
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Woody Allen’s Amazon series gets fall debut date, title
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) -- Woody Allen’s first small-screen series will debut on Amazon this fall.The streaming service announced the Sept. 30 debut date as well as the title for Allen’s project: “Crisis in Six Scenes.” The comedy, set during the upheaval of the 1960s, focuses on a suburban family dealing with the chaos brought by a visitor. The cast includes Allen, Miley Cyrus and Elaine May. It is one of several new comedies to be released this fall, Amazon said Sunday, beginning with c
Aug. 8, 2016
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Kim Kardashian West to BlogHer: I'm not a feminist
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kim Kardashian West is many things. It's just, feminist isn’t one of them. “I don't think that I am,” she said Friday at the BlogHer conference of bloggers. “I don’t like labels. I just think I do what makes me happy and I want women to be confident and I'm so supportive of women.” So, exactly, how would the reality star, queen of social media, Kanye West wife, and mom of two define feminism? “I love to support other women, but I’m not the free-the-nipple type girl. ... Just
Aug. 7, 2016
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Cast of ‘Infinite Challenge’ addresses member’s departure
After MBC officially announced comedian Jung Hyung-don’s withdrawal from the popular variety show “Infinite Challenge” last month, the remaining cast members formally addressed the matter on the show’s latest episode which aired on Aug. 6. The broadcast network cited “health-related issues” as the reason for Jung’s departure after a 9-month-long hiatus, adding “(Jung) decided that it would be difficult to return as the pressure of coming back to ‘Infinite Challenge’ was unlikely to go away.” Th
Aug. 7, 2016
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Mariah Carey playfully promotes docuseries 'Mariah's World'
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) - Mariah Carey called on six half-naked muscle men, champagne and lots of attitude as she playfully promoted her upcoming docuseries, “Mariah’s World.”Carey made her entrance for a roomful of TV critics after the shirtless gentlemen formed a chair for her to sit on. She then moved over to a rococo velvet-and-gold couch to field questions and toss a few wisecracks around.“So this is perfectly normal,” she said, smiling. Carey’s daytime outfit: a sparkling, scanty bl
Aug. 4, 2016
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K-dramatized ‘Good Wife’ is expressive, direct
The popular U.S. legal drama “The Good Wife” starts out with its heroine Alicia Florrick, played by Juliana Margulies, standing rigidly next to her disgraced politician husband at a press conference, her expression unfathomable. The show which aired from 2009 to May this year traced Florrick’s growth as she heads out into the workplace to support her family when her husband is sent to prison, after 15 years as a stay-at-home wife. Margulies’ nuanced portrayal of the heroine’s steely composure co
July 28, 2016
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‘Babel 250’ aims to bridge cultures
The seaside village of Daraengi, located on the southern-most tip of the Korean Peninsula, is not where one would expect to find a lot of foreigners. However, tvN’s new reality show “Babel 250” which began airing July 11, has brought together seven people from across the globe -- from neighboring countries as close as China to the unfamiliar territory of Venezuela -- to this remote village. The only common ground they seemed to share initially is achieving the ultimate goal of the show -- to cre
July 26, 2016
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Actor Park Hae-jin to launch official fan club
Korean actor Park Hae-jin is scheduled to launch his official fan club at Yonsei University in Seoul on Sept. 25, according to his management agency Mountain Movement on Tuesday .Park, who made his debut in 2006, recently gained global popularity after starring in tvN’s hit drama series “Cheese in the Trap.”Since the registration for members began in June, Park’s first fan club “CLUB Jin’s” already has attracted members from 27 countries, including China, Japan, England, Turkey, Norway and more.
July 26, 2016
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Halfway through, 'Flower of Prison' leaves much to be expected
Even for a veteran TV producer like Lee Byung-hoon, the period drama "Flower of Prison" has proven to be a difficult series to please viewers with.Speaking in a press conference Thursday, the 71-year-old producer, who is best known for his other epic dramas like "Dae Janggeum" and "Huh Joon," lamented that he still doesn't know what viewers want with the series nearly halfway through. (Yonhap)"I said I would appeal to them with something completely new, but now I think I may not have appealed to
July 21, 2016
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Veteran actor to show Korea's scientific heritage on TV
Veteran Korean actor Lee Sun-jae will begin a new TV series Thursday that showcases Korea's scientific heritage and promotes the country's achievements in the field."KBS Special," a documentary program on state broadcaster KBS, traces the roots of South Korea's scientific and technological development by revealing the legacy of Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) in four parts -- mathematics, medicine, astronomy and time. (KBS)"I'm not a science person at all," the actor said at a meeting with re
July 21, 2016
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U.S. spoof of Korean dramas provides comic relief
An American-Korean web drama capturing the cliches of Korean soap operas has been providing comic relief to viewers with its witty spoofs of what makes K-dramas popular here and in other parts of the world."Dramaworld," produced by the U.S.-based video streaming site Viki, bares it all -- from the handsome but arrogant male lead who refuses to inherit his family business and sets up a high-class restaurant, to the two women vying for his attention, in and outside the kitchen. (Yonhap)The 10-part
July 21, 2016
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'Running Man' cast to meet fans in China
The entire cast of the popular Korean variety show "Running Man" will meet with their fans in China this fall, the program's broadcaster said Tuesday.SBS will organize the fan meetings in five or six cities across China between September and November, the first time the broadcaster has done so since the program launched in the country. (Yonhap)"We organized this fan meeting tour because 'Running Man' has been steadily popular in China," an SBS official said. "We're currently in the process of ch
July 19, 2016