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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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More TV dramas accused of plagiarism
After only its second episode, the newly aired SBS drama “My Love from the Star” starring popular stars Kim Soo-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun (Gianna Jun) has found itself wrapped up in a heated plagiarism controversy with an ongoing Korean comic book series titled “Seol Hee,” which is based on a similar concept to the drama. “My Love from the Star” is based on the historical “Gwanghae Journal” from the Joseon era that referenced mysterious UFO sightings. The TV drama adapted the tale into a show that te
Dec. 24, 2013
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[Photo News] Reporter transforms into sexy Santa
SBS reporter Ahn Hyun-mo, the girlfriend of actor Kim Min-joon, attracted attention on the Web on Tuesday after she posted photos online of her in a Santa costume.The reporter shared three photos on Facebook of herself wearing a red minidress and a headband decorated with Christmas tree. “Baby, it’s time to turn mounting regrets into renewed resolutions, and senseless tension into constructive talks,” Ahn wrote along with the photos. Ahn and Kim admitted their romantic relationship in August las
Dec. 24, 2013
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Celebrities want rumormongers rooted out
Actresses who have vowed legal action against rumormongers for alleging that they were involved in prostitution confirmed on Monday that they would continue the war even after the prosecution has declared the information circulating on the Internet to be false, in a move to root out malignant gossip.According to the agent of actress Lee Da-hae, the star of TV dramas including “My Girl,” “Green Rose,” “The Slave Hunters” and “Miss Reply,” decided to retain her complaints with the Seoul Metropolit
Dec. 23, 2013
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[Photo News] K-pop stars take photos with Choo Sa-rang
Dasom, a member of the popular K-pop girl group Sistar, posted a photo taken with the 2-year-old starlet Choo Sa-rang and her father Choo Sung-hoon on her Twitter on Saturday. The two-year-old daughter of Korean-Japanese fighter Choo Sung-hoon won an annual KBS awards on Saturday for her soaring popularity. The starlet, known as “Little Choo,” gained fame for her appearance in the variety TV show “Superman is Back.” Kwanghee from the boy band group ZE:A also took a snapshot with her and uploaded
Dec. 22, 2013
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Actress denies wedding cancellation rumors
Actress Kim Youn-ju Thursday denied reports that her marriage had been called off.“The wedding was not canceled, it was just postponed for a bit,” said an official from her agency, S&L company. “I don’t know why these reports keep popping up. And without any evidence, either.”Earlier in the day, a news outlet reported that Kim had broken off her wedding, which was to take place on Dec. 6. It said the 33-year-old canceled the ceremony for “personal reasons,” but did not specify what they were.Kim
Dec. 20, 2013
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[Photo News] Bea Rose Santiago crowned Miss International in Tokyo
Bea Rose Santiago, a Filipina fashion model, was crowned the new Miss International 2013 in a beauty pageant ceremony held Tuesday in Tokyo. “I’m going to use the crown and my title to help the victims of super-typhoon Haiyan, which raked the Phillipines last month, leaving nearly 8,000 people dead or missing,” said the 23-year-old beauty queen.The beauty pageant, however, was marred by allegations made by the absent former title-holder Ikumi Yoshimatsu. She claimed the organizers have prevented
Dec. 19, 2013
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[Photo News] Park Hyun-seo wins AfreecaTV award
Park Hyun-seo received the grand prize at the 2013 AfreecaTV Broadcast Awards on Tuesday.The 26-year-old, a popular broadcasting jockey, has been running her own Internet show since 2011 on AfreecaTV, an online broadcast service in South Korea. Her show, titled “Park Hyun-seo Radio,” has attracted more than 220,000 viewers, according to AfreecaTV. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
Dec. 18, 2013
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Celebrity basketball team wins key match against Japan
It is just a game. But when Koreans and Japanese square up against each other, it is something more.South Korean TV fans on Tuesday watched with anticipation as the celebrity basketball team of KBS program “Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education” defeated a Japanese amateur team 58-55 in a tightly contested match.Despite the game being played days earlier and the result being out in the open for some time, many viewers were keenly interested in the game. According to data by market researc
Dec. 18, 2013
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Comedian Kwak to get married next year: report
South Korean comedian Kwak Han-goo will tie the knot with his girlfriend next year, a local daily reported Wednesday.According to Sports Dong-A, the 31-year-old comedian is set to hold the wedding ceremony on April 26, 2014, with his girlfriend of three years, who is three years his senior. “I originally planned to get married this year but decided to postpone it a little bit, because of several issues,” Kwak said. After he debuted in 2005, Kwak became one of the country’s better-known comedians
Dec. 18, 2013
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Gianna Jun proves aging is good
With her long, lean legs, velvety hair, and sassy image, Jun Ji-hyun ― known as Gianna Jun in the U.S. and China ― has remained at the top of Korea’s entertainment scene for more than a decade. Ever since playing the protagonist in the smash-hit movie “My Sassy Girl” in 2001, Jun has been one of few actresses who can boast longevity through a handful of films and heaps of TV commercials. For a long time, she topped the surveys of men’s favorite actresses and, moreover, represented a new generati
Dec. 17, 2013
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Arirang TV to become available on U.S. satellite service
South Korea's all-English television channel, Arirang TV, will become available on a major U.S. satellite service starting as early as the first half of next year, Seoul's broadcasting regulator said Monday.DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite-television provider, recently added Arirang TV to its lineup of public interest channels, the Korea Communications Commission said.It is the second foreign broadcaster to be chosen by DirecTV as a public interest channel, following China's state-run CCTV. T
Dec. 16, 2013
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Arirang TV to become available in U.S.
South Korea’s all-English television channel, Arirang TV, will become available on a major U.S. satellite service starting as early as the first half of next year, Seoul’s broadcasting regulator said Monday.DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite-television provider, recently added Arirang TV to its lineup of public interest channels, the Korea Communications Commission said.It is the second foreign broadcaster to be chosen by DirecTV as a public interest channel, following China’s state-run CCTV. T
Dec. 16, 2013
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Cubans fall in love with South Korean soap operas
HAVANA (AFP) ― For the past three decades, Brazilian telenovelas have helped Cubans forget their litany of woes for an hour a day. But today, dozens of South Korean soap operas are earning wide audiences.Following in the footsteps of South Korean films and K-pop, “doramas” ― South Korean soaps dubbed into Spanish ― first appeared on Cuban televisions earlier this year. “Queen of Housewives,” “My Fair Lady,” “Dream High” and, for the past month, “Secret Garden,” are all winning fans on the Commu
Dec. 16, 2013
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Choo Sa-rang’s love toward Tinker Bell
Choo Sa-rang, an infant starlet who is captivating South Korean TV viewers once again gave a delightful scene: This time, showing her love toward Disney character Tinker Bell.In the episode of the variety TV show “Superman is Back” aired on Sunday, Choo and her father Choo Sung-hoon, went shopping together at a character store in Shibuya, downtown Tokyo.Little Choo, who showed her infinite love toward Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in previous episodes, asked her father to find her an item with T
Dec. 16, 2013
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Cable TV programs emerge as mainstream player in showbiz
Cable and general programming TV programs have been widely regarded as less in quality, but the recent success of several shows has brought change and dynamicity to a field that has long been ruled by terrestrial TV content. Armed with “daring” humor and nature, these minor players are emerging as trend setters, and the next possible hallyu engine. On Friday, Lee Woo-jung and Song Jae-jeong, writers for smash-hit TV shows “Reply 1994” and “Nine” respectively, won at the Korea Content Awards 2013
Dec. 15, 2013
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Actress Lee Mi-sook mired in dispute
South Korean actress Lee Mi-sook found herself in hot water as some viewers have taken steps to have her kicked off of TV.MBC, a major broadcaster, recently released a list of actors and actresses who will be blocked from appearing on its programs in connection with wrongdoings or related disputes. About 10 viewers claimed that Lee should be included on the list and filed an application for an injunction against MBC at the Seoul Southern District Court on Thursday.They argued that Lee should rec
Dec. 13, 2013
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Former idol to wed medical doctor
Go Ji-yong, former member of the idol music group Sechs Kies, is getting married on Friday.Go and his bride-to-be, Heo Yang-im, will hold their private wedding at Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel, and about 50 bodyguards have reportedly been hired to protect their privacy. Heo is a doctor at the department of family medicine at the Seoul Paik Hospital who guest-starred on several TV shows, including “Vitamin” and “Escaping Crisis No.1.” Go Ji-yong is said to have been running his own business since the b
Dec. 13, 2013
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Choo reveals how he joined ‘Superman is Back’ with his daughter
Korean-Japanese fighter Choo Sung-hoon said his wife Shiho Yano had encouraged him to appear on “Superman is Back,” a segment of a South Korean variety TV show that has become wildly popular.Yano’s agency was originally opposed to the idea of featuring the Choo family on a Korean program. Yano is one of the top models in Japan, and it is assumed that the Japanese agency did not want something to happen to undermine her image because of the show. But Yano asked Choo to consider the proposal posit
Dec. 13, 2013
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Vivian Hsu to get married next year
Taiwanese singer-actress Vivian Hsu is getting married next year, Chinese media reported Thursday. The news came as the actress was spotted browsing an array of wedding dresses with her boyfriend, Lee Yunfeng, who is CEO of Singapore’s Marco Polo Marine. Her agency confirmed that the couple is now preparing for the wedding. Hsu debuted in 1995 as a member of a group called Girls’ Team. She began to gain popularity in Taiwan and Japan in the late 1990s, and has also a fan base in South Korea. By
Dec. 12, 2013
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TV announcer Choi Hee off to a new start
Popular South Korean sports announcer Choi Hee has resigned from cable channel KBS N and is looking forward to signing a contract with a new agency.The local media reported Thursday that Choi might sign an exclusive contract with entertainment agency Chorokbaem Media to step into the entertainment field.Chorokbaem Media is a digital content production house. It has produced many shows such as audition program “K-pop Star” and TV drama “Ojakgyo Family.” Choi and Chorokbaem are now reportedly work
Dec. 12, 2013