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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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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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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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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Seoul to hear ‘The Most Beautiful Sound Next To Silence’
Edition of Contemporary Music, a prominent German-based record label with the motto “The Most Beautiful Sound Next to Silence,” is holding the ECM Music Festival at Seoul Arts Center from Sept. 3 to 7. The performances will feature world-renowned artists including conductor Chung Myung-whun, violist Kim Kashkashian, and the jazz group Norma Winstone Trio. The music festival will host four performances, starting with guitarist Ralph Towner and followed by the Yeahwon Shin Trio, composed of vocali
Sept. 2, 2013
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Herbie Hancock to return for another night of funky jazz
Herbie Hancock, a living legend on the black and white keys, is returning to Korea for a live concert performance. The American jazz pianist previously performed in Seoul in May 2011 and is making his way back to his Korean fans with a show at Chungmu Art Hall on Nov. 8.Born in Chicago in 1940, the classically trained pianist was widely considered a child piano prodigy. The young musician’s talents were immediately recognized and he even performed a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphon
Sept. 2, 2013
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Lee Hyori officially ties the knot on Jeju
K-pop diva Lee Hyori is now officially off the market as she and longtime boyfriend, jazz guitarist Lee Sang-soon, tied the knot on Sunday. The wedding was held at their country home on the northern part of Jeju Island and was reported to have been a simple and private affair with only family and close friends in attendance. Although there had been rumors circulating about a September wedding, the two had made no official public announcements on the exact date they planned to hold the event. The
Sept. 1, 2013
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Top musicians gather for Romania’s ‘absolute’ composer
BUCHAREST (AFP) ― Yehudi Menuhin described the Romanian violinist and composer George Enescu as “the absolute by which I judge all others.”And 58 years after Enescu’s death, more than 4,000 musicians from around the world, including top symphonic orchestras, will gather in Bucharest for a month to pay tribute to Romania’s greatest composer.Conductor Daniel Barenboim will on Sunday open the four-week “Enescu international music festival,” considered by critics as one of the most prestigious in Eu
Sept. 1, 2013
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Rap trio ‘can see the money’
This is the fourth in a series on producers, MCs, DJs and artists working in the Korean underground hip-hop scene. ― Ed.Life has certainly gotten busier for the trio of Soul Dive. Since their win of season two of Mnet’s survival hip-hop show “Show Me the Money,” they have been busy with shows and receiving more calls, said member Zito. “(We’re) kind of very thankful, because now we can see the money,” he joked. The group, consisting of rappers Nuck, Zito and D Theo, were members of Meta Crew, he
Sept. 1, 2013
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Eye like: Seungri all grown up in ‘Let’s Talk About Love’
Seungri all grown up in ‘Let’s Talk About Love’Seungri“Let’s Talk About Love”(KT Music)Seungri has always been considered the baby of Big Bang, but now he’s come out with the new album “Let’s Talk About Love,” and has gotten rid of his “younger brother” exterior with a more mature look and sound. His title track “Gotta Talk to U” starts with a soft but fast-paced acoustic melody that grows into an electronic house beat in the chorus. The chorus definitely has a catchy hook but by no means is the
Aug. 30, 2013
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Venice hosts rare Leonardo drawings exhibition
VENICE (AFP) ― Fifty-two drawings by Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci are going on show in Venice from Thursday, including the famous but rarely seen Vitruvian Man charting the ideal proportions of the human body.The show in the city’s Galleria dell’Academia displays works from the museum’s own archives as well as from the collections of the British Royal Family, the Ashmolean Museum, the British Museum and the Louvre.“Leonardo da Vinci: The Universal Man” charts his artistic and scientific
Aug. 29, 2013
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‘Avenue Q’: A hilarious take on transition to adulthood
One of the most highly anticipated musicals this year finally opened last week, filling the Charlotte Theater in Seoul with lines like “porn!” and “it sucks to be me!” ― received with a great deal of laughter and applause from the audience.The R-rated American adult puppet musical, titled “Avenue Q,” is a hilarious, lighthearted coming-of-age tale highlighting the anxieties and struggles associated with entering adulthood. It premiered on Broadway in 2003 and picked up three Tony awards, includi
Aug. 29, 2013
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Terra Cotta Warriors to get a show and a theater
NEW YORK (AP) ― Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment on Wednesday agreed to manage and produce a live show in a specially built $65 million theater in central China that will celebrate the world famous Terra Cotta Warriors, a high-profile step for America’s live theater giant into the world’s most promising consumer market.The heads of Nederlander group and the Shaanxi Qinhuang Grand Theater Performing Arts Company signed the contract at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway as two actors in elaborate
Aug. 29, 2013
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Wonder Girls’ agency denies breakup rumors
JYP Entertainment, the agency representing Wonder Girls, dismissed rumors Thursday that the girl group was poised to disband, saying that “nothing has been discussed on the matter.”An official from JYP Entertainment denied media reports that said the breakup of Wonder Girls was imminent. “Both the agency and Wonder Girls members have never discussed the group’s disbandment. The decision will be made by the members, not by the company,” the official said. Ever since the group’s leader Sun-ye marr
Aug. 29, 2013
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Wonder Girls' agency denies breakup rumors
JYP Entertainment, the agency representing the Wonder Girls, dismissed rumors Thursday that the girl group was poised to disband, saying that “nothing has been discussed on the matter.”An official from JYP Entertainment denied media reports that said the breakup of Wonder Girls was imminent. “Both the agency and Wonder Girls members have never discussed the group’s disbandment. The decision will be made by the members, not by the company,” the official said. Ever since the group’s leader Sun-ye
Aug. 29, 2013
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‘Bonnie & Clyde’ in with a bang
One of the most infamous American love stories is arriving in Seoul in the form of a musical next month, featuring an all-Korean cast including local stars Han Ji-sang and Lisa.Based on the famous story of Bonnie Parker (1910-1934) and Clyde Barrow (1909-1934), the well-known American robbers who traveled across the central U.S. during the Great Depression, “Bonnie & Clyde” had its Broadway premiere in 2011 and won two Tony Award nominations in 2012. The upcoming Seoul run is the Korean premiere
Aug. 28, 2013
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Banksy: From graffiti rebel to auction-house darling
LONDON (AFP) ― The auction of works by Banksy, the world’s most infamous graffiti artist, has angered residents of looted London neighborhoods and “embarrassed” the artist as the sale of street art becomes a lucrative enterprise.Hollywood A-listers Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are fans of the British artist’s stencilled designs, known for their irreverent humour and political activism.One of his most famous works is painted on the Israeli separation wall and depicts a young girl flying away whil
Aug. 28, 2013
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Miley’s twerking dance officially enters lexicon
LONDON (AFP) ― “Twerking,” the raunchy dance that set tongues wagging when enthusiastically performed by Miley Cyrus at the MTV awards, is one of the new terms to make the latest Oxford dictionary update.The former Disney child star, now 20, left audience members gobsmacked when she bent over and gyrated provocatively with singer Robin Thicke on his song “Blurred Lines.”The moves, borrowed from U.S. hip-hop culture, have been colloquially known as twerking for around 20 years, but the term has n
Aug. 28, 2013
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Ailee prepares for Japanese debut
After the release of her latest EP “A’s Doll House” on July 12, Ailee is now determined to spread her wings abroad and take on the Japanese music market. Through a contract with Warner Music Japan, the young soloist is preparing to make her official debut in Japan in November with the Japanese version of her hit debut single “Heaven,” according to her agency YMC Entertainment. “Since the beginning of her career we have been preparing for her debut in Japan and she has even been learning Japanese
Aug. 28, 2013
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Wheesung, Bae Chi Gi team up for Busan concert
R&B solo vocalist Wheesung will be joining hip-hop duo Bae Chi Gi at the group’s concert in Busan on Saturday. The show was originally intended to be a solo concert for the hip-hop duo; however, representatives of the singers’ agency YMC Entertainment announced on Tuesday that Wheesung will be making a special guest appearance. The artist, who is most famous for his Korean rendition of Craig David’s “Insomnia,” completed his military service earlier this month and the concert will mark the singe
Aug. 28, 2013
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Bass says no plans for an extended ’N Sync reunion
NEW YORK (AP) ― Don’t get your heart set on anything more than the 90-second ’N Sync reunion seen on the MTV Video Music Awards. It was their first performance together in 11 years ― and the last time they’ll do it, at least for a while.“It would be lovely to do it, but we got nothing planned,” Lance Bass told the Associated Press between breaks while doing his Sirius XM show “Dirty Pop with Lance Bass.”Part of the reason is that Justin Timberlake begins his solo tour this fall, and the closest
Aug. 28, 2013
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Chapman brothers’ cynical vision introduced in Seoul
British artists Jake and Dinos Chapman, brothers as well as artists, make their artworks as horrific and awful as possible. They paint the faces of wealthy men in 19th century portraits, making them look decomposed with the deformed image revealing rotting veins and muscles underneath the skin. The portraits bought at an auction by the artists were redone to point out how futile their wealth and life has become as their paintings, once a symbol of wealth, ended up for sale. The portrait is the l
Aug. 27, 2013
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‘Enter at your own pleasure’: Sensation returns for round two
Imagine a night filled with thumping house music, a creative theme, spectacular theatrics, high-flying acrobatics, mesmerizing lights and special effects, explosive fireworks and tens of thousands of music lovers gathering to dance the night away. This is “Sensation,” an annual one-day, all-night indoor dance party event, and it is returning to Seoul.The Sensation event is difficult to describe and capture all in one breath as it combines so many different elements of music and theater to create
Aug. 27, 2013
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Jin Meyerson explores overcoming boundaries in exhibition
American artist Jin Meyerson is holding a solo exhibition titled “Endless Frontier” from Aug. 28 to Oct. 6 at Hakgojae Gallery in Sogyeok-dong, central Seoul.The artist takes images from the media, particularly magazines, television and the Internet, and then distorts them by stretching them out, reducing them, layering and recoloring them. His digital experimentation using a computer combined with the traditional hands-on technique of oil painting creates complex, multidimensional pieces. The f
Aug. 26, 2013