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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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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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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Patti Smith heads to Europe to promote new album
NEW YORK (AP) ― The success of Patti Smith’s memoir “Just Kids,’’ about her friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe, sealed her reputation as a wide-ranging artist and writer at the heartbeat of New York City.The 2010 best-seller about growing up in New York’s art scene won the National Book Award for nonfiction and is her most successful project yet in any format. But whether her new literary fans will translate into more buyers of her music is a question Smith has been asking herself.While making
June 12, 2012
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New rates for music downloads, streaming services face backlash
Copyrights advocates, producers and artists on Monday requested the government to withdraw its new rating system for online music downloads and streaming services, saying the new plan will not bring fundamental changes to the market and will continue to allow distributors to sell tunes at low prices.The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports announced a set of comprehensive plans including a new rate system that charges fees based on the number of digital tunes downloaded or played in streaming
June 11, 2012
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Russian National Orchestra to perform in Seoul this month
The Russian National Orchestra will visit Seoul next week to hold its first concerts here in three years.Founder and artistic director, Mikhail Pletnev, will conduct the orchestra at the Gangdong Arts Center in Seoul on June 19. The orchestra will hold a second concert at the Incheon Culture and Arts Center in Incheon on June 20.Programs will include Alexander Glazunov’s “Suite From the Middle Ages” Op.79 (Prelude) and Peter Tchaikovsy’s ballet suite “Swan Lake” edited by the conductor. South Ko
June 11, 2012
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Three Korean artists invited to world’s largest contemporary art fair
Korean contemporary artists present innovative forms of art at Kassel DocumentaThree Korean artists are showcasing their works at one of the world’s largest and most prestigious contemporary art fairs held in Germany. It is the second time Korean artists have been invited to the Kassel Documenta since 1992 ― the festival has been taking place every five years since 1955.The three 40-something-year-old artists Moon Kyung-won, Jeon Joon-ho and Yang Haegue present innovative art forms that focus on
June 11, 2012
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‘Once’ crowned best musical at Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) ― The bittersweet musical “Once’’ captured eight Tony Awards on Sunday, including best direction of a musical, best lead actor in a musical and the top musical prize itself.The inventive play “Peter and the Starcatcher’’ was next with five awards, but most every show came away with something to crow about.Bruce Norris’ “Clybourne Park,’’ the remarkably perceptive Pulitzer Prize-winning play about race and real estate, won the best play Tony.Audra McDonald was named best lead actres
June 11, 2012
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Lady Gaga concussed during show: reports
Pop diva Lady Gaga suffered concussion when a dancer accidentally hit her on the head with a metal pole during her final New Zealand show, reports said Monday.The US artist was performing her hit "Judas" at Auckland's Vector Arena on Sunday night when the accident left her seeing stars, 3News reported.Footage of the incident showed her staggering briefly after the pole crashed on the top of her he
June 11, 2012
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One with nature
Rainbow Island Music and Camping brings together fans, music & natureNAMI ISLAND ― The fresh scent of pine trees and strains of lighthearted music greeted guests of Rainbow Island Music and Camping as soon as they began walking through the trees on Nami Island to reach the festival grounds.It seemed as though nature and music were intricately woven together at the event, with concert-goers enjoying their favorite bands from among the trees.They may have come to catch the likes of Jason Mraz, Bus
June 10, 2012
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Festivals“Taean Lily Festival”: Taean in South Chungcheong Province hosts a summer lily festival from June 20 to July 1. The annual flower festival is held at Nature World on a vast land planted with summer flowers such as lilies, dahlia and gladioli. The festival also holds craft-making events for visitors. Families and children can experience traditional kite making and arrow making. The entrance fee is 9,000 won for adults and 7,000 won for those who come in groups. A special discount is gi
June 8, 2012
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Big K.R.I.T. misses mark with debut albumBig K.R.I.T. “Live from the Underground” (Cinematic Music Group/Def Jam)Big K.R.I.T. is an up-and-coming rapper from Mississippi. He’s built up anticipation for his debut with his soulful social commentary and slick Southern rhymes on several mixtapes, including “Return of 4Eva.”Unfortunately, Big K.R.I.T. -- whose initials stand for King Remembered In Time -- falls short on his first album, “Live from the Underground.” The rapper produced all 16 tracks,
June 8, 2012
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Boohwal revisits glory days with 13th album
Classic rock ballads and a bout of nostalgia color ‘Purple Wave’As South Korean rock band Boohwal crowned their 28th year with their 13th full length album at the band’s showcase in Seoul, Thursday, leader Kim Tae-won put the historic moment into perspective. “Living during a time when the old is discarded for the new, I am not so sure if we should celebrate or mourn the fact that we are one of the few to remain,” said the 47-year old musician-entertainer. Kim has seen his band through tumultuou
June 8, 2012
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Arirang gets festival treatment
Big-name stars participate in upcoming celebration of folksongThough considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea, it’s hard to see “Arirang” being performed by today’s popular contemporary musicians. Korea’s Culture Ministry, however, is throwing a special event this month ― offering a rare opportunity for Seoulites to experience a one of a kind Arirang-themed concert performed by some of the big-name stars in Korea’s entertainment scene. Titled the “2012 Arirang Festival,” the three-day
June 7, 2012
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Japan pop fans go crazy for democracy
TOKYO (AFP) ― The election debate that raged across Japan for weeks has been settled, campaigners are packing up their things and TV pundits are moving on to different topics ― all-girl group AKB48 has a new president.Pictures of teary-eyed 23-year-old Yuko Oshima dominated Thursday’s newspapers after her victory in a popular ballot for the top spot in one of the world’s highest grossing acts.Anyone was allowed to vote in the election ― as long as they bought a copy of AKB48’s most recent single
June 7, 2012
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U.S. firm to create ‘virtual’ Presley
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― An Oscar-winning U.S. firm is to create a “virtual” Elvis Presley to bring the King of Rock and Roll back to life for today’s music audiences, it announced Wednesday.Digital Domain Media Group, which helped late rapper Tupak Shakur rise from the grave in an eye-popping music festival performance recently, has signed a deal to resurrect the swivel-hipped music icon.“This is a new and exciting way to bring the magic and music of Elvis Presley to life,” said Jack Soden, head of
June 7, 2012
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Jason Mraz in Korea with new songs, new sound and new band
U.S. singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is planning to perform new songs and a new sound with his new band for his “special Korean fans” at his upcoming concerts in Korea this weekend. He has chosen Korea to kick off his world tour this year.“I always tell people that for some reason, audiences in Korea are the most insane, they go absolutely bananas. I don’t know what that is. I hope to find it out on this trip,” Mraz said at a press conference held at a caf on Namsan in Seoul.“We brought new songs,
June 7, 2012
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Theatre-train brings Shoah story to central Europe
PRAGUE (AFP) ― In a tribute to Holocaust victims, a Czech theatre troupe is roaming the rails of central Europe this summer aboard a train converted into a stage for a play about Jews sent to Nazi death camps.“I thought about this idea for a long time ― to stage a play on a train, a symbol of Jewish transports during World War II,” said Pavel Chalupa, director of the Nine Gates festival of Jewish culture and mastermind of the project.“The Nazi regime transported Jews to Auschwitz and other conce
June 6, 2012
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John Mayer criticizes Taylor Swift for ‘Dear John’
NEW YORK (AP) ― Taylor Swift has never revealed her target in the scathing song “Dear John,” but John Mayer is pretty sure it was about him ― and he doesn’t think that’s cool.In a new Rolling Stone interview, Mayer called “Dear John” cheap songwriting and said it made him feel terrible ― and he didn’t deserve it.Swift’s song from the multiplatinum “Speak Now” album dresses down a former boyfriend. Swift has never confirmed that the pair dated and when asked pointedly refused to say that song was
June 6, 2012
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“Nanta” director throws foreigner-friendly “Wedding”
Song Seung-hwan unveils his new non-verbal musicalUnlike the popular K-pop and TV drama industry, Korea’s performing arts scene hasn’t been so foreigner-friendly in the past decade. Even today, it’s hard to come across a show that provides English subtitles in Seoul’s prominent theater district Daehangno.Many foreign visitors, however, will be delighted to learn about the latest project by popular musical producer Song Seung-hwan, whose 1997 show “Nanta” was a global hit. The show is titled “Wed
June 6, 2012
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South Korean dancing teams perform in Cuba
HAVANA (Yonhap News) ― South Korean dancers took their moves to South America the past weekend, performing in Cuba Friday and Sunday as part of the “Korean Dances Express in Cuba and South America” program, which will also take them to Colombia and Ecuador.The Jeon Eun-ja Dance Company, Second Nature Dance Company, Dance Company Medius, Project Company House of Blue and Moves Collector’s Dance Company shared a variety of Korean dance styles, ranging from traditional and modern Korean to hip-hop,
June 5, 2012
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From Hiroshima to Hawaii, artist Teraoka looks to Asia
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Japanese-born artist Masami Teraoka remembers the bombing of Hiroshima as the day when he saw two suns rising ― one in the east as usual, the other an orb burning eerily in the west.“Two suns, that’s for sure. That’s my memory,” he explained from a Sydney gallery where his confrontational images of geishas ripping condom packets open with their teeth and naked women frolicking with priests are being exhibited.“I’m not looking at the mushroom cloud at all, but from a distance it l
June 5, 2012
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Korean artifacts in the U.S. come home for show
National Museum exhibition’s 86 items are mostly from Joseon period, many of them gifts by the royal courtIn 19th century Joseon, a number of foreign envoys enjoyed the privilege of receiving gifts from the royal court. Most of them received some exquisite celadon pieces from Korea’s Goryeo Kingdom ― known for their distinctive bluish-green color ― as gifts from the Joseon royals. One of the fortunate foreigners who enjoyed such a privilege was Horace G. Underwood (1851-1921), the founder of Jos
June 5, 2012