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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Natl. Assembly to pass bill mandating new probe into Itaewon tragedy
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‘Animal beauty’ stars in Paris art show
PARIS (AFP) ― Animal stars of the Western art canon go on show in Paris from Wednesday, from the first naturalist paintings to Darwinist studies of the animal realm, and modern-day works on biodiversity under threat.Dating from the Renaissance to the 21st century, 120 paintings, sculptures, bronzes and engravings ― all with animals as their exclusive subjects ― are brought together for the show dubbed “Animal Beauty,” at Paris’ Grand Palais.“We chose only works where the animals are shown for th
March 21, 2012
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Heiner Goebbels wins Ibsen prize
OSLO (AP) ― German composer and music director Heiner Goebbels has won the International Ibsen Award for creating new insights in theater that have influenced producers and musicians.The awarding jury describes the 59-year-old as “one of the great creative personalities of today,’’ who has produced “an astounding body of work in disparate disciplines.’’Goebbels will be presented the 2.5 million-kroner ($450,000) prize in Oslo in September as part of the Ibsen Festival at the National Theater.The
March 21, 2012
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Yo-Yo Ma and Renee Fleming perform with Chicago choir
CHICAGO (AP) ― Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and soprano Renee Fleming performed Monday with a choir of Chicago high school students to promote arts education.The performance was a collaboration of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Citizen Musician initiative and the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Renee Fleming Initiative. The programs aim to spread music in the community.“An integrated arts curriculum is to me, it means that we have people who are in touch with who they are on the inside and in touch with wh
March 20, 2012
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Tongyeong fest to highlight Asian composers
Asian music will be among the highlights of the 10th Tongyeong International Music Festival (TIMF) to be held under the theme of “without distance” from Friday through March 29 in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province.The organizers of the festival said Tuesday the 10-year-old festival is now turning its eyes toward Asian music, which has received less attention in the international music scene.The Asian Composers’ Night on Saturday will feature music by Yun I-sang, one of South Korea’s great con
March 20, 2012
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KNO to start 50th anniversary celebrations with ‘La Boheme’
The Korea National Opera will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year starting with a reinterpretation of Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece “La Boheme,” the company said on Tuesday. The country’s leading opera company will collaborate with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra led by maestro Chung Myung-hwun to stage one of Puccini’s greatest works on April 3-6 at the Seoul Arts Center’s Opera Theater.“Maestro Chung and I worked intensively on music reading when we collaborated in Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccane
March 20, 2012
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1800s couple’s portraits reunited at Philly museum
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― It might be the first time a separated couple got back together thanks to their great-great-great granddaughter.The attractive young couple is Benjamin and Maria Gratz, or more accurately their portraits, which were painted in 1831 by noted English-born Philadelphia artist Thomas Sully but somehow parted ways an unknown number of years ago.Benjamin has been hanging for decades at the Rosenbach Museum & Library along with other members of the Gratz family, who were prominent i
March 20, 2012
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National Museum to showcase Silla relics
Exhibition features more than 2,300 Silla artifacts, from bones of dogs to metal toolsIn the days of Korea’s Silla Kingdom (B.C. 57―A.D. 935), people had an unusual way of wishing for good fortune and chasing away evil spirits. During their prayers for prosperity and fortune, they’d bury a number of personal items, such as roof tiles, well buckets and plates, underground or in the wells of various locations.The National Museum of Korea’s new exhibition, titled “Opening of Time Capsules: Wondrou
March 20, 2012
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Chris Rock, Bette Midler and more to be presenters
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will likely be a little more irreverent this year: Chris Rock is set to be one of the A-list presenters for the April event.The comedian is due to induct the Red Hot Chili Peppers into the hall at the ceremony at the Rock Hall in Cleveland on April 14. He’s a big fan and has been a friend of the band for a while.Rock will join Bette Midler, who will induct the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro; John Mellencamp, who will induct for
March 20, 2012
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Veteran musicians to hold concert
Members of the National Academy of Arts will hold their first concert at the Sejong Center for Performing Arts in Seoul on March 30, the Culture Ministry said on Monday.The National Academy of Arts is an institution formed in 1954 by the government to honor works by veteran Korean artists in and out of the country. The upcoming concert is the first-ever musical event to be performed by musicians who are members of the academy.The list of artists includes violinist Kim Min, director of the Korean
March 19, 2012
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Artists are asking for belief: Michael Craig-Martin
Gallery Hyundai presents large-scale exhibition on father of Young U.K. ArtistsA glass of water on a shelf, titled “An Oak Tree,” created a stir in the art world in 1974, placing Michael Craig-Martin, the artist, in the limelight. It became difficult to talk about British art, let alone contemporary art in general, without mentioning his name ever since. “What I have tried to do with the oak tree was to say that in the end, it is important for the viewers to believe in the work. The artist is as
March 19, 2012
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Bourne’s swans: muscular, menacing in 3-D
NEW YORK (AP) ― If you’ve ever seen British choreographer Matthew Bourne’s version of “Swan Lake,’’ you already know that his birds aren’t the usual delicate, fluttery ballet swans.They’re muscular, menacing and very, very male ― and now they’re something else: 3-D, for one night only at a movie theater near you.When Bourne’s distinctive, testosterone-heavy flock swoops in Tuesday to some 220 theaters across the U.S., it will be only the second time a full ballet is presented in 3-D, after “Gise
March 19, 2012
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Manic SXSW wraps up with poignant moment
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Stars of all stripes and celebrity hit town to close out South By Southwest, but it was a marching band that stole the show Saturday.Members of the Austin High band watched their star turn in the premiere of filmmaker Emmett Malloy’s “Big Easy Express,’’ then joined documentary subjects Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes and Old Crow Medicine Show in an outdoor concert at the University of Texas as the music conference fell into an exhausted heap on its fi
March 19, 2012
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Musical of ‘Once’ is irresistible movie adaptation
NEW YORK (AP) ― The party has already started by the time you enter the Broadway theater to see the musical “Once.’’The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre’s stage is filled with musicians jamming to Irish tunes in what looks like a Dublin pub. Real drinks are offered to the brave theatergoers willing to go up and mingle.Eventually, come show time, everything sort of melts away ― those musicians are the cast ― and there’s just a guy up there strumming a guitar.Pure, moving and inventive ― these are the fo
March 19, 2012
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Photo exhibit documents life inside North Korea
NEW YORK (AP) ― It’s a simple scene that repeats itself around the world.A man gently lifts a small child by the arms as they reach the top of the escalator inside a modern department store.In this particular photograph, the man and the child are in Pyongyang, capital of the communist country where life’s daily activities are largely a mystery to the rest of the world. A photo exhibit that opened Thursday at a gallery in New York includes images such as these, as well as magnificent landscapes,
March 18, 2012
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Korean swan allures Johannesburg
Universal Ballet Troupe takes Tchaikovsky classic to S. AfricaJOHANNESBURG ― More than 1,000 audience members were mesmerized by the Korean Odette when the curtain came down on the final act of the Tchaikovsky classic, “Swan Lake,” in Johannesburg, Friday.The Universal Ballet Company’s first show on its South African tour was greeted with tumultuous applause and a standing ovation at Joburg Theatre, with members of the sold-out audience repeatedly cheering bravo as the dancers took their bows.Th
March 18, 2012
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Norah Jones to play entire new album at SXSW
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Norah Jones is unveiling something new at South By Southwest ― again.Ten years after she shook Austin and the music world with “Come Away With Me,’’ the 25 million-selling debut she released just weeks before the 2002 conference and festival, she’s returning to play her entire new album “Little Broken Hearts’’ at La Zona Rosa on Saturday night.“It seemed to make sense to come back to my new record,’’ Jones said. “I’m just going to play the new record. I’m not even going to p
March 18, 2012
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Jagger-Richards spat: It’s all over now
NEW YORK (AFP) ― We all need someone to lean on, and the founding duo of the Rolling Stones say they’re doing just that after overcoming three decades of misunderstandings with a year of some heavy conversation.In an interview with Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards said they rebuilt their friendship after guitarist Richards’s best-selling 2011 memoirs “Life” laid bare his pent-up frustration with the snake-hipped frontman.“In the 1980s, for instance, Keith and I were not communicatin
March 18, 2012
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Magic goes digital
IT devices, multimedia fuel already growing popularity of magicJin Hyo-beom, a professional magician based in Gwangju, was tired of doing the same old magic tricks on stage. But the 30-year-old illusionist had an idea ― magic tricks for digital devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs.The iPhone and iPad have become the main tools for Jin’s acts on stage. With the gadgets, he can conjure up pretty much everything from a cup of coffee to a bunch of roses. People love the idea of turning the sa
March 16, 2012
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Exhibitions“Meditation & Healing”: N Gallery presents works by South Korean artist Kim Hong-tae. Kim has consistently created, for the past two decades of his career, paintings of simple surfaces and lines which ponder the themes “primitive and child.” At the exhibition, visitors can view about 30 of Kim’s abstract paintings on the theme and also some landscape paintings. The exhibition runs through April 5 at N Gallery in Seohyeon-dong, Gyeonggi Province. Fore more information, call (070) 7430-
March 16, 2012
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The Decemberists‘ live CD a mixed bagThe Decemberists“We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)” (EMI)If anyone ever needed proof that live albums have worth, they should check the marketplace: The Who’s ``Live at Leeds (Super Deluxe Edition)" now fetches $300 on the Internet. Still, despite the many classic live albums that have been released, they‘re often a mixed bag, and that’s the case with the Decemberists’ new 20-track collection from their 2011 tour.PRO: The performance
March 16, 2012