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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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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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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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Artworks get smarter
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art presents interactive, real-time ‘social networking arts’A hideous looking robot came to life when the number posted on one of its arms was called on a phone. Various parts of the robot creaked and turned, and drops of reddish brown paint slid down a thin tube onto a feather swooshing across a white canvas laid in the center of the machine. A colorful abstract painting was created only a few minutes later. When the caller says it is finished, it is finished. The
March 12, 2012
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Crowd-funding plays lead role in SXSW films
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― The crowd-financing website Kickstarter.com has electrified the traditional structures of filmmaking, aiding 33 films at the South By Southwest Film Festival. That’s 10 percent of the festival’s entire slate. Even SXSW Film head Janet Pierson was surprised.“I’m fascinated that this is a viable tool, or seems to be,’’ says Pierson, who produced indie films in the ’80s and ’90s. “How great that this vehicle exists that’s working for all these filmmakers.’’The budgets for even
March 12, 2012
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Daughter to follow Whitney Houston into showbiz
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Whitney Houston’s daughter said Sunday she plans to follow her mother into show business, while the drug-troubled star’s sister-in-law admitted her untimely death could have been predicted.In her first interview since Houston’s death last month aged 48, Bobbi Kristina ― Houston’s daughter from her stormy relationship with singer Bobby Brown ― also said she still hears her late mother’s voice.“I feel her passing through me all the time,” she told TV talk show host Oprah Winfre
March 12, 2012
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Gugak center, Lee Young-hee to collaborate in New York
The National Gugak Center will hold a special fashion and music gala with hanbok designer Lee Young-hee in New York in October to commemorate the 130th anniversary of ties between Korea and the United States.One-hundred musicians will play royal court banquet music entitled “Music of Peace, Dream of the Dynasty,” adapted from Bongsudangjinchan Banquet, which was dedicated to the 60th birthday of Hyegyeonggung Hong, the mother of King Jeongjo. About 50 other performers, including dancers, will al
March 11, 2012
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Moon aims to share beauty of ballet worldwide
Universal Ballet president and director to lead company on tour of South Africa this monthMore than 1,000 people gave a standing ovation in November last year at the finale of the Universal Ballet Company’s “Shim Chung” at the Royal Opera House in Oman. Two months ago in January, about 100 middle-aged women crowded a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, to attend the fan meeting of UBC’s young ballerinos Lee Seung-hyun and Kang Min-woo. The show “This is Modern 3,” which took place few days later at the
March 11, 2012
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Exhibitions“Song for Nobody”: Bae Young-whan’s solo exhibition at Plateau in Taepyeongro, central Seoul, looks back on the last 15 years of his artistic career. The artist, who represented Korea at the 2005 Venice Art Biennale, filled the 43-square-meter exhibition space with 26 works that share the same theme, but are very diverse in genre and materials. His chandelier work “Insomnia -- Song of Dionysos” which appeared in director Im Sang-soo’s 2008 movie “The Housemaid,” is on show. The exhibi
March 9, 2012
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Eyelike
Springsteen’s anger channeled in new albumBruce Springsteen"Wrecking Ball" (Columbia)Nearly three decades ago, Bruce Springsteen wrote with sadness about a man showing his young son a hometown ravaged by outside economic forces, a town the family was about to leave.He’s not sad now. He’s angry, mighty angry. On the new song, "Death to My Hometown," he wants to "send the robber barons straight to hell, the greedy thieves who came around and ate the flesh of everything they found, whose crimes hav
March 9, 2012
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N. Korean orchestra opens musical bridge to Europe
PARIS (AFP) ― South Korean troops may be conducting live fire exercises near the North Korean frontier, and Pyongyang may be ramping up its anti-southern rhetoric, but there may be more harmony on the musical front.Next week, for the first time, musicians from North Korea will perform in Paris with a French orchestra led by a South Korean conductor, Myung-Whun Chung, in a minor diplomatic victory for the international maestro.“I’ve been trying to do this for 30 years,” he said this week. “For pr
March 9, 2012
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Boundary blurs between art, household goods
Seoul Living Design Fair 2012 introduces latest designs and inspiring artworksA wide spectrum of household goods is found at Seoul Living Design Fair 2012 currently underway at COEX Hall A in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. The difference between a mart and the fair, though, is that every piece is artistic in its own way. Established by magazine publishing company Design House in 1994, the fair has become one of the biggest events of its kind and attracts about 150,000 visitors every year.Under t
March 8, 2012
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Sungnyemun celebrates upcoming completion of restoration
The Cultural Heritage Administration on Thursday held a special ceremony at the restoration site of Sungnyemun, commonly known as Namdaemun, announcing that the completion of its restoration is close at hand.The historic gate of Seoul, which is also National Treasure No.1, was severely damaged by arson in 2008. The administration announced last month that the restoration will be completed by December.The ceremony, titled “Sangryangsik,” consists of placing a piece of wood at the highest center o
March 8, 2012
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Japanese conductor Ozawa to take year off
TOKYO (AFP) ― Celebrated Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa is to take a year away from the podium as he struggles to recover after a battle with cancer, his office said Wednesday.The 76-year-old maestro, who underwent surgery for esophageal cancer in 2010 and was treated for a hernia last year, had planned to conduct four concerts in Japan from March 17 but had decided to cancel the performances.“Unfortunately, Ozawa’s condition has not improved enough to conduct, and it has been decided that the f
March 8, 2012
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At SXSW media zoo, convergence is annual buzz word
Increasingly, the media zoo that is SXSW looks more like today‘s overlapping media world.The annual South by Southwest Conference and Festival, which begins Friday, gathers thousands of creators, performers, media and industry members for 10 days onto the boozy downtown streets of Austin, Texas. It’s really three festivals -- Interactive, Film and Music -- in one, but each bleeds into the other.The annual buzz word at SXSW is always convergence. Just as the tech and entertainment worlds physical
March 8, 2012
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Super Junior to hold concert in Paris
Super Junior, a 10-member K-pop group, will hold its first solo concert in Paris next month, according to reports on Wednesday.The Paris show is part of Super Junior’s world tour titled “Super Show 4” and will take place on April 6 at Le Zenith de Paris where world-famous stars including Neyo, the Pussycat Dolls and the Jonas Brothers have performed. The boy band performed for French fans at the same venue last year along with other K-pop artists under SM Entertainment.In December, the group per
March 7, 2012
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Tim Burton’s monster carousel comes to Paris
PARIS (AFP) ― Peopled with lonely little monsters, dancing corpses and boggle-eyed creatures from the underworld, Tim Burton’s cult universe comes to Paris this week with a show that journeys through his life’s work.Some 500 sketches ― the starting point for all Burton’s films ― whisk visitors deep into the U.S. director’s surreal inner world, with gothic doodles dating back to his misfit childhood in Burbank, a bland suburb of Los Angeles.“These are things that were never meant to be seen by an
March 7, 2012
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Controversy grows over recording of JYJ allegedly assaulting fans
Controversy over fans invading the privacy of K-pop stars and the performers’ sometimes violent reactions is growing after the release of an audio recording of JYJ allegedly hitting and swearing at fans.The 10-minute clip released by online news site Dispatch on Tuesday appears to feature Park Yu-cheon cursing at a fan on the phone, accusing them of invading his privacy. The clip is reported to be from 2009.What appears to be another member, Kim Jae-jung, can also be heard assaulting and threate
March 7, 2012
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Lady Gaga sets Twitter fan record
Lady Gaga walks through the campus prior to an event at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012.(AP)Lady Gaga has become the first person to amass20 million followers on Twitter.The pop star cracked the milestone on Monday, beating out other pop culture luminaries such as Just
March 7, 2012
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Sherman, composer of Disney songs, dies
LONDON (AFP) ― Robert B. Sherman, the composer of the “Mary Poppins” song “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and other Disney classics, has died in London aged 86, his publicist said on Tuesday.“He died peacefully yesterday,” a spokeswoman for Stella Richards Management told AFP, without giving any further details.New York-born Sherman and his brother Richard worked as staff composers for Disney between 1960 and 1973, during which time they wrote more than 200 songs for 27 films and two dozen
March 7, 2012
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Singing prodigy Charice to perform in Seoul
Charice, a YouTube star who was introduced to the world through South Korean TV show “Star King” in 2007 is returning to the Korean audience. After huge success in the United States and Europe, Charice, an 18-year-old Filipina with an incredible voice, will hold her first live show in Seoul on March 21.“Without ‘Star King’ I would never have been noticed. I owe a lot to that show and am honored to be back,” she said in an e-mail interview.She was praised by Oprah Winfrey as “the most talented gi
March 6, 2012
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K-pop star JYJ under fire for hitting and cursing fans
An audio recording confirmed a rumor that two members of K-pop group JYJ assaulted and cursed at fans, accusing them of invasion of privacy. The 10-minute clip released by online news outlet Dispatch on Tuesday features Park Yu-cheon swearing at a fan on the phone.Kim Jae-jung can also be heard beating and threatening his fans. Kim then warns the victims not to report it to the police. The fans had followed Kim to a bar, Dispatch reported.“Do I have to live like this? I’ve been troubled because
March 6, 2012
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U.K.’s Tate Gallery buys Ai Weiwei’s ‘Sunflower Seeds’
LONDON (AFP) ― Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has sold part of his “Sunflower Seeds” installation to Britain’s Tate Gallery, it said on Monday.The London gallery has bought around eight million of the 100 million porcelain seeds, which covered the floor of the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2010, for an undisclosed figure.The public was initially able to walk over the 1,000-square-meter carpet of seeds when they went on show, but the work was later cordoned off when dust created by the porcel
March 6, 2012