...utting people at unease. In fact, he seems to enjoy revealing the ultimate truth by showing humans in their naked state, sometimes adding grotesque details such as bugs and rats to the backdrop. Ahn’s solo exhibition “An Inconvenient Truth,” which starts at Gana Art Center in Pyeongchang-dong, Seoul, on Friday, is not for the faint-hearted ― it is packed with 40 of Ahn’s large-scale nude paintings. It is not because the paintings are too erotic. Sure, naked men and women look straight at the viewers, but they do not cast lustful eyes. Nor are they posing obscenely....

...ums executives said in Seoul on Tuesday. Hans-Martin Hinz, the president of the council, and Amareswar Galla, the vice president, visited Korea to attend the sixth annual editorial meeting for Korea’s international academic journal, International Journal of Intangible Heritage. The journal has been published by the National Folk Museum of Korea since 2006 with the support of the ICOM. “Intangib...

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A new "Confession" application for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch has received the blessing of a Catholic bishop. "Confession: A Roman Catholic App," is the first program fo..." Leinen said in a press release on his littleapps.com website. "Taking to heart Pope Benedict XVI's message from last year's World Communications Address, our goal with this project is to offer a di...

...ided joint direct attack munitions (JDAMs) on its KF-16 fighter jets, enhancing the capability to neutralize long-range North Korean artillery. The South Korean Air Force has been working with the U.S. military since 2008 to modify the KF-16's computer systems to carry the all-weather "smart" bombs guided by an internal navigation system. "The JDAM is considered the most optimal munition to neutralize long-range artillery pieces hidden i...

...ery proud" the former puffer-in-chief can look his kids in the eye and say he doesn't smoke. Obama's struggle to beat his addiction has been a subject of inordinate fascination for the US press, thro...e Obama said she had not repeatedly bugged Obama about quitting -- all while doing one of the world's most stressful jobs. "When somebody's doing the right thing, you don't mess with them," she said ...

...tarctica in July, 1983. The resort has even had some famous visitors. The report said that Tony Blair visited on the last Saturday in January before going back to his duty as Middle East envoy. “He’s been here half-a-dozen times, I suppose,” said general manager Patrick Lemaigre. Wrapped up in a mask, gloves and bandages, the reporter stayed in the chamber for about three minutes. He described ...

...e Orlando," said Mike Arcamone, president and CEO of GM Daewoo, defining the vehicle as South Korea's first Active Life Vehicle (ALV). "The Orlando offers the ideal combination of comfort of a sedan ... of high-strength steel. "There is something else our ALV offers, exceptional safety. The Orlando's platform and expansive active safety features make it one of the safest vehicles," Arcamone said. ...

...ling to participate in political activities such as voting, a study showed Tuesday. For her master’s degree at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Ariun Shukertei surveyed 670 foreign-born people w...ssive, followed by 31.3 percent for neutral and 16.4 percent conservative. Vietnamese took the lion’s share among the self-claimed progressives with 76.4 percent, while Japanese marked the lowest with...

...rand theft for allegedly stealing the necklace on January 22. "The owner reported the theft to the Los Angeles Police Department, which investigated the allegation and presented evidence to the D.A.'s office last week," said a statement by the district attorney's office. The 24-year-old actress checked out of the Betty Ford clinic near Palm Springs last month, following a spell there after she was briefly jailed in September for failing a court-ordered drug...

... Tuesday and will hold more talks Wednesday at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjeom, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said. The talks, where Col. Moon Sang-gyun and his North Korean counterpart Col....fficials here, however, believe that it would be difficult for Kim Yong-chun, minister of the North’s People’s Armed Forces, to attend the meeting due to his old age. Should the talks between the def...

The U.S. and South Korea are working closely together to coordinate policies on “tricky issues,” a visiting U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights said Tuesday, indicating the allies’ ongoing discu...very good, very serious, very thoughtful discussions,” King told reporters after meeting with Seoul’s chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac. “It’s extremely important for the U.S. as we pursue our policies...

Sister meets brother in U.S. after 37 years missing due to separate adoption LOS ANGELES ― One night in August, after his wife and 2-month-old boy had long fallen to sleep, Steve Inman got to thinki...a, but the U.S. and Korean authorities would not approve documents stating that Steve Sr. was Sally’s father. So they left her with her grandmother while they went back to Steve’s hometown, Salt Lake ...

...that we had to delay or cancel some performances a couple of times last year due to the labor union’s long-term strike. But we signed management-labor deals quite successfully late last year,” Lim You...irect as well as offer stage and lighting design for the show. The National Dance Company of Korea’s new work is “Princess Kongji,” a family show to be staged in early May to target Children’s Day on...

...o open new stores if the city wins Games bid A group of Korean retailers vowed to back PyeongChang’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and signed a memorandum of understanding with the bid committ...of the Winter Games, the bid committee said. The signing marks a significant point for PyeongChang’s campaign as it gears up for the International Olympic Committee’s on-site inspection next week. P...