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Japan's PM defends new security laws as protesters denounce them

World NewsMar 29, 2016

TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that new security laws that took effect Tuesday will strengthen Tokyo's ability to defend itself amid increasing threats as opponents took to the...
North Korea fires short-range missile into East Sea

North KoreaMar 29, 2016

North Korea on Tuesday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea in another show of force, the South’s military said. The projectile took off at around 5:40 p.m. from the eastern coastal city of...
Discover contemporary Asian culture in Eastern Trends

BooksMar 27, 2016

Multilingual international lifestyle magazine Eastern Trends is emerging as the go-to source for in-depth, culture-related reporting on major cities in Asia. In its April edition, the magazine featur...
‘Youth Over Flowers’ cast wrap up Namibia trip

TelevisionMar 27, 2016

The four cast members of “Youth Over Flowers - Africa” ended their nine-day trip from Namibia to the Zambia-Zimbabwe border in the last episode of the star reality travel program Friday. The four c...
[Herald Interview] Korea's first female chief conductor leads Gyeonggi Philharmonic at TIMF

MusicMar 27, 2016

TONGYEONG, South Gyeongsang Province -- This year’s annual Tongyeong International Music Festival opened its curtains Friday, celebrating its new theme, “Sounds of Tomorrow” with a performance by Kor...
Victoria Beckham reveals exclusive dresses for Korean customers

FashionMar 21, 2016

Singer-turned-designer Victoria Beckham revealed four dresses for spring and summer exclusively for Korean consumers on mytheresa.com, an online luxury brand shopping website, Monday. “I picked thes...
Viewers to choose ending in new Web drama ‘Click Your Heart’

Mar 17, 2016

In the new Web drama series “Click Your Heart,” released Thursday, viewers will be given a chance to choose the ending they want. The Web drama, featuring Kwon Mina of AOA and nine rookies of FNC En...
[Herald Interview] Angolan artiste Coreon Du talks Seoul Drama Awards win

TelevisionMar 13, 2016

To the locals of Angola, Coreon Du needs no introduction. The 31-year-old artiste is widely talked about in Africa -- he is a singer, musician, TV producer and fashion designer. Last year, he was na...
1,000-year-old Indian statues seized from NYC auction house

CultureMar 13, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Indian statues that are more than 1,000 years old were seized Friday from Christie’s auction house after investigators discovered they had been smuggled out of the country, eventu...
Graffiti artwork of drowned Aylan highlights refugees’ plight

TheaterMar 13, 2016

A huge graffiti image of toddler Aylan Kurdi -- pictures of whose dead body stirred global sympathy for migrants fleeing war and poverty -- confronts motorists, pedestrians and river traveler in Fran...
U.S. TV networks embrace ‘binge-watching,’ taking cue from Netflix

TelevisionMar 13, 2016

U.S. networks are changing the way they develop and release new shows, and even commercials, as they seek to adapt to new TV viewing habits and profit from the “binge-watching” made popular by video ...
Louvre and Rijksmuseum to share Rembrandts bought from Rothschild

CultureMar 13, 2016

A pair of Rembrandt portraits owned privately for more than 130 years went on public display in Paris on Thursday, bought under shared ownership by the French capital’s Louvre museum and the Rijksmus...
Asian stocks post first advance this week on stimulus outlook

World BusinessMar 10, 2016

Asian stocks climbed for the first day this week amid speculation central banks will provide additional stimulus to bolster global economic growth. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 0.5 percent to ...
ECB cuts main interest rate to zero percent

World BusinessMar 10, 2016

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – The European Central Bank has cut all its main interest rates including a surprise reduction in the main refinancing rate to zero percent from 0.05 percent. It also reduced...
Pope imposes financial oversight for saints after abuses

World NewsMar 10, 2016

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis imposed new financial accountability regulations on the Vatican's multimillion-dollar saint-making machine Thursday after gross abuses were revealed in two books. Th...