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South Korean pianist Lim Yunchan won the Gramophone Classical Music Award in the piano category, becoming the first Korean pianist to receive the prestigious award. The 20-year-old pianist won the piano category with his album "Chopin: Etudes" and also received the young artist of the year award. Established in 1977, the Gramophone Classical Music Award is one of the most significant accolades in the classical recording industry. Another album by Lim, "Yunchan Lim -- Liszt: Transc
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Over 30% of S. Koreans view unification as unnecessary, hitting all-time high
Skepticism toward unification with North Korea is rising in South Korea, with the proportions of people who view it as "unnecessary" and those who see it as "impossible" reaching record highs since 2007, when the poll started. According to the survey on the public unification perception, released by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies from Seoul National University on Wednesday, 35 percent of respondents indicated that unification is either "entirely unnecess
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N.K leader calls Yoon 'abnormal man' for talking about military action against nuclear-armed North
Oct. 4, 2024
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N. Korean leader's sister derides Seoul's Hyunmoo-5 missile as 'useless'
Oct. 3, 2024
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Controversial cult leader’s sentence reduced to 17 years
Oct. 3, 2024
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Samsung, Hyundai chiefs to accompany Yoon on Singapore trip
Oct. 3, 2024
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Yoon aims to elevate ties on Southeast Asian trip
Oct. 3, 2024
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Medical standoff heats up as SNU approves leaves for striking students
Oct. 3, 2024
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Business
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New Hyundai Mobis mobility tech catalyzes electrification
UIWANG, Gyeonggi Province – Hyundai Mobis, a car parts manufacturing affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, on Wednesday opened its electrification research wing to the press in Uiwang, 24 kilometers south of Seoul. The wing, built as a leading tech center for developing and testing key parts for electric vehicles, was completed in August 2023, and has been in use since December. With a record-breaking 1.7 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in investment this year alone, the company has introduced 65
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Tender offer by MBK Partners for Korea Zinc set to expire
Oct. 4, 2024
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Seoul shares open nearly flat amid geopolitical uncertainties
Oct. 4, 2024
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LG Display to swing back to profit next year: Analysts
Oct. 3, 2024
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YouthMeta seeks to leverage Japan's crypto enthusiasm
Oct. 3, 2024
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Kospi slump hits retail investors hard in Q3, but foreign investors gain
Oct. 3, 2024
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SK Enmove secures iodine supply from Chile’s SQM
Oct. 3, 2024
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Life&Culture
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Was Netflix film opening at BIFF really a bad thing?
BUSAN -- The most heatedly discussed topic at this year’s Busan International Film Festival is whether it was appropriate for a big-budget streaming platform title opening Asia’s largest film festival. BIFF has positioned itself for decades as a gateway to discover emerging filmmakers and support independent films. So many industry insiders, film journalists and critics were surprised by BIFF’s decision to open the festival with Netflix’s violent action flick “Upris
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[Well-curated] Chicken on skewers, tightrope walking and moon balloon
Oct. 4, 2024
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[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea
Oct. 4, 2024
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[Box office] Movies in theaters this week
Oct. 4, 2024
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[Around the hotels] Promotions and packages
Oct. 4, 2024
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Bucheon comics fest kicks off, drawing comics lovers
Oct. 3, 2024
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Apple TV+ documentary follows vibrant, fearless lives of haenyeo
Oct. 3, 2024
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Global Insight
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ABC News
The 46th Melbourne Italian Festa, La Dolce Vita arrives in Melbourne
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France24
J.D. Vance : "l'exemple du rêve américain qui, finalement, n'existe plus"
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Business Insider
How AI transformed a two-month task into hours, according to JLL CMO Siddharth Taparia
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Euro News
EU countries continue to evacuate citizens from Lebanon as fighting escalates
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Al Jazeera
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ABC News
Nicola Gobbo begins giving evidence in Lawyer X civil suit against State of Victoria
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France24
Législatives au Sénégal : un nouvel duel entre Macky Sall et Ousmane Sonko
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Business Insider
Israel launches new airstrikes on Beirut, weighs retaliation against Iran