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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Stay for half price at Conrad SeoulConrad Seoul is offering an accommodation and breakfast package for the New Year that enables guests to stay at a Grand King Corner Suite and receive a 50 percent discount on breakfast if they book for more than two nights in January. The Grand King Corner Suite, which measures 96 square meters, is the hotel’s largest room. Situated on the highest floor of the hotel, it offers a breathtaking panoramic view of the capital city and Hangang River. It features a li
FoodJan. 2, 2015
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A walk around Lake Como unveils Italy’s beauty
LENNO, Italy ― Silvia Givera is standing on the picturesque bank of Lake Como. She winds up, underhand, to throw a tennis ball to her dog Diego. The dog stands transfixed until the ball sails far out into the lake, and then he happily swims after it. He brings it back but is reluctant to return it to Givera. Eventually she gets the ball and the two walk back to Bar il Golfo in town. She helps run this place, which serves traditional Italian fare. The view of the lake is stunning from the restaur
TravelJan. 2, 2015
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Lutefisk mac and cheese? You betcha
Chris Dorff, president of the 105-year-old Olsen Fish Co. in Minneapolis, thinks the way to save lutefisk is to innovate. The dried-rehydrated fish dish that’s been declining in popularity in recent years is typically served plain, with just salt and pepper, melted butter and a white cream sauce. But Dorff thinks younger people would take to lutefisk if only it were bacon-wrapped, or stuffed into tacos.I ate my first lutefisk a couple of weeks ago at an Elks Lodge dinner. While the texture left
FoodJan. 2, 2015
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The cheese ball is back
I’m not sure the cheese ball ever fell out of favor, but it’s certainly back at the center of the table this holiday season.There was Kinston chef Vivian Howard on a recent episode of her PBS series, “A Chef’s Life,” making a spiced pecan cheese ball rolled in country ham chips. On the show, Howard said, “The cheese ball is so cliche at this point I think it almost stands a chance of being cool again.”A recent Huffington Post headline screamed: “Make These Cheese Balls If You Want to Throw a Kil
FoodJan. 2, 2015
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Lee responds to Tong Yang insider dealing rumors
Lee Jung-jae (left) and Lim Se-ryung. (Yonhap)Actor Lee Jung-jae, who confirmed he is dating Lim Se-ryung, the ex-wife of Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong, has denied rumors over property investment linked to troubled conglomerate Tong Yang. The award-winning actor said in a press release Thursday that Lim never introduced him to a Tong Yang Group vice chairman and that his partnership with Tong Yang Corp., the group’s property development company, ended long before a financial crisis began at th
TelevisionJan. 2, 2015
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Vinyl sales rare bright spot for U.S. music industry
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Vinyl sales and music streaming both soared by more than 50 percent in 2014 in the U.S., even as overall sales kept declining, a music industry monitor said.With few blockbuster releases and streaming becoming more mainstream, consumers in the world’s largest music market bought 257 million albums last year, a drop of 11 percent from 2013, Nielsen SoundScan said in data released late Wednesday.The music industry saw one bright spot in the strong growth of vinyl which in recent y
PerformanceJan. 2, 2015
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Seo Taiji to expand fan-donated Brazilian forest plot
Old-school K-pop icon Seo Taiji announced that he would be expanding the section of the Guapi Assu Brazilian forest named after him as part of his new “Be the Green” environmental preservation efforts.In 2012, a group of Seo Taiji fans raised 38.67 million won ($35,000) to earmark nearly five hectares of Brail’s vast tropical rainforest as the Seo Taiji Forest in honor of the star’s 20th anniversary as a singer. An aerial view of the future Seo Taiji Mania Forest in Brazil. (Seo Taiji Co.)The fa
Jan. 2, 2015
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Lee Jung-seop’s silver foil drawings return
“Children of Spring” by Lee Jung-seop (Gallery Hyundai)During the Korean War (1950-53), when art materials such as paper ― not to mention canvas ― were scarce, Korean painter Lee Jung-seop (1916-56) drew and painted on the foil linings of cigarette packs.His three small silver foil drawings, first purchased by Arthur McTaggart, director of the U.S. Culture Center in Korea in 1955, and donated to the Museum of Modern Art New York a year later, will be on view in Seoul for the first time since the
PerformanceJan. 1, 2015
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A journey through the life of violinist Cho Jin-joo
The beginning, youth, searching and reminiscing ― these are the four stages of life that the young up-and-coming violinist Cho Jin-joo is looking to explore in her upcoming solo concert series as a Kumho Art Hall resident artist.The 26-year-old will perform four solo concerts this year, with each concert dedicated to one of the aforementioned stages of life. From her trials and tribulations after moving to the States to develop her musical gifts, to the pangs of youth, joys of love and reminisce
PerformanceJan. 1, 2015
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Stage, screen actor Herrmann dies at 71
Edward Herrmann, the towering, melodious-voiced actor who brought Franklin D. Roosevelt to life in films and documentaries, won a Tony Award and charmed audiences as the stuffy dad on TV’s “Gilmore Girls,” died Wednesday. He was 71. Herrmann died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital of brain cancer, his son, Rory Herrmann said. The actor, who had been hospitalized for several weeks, was surrounded by family members including his wife, Star, and his three children, his son said.“He was full of kn
PerformanceJan. 1, 2015
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Jun Ji-hyun beats Kim Soo-hyun in SAF
Actress Jun Ji-hyun outshone actor Kim Soo-hyun, her costar in “My Love from the Star,” in the drama category of the SBS Awards Festival 2014 held at Coex in Seoul on Wednesday. Jun, 35, won the Grand Prix with “My Love from the Star,” one of the greatest hits for her and the television broadcaster alike. The SAF recognized the hallyu actress for her outstanding acting and the drama’s stunning ratings and popularity at home and overseas. Prior to the award ceremony, some drama critics had sugges
TelevisionJan. 1, 2015
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Kate DiCamillo, rock star of children’s literature
On a hectic Saturday before Christmas, writer Kate DiCamillo stands in front of a buzzing crowd of toddlers and children at the Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is dressed in her usual black top and jeans, and her white-blond hair curls around her watchful face. Some of the kids sit cross-legged on the floor; some perch demurely on chairs or on a parent’s lap; some peer around the edges of bookshelves; some bat absently at furry puppets that hang from a display.DiCamillo is used
BooksJan. 1, 2015
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‘How to Be Both’ offers two stories with playful cleverness
Ali Smith is a playful writer, but her sense of fun thrives in unlikely places. It’s evident in the language of the terrible death of the young chambermaid in a dumbwaiter in Hotel World (“Woooooooo-hooooooo what a fall what a soar what a plummet what a dash into dark into light what a plunge what a glide thud crash what a drop what a rush what a swoop what a fright what a mad hushed skirl what a smash mush mash-up broke and gashed what a heart in my mouth what an end.”)It’s there in the title a
BooksJan. 1, 2015
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Gerritsen’s ‘Die Again’ is rock solid thriller
Die AgainBy Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine)Tess Gerritsen delivers another outstanding thriller in her continuing series featuring Boston police Detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The murder of a big game hunter spurs the duo into action. The victim was bound and hung upside down like a hunter stringing up his prey after a successful kill. His body was also cut open in a style reminiscent of being trimmed for meat consumption. The autopsy reveals the cause of death was like
BooksJan. 1, 2015
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Tale of Kansas pastor who fought fascism
Democracy’s Defender: The Life of L.M. BirkheadBy Jim Grebe (Lulu Publishing Services)The U.S. Senate censured Joseph McCarthy on Dec. 2, 1954, for behavior “contrary to senatorial traditions.”The previous day, Leon Birkhead, former Kansas City Unitarian pastor, had been found dead in his New York City hotel room.Birkhead, who had been receiving treatment for cancer, long had battled those he considered enemies of tolerance and free thought.McCarthy, the red-baiting Wisconsin senator, had been B
BooksJan. 1, 2015
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Gaia Vince asks if it’s possible to fix the Earth
Adventures in the AnthropoceneBy Gaia Vince (Milkweed Editions)In her new book, “Adventures in the Anthropocene,” science writer Gaia Vince lays out for inspection the damage that human beings have wrought on the Earth: polluted oceans, depleted stocks of wildlife, burned-out forests. The list goes on. And with global warming comes a host of new problems, some we’ve been reluctant to admit, even as climatologists announced last month that 2014 was the warmest year on record.It’s enough to ask: I
BooksJan. 1, 2015
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‘Haunted’ lacks action in visceral Florida visit
HauntedBy Randy Wayne White (Putnam)Randy Wayne White has built a legacy exploring Florida’s history and ecology. But an evocative look at Florida and its often ignored role in the Civil War can’t make up for a lack of action in “Haunted,” his third novel about Hannah Smith, a Gulf Coast fishing guide and private detective.“Haunted” is more like a visit with an old friend who’s having a really unusual adventure ― and working on an entry into ancestry.com ― than the action White has brought to hi
BooksJan. 1, 2015
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Performances to look out for in 2015
A new year always brings with it a sense of anticipation. For culture lovers in Korea, 2015 seems to have plenty of things to look out for, from a chance to see the world’s hottest conductor today in action to original productions of hit musicals getting Korean runs. Here are some of the year’s most anticipated shows and performances in music, theater and performing arts. Classical music Fans of classical music are already buzzing about the coming performances of world-class orchestras in Seoul
CultureDec. 31, 2014
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Farewell horse, welcome sheep
After a turbulent 2014, the New Year has finally arrived. In what feels like a nice respite, 2015 is the Year of the Sheep, a meek and gentle creature often associated with peace, harmony and compatibility. The sheep is the eighth animal in the 12-year cycle. It is the guardian animal for the time between 1 and 3 p.m. The previous sheep year was 2003. Year of the Sheep or the Goat? In Chinese, the animal sign for 2015 is “yang,” an inclusive term for various horned ruminating mammals. So, Year o
CultureDec. 31, 2014
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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ tops 2014 illegal downloads
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Disney’s animated fantasy hit “Frozen” were the two most pirated films of 2014, according to a firm tracking illegal downloads.Numerous U.S. media, including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, on Monday published a list of this year’s 20 most illegally downloaded movies, compiled by piracy tracker Excipio.The firm tallied “torrent” downloads, where computer users illegally share movies and other media over the Internet, for the
FilmDec. 31, 2014