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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Korea enters full election mode
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Daegu troupe seeks 10-minute play submissions
Daegu Theater Troupe is accepting script submissions for next year’s 10 Minute Play Festival until Jan. 1.Entries can be new works or previously published and should be sent to daegutheatre@gmail.com. The selected scripts will be performed at the festival, on Feb. 22.Those wishing to get a look at the troupe’s work before then will be able to do so at its fund-raiser on Dec. 21. The evening, which features live performances and a raffle, will run from 7-10 p.m. at G’Day Cafe in Manchon-dong.Admi
Expat LivingDec. 10, 2013
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Lecture-performance on Asian Music
The Royal Asiatic Society’s Korea Branch will host a lecture-performance of Asian music at its final lecture of the year on Dec. 17.Jocelyn Clark, who will lead the event, graduated in gayageum performance from the National Classical Music Institute in Seoul in 1994. She has appeared as a soloist at the Jeonju Sanjo Festival, Opera Latenight Nrnberg, and the Global Ear Series in Dresden, and studied gayageum with some noted musicians, including Ji Seong-ja and Hwang Byeong-gi.She began studying
Expat LivingDec. 10, 2013
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Overcoming obstacles to expression
Iconic Spanish artist Javier Mariscal’s works are eye-catching ― the bright, bold colors and strokes are loud and lively, demanding attention. Unbeknownst to many, however, the artist suffers from dyslexia, a condition he has had since childhood that makes reading difficult among other things. “When you are a dyslexic child, you don’t understand why others read very well, while you understand nothing,” he said at a press conference for the opening of his exhibition “The Art Player” held in Hanga
PerformanceDec. 10, 2013
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Legal battle over Nazi-seized Pissarro masterpiece revived
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― A federal appeals court on Monday resurrected a Jewish family’s long legal battle to regain ownership of a $20 million masterpiece painting seized in Nazi Germany during World War II.In doing so, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also reinstated a California law allowing lawsuits over art ownership disputes dating back as far as 100 years. The decision reversed a lower court ruling that invalidated the law saying it infringed on the U.S. government’s exclusive authority
PerformanceDec. 10, 2013
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Turkey investigates wave of museum art thefts
ANKARA (AFP) ― Turkish police have launched an investigation after the theft of stolen paintings and artifacts worth an estimated $30 million, local media reported on Monday. Police are hunting for about 40 paintings stolen from a state museum in Ankara after recovering another 30 major artworks in a raid in Istanbul last week. Press reports said many of the artworks were believed to have been sold to art collectors, including a number of prominent figures.Officials at the culture ministry and t
PerformanceDec. 10, 2013
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What our dreams say about us
Filmmaker Zhang Lu’s dreams often have scenery of Beijing and Seoul all mixed together, making it hard for him to recognize where he actually is.The ethnic Korean-Chinese filmmaker, who was born and raised in China’s Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, has been working in Seoul since last year, after many years in Beijing. Zhang, who considers himself a “stranger” wherever he goes, pays special attention to the dreams of others in his latest film.Titled “The Scenery,” the film features 14 migr
FilmDec. 10, 2013
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France’s Depardieu to tread boards again
PARIS (AFP) ― Gerard Depardieu will return to the stage for the first time in a decade in “Love Letters,” a play favoured by busy stars with no time to learn their lines.Elizabeth Taylor, Mel Gibson, Kathleen Turner, Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Walken are among the big names who have previously taken on the roles of characters Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner.The play by American playwright A. R. Gurney explores the couple’s decades-long relationship through their letters to ea
PerformanceDec. 10, 2013
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MTV picks Miley Cyrus as artist of the year
NEW YORK (AP) ― Here’s something to wag a tongue at: MTV says Miley Cyrus is the best artist of the year.The former child star twerked her way to the top. Her eye-popping duet with Robin Thicke on the MTV Video Music Awards was one of the year’s most talked about cultural events.MTV said Monday the VMA duet on “We Can’t Stop” and “Blurred Lines” was the year’s most-watched video on its websites. Similarly, the MTV artist site devoted to Cyrus had more visits than any other artist’s.Besides “We C
PerformanceDec. 10, 2013
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Infinite brings ‘One Great Step’ to a close
After a promising debut in 2010 with the group’s first EP “First Invasion,” the seven members of K-pop group Infinite have finally completed the group’s first world tour, venturing to 14 countries and 21 cities for 31 live concert performances. Since launching the first leg of the concert tour in August with two shows in Seoul in front 15,000 fans, members Sung-gyu, Ho-ya, Dong-woo, L, Woo-hyun, Sung-yeol and Sung-jong have been performing all across Asia, Europe, the U.S. and even making a stop
PerformanceDec. 10, 2013
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CNBLUE to embark on South American tour
Idol band CNBLUE is set to embark on a Central and South American tour next month. The band will be the first K-pop artists to launch an extended tour in that part of the world. The tour will kick off on Jan. 26 in Mexico City’s Pepsi Center WTC in Mexico, and then move on to Parque del la Exposicion in Lima, Peru on Jan. 28, and Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile on Jan. 31. Movistar Arena has hosted performances of world famous artists such as the Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, Jennifer Lopez and B
Dec. 10, 2013
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Yong Jun-hyung releases solo album teaser
K-pop group BEAST member Yong Jun-hyung released a teaser for his first solo EP “Flower” on his official social networking page on Monday. The teaser image, to be used as the album jacket, is a black-and-white photograph of Yong with vintage spectacles and a unique tasseled hat. The album includes a total of five songs and will be released online on Friday. Yong is the main rapper of six-member boy group BEAST, but has done much more than just rapping for his new album. The artist participated i
Dec. 10, 2013
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Lee Hyori to collaborate with CL
K-pop diva Lee Hyori and “Baddest Female” CL will collaborate and take to the stage on SBS’ “Gayo Daejun,” an annual year-end music program broadcast at the end of December. The pair is currently in early discussions on the kind of performance they would like to deliver. Although it is the first time the two have come together to collaborate, Lee has collaborated with YG Entertainment before, surprising audiences with a risqu performance with Big Bang member T.O.P. at the Mnet KM Music Festival
Dec. 10, 2013
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Society founded to honor retired political leader Kim Jong-pil
Acquaintances of retired political leader and former Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil launched a social gathering in his honor Tuesday. Named after Kim’s pen name “Unjeong,” the society held its first general meeting in the National Assembly Memorial Hall with Kim attending.It will push projects to commemorate his accomplishments in the industrialization and modernization of Korea. Its members are former or current political or government figures who formed ties with Kim during his four-decade politi
PeopleDec. 10, 2013
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Miss France proud of ‘cosmopolitan’ country
DIJON (AFP) ― Franco-Beninese student Flora Coquerel has said she is proud to represent a “cosmopolitan” country after being crowned the new Miss France in a lavish ceremony.Coquerel, a 19-year-old from Orleans, beat 33 other competitors to take the title in the nationally televised competition in Dijon on Saturday night.Her victory came amid concern over a series of racist incidents in France, including slurs against the country’s top black politician, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, who h
PeopleDec. 10, 2013
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[Photo News] Year-end reception for Herald Retirees' Club
PeopleDec. 10, 2013
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Psy retains K-pop YouTube crown
Psy’s “Gentleman” music video was the most viewed K-pop music video on YouTube in 2013, marking the second straight year the South Korean sensation grabbed the most views on the U.S.-based video-sharing website.YouTube unveiled the 10 K-pop music videos Tuesday that have attracted the most traffic from December 2012 until November 2013. According to the list, Psy’s “Gentleman,” released on April 12 this year, generated about 600 million hits on YouTube, followed by Girls Generation’s “I Got a Bo
Dec. 10, 2013
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Teen actress accepted at Sogang University
Teenage actress Nam Ji-hyeon was recently accepted to Sogang University, the school said Friday.The 18-year-old actress, a member of the class of 2014 who took the college entrance exam in November, entered the prestigious university’s psychology department via nonscheduled admissions and has already been registered by the school.Nam’s mother said in an interview with local news outlets that the actress had always wanted to study psychology. “The reason she (Nam) chose psychology over theater as
PeopleDec. 10, 2013
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'Sound of Music' actress Eleanor Parker dies at 91
Eleanor Parker, who was nominated for Academy Awards three times for her portrayals of strong-willed women and played a scheming baroness in “The Sound of Music,” has died at 91.Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia. “She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children at a medical facility near her home in Palm Springs,” Gale added. Parker was nominated for Oscars in 1950, 1951 and 1955, but then saw her career begin to wane in the ea
PeopleDec. 10, 2013
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Photos outline Korean identity
Photography is one of the most common and popular mediums of art enjoyed by Koreans. It’s not unusual to see people hold a digital camera in one hand and take a “selfie,” which then goes instantly online on micro blogs or social networking sites. While such popularity has undermined the value of photography as a genre of art, fine art photographers in Korea have been capturing what individual amateur photographers miss. A touring photo exhibition brings together images that reflect changes in Ko
PerformanceDec. 9, 2013
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Sydney Opera House tiles up for ‘virtual’ sale
SYDNEY (AFP) ― The Sydney Opera House has come up with a novel new way to raise funds and boost the building’s profile by selling “virtual” ownership of the tiles on its tallest sail.On Monday, 125,000 of the tiles went on sale, with Hollywood star Hugh Jackman among the first to put his money behind the initiative which hopes to raise 15 million Australian dollars ($13.7 million).Under the scheme, people can buy a tile online for between 100-400 Australian dollars in a hi-tech campaign called “
CultureDec. 9, 2013