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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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Benikea chain opens hotel in Japan
The Korean hotel chain brand Benikea has welcomed a Japanese Carlton Hotel in Fukuoka, the first overseas hotel to join the brand run by the Korea Tourism Organization, Korea’s state tourism agency. The hotel with 130 guestrooms is one or two hours’ drive away from tourist attractions such as Beppu hot spring, Yufuin and street food vendors in Nakasu. The KTO expects the new Benikea brand hotel in Japan will be a trusted accommodation choice for Korean tourists and business travelers. “The KTO p
TravelDec. 6, 2013
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JW Marriott opens new hotel in Hanoi
JW Marriott International has opened a new hotel in Hanoi following two openings in the past two months in Bangalore and New Delhi in India. The hotel, built on a 75,000-square-meter site in a new central business district in Hanoi, features 450 rooms, six restaurants and a bar, all designed by the acclaimed Carlos Zapata Studio. The hotel also offers a total of 17 meeting rooms, including two ballrooms of 1,000 square meters each and an extensive public foyer to cater to MICE (meetings, incenti
TravelDec. 6, 2013
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Oyster rules
Oyster expert John Stewart makes shucking look like a breeze. Here in Korea to train the guys at The Oyster Bar, a restaurant opening Monday in Seoul’s Yeouido, the 56-year-old consultant definitely knows his way around a shell. “I like opening my oysters from the hinge,” the Hong Kong-based pro said while swiveling the knife into the pointed end of the oyster and opening the shell. Stewart then slid the blade underneath and deftly flipped the oyster over so that its plump underbelly lay face up
FoodDec. 6, 2013
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Miyeok guk, (Sea vegetable soup)
Miyeok guk is a soup made with dried miyeok (also known as wakame), which is a sea vegetable. It is a mild and tasty soup typically made with beef or seafood (such as clams or mussels). Here, I made it with mussels. Soak the dried miyeok in water to soften it, cut it into bite-sized pieces and saute with sesame oil before adding the water and mussels. Sesame oil is a must for miyeok guk. It adds a nutty flavor with a hint of sweetness to the soup. More so than other Korean dishes, this soup has
FoodDec. 6, 2013
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Around the Hotels
Christmas Eve art package at InterContinental Seoul CoexInterContinental Seoul Coex is offering a one-day special Christmas Art Lounge Package for a romantic and meaningful Christmas Eve. The package includes two tickets to the Christmas Art Lounge, where guests will be able to enjoy champagne, wine and finger food while reading various Assouline Boutique art books. At 7 p.m. guests can enter the Maria Callas Hall to watch a performance featuring jazz quartet The Prelude. Complementary gifts suc
FoodDec. 6, 2013
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Mandela inspired pop culture
NEW YORK (AP) ― Heroic in his deeds, graceful in his manner, sainted in his image, Nelson Mandela long served as both cause and muse in the entertainment community.From the 1960s, when he was a political prisoner and South Africa was under the laws of apartheid, right up to recent times, when the racist laws of the land had fallen and he was among the world‘s most admired people, Mandela inspired concerts, songs, poems, fiction and movies.Artists were equally drawn to the man and to what he stoo
FilmDec. 6, 2013
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‘Mamma Mia!’ returns with British cast
The globally popular hit musical “Mamma Mia!” has returned to Seoul, this time starring a British cast from the original London production. Written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, and based on songs by ABBA ― the famous Swedish pop group, active from 1972 to 1982 ― including “Dancing Queen,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Thank You for the Music,” the musical offers a hilarious tale of a young bride-to-be’s search for her unknown father. The musical premiered in 1999 in the West End at Prin
PerformanceDec. 6, 2013
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Korea, U.S. celebrate close ties, friendship
The Korea America Friendship Society commemorated the military alliance forged between the United States and South Korea 60 years ago and their enduring friendship by hosting some 200 business, military and community leaders in a dinner reception in Seoul on Thursday.Han Chul-soo, president of the organization, hosted South Koreans and Americans who have worked hard to maintain the alliance and build genuine friendships between U.S. armed forces stationed here and locals, including Leslie A. Bas
PeopleDec. 6, 2013
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[Photo News] Musician of the year
PeopleDec. 6, 2013
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[Photo News] Vehicle donation
PeopleDec. 6, 2013
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Ancient beliefs spirited away in the shift to modernity
Shamanistic practices were considered an aspect of Korea that needed to be stamped out in its shift to industrialization and modernization. In the 1970s, the government-initiated New Year’s campaigns, promoted in newspapers, stressed that people must build their own fortune by working hard, rather than depending too much on shamanistic fortunetelling. A few practices have survived despite the government’s attempt to break away from old customs, but most of them are remembered through research an
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Assyrian relic taken in war returned to German museum
MINEOLA, New York (AP) ― A 3,000-year-old gold Assyrian tablet stolen from a German museum during World War II and later possessed by a Holocaust survivor ― who may have gotten it in a trade with Russian soldiers for some cigarettes ― is being returned to Berlin, a New York judge said Wednesday.Smaller than a credit card and weighing about one-third of an ounce, the relic known as the Ishtar Temple Tablet had been the subject of a New York legal battle over its ownership.Last month, the state’s
CultureDec. 5, 2013
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U.S. losing silent film heritage, report finds
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― More than two-thirds of silent movies shot in the United States between 1912 and 1929 no longer exist, says the Library of Congress in a report Wednesday underscoring an urgent need to preserve old motion pictures.Out of the 11,000 films made on U.S. soil in the early years of cinema, just 14 percent of them, or 1,575 in all, survive in their original 35 millimeter format, it said.A smaller number exist only in foreign versions or in lower-quality formats, while five percent a
FilmDec. 5, 2013
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National library to open in Sejong City
In line with the second phase of the central government administration’s relocation to Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City in late December, the National Library of Korea, Sejong branch, will open to the public on Dec. 12. Aiming to become the hub of administration information in the country, the 21,077-square-meter library, located at the tail of the city’s long administrative complex building, will eventually store more than 3.3 million books and an even larger amount of digital information. “
CultureDec. 5, 2013
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Ringing in the holidays with K-pop carols
For those looking to celebrate the Yuletide with K-pop rather than traditional Christmas carols, there will be no shortage of new releases to choose from by the end of the year. In honor of the holiday season, many K-pop artists have or are scheduled to release special season’s greetings-inspired tracks to usher in Christmas and the New Year. The artists of Cube and A Cube Entertainment came together as Cube United for the collaborative holiday single “Christmas Song” ― not a variation of Mel To
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Newport Jazz to add third festival day to mark 60th year
NEWPORT, Rhode Island (AP) ― The Newport Jazz Festival is adding a third day of music to mark its 60th anniversary and will focus that day on new and emerging acts, part of a plan to ensure the event does not become a “museum piece,’’ festival producer George Wein said Wednesday.At least one already familiar name ― John Zorn ― will be on hand to help kick off one of the world’s top jazz festivals when it begins during the day, Aug. 1, rather than its traditional evening start.Zorn will bring his
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Psy, SNSD recognized on Time’s Top 10 Everything of 2013
Time magazine has selected the music video for Psy’s comedic single “Gentleman” as the No. 1 Viral Video of 2013 as well as Girls’ Generation’s “I Got a Boy” as No. 5 on the Top 10 Songs of 2013 in the magazine’s list set of the Top 10 Everything of 2013. Psy and Girls’ Generation were the only two Koreans on the publication’s set of Top 10 lists. Rap star Psy’s “Gentleman” music video raked up more than 595 million hits on YouTube since it was released in April. “Think lightning can’t strike tw
PerformanceDec. 5, 2013
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Book reconnects Buenos Aires slum residents to their city
ShantytownBy Cesar Aira (New Directions)The Argentine writer Cesar Aira is a master of dark and forgotten places. Like his late countryman Jorge Luis Borges, he writes narratives that feel like fables. He is the author of 80 books, most of them novellas, only a handful of which have been translated into English.At a slim 128 pages, “Shantytown” recounts a story set in a slum, or “villa miseria,” as they’re known in Buenos Aires. I lived within earshot of such a Buenos Aires shantytown not long a
BooksDec. 5, 2013
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Academia blends with police work in ‘Crooked Numbers’
Crooked NumbersBy Tim O’Mara (Minotaur)Tim O’Mara gives the academic mystery ― too long mired in the machinations of university politics ― a fresh view by imbuing it with elements of the police procedural. Instead of the usual disagreements and one-upmanship among professors and deans, O’Mara’s intricate plot delivers an exciting look at the inner workings of the education system and the economic boundaries that separate people.The difference is O’Mara’s unusual hero ― Raymond Donne, a former NY
BooksDec. 5, 2013
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Lewis writes a graphic memoir of civil rights
John Lewis does not usually smile for the camera. Paradoxically enough, he laughs when this is pointed to him during a telephone interview. “A lot of people tell me that,” he says.On the flyleaf to “March: Book One,” the graphic memoir authored by Lewis, Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, there is a photo typical of Lewis, a civil rights icon and Georgia congressman. The Capitol dome at his back, he faces the camera with a dogged expression as if the photo session were just one more thing he h
BooksDec. 5, 2013