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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US Air Force blames power loss, weather for F-16 crash in S. Korea in May 2023
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Samsung expected to introduce new Exynos processor in next Galaxy series
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Ex-president Moon recalls in memoir NK leader voiced will not to use nukes
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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Fans organize TVXQ Forest Project
To commemorate TVXQ’s 10th anniversary, fans are organizing the TVXQ Forest Project to plant several trees dedicated to the K-pop boy group near Yunjung-ro in Yeouido, western Seoul this month. Several different types of trees are to be planted in the area, including Chinese plum trees whose leaves turn a bright red, TVXQ’s representative color. Fans organizing the event recently set up a website on Sept. 6 with the goal of raising 5 million won ($4,600) to fund the tree planting. When the trees
Sept. 10, 2013
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India, Chad groups win UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize
Two groups that campaign against illiteracy in India and Chad have won the 2013 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize. UNESCO presented the prize to the Federation of the Associations of the Promotion of the Languages of Guera, Chad, and the National Literacy Mission Authority of the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development in an award ceremony in Paris on Monday, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO said. The prize was created by the South Korean government in 1989 to memorialize the ou
PeopleSept. 10, 2013
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U.N. chief wins alumni award from Seoul National University
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been chosen as a winner of the alumni award from his alma matar in Seoul for his contribution to world peace, his school said Tuesday.Seoul National University decided to confer the Distinguished Alumni Award on Ban “for his decades of service to his home country and his contribution to global peace and the welfare of all mankind as the U.N. chief,” it said. The awards ceremony is scheduled to be held next month to mark the school’s foundation day, though i
PeopleSept. 10, 2013
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Kim Jong-jin appointed head of Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation
Kim Jong-jin, a former director of the Cultural Heritage Administration, was appointed the president of the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, the CHA said Monday. Kim will serve a three-year term.The government said Kim’s wealth of experience in cultural heritage management will boost the state-subsidized organization’s work to preserve and transmit traditional culture in a creative way.Kim started his career at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and then moved to the CHA. The Korea C
PeopleSept. 10, 2013
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Vice minister in charge of sports offers to resign
Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Jong-kil on Tuesday offered to resign over a scandal involving the illegal transfer of a private shooting range to his wife. Park is also likely to face prosecution if found to have fabricated an official document in the process. Those who fabricate public documents could face up to 10 years in prison. According to the revelation made by Rep. Lee Yong-sup of the Democratic Party, Park fabricated a Seoul Metropolitan Government document whi
PeopleSept. 10, 2013
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Can K-dramas take off outside Asia?
In the past few years, K-pop has tapped the hitherto impenetrable European and American markets with acts like Super Junior and Psy, whose single “Gangnam Style” became a chart-topping, universally hot phenomenon. “My 3-year-old nephew can do the dance,” said Muffy Potter, who is company director and producer of Put It Out There Pictures, noting that “Gangnam Style” had definitely reached Australia.American Public Television CEO Cynthia Fenneman, noted a similar development in the U.S. “It was q
TelevisionSept. 10, 2013
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‘Project Cheonan Ship’ resurfaces to grab viewers’ interest
By Im Woo-jung, Intern reporter“Project Cheonan Ship,” a documentary on the ill-fated Cheonan naval corvette that sank off the west coast in early 2010, was supposed to sink into oblivion; surprisingly, it’s floating back to social media’s hot-button issues. The movie, directed by Baek Seung-woo, was released on Thursday, but was then removed from the lineup of national multiplex chain Megabox on Saturday, after a two-day screening. Megabox cited security concerns for moviegoers as conservative
FilmSept. 10, 2013
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Crayon Pop’s revamped music video attracts 15 million viewers
Crayon Pop’s upgraded “Bar Bar Bar,” released on Monday, attracted 15 million viewers on YouTube within 24 hours, reflecting the group’s surging popularity. The new music video, dubbed “Bar Bar Bar 2.0,” came after the group won a coveted recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment Korea in August. The new version is aimed at boosting the group’s international presence on the strength of the agency’s global networks, taking a cue from the unprecedented success of Psy’s addictive “Gangnam St
Sept. 10, 2013
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Scarred survivor of horrid accident ‘grateful’ for her life
Looking back at the fateful car crash that left her body marred and completely changed her life, Lee Ji-seon said she is still thankful for her life.Lee, the author of best-selling essay “Ji-seon-A Saranghae (Ji-seon, I Love You),” appeared on SBS talk show “Healing Camp” to share how she coped with a horrid traffic accident that burned over 55 percent of her body. “That is when I learned to be grateful for one thing each day. I was thankful for still being able to pick up a spoon, for being abl
PeopleSept. 10, 2013
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Bringing traditional crafts closer to modern life
The Korean Craft and Design Foundation is holding an annual crafts exhibition, aimed at reviving public interest in craftworks and promoting applicability of traditional Korean craftwork in modern lifestyles.The exhibition, which started on Monday at a gallery run by the state-funded institution in Insa-dong, showcases the aesthetics and practical use of Korean craftworks that still work in modern settings. “It’s really hard to tell where many of the craftworks we see at craft biennales belong.
PerformanceSept. 9, 2013
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Jeff Koons’ ‘Balloon Dog’ going to NYC auction
NEW YORK (AP) ― Jeff Koons’ whimsical “Balloon Dog (Orange)” is going to auction on Nov. 12 in New York City. The pre-sale estimate is $35 million to $55 million.The stainless steel sculpture is 3.6 meters tall. It looks like a long balloon twisted into the shape of a dog.It’s one of a series of five, each in a different metallic color.Christie’s says art collector Peter Brant is selling it to raise money for his Brant Foundation Art Study Center.Koons’ “Tulips” sold last year at Christie’s for
PerformanceSept. 9, 2013
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Italy delays Botticelli loan to Israeli museum
ROME (AFP) ― Italy will delay the planned loan of a famous painting by Renaissance master Botticelli to Israel because the timing is “not appropriate,” the culture ministry in Rome said on Friday.“The Annunciation of San Martino alla Scala” was to be sent to the Israel Museum for an exhibition opening on Sept. 17 to be opened by Italian Culture Minister Massimo Bray and his Israeli counterpart Limor Livnat.“The culture ministry, in agreement with the government, decided that the timing was not a
PerformanceSept. 9, 2013
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Designers defy matchy-matchy wisdom for the mix
NEW YORK (AP) ― Most people are taught from a young age that they want their outfits to match.Isn’t that why there are suits? And belts should complement shoes. And try to wear the same shades of black, right?The biggest group of offenders to the conventional wisdom, however, is probably fashion designers. In the styles they’ve been previewing at New York Fashion Week, which hit its midpoint Sunday, it’s been “juxtaposition” this and “opposite” that.“It’s all in the mix: feminine with masculine,
Arts & DesignSept. 9, 2013
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Mehta conducts Kashmir concert despite separatist objections
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) ― Celebrated conductor Zubin Mehta led the Bavarian State Orchestra in a classical music concert Saturday in disputed Indian Kashmir despite strong objections from separatist leaders.The heavily guarded event was staged in the Mughal-era Shalimar Gardens on the banks of picturesque Dal Lake in conflict-scarred Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar.“Everybody on the subcontinent will agree with me that this is where it (the concert) should be,” the Mumbai-born Mehta said, referrin
PerformanceSept. 9, 2013
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Asia’s top broadcasting fair opening in Seoul
Asia’s largest broadcast visual content market will kick off its three-day run on Wednesday at COEX B Hall in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. More than 170 visual content providers including BBC Worldwide, NHK Enterprise, Asahi TV, CITVC and TV5 will be participating in Broadcast Worldwide, BCWW2013, organized by the Korea Creative Contents Agency. About 90 domestic content distributors and manufacturers such as terrestrial TV, cable TV, general programming TV stations and production companies wi
CultureSept. 9, 2013
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Megabox halts screenings of film about sunken Navy ship
By Claire LeeScreenings of a documentary film which challenges Seoul’s claim that North Korea is responsible for the 2010 sinking of the warship Cheonan have been abruptly suspended by multiplex chain Megabox, only two days after the film hit theaters on Sept. 5.The theater chain, a subsidiary of major local daily JoongAng Ilbo, was the only multiplex that agreed to screen the controversial film. The documentary was released in a total of 35 theaters nationwide, 26 being Megabox theaters. The do
FilmSept. 9, 2013
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Jason Bateman: First-time director, Toronto hit
TORONTO (AP) ― Actors making their first stab at directing are mainstays at festivals, often never heard from again. That is not the case for Jason Bateman. Over the weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, Bateman premiered his spelling bee comedy “Bad Words,” a foul-mouthed R-rated riot. Just hours after it had festivalgoers roaring with laughter, it was picked up for distribution by Focus Features, with Universal Pictures distributing internationally.“It was exactly what I would ha
FilmSept. 9, 2013
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JYP reflects on his life through ‘Halftime’
Park Jin-young, a singer, music producer and CEO of one of the nation’s leading talent agencies JYP Entertainment, has released his 10th studio album, titled “Halftime.”The album’s two lead tracks ― “Love is Best,” which was pre-released on Sept. 2, and “Had Enough Parties” ― were released along with the rest of the album on Monday. The artist’s new six-track album contains songs that share the stories of the artist and his trials and tribulations as a longtime member of the entertainment indus
PerformanceSept. 9, 2013
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H.K. actor Aaron Kwok to cohost Busan film festival
Hong Kong actor Aaron Kwok will open this year‘s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), the event’s organizers said Monday.Kwok has been chosen to co-host the festival‘s opening ceremony on Oct. 3 along with South Korean actress Kang Soo-yeon, they said.He will be the second foreign national to open the festival following Chinese actress Tang Wei, who hosted last year’s opening ceremony.The 48-year-old Kwok is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor who has been active since the 1980s and is als
FilmSept. 9, 2013
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Everland giraffe breaks calf record
By Chun Sung-woo A giraffe at Everland Zoo, about 36 km southeast of Seoul, gave birth to her 18th calf Sunday, setting the world record for the number of births for the species.Jang-soon, living in the Lost Valley, an ecological safari area of the zoo, delivered a female baby at 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Everland said. She has given birth to a total of 18 calves, including a pair of twins, since 1990. Sunday was her 27th birthday, it added. Everland said that it has registered Jang-soon’s 18th delivery
PeopleSept. 9, 2013