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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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Is FTC's conglomerate listing a boon or bane for Hybe?
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NewJeans to headline palace show
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Coupang's Kim Bom escapes chaebol chief designation again
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Why Korean crime stories typically feature nameless, faceless perpetrators
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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CIO chief nominee to explain allegations at confirmation hearing
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Yoon vows to run country 'rightly' on Buddha's birthday
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Debate on 'no-seniors zones' heats up
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EXO gets interactive with Seoul store
Popular boy band EXO opened shop “BOY WHO CRIED WOLF (BWCW)” to commemorate the release of their newly repackaged album, “Growl,” in Garosugil’s OUTLAB on Aug. 10.BWCW sells merchandise from popular street brands in Korea such as PEACE, LOVE and UNDERSTANDING, LIFUL MINIMAL GARMENTS, Nude Bones, and BURIED ALIVE, which are representative of EXO’s style. Among the displays of trendy baseball jackets, T-shirts and snapback hats, the shop also offers a variety of exclusive items such as portable fa
Aug. 20, 2013
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Expat LivingAug. 20, 2013
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First official photos of Prince George, taken by grandpa
LONDON (AFP) ― Prince William and his wife Catherine on Tuesday released the first official photographs of their baby son George ― and in a break with tradition they were taken by her father Michael Middleton.The intimate photographs were shot earlier this month in the garden of the Middletons’ family home in rural Bucklebury, west of London, and show the newborn prince lying peacefully in his mother’s arms.George, the third in line to the throne, is wrapped in a white blanket and is apparently
PeopleAug. 20, 2013
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Man found dead in Olivia Newton-John’s Florida home
MIAMI, Florida (AFP) ― A man was found shot dead Monday in the Florida home of actress and singer Olivia Newton-John, police said.The actress and her husband, John Easterling, were not in the house when the incident happened, said police in Jupiter Inlet Colony, north of Palm Beach.A local newspaper called the incident a suicide but police refused to confirm this.The man was neither a resident nor a member of the family.The nearly 7,500-square-foot house, located on 35 acres by the coast, was bu
PeopleAug. 20, 2013
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Kiwis start motorcycle ride through Korean Peninsula from Baekdusan
A group of motorcycle enthusiasts from New Zealand started a ride through the Korean Peninsula from North Korea. They launched the trip south in a ceremony held at Mount Baekdusan in North Korea, which straddles the border with China, on Monday, North Korean Central News Agency reported. The ceremony was attended by guides of the mountain and government officials, including Pak Kyong-il, chairman of North Korea-New Zealand Friendship Society. Gareth and Joanne Morgan entered North Korea from Kh
PeopleAug. 20, 2013
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No regrets leaving would be a lie: Ex-Wonder Girl Sunmi
Ahead of her comeback as a solo artist, Sunmi, a former member of Wonder Girls, confessed that she had to leave the girl group after seeing herself appear on the stage mechanically, with no heart and soul.Sunmi withdrew from the five-member band in February 2010 after the Wonder Girls finished touring 50 cities in the U.S. to promote their music. The fans were shocked by her sudden dropout and raised countless speculations behind the decision. She said the busy schedule and losing appreciation f
PerformanceAug. 20, 2013
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U.N. chief to visit S. Korea this week
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will pay a six-day visit to his home country here in order to attend a global rowing competition and meet with South Korea's president, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.The visit is scheduled from Aug. 22-27 during which Ban will take leave from the United Nations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the six-day trip, Ban will attend the opening ceremony of the World Rowing Championships to be held in his home county of Chungju on Au
PeopleAug. 20, 2013
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Wilson Center opens website on modern Korean history
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A U.S. think tank has launched a special website on modern Korean history that features a rare collection of declassified documents from dozens of countries.The online Modern Korean History Portal was developed by the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.The institute has operated the History and Public Policy Program to find little-known episodes in inter-Korean, U.S.-Korean and North Korea-communist bloc relations, and analyze them.“The historical documents prese
PeopleAug. 19, 2013
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PGA Tour’s Dustin Johnson to wed Paulina Gretzky
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. PGA Tour player Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky ― daughter of Canadian ice hockey great Wayne Gretzky ― announced their engagement Sunday on Twitter.“Paulina Gretzky, she said yes!!!” Johnson tweeted, posting a picture of a diamond ring on his fiancee’s hand.Paulina Gretzky was in the gallery early this year at Kapalua, Hawaii, where Johnson won the US tour’s Tournament of Champions.Johnson, who has seven victories in his six years on the PGA Tour, paired up with Way
PeopleAug. 19, 2013
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Obama plays golf with WB chief, Korean-American attorney
U.S President Barack Obama spent the last day of his weeklong summer vacation playing golf with two Korean-Americans ― World Bank president Jim Yong Kim and New York lawyer Eunu Chun. According to news reports Sunday, Obama hit the links Sunday with Kim, attorney and Obama fundraiser Chun, and aide Mike Brush at Martha’s Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Massachusetts.Attorney Chun, son of a Korean immigrant, grew up in the suburbs north of Chicago and graduated from Harvard University and Columb
PeopleAug. 19, 2013
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Vietnamese director Minh to receive Kim DJ Nobel Peace Film Award
Dang Nhat Minh of Vietnam will receive the third Kim Dae-jung Nobel Peace Film Award, the Gwangju International Film Festival Organizing Committee said. Launched in 2011, the annual award is given in cooperation with the Kim Dae-jung Peace Center to encourage filmmakers to deal with human rights, peace, freedom and the value of nature.Minh has gained an international reputation as a director well versed in expressing social contradictions from the perspective of the poor or underprivileged throu
PeopleAug. 19, 2013
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Seoul festival brings youth closer to film
The 15th annual Seoul International Youth Film Festival is opening this week for eight days of diverse screenplays from around the globe. The upcoming film fest will be held Aug. 22-29 and will feature 142 films from 40 countries, including 23 world premieres including that of Canadian film “Hold Fast,” which follows the story of a 14-year-old boy named Michael who is forced to live with his uncle Ted after his parents die in a tragic car accident. The two do not get along and Michael ends up de
FilmAug. 19, 2013
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Mayor begs Woody Allen to make a movie in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) ― Rio de Janeiro’s mayor says he’ll pay “whatever it takes” to get Woody Allen to set one of his films in this sensuous seaside city, host of the 2016 Olympics.“I’ll pay 100 percent of the production,” said Eduardo Paes in an interview published Sunday by the daily O Globo.Allen has made a string of recent movies featuring some of the world’s great cities ― London, Barcelona, Paris and Rome ― and Paes is determined to add Rio to the list.“I’ll pay whatever it takes to get hi
FilmAug. 19, 2013
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Ancient tombs unearthed in far western China
BEIJNG (UPI) ― Archaeologists said Friday they had unearthed a group of tombs in remote western China that date back about 2,500 years.The tombs were believed built by the ancient Zoroastrians and were discovered in the high-altitude Pamirs Plateau near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said.The Zoroastrian religion is one of the earliest in recorded history and originated in ancient Persia. Scholars consider it a significant influence on the so-calle
CultureAug. 19, 2013
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Slave dwelling project works toward preservation
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) ― Over the past three years, Joe McGill has slept in almost 40 former slave dwellings in a dozen U.S. states, hoping to draw attention to the need to preserve the structures and tell their stories.Now he’s expanding the effort and working to make the Slave Dwelling Project a nonprofit organization, with plans for a national conference next year. He said paperwork will be filed within the next two weeks to make it official.“We tell a lot of our history through the
CultureAug. 19, 2013
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NecronomiCon to celebrate horror writer Lovecraft
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) ― Anyone who has enjoyed the works of Stephen King, seen the films “Alien” or “Prometheus,” or heard about the fictional Arkham Asylum in Batman can thank H.P. Lovecraft, the early 20th century horror writer whose work has been an inspiration to others for nearly a century.The mythos Lovecraft created in stories such as “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” and “At the Mountains of Madness,” has reached its tentacles deep into popular culture, so
BooksAug. 19, 2013
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Vintage British homeware firm Cath Kidston blooms
LONDON (AFP) ― The world of Cath Kidston is instantly identifiable, full of bright colors, cheerful prints and nostalgia for an imagined English way of life ― and has made the homeware company one of Britain‘s global success stories.A cult following for the vintage-themed bags, clothes and kitchenware, particularly in Asia, helped the company break through the 100 million pound ($155 million) sales barrier this year for the first time.It is a milestone for the brand as it celebrates 20 years sin
Arts & DesignAug. 19, 2013
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British girl group release Korean-language single
British girl group Little Mix released a Korean-language, digital version of their hit single “Wings” on Monday amid the global boom of Korean pop culture, its local music distributor said.“Little Mix members, who have much interest in Korean culture, were greatly impressed by a cover video of their song from SBS TV’s ‘K-pop Star,’” Sony Music Entertainment Korea Inc. said, referring to a local television audition program.“So we suggested them to sing the song in Korean and release it worldwide,
PerformanceAug. 19, 2013
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TVXQ rewrites K-pop history with finale concert
Hallyu stars TVXQ set a record Saturday as the Korean group to perform in front of the largest crowd in Japan for the grand finale to their tour at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama.The final concert at Nissan Stadium, which has the highest seating capacity of any stadium in Japan with an estimated 75,000 available seats, reportedly brought in more than 140,000 fans in just two days. The K-pop group is also the first foreign singers to take the stage at Nissan Stadium in an exclusive concert, demonstra
Aug. 19, 2013
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Soo Ae: Best characters have iron fist in a velvet glove
Actress Soo Ae says she is drawn to roles that are “oeyunaegang,” a four-character idiom that translates to an iron fist in a velvet glove.“The quality is what I consider to be ideal,” the actress said in an interview with The Korea Herald in Seoul last week. “I’ve always admired those who appear gentle but are determined and strong underneath. They are my role models. So naturally, I chose to play a lot of characters that have that quality.”The 34-year-old’s past roles are evidence of the profe
FilmAug. 19, 2013