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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Frasers eyes expansion in North Asia
With the number of tourists and business travelers in Asia growing, Frasers Hospitality, the company behind serviced residences Fraser Place and Fraser Suites, is planning to double its properties in North Asia and is eying unexplored areas of North America and South America, according to Choe Peng Sum, CEO of Frasers Hospitality Pte. Ltd. “We have seen growth in China, India and Japan, Taiwan and more. The whole of North Asia will see Frasers double its properties from 3,000 to 7,500 in the nex
TravelJuly 12, 2013
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Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, a California icon
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK ― Japanese artist Hokusai liked Mt. Fuji. Really liked it. So in the 1820s and 1830s, he made a series of 36 woodblock prints of the mountain, from near and far, in summer and winter. When they went over well, he made 10 more scenes. Then, because an artist must follow his muse, he started a new series: 100 views of Mt. Fuji.When I’m looking at Half Dome, the great granite hood ornament of Yosemite National Park, I understand Hokusai and Fuji. You see Half Dome on a centur
TravelJuly 12, 2013
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Beat the summer heat with a refreshing cold soup
Revenge, patient people tell us, is a dish best served cold. I feel the same way about soup, at least at this time of year. When it gets hot, there are few things that will whet a flagging appetite like a sip of cold soup.What’s even better, they’re so easy to make. Puree tomatoes, soaked bread, garlic, assorted vegetables and good Spanish olive oil and you’ve got gazpacho. Blend avocado with cold chicken stock and you’ve got the base for something equally grand.Just as easy, but seen a lot less
FoodJuly 12, 2013
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Dak gomtang, (chicken soup)
Based on the lunar calendar, Koreans mark the hottest summer period with three distinct days: chobok (beginning), jungbok (middle) and malbok (end). On these days, Koreans traditionally eat samgyetang, ginseng chicken soup, which is believed to be an energy-boosting dish. As chobok is here, this dak gomtang is a healthy and delicious chicken soup that you can make even if you don’t have ginseng. Gomtang generally refers to a soup made by simmering beef bones and meat for several hours. The resul
FoodJuly 12, 2013
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Around the hotels
House music party at Grand Hyatt Seoul The hotel’s entertainment center JJ Mahoney’s presents a “House Music Party” on July 19 and 20. Four big-name DJs -- Bonnie 6, Peter Tong, Coo1T and U Jin from popular night clubs in Itaewon, Hongdae and Cheongdam -- will spin while partygoers enjoy the establishment’s newly expanded dance stage. All guests will receive a complimentary welcoming cocktail and a cup of Illy coffee to enjoy. The event will include a dance contest, live performances by JJ’s hou
FoodJuly 12, 2013
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Speaker seeks expansion of ties with Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (Yonhap News) ― South Korea’s National Assembly speaker met with Ethiopia’s prime minister and discussed ways to expand economic ties between the two countries.Kang Chang-hee, who is on a 13-day trip to Africa, paid a courtesy call to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in the country’s capital Addis Ababa on Thursday.The prime minister expressed his country’s wish to learn from South Korea’s economic development experience and called on South Korean businesses to invest in
PeopleJuly 12, 2013
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British veterans mark Korean War anniversary
LONDON (AFP) ― Nearly 300 elderly veterans marched through London on Thursday as Britain marked the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.Wearing medals on their blazers and carrying regimental flags, the veterans marched the short distance from the Horse Guards Parade ground to Westminster Abbey, in tribute to all those who fought in the campaign, including more than 1,000 British troops who lost their lives.A service of thanksgiving was held at the abbey, attended by South Korean Ambass
PeopleJuly 12, 2013
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New Zealand motorcyclist set to travel through Panmunjom
Gareth Morgan, a New Zealand economist and motorcycle adventurer, will travel through Panmunjom, the truce village in Korea’s heavily-fortified demilitarized zone. Morgan and five others plan to ride for a 40,000-kilometer trip from Russia to New Zealand. The crossing is part of the trip. According to the Dominion Post, a New Zealand newspaper, Friday, the 60-year-old motorcycle traveler, who is also known for philanthropic and nature preservation activities, has finally been granted permission
PeopleJuly 12, 2013
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Verdi’s ‘Othello’ makes triumphant Venice return
VENICE (AFP) ― St Mark’s Square in Venice on Wednesday was the spectacular backdrop to a tragic opera in the first open-air performance in 43 years by the famous La Fenice theater ― a new must on the global culture calendar.La Fenice is staging Italian maestro Giuseppe Verdi’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s “Othello, the Moor of Venice” ― with South Korea’s Chung Myung-whun conducting La Fenice’s orchestra and choir.The performance, which coincides with the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth, i
PerformanceJuly 11, 2013
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China discovers primitive, 5,000-year-old writing
BEIJING (AP) ― Archaeologists say they have discovered a new form of primitive writing in markings on stoneware excavated from a relic site in eastern China dating about 5,000 years back. The inscriptions are about 1,400 years older than the oldest known written Chinese language and around the same age as the oldest writing in the world.Chinese scholars are divided on whether the etchings amount to actual writing or a precursor to words that should be described as symbols, but they say the findi
CultureJuly 11, 2013
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Two-volume book series features Korean culture, landscapes
A two-volume photo book series featuring Korean culture and scenery has been published by local publishing house Design SOOMOKWON and the Korea Tourism Organization.A total of 31 photographers participated in the project. The series has four different categories: tradition, nature, city and countryside. The first volume of the series, titled “View of Korea,” features photographs of Korea’s palaces, including Changdeokgug and Deoksugung palaces in Seoul, as well as famous Buddhist temples such as
BooksJuly 11, 2013
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Czech Alphonse Mucha’s paintings show modern art’s beginnings
The lavish and decorative paintings of Alphonse Mucha, the master of Art Nouveau, are on exhibit in Seoul for the first time, shedding light on the first era of modern art and its development in the late 19th century. The “Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau and Utopia” exhibition at Seoul Arts Center introduces 235 works of Mucha, one of the most celebrated artists in the Czech Republic, which are leading examples of the Art Nouveau style. “Mucha is regarded as an artist known for his decorative poster
PerformanceJuly 11, 2013
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Areum bolts T-ara to pursue solo career
K-pop group T-ara’s Areum announced on Wednesday through a message posted on T-ara’s official fan site that she was leaving the group. “In the future you will be seeing a better me, different from the Areum in T-ara,” she explained in a video uploaded to the fan site, adding, “I want my experience with other T-ara members to remain as meaningful memories, and I will be seeing you in the future as a solo artist.”She expressed her desire to pursue a solo career in hip-hop. The news comes a year af
July 11, 2013
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Son Seung-yeon: ‘I don’t want to be called only a ballad singer’
Son Seung-yeon, the winner of the debut season of the “Voice of Korea” reality audition program last year, captivated the public with her powerful and wide-ranging vocal skills. Son sang a revamped version of 2NE1’s popular hit “Go Away” during her blind audition, and landed herself a place on iconic singer Shin Seung-hun’s team where she flourished and eventually walked away with the first-place crown. In hindsight, it is almost shocking to imagine that the talented 19-year-old singer nearly th
PerformanceJuly 11, 2013
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‘My Education’ a scorching hot read
My EducationBy Susan Choi (Viking)Susan Choi’s “My Education” is a chaise-longue literary page-turner par excellence: sexy, smart, well-plotted, jammed with observations witty and profound, and so well-written it occasionally leaves you gasping. I guess I’m in love. And so is the protagonist of “My Education,” Regina Gottlieb. In 1992, Regina arrives on the campus of a Cornell-like university as a graduate student in writing. The first week she catches sight of the notorious professor Nicholas B
BooksJuly 11, 2013
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A smart tale howls at the moon
Red MoonBy Benjamin Percy(Grand Central)The setting of Benjamin Percy’s “Red Moon” ― an alternative universe in which humans and lycans coexist ― may seem unhappily familiar to anyone familiar with the words “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob.”Readers will also encounter teen angst, thuggery, interspecies love, domestic terrorism, torture and, upon occasion, tenderness and yearning. The movie rights have been sold and the novel’s conclusion can signal only one thing: sequel.But banish all thoughts of
BooksJuly 11, 2013
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Two views of a revolution in television
The unexpected death of James Gandolfini, who was best known for his work on the series “The Sopranos,” recently reignited the conversation over How Much Television Has Changed, which has become so intense and widespread in the last few years that books are now being written about it.Last year, critic Alan Sepinwall self-published “The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever” to such attention it has just been reissued by Simon & Schuster’s
BooksJuly 11, 2013
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Book pinpoints trends in jobs
Professor and author Kim Ran-do enjoyed much success with his two previous books, the self-help essays “Youth, Painful Splendor” and “You Become an Adult after a Thousand Struggles.”Both were written to give advice to 20-somethings in the country who were having a hard time with the high unemployment rate and fierce competition. The two bestsellers, however, also received criticism ― that they only included comforting words but no real discussion about the systemic problems faced by young people
BooksJuly 11, 2013
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Ex-Peru leader writing autobiography in prison
LIMA (AFP) ― Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori, in prison for rights abuses during his 10-year rule, said Tuesday he’s writing his autobiography.In a handwritten note to RPP radio, the 75-year-old Fujimori said President Ollanta Humala’s refusal to grant him a pardon on medical grounds was a “low blow” but said he had moved on to a new stage of life.“I now devote more time to painting and also to writing my autobiography, some summary paragraphs of which I will deliver on a regular basis,
PeopleJuly 11, 2013
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First-generation female golfer dies
Ku Ok-hee, a first-generation Korean female golfer, died in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Wednesday. She was 57.A local news media reported that she had died of a sudden heart attack while playing at a country club in the prefecture. Ku turned pro in 1978 and moved to Japan in 1983. She won 23 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1985 and 2005. On the LPGA Tour, she won once in 1988 at the Standard Register Classic. It was the first win on the LPGA Tour for a Korean. She was also the first golf
PeopleJuly 11, 2013