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Jimin of BTS, actor Song Da-eun suspected to be dating, again
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What's next for the government's push in quota hike?
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Trump may like to 'solve' N. Korean nuclear problem if reelected: ex-official
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Woman falls to death from acquaintance's home after exhibiting ‘unexplained' behaviors
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‘Malice should not undermine the system, social order,’ says Hybe's Bang
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N. Korea slams planned S. Korea-US military drills, warns of 'catastrophic aftermath'
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[Robert J. Fouser] Social attitudes toward language proficiency
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N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS
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[Graphic News] How much do Korean adults read?
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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Korean girl statue for ‘comfort women’ to be set up in California
The City of Glendale in California, U.S. will install a statue identical to one of a Korean girl that sits in Seoul in front of the Japanese Embassy as a reminder of Korean comfort women. The Korean American Forum of California said on its website that it is installing a statue in front of the Glendale Central Library to memorialize the victims of sexual slavery at the hands of the Japanese Imperial military during World War II. Glendale, about 16 km northeast of Los Angeles, is the third larges
PeopleMay 23, 2013
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President Park 11th on Forbes list of most powerful women
President Park Geun-hye placed 11th on Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most powerful women this year. It is the first time Park has made it onto the annual list by the U.S. economic magazine. She is also the only Korean on the roster. Forbes introduced the 61-year-old Park as South Korea’s first female president, having been elected with Korea’s highest turnout rate in 15 years.“This is her second ‘term’ in the presidential office. Her father, Park Chung-hee, was president for 18 years, and at a
PeopleMay 23, 2013
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Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest person to scale Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) ― An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday ― although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week. Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 8,850-meter peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time Thursday, according to a Nepalese mountaineering official and Miura’s Tokyo-based support team. Miura and his
PeopleMay 23, 2013
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Jang Nara to represent yet another Chinese fashion brand
Jang Nara has signed on with Chinese apparel company Yirienkkeueo to appear in its advertisements.Jang signed the contract with Yirienkkeueo on May 19 in front of thousands of her fans in Xiamen, China. “We picked Jang Nara as our new advertisement model because of her popularity in China. Also, we thought that her cute and lovely image perfectly matches our brand image,” an official from the brand stated.Jang, a singer and actress, has become the most wanted TV commercial model in China. She ha
PeopleMay 23, 2013
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T-ara’s subunit to meet fans at U.S. concert
T-ara’s subunit to meet fans at U.S. concertT-ara N4, the first subunit of the popular K-pop girl group, left for the United States to meet with their fans at star Chris Brown’s solo concert scheduled to be held in Las Vegas on May 26.The N4 unit members -- Eun-jung, Hyo-min, Ji-yeon, A-reum -- already made their first visit to the U.S last week where they met Chris Brown and other major musicians and artists including T.I.Of the seven-member T-ara, Bo-ram, So-yeon and Q-ri organized a second s
May 23, 2013
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Multiculturalism is real: filmmaker
Korean people should not approach multiculturalism as an ideology or theoretically, but accept it naturally as society has already become multicultural, according to Yook Sang-hyo, director of the 2010 movie “Banga Banga,” which comically depicts life for foreign migrant workers and social discrimination in Korea. “We should not be distracted by some cultural and social logic of multiculturalism. It’s real. Korean society has become multicultural. It’s time to accept it naturally,” said Yook dur
CultureMay 22, 2013
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Media image of foreigners a mixed bag
As Korean society becomes culturally diversified, multiculturalism has emerged as a popular topic in the mass media. Starting with 2007’s SBS TV drama “Golden Bride,” which featured a Vietnamese woman married to a Korean man, more TV dramas, movies and entertainment shows followed featuring different facets of multiculturalism in Korea. Multiculturalism was a major theme in recent box-office hits such as “Wandeuki” (English title “Punch”) in 2011 and “Banga Banga” (“He’s on Duty”) in 2010, as we
CultureMay 22, 2013
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Amazon plans new HQ modeled on greenhouse
SEATTLE, Washington (AFP) ― U.S. online giant Amazon has unveiled plans for a futuristic greenhouse style headquarters “where employees can work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting.”The Internet company revealed photos and sketches this week of the plan to be submitted to Seattle city officials, becoming the latest of the technology heavyweights to unveil a bold new headquarters plan.“The generative idea is that a plant-rich environment has many positive qualities that are not oft
Arts & DesignMay 22, 2013
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Gold becomes a theme at glitzy Cannes amfAR gala
There’s always glitz and glamour at Cannes, France, during its annual film festival, and it’s no different this year. But there’s still a heavy infusion of gold to come this week at Thursday’s amfAR gala, which will treat its celebrity guests to 40 of the world’s top models in “The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show,” curated by Carine Roitfeld.It’s the 20th edition of the gala, which raises money for AIDS research, and the “ultimate” show builds on a smaller one that launched last year. This
Arts & DesignMay 22, 2013
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Michelin star chef heads new restaurant in Seoul
Sardinian chef Roberto Petza assembles an amuse-bouche, starting with a base of carrot soup, layering it with slivers of bamboo, adding thin, short wands of almonds before topping it off with slices of raw oyster. Careful, deliberate and exacting, Petza is busy at work in the kitchen of his latest gastronomic adventure, Harmonium. “I like Korea,” Petza, 45, explained why he decided to helm a new restaurant in Seoul. “I like the ingredients from Korea.” Korea is familiar territory to Petza, who f
FoodMay 22, 2013
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Chapman brothers show diabolical art in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP) ― The Chapman brothers presented their latest epic installation featuring thousands of little figures in violent conflict Tuesday at the sidelines of Art Basel in Hong Kong, but dismissed the renowned fair as a “shop.”“The Sum of all Evil” by Jake and Dinos Chapman builds on previous works “Hell” (1999), and “Fucking Hell” (2008), which showcased innumerous miniature Nazis soldiers in various states of diabolical torment.Their ambitions to use themes of war, genocide, the apocaly
PerformanceMay 22, 2013
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Famous authors to discuss works in Seoul
A local book club is hosting two famous authors on May 25.Novelist Kim Young-ha, whose internationally-acclaimed works “I Have the Right to Destroy Myself” and “Your Republic is Calling You” have earned him fans at home and abroad, is the invited speaker for the 10 Magazine Book Club meeting organized by Sookmyung Women’s University professor Barry Welsh.Krys Lee, the Korean-American author of “Drifting House,” will moderate the meeting.Internationally recognized as a master of storytelling ― hi
BooksMay 22, 2013
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Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case in U.S.
HOUSTON (AP) ― A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Texas museum ― an act that was caught on cellphone video ― agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. His lawyer called his act “an artistic statement.’’Uriel Landeros had faced felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges accusing him of spray-painting “Woman in a Red Armchair’’ with an image of a bullfighter, a bull and the word “conquista,’’ the Spanish word for conquest.Land
PeopleMay 22, 2013
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei releases ‘Dumbass’
BEIJING (AFP) ― Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei released a foul-mouthed heavy rock song titled “Dumbass” on Wednesday, with a video parodying his months in police detention.The video accompanying the song, posted online, shows Ai under interrogation, marking a document with a red thumbprint, and wearing a black hood labelled “Criminal,” before being scrutinized by guards in a prison shower.Ai said he had created the five-minute video, which is peppered with foul language and also shows guards
PerformanceMay 22, 2013
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Opera to bring 1,100-year-old tale to life in today’s Apgujeong
According to hyangga, or folk songs from the Silla Kingdom (B.C. 57-A.D. 935), Cheo Yong was a man who came from nowhere and married a Silla woman. One day, when he returned home at night, he found “four legs” in his bed, obvious proof of his wife’s infidelity. But instead of becoming infuriated, he sang a song and stepped back. The wife’s lover, described as the god of misfortune, later apologized and promised never to return, praising Cheo Yong’s generosity. In 1987, dramatist Kim Eui-kyoung a
CultureMay 22, 2013
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Lee Hyori’s ‘Monochrome’ sweeps charts
K-pop singer Lee Hyori’s much-awaited comeback album “Monochrome” has swept the local music charts, proving her to be a force to be reckoned with despite her three-year hiatus from the music scene. The lead track, “Bad Girls,” from Lee’s fifth studio album topped the charts on Melon, Naver, Olleh and Bugs immediately upon its release on Tuesday while eight of the album’s 16 tracks were ranked in the top 10 on Bugs and Olleh. Seven tracks listed in the top 10 chart on Naver Music. “Bad Girls” was
PerformanceMay 22, 2013
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Hollywood to remake ‘Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance’
Famed director Park Chan-wook’s 2002 film “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” will get a Hollywood makeover, according to CJ Entertainment.The film is the first part of Park’s “Vengeance Trilogy,” which also includes “Oldboy” (2003) and “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance” (2005). Hollywood remakes are already planned for the other two films in the series. According to CJ Entertainment, it has signed a deal with Silver Reel and Lotus Entertainment and Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s di Bonaventura Pictures to create
FilmMay 22, 2013
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Kim Nam-gil back to being bad
Actor Kim Nam-gil is returning to the small screen in KBS’ “Don’t Look Back” after an almost three-year hiatus. “Don’t Look Back” is Kim’s first television drama since completing mandatory military service last July. “I am quite nervous,” Kim, 32, admitted at the series’ press conference in Seoul on Tuesday, adding that he was so jittery on the set that he had trouble keeping his hands steady while rehearsing. “I felt that a lot would have changed during those three years, but while working on ‘
TelevisionMay 22, 2013
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Actor to stand trial for putting tracking device on wife’s car
South Korean actor-singer Ryu Si-won has been indicted on charges of secretly planting a GPS tracking device on his estranged wife’s car, prosecutors said Wednesday.The 41-year-old actor is accused of tracking his wife’s GPS location for about eight months starting from May 2011, they said, adding that he allegedly installed a tracking app on her phone.The actor is also under suspicion of slapping his wife in the face several times when she asked about his alleged behavior, prosecutors said.The
PeopleMay 22, 2013
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Rooneys name second child Klay
MANCHESTER (AFP) ― Manchester United and England footballer Wayne Rooney’s wife Coleen has given birth to a second son, to be named Klay Anthony, the couple said on Tuesday. She gave birth to the 7 pound 11-and-a-half ounce boy at 2:11 a.m. after reportedly going into labor over the weekend. Klay is younger brother to the Rooneys’ first son, Kai Wayne, three, born on Nov. 2, 2009. One Tuesday morning Coleen Rooney tweeted to her one million Twitter followers: “At 2.11am our Beautiful Son... Klay
PeopleMay 22, 2013