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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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[Photo News] Seoul seeks 'best sleeper'
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US expert says N. Korea might ignore Trump if he returns to White House
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Yoon vows to advance freedom, welfare to uphold spirit of 1980 pro-democracy uprising
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Sanjeok, (skewered beef with asparagus, mushrooms)
Asparagus is in season! Look for bright green stalks that are firm with tight tips. I enjoy this delicious and healthy spring vegetable in any form. Here, I used them in a traditional Korean dish called sanjeok. It is a variety of jeok ― skewered meat and vegetables. Some jeok varieties are egg-battered, but sanjeok is not. As with any skewered or kebab dish, you can have fun with it by mixing up different meats and vegetables. 2-3 servings Ingredients:● 9 asparagus stalks (at least medium thick
FoodApril 12, 2013
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Nouveau sushi at Tatsumi
Modern sushi has evolved by leaps and bounds in Seoul over the past few years to the point where it is practically the norm. Now, fish-obsessed diners can pick from a burgeoning crop of both high-end and wallet-friendly spots to satisfy cravings for sumptuous omakase meals where mouthwatering sushi is served piece by perfectly seasoned piece. A mere three years ago, that was not the case. When Tatsumizushi quietly opened in Ichon-dong, Seoul, the restaurant was one of the first to present the co
FoodApril 12, 2013
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Psy’s ‘Gentleman’ sweeps Korean music charts
Psy’s new single “Gentleman” swept the local music charts immediately after it was released in 119 countries at midnight on Thursday.The electro-dance song with more English-language lyrics and a catchy dance tune topped Korean music charts on Friday including Naver Music, Mnet, Soribada, Melon and Bugs.The song, a mocking portrait of a self-proclaimed “gentleman” trying to seduce women at a party, has more English-language lyrics than “Gangnam Style,” with repeated phrases including “I’m a moth
PerformanceApril 12, 2013
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[Photo News] Herald HR manager forum
Expat LivingApril 12, 2013
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List: McCartney is U.K.’s richest musician
LONDON (AP) ― Let it be ― as in billionaire.Paul McCartney remains Britain’s wealthiest musician, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.The newspaper estimated Thursday that the ex-Beatle shares a 680 million pound ($1.05 billion) fortune with his third wife, Nancy Shevell, whose family owns a U.S. trucking company.McCartney has topped the musicians’ list every year since it was first compiled in 1989. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is ranked second, with an estimated 620 million pound fortune.A
CultureApril 12, 2013
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TVXQ’s Max Changmin wins Japanese film award: agency
Max Changmin, a member of a popular singing duo TVXQ, will be presented with an acting award in Japan, his agency said Friday.“Max will be receiving best new actor award at the 22nd Japan Movie Critics’ Award ceremony on May 2,” S.M. Entertainment said. The 25-year-old singer and actor made his acting debut last year in a Japanese film “Fly with the Gold,” which depicts five men plotting gold robbery. Max played “Momo," a North Korean spy disguised as a student.In addition to acting and music, t
PerformanceApril 12, 2013
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Can Psy’s ‘Gentleman’ spawn another frenzy?
South Korean pop singer Psy unveiled his new song “Gentleman” on Friday.The highly anticipated follow-up of his global hit “Gangnam Style” was released at midnight in 119 countries around the world. Within an hour after the release, Psy’s new single topped the lists of South Korea’s biggest online music charts including Mnet, Melon, Soribada and Bugs.Co-written by Psy and producer Yoo Keon-hyung, “Gentleman” features self-mocking lyrics with a simple but addictive melody. Yoo and Psy worked toge
PerformanceApril 12, 2013
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Babies prefer overweight men: study
U.K. researchers said in a recent study that babies tend to favor overweight men over muscular, attractive men. Researchers at University of Sheffield conducted a study on three baby groups aged 3 months, 6 months and 9 months to find out what male figures infants preferred.The babies were shown batches of photos of attractive men and another batch that featured relatively less attractive men. Each photo was shown for 10 seconds at a time.In the study, 9-month-old babies’ eyes lingered more on p
CultureApril 12, 2013
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Jeju to open health care town in 2018
Jeju Island has unveiled a plan for a Health Care Town, aimed to complete construction by 2018, adding one more reason to visit the hot travel destination. The Korea Health Industry Development Institute and the Ministry of Health and Welfare held a conference to introduce a blueprint of the resort-style medical tourism business in a bid to attract foreign investment at Jeju Grand Hotel on Thursday.The number of foreign-based patients who visited Korea for medical treatments surged by 27.3 perce
TravelApril 12, 2013
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Actress Go Hyun-jung casted in “Queen’s Classroom”
Actress Go Hyun-jung will come back to the small screen with MBC’s upcoming television drama series “Queen’s Classroom.”The 42-year-old actress is to play the main role as a ferocious and ruthless primary school teacher in the series, which kicks off this June. “She (Go) chose ‘Queen’s Classroom’ as her next drama for its unique storyline. Also, since Go has never played the role of teacher, she is determined to work with many child actors and actresses to boost the quality of the series,” said
TelevisionApril 12, 2013
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Psy back in saddle with new single 'Gentleman'
“Gangnam Style” star Psy Friday unveiled the highly anticipated follow-up to his global hit with another catchy dance tune infused with his signature self-mocking humor.Even Kim Jong-Un's threats of nuclear war couldn't divert world attention from the main event on the Korean peninsula this week as “Gentleman” hit online music stores in a midnight rolling release across 119 nations.With fans and critics waiting to see whether the “Gangnam Style” star and his invisible horse-riding dance are more
PerformanceApril 12, 2013
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Kiwis first to hear Psy’s 'Gentleman’ debut
K-pop sensation Psy finally unveiled his new song “Gentleman” in 119 countries on Thursday night, at midnight in their respective local times.New Zealand was the first country to listen to the song due to the time difference, three hours before the song was released in Korea.The fast-tempo single, a follow-up to the global megahit “Gangnam Style,” was released via local Korean music sites and iTunes at midnight.According to wire news reports, the techno beat song carried repeated phrases “I am a
PerformanceApril 11, 2013
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Novelist goes deep into heart of Texas
Scratchgravel RoadBy Tricia Fields (Minotaur)“ScratchgravelRoad”has a gritty heroine, a rugged border landscape and extreme Texas weather ― pretty much everything you’d expect in a mystery from an author based in ... Indiana?This is the second novel featuring Josie Gray, police chief in the economically strapped West Texas town of Artemis. She battled Mexican drug cartels in Tricia Fields’ debut mystery “The Territory,” which won the Tony Hillerman Prize.In “Scratchgravel Road,” Chief Gray must
BooksApril 11, 2013
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Book reveals all that we miss in our lives
All That IsBy James Salter(Knopf)Before becoming a full-time writer, 87-year-old James Salter was a fighter pilot, and he has written often and well about flying.“All That Is,” Salter’s first full-length novel in more than 30 years, isn’t ostensibly about flying at all, even if its protagonist does a brief stint in a plane toward the end of World War II. But the experience of reading this book is akin to one’s panoramic view, when aloft and moving fast. You can see a lot, albeit briefly and ofte
BooksApril 11, 2013
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Food security expert predicts use of food as power leverage
A Korean scholar has published a book suggesting environmental problems will cause a world food crisis.Titled “Food War 2030,” the book is written by Lee Cherl-ho, who holds a Ph.D. in food science from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Fredericksberg, Denmark. After working as a researcher for four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he worked for the Korea Food Security Research Foundation for 30 years. “We now know that the world cannot be conquered through m
PerformanceApril 11, 2013
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Caroline Kennedy becomes ambassador to world of poetry
Poetry doesn’t get enough credit as a social activity, Caroline Kennedy says.“More and more kids are memorizing poems together or participating in poetry slam teams,” she says. “For kids, if you do something with your friends, it makes it a lot more fun.”Her own experience has run the gamut from reciting four-liners as a child living in the White House to receiving classic lines translated from “Metamorphoses” as a Christmas present from her Latin-loving daughter.So does Kennedy even have specia
BooksApril 11, 2013
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New biography of C.S. Lewis explores the man behind ‘Narnia’
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), the author of “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Mere Christianity” and “The Screwtape Letters,” was far from a perfect human being, and, Christian that he was, would have been the first to admit it.Nonetheless, in a new biography of the writer and scholar, Alister McGrath quickly piles up good reasons for a reader to like Lewis. The writer disliked denominational squabbling and literary theory; he stood in favor of animals, alcohol and reading old books.To the tip the scales e
BooksApril 11, 2013
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Artist behind ceramics on ‘The Kimchi Chronicles’ holds show
Ceramic pieces made by artist Yi Yoon-shin are among the most sought-after dinnerware among Koreans. Her calm, serene ceramic dinnerware goes well with any kind of food ― whether it be Korean or pasta. Drawn by its beauty, chef Jean-George Vongerichten, who owns a number of Michelin-starred restaurants, bought all of her dinnerware to use to serve his food and other traditional Korean dishes on PBS documentary series on Korean food “The Kimchi Chronicles.”The 55-year-old artist is currently hold
PerformanceApril 11, 2013
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Nominees named for English translation prize
NEW YORK (AP) ― A novel by Romanian-born German Nobel laureate Herta Muller is among the finalists for prizes given for best English language translations of fiction and poetry.Muller’s “The Hunger Angel’’ was translated from German by Philip Boehm and has been nominated for a Best Translated Book Award.Ten fiction works and six poetry books were announced Wednesday by Three Percent, a center for international literature that’s based at the University of Rochester in New York. Winning authors an
BooksApril 11, 2013
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Clearer rubbing of newly found Goguryeo stele in China released
A clearer ink rubbing of a recently discovered rare stele from the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo was made public for the first time in South Korea Thursday.The rubbed copy is expected to serve as a crucial catalyst for the study of the monument by local historians since it has the best quality of all others that have been released so far.The monument believed to date from Goguryeo, which controlled the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and northeastern China for more than 700 years unti
CultureApril 11, 2013