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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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British designer urges Kate to buy less clothes
LONDON (AFP) ― Vivienne Westwood urged Prince William’s wife Catherine on Sunday to stop buying so many outfits and to be more environmentally responsible in the way she dressed.The eccentric British designer was speaking to reporters before her show at London Fashion Week, where she handed out a “climate revolution charter” which called on people to “buy less, choose well, make it last.”Westwood, a long-time environmental activist, was asked what advice she may have for the Duchess of Cambridge
PeopleFeb. 18, 2013
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Korean Americans run in N.Y. to ban Rising Sun Flag
Korean-Americans ran a 48-kilometer route through New York and Jersey City, Sunday, in the hope of banning the Rising Sun Flag. According to Dongponews.net, a Korean-language news website for overseas Korean communities, and Yonhap news agency, the Citizens Against War Criminal Symbolism, a New York-based group of Korean-Americans, held the marathon Sunday morning. The race started in front of the plaque near a library on Palisades Park, New Jersey, that commemorates women drafted as sex slaves
PeopleFeb. 18, 2013
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Sheriff: Mindy McCready had apparently shot self
Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, has died in Arkansas in an apparent suicide. She was 37.The Cleburne County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that McCready was found dead Sunday at a residence in Heber Springs from what appeared to be a single, self-inflicted gunshot to the head. An autopsy was pending.It wasn't the first suicide attempt for the troubled singer, whose list of problems only continued to grow in 2013.McCr
PerformanceFeb. 18, 2013
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Happiness tends to increase with age
Overall happiness and satisfaction with life tend to increase with age, but a person‘s well-being depends on when he or she was born, U.S. researchers say.Angelina R. Sutin of the Florida State University College of Medicine conducted the study while at the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. Sutin and colleagues used two large-scale longitudinal studies -- the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for t
CultureFeb. 18, 2013
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Men and women differ on partner’s ideal heights: study
男女 이상형의 조건, 키 몇 cm이상일까?Women want partners who tower over them, while men’s preferred height difference is significantly smaller, according to research by Dutch scientists.“Both men and women prefer to be in a couple where the man was taller than the woman, but not too tall, and the preference was most pronounced in women who, unlike men, considered partner heights unacceptable if they resulted in her being taller,” said Gert Stulp, evolutionary psychologist from the University of Groningen who
CultureFeb. 18, 2013
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Mindy McCready found dead in apparent suicide: report
U.S. singer Mindy McCready was found dead Sunday in what appears to be a suicide, according to U.S. news reports.The body of the 37-year-old country singer was found by local deputies at her home in Arkansas, according to a news release from the Cleburne County Sheriff. “Ms. McCready is deceased from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Sheriff Marty Moss said in an interview with USA Today newspaper.Moss said his officers visited the singer’s residence around 3:38 p.m. and found
PerformanceFeb. 18, 2013
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More men prioritize dating over work
Fifty percent of U.S. men versus 36 percent of women say they would choose a date over work, a survey for the specialty dating service It‘s Just Lunch said. It’s Just Lunch asked more than 4,300 U.S. single men and women a series of questions regarding how they view dating issues related to work. Forty-one percent of the women said work and dating held near equal importance in their lives and they made time for both.Dr. Paulette Kouffman Sherman, a psychologist who specializes in single career w
CultureFeb. 18, 2013
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Beauty queen gets 4 years after slaying
A former Washington state beauty queen will spend four years in prison for her role in helping lure a man to his death, prosecutors said.Peggy Sue Thomas, a former Ms. Washington who married a millionaire after joining the Navy, took a plea deal in Washington Superior Court to first-degree rendering criminal assistance in Russel Douglas‘ murder last month. Judge Alan Hancock sentenced her to a prosecution-recommended sentence of four years behind bars after prosecutors deemed a first-degree murd
TelevisionFeb. 18, 2013
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Vivienne Westwood urges Kate to buy less
Vivienne Westwood urged Prince William‘s wife Catherine on Sunday to stop buying so many outfits and to be more environmentally responsible in the way she dressed.The eccentric British designer was speaking to reporters before her show at London Fashion Week, where she handed out a “climate revolution charter” which called on people to “buy less, choose well, make it last”.Westwood, a long-time environmental activist, was asked what advice she may have for the Duchess of Cambridge, who has becom
Arts & DesignFeb. 18, 2013
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Korean films make mark
“Nobody’s Daughter Haewon,” directed by Hong Sang-soo, made its world premiere as it competed at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. The film is a chronicle of the life and struggles of a college student, Haewon, after her mother leaves for Canada and the off-again-on-again affair she ensues with her married professor. Hong’s film received mixed reviews. Some praised him for his simplistic vision, while others criticized his casual-like approach in terms of his scripting and camerawo
FilmFeb. 17, 2013
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Romanian movie ‘Child’s Pose’ wins at Berlin festival
BERLIN (AP) ― A Romanian drama that centers on a woman’s effort to cover up her son’s responsibility for an accident in which a boy is fatally injured won the Berlin film festival’s top Golden Bear award on Saturday.“Child’s Pose,’’ directed by Calin Peter Netzer, emerged as the winner from a field of 19 films that included a strong eastern European contingent this year ― the 63rd edition of the event, which is the first of the year’s major European film festivals. Netzer said he was “a little b
FilmFeb. 17, 2013
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Museum to restore ‘Jikji’ Vol. 1 types
A group of experts geared up to restore the metal types for the missing part of the world’s oldest surviving printed book, “Jikji.”The Cheongju Early Printing Museum on Sunday said that its head curator, Hwang Jeong-ha, and others had started research to restore the metal types used for the printing of the first volume of “Baegun Hwasang Chorok Bulji Jikji Simche Yojeol (Mater Baegun’s Excerpts from the Buddha and Patriarchs’ Direction Pointing to the Essence of Mind),” also known as “Jikji.” Cu
CultureFeb. 17, 2013
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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s iconic works on view in Seoul
African-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s artistic career lasted only eight years before he died at age 27, but he still remains as a mainstay in the global auction market: A drawing by Jean-Michel Basquiat was sold at the top price of $15.2 million at an auction last Friday in London. And now, some of his iconic works are on view at Kukje Gallery in Seoul until March, offering a broad survey of his works that left a lasting impression in the contemporary art scene in the 1980s. As Basquiat
PerformanceFeb. 17, 2013
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Barry Manilow enjoys ‘intimate’ Broadway return
NEW YORK (AP) ― It took a little while before Barry Manilow felt comfortable on Broadway.The Man Who Makes the Whole World Sing is used to far bigger venues than the 1,710-seat St. James Theatre, one of the smaller theaters on the Great White Way.“It’s a totally different feeling from the stage. I’m in their laps; they’re in my lap. It’s very, very intimate,” says Manilow. “This is like going to somebody’s house.”Manilow ― and his fans dubbed Fanilows ― are clearly enjoying his first return to B
PerformanceFeb. 17, 2013
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Foreign funnyman in a Korean world
This is the 13th in a series on foreigners working in Korean entertainment. ― Ed.Sam Hammington first arrived in Korea in 1998 as a foreign exchange student. He was double majoring, with one major in Korean studies.So when he moved to Korea permanently in 2002, he already had a decent command of the Korean language. He had hoped to spend two or three years working in Korea so that he wouldn’t lose his language abilities when he returned to Australia.But being a Korean-speaking foreigner in Korea
TelevisionFeb. 17, 2013
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Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew in hospital
SINGAPORE (AFP) ― Former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew is recovering in hospital after suffering from an irregular heartbeat, the government said Saturday.Lee, 89, will remain at Singapore General Hospital for a few days, said a statement issued by the office of his son, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.The elder Lee was confined on Friday “after experiencing a suspected transient ischaemic attack (TIA) associated with a prolonged episode of atrial fibrillation”, or an irregular he
PeopleFeb. 17, 2013
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First mass wedding held since church founder’s death
Thousands of Unification Church followers were married in a mass wedding in South Korea Sunday ― the first since the death of their “messiah” and controversial church founder Moon Sun-myung.Some 3,500 identically-dressed couples ― many of mixed nationality who had met just days before ― took part in the ceremony at the church’s headquarters in Gapyeong, east of the capital Seoul.Mass weddings, some held in giant sports stadia with tens of thousands of couples, have long been a signature feature
PeopleFeb. 17, 2013
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Actor Shin donates huge plot of land to SNU
Actor Shin Young-kyun, 84, who graduated from the dentistry college of Seoul National University in 1955, donated 66,000 square meters of land in Jeju to his alma mater Friday, the school said.Shin and the university agreed to establish the Shin Young Kyun-Seoul National University Development Fund with the donation.Shin debuted as an actor on the big screen in 1960 and has since starred in about 300 films. He served as president of the Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organizations of Korea an
PeopleFeb. 17, 2013
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Harlem shake goes viral
(Youtube)A video of four U.S. men doing the Harlem shake dance move to electronic music has gone viral, prompting thousands of copy-cat videos to pop up on YouTube.The meme began in late January when the original video under the video blogger name Filthy Frank was posted online depicting the four men dancing to a song cut by New York DJ Baauer, California‘s Bay Area News Group r
CultureFeb. 17, 2013
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Kardashian, Humphries divorce date set
A Los Angeles judge has set a date for the divorce of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, after the basketball player attempted to delay the trial.Judge Stephen Moloney said the five-day trial will begin May 6, putting an end to Humphries‘ attempts to delay the proceedings further due to “uncooperative third parties,” E! News reported Friday.The trial will be heard by Judge Scott Gordon, the same judge who presided over the divorce of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, E! said.Humphries’ lawyer,
TelevisionFeb. 17, 2013