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Court refuses injunction on medical school expansion
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Is NewJeans headed for a long 'break'?
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Jimin of BTS, actor Song Da-eun suspected to be dating, again
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Police raid popera singer Kim Ho-joong's house over hit-and-run suspicions
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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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N. Korea slams planned S. Korea-US military drills, warns of 'catastrophic aftermath'
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N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS
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‘Malice should not undermine the system, social order,’ says Hybe's Bang
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Unlocking pieces of Korean history
Society today is riddled with the latest and best security systems for protecting valuables. Everything of value seems to hide behind the protective barriers of deadbolts, eye scanners, key pads or voice and fingerprint recognition, elements that made films like “Ocean’s 11” so intriguing. Technological advancements have allowed for an increase in the beefiness of high-tech security to the point where old-fashioned keys and locks are slowly becoming things of the past — soon to be archaic relics
CultureNov. 13, 2012
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Seven Korean musicals to be performed in Tokyo
A total of seven Korean musicals will be performed in Tokyo’s affluent Roppongi district, according to local entertainment company CJ E&M.The Korean company is collaborating with Amuse, a prominent Japanese entertainment agency, for a project to stage Korea’s homegrown musicals with all-Korean cast starting next April. The shows are: CJ E&M’s “Cafe-in,” “Poongwoljoo,” “Finding Mr. Destiny” and “While You Are Asleep,”; PMC Production’s “Music in My Heart” and “Brothers Were Brave”; and Aga Compan
PerformanceNov. 13, 2012
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Brown Eyed Soul to kick off nationwide tour
The sweet, melodic vocals of the soulful group Brown Eyed Soul can be heard live starting next month. The group announced that it would embark on a nationwide tour starting Dec. 15. The tour will hit seven cities, beginning with Gwangju and moving on to Ilsan, Daegu, Daejeon, Suwon, Busan and Seoul.The tour, which has been named “Soul Play,” will be the group’s second nationwide tour after 2011’s “Soul Fever” tour. The Korean R&B quartet is known for their soaring vocals and harmonizing sound. T
PerformanceNov. 13, 2012
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Chairman of U.S. joint chiefs of staff visits DMZ
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The top U.S. military officer, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, caught some North Korean soldiers off guard earlier this week as he traveled to the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas, according to the Pentagon.Several stories, carried Monday on the website of the Defense Department, gave detailed accounts of Dempsey’s visits to Seoul and the DMZ along with Army Gen. James D. Thurman, who leads the U.S. Forces Korea.Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of S
PeopleNov. 13, 2012
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Actress, professor set up video box at U.S. gallery
Actress Song Hye-kyo and Seo Kyung-duk, a visiting professor at Sungshin Women’s University and an expert on promoting Korea, launched a video box promoting Korea at the newly renovated Arts of Korea Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. By showing the process of making traditional pottery in a video presentation, the two expect to give museum visitors a better understanding of Korean culture as well as raise the public’s interest. The gallery, scheduled to open on Nov. 16, will feature
CultureNov. 13, 2012
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Man tracks down crush using Reddit
A New York University student managed to track down a girl he was attracted to by using social media network Reddit.According to NYU’s news blog NYU Local, a student who identified himself as “Tom” posted a request on Reddit saying he needed to find a female student with whom he shared an umbrella with on campus.Tom said they exchanged first names, majors and hometown, but he forgot to ask for her contact details. “She’s about 5’4" from what I could tell, skinny, brunette,” desperate Tom wrote l
PeopleNov. 13, 2012
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Oxford chooses 'omnishambles' as word of the year
Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: ``omnishambles.''Oxford University Press on Tuesday crowned the word _ defined as ``a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations'' _ its top term of 2012.Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year. The publisher
CultureNov. 13, 2012
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T.S. Eliot’s widow Valerie Eliot dies
LONDON (AP) ― Valerie Eliot, the widow of T.S. Eliot and zealous guardian of the poet’s literary legacy for almost half a century, has died. She was 86.In a statement Sunday, the Eliot estate said Valerie Eliot died two days before at her London home after a short illness.Born Valerie Fletcher in Leeds, northern England, on Aug. 17, 1926, Eliot was the second wife of the U.S.-born Nobel literature laureate. She met him at London publisher Faber & Faber, where he was a director and she a star-str
BooksNov. 12, 2012
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Archaeologists explore site on Syria-Turkey border
ISTANBUL (AP) ― Few archaeological sites seem as entwined with conflict, ancient and modern, as the city of Karkemish.The scene of a battle mentioned in the Bible, it lies smack on the border between Turkey and Syria, where civil war rages today. Twenty-first century Turkish sentries occupy an acropolis dating back more than 5,000 years, and the ruins were recently demined. Visible from crumbling, earthen ramparts, a Syrian rebel flag flies in a town that regime forces fled just months ago.A Tur
CultureNov. 12, 2012
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Pansori meets the horror genre
What would it be like to watch a pansori performance that’s very much like a horror film?The National Changgeuk Theater of Korea is presenting “Janghwa Hongryeon” this month in an attempt to create a “changgeuk,” traditional Korean opera, that’s more accessible to today’s public. The piece combines Korea’s traditional vocal and percussion music, pansori, and the folktale’s engaging plot. The traditional tale of two sisters, who become vengeful ghosts after being killed by their evil stepmother a
PerformanceNov. 12, 2012
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Sotheby’s to sell love letters of Mick Jagger
LONDON (AP) ― Handwritten letters from Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger to his former lover Marsha Hunt will be auctioned in London next month.Hunt is an American-born singer who was the inspiration for the Stones’ 1971 hit “Brown Sugar’’ and bore Jagger’s first child.Sotheby’s said Saturday that Hunt has tasked the auction house with selling 10 letters written from the set of Jagger’s film “Ned Kelly,’’ which was shooting in Australia.Hunt said the letters chronicling their “delicate love af
PerformanceNov. 12, 2012
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China film industry ‘shaken’ since opening up: Beijing
BEIJING (AFP) ― China’s film industry has been “shaken” after the country’s cinemas were opened up to show more foreign productions, a government official said Sunday on the sidelines of a pivotal party congress.China, which is set to become the world’s second-largest movie market this year, agreed in February to lift its quota of foreign movies per year from 20 to 34 in a move long sought by Hollywood.“This has brought handsome profits to the American film industry but has also posed pressure a
FilmNov. 12, 2012
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Kochon Prize goes to South African TB center
The Kochon Foundation, established by Lee Chong-kun, the late chairman and founder of Korean pharmaceutical firm Chong Kun Dang in 1973, announced Desmond Tutu TB Center in South Africa as the 7th Kochon Prize winner Tuesday.Officials said that the prize recognizes contributions by the tuberculosis research institute to public heath and the medical environment in South Africa by leading its drive to build systematic health systems and educate its people about the prevention of the disease.The aw
PeopleNov. 12, 2012
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National Pension Service chief to lecture at Harvard
National Pension Service chairman and CEO Jun Kwang-woo will give a lecture on economy and finance at Harvard Business School in the United States Wednesday.He is also scheduled to discuss economic and financial investment issues with the school faculty.The former World Bank senior economist, who also served as chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission, has been invited to speak at Harvard Business School under its distinguished speakers series, officials said. They added that global pens
PeopleNov. 12, 2012
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Park tapped as space arbitrator
Professor Park Won-hwa of Korea Aerospace University has been tapped as an arbitrator by the Permanent Court of Arbitration based in The Hague, the Netherlands, the university announced on Monday.Park, 61, a professor of the department of air and space law at KAU, was recently named among 14 arbitrators for space-related disputes by the international organization, according to the university.Established in 1899 with an aim of facilitating arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution between
PeopleNov. 12, 2012
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Major U.S. distributor to release Bong Joon-ho's English debut film
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's English-language directorial debut film is likely to be released in North America and other English-speaking countries.The Weinstein Company, a major U.S. distributor, recently picked up the English-language rights to "Snow Piercer" from South Korea's CJ Entertainment, an investor, distributor and production company, CJ said in a release Monday.Under the deal reached at this year's American Film Market, the American company will distribute the thriller in Nor
CultureNov. 12, 2012
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Second woman named in Petraeus probe
A Florida woman was named Sunday as the recipient of allegedly harassing emails from former CIA Director David Petraeus' female biographer.Petraeus, 60, resigned this week after admitting he "showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair" with his 40-year-old biographer, Paula Broadwell, who is married to a doctor and has two children.The Los Angeles Times reported Jill Kelley of Tampa, who it described as a State Department liaison to the military's Joint Special Operatio
PeopleNov. 12, 2012
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Third Bridget Jones novel on the way
British author Helen Fielding says she has started writing a sequel to 1996‘s “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and 1999‘s “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.”The books and two film adaptations, starring Renee Zellweger as the titular heroine, were based on a newspaper column Fielding began writing in 1995.“I’m having a lot of fun and it‘s very funny and it’s making me laugh,” Fielding told the BBC about returning to Bridget‘s story.“After the unexpected success when it first came out, I was startled by t
FilmNov. 12, 2012
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‘Wizard of Oz’ dress sells for $480,000
The dress Judy Garland wore in the film “The Wizard of Oz” fetched $480,000 at a Hollywood memorabilia auction in California, officials said.The unnamed buyer bought the dress Saturday at Julien‘s Auctions Beverly Hills Gallery, The Hollywood Reporter said.Garland’s iconic dress was not the only costume sold; the dress Julie Andrews wore in “The Sound of Music” brought $38,400, and a purple skirt worn by Marilyn Monroe during the filming of “River of No Return” sold for $50,000.Other items sold
FilmNov. 12, 2012
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‘Gangnam Style’ wins top MTV Europe award
The “Gangnam Style” phenomenon continued to forge ahead as Psy yet again added more notches to his global superstardom belt. The ubiquitous smash hit won the Best Video award at the 2012 MTV European Music Awards on Sunday in Frankfurt, Germany, while Psy became the first Korean artist ever to perform at the annual awards ceremony. David Hasselhoff, well known for his role as a lifeguard on the popular U.S. TV series “Baywatch,” presented Psy with his award. “Can I have a minute? Because I am a
PerformanceNov. 12, 2012