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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Court refuses injunction on medical school expansion
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Why Korean crime stories typically feature nameless, faceless perpetrators
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Is FTC's conglomerate listing a boon or bane for Hybe?
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NewJeans to headline palace show
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Coupang's Kim Bom escapes chaebol chief designation again
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Debate on 'no-seniors zones' heats up
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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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Rare screening for N.K. film at Busan festival
BUSAN (AFP) ― A North Korean romantic comedy about a female coalminer who dreams of becoming a trapeze artist was given a rare screening before a South Korean audience on Wednesday.South Korea normally bans all forms of media from the North but the government made an exception for the romantic comedy “Comrade Kim Goes Flying,” screening at the 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).“We are proud to say that we have played our part in the cultural exchange between North and South Korea,” s
FilmOct. 11, 2012
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More room at the top for women in TV
CANNES, France (AFP) ― Women are reshaping the landscape of TV and digital entertainment as more and more female executives clinch top industry jobs around the world, a shift on full display at this week’s MIPCOM audiovisual trade fair.Held each year on the French Riviera at the same site as the Cannes Film Festival, MIPCOM brings together the movers and shakers of the global entertainment business to network, talk shop and buy, sell and finance new content.Women have an increasingly strong pres
TelevisionOct. 11, 2012
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Psy mends rift; U.S. No. 1 proves elusive
It has been quite a week for the Korean rapping icon Psy. He and fellow entertainer Kim Jang-hoon appear to have solved their differences and Korea’s Ministry of Gender Equality and Family lifted the 19-and-older age restriction on one of Psy’s songs from 2010. However, not all of the news is good as it was also announced that U.S. band Maroon 5 has once again stopped Psy in his tracks in his quest for a U.S. No. 1. For the third consecutive week Maroon 5 has kept Psy from topping the U.S. Billb
PerformanceOct. 11, 2012
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Sports-mad Putin promoted to the eighth dan in judo
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Russia’s judo-mad President Vladimir Putin, who turned 60 earlier this week and in the past sparred with top judokas, has been promoted to the eighth dan in the sport, the International Judo Federation (IJF) said on Wednesday.The ninth dan indicates the rank of a grand master, and only a few living people in the world are believed to have the highest 10th dan.“President Putin represents a high expression of the judo values in the world,” IJF president Marius Vizer said in a statem
PeopleOct. 11, 2012
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Usain Bolt’s future may be in football
TOKYO (AP) ― Football may be in Usain Bolt’s future. The Olympic great said Wednesday he might try his hand at the global game once he retires from the track.“I have said I wanted to try football,” said Bolt, the world-record holder at both 100 and 200 meters. “I always wanted to try to play soccer. Maybe at the end of my career. It would be something that I would love to try. I watch it on TV and see these guy plays. I play it all the time with my friends. I played childhood matches in Jamaica
PeopleOct. 11, 2012
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Elderly German bids last farewell to N. Korean husband
BERLIN (Yonhap News) ― An elderly German woman, whose love story with her long-lost North Korean husband drew international attention in 2008 when they met for the first time in 47 years, said Wednesday she visited the communist nation last month after learning of his death.Renate Hong, 76, visited the North from Sept. 26-Oct. 3 together with her son, after learning that her 79-year-old husband, Hong Ok-keun, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Sept. 4. She visited his grave and paid her respects.S
PeopleOct. 11, 2012
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KTO appoints Kenny G as honorary envoy for tourism
The Korea Tourism Organization named jazz saxophonist Kenny G an honorary ambassador of Korean tourism on Wednesday. The appointment was made as he visited Korea to attend the Network of Korean American Leadership (NetKAL) Summit and Gala event on Wednesday. “I am flattered to be named an honorary ambassador in Korea,” said Kenny G at the press conference held along with the event. Since the musician first visited Korea for a concert 17 years ago, he said he has been drawn to the great exciteme
PeopleOct. 11, 2012
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American singer detained for drunken violence
American singer Chris Golightly has been booked without physical detention on a charge of attacking a passerby, Seoul police said Thursday.Golightly allegedly threw a traffic cone at 28-year-old Im, after she refused to give him a cigarette, according to Yongsan Police Station in Seoul. He was drunk at the time.The 29-year-old singer, who is most well known for making the “top 10” at the famous TV talent show “Superstar K3,” had been embroiled in a sex scandal with female fans in the past. From
PerformanceOct. 11, 2012
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Woman walks free after pleading guilty to sex crime
A 32-year-old British woman has been accused of having sex with teenage siblings, news reports said. Claire Louise Roundill was spared jail after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual acts with the teenagers, supplying cannabis and possessing of the drug at Hull Crown Court. At the first time, she had a relationship with the elder of the siblings. After she was dumped, she started to chat up his younger brother. According to the boys, she has been sending a 15-year-old boy hundreds of text messa
PeopleOct. 11, 2012
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Bieber is distant cousin of Gosling, Lavigne
Call it the Canadian dynasty of teenybopper pop and movie stardom.Genealogists at Ancestry.com say they‘ve discovered teen idol Justin Bieber is a distant cousin of movie star Ryan Gosling and singer Avril Lavigne. Their family link dates back to some of Quebec’s earliest settlers 400 years ago, the Utah-based company said Thursday.As if Bieber didn‘t have enough superstar genes, Ancestry.com also said he’s a distant relative of singer Celine Dion.“The great thing about family history is that yo
PerformanceOct. 11, 2012
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Free speech debate on ‘witch doctor’ Obama
A New Jersey shop owner says a picture at his store depicting President Barack Obama as a witch doctor isn‘t racist, and has gotten mostly positive reaction.The picture at Bill Skuby’s clothing store in Spring Lake, N.J., shows the president in a loincloth with a bone in his nose and a caption reading “Obama Care, coming soon to a clinic near you.” The “C” is formed from the Communist hammer and sickle symbol.Skuby, 66, said he put the photo in the store window last week.“A lot of people feel th
PeopleOct. 11, 2012
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Kim Jang-hoon, Psy make up at a show in Seoul
Pop singer Kim Jang-hoon and “Gangnam Style” sensation Psy made up after alleged conflicts over Psy’s copying of Kim’s stage techniques. Psy (left) and Kim Jang-hoon. (YouTube)At a show “Night of the Stars 2012” held at a hotel in Seoul, Kim unexpectedly appeared onstage with Psy and publicly said he felt sorry for causing the trouble.“I apologize for making it hard for Jae-sang (Psy’s real name)
PerformanceOct. 11, 2012
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Psy's 'Gangnam Style' stalls on Billboard
"Gangnam Style," an ultra-popular song by South Korean rapper Psy, again failed to reach the summit of the Billboard chart this week."Style" stayed behind Maroon 5's "One More Night" for the third consecutive week in the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard.com announced Wednesday."Again, the race was extremely close," Billboard said.The overall chart point gap widened to 700, however, from fewer than 500
PerformanceOct. 11, 2012
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Afghan offers bounty for anti-Islam filmmaker
A religious cleric in western Afghanistan said Wednesday he is offering a $300,000 bounty to anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film that has angered Muslims around the world.Mir Farooq Hussini, a cleric and the spokesman for an organization representing about 450 religious schools in Herat province, made the latest bounty offer. U.S. federal prosecutors said Mark Basseley Youssef, 55, an
FilmOct. 11, 2012
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Warhol Foundation takes on cosmetics with Nars
NEW YORK (AP) ― Francois Nars had Andy Warhol coffee table books in his living room and Yves Saint Laurent in his closet growing up in the ’70s in the south of France.“I always feel so terrible for the people who got born after that era because there was something really in the air that was unexplainable,’’ the makeup legend said, lounging in the lobby of a Midtown hotel for a recent interview. “There was something very, very free. Today, everything is so much more controlled and so much more pr
Arts & DesignOct. 10, 2012
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Classic club offers answer to quest for posh night out
Following is part of a series of Seoul’s hottest bars and clubs. ― Ed.Visitors to Seoul often express awe at the variety of nighttime entertainment available in the capital that never seems to sleep.Hundreds of restaurants are open 24 hours and most of them offer delivery services. Bars and clubs do not close until 5 a.m. and most clubs stay open as late ― or as early ― as 7 a.m. In fact, staying at the club till it closes and then going out for breakfast is de rigueur for serious clubbers here.
PerformanceOct. 10, 2012
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Experience the world at Itaewon Global Village Festival
Food, drinks and live entertainment bring the world to the melting pot of SeoulThe world will be at your fingertips at this year’s Itaewon Global Village Festival ― three days jam-packed with various cultural activities, performances and cuisine from around the globe. The festival will be held Friday through Sunday with stages and street booths scattered throughout the Itaewon area. Each day of the festival will showcase a wide range of global cultures, featuring events such as international foo
CultureOct. 10, 2012
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Art bank launched by government
The Korean government launched an art bank to better manage the state-owned art collection and to run a proper loan system. “The government art bank will manage the art collection professionally and systematically. By doing so, I hope we can improve the quality of the government art collection and stimulate the art market,” said Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik at the launching event at the National Museum of Contemporary Art on Wednesday. With the establishment of the art bank, all purchases an
PerformanceOct. 10, 2012
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Pop Art genius Lichtenstein gets major U.S. retrospective
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Roy Lichtenstein, the American painter whose comic book-inspired canvases gave the Pop Art movement some of its most vivid images, is getting his first major retrospective since his death 15 years ago.Beginning Sunday, the National Gallery of Art in Washington will be exhibiting 130 of his paintings, drawings and sculptures, reflecting a long and prolific career that ended when he passed away at the age of 73.The show moves to the Tate Modern museum in London next February and
PerformanceOct. 10, 2012
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World’s biggest book fair homes in on children’s literature
FRANKFURT (AFP) ― The world’s biggest book fair opened here on Tuesday with the spotlight on children’s literature, traditionally an “under-recognized” sector but now seen as a driving force in publishing.More than 7,000 exhibitors are expected from Wednesday at the five-day Frankfurt Book Fair, which this year also puts the literary traditions, arts and culture of New Zealand in the spotlight as its guest of honour.“Childrens’ books have been doing very well around the world,” Richard Robinson,
BooksOct. 10, 2012