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Iran’s president found dead at helicopter crash site
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Seoul rolls out W250b package in bid to lure foreign talent
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N. Korea slams US subcritical nuclear test, vows measures to bolster nuclear deterrence
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Korea's increasing US investment mutually beneficial: report
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Yoon vetoes bill for special probe into young Marine's death
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SNU alums nabbed for digital sex crimes
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Minister warns against trusting NK stated intentions, says Moon misguided
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South Korea bans viral North Korea propaganda video praising Kim
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AI Seoul Summit to discuss ways to make AI equitable in Global South
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Hermes celebrates craftsmanship
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Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion, readies reggae record
NEW YORK (AP) ― Snoop Dogg wants you to know that he’s tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about.Also, he’s got a new name: Snoop Lion.The artist said at a news conference Monday in New York that he was “born again’’ during a visit to Jamaica in February and is ready to make music that his “kids and grandparents can listen to.’’The former gangster rapper is releasing a reggae album called “Reincarnated’’ in the fall.
PerformanceAug. 1, 2012
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Diana Ross urges privacy for Jackson children
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Diana Ross says the recent turmoil involving Michael Jackson‘s children and the appointment of a temporary guardian is a private matter and shouldn’t be playing out publicly.The singer writes in a statement to the Associated Press that "all interests are best served if it remains private."Ross was named in Jackson‘s 2002 will as a potential guardian for his three children if his mother was not available to serve. A judge suspended Katherine Jackson as the children’s guardian
PerformanceAug. 1, 2012
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T-ara‘s Hwayoung apologizes for causing trouble amid bullying controversy
The controversy over top South Korean girl group T-ara‘s surprise shedding of one of its members is showing signs of abating as the member apologized for causing trouble on her personal Twitter account.The controversy began when five members of the group on Saturday left tweets in unison apparently critical of Hwayoung’s attitude, giving an impression that she may have been bullied by fellow group members. On Monday, the group‘s management agency, Core Content Media, announced a decision to term
Aug. 1, 2012
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Greek mythology meets Jeju folktale in modern ballet
Kim Yong-geol’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ brings rare form of intercultural performanceThe famous tale of Orpheus and Eurydice from Greek mythology has been made into countless films, operas and ballet pieces in the past. Former Opera de Paris dancer Kim Yong-geol’s recently staged ballet certainly added a new flavor to the timeless tale. The modern ballet piece, which finished its two-day run last week, was a rare combination of a lot of things. There was a mixture of modern dance and ballet; gug
PerformanceAug. 1, 2012
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Buy your next vacation souvenir in your hotel room
DALLAS (AP) ― Hotel rooms are no longer just a place to shower, sleep or maybe indulge in a breakfast in bed. They’re now also spots to pick up a souvenir ― and no, we aren’t talking about stealing the towels.Like that painting over the bed? How about that drawing next to the TV? At hotels around the globe, guests now have the option to purchase the art work in their rooms.For several years, hotels have invited local artists in to decorate hallways, lobbies and other public spaces. It’s a way th
TravelAug. 1, 2012
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Climate change prompts French ski area to mull downsize
GRENOBLE, France (AFP) ― A modest ski area in the French Alps is ready to unbolt its chairlifts and rope off slopes as the local mayor concludes that climate change means the trails ahead will be rocky.Henri-Victor Tournier, the mayor of Biot, wants to clear cable towers from the 1,230-meter-high resort of Drouzin-le-Mont before the next elections in 2014 and convert the area to low-impact alpine activities.“There are lots of things to do in the mountains without having cables hanging over our h
TravelAug. 1, 2012
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Paris Ritz closes for $170 million face-lift
PARIS (AFP) ― The Paris Ritz closes Wednesday for a two-year face-lift to bring the city’s best known luxury hotel into the 21st century and keep its mega-rich clientele coming back in an ever more competitive market.The renovation comes after the five-star hotel, which neighbours the famed jewellers of Paris’ Place Vendome but has not had a refit since 1979, failed to win France’s coveted “palace” designation marking a top luxury destination.Owned by Egyptian tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, it was onc
TravelAug. 1, 2012
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Gangsta rap’s Korean godfather
COMPTON, California ― By the time Bobby Wilson met Wan Joon Kim, he’d been to 15 record stores.It was 1994, and no one would stock his cassette, “Comin’ From Watts,” with raps Wilson had written in prison and recorded himself upon his release. Wilson had a daunting resume: a decade-long membership in the Grape Street Watts Crip gang; five years incarcerated for attempted murder; the prison nickname “Kill Kill.”Just out on parole and desperate for money to support his wife and child, Wilson’s las
PerformanceAug. 1, 2012
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2NE1 collaborates with guitar prodigy
2NE1 unveiled on Wednesday a video in collaboration with a teen guitarist sensation, giving fresh breath to their latest single “I Love You.”According to the K-pop group’s agency YG Entertainment, the video of the project, titled “YG ON AIR - 2NE1 X Jung Sung-ha acoustic collaboration,” was released worldwide through Internet portal site Naver.In the footage, the four members sit in a studio singing the newly rearranged acoustic version of their hit song to Jung’s accompaniment.“Instead of the e
PerformanceAug. 1, 2012
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Marilyn Monroe lives on as a style icon
Marilyn Monroe has been gone 50 years, but her iconic image lives on: The platinum blonde hair, the ruby red lips, the beauty mark, those curves, and the shimmering, body-clinging garments she covered them with.She starred in more than 30 movies, but what resonates today is her style, which appeals to a whole new generation of younger women unfamiliar with her films. Her look is replicated by celebrities from Madonna to Lady Gaga, from Christina Aguilera to Gwen Stefani to Nicole Kidman to Rihan
FilmAug. 1, 2012
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Duchess dazzles at London event
LONDON (AP) ― Art was the subject but the Duchess of Cambridge was the star.Prince William’s wife dazzled onlookers Monday as she met Prime Minister David Cameron and dozens of British artists on the fringe of the London Olympics.Trumpeters heralded her arrival on the Royal Academy of Arts red carpet to mingle with 800 people from the British music, film, arts and entertainment industries.The duchess tied her long hair back and wore a dove gray dress by Serbian designer Roksanda Ilincic.Other gu
PeopleJuly 31, 2012
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Shin appointed head of Samsung hospital
Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center said Tuesday that it had appointed family practitioner Dr. Shin Ho-cheol as its new chief. Shin’s term begins today. The eighth chief of one of the nation’s largest hospital networks graduated from Seoul National University in 1982 and received his doctorate at the same school. He served high-ranking positions in the hospital including head of the family practice division and clinical experiment auditory board. He also chaired the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
PeopleJuly 31, 2012
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Best-selling biography featured fake Dylan quotes
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A young star of American journalism has acknowledged he concocted quotes from Bob Dylan in his best-selling biography of the American folk legend, a magazine article revealed Monday.The creative process “is a hard thing to describe (...) It’s just this sense that you got something to say,” read a quote that Jonah Lehrer, a 31-year-old staff writer at The New Yorker, attributed to Dylan in his book “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” “The problem, though, is that there is no proof
PeopleJuly 31, 2012
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Romantic crooner Tony Martin dies at 98
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Tony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century, has died. He was 98. Martin died of natural causes Friday evening at his West Los Angeles home, his friend and accountant Beverly Scott said Monday. A peer of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, Martin sang full voice in a warm baritone that carried special appeal for his female audie
PerformanceJuly 31, 2012
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U.S. customs seizes Egyptian artifacts at Mexican border
LAREDO, Texas (AP) ― U.S. customs officers in Laredo have seized two stolen Egyptian sarcophagus-type artifacts and are working on getting them back to Egypt.A Customs and Border Protection statement described the artifacts as painted with intricate faces and designs. A customs officer at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo initially examined the shipment listed as Egyptian sculptures. Homeland Security Investigations agents determined the artifacts weren’t travelling with required documentation an
CultureJuly 31, 2012
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ARKO publishes books about contemporary Korean culture
Arts Council Korea (ARKO) has published three books in English on Korean dance, K-pop and female artists as part of a project to introduce Korean contemporary arts and culture to the world.According to ARKO, it is the nation’s largest funding agency for the arts.The three books are part of a 15 volume series, which ARKO began last year with four titles on the theater district in Seoul Dehangno, the Korean diaspora, 20th century Korean music and architecture in Seoul. It plans to issue three more
CultureJuly 31, 2012
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Study: Modern culture may have earlier start
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― Poisoned-tipped arrows and jewelry made of ostrich egg beads found in South Africa show modern culture may have emerged about 30,000 years earlier in the area than previously thought, according to two articles published on Monday. The findings published in the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’’ show that the 44,000-year-old artifacts are characteristic of the San hunter-gatherers. The descendants of San people live today in southern Africa, so the item
CultureJuly 31, 2012
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‘The best is yet to come’
ABT’s newly promoted principal dancer Seo Hee talks about her family, dreams and goalsIt’s about 2 p.m. on a warm summer day in Seoul, and ballerina Seo Hee walks into the lobby of the Universal Ballet Company. Wearing a sleek black dress with matching stilettos and pearl earrings, the 26-year-old dancer looks poised and demure. This is the place where the ballerina, who is now the principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre, used to hang out as a teenager more than 10 years ago.“I used to climb
PerformanceJuly 31, 2012
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Fifty years on, everyone still wants a piece of Marilyn
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The first thing you notice when you see Marilyn Monroe’s full-length gloves in the storeroom of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is how small her hands were.“They’re one of a number of pairs she had,” says curator Dwight Bowers, gently lifting them out of the beige steel cabinet they share with Christopher Reeves’ Superman costume and the 10-gallon hat that J.R. wore in “Dallas.”“They’re white kid. They’re very tiny and petite. And they show the decorousness
FilmJuly 31, 2012
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Paul McCartney paid a pound for Olympics opening ceremony
LONDON (AFP) ― Paul McCartney and other star performers at the Olympic Games opening ceremony were paid just one pound for their efforts, London 2012 confirmed Monday.Beatles star McCartney ― who closed the showpiece event ― signed a contract for the 1 pound ($1.60) token amount, alongside Mike Oldfield, Dizzee Rascal, Underworld and Emeli Sande.“The top talent basically gave their services for free,” a London 2012 spokeswoman told AFP. “But in order to have a formal contract for their services
PerformanceJuly 31, 2012