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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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South Korea bans viral North Korea propaganda video praising Kim
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Minister warns against trusting NK stated intentions, says Moon misguided
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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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John Park named goodwill ambassador for poverty reduction
Singer John Park has been appointed a goodwill ambassador to help promote the Foreign Ministry’s campaign for poverty reduction by raising funds from airline taxes. Since 2007, airline passengers have been levied a 1,000 won tax on each international flight ticket purchase, which is used to help fund the government’s contribution to global poverty eradication.The 15 billion won collected annually goes to non-profit organizations and the Korea International Cooperation Agency, a state-run aid org
PeopleJuly 29, 2012
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Hollywood trying to avoid villain role in film violence after shooting
LOS ANGELES ― The mass shooting at a “Dark Knight Rises” screening last week has Hollywood quietly squirming. Despite the entertainment industry’s famously liberal leanings, violent content has long been its stock in trade ― leading creators of movies, TV shows and video games to contemplate what role if any their work may have played in the violence.The fact that the Aurora, Colorado, massacre occurred at a post-midnight screening of a film depicting murder and mayhem nonetheless has triggered
FilmJuly 29, 2012
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POSCO Art Museum shows Joseon landscapes
Paintings from the late Joseon era are on public display at the POSCO Art Museum, offering a chance for students to see in person some of the major paintings and calligraphy works often shown in school textbooks. As the exhibition title “From Gyeonmjae to Hyewon, Gathering of Joseon’s Genius Painters” indicates, the exhibition shows landscape paintings drawn by great painters of the era. The painters range from Jeong Seon (known by his pen name Gyeomjae) to Shin Yoon-bok (Hyewon), considered gen
PerformanceJuly 29, 2012
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GMMFS brightens future of classical music
Annual classical music festival brings together established and young artists in the sports and resort city of PyeongchangPYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― Great Mountains International Music Festival & School, an annual classical music event held in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, is opening a bright future for the country’s classical music scene by acting as a bridge between established and young Korean artists. More than 60 distinguished and young up-and-coming artists collaborated in a series o
PerformanceJuly 29, 2012
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Jisan rocks on
Music festival returns bigger, better despite searing heatICHEON, Gyeonggi Province ― The hills were definitely alive with the sound of music this weekend as an estimated 100,000 people braved the scorching July heat and traveled south of Seoul to the Jisan Valley Rock Festival near Icheon, Gyeonggi Province.With some of the best bands from around the world and Korea, this year’s Jisan was bigger and better than the previous three runs, with more food and drink booths, sponsor tents, activities
PerformanceJuly 29, 2012
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‘I’m more motivated than ever’
Actor Lee Jung-jae talks about his acting career, being singleActor Lee Jung-jae was not used to playing “unattractive” characters, until he was given the role of a jealous thief in his latest film “The Thieves.”“Director Choi Dong-hun asked me to be as unattractive and foolish as possible for the role,” Lee told the Korea Herald in an interview on Thursday.“So I asked him: if you want this guy to be so unattractive, why did you cast an (attractive) actor like me? But as I got to know more about
FilmJuly 29, 2012
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On the trail this summer
The Korea Tourism Organization suggests budget-friendly, eco-friendly vacation ideasHave you planned a summer vacation in advance, or are you looking for just any travel package at the last minute? As summer vacation season approaches, the dilemma of choosing between going abroad or staying in the country inevitably arises. Furthermore, many Koreans cannot afford to take off more than a week, even though summer vacation may be their longest break of the year.Overloaded with work and out of trave
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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Festivals“Taebaek Sunflower Festival”: More than 1 million sunflowers will stretch across a vast field of Taebaek, Gangwon Province along with more than 300 kinds of wild flowers that usually grow at an altitude of around 900 meters. The sunflower festival offers a rare chance to be surrounded by sunflowers and participate in hands-on activities such as painting and photography contests and animal feeding. The festival is also a chance to take photos of beautiful scenery ranging from sunflower b
PerformanceJuly 27, 2012
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Box Office
The Thieves (Korea)Opened July 25Crime. Action. Directed by Choi Dong-hun. Anycall (Gianna Jun), Popeye (Lee Jung-jae), Chewing Gum (Kim Hae-sook) and Zampano (Kim Soo-hyun) are professional thieves who work together. After their success in a gallery heist, the group hears that Popeye’s old partner, robbery mastermind Macao Park, is back for another job after having gone missing for many years. Pepsi (Kim Hye-soo), a genius safecracker and Macao Park’s old flame, decides to join the group to set
FilmJuly 27, 2012
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Eyelike
Gaslight Anthem’s ‘Handwritten’ is hardyThe Gaslight Anthem"Handwritten" (Mercury/Island Def Jam)The Gaslight Anthem has always occupied this unsettling space between the earnestness of Bruce Springsteen’s lyricism and the musical passion of harder-edged bands like Jawbox. The former is no surprise, given the quartet’s New Jersey Roots and the latter -- well, this is a band that bounds back and forth across the line between punk and folk with no apologies.Nor should it.On its fourth studio album
PerformanceJuly 27, 2012
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Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis rally the troops in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas ― Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank!The chant rose up inside the stifling gymnasium at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Wednesday afternoon, a nod to Will Ferrell’s character in the movie “Old School.” The crowd of uniformed men and women were stoked, because Ferrell and his funnyman cohort Zach Galifianakis were in the house.Fort Worth was just one stop on an 11-city “Whistle Stop” promotional tour for their new comedy, “The Campaign”; the
FilmJuly 27, 2012
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KORAIL to extend night services from Pentaport
Korea Railroad Corporation has announced it will operate night trains for visitors traveling from the 2012 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival to Seoul on Aug. 10-12. It will run night trains three times that will leave Geomam Train Station at 12:21, 12:40, and 1:00 a.m. and arrive at Seoul Station at 12:53, 1:12, 1:32 a.m., respectively. KORAIL said it would offer 50 tickets to participants of a Twitter event to promote the special night trains. To enter the lucky draw, follow the KORAIL Twitter ac
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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Fujita Kanko opens Korean office
Japanese hospitality company Fujita Kanko will open a Seoul office on Aug. 1, incorporating its Shanghai office, to expand its Asian business base. The company said it is seeking business opportunities in hospitality, leisure travel and the wedding and banquet business in Seoul based on its 57 years of travel business experience. “Opening the Seoul office and incorporating our Shanghai office demonstrates our firm commitment to the Asian market,” said the president Kazumasa Suezawa.Fujita Kanko
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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KTO releases carbon neutral travel package
The Korea Tourism Organization introduced a carbon neutral travel package and plans to donate part of its proceeds to an environmental NGO. The proceeds will also help anti-desertification and yellow dust prevention projects in Mongolia. Jointly developed by Korea Railroad Corporation, Hotel Sky Park, Hotel Shilla Duty Free and Green Asia, the travel package covers a three-day trip to Kanto region of Japan, which includes the greater Tokyo area. The package includes fare for the airport train or
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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KORAIL to open mini library on KTX
Korea Railroad Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kyobo Book Store to set up a mini library on KTX trains as part of its efforts to upgrade services for first class travelers and celebrate the year of books. From August, first class travelers will be able to read books and magazines on the train, which most of them are related to leisure, culture and travel, selected by KORAIL and Kyobo Book Store. About 4,800 books and magazines will be offered by the book store, which wi
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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Museum preserves legacy of John Steinbeck
SALINAS, California (AP) ― They were the stuff of another America: Tom Joad in “The Grapes of Wrath.”George and Lenny in “Of Mice and Men.” Lee Chong, Doc and the delightfully larcenous Mack and the bums in “Cannery Row.” Danny and Pilon in “Tortilla Flat.” Adam and Cal Trask in “East of Eden.”Whether you met these classic characters while reading the novels of John Steinbeck or you’re encountering them for the first time, they come to life at the National Steinbeck Center, a sprawling and moder
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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So much to see and do in London
LONDON ― The exterior of Westminster Abbey is imposing and grandiose.Our plan was simple: Pay the admission, stick our heads inside to see what it looked like, and then quickly duck out and move on to a museum.The museum never happened.That because expatriate Geoff Auerbach, my wife, Pat, and I were all dazzled by the thousand-year-old church where England’s kings and queens have been crowned since 1066. That is a lot of history.Iconic Westminster Abbey is, quite frankly, a lot of church with it
TravelJuly 27, 2012
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Finding her place in a sitcom world
The Next Best ThingBy Jennifer Weiner (Atria)Ruth Saunders’ dreams are about to come true, and she’s due for good luck: “I was a woman who’d lost her parents, who’d survived a dozen surgeries and emerged with metal implants in my jaw, the right side of my face sunken and scarred, and an eye that drooped.”Ruth’s dream involves a sitcom based loosely on the story of herself and the grandmother who raised her from age 3, and in Jennifer Weiner’s capable hands, the novel is a knockout. Perfect comic
BooksJuly 27, 2012
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How humanity threatens itself
The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It, By Fred Guterl (Bloomsbury)Consider if you dare the case of bioengineers who’ve implanted a microchip into the brains of certain research beetles, a chip which connects to the beetle’s nervous system and sends tiny pulses of energy that make the beetle “behave,” to turn left or right, zig and zag, do loop-de-loops and otherwise respond to various commands. What’s the point? Imagine a million of these
BooksJuly 27, 2012
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‘The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy’
It can take years to bring a single film to screen. It took over eight years to bring the massively popular Batman trilogy into theaters.“The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy,” takes you through those eight ― and more ― years as you learn about the whole process, from concept to conclusion.A beautifully artistic photo book, it’s a worthy addition to any film student or Batman reader’s collection of “making of” books. Coming from a background in smaller films, director Christopher Nolan
BooksJuly 27, 2012