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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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Another suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested in Cambodia
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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There’s something special about Korean audience, Jason Mraz says
U.S. star to kick off world tour in Korea’s Busan, Nami IslandU.S. singer-songwriter Jason Mraz has chosen Korea to kick off his world tour this year, joining a growing number of world stars including Lady Gaga, who launch their concert tours or world premieres here. Indeed, Korea has long been considered a test-bed for foreign artists and companies making inroads into Asia. Yet, Mraz says he’s coming to Korea first because he found something very special about the audience.“Every time I played
PerformanceMay 31, 2012
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U.S. teen’s beauty secret video becomes online sensation
A U.S. teenager posted a video on YouTube showing her acne-ridden face and shared her beauty techniques to conceal blemished skin with makeup in 10 minutes.Cassandra Bankson, 19, hesitated for a month before making the decision to expose her face online to help people suffering with the same condition.The makeup lesson has drawn 7.8 million hits and received great responses from viewers. Bankson was asked to appear on a television show that gave her a chance to reveal her story.She confessed tha
Arts & DesignMay 31, 2012
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Patrons give waiter $5,000 for new car
A Houston waiter said a couple he has been serving for eight years left him a $5,000 tip after his car was ruined by high water.Greg Rubar, who has worked as a waiter at D'Amicos Italian Cafe for the past 16 years, said he had previously mentioned his car problem to the couple and they came into the restaurant while he was working Saturday and handed him an envelope containing $5,000, KTRK-TV, Hou
PeopleMay 31, 2012
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Zhang Ziyi appears at film festival, denies scandal
Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who was allegedly mired in a prostitution scandal with Bo Xilai, the former party secretary of Chongqing, China, has appeared at a film festival in Haicou, Hainan Province.Apparently denying news reports that the actress was banned from leaving China due to investigations, she went to Haicou via Hong Kong.Zhang flatly denied allegations that she provided sexual services
PeopleMay 31, 2012
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Woman battling flesh-eating bacteria speaks
The father of a 24-year-old American woman battling a flesh-eating disease says his daughter has spoken for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital weeks ago for treatment.Andy Copeland said in an interview on Monday that he was in church Sunday morning and missed his daughter Aimee’s words. But his other daughter, Paige, told him Aimee said, “Hello. Whoa. Wow, my mind is blown.”Writing on his Facebook page, Andy Copeland said: “Our baby can talk.”Aimee, a graduate student at t
PeopleMay 30, 2012
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Swedish king inherits cultural ties with Korea
Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia visited the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on Tuesday to appreciate the beauty of Korean relics. The Swedish king and queen headed to the museum on the first day of their four-day visit, demonstrating their keen interest in Korean culture and history. Korea and Sweden enjoy a strong cultural tie starting with the former Swedish King Gustaf VI Adolf, the current king’s grandfather. The late k
PeopleMay 30, 2012
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Architecture as a boundary between the common and the uncommon
Following is the fourth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed.For many people, architectural space holds numerous meanings and responses. A space born out of a certain form creates countless stories for pedestrians who walk past the buildings or who look at them from afar; the stories can be different for the builders, the owners and the users. An architect is a person who gathers and predicts such stories and translates them into a form. Thu
Arts & DesignMay 30, 2012
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Korea, Indonesia sign MOU on library cooperation
The National Library of Korea has concluded a memorandum of understanding with the National Library of Indonesia on the promotion of exchange and cooperation, national library officials said Wednesday.Under the MOU signed at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, the two national libraries will share information and experiences in library affairs, expand personnel exchange, and strengthen cooperation in the digital information technology area.The MOU followed the opening
CultureMay 30, 2012
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New media deployed in battle to preserve history
HONG KONG (AFP) ― It started with an inflatable pig.Jeffrey Shaw has always been fascinated by interactivity, having in the 1960s created art he hoped would narrow the gap between viewer and image.His pig starred on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 concept album “Animals,” floating eerily above London’s Battersea Power Station, in what has become one of the most famous images in rock music history.“I was already very interested then in audience participation,” said the Melbourne native, who is cur
CultureMay 30, 2012
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HJ Lim reinterprets Beethoven as passionate, extreme revolutionary
25-year-old pianist explores the life of Beethoven by recording his 30 sonatas in a debut albumThe country’s classical music scene was surprised at first when EMI Classics, a major record label, signed an exclusive recording contract with young pianist Lim Hyun-jeong, a first for a Korean artist since pianist Lim Dong-hyek did so 10 years ago.Lim, now backed by the full-fledged support from the international recording company, demonstrated her idiosyncratic interpretation of classical music in S
PerformanceMay 30, 2012
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Music and makgeolli festival to take visitors back to ’70s and ’80s
For those who reminisce on the good old ’70s and ’80s, a festival sure to conjure up old memories and exhibit the culture of the time is to be held next month. The music festival “Arirang Fest,” themed around the music of the ’70s and ’80s and makgeolli, one of Korea’s favorite alcoholic beverages, will be held for the first time from June 8-10 at Kintex in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. Well-known singers and bands from the era, including rock singer Kim Jong-seo, band Love and Peace and six other
PerformanceMay 30, 2012
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Snake-handling pastor dies from bite
A West Virginia minister has died from a timber rattlesnake bite he sustained during a snake-handling service, a hospital says.Mark “Mack” Wolford, 44, pastor of Full Gospel Apostolic House of the Lord Jesus in Matoaka, died Monday at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, The Register-Herald of Beckley reported. He was brought to the hospital late Sunday night.Wolford‘s father died from a snake-hand
PeopleMay 30, 2012
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Ko to return as reclusive cartoonist
In her recent works, actress Ko Hyun-jung has been nothing but a powerful, ruling woman.She starred as Korea’s first female president in the 2010 SBS drama “Daemul,” and the ambitious, manipulative royal concubine Lady Mishil in MBC’s 2009 hit biopic drama “Queen Seondeok.” Even in her 2007 police procedural TV series “H.I.T.,” Ko played a fierce detective who would not take no for an answer.In her upcoming movie “Miss GO,” however, Ko returns to the screen as a timid, dowdy woman. In the highly
FilmMay 29, 2012
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Park to become first Korean to head WiN Global
Women in Nuclear Korea announced Monday that its current president, Park Se-moon, has been named the sixth incoming president of the organization’s global office. This will be the first time a Korean will head Women in Nuclear Global, or WiN Global, a non-profit organization that supports and encourages females working in the world’s nuclear industries. Park will also be the second Asian to head the association, following a four-year tenure by WiN Global’s fourth president, Junko Ogawa. Park wa
PeopleMay 29, 2012
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Bo Xilai, Zhang Ziyi reportedly mired in $1.5m prostitution scandal
Bo Xilai, the former party secretary of Chongqing, China, and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi are mired in a scandal after a news report said Zhang allegedly provided sexual services for Bo in exchange for money.U.S.-based Chinese-language news Website Boxun was quoted by news reports as saying that Bo’s associate Xu Ming, founder and chairman of Dalian Shide Group, arranged secretive meetings for the two more than 10 times from 2007-2011.The report said Zhang was paid about 46 million Taiwanese doll
PeopleMay 29, 2012
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Louise Bourgeois’ legacy remembered
Kukje Gallery exhibition features early iconic works shown for the first time in Korea An exhibition of works by the late French-American artist Louise Bourgeois opened last week, featuring some of her early iconic pieces that are being shown for the first time in Korea. Titled “Personages,” the exhibition showcases 14 pieces created between the 1940s and the early 1950s that established Bourgeois as one of the most prominent sculptors after World War II.Known in Korea for the gigantic spider sc
CultureMay 29, 2012
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Star Korean dancers’ homecoming
Dancers from Royal Swedish, Tulsa, ABT to perform in Korea in June and JulyKorean dancers currently with acclaimed dance groups around the world are coming home over the summer to show off what they have learned from the international dance scene. A number of Korean dancers active on U.S. and European stages will come together to perform not only classics, but their latest creations at the Korea World Dance Stars Festival 2012. The four-day festival kicks off at Theater Yong of the National Muse
PerformanceMay 29, 2012
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Audrey Tautou grown up in Cannes closer
CANNES, France (AP) ― Actress Audrey Tautou, known for her sweet and light roles in such films as “Amelie,’’ praised the late director Claude Miller as a “bright and passionate’’ filmmaker who helped her turn in a darker direction in his final film.The French star plays a husband-poisoner in Miller’s “Therese Desqueyroux,’’ which closed the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday at a special screening celebrating the lauded New Wave filmmaker, who died last month of cancer at age 70.The contemporary of
FilmMay 29, 2012
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Lee Min-jung says Gong Yoo is a riot in new drama
Gong returns to television after five-year breakFive years have passed since actor Gong Yoo last starred in a television drama, leaving fans hankering for his long-awaited return to the small screen. It looks like his television comeback will not disappoint. Gong has decided to return with a puff pink, star-studded, star-scripted rom-com. Given that, it would be hard to say Gong is taking a gamble with KBS’ new series “Big.” He has seen great success with the rom-com genre in the past, not to me
TelevisionMay 29, 2012
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Korea-Arab group to host culture festival
The Korea-Arab Society is hosting the Arab Cultural Festival from June 7-10 at COEX. The festival will hold special exhibitions of Arab culture and tourism for the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Arabic countries. There will be performances from the Jordanian National Folkloric Group and Moroccan Andalusian Orchestra. The festival will provide experiences including writing in Arabic script and dressing in traditional Arabian costumes for photo shoots. Free mobile tickets are availa
Expat LivingMay 29, 2012