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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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Busan City opens Global Center
Busan Metropolitan City has opened a global center branch in partnership with Busan Foundation for International Activities. The center offers counseling services and free language programs to expatriates, including information and consultation on immigration, employment, medical care, transportation, taxes, insurance and banking. The new center has also increased the number of languages offered b
Expat LivingApril 26, 2011
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Seoul Global Center offers free offices
The Seoul Global Center is offering free offices in its Business Support Center for foreign entrepreneurs and investors.The offer is open to foreign nationals who have a visa that allows them to start a business, and have a concrete business plan. Preference is given to those who have already made a foreign investment notification or have already started a business this year.Three 5.75-square-mete
Expat LivingApril 26, 2011
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Getting to grips with oriental medicine
Markets offer smorgasboard of alternative remedies, unusual sightsSpring may bring a welcome burst of warmth and renewal, but it is also a common time for people to fall sick.With the change of season and scourge of yellow dust bringing on colds and sore throats in droves, many expatriates will find themselves making extra trips to the pharmacy. But for expats who favor an alternative approach, th
Expat LivingApril 26, 2011
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World’s rarest language on verge of extinction
Linguists from the University of Oxford are striving to preserve the Dusner, an endangered Indonesian tribal language, as its only three speakers were reportedly injured in natural disasters. Two of them narrowly escaped death during a flood and the other was living next to a volcano when it erupted, the Astralian newspaper said. The scholars including Mary Dalrymple, a professor of syntax, have v
CultureApril 26, 2011
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Ancient Korean books in Japan may return in May: official
Large volumes of ancient Korean books stored in Japan, including key royal texts, could return to Seoul sometime next month, an official said Monday.Lee Sang-geun, a member of a committee dedicated to retrieving ancient archives, said at a press conference that 1,205 volumes of Korean books, including royal texts known as "Uigwe," could be shipped back by late May after Seoul and Tokyo finalize so
CultureApril 25, 2011
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Tribeca documentaries examine bullying, toxicity
FilmApril 25, 2011
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Hollywood’s latest trend reimagines classic childhood tales
LOS ANGELES ― All grown up, Hansel and Gretel return to the forest to exact revenge on their childhood tormentors. Snow White escapes the Evil Queen and takes up with a group of Shaolin monks. And after leaving Kansas, carnival barker Oscar Diggs remakes himself as a wizard in the Emerald City.Childhood classics as seen through a fun-house mirror? Well, yes. But for the film business, it’s also so
FilmApril 25, 2011
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Nudity by ‘fashion war correspondents’
Fashion photographers Juergen Teller and Paolo Roversi showcase portraits of cut-throat fashion industryWhat Anna Wintour’s assistants have to go through is only a fraction of the merciless battles in the uber-competitive world of fashion. Two fashion photographers who managed to survive and even receive praise for their successful campaigns are to reveal the inside of the most glamorous and compe
PerformanceApril 25, 2011
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Jeans jettison basic blue hues
LOS ANGELES ― Jeans for this spring and summer have gone from basic blues and intense indigo to Technicolor versions of playful Crayola shades. It’s all very 1980s a la Esprit or Benetton, but this time there’s nothing junior about colored denim. It’s coming in sleek skinny shapes and cropped lengths that liven up simple T-shirts or button-downs and work well with neutral sandals or flats rather t
Arts & DesignApril 25, 2011
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Bottled water or tap water?
Debate rages on which is betterORLANDO, Florida ― The next time you go to the vending machine for a bottle of water (costing 6 cents an ounce) or, instead, sip from the drinking fountain (free), you will be taking part in another debate that touches on the fate of humankind.Because the next time you grab a bottle from a case in the fridge (costing a penny an ounce) or fill a glass from the tap (a
FoodApril 25, 2011
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Little escapes cartoonist’s watchdog pen
CAPE TOWN (AFP) ― South Africa’s apartheid state locked him up, Nelson Mandela was a fan and Jacob Zuma is suing for millions: all have been rich pickings for the fearless satire of cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro.From slapping down AIDS denials to taking a dig at Zuma’s multiple wives and offspring, his distinctive cartoons spark furious outrage to applause for their spot-on commentary of South Afric
PeopleApril 24, 2011
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‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’ gets Asian premiere in Seoul
The Korea National Opera Company is to perform opera “Les Dialogues des Carmelites” by 20th-century French composer Francis Poulenc in Seoul in May, the first performance of the opera in Asia.First premiered in Paris and Milan in 1957, the opera is based on historical events which took place at a monastery of Carmelite nuns in Compiegne during the French Revolution.“This piece takes us to the ulti
PerformanceApril 24, 2011
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Lee Soo-man gives Hallyu lecture at Stanford
Lee Soo-man, head producer and founder of SM Entertainment, gave a Hallyu business lecture at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business on April 19, an SM Entertainment spokesperson said. S.M Entertainment is a K-pop powerhouse, managing groups like TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee and F(x). Lee Soo-man speaks to Stanford MBA students at KnightManagement Center. (SM Entertainm
PerformanceApril 24, 2011
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HBO expolores making of first reality show
‘Cinema Verite’ delves into the creation of the first reality television show 40 years agoAt the beginning of the annual congressional shootout over funding for public broadcasting, PBS inevitably launches a barrage of press releases about its storied cultural and intellectual contributions to U.S. culture. One achievement that never gets mentioned: the invention of reality television. Long before
TelevisionApril 24, 2011
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Emma Watson takes break from Brown University
Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movie series, is to put her studying on hold.“I’ve decided to take a bit of time off to completely finish my work on ‘Harry Potter’ … and to focus on my other professional and acting projects,” posted Watson on her site Emmawatson.com, explaining her decision.“I will still be working towards my degree ... it’s just going to take me a sem
FilmApril 24, 2011
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Former idol’s secret marriage creates stir
Koreans in their 30s used to automatically associate the name “Seo Tai-ji” with “the President of Culture” in the 1990s.His songs such as “Class Idea,” (1994) “Dreaming Balhae” (1994) and “Come Back Home” (1995) contained controversial yet influential messages to make teenagers rebel against the cramming system of Korean education, hope for reunification of the two Koreas and to urge runaway frien
PeopleApril 22, 2011
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How Sidney Lumet fought showbiz blacklist
LOS ANGELES ― I’d almost forgotten what an unabashed liberal Sidney Lumet had been until I read an essay by New York Post critic Kyle Smith, an unabashed conservative who has little good to say about Lumet’s signature work, seeing it as emblematic of the weak-kneed moral relativism of lefty do-gooders. Taking apart Lumet’s “12 Angry Men,” Smith dubs it an “ur-myth of liberal fantasy,” saying “one
FilmApril 22, 2011
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Box Office
Norwegian Wood Opening April 21Drama. Directed by Tran Anh Hung. Upon hearing the Beatles’ song “Norwegian Wood,” a Japanese businessman reminisces about the intense romance of his university days in Tokyo, set against the turbulent student riots of the late 1960s. Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama), an aloof university student at the time, had lost Kizuki -- his best friend in high school -- after
FilmApril 22, 2011
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Director Max Winkler’s persistence pays off with ‘Ceremony’
LOS ANGELES ― When Max Winkler set out to make a movie, he made one thing clear: He didn’t want any help from his Hollywood veteran father, no matter how tempting the prospect.Editing his directorial debut, “Ceremony,” out of his boyhood bedroom put Winkler mighty close to Dad ― Henry Winkler, still remembered best as the Fonz from “Happy Days.”“I would walk down the hall and I would have a spring
FilmApril 22, 2011
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Not hungry in Hungary’s ‘Paris of the East’
BUDAPEST ― “Hey!” an almost-naked man cheerily called to me.“Um, hey, back at you,” I couldn’t help but giggle as I answered, waving with one hand, my camera in the other.“You take my picture,” he commanded in halting, Hungarian-accented English before a striking a Schwarzenegger-like Mr. Universe pose. Click. Click, click, click. Then, with once last slightly embarrassed glance, I rushed away qui
TravelApril 22, 2011