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Qoo10 liquidity crisis sparks massive complaints, fears of wider damage
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Yoon urges municipalities to embrace foreigners
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What is happening at Hybe?
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S. Korea to consent to Japan's Sado mines gaining World Heritage status: official
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Korea unveils tax reform bill to spur economy
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Actor’s excessive airport security sparks probe into human rights violations
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Actor Yoo Ah-in accused of sexual attack
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Man who let his father die due to financial difficulties to be released on parole
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S. Korea, China shifting from tensions to cooperation: Seoul
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LG Electronics achieves record earnings in Q2
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Museum unconvinced by new Van Gogh death theory
AMSTERDAM (AP) _ Two American authors believe Vincent van Gogh was fatally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted wounds, but the new theory won a skeptical reception Monday from experts at the museum dedicated to the 19th century Dutch master.A book by Pulitzer prize-winning auth
Oct. 18, 2011
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Iceland’s literary stature born over centuries
FRANKFURT (AFP) ― A literary tradition that was born about 900 years ago with the Sagas, which Icelandic children still read today, has evolved into a thriving modern-day appetite for crime fiction.Publishers and authors at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which ends Sunday and where Iceland has been guest
Oct. 16, 2011
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A novel idea for learning English
Members of English-language book clubs enjoy foreign culture, friendship, while honing the languageIt’s a Tuesday morning in southern Seoul, and four middle-aged women are sitting in a cafe over their morning coffee. Filling the space with chats and giggles, the gathering seems nothing more than a s
Oct. 14, 2011
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New Books
Banks tackles sex offendersLost Memory of SkinBy Russell Banks(Ecco)One of America’s finest writers has written a novel about sex offenders, and he’s done so in such a powerful and insightful way that “Lost Memory of Skin” should be required reading for anyone interested in fixing the country’s brok
Oct. 14, 2011
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Christmas book brings the White House to life
“Christmas With the First Ladies” is an attractive addition to the plethora of books on the history of the White House.Drawing on the materials from presidential libraries, Coleen Christian Burke has delved into history to put a human face on presidential Christmases as presented by our presidents a
Oct. 14, 2011
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Jane Lynch, a role model with laserlike focus
Ann Christophersen, co-owner of Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood, turned to Linda Bubon, her longtime business partner, and scowled at the table that had been set up on a riser at the back of their store. The actress Jane Lynch was due in a few minutes. She
Oct. 14, 2011
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Book industry fights back against debt crisis
FRANKFURT (AFP) ― Publishers and booksellers from debt-laden countries gathered at the world’s biggest book fair Wednesday determined to fight the impact of Europe’s economic woes.But authors at least have drawn inspiration from the crisis, they reported.Greece, currently in the eye of the eurozone
Oct. 13, 2011
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World’s biggest fair of publishers eyes safe future for books
FRANKFURT (AFP) ― The world’s biggest book fair, which opened Tuesday, wants to put paid to fears for the survival of the book in its traditional, bound form in the face of its digital rival’s growing popularity.While electronic books and other gadgets have been all the talk of the Frankfurt Book Fa
Oct. 12, 2011
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Little Free Libraries lets neighbors share books and a bit of themselves
MINNEAPOLIS ― They look like large birdhouses and act like water coolers. But the sustenance stored inside the wooden, windowed boxes is a blend of knowledge and recreation.Little Free Libraries, the brainchild of Stillwater, Minnesota, native Todd Bol, are popping up all over Minnesota, from tony L
Oct. 12, 2011
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Korea ruled ancient Japanese state: scholar
Professor presents new interpretation of ancient Chinese historical textsDuring ancient times in what is now Kyushu in southern Japan, people had tattoos, made a living by farming silkworms, and buried their dead in earthen jars and portal tombs.And they were described as being afraid of “Daesol.” T
Oct. 12, 2011
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Dennis Lehane starting imprint at HarperCollins
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dennis Lehane is the latest brand-name publisher.The author of “Mystic River,” “Moonlight Mile” and other thrillers is overseeing a new imprint at HarperCollins.The publisher announced Monday that Dennis Lehane Books will issue “a select” number of literary fiction works each year t
Oct. 11, 2011
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Public criticism needed for reform of capitalism: Kocka
German academic discusses crisis of capitalism, lessons from German reunificationA good mixture between market dynamics, prudent forms of NGOs, and more government regulations of the finance system could bring ideal reforms to modern-day capitalism, and such reforms often come from crisi
Oct. 10, 2011
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Book fair to tackle challenges of digital age storytelling
BERLIN (AFP) ― Authors once just had to deal with a publisher but are now being forced to embrace the digital age and negotiate the rights to their works for TV, films and ebooks.Organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair, which opens on Wednesday, said the challenges thrown up by the upheaval in the boo
Oct. 9, 2011
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Founder of Dead Poets Society visits bards’ graves
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) ― The founder of the Dead Poets Society of America is visiting graves and other sites associated with Jack Kerouac and five others in his effort to recognize fallen bards.Walter Skold of Freeport, Maine, says the Dead Poets 2011 Magic Bus Tour is in Massachusetts on Friday to pa
Oct. 9, 2011
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New Books
Dinner without a recipeThe Kitchen Counter Cooking SchoolBy Kathleen Flinn(Viking)If you are going to read one book to change your diet and your life, “The Kitchen Counter Cooking School” is it.The second book by Le Cordon Bleu graduate Kathleen Flinn starts with her stalking a woman in the grocery
Oct. 7, 2011
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Author gives an insider’s guide to publishing
Jennifer Basye Sander has forgotten more about the publishing business than most of us will ever know.The New York Times best-selling author has written and co-written more than 50 books, including “The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Getting Published” (Alpha, $19.95, 400 pages; the fifth edition goes on
Oct. 7, 2011
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Grand Canyon’s majestic echoes
The vicarious pleasure of armchair travel is a well-explored genre for books, transporting the reader without ever opening a door. What such books do, when they are thoughtfully presented, is to share the excitement and immediacy of exploration while sparing the reader the discomfort.In “The Grand C
Oct. 7, 2011
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Japanese writer talks about life as laborer
Kenta Nishimura in Seoul for release of award-winning ‘Labor Train’He barely finished middle school, made his living as a day laborer, spent most of his money on liquor and sex, and somehow turned himself into a best-selling author. When Japanese writer Kenta Nishimura shared the prestigious 1
Oct. 5, 2011
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Annual New Yorker Fest has Shakespearean twist
NEW YORK (AP) ― To gab, perchance to argue. Ay, there’s the way to make New Yorker magazine fans happy.And so it was a delicious moment at the annual New Yorker Festival this past weekend when Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro mused to his co-panelist, Hollywood director Roland Emmerich: “I’ve long
Oct. 5, 2011
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Spain: Fugitive Basque separatist wins lit prize
MADRID (AP) ― A fugitive who escaped Spanish jail 25 years ago has been awarded one of the Basque country’s top literary awards, but told he cannot have the money that goes with it until he hands himself into authorities.The Basque regional government gave the award to Joseba Sarrionandia on Monday
Oct. 4, 2011