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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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Tooneed Entertainment to expand webtoon copyright business into overseas markets
The globalization of the South Korean webtoon industry now seems to be in full swing. On Sept. 28, the webtoon agency Tooneed Entertainment announced that it would be publishing webtoons and running intellectual-property-related businesses in Southeast Asia as well as China, Japan, and North America. Tooneed provides webtoons to KTooN, the third-largest webtoon service provider in the country, and operates intellectual property procurement and protection businesses. Tooneed EntertainmentTooneed
Oct. 4, 2016
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Bask in Ulsan’s autumn scenery
Tourists seeking to immerse themselves in the natural beauty of Korea’s autumn may want to visit the city of Ulsan in the upcoming months. Nestled in the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula, the city is famous for its wide range of scenery that includes vast fields, mountains, quaint villages and a booming maritime commercial district. Traditional dancers perform at the 50th Cheoyong Culture Festival, which ran from Sept. 29-Oct. 3. (Ulsan Metropolitan City)One noteworthy event is the Ulju
Oct. 3, 2016
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France's last ivory carvers faced with extinction
ROUEN, France (AFP) - Annick Colette-Fremond is the fifth generation of her family to practise the art of ivory carving -- and she may be the last of her line, due to new rules in France.She is one of just a handful of French ivory carvers left, plying a trade that conservationists say spurs the slaughter of elephants and rhinos. Colette-Fremond and her fellow craftspeople work with ivory imported before a ban over four decades ago, but say their future will be doomed when a new decree takes eff
Sept. 29, 2016
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ICC sentences jihadist to 9 years in jail for attacks on Timbuktu UNESCO site
THE HAGUE (AFP) -- War crimes judges jailed a Malian jihadist Tuesday for nine years for demolishing Timbuktu’s fabled shrines, a landmark ruling seen as a warning that destroying mankind’s heritage will not go unpunished.In the first such case to focus on cultural destruction as a war crime, the International Criminal Court found Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi guilty of directing attacks on the UNESCO world heritage site during the jihadist takeover of northern Mali in 2012.Mahdi “supervised the destru
Sept. 28, 2016
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Iraq opens new antiquities museum in Basra
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq opened a new antiquities museum in the southern city of Basra on Tuesday with pottery, coins and other artifacts dating back more than 2,000 years.Only one hall was opened due to a shortage of funds, Qahtan al-Obaid, the museum director, told the Associated Press by telephone. It will showcase artifacts dating back to 400 B.C. that tell the history of the oil-rich city on the Persian Gulf.He said there are plans to open other wings that would exhibit Babylonian, Assyrian and
Sept. 28, 2016
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Experts call for UNESCO listing of S. Korea’s ancient education institution
South Korean scholars have highlighted the significance of the country’s oldest historical educational institution, papers showed Wednesday, as the Seoul city government pushes to list it as a UNESCO world cultural heritage site. The foremost education institution during the Joseon era (1392-1910), Sungkyunkwan, has been keeping the ritual called “Seokjeon” alive at the Confucian shrine Munmyo on the grounds of what is now Sungkyunkwan University in central Seoul, said professor Chang Jae-cheon
Sept. 28, 2016
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Demand on the rise for Han River’s cruise ship
The Han River’s multipurpose cruise ship Araho will continue to expand its onboard cultural services to lure more visitors, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday.Akin to the well-known Bateau Mouche boats on the River Seine in Paris, the Araho has since July been operated by the travel agency Lets Go Korea. (Yonhap)According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the private company has diversified cultural content available on the ship, resulting in an increase in visitors. The city gove
Sept. 27, 2016
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[Foreigners Who Loved Korea] Soong Meiling, China’s first lady who aided Korea’s independence movement
Soong Meiling was born in 1898 as the third daughter of a wealthy businessman in Shanghai, China.She was educated in the West and threw herself into assisting her husband Chiang Kai-shek when he became China’s top political leader of the time. She was an especially proactive supporter of Korea’s independence movement. Soong’s father, Charlie Jones Soong, studied abroad in the United States and graduated from a Methodist theological seminary. He returned to his country as a missionary, starting a
Sept. 27, 2016
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Singapore scion buys 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- A Singapore firm headed by a scion of one of Asia's richest families has bought a 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone, with plans to diversify the iconic magazine into new business including live events and merchandising.BandLab Technologies, a music and technology start-up headed by 28-year-old Kuok Meng Ru, bought the stake for an undisclosed sum and will partner current owners Wenner Media, the firms said in a statement late Sunday.Rolling Stone International, a new subsidiar
Sept. 27, 2016
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97 damage cases found on artifacts after Gyeongju quake
Seventeen more cases of damage have been found on historical artifacts following the Gyeongju earthquake Monday, bringing the total to 97, the Cultural Heritage Administration announced Wednesday.The additional damage includes a crack on the sitting stone Buddha statue (Gwanbong Seokjo Yeorae-jwasang) on Palgongsan near Daegu, damage to the walls of the Daegwangjeon Hall in Yangsan’s Sinheungsa Temple and gaps in stone pagodas on Gyeongju’s Namsan.Cheomseongdae Observatory was also found with ad
Sept. 22, 2016
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Digitally unwrapped scroll reveals earliest Old Testament scripture
MIAMI (AFP) - An extremely fragile, ancient Hebrew scroll has been digitally unwrapped for the first time, revealing the earliest copy ever found of an Old Testament Bible scripture, researchers said Wednesday.Known as the En-Gedi scroll, it contains text from the Book of Leviticus, and dates at least to the third or fourth century, possibly earlier, according to the report in the journal Science Advances.The deciphering of its contents is described in the journal as a “significant discovery in
Sept. 22, 2016
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Black American journey finally enshrined in national museum
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture opens this week alongside the Washington Monument and the National Museum of American History, it will firmly -- and finally --anchor the black experience in the nation’s narrative.“In 1915 … they say, ‘There should be a monument. There should be a memorial that honors our contribution,’” said Michelle Wilkinson, one of the museum’s curators. “Not just a pile of stone, or a shaft. It needs to be a museum.”Fift
Sept. 22, 2016
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Mali unveils restored mosque nearly destroyed by jihadists
TIMBUKTU (AFP) -- The doors of a revered 15th-century mosque hacked apart by jihadists in Mali’s ancient city of Timbuktu four years ago were unveiled Monday restored to their former glory.The “secret door” of the Sidi Yahia mosque in the fabled caravan city fell victim to a spree of destruction in 2012 by Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine, one of several radical Islamist groups which seized key northern cities that year.Around 100 Malian political and religious leaders, diplomats and representatives f
Sept. 21, 2016
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Gyeongju strives to protect artifacts after quake
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province -- Over 60 historical sites in southeast Korea, including national treasures Bulguksa Temple and Cheomseongdae Observatory, were found to be damaged after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook the historical city of Gyeongju last Monday, followed by over 400 aftershocks -- the largest of which occurred Monday evening measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale. The Cultural Heritage Administration, the Gyeongju city government and a number of relevant organizations are scra
Sept. 20, 2016
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Project details impact of 1970s counterculture on Vermont
MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) -- Vermont in the 1970s was a hotbed for the counterculture, and the influx of young people had a lasting influence on the state’s politics, agriculture and food and offbeat culture.After two years of research, the Vermont Historical Society’s exhibit “Freaks, Radicals & Hippies: Counterculture in the 1970s in Vermont” opens at the Vermont History Center in Barre on Sept. 24.“We quickly realized it was more than just getting back to the land and living on a commune and h
Sept. 20, 2016
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Historic recognition: Washington's family tree is biracial
ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) -- George Washington's adopted son was a bit of a ne’er-do-well by most accounts, including those of Washington himself, who wrote about his frustrations with the boy they called “Wash.”“From his infancy, I have discovered an almost unconquerable disposition to indolence in everything that did not tend to his amusements,” the founding father wrote.At the time, George Washington Parke Custis was 16 and attending Princeton, one of several schools he bounced in and out of.
Sept. 19, 2016
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London commuters get boost with inspirational quotes
LONDON (AFP) -- The daily grind of London commuting is being brightened by a collection of black marker pens and white boards -- giving city dwellers a welcome boost as they travel through the metropolis.The hall of Oval underground station looks more like a living room than a Tube stop -- complete with plants and a small library, while Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 5” plays.It is at this stop on the Underground’s Northern Line that Glen Sutherland, an employee of tube operator Transport for L
Sept. 19, 2016
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Artifacts damaged in record-breaking Gyeongju earthquake
Numerous historical sites in Gyeongju suffered damage ranging from severe to minor cracks during the earthquake that hit the city last Monday, the largest to be recorded on the Korean Peninsula.The Cultural Heritage Administration, which is in charge of preserving the country’s cultural sites, announced Sunday that some 60 cultural assets have been damaged. Gyeongju, once the capital of the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C. to 935) and located north of Busan on the southeastern coast of the peninsula, hous
Sept. 18, 2016
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In vast West, new music center aims big by going small
FISHTAIL, United States (AFP) - Winding through the arid green hills, the highway gives way to a rugged gravel road ending at a lonesome gate like so many in this land of ranches. Inside lies an experiment in music, sculpture and how to present art in the 21st century.Inaugurated this summer, the 4,700-hectare estate called Tippet Rise is the brainchild of a wealthy couple of free-spirits who are fulfilling a lifelong goal of creating their own classical music venue.The Tippet Rise Art Center, h
Sept. 12, 2016
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Radio drama's tale of domestic abuse grips Britain
LONDON (AP) - The trial of Helen Titchener, who stabbed her husband Rob after months of emotional and physical abuse, has gripped Britain, sparked a national debate about domestic violence and brought a flood of donations to women‘s shelters.That’s quite an achievement, since Helen and Rob are characters in a 65-year-old rural radio drama whose plotlines often center on crops, cattle and the weather.Millions of listeners to “The Archers” on BBC radio have been horrified and transfixed by the rel
Sept. 12, 2016