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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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Experts identify new Mozart portrait
VIENNA (AP) ― A round-faced young man with a thick head of hair depicted in a tiny 18th-century portrait that had the experts puzzled for centuries now has a name ― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Researchers at Salzburg’s Mozarteum museum announced Friday that they have definitely identified the person in the picture as the musical genius.And it’s not any likeness either. They say that of 14 known portraits, it is one of only a few showing him gazing directly at the viewer and without his signature whi
Jan. 13, 2013
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Brooklyn native wins Miss America crown
A 23-year-old contestant from Brooklyn, New York, has won the title of Miss America.Mallory Hagan won the Las Vegas beauty pageant Saturday night after tap dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering a question about whether armed guards belong in grade schools by saying we should not fight violence with violence.Hagan defeated Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, who took second, and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who finished third.Hagan wins a $50,000 college scholarship and g
Jan. 13, 2013
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Fewer business travelers to hit the road in 2013
NEW YORK (AP) ― Fewer business travelers are likely to hit the road this year as the travel industry is challenged by corporate America’s persistent economic fears.Business travelers are expected to take 431.8 million trips in 2013, the Global Business Travel Association said Tuesday. The industry trade group had forecast 435 million trips back in July. The latest estimate would mean a 1.1 percent decline from the 436.5 million trips taken in 2012.Fewer people traveling, however, doesn’t mean lo
Jan. 11, 2013
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KTO promotes budget golf courses
The Korea Tourism Organization is promoting budget golf courses around the country. The tourism organization released a list of golf clubs that can fit the varied needs of golfers. For golf rounds for two, Yeonggwang Country Club, Pine Hills Country Club and Gochang Country Club offer affordable golf packages that start at 95,000 won. For golfers planning an overseas golfing tour, Bosung Country Club may change their minds with its five-day package that includes a round of golf, accommodation, a
Jan. 11, 2013
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Korea Grand Sale kicks off
Korea started its annual shopping promotion on Friday that offers discounts and special offers at hotels, department stores and outlets in Seoul, Busan and Jeju.A total of 24,700 stores are participating in The Korea Grand Sale promotion that offers discounts from 10-50 percent. About 50 hotels are offering an extra day to their guests who stay more than two nights during the promotion period. A lucky draw event will welcome foreign guests at Incheon International Airport during the first week o
Jan. 11, 2013
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Lotte to open new hotel in Cebu
Lotte Hotels and Resorts announced that it will open a new hotel on the famous Philippine resort island of Cebu. According to the hotel, the new Lotte City Hotel Cebu will be located on top of J Centre Shopping Mall in Mandaue City and is scheduled to open in 2014. The hotel is being built on the existing structure of the shopping mall, occupying the 6th to 23rd floors. Its construction began this month.The new hotel will feature 350 rooms as well as a swimming pool with kid’s pool, a sky lounge
Jan. 11, 2013
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Round face with brown eyes most trustworthy: report
The most trustworthy face is a round one with a large chin, a big mouth and brown eyes, according to a study at Charles University in Czech Republic. Karel Kleisner’s team conducted the survey of rating faces with different features. Eye color and face shape were manipulated. People thought brown eyes were more reliable than blue ones, while the round face shape with a large chin, a big mouth was assumed the most credible, the study said. The face shape becomes more critical when it comes to men
Jan. 10, 2013
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Historical center of East Asia
Namhansanseong Fortress holds a significance in Korea’s history as a stage for major historical events. And the stories related to the events have been popular references in Korean literature and arts. One of the most popular episodes is a war tale surrounding the second invasion of the Manchus in 1636. The invasion forced Joseon’s King Injo to flee to the fortress, who then held out against the Qing military for 47 days. What happened inside the fortress during those 47 days inspired writers to
Jan. 9, 2013
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Namhansanseong Fortress, a rare type of stronghold
The ancient mountain fortress Namhansanseong, which served as a strategic defense facility at various times in Korea’s turbulent history, is one of the most frequently visited cultural heritage sites in the country today. The fortress stands testimony of past conflicts from the seventh to 17th centuries, enduring foreign invasions big and small since the Unified Silla era. Registered as National Historic Site No. 57, the fortress was included on the tentative list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Site
Jan. 9, 2013
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Rare Goryeo Buddhist painting found in Italian museum
A Buddhist painting from Goryeo period (918-1392) was found in an Italian museum, according to the National Museum of Korea on Wednesday. The full-length portrait of Amitabha Buddha was discovered when a curator of the Korean national museum was researching the collection of Korean artifacts at the National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome. “The painting was in good condition,” said Kwon Gang-mi, another curator of the museum. “And it wasn’t known to the academia in Korea or Europe.” The painting,
Jan. 9, 2013
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Spanish police seize plundered ancient vase
MADRID (AP) ― The owner of an antique shop in Spain was arrested after police investigators found a vase there dating back to the late second century B.C., officials said Saturday.The antiquity had been illegally plundered from an Iberian era archeological site in the province of Alicante, an Interior Ministry statement said.Inspectors found it in a cardboard box during a routine search of the shop in the eastern town of El Campello. “We are not yet aware of the full importance of this discover
Jan. 8, 2013
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A place for time-honored knotty traditions
Following is part of a series exploring unique museums, collections and the passionate collectors behind them. ― Ed.Traditional Korean knots, also known as maedeup, are handmade decorative hanging knot and thread pieces, made using intricate threading techniques that date back as far as the Silla Kingdom (668-935). The use of these traditional knots was limited to the members of the royal family, but later spread among commoners. Knots in Korea have historically had the usual practical uses such
Jan. 8, 2013
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Chicago church gives $12K to members
A Chicago church distributed $12,000 to congregation members with instructions to use the funds to help their community.The Rev. Jackson Crum ended his sermon about the city's struggles with crime and other problems Sunday at the Park Community Church by passing out envelopes containing amounts of cash between $2 and $102, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.Crum instructed church members to put the cash toward improving their community."Isn't that why we're here as a church?" Crum said. "Aren't
Jan. 8, 2013
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English version of ‘Donguibogam’ to be published this year
An English translation of a 17th century Korean medical textbook will be published this year, according to the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine on Monday. The English version of “Donguibogam” is scheduled to be released around September this year. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the book’s publication.“The publication of ‘Donguibogam’ in English will be a great opportunity to promote the excellence and the value of Korean medicine to the world,” said an KIOM official who wished to r
Jan. 7, 2013
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Myanmar gets steamed up by sex education magazine
With its glossy pages of pouting models and racy romance tips, Myanmar's first sex education magazine has got the usually demure nation hot under the collar as it cashes in on new-found cultural freedom. "Hyno" has sparked fevered debate since hitting Myanmar's bookstores in November, where it has become a must-read among the young and curious, just a few months after the end of direct censorship in the former junta-ruled nation.Perhaps tame by western standards, Hyno's photo spreads of semi-cla
Jan. 7, 2013
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Report: Professors have least job stress
University professor is the least stressful job available to U.S. workers in 2013, a job-search website said Thursday.CareerCast.com said teaching at the college level combines relatively high pay with a median annual salary of more than $62,000, prestige and a comfortable environment."Their students are largely those who choose the classes they attend, and thus want to be in class," the website said. "Unlike elementary and secondary educators, the performance of college professors isn't evaluat
Jan. 4, 2013
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Edvard Munch still struggles to win favor in native Norway
OSLO (AFP) ― He may be acclaimed in the art world and coveted by thieves but Edvard Munch is starved of recognition in his native Norway, where squabbles have delayed a new museum worthy of his oeuvre.This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the expressionist master, who painted the now iconic “The Scream.” But the anniversary is clouded by the city of Oslo’s inability to provide a proper setting for the art gems the painter left in his will.Munch, who died in 1944, bequeathed an en
Jan. 3, 2013
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Gwageo: Gateway to success in Joseon
Long before the college scholastic ability test, TOEIC or TOEFL, there was Gwageo, a civil servant examination in Korea. Launched in 958 benchmarking the Chinese model, Gwageo became the official gateway to public officialdom, which was regarded as the “only honorable way” for noblemen to live in the Joseon era (1392-1910). It was abolished in 1894 when Westernization of the government system kicked off and the exam was named one of the bad, old customs. The National Library is holding a special
Jan. 3, 2013
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People of lower social status crave bling
People who feel low in status try to compensate by buying high-status goods such as fur coats, cuff links, caviar and Italian suits, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Philip Mazzocco of Ohio State University‘s Mansfield campus said the findings cast doubt on the notion urban minorities have developed a corrosive “bling culture” unique to them.“Minorities don’t buy high-status products because of some ‘bling culture.’ It is a basic psychological tendency that we all share when we‘re feeling infer
Jan. 3, 2013
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Journalist claims to have found Scientologists’ ‘alien space cathedral’
BBC journalist and scientology debunker John Sweeney recently claimed to have found a secret “alien space cathedral” built by the controversial cult of Scientology.According to a report published by British newspaper the Sun on Monday, Sweeney allegedly found a gateway to a secret bunker that the Church of Scientology built to protect their teachings from a nuclear holocaust they thought would take place in the future. It is near the remote community of Mesa Huerfanita, New Mexico, north of Rosw
Jan. 3, 2013