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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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Lady Gaga thanks fans for speaking out on gig ban for teens
U.S. pop diva Lady Gaga thanked “all the adults in Korea who are speaking out for (the) underaged who want to come to the BTW Ball” via twitter on Tuesday. “Maybe the gov. will change their mind,” said the singer. She also added that parents should be “given more credit” to determine what’s good for their children.Lady Gaga’s upcoming Seoul concert “The Born This Way Ball,” to be held on April 27 at the Olympic Stadium in southeastern Seoul, has been restricted to over-18s by the Korea Media Rat
April 3, 2012
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Big Bang, 2NE1 most favored by French fans: survey
South Korean pop groups Big Bang and 2NE1 are the most favored K-pop stars among French fans, a government poll released on Tuesday showed.In the online survey of 3,755 French respondents conducted by the Paris branch of the Korea Tourism Organization, 49.9 percent picked the five-member hip-hop band Big Bang as their favorite K-pop boy band and 64.8 percent chose the four-member hip-hop group2NE1
April 3, 2012
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KARA launches first celebrity fragrance in Asia
An ad image of KARA and their new fragrance (3CY)Popular girl group KARA announced on Tuesday they will launch their first signature fragrance, becoming the first Asian celebrity to introduce a cosmetic product named after them and created with their input.“We have been working for a long time on developing K5J and are so excited that our signature fragrance is now a reality,” said KARA members i
April 3, 2012
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S.M. Entertainment singers to hit L.A.
Broadcaster MBC and S.M. Entertainment Agency are to co-host a K-pop concert, “MBC Korean Music Wave in Los Angeles,” in May. K-pop groups from S.M. including Girls’ Generation, TVXQ, SHINee, f(x) and Super Junior will showcase at Anaheim Honda Center on May 20, MBC announced on Tuesday. The organizers said that the concert will be a large-scale project different from previous hallyu, or Korean Wave, concerts. “We will offer a show of higher quality with better stage settings, repertoires and ne
April 3, 2012
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Titanic centenary grips global TV market
CANNES, France (AFP) ― From documentaries to high-end costume dramas, the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic has sparked a tidal wave of TV shows, up for grabs at this week’s MIPTV international trade show.Episode one of the mini-series “Titanic,” penned by Oscar and Emmy-winning scriptwriter Julian Fellowes and distributed by Britain’s ITV Studios, was given a gala screening at the fair opening night Sunday, in presence of cast and crew.ITV’s take on the tragedy, which claimed some 1,5
April 3, 2012
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Trailer from Houston‘s new film makes its debut
Viewers got a first glimpse of Whitney Houston’s upcoming film Monday when NBC‘s ``Today’‘ show premiered a trailer for the much-awaited release, and a fuller clip debuted on Yahoo! Movies.A remake of the 1976 original, ``Sparkle’‘ stars Houston as the mother of three girls who form a singing group and struggle with fame and drug addiction. The trailer showed the daughters, including ``American Idol’‘ winner Jordin Sparks, performing. Houston is prominent throughout, at one point singing the cla
April 3, 2012
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Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in biopic
He's already a titan of social media, so it only makes sense that Ashton Kutcher would play the late Apple founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biography.Kutcher's publicist confirmed Tuesday that the independent film ``Jobs'' will begin production in May while he's on hiatus from the CBS sitcom ``Two and a Half Men.'' Variety first reported the casting news.The 34-year-old actor, who has over 10 mil
April 3, 2012
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Stones and nails bring artist close to nature
Artist Lee Jae-hyo showcases sculptures close to nature at Sungkok Art MuseumWhat could have ended up in the trash or at a hardware store at best turns into art ― extremely delicate, even, ― when touched by Lee Jae-hyo’s finger tips. The South Korean artist slices nails and hammers them until they are shiny and smooth, and creates symmetrical sculptures by putting thousands of them together. Some of his other materials of choice are wood and stones, which he works in similar ways. Seeing his wo
April 2, 2012
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Sarah Palin set to co-host NBC’s ‘Today’
NEW YORK (AP) ― NBC’s “Today” show is bringing Sarah Palin on board as a co-host ― for one morning, this Tuesday.The announcement was posted Sunday on NBC’s website. It says the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate will “reveal a different side” than viewers have seen before.The booking is clearly an attempt to blunt the impact of “Today” alumna Katie Couric’s weeklong return to morning TV as a guest host on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Couric joined ABC last year and was
April 2, 2012
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Korean to head IATC for third time
Kim Yun-cheol, head of Korea National University of Arts’ School of Drama, has been reelected as the president of the International Association of Theatre Critics for the third time. The decision was made Friday at the IATC regular general meeting in Warszawa, Poland. Kim was the first Asian ever to be elected to head IATC in 2008. Each term lasts two years.Kim studied English education at Seoul National University and obtained an M.A. degree in Theater and Cinematic Arts at Choong Ang Universit
April 2, 2012
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Busan to become multimedia content center in May
Busan will become a marketplace for multimedia content including TV dramas and smartphone apps from around the world in May.From May 10-12, the city hosts Busan Contents Market at BEXCO, a convention center in Haeundae, with more than 600 media companies and buyers from 47 countries participating, the organizing committee said. The committee expects to have companies signing deals worth $54 million this year, up from $48 million last year.In its sixth year, the committee plans to open the market
April 2, 2012
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Filming in Chernobyl, the ‘Land of Oblivion’
PARIS (AFP) ― The film had to be shot in Chernobyl. That was the sizeable challenge Michale Boganim set herself for her first feature film, the story of a young bride robbed of a husband by the 1986 nuclear disaster.Five years in the making, the French-Israeli director’s “Land of Oblivion,” just released in France, was shot entirely in the so-called exclusion zone, reaching 30 kilometers around the defunct Ukrainian nuclear power plant.Starring “Bond girl” Olga Kurylenko in the lead role, the fi
April 2, 2012
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Feist wins Juno for Artist of the Year
TORONTO (AP) ― Indie-rock songstress Leslie Feist took home a Juno for Artist of the Year on Sunday night, her third win at the 41st annual Canadian music awards ceremony.Feist, best known for her whimsical 2007 song “1234,’’ which became an international hit after it was featured in an iPod nano commercial, might have surprised some with Sunday night’s win since her contemplative fourth disc, “Metals,’’ wasn’t nominated for Album of the Year.Another of the night’s early winners was no surprise:
April 2, 2012
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Korean-American playwright brings unusual portrait of immigrant family
Lloyd Suh’s drama ‘American Hwangap’ gets its first Seoul runThe concept of home and belonging has been repeatedly discussed in migration studies and art, yet many local viewers may find Korean-American playwright Lloyd Suh’s play quite equivocal and even unusual.As its title, “American Hwangap” suggests, the play deals with the clash between two different worlds: Korea and America, parents and children, and the past and the future. It deals with an uneasy reunion of an immigrant family, as well
April 2, 2012
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Sandler big loser at Razzie Awards
"Jack and Jill," a big-screen comedy starring Adam Sandler as the titular twin siblings, "won" 10 Razzie Awards at a Santa Monica ceremony Sunday night.The movie is the first to sweep all categories in the Razzies' 32-year history.It was named Worst Picture of 2011, while Sandler was declared Worst Actor and Worst Actress, and the cast was dubbed Worst Ensemble.Sandler's Oscar-winning co-star Al P
April 2, 2012
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Korean art explained for English-language readers
Prestigious U.K. publishers and Korea’s Culture Ministry publish English-language books on Korean artEnglish-language books shedding new light on South Korean art and artists are pouring out from in and outside of the country, to the delight of non-Korean speaking art aficionados. U.K. publishing company Prestel released the 192-page hardcover book “Korean Contemporary Art” on March 19. The book, written by Miki Wick Kim, an expert on Korean contemporary art and director of Mick Wick Kim Contemp
April 1, 2012
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‘The Voice’ adds Facebook app for voting
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― NBC’s talent show “The Voice” is jumping on Facebook’s “timeline” app bandwagon to give fans another way to vote for their favorite contestantsThe new application allows viewers to cast votes for “Voice” singers and connect with friends and others watching the show, NBC and Facebook said Friday. Voting on live performances begins Monday. The Facebook app for “The Voice” is intended to create “a fully social online voting experience,” said Vivi Zigler, president of NBC Universa
April 1, 2012
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Whitney memorabilia auctioned
Beverly Hills (AP) ― A bustier worn on stage by Whitney Houston fetched $18,750 at an auction in Beverly Hills of memorabilia from the late pop star’s career.Julien’s Auctions says the sale of 13 items Saturday brought in a total of $80,187 from bidders in the gallery, on the phone and online.A grey velvet gown the singer wore to music mogul Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party in 1996 went for $11,250.Pearl drop earrings worn by Houston in “The Bodyguard’’ sold for $2,812, while a vest she sported in
April 1, 2012
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Stars on show for Potter studio tour launch
LONDON (AFP) ― Stars and hardcore fans of the “Harry Potter” movies turned up Saturday at the red carpet launch of a studio tour featuring the sets where the boy wizard’s adventures were filmed.Rupert Grint, who played Potter’s friend Ron Weasley, and Tom Felton, who played bully Draco Malfoy, were among the actors at Warner Bros.’ Leavesden studios in Watford, northwest of London, for the grand opening.All eight of the movies based on J. K. Rowling’s books were shot at Leavesden, which is hopin
April 1, 2012
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Bieber and Berry slimed at Kids Choice Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― At the 25th annual Kids’ Choice Awards, the slime runneth over.Host Will Smith opened the 25th annual Kids’ Choice Awards promising a record amount of the show’s trademark green gunk. Though some 20 awards are presented at the KCAs, the real suspense isn’t who will take home a “Blimp” (the show’s Oscar), it’s when and on whom the slime will spill.It’s like a baptism into kid-dome that can come at any moment: from a hidden bucket, dumped from the rafters or exploded from little
April 1, 2012