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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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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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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Shamanism explored in contemporary art
Director and young performing artist delve into the world of Korea’s indigenous spirituality Aside from the comical talk-show character “The Knee-Drop Guru,” and a few TV drama shows such as MBC’s 2004 flick “Lotus Flower Fairy,” it’s hard to come across much about Korean shamanism in popular culture.In the contemporary art scene, however, two artists have recently come up with unconventional works that shed light on the historical and artistic value of shamanism. One is media artist Park Chan-k
March 16, 2012
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Exhibitions“Meditation & Healing”: N Gallery presents works by South Korean artist Kim Hong-tae. Kim has consistently created, for the past two decades of his career, paintings of simple surfaces and lines which ponder the themes “primitive and child.” At the exhibition, visitors can view about 30 of Kim’s abstract paintings on the theme and also some landscape paintings. The exhibition runs through April 5 at N Gallery in Seohyeon-dong, Gyeonggi Province. Fore more information, call (070) 7430-
March 16, 2012
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Gabi (Korea)Opening March 15Period drama. Directed by Jang Yoon-hyun. Tanya (Kim So-yeon), a young Korean woman who grew up in Russia and knows how to brew coffee, comes to Joseon with her boyfriend Illichi (Joo Jin-mo), who is also Korean. Shortly after her arrival, she becomes Joseon’s first barista and ends up serving Gojong, the King of Joseon. Gojong has no idea that Tanya and Illichi together carry a secret mission from the Japanese to assassinate the monarch. Love Fiction (Korea)Opened Fe
March 16, 2012
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Eyelike
The Decemberists‘ live CD a mixed bagThe Decemberists“We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)” (EMI)If anyone ever needed proof that live albums have worth, they should check the marketplace: The Who’s ``Live at Leeds (Super Deluxe Edition)" now fetches $300 on the Internet. Still, despite the many classic live albums that have been released, they‘re often a mixed bag, and that’s the case with the Decemberists’ new 20-track collection from their 2011 tour.PRO: The performance
March 16, 2012
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Willie’s Shoe Service leaves footprint in Hollywood
For a recent episode of the TV series “Modern Family,” Raul Ojeda crafted a pair of shoes covered in red sequins for actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. His character, Mitchell, shows off the shoes for a “Wizard of Oz”-themed birthday party he throws for his partner, Cam.A decade ago, Raul Ojeda was working as a shoe shiner. Now the 29-year-old is leaving his own footprint in Hollywood, supplying custom-made shoes to stars such as Steve Carell and Sally Field.Ojeda is the owner of Los Angeles-based Will
March 16, 2012
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Bobbi Kristina dating 'adopted' brother
Bobbi Kristina Brown's maternal grandmother, Cissy Houston, is upset the teen is romantically involved with a man her mother, Whitney, helped raise, TMZ said.Brown has been making headlines since Whitney Houston died in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel room last month at age 48. The singer's only chil
March 16, 2012
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Rihanna says collaboration with Brown ‘made sense’
NEW YORK (AP) ― People have been scratching their heads over Rihanna’s musical collaboration with Chris Brown, but she says it “made sense” and it’s “innocent.”Brown appears on a remix of her song “Birthday Cake,” and she appears on a remix of his “Turn up the Music.” Their music union is noteworthy because Brown beat up Rihanna three years ago and is still on probation for the assault.Rihanna says it was her idea for Brown to appear on her song because he’s “the hottest R&B artist” right now. H
March 16, 2012
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Korean troupes perform at Costa Rican arts festival
SAN JOSE (Yonhap News) ― South Korea’s cultural and sports delegation threw an extravaganza of traditional and contemporary Korean arts as well as Korean sports at the opening concert of the 2012 International Arts Festival (FIA) in San Jose Thursday.Under the direction of Suh Bong-jun, the general manager of the Korean art and sports delegation, performers of namsadangnori, which dates back to the late Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and is No. 3 on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list, and pe
March 16, 2012
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Date set for 2013 Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 24 next year, Oscars organizers said Wednesday, two and a half weeks after this year’s show. Nominations for those shortlisted for prizes on Hollywood’s biggest night will be unveiled on Tuesday, Jan. 15, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said.“The ceremony will take place at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network to more than 225 countries,” it
March 15, 2012
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Dustin Hoffman TV show canceled over deaths of horses
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― A hit U.S. television series starring Dustin Hoffman has been canceled after three horses died during filming, the channel which makes the show announced Wednesday.“Luck,” about thoroughbred racing and also starring Nick Nolte, launched in January and had already been picked up for a second season, with production mostly at a horsetrack east of Los Angeles.But a first horse died on the set in 2010 and another died last year. Then a third animal had to be put down on Tuesday a
March 15, 2012
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No Rolling Stones tour yet despite 50th anniversary
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The Rolling Stones are staying put this year, Rolling Stone reported Wednesday, leaving fans to look forward instead to a major documentary marking the rock band’s 50th anniversary.“Basically, we’re just not ready” for a fresh concert tour, guitarist Keith Richards told the pop culture magazine, adding that 2013 was the group’s “more realistic” target for hitting the road.Quoting other, unidentified sources, Rolling Stone cited worries about Richards’ health in the wake of a hea
March 15, 2012
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Biopic on South Korean opera singer to film in Serbia
BELGRADE (AFP) ― South Korean film production company Morein Group will start shooting a biopic of famed opera singer Bae Jae-chul in Serbia next month, local officials said Wednesday.“My film ‘Miracle’ will be the first Korean film ever shot in Serbia and it will be sensational in Korea,” producer T.J. Chung was quoted as saying in a statement by the Serbia Film Association. The co-production between Korea and Japan tells the story of the internationally-acclaimed South Korean tenor who perfor
March 15, 2012
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Jane Birkin to sing ‘miracle songs’ by Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, actress and activist calls her daughter Charlotte a greater actressJane Birkin said the Serge Gainsbourg songs she will sing at her Seoul concert scheduled on March 22 were “miracles.”“In this show, I do sing a great many of the songs from ‘Babe Alone in Babylone,’ I think Serge wrote miracles for me,” she said in an e-mail interview.At her concert, the 66-year-old singer and actress will pay homage to her former partner and mentor who died in 1991. Birkin and Gainsbourg had a pa
March 15, 2012
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Lincoln Center musicians protest canned ballet
Musicians at New York‘s renowned Lincoln Center, one of the premier venues for live performances in the world, are protesting a major ballet company’s decision to perform to canned music.The visiting Paul Taylor Dance Company took over the stage for an almost three-week period in Lincoln Center‘s David H. Koch Theater starting Tuesday.But while the soaring dancers are as real as ever, the music they dance to, ranging from Bach to jazz, will come from recordings.K.C. Boyle, a spokesman for Local
March 15, 2012
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Musical harmony: NKorean, French orchestras play
PARIS (AP) _ A North Korean and a French orchestra performed a landmark concert on Wednesday, adding a note of harmony to longstanding tensions between the isolated nation and the West. South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, right, directs the last rehearsal of members of North Korea's Unhasu Orch
March 15, 2012
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Korea Foundation spring concert to feature music of Norway
The Korea Foundation and the Norwegian Embassy are co-hosting a spring concert at LG Arts Center on April 17.“Korea Foundation Spring Concert 2012: The Lyricism of Norway” will feature the husband-and-wife team of conductor and violinist Stephan Barratt-Due and violist Chung Soon-mi, as well as Korean pianist Chong Park. Barratt-Due is also the artistic director of the Barratt-Due Institute of Music in Norway.The program for the evening includes familiar favorite “Tarantella” by Franz Liszt as w
March 14, 2012
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Year of Bach at Seoul Arts Center
A chamber orchestra will hold a series of concerts featuring music by Johann Sebastian Bach throughout the year, Seoul Arts Center said.Since 2010, the center has been holding “The Great 3B Series” which explores the music of three great composers: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. This year the focus is on Bach ― his concertos and symphonies ― with the Korean Chamber Orchestra led by its artistic director and violinist Kim Min leading the performances. The first of the six-concert Bach series will be
March 14, 2012
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Finding peace in a barley field
Gana Art Seoul holds retrospective exhibition of artist Lee Sook-jaIt was like stepping into a house full of windows, each with a view of a vast barley field. The framed canvases hanging on the second floor of Gana Art Seoul were brimful of barley stalks swaying in Indian pink, light purple, beige and many shades of green, depending on the season the artist had in mind. The museum in Pyeongchang-dong, central Seoul, is showcasing about 40 paintings and 30 croquis by South Korean Lee Sook-ja, kno
March 14, 2012
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Slash mum on Guns N’ Roses reunion
LONDON (AP) ― Will Guns N’ Roses reunite for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?Behind his dark glasses, hat and big hair, the group’s former guitarist Slash is staying noncommittal on the subject.The million-selling hard rock group enters the Rock Hall in Cleveland on April 14, an event at which honored acts often perform as part of the celebration. But the group’s original lineup fell apart in 1996, so fans hoping to see the band reunite may be disappointed.“It’s definitely an
March 14, 2012
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Buzz bands seek to stand out at SXSW
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Members of the ascendant rock band Alabama Shakes can tell you all about buzz in the 21st century.They first read about themselves on the Internet about nine months ago. They began playing in packed houses for enthusiastic fans after putting out a hastily released EP just six months ago. And this week the foursome will reach the pinnacle of their exposure ― so far ― with a jam-packed schedule over five days at the South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival.With thousan
March 14, 2012