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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Playboy Jazz Festival to celebrate George Duke
Singer Al Jarreau and bassist Stanley Clarke will celebrate the legacy of their friend and musical partner George Duke on the opening day of the 36th annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, which is presenting the festival for the first time, announced the lineup for the June 14-15 event on Monday. George Benson and fellow smooth jazz guitarist Earl Klugh will headline the closing concert. Saturday’s concert will pay tribute to Duke, the keyb
Feb. 18, 2014
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Ok Taec-yeon to play troubled bodyguard
Since his debut as a member of the boy band 2PM over five years ago, Ok Taec-yeon has quickly cemented a career as a singing-acting double threat, starring opposite high-profile actresses like Moon Geun-young and Kim Tae-hee in various dramas. Now, the 25-year-old star is slated to play a tough-fisted bodyguard in KBS’ new weekend series “Wonderful Days,” where he will be rubbing shoulders with actress Kim Hee-seon and actor Lee Seo-jin. In the upcoming drama, Ok plays Kang Dong-hee, younger bro
Feb. 18, 2014
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‘12 Years a Slave’ named best film at U.K. awards
The force of “Gravity” was strong at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday ― but it was the unflinching drama “12 Years a Slave” that took the top prize. Steve McQueen’s visceral, violent story of a free black man kidnapped and forced into servitude in the 19th-century U.S. South was named best picture. Its star, Chiwetel Ejiofor, took the male acting trophy. Ejiofor thanked McQueen, a visual artist who turned to filmmaking with “Hunger” and “Shame,” for bringing the story to the screen. Hol
Feb. 17, 2014
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Johnny Depp honored at makeup, hair awards
In an awards season that seems to have a ceremony for every facet of filmmaking, the Make-up and Hair Stylists Guild awards returned after a 10-year hiatus with an award for Johnny Depp.The actor received the first-ever distinguished artisan award for his work in films like “Edward Scissorhands,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Alice in Wonderland.”Depp’s award was presented by his long-time collaborator and makeup artist Joel Harlow, who is nominated for an Academy Award this year for
Feb. 17, 2014
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B1A4 says no to school violence in comeback Seoul performance
Under the theme of high school friends, the members of B1A4 ― Jinyoung, CNU, Sandeul, Baro and Gongchan ― trotted out onto the SK Olympic Stadium stage decked out in mock high school uniforms. They ignited the sea of young, screaming teenage fans excited for the boys’ comeback with the opening performance of their new single “Who Am I?”Returning with its second studio album “Who Am I” on Jan. 13, almost two years after the release of the group’s debut studio album, the members of B1A4 greeted so
Feb. 17, 2014
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‘The Lego Movie’ blocks ‘RoboCop,’ ‘About Last Night’
“The Lego Movie” built a huge lead over the weekend’s new releases at the box office. In its second outing, the Warner Bros. animated film featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett earned $48.8 million to take first place, according to studio estimates Sunday. That brings the domestic box-office total of the film, based on the toy brick-building franchise, to $129.1 million, cementing it as one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. “It’s crossing over to all audien
Feb. 17, 2014
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Fashionable Seoulites redrawn a la Julian Opie
British artist Julian Opie is amazed at how well dressed people are in Seoul. “People in London tend to wear black and gray. And there’s not particularly much light and I found myself drawing very much shadow,” said Opie at the press preview of his solo exhibition at Kukje Gallery on Thursday. To transfer the impression he had onto his paintings, he chose to highlight the colors and details of the clothes worn by Seoulites. “When I looked at photographs taken in Seoul, there was not so much shad
Feb. 16, 2014
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Chinese film ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’ wins in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) ― Director Diao Yinan’s “Black Coal, Thin Ice,” a detective thriller set in northern China, won the Berlin International Film Festival’s main Golden Bear prize on Saturday. The movie also picked up the best actor award, which went to Liao Fan.“Black Coal, Thin Ice,” Diao’s third feature film, stars Liao as a former policeman turned detective investigating a mysterious series of killings in a gritty industrial region that started when he was an officer. He is drawn to a mysterious wom
Feb. 16, 2014
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Two Korean documentaries win prizes at Berlin
Works by two South Korean directors won awards for best Asian pieces at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, the directors’ representatives in Seoul said Sunday.“A Dream of Iron” by Park Kyung-kun and “Non-Fiction Diary” by Jung Yoon-suk were the co-winners of the festival’s Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema prize, they said. The award is intended to foster the discovery of new talents.“Non-Fiction Diary” is an expose documentary on Korea’s social issues of the 1990s. It was also recognized at
Feb. 16, 2014
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Girls’ Generation, 2NE1 lead comeback month
This month has been filled with comeback releases including returns from B.A.P., Crayon Pop and Ga In, and there are more on the way. With two of the country’s most popular girl groups, Girls’ Generation and 2NE1, announcing the release of their new albums, the remaining two weeks of February look to be a battle-filled competition among those hoping to make a big comeback. Along with the K-pop powerhouses, popular boy band CNBlue as well as R&B vocal group Brown Eyed Soul and veteran singer-song
Feb. 16, 2014
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Korean documentaries win prize at Berlin film fest
Works by two South Korean directors won awards for best Asian pieces at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, the directors' representatives in Seoul said Sunday."A Dream of Iron" by Park Kyung-kun and "Non-fiction Diary" by Jung Yoon-suk were the co-winners of the festival's NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) prize, they said. The award aims at discovering new talents."Non-Fiction Diary" is an expose documentary on Korea's social issues of the 1990s. It was also recognized at the 2013
Feb. 16, 2014
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Box Office: 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, RoboCop
12 Years a Slave (U.S., U.K.)Opening Feb. 27In 1841, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free African-American New Yorker, is kidnapped by slavers in Washington, D.C., and sold into slavery in Louisiana. There, he is enslaved to work on farms in the South, after being renamed “Platt,” and becomes the property of a plantation owner (Benedict Cumberbatch). This film is an adaptation of the 1853 memoir of the same title by Northup, who was an educated carpenter, musician and a family man before
Feb. 14, 2014
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Eyelike: Yoo Seung-woo shows maturity in Early 19
Yoo Seung-woo shows maturity in Early 19Yoo Seung-woo “Early 19” (CJ E&M)Two years ago, young singer-songwriter Yoo seung-woo, then a 16-year-old high school student, impressed judges and viewers with his musicality and clear voice on singing audition program “Superstar K4.”The young prodigy has returned to the music scene with his second EP, “Early 19,” equipped with his signature acoustic sounds and singing.Yoo’s new album expresses his current state of mind and worries as he enters adulthood
Feb. 14, 2014
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‘That Awkward Moment’ strains to find laughs
“So” is how “That Awkward Moment” begins every “awkward moment.” As in “So, what are we doing here?” Or “So, where do you see this relationship going?”That’s the dating man’s lesson of “That Awkward Moment,” that “For girls, nothing good ever comes after ‘So.’” It’s a chatty romantic comedy in the modern mode ― rude, nude and crude ― with some funny, writerly riffs on relationships and how to avoid them.There are laughs, in the lead couple’s “meet cute” moment in a bar, when she (Imogen Poots) t
Feb. 14, 2014
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‘Let It Go’ from Disney’s ‘Frozen’ stirs up Korean music scene
Two Disney princesses are leading the local music scene and setting new box-office records in South Korea.Since premiering on Jan. 16, Walt Disney Animation Studio’s recent film “Frozen” has been making local box-office history, becoming the most-viewed animated film in South Korea by attracting over 8 million local viewers according to the Korean Film Council on Tuesday.Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Snow Queen,” “Frozen” tells the story of Anna, a brave, determined princ
Feb. 14, 2014
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Girls' Generation mulls album release delay after losing video footage
Girls' Generation, one of the most popular South Korean pop groups, may postpone the release of its new album after footage for the video of the album's title track was accidentally deleted, the group's management agency said Friday.The K-pop group originally planned to end a one-year hiatus with the release of its fourth mini-album titled "Mr.Mr." on Feb. 24. Before the official release, the group was scheduled to release the title track "Mr. Mr." on local online music services such as Melon, N
Feb. 14, 2014
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Harpist’s special homecoming
Lavinia Meijer is one of the world’s top harpists. In her home country of the Netherlands, she is a cultural icon who has brought harp, an instrument rarely played solo, to the forefront of its classical music scene. And she is a Korean adoptee.Currently in Seoul for her fourth performance in the country, she said getting to grips with her biological roots has had a lasting impact on her music.“(Coming to Korea) is always special for me,” the 31-year-old harpist said at the Sony Music office in
Feb. 13, 2014
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Grim forecast for Korean art market
Both the total sales value and prices of Korean art fell last year despite an increased number of works sold, according to a report on the local arts market by economics professor Choi Jeong-pyo of Konkuk University this week.Seoul Auction, which accounts for half of all auction sales in the country, sold 1,888 pieces for about 39 billion won ($36 million) in 2013. The amount was down 2.6 percent from 2012.K Auction, which takes up 28 percent of the market, auctioned off 1,258 works for 18.8 bil
Feb. 13, 2014
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Three nights of Beethoven sonatas
Attention, Beethoven fans! Some of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians are coming to Korea this month for three all-Beethoven sonata concerts in Seoul. Scheduled for Feb. 17, 20 and 21 at Seoul Arts Center, the three concerts are a unique chance to indulge in the world of Ludwig van Beethoven through three different instruments ― the piano, violin and cello. Kicking off the Beethoven bash on Feb. 17 is Catherine Cho, a Korean-American violinist who teaches at the prestigious Juilliard Sc
Feb. 13, 2014
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Oscar-winning writer calls in favors to make ‘Winter’s Tale’
Oscar-winning screenwriter, producer and director Akiva Goldsman fell in love with Mark Helprin’s 1983 novel “Winter’s Tale” decades ago. And despite the book’s themes, texture, density and sheer bulk ― it is 740 pages long ― he could never quite give up the idea that it should be a movie. “It’s a fairy tale for grownups,” says Goldsman, who won an Oscar for adapting “A Beautiful Mind,” and counts “The Da Vinci Code,” “Cinderella Man” and “A Time to Kill” among his screenplay credits. “The most
Feb. 13, 2014