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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Dave Chappelle, 'SNL' give thoughtful coda to election
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Saturday Night Live" called on host Dave Chappelle's wit and Kate McKinnon’s performance of "Hallelujah" for a thoughtful coda to a divisive presidential campaign.Chappelle, claiming to be rusty after a decade largely out of the TV spotlight, proved ready and eager to offer his take on Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton, including the protests that followed. "I haven’t seen white people this mad since the O.J. (Simpson) verdict," the comedian said drolly, suggesting
Nov. 14, 2016
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‘K2’ wraps up with top ratings
“The K2,” a star-studded political drama that delved into the essence of power and people’s hunger for it, wrapped up Saturday with a 6.2 percent viewership, according to Nielsen Korea. The 16-episode show presented the tangled web of power involving political parties, presidential secrets, the opulent wealth of Korea’s chaebol families and the media. Saturday’s final episode topped all cable channel viewership during its 8 p.m. time slot. Ji Chang-wook stars in "The K2." (tvN)“The K2” stars a
Nov. 13, 2016
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‘Sound of Your Heart’ web series starts off to keen response
“The Sound of Your Heart,” a web series based on the popular eponymous webtoon, is off to a good start, reaching nearly 10 million views in just six days after its release. Short snippets of the series are being uploaded on Naver TV Cast since Nov. 7. Two new clips each will be uploaded Mondays and Thursdays until Dec. 9, when the full series will begin airing on KBS. As of Sunday, the show had reached over 9.68 million views. The number is the highest for web dramas launched on Naver TV Cast so
Nov. 13, 2016
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Children race to enter show business
A banner at the door of children’s modeling and acting agency Olive Entertainment, located in western Seoul, features the recognizable faces of young trainees who have gone on to star in ads, films and TV shows. It also reads, “Make your dreams come true.”The rising fame of child actors on the big and small screen has led to growing numbers of children seeking stardom from an early age. Hand-in-hand with their mothers, hundreds flock to large-scale acting academies, many of which function as one
Nov. 10, 2016
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No gore or sex but German cult crime show still a hit
BERLIN (AFP) -- Cult crime show “Tatort” may be almost unknown outside Germany but the popular and realistic police series is about to celebrate its 1,000th episode.The program has kept millions of German viewers engrossed since 1970, with families breaking off from dinner at 8:15 pm every Sunday and meeting friends at pubs to catch the latest episode of Germany’s most popular detective show.At a time when Netflix and Amazon Prime are eroding the business of traditional television broadcasters,
Nov. 10, 2016
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'The Simpsons' renewed through historic season 30
Hit animated comedy “The Simpsons” will return for two more seasons on US television network Fox -- its 29th and 30th -- setting a record as the primetime scripted series with the most episodes.The chronicles of the life and adventures of the Simpson family, which is currently in its 28th season, broadcast its first episode in December 1989. With season 30, “The Simpsons” will hit 669 episodes, breaking the record held by Western drama “Gunsmoke” with 635. The show -- which has won more than 30
Nov. 6, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Park Bo-gum opens up on two sides of Lee Young
Actor Song Joong-ki made viewers swoon as a dashing army lieutenant in “Descendants of the Sun” earlier this year, but the latter half of 2016 has seen actor Park Bo-gum stir the hearts of many as Prince Lee Young in “Love in the Moonlight.”The historical romance series, which began in August and wrapped up last week on KBS, surpassed the 20 percent viewership mark after just three episodes. Park’s portrayal of an impish Joseon era prince, his gradual transformation into a thoughtful ruler, and
Oct. 26, 2016
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For Suzy Nakamura, 'Dr. Ken' means diversity, 'gwishin'
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) -- As a child, Suzy Nakamura recalls, she was content to quietly observe and leave the talking to others. These days, the actress and comedian is making noise as a smart, self-possessed sitcom wife on ABC’s “Dr. Ken.”It’s a career milestone for Nakamura, co-starring on a successful series after being part of some 20 pilots and a few short-lived series -- which, she says cheerfully, brought variety as well as paychecks to her life.“I haven’t gotten bored,” she said.
Oct. 20, 2016
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Drama series focus on the unemployed, underprivileged
In “Drinking Solo,” newbie lecturer Park Han-na struggles to capture students’ attention in the cutthroat world of Korean private education while pursuing a slippery romance with her co-worker. Kim Dong-young, one of her pupils, crams every day to pass the exhausting state exam that will reward him with a stable job as public servant, all the while working part time so as not to burden his lower-middle class family. Recently, television shows like the tvN production have been nabbing audiences b
Oct. 18, 2016
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Irvine Welsh adapting hit novel ‘Crime’ for TV
CANNES, France (AFP) - “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh said Sunday he is adapting his acclaimed novel “Crime” for television, the first time one of the controversial Scottish writer's books will make the leap to the small screen.The story of a cocaine-snorting alcoholic Edinburgh detective who runs into even more trouble when he goes on vacation to Florida is widely regarded as Welsh’s best since “Trainspotting,” with the Guardian calling it a “triumph.”Having had his world turned upside dow
Oct. 17, 2016
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New wave of TV cartoons urge children to save seas
CANNES, France (AFP) - Coral reefs may be dying off at an alarming rate and pollution and overfishing emptying the seas. But fear not. Help is at hand in the form of a new wave of cartoon superheroes determined to save the oceans.While Disney blockbusters “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory” have been attacked for sparking a spike in the poaching of tropical fish, Muppets creators the Jim Henson Company said Sunday that their new animated children's series “Splash and Bubbles” would help mobilize a
Oct. 17, 2016
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Kardashian files complaint in France over crime scene video
PARIS (AFP) -- American reality TV star Kim Kardashian has lodged a formal complaint in France after she was filmed at her luxury Paris apartment following a robbery by gunmen, her lawyers said Thursday.Kardashian is also filing a civil party petition as the victim of “a serious assault and a jewelry theft” on Oct. 3 after French prosecutors formally opened an investigation.The statement from her lawyers said the video was made “without her consent or the police’s and while the police were inves
Oct. 14, 2016
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Survival reality show asks, ‘democracy or dictatorship?’
Soon-to-air reality program “Society Game” observes contestants divided into two “societies” -- one a democracy, the other a dictatorship -- as they compete in a physically and psychologically draining fight for survival. The show is cable channel tvN’s ambitious new project, co-created with global format distribution company Endemol Shine Group, an Amsterdam-based firm that previously rolled out popular shows “Big Brother,” “The Biggest Loser” and “MasterChef.” The show’s focus is to observe
Oct. 13, 2016
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Song Joong-ki wins grand prize at APAN awards
Actor Song Joong-ki nabbed the grand prize for his lead role in the KBS2 drama series “Descendant of the Sun,” which aired early this year to explosive pan-Asian popularity, at the Asia Pacific Actors Network Star Awards on Sunday.“I don’t know what to say, it’s the first time I’ve received such a big prize,” Song said in his acceptance speech at the ceremony, held at broadcasting network MBC’s headquarters in Sangam-dong, Seoul. The APAN awards, hosted by MBC and the Korea Entertainment Managem
Oct. 3, 2016
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tvN attributes success over past decade to talent, investment
Over the past 10 years, tvN has slowly emerged as one of the best content creators in South Korea, producing numerous hits with viewership unseen for a cable channel.At a press conference Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of its opening, Lee Deok-jae, head of media content at tvN’s parent company CJ E&M, said, “We won’t settle for domestic success. We aim high to produce content that can sell in the global market.” The channel opened in October 2006 with the humble goal of surviving in a cr
Sept. 29, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Korean-American Aaron Yoo, surfing roles in Hollywood for over a decade
Korean-American actor Aaron Yoo has been building a low-key yet eclectic career since starting out in off-Broadway shows in the early 2000s. A University of Pennsylvania theater graduate, Yoo has gone on to play recurring characters on the small screen, as well as supporting roles on the big screen in movies such as “Disturbia” (2007) and “21” (2008).Yoo has jumped onto the web space in his most recent project. Taking up the role of Machiavellian billionaire venture capitalist Alex Bell in web s
Sept. 28, 2016
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Lee Young-Ae’s return TV series put off to next year
The airing of the South Korean TV series “Saimdang, Memoir of Colors,” which stars Lee Young-Ae, has been postponed to early next year, according to TV sources. The SBS TV series was scheduled to simultaneously hit South Korea and China in late October. But the broadcast has been put off to January, as China has delayed its screening procedures for the show, possibly because of Seoul’s decision to deploy an anti-missile defense system on the Korean Peninsula, the sources said Tuesday. The drama
Sept. 28, 2016
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Ukraine wants Korean satellite TV channels: report
MOSCOW (Yonhap) -- A senior Ukrainian official said Tuesday his country wants South Korean satellite TV channels to fill in for blocked Russian ones, according to a news report.Ukraine blocked 77 Russian satellite TV channels over the past two years amid the worst-ever bilateral ties over the Crimea issue.Instead, dozens of new Ukrainian TV channels began services.“We don’t have enough. So we want Korean (TV satellite channels),” the Interfax news agency quoted Yuri Artemenko, the head of Ukrain
Sept. 21, 2016
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‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep’ take top honors at Emmys
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- “Game of Thrones” conquered the Emmy kingdom Sunday, honored as top drama for the second consecutive year and becoming the most honored prime-time TV series ever on a night of surprises and sharp political jabs. “Veep” repeated as best comedy series and its star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, won a record-breaking sixth Emmy as best comedy actress. Jeffrey Tambor’s trophy as top comedy actor for “Transparent” also was his second. But the top drama acting trophies were far from predi
Sept. 19, 2016
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New Miss America begins reign with Atlantic City surf romp
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) -- The heels came off, but the crown stayed on as Miss America began her reign with a romp in the Atlantic City surf Monday, hours after winning the title.Savvy Shields, who represented Arkansas, won the crown Sunday night to become Miss America 2017.She drew wide attention by calling on Democrats and Republicans to learn to compromise with each other again.On Monday morning, she kicked off her sandals and walked across the seaside gambling resort‘s shell-strewn be
Sept. 13, 2016