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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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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Walters returns to TV to interview shooter’s dad
NEW YORK (AP) ― Barbara Walters’ time away from television hasn’t lasted long. The TV news icon said Tuesday that she will interview the father of Elliot Rodger, the California man who shot and killed six people and injured 13 others before turning the gun on himself last month. The interview with Peter Rodger will air as a prime-time special on ABC News in the next few weeks. It was only last month that ABC honored Walters with a prime-time special and going-away party on “The View” when she st
June 11, 2014
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Eva Longoria’s Las Vegas Strip steakhouse closes
LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Eva Longoria’s female-focused steakhouse closed over the weekend, less than two years after opening in a swanky shopping center on the Las Vegas Strip. Officials with parent company Landry’s said SHe by Morton’s shut down effective Sunday. The restaurant had opened in late 2012 with a theatrical nightclub on the upper floor, but the club portion closed in early 2013. “The restaurant was looking into alternatives to repurpose the space to enhance its dining experience,” said Scot
May 29, 2014
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Kardashian, Kanye wed at Florence fortress
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) ― Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are officially “Bound” to each other. The celebrity couple, who have made a habit of over-the-top public displays of affection, got hitched Saturday in a decidedly private spot: a Renaissance fortress in Florence. The nuptials were confirmed to the Associated Press by Kardashian’s representative, who noted the reporting of E! Online, the news site from the network that carries her reality show, “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” E! Online repo
May 25, 2014
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Philip Roth to appear on Stephen Colbert’s show
NEW YORK (AP) ― Philip Roth, one of the world’s eminent men of letters, is apparently confused about the meaning of the word “retirement.” All it took to upend his latest farewell was an invitation from Stephen Colbert. Comedy Central spokesman Steve Albani told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the celebrated novelist has agreed to an “extended interview” in July for the cOlbert Book Club. The 81-year-old Roth has more than once announced he has given his last interview and over the past t
May 22, 2014
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No longer stuck in a box
This is the second in a series highlighting women and their accomplishments in the various facets of the Korean entertainment industry. ― Ed.South African Bronwyn Mullen, 30, is grateful for how far she’s come in the Korean TV industry, but she’s the first to admit that it wasn’t easy and no one ever gave her a “golden ticket.”She said that things were a lot different when she started out.“Eight years ago, when I first came to Korea, there were no female-dominated TV shows. Within eight years of
May 8, 2014
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Jack Bauer is back: U.S. TV series ‘24’ opens new season
Los Angeles (AFP) ― Hit U.S. action show “24” returned to TV screens Monday, four years after its last season, with Kiefer Sutherland returning as fugitive counterterror agent Jack Bauer.The spy thriller moves to London for its first run-out since the end of season eight in May 2010. The new series, subtitled “Live Another Day,” runs for 12 episodes, rather than 24 as previously.Sutherland said he hopes viewers gripped by the show for nearly a decade will still be interested in the real-time act
May 6, 2014
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Lee Jong-suk goes on diet for ‘Doctor Stranger’
Actor Lee Jong-suk shed some weight to add to the authenticity of his North Korea scenes, the actor said in a press conference for SBS TV’s “Doctor Stranger” in Mok-dong, Seoul, Tuesday.“I know I am pretty skinny, but I still tried to lose extra weight for the part until my face got all bony,” Lee said. Doctor Stranger is the actor’s first major role in a medical drama.“We tried to pick the costumes that best fit the scenes, rather than (based on) corporate sponsorship,” the actor added. The Mon
April 29, 2014
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4 U.S. TV shows ordered off Chinese websites
BEIJING (AP) ― Chinese authorities have ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing four popular American TV shows, including “The Big Bang Theory” and “The Good Wife,” representatives from two sites said Sunday. The move suggests government attention is intensifying on the online streaming industry, which is freer than state television and China’s cinemas to show foreign productions and other content and has stretched the boundaries of what can be seen in the country. A spok
April 28, 2014
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Discovery to air Everest documentary on May 4
NEW YORK (AP) ― Discovery Channel has announced May 4 as the airdate for a documentary on last week’s Mount Everest avalanche that killed more than a dozen mountain guides. The 90-minute special, “Everest Avalanche Tragedy,” will air at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Several of the Sherpas killed were helping prepare for American Joby Ogwyn’s (JOE-bee OH-gwinn) planned jump from the summit in a wingsuit. Discovery planned to telecast the stunt on May 11. Thirteen bodies were recovered at the mountain‘s tr
April 25, 2014
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[Ferry Disaster] No singing, dancing or comedy on TV throughout weekend
Singing, dancing and comedy have disappeared from major TV channels since the Sewol ferry sank off the southern coast on Wednesday, and are likely to remain so throughout the weekend as the nation prays for more than 250 people still missing. KBS, MBC and SBS, the three major broadcasters, have all decided to cancel regular programs, running real-time news for most of Friday. They canceled most of their music and entertainment programs scheduled for the weekend. “This is no time to sing or laugh
April 18, 2014
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Germany pulls plug on one-time hit TV show ‘Wanna Bet?’
BERLIN (AFP) ― It has seen wacky bets performed before millions and hosted an A-list of Hollywood stars, but after a three-decade run Germany’s once top-rated TV variety show is getting the axe.A victim of plummeting ratings, a fast-graying fan base and charges that its concept has grown stale, “Wetten, dass..? (Wanna Bet?)” will screen for the last time in December after 33 years.Such is the dated cult status of the silly-challenge show, once Europe’s most successful program, that Sunday newspa
April 8, 2014
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Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney dies
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Mickey Rooney, the child actor who danced with Judy Garland, married Ava Gardner and made more than 250 movies, died Sunday at his home in North Hollywood. He was 93.Celebrity website TMZ said Rooney had been ill for some time and died of natural causes. Police in Los Angeles said members of his large family were at his side.“It is with sadness that I say my father has passed today,” his son, choreographer Michael Rooney, said on Twitter. “I loved him and so did the world. He
April 8, 2014
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Outrage as U.S. comedian mocks Asian-Americans
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Social media erupted in outrage and counter-attacks Friday after U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert used language that mocked Asian-Americans in what was intended as an anti-racist jibe.Colbert, who is liberal but parodies a blustery conservative on his late night talk show, took aim at the Washington Redskins football team whose name is considered offensive by many Native Americans.Colbert mocked team owner Dan Snyder who has announced a fund to support Native Americans while reje
March 31, 2014
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Jeremy Piven returns as ‘Mr. Selfridge’
PASADENA, California ― Jeremy Piven was 37 years old when he was anointed with “The Fresh Face of the Year” acting award. At that point he’d been performing for 29 years.He’d co-starred in nearly 40 movies and negotiated TV series like “Ellen,” “Cupid” and “The Larry Sanders Show.” But his wasn’t a household name. “I was a late bloomer compared to other people,” he says, in the board room of a hotel here. “But for me it was the right journey.”Piven actually grew up in the theater. His parents ra
March 25, 2014
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‘We Got Married ― Global Edition’ Season 2 to air in April
Korean and foreign celebrities have joined hands to show viewers both at home and abroad what it is like to marry a person from another culture.Major South Korean broadcaster MBC and SM Entertainment are jointly launching the second season of “We Got Married ― Global Edition” in April.“We Got Married” is a television show that sets up celebrities in hypothetical marriages and shows how they live as “married couples” over the course of 15 episodes. The global edition of the show will feature both
March 20, 2014
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Oprah Winfrey to sell Harpo Studios in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) ― Oprah Winfrey is selling Harpo Studios in Chicago to a developer, but the studio will remain on the property for another two years. Winfrey filmed “The Oprah Winfrey Show” at the studio from 1990 to 2011, when she ended the talk show to start the Oprah Winfrey Network on cable. “We have entered into a purchasing agreement with Sterling Bay for the four-building Harpo Studios campus in Chicago’s West Loop,” Harpo told Crain’s Chicago Business in a statement. “We expect the transact
March 17, 2014
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[Newsmaker] ‘My Love’ signals K-drama revival
In China, Korean TV drama “My Love from the Star” seems to have stirred up a syndrome that stands strong even amid a series of national tragedies ― a terrorist attack that left 33 people dead and a flight gone missing with another 152 of its nationals aboard.Kim Soo-hyun, the male lead in the drama, has become the heartthrob of Chinese girls. In the series, he played Do Min-jun, an alien in the form of a perfect male specimen who falls in love with an arrogant A-list actress played by Jun Ji-hyu
March 10, 2014
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‘Gravity’ director Cuaron turns to TV
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron was looking for an anti-“Gravity” follow up to his blockbuster space film, and he found it with a rare excursion into television.Cuaron and sci-fi auteur J.J. Abrams (“Lost,” the “Star Trek” movies) are executive producers of “Believe,” a drama about a child whose supernatural powers put her and the world at risk.The premise came to him while he waited during “the endless process of special effects” on “Gravity,” Cuaron said at a media eve
March 9, 2014
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[Weekender] Deja vu
The 1990s were a culturally vibrant decade that saw the birth of the legendary boy band Seo Taiji and Boys and first-generation idols like H.O.T. and Sechs Kies. It was the beginning of what we now call K-pop, and a period when Korean popular culture, especially movies and TV dramas, made great strides both in style and content. The decade is often hailed as Korea’s cultural heyday and continues to inspire popular culture. The culture of the ’90s first re-entered the Korean mainstream with the m
March 7, 2014
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Jimmy Fallon, Chicago mayor take chilly dip
CHICAGO (AP) ― Comedian Jimmy Fallon took a quick but icy dip in Lake Michigan ― dressed in a full suit and tie ― eyes bulging as he darted out of the slushy water and headed straight for a pile of dry towels. “The Tonight Show” host made good on his promise to make Sunday morning’s “Polar Plunge” with Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a condition for the mayor appearing on Fallon’s show in New York, following an exchange of tweets and challenges. “If you hear a scream like a little girl’s ... know that Jim
March 4, 2014