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Exploitation at the ends of the Earth
With images of the North and South Poles becoming cliche through overuse in environmental documentaries, artist Han Sung-pil’s photographs of the Arctic and Antarctica offer a different view of these vulnerable regions. He focuses on the history of human exploitation in the world’s least explored places since the time when early European explorers discovered the lands and their rich natural resources. He made several trips to the Arctic and Antarctica from 2013 to 2014 searching for traces of ex
Jan. 12, 2015
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K-pop stars see earnings rocket
Girls’ Generation (SM Entertainment)As K-pop continues to lead the Korean Wave, singers are enjoying their sharpest ever increase in income, government statistics show.According to the National Tax Service, the average yearly income of singers rose 72.2 percent in three years between 2010 and 2013, by far the sharpest hike among all Korean celebrity groups. The average annual salary came in at 46.74 million won ($42,000) in 2013, more than doubling from 26.97 million won in 2010. Over the same
Jan. 12, 2015
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Steve Barakatt to present symphony with Herald Phil
New Age pianist and composer Steve Barakatt will present his largest production ― symphony “Ad Vitam Aeternam” ― to Seoul audiences at a concert in March.Written in 16 movements for piano and a full-sized orchestra, the Canadian artist’s first symphonic composition is a musical journey through different stages of life and various aspects of the human condition ― from the physiological to the psychological, emotional and spiritual. The upcoming concert will also feature “Lullaby,” which Barakatt
Jan. 11, 2015
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Eyelike: Criminal Designer
Minaj’s ‘Pinkprint’ delivers grown-up complexityNicki Minaj“The Pinkprint”(Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records)Maybe we knew -- even in 2010 -- when Nicki Minaj released her debut set that beneath the fluorescent wigs and zany accents, there resided a real-life grown-up. On some level, we surely understood that the now 32-year-old rapper had complex emotions and a past, and all the things that make stars more like regular people and less like characters.But not until now, with her third rele
Jan. 9, 2015
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‘Deja-Boo’ is my musical color: Jonghyun
Jonghyun, a member of the K-pop band SHINee, said the song “Deja-Boo” best captures his musical style and color. “I personally like this song a lot, and that is the reason behind selecting it as one of the two title songs of the album,” the singer told the media before a live showcase on Thursday at the SMTOWN Coex Atrium in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. “That is also why I decided to prerelease it.” The singer wrote lyrics to every song on his first solo EP, “BASE,” which consists of seven tra
Jan. 9, 2015
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Singer Bobby Kim questioned by FBI for alleged in-flight brawl
Bobby Kim, a popular R&B singer in South Korea, was questioned by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after his alleged sexual harassment of a cabin crew member in a flight from Incheon to San Francisco, Korean Air Lines Co. said Friday.The 42-year-old is accused of inappropriately touching a female crew member as well as hurling sexual insults while intoxicated on the U.S.-bound Jan. 7 flight, according to the South Korean carrier.The singer was later taken in for questioning by FBI
Jan. 9, 2015
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‘Deja-BOO’ is my musical color: Jonghyun
Jonghyun, a member of the K-pop band SHINee, said “Deja-BOO” best captures his musical style and color. Jonghyun of SHINee sings during a showcase for his first solo EP, “BASE,” on Thursday at the SMTOWN Coex Atrium in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. (Yonhap) “I personally like this song a lot, and that is the reason behind selecting it as one of the two title songs of the album,” the singer told the press before a live showcase on Thursday at the SMTOWN Coex Atrium in Samseong-dong, southern Se
Jan. 8, 2015
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Young artists critique modern life
A strong smell strikes viewers as they open the heavy curtain in the exhibition hall of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. Inside hangs a huge damp cloth with a brown urine stain, emitting the ammonia-like odor. This year’s Young Korean Artists exhibition of the MMCA is full of artistic experiments embedded with the anxiety of and satire toward modern Korean society. It features eight Korean artists in their 20s and 30s living through the crisis of Korea’s young generation, depriv
Jan. 7, 2015
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’90s icon So Chan-whee relishes return to spotlight
After hitting it big in the ’90s with her debut album “Cherish,” solo female rock vocalist So Chan-whee seemed to have fallen prey to the so-too-often cliched stigma of music icons unable to maintain the spark of their heyday. However, unbeknownst to her, one televised performance was enough to change her life once again.The rocker recently appeared on an episode of Infinite Challenge’s “Saturday, Saturday is for Singers (TOTOGA)” ― a segment of the MBC hit reality show that invites ’90s stars t
Jan. 7, 2015
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Korean art: What to look for in 2015
With the positive New Year remarks by the leaders of North and South Korea setting up the possibility of a thaw in inter-Korean relations, South Koreans this year will be able to see more exhibitions with North Korean elements than ever before. The Seoul Museum of Art is preparing a North Korea-themed exhibit to mark the 70th year of the division of Korea. The exhibition, scheduled to open in July, is expected to present a broad range of contemporary North Korean art and offer interesting South
Jan. 5, 2015
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TVXQ is Oricon Chart’s top-selling foreign artist in 2014
Veteran boy band TVXQ recorded the most annual album sales among non-Japanese artists on Oricon Chart in 2014.According to the chart, the Korean duo ― Changmin and Yunho ― ranked No. 13 in Annual Album Sales in 2014 with “Tree,” which was released in March.The soundtrack of popular Disney animation “Frozen” was the only foreign album which was ranked higher than “Tree,” bagging the second spot on the chart.Some other K-pop artists ― Girls’ Generation, Big Bang, 2PM, Daesung, Taeyang and SHINee ―
Jan. 4, 2015
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Eyelike: Lackluster tribute to Paul McCartney
Lackluster tribute to Paul McCartneyVarious artists“The Art of McCartney”(Arctic Poppy)This two-disc Paul McCartney tribute is a decade-in-the-making labor of love by one man, producer Ralph Sall. So it would be churlish to throw cold water on it, right?Sorry. Sall’s interest in chasing down marquee names, rather than marquee performances, makes this a gigantic missed opportunity. Sall enlists McCartney’s current backup band to fill the same role on this 34-song effort (42 with the deluxe packag
Jan. 2, 2015
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Vinyl sales rare bright spot for U.S. music industry
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Vinyl sales and music streaming both soared by more than 50 percent in 2014 in the U.S., even as overall sales kept declining, a music industry monitor said.With few blockbuster releases and streaming becoming more mainstream, consumers in the world’s largest music market bought 257 million albums last year, a drop of 11 percent from 2013, Nielsen SoundScan said in data released late Wednesday.The music industry saw one bright spot in the strong growth of vinyl which in recent y
Jan. 2, 2015
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Lee Jung-seop’s silver foil drawings return
“Children of Spring” by Lee Jung-seop (Gallery Hyundai)During the Korean War (1950-53), when art materials such as paper ― not to mention canvas ― were scarce, Korean painter Lee Jung-seop (1916-56) drew and painted on the foil linings of cigarette packs.His three small silver foil drawings, first purchased by Arthur McTaggart, director of the U.S. Culture Center in Korea in 1955, and donated to the Museum of Modern Art New York a year later, will be on view in Seoul for the first time since the
Jan. 1, 2015
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A journey through the life of violinist Cho Jin-joo
The beginning, youth, searching and reminiscing ― these are the four stages of life that the young up-and-coming violinist Cho Jin-joo is looking to explore in her upcoming solo concert series as a Kumho Art Hall resident artist.The 26-year-old will perform four solo concerts this year, with each concert dedicated to one of the aforementioned stages of life. From her trials and tribulations after moving to the States to develop her musical gifts, to the pangs of youth, joys of love and reminisce
Jan. 1, 2015
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Stage, screen actor Herrmann dies at 71
Edward Herrmann, the towering, melodious-voiced actor who brought Franklin D. Roosevelt to life in films and documentaries, won a Tony Award and charmed audiences as the stuffy dad on TV’s “Gilmore Girls,” died Wednesday. He was 71. Herrmann died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital of brain cancer, his son, Rory Herrmann said. The actor, who had been hospitalized for several weeks, was surrounded by family members including his wife, Star, and his three children, his son said.“He was full of kn
Jan. 1, 2015
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[Herald Interview] The mind behind ‘Pop Danthology’
From the humorously trend-setting era of hammer pants to the present day hip-hop infused electro-psychedelic pop, the music world is certainly no stranger to the constantly changing and ever-so-inventive modern fads and phases. Much thanks to YouTube, technological innovation and sheer musical genius, the art of mash-ups is becoming one of the hottest trends in the music industry today. The 2012 Hollywood blockbuster “Pitch Perfect” helped rocket song mashing into the global, mainstream limeligh
Dec. 29, 2014
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35,000 fans hail FNC’s family concerts in Japan
K-pop artists under FNC Entertainment’s banner, including FT ISLAND and CNBLUE, staged a series of family concerts in Japan, attracting about 35,000 fans in total.The singers wrapped up the final concert in Osaka on Saturday, nine days after the first concert in Tokyo on Dec. 20.K-pop boy band FT ISLAND was up first on “Emerald” stage, which was installed for the matinee performances. As the concert scene heated up, the boy band’s main vocalist Lee Hong-gi jumped down the stage and boasted power
Dec. 29, 2014
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Guitarist doesn’t miss day of Vegas Cirque work
LAS VEGAS (AP) ― It’s easy to miss Bruce Rickerd during the “Mystere” show at Treasure Island especially when there’s a man balancing upside-down on the foot of another, or a giant inflatable snail emerging from the massive moving stage or the gasp-inducing drops from acrobats above. But he’s there ― up high on the right or rather, stage left ― playing guitar in just about the same place he’s been for every one of the 10,000 shows come Saturday in the 21-year history of “Mystere” as he and the r
Dec. 28, 2014
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[Herald Review] Reliving adolescent bliss with ‘The Nutcracker’
While for some, the holiday season is about bundling up by a crackling fire, bellowing out some of Irving Berlin’s most cherished carols or guzzling down a cold cup of hard eggnog, for others it’s not quite complete without the sounds of whimsical percussion bells and the air of innocence in one of the ballet world’s most beloved holiday tales ― “The Nutcracker.”Saturated in festive tradition and Christmas nostalgia, the century-old production continues to spread cheer all around and remains a m
Dec. 28, 2014