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Yoon rejects Lee's proposal for pension reform talks
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US girding for possibility of N. Korea taking most provocative military actions in decade near election: NBC
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Korea signs off on new med school quotas
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Ottogi heir joins family business in US
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6 out of 10 Koreans don’t plan to have babies
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Income, education level increased for arranged international marriage: report
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[Weekender] 'Blood doesn't make family, love does'
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Arrest warrant issued for embattled popera star Kim Ho-joong
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Singer Kim Ho-joong awaits court decision on arrest warrant for DUI, hit-and-run
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HD Hyundai and Shell to collaborate on next-gen liquefied hydrogen carriers
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Classical music festival brings Nordic cool to Gangwon
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― The lush green mountains of Daegwallyeong in Gangwon Province are the idyllic setting for the premier summer classical music event that the Great Mountains Music Festival and School, organized by the Gangwon Art and Culture Foundation, has become over the past decade.Saturday evening’s gala concert was a vibrant testimony to how far the festival has come. The 1,300-seat Music Tent, built specifically with the annual music festival in mind, was packed with classica
July 28, 2013
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Russian conductor takes Bayreuth by storm
BAYREUTH, Germany (AFP) ―Russian conductor Kirill Petrenko received standing ovations at the end of the second installment of Frank Castorf’s new production of Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at the world-famous Bayreuth Festival on Saturday.The 41-year-old maestro is making his debut in the legendary Festspielhaus theater on the town’s fabled Green Hill this season.And he seems already to have won the hearts of the ultra-critical Wagnerians after just two nights, with his alert, transparent and s
July 28, 2013
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Ansan rocks to The Cure, The xx
More than 50,000 people gathered in Ansan over the weekend to move to the beat of the 2013 Ansan Valley Rock Festival. The first day on Friday attracted around 19,000 people with headliners The Cure, one of Britain‘s most influential and enduring bands. The group performed for three hours but had the audience lose track of time. Another British group, The xx, marking their first visit to Korea, created a dream-like ambiance with the help of dry ice and their trademark indie sound. The following
July 28, 2013
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Eyelike: Feel the energy in Xia Junsu‘s sophomore album
Feel the energy in Xia Junsu‘s sophomore album Xia“Incredible”(LOEN Entertainment)Former TVXQ member Xia Junsu’s sophomore solo album “Incredible” is an energetic 12-track record that includes a mix of genres and styles including dance, ballad, neo-soul, R&B and hip-hop. Before the album was even released it created a buzz with the announcement that Puff Daddy’s step-son Quincy Brown would be featuring on the title-track on the album. Indeed, the album does live up to the hype, beginning strong
July 26, 2013
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Fatboy Slim, Porter Robinson to headline Global Gathering
The Global Gathering dance and electronica music event welcomes the scene’s most recognizable names every year. The first-round lineup of this year’s Korea concert, themed “Dance, Right Now,” will feature rave music superstar Fatboy Slim and American DJ and producer Porter Robinson. Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook, is a British DJ, rapper and music producer who has been a pioneer in the EDM scene since the ’80s. Cook first made a name for himself in the U.K. as the bassist for the rock band The Hou
July 26, 2013
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U.S. producer Jones partners with CJ E&M on K-pop
Prominent U.S. music producer Quincy Jones teamed up Thursday with a South Korean entertainment company to help promote Korea’s K-pop stars globally.“I feel like there is a very strong connection between Korea and the U.S.” Jones said after signing a deal with CJ E&M, one of South Korea’s biggest entertainment firms.The deal was signed between Jones, known for producing hit songs such as “We Are the World” and “Thriller” with legendary American singer Michael Jackson, and CJ E&M’s music division
July 26, 2013
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Art questions what DMZ means to Koreans
Irish artist Jesse Jones holds a deck of tarot cards and asks audience members to put their hands on the card deck and think of a question related to the relationship between South and North Korea. She asks the audience again to speak about their questions. A member of the audience raises a hand and asks, “Will there be any changes in the Kim Jong-un regime?” A tarot card reader picks six random cards, telling the past, present and future and collective unconsciousness. According to the reading,
July 25, 2013
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YG launches channel on China’s video-sharing site
YG Entertainment on Wednesday evening launched its official channel on Youku, China’s largest video-sharing website. Youku Toudou Inc. content director Zhu Xiangyang, YG Entertainment cofounder and CEO Yang Min-suk, and China Samsung Electronics marketing director Park Jung-jun signed an agreement on the launch of the channel at a ceremony held at Beijing Conrad Hotel earlier in the day. The launch of YG Family Channel is the first joint project by YG and Samsung Electronics aimed at expanding
July 25, 2013
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Mick Jagger: Rock’s original bad boy turns 70
LONDON (AFP) ― Mick Jagger turns 70 on Friday ― and though the Rolling Stones frontman isn’t quite the image of rebellious youth he once was, he has lost none of his legendary swagger.Strutting onstage in a sequined jacket as the Stones headlined Britain’s Glastonbury music festival last month, it was hard to believe this was a man who should be collecting his state pension. One newspaper cruelly captioned its photos of the wrinkly British rockers “Night of the living dead!” ― but zipping throug
July 24, 2013
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Singer Kim plans to build memorial for child soldiers
Kim Jang-hoon, a singer and general director of a peace concert, said all the performers of the event would donate appearance fees to build a memorial for child soldiers during the Korean War.“While I was living abroad, I felt that foreigners were regarding the Republic of Korea as a dangerous nation due to relations with North Korea,” said Kim, the director of “The Gyeonggi Province Demilitarized Zone World Peace Concert” at a press conference Wednesday in Seoul. “I prepared this event to let t
July 24, 2013
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Happiness and sorrows of Dongpirang carved into paintings
TONGYEONG, South Gyeongsang Province ― Artist Kim Jae-sin mostly paints Dongpirang, a village in his hometown Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, located on the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula.While many local artists try to capture what’s unique in their hometowns, the landscape images the 53-year-old artist creates resonate with memories ― the happiness and sorrow Dongpirang holds from its early development as the poorest community in the area to the new face it gained as an artistic to
July 23, 2013
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Hip-hop duo Supreme Team calls it quits
Rappers Simon D and E-sens of hip-hop duo Supreme Team announced on Monday that they would be going their separate ways. The two artists said they would pursue solo careers. Longtime hip-hop artist E-sens revealed that he decided to pursue a solo career after his contract with the duo’s former agency Amoeba Culture was terminated. “The rappers have parted ways,” a representative from Amoeba Culture stated to the media. “But since Supreme Team actually started off as a project band, I don’t know
July 23, 2013
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Ku Hye-sun releases self-composed song ‘It’s You’
Actress, movie director and singer-songwriter Ku Hye-sun released her fourth self-composed song and its music video on Monday. The love song describes a girl who has fallen in love with a boy at first sight. She borrowed the motif from veteran singer Lee Jang-hee’s hit song “It’s You,” according to the official announcement from her agency YG Entertainment. Her previous self-composed songs are “Brown Hair,” “Marry Me” and “Flying Galaxy.” The new song was arranged by an old friend, pianist Choi
July 23, 2013
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Children’s theater festival opens with Holocaust play
It’s unusual to see a play about the Holocaust at a children’s event, but last week “Else’s Story,” a play about a child who survived Auschwitz, premiered at the opening of the 21st ASSITEJ Korea International Summer Festival, Korea’s largest theater festival for kids.Under the theme “Embrace the World, Butterfly,” the festival is showcasing 11 performances from six different countries, including three Korean works. This year, the festival also celebrates 130 years of diplomatic ties between Ko
July 22, 2013
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Resurgent Newport Folk Festival hits 54th year
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) ― Tickets for the main two days of this year’s Newport Folk Festival sold out five months early and before anyone knew who was playing ― another indication of how the 54-year-old event is staying fresh and relevant with a mix of musical icons and young artists looking for their big break.The festival that began in 1959 with performances from Joan Baez and Pete Seeger expands this year to three days of performances by more than 50 acts on four stages. While this year
July 22, 2013
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Funk legend Earth, Wind & Fire talks ‘Now, Then & Forever’
Earth, Wind & Fire is widely considered one of the most iconic and influential bands in American music history. The group made its debut in 1969 and later became pioneers in fusing elements of R&B, funk and disco to create one of the most distinctive sounds of that era. Four decades later, the members of Earth, Wind & Fire are still creating music together and looking to prove that they know how to stay relevant in today’s music scene. Along with the release of their upcoming 20th studio album,
July 22, 2013
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BEAST returns with Seoul concerts
BEAST gathered 24,000 fans from all around the world for the “2013 Beautiful Show” concerts, held at Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium on Saturday and Sunday. It was the boy band’s first performance since the release of its second full album “Hard to Love, How to Love” on July 19. The six-member boy band performed “Shadow,” “Will You Be Alright?” and “Encore” from its new album as well as its previous hits “Fiction,” “On Rainy Days” and more. The concerts included solo performances as well as a Y
July 22, 2013
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E-sens of Supreme Team going solo
Rapper E-sens, formerly of hip-hop duo Supreme Team, announced Monday that his contract with his agency had been terminated and he is going solo.“Yes, they told me today the contract is over. I’m going to become a solo artist,” the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kang Min-ho, said on Twitter.Amoeba Culture, Supreme Team’s agency, said via press release that the rapper was no longer with the company. The move effectively broke up the popular duo consisting of E-sens and Simon Dominic, whos
July 22, 2013
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Bayreuth to fete Wagner Bicentenary with radical ‘Ring’
FRANKFURT (AFP) ― All eyes in the opera world are on Bayreuth this week where the curtain rises on the most anticipated event in this year’s Richard Wagner Bicentenary. Frank Castorf, the 62-year-old iconoclast and “bad boy” of German theater, is staging Wagner’s sprawling four-part “Ring” cycle, the Mount Everest of opera.And the production’s popular and critical success could prove crucial for the very future of the Bayreuth Festival itself, the month-long summer music fest dedicated exclusive
July 21, 2013
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Sculpture set free
Alexander Calder had always liked toys and games, according to an unpublished autobiographical manuscript from 1955-56. In fact, he was briefly involved in designing children’s toys for commercial production. And he enjoyed playing billiards ― a game that involves vectors and velocities, engineering concepts that Calder kept in mind in developing his art. The American artist is hailed for liberating sculptures from the pedestal and constantly proposing new visions of art beyond conventional form
July 21, 2013