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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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Aerosmith promises new album in 3 months
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Aerosmith has reunited with longtime producer Jack Douglas and the band says it will release a new album in three months.Steven Tyler said Aerosmith was finishing two final songs for the album, its first since 2004’s “Honkin’ on Bobo.’’ Joined Wednesday by Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer at a Los Angeles mall, Tyler revealed three track titles: “Legendary Child,’’ “Beautiful’’ and “Out Go the Lights.’’ Earlier in the week, the band announced that its 18-stop “Global Wa
March 29, 2012
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Winehouse family to get her $4.66 million fortune
Records show Amy Winehouse left an estate worth 2.94 million pounds ($4.66 million)) after her death last year.The 27-year-old soul diva was found dead in bed on July 23 at her London home.Probate documents showed Wednesday that she left behind assets totaling more than 4.25 million pounds ($6.7 million), with 2.94 million pounds ($4.66 million) remaining after debts and taxes.Since Winehouse did not leave a will, the money will go to her parents. The documents list father Mitch Winehouse as adm
March 29, 2012
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Photo albums related to Nazi art theft unveiled
DALLAS (AP) ― Among the items U.S. soldiers seized from Adolf Hitler’s Bavarian Alps hideaway in the closing days of World War II were albums meticulously documenting an often forgotten Nazi crime ― the massive pillaging of artwork and other cultural items as German troops marched through Europe.Two of those albums ― one filled with photographs of works of art, the other with snapshots of furniture ― were donated Tuesday to the U.S. National Archives, which now has custody of 43 albums in a set
March 28, 2012
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French ‘Snow White’ ballet aims to cast spell in U.S.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ―French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj is hoping to cast a spell on US audiences with his ballet “Snow White,” an adaptation of what he calls the “thriller” fairytale by the Brothers Grimm.The edgy dance master created the 2008 work ― which opens in California this week before moving to the East Coast ― as a tribute to the great 19th-century romantic ballets like Swan Lake, Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty. The production’s visual impact is enhanced by costumes from French design
March 28, 2012
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Exhibition dedicated to humble folk song
Historical documents, music records show cultural legacy of popular folk songWidely known and sung, “Arirang” is very often considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea. Yet many aren’t aware that King Gojong, the last king of Joseon, and his wife, Queen Myeongseong, enjoyed listening to the song late at night, that it was made into Korea’s first opera, and that it even inspired American jazz musician Oscar Pettiford to write a piece of his own.Starting April 4, the National Folk Museum of
March 28, 2012
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Art critic Hilton Kramer dies at 84
NEW YORK (AP) ― Hilton Kramer, the former chief art critic at The New York Times and founding editor of The New Criterion magazine, has died. He was 84.Kramer’s wife Esta said he had been suffering from a blood disease, and died early Tuesday. He had been in an assisted living facility in Harpswell, Maine.Kramer started his work as an art critic in the early 1950s and joined the Times in 1965 as art-news editor. He became the chief art critic in 1973. He left the paper in 1982 for The New Criter
March 28, 2012
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Susan Boyle takes to stage in new musical of her life
Scottish singer Susan Boyle made a triumphant return to the British stage Tuesday at the premiere of a musical charting her rise from humble church volunteer to global superstar.Wearing a glittering red dress, the 50-year-old received several standing ovations as she sang her signature tune, “I Dreamed A Dream”, at the opening night of the musical of the same name in Newcastle, northeastern England.“We love you,” shouted out a member of the audience.“I love you too -- see me outside,” replied Bo
March 28, 2012
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Madangpan attracts foreign visitors
A crowd of some 200 Koreans and foreigners gathered outside in Insa-dong on Tuesday afternoon to watch a traditional Korean performance.The event, organized by the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, featured a combination of the Bongsan Mask Dance Drama, a social satire performed by players in masks who dance and sing, and a traditional wedding ceremony. During the performance, the players bantered with the spectators, sometimes exchanging jokes, all in the spirit of “madangpan,” which involves
March 27, 2012
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Pianist Kim to explore Beethoven’s music, life
25-year-old musical prodigy says he feels warmth, compassion in Beethoven’s 32 sonatasPianist Kim Sun-wook, a leading young Korean musician, returns to his fans with a two-year-long project on Ludwig van Beethoven’s complete 32 piano sonatas, offering a performance that has become more mature and profound. The 25-year-old pianist will perform all of Beethoven’s 32 sonatas, considered some of the greatest compositions for the piano, over a two-year period in eight concerts starting Thursday at LG
March 27, 2012
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Tests show aging of Leonardo masterpiece
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ― Bark beetles and old age have damaged Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-century painting “Lady with an Ermine,’’ but the masterpiece is still holding up well, according to a conservationist at the Polish museum where it is displayed.Recent tests show the chestnut board on which Leonardo painted his masterpiece has weakened after being nibbled at by beetles over the centuries, and the painting has also suffered from a dense network of cracks, said Janusz Czop, the chief conservationi
March 27, 2012
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First lady hosts dinner for leaders’ spouses
Korea’s First Lady Kim Yoon-ok on Monday hosted a dinner for 14 spouses of the global leaders attending the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. The spouses, who are accompanying state leaders and heads of international organizations attending the two-day global conference in Seoul, enjoyed a special banquet at the National Museum of Korea while their partners attended a separate summit business banquet at COEX, southern Seoul. Antonioli Monti, wife of Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Patienc
March 26, 2012
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Artist aims for made-in-Korea luxury craft brand
Kim Kyung-shin knocks on Korea with accessories and dinnerware using hanji and lacquerThe artist’s atelier is located in “hanok,” or traditional house, in Bukchon, central Seoul. Small signs reading Kyung Shin Kong Bang (Kyungshin Crafthouse) in Chinese letters hang at several corners of the area’s narrow alleys to guide the visitors. Kim Kyung-shin, a South Korean craft artist, lives, works and exhibits her works there. But she is less well-known here than in Germany, where she lived and worked
March 26, 2012
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France holds provocative Helmut Newton exhibit
PARIS (AP) ― Yves Saint Laurent empowered women and the same could be said of his contemporary, iconic fashion photographer Helmut Newton, the subject of a retrospective at Paris’ Grand Palais that is not for the prudish.Several portraits of Saint Laurent, who gave women the male tuxedo, are included in the show, paying tribute to the designer whose empowering, masculine vision of women so influenced Newton.“He was avant garde. The woman in Helmut Newton’s work is powerful and dominant ― the mas
March 26, 2012
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Gugak Center to hold concert for Nuclear Security Summit
The National Gugak Center will hold a two-day special concert as a part of several cultural events planned for foreign officials currently in Seoul to attend the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit. The Court Music Orchestra of the center will perform a complete version of “Yeongsanhoesang,” the most representative piece of pungnyu music or music appreciated by Joseon’s high society, today and tomorrow at the National Gugak Center in Yangjae, southern Seoul. The orchestra will perform three versions of
March 26, 2012
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Palaces welcome foreign guests during nuclear summit
Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Deoksugung offer a glimpse into traditional side of KoreaAs the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Summit kicked off on Monday, Seoul’s ancient palaces opened special programs for the foreign guests to get a glimpse of Korea’s royal culture throughout the week.The participating palaces are Gyeongbokgung, the main and the largest palace in Seoul; Changdeokgung, a UNESCO world heritage site; and Deoksugung, the only royal palace that houses western style buildings. “Gyeonghoeru Yeonh
March 26, 2012
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Aretha Franklin celebrates 70th, talks new music
NEW YORK (AP) ― Aretha Franklin has a lot more than her 70th birthday to celebrate: She’s reuniting with one of her musical mentors, Clive Davis, for a new album.In an interview at her swanky birthday party on Saturday, Franklin said she and Davis, who helped engineer her comeback in the 1980s, would be working on new music.“I have re-signed with Clive Davis, so I’m recording with Clive again,’’ said Franklin of the music mogul, who is associated with Sony Music Entertainment.Franklin said that
March 26, 2012
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Se7en to promote new album in Japan and China
Korean singer Se7en will release new albums in Japan, China and Singapore starting next month after wrapping up his promotions in Korea last week.The 27-year-old K-pop singer concluded two months of activities in Seoul with a final appearance on SBS’ “Inkigayo” which aired on March 25, and will begin a series of Asian promotions in April and May, YG Entertainment said.“On April 25, Se7en will release a new single album in Japan and will hold showcases in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Osaka in May t
March 26, 2012
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New York exhibit focuses on early career of Keith Haring
NEW YORK (AP) ― The bohemian atmosphere of downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s had a huge impact on the art of Keith Haring, from his impromptu subway chalk drawings to his maze-like abstract paintings.In a new exhibition that focuses on the late artist’s early career, Haring’s creative energy is instantly felt through his seemingly pulsating kaleidoscope-like designs.“Keith Haring: 1978-1982’’ at the Brooklyn Museum includes 155 works on paper, 30 black-and-white subway drawings, seven exp
March 25, 2012
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Newly discovered Mozart piece performed
VIENNA (AP) ― A piano work experts attribute to Mozart as a child prodigy was performed for the first time Friday since it was found last year after apparently being left in an attic for centuries.The lively 84-bar passage ― marked “allegro molto,’’ or “very quick’’ ― was played Friday on the composer’s piano in a room of his Salzburg home by virtuoso Florian Birsak.The Mozarteum Salzburg Foundation, which staged the event, said the manuscript was found last summer as part of a 160-page book of
March 25, 2012
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Artists speak out on nuclear security
NMOCA showcases artworks by Korean and Japanese artists during 2012 Nuclear Security SummitWhile world leaders discuss the future of nuclear security during the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, artists from Korea and Japan will express their opinions through a variety of art forms. The National Museum of Contemporary Art invited seven Korean and three Japanese artists to share their views at the exhibition “Art Project 2012: Communion.” It will run from March 25-28 at the Media Center of the
March 25, 2012