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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Pianist Son Yeol-eum to play Liszt with Suwon Phil
The Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the leading orchestras in Korea, will collaborate with Tchaikovsky competition winning pianist Son Yeol-eum to mark the 200th year of Liszt’s birth. Led by pianist and conductor Kim Dae-jin, the Suwon Phil will hold its 211th regular concert on Oct. 25 at the
Oct. 19, 2011
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Joseon paintings under spotlight
“Yeonsodapcheong” (Outing of the Youth) by Shin Yun-bok at Gansong Museum of Art (Gansong Museum of Art)Leeum, Gansong museums showcase collections of court and genre paintings from JoseonThe Joseon Dynasty was the period when Korean painting reached its zenith, both in terms of quantity and q
Oct. 19, 2011
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Museum unconvinced by new theory on death of Van Gogh
AMSTERDAM (AP) ― Two American authors believe Vincent van Gogh was fatally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted wounds, but the new theory won a skeptical reception Monday from experts at the museum dedicated to the 19th century Dutch master.A book by Pulitzer prize-winning auth
Oct. 18, 2011
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Jamaica awards Brown with national honor
KINGSTON (AP) ― Jamaica on Monday awarded the late reggae singer Dennis Brown with one of its highest civic honors, a fitting tribute for a musician who is more beloved than Bob Marley among many Jamaican reggae fans.Some 12 years after his death, the former child star who became known as the Crown
Oct. 18, 2011
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Girls’ Generation turn to rap for ‘The Boys’
Nine-girl singing sensation say they can’t wait to meet rival group Wonder Girls at music shows Girls’ Generation members clockwise from top left: Yuri, Hyoyeon, Yoona, Taeyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sunny, Tiffany and Sooyoung S.M. EntertainmentGirls’ Generation, one of the most popular female K-pop gr
Oct. 18, 2011
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S. Korea police arrest two men for hacking
SEOUL, Oct 18, 2011 (AFP) - South Korean police said Tuesday two people have been arrested for infecting about 16,000 personal computers with hacking programmes which allowed them to secretly record video of their victims.The two, one an ethnic Korean from China, are suspected of producing or
Oct. 18, 2011
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Caravaggio exhibit opens in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ― Works by Italian artist Caravaggio are on display along with pieces by those influenced by him in an exhibit in Fort Worth, Texas.“Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome” opened Sunday at the Kimbell Art Museum. The exhibit, which runs through Jan. 8, features 10 works by Mich
Oct. 17, 2011
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Gaga channels Marilyn Monroe at Clinton’s concert
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Lady Gaga enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” with former President Bill Clinton.“I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn’t involve pills and a strand of pearls,” she joked.The envelope-pushing pop superstar was one of several musicians who performed Saturda
Oct. 17, 2011
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Government unveils new standards for censoring K-pop songs
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The government has established new detailed rules for censoring domestic pop songs harmful to minors in order to enhance the objectivity of the process, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said on Monday.The ministry has come under fire for applying too strict standards when
Oct. 17, 2011
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Gaga channels Marilyn Monroe at Clinton’s concert
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lady Gaga enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” with former President Bill Clinton.“I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn’t involve pills and a strand of pearls,” she joked. In this July 4, 2011 file photo, singer Lady Gaga attends a news conference in Taip
Oct. 17, 2011
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Impressionists get new home with Orsay museum revamp
PARIS (AFP) ― Masterworks by Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas get a new home next week as Paris’ Orsay Museum reopens its impressionist gallery following a two-year, multi-million-euro revamp.Twenty-five years after its creation in a 200-year-old railway station on the south bank of the
Oct. 16, 2011
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Oasis ‘sideman’ Noel Gallagher goes solo
PARIS (AFP) ― Two years after a bitter blow-up with his brother Liam drew the curtain on Britpop sensation Oasis, Noel Gallagher makes the jump from “sideman” to frontman as his solo debut hits shelves on Monday.“I was a sideman for 20 years and I fucking loved it,” said the 44-year-old, who always
Oct. 16, 2011
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Oppressed voices ring out in Morrison’s ‘Othello’
PARIS (AP) ― She’s but a throwaway mention in Shakespeare’s “Othello,” a one-line reference buried in Act IV of the dense and dark tale of passion and betrayal.But Barbary ― the African nurse who raised Othello’s ill-fated wife Desdemona ― is at the very center, the beating heart, of Toni Morrison’s
Oct. 16, 2011
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Classical Music“Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra 2011 Mahler Series III”: Conductor Chung Myung-whun and the Seoul Philharmonic Orcehstra will perform Mahler Symphony No. 6 at the Seoul Arts Center on Oct. 20. The 90-minute piece, written when Mahler was having the happiest moment in life, is comprised
Oct. 14, 2011
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Cellist Yang Sung-won starts anewTrio Owon“Schubert, Dvorak Piano Trios”(Universal Music Korea)Trio Owon, consisting of cellist Yang Sung-won and his long-time colleagues Olivier Charlier on violin and Emmanuel Strosser on piano, has released an album “Schubert, Dvorak Piano Trios.” Beautiful piano
Oct. 14, 2011
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Nearly a century on, a stolen French painting returns home
WASHINGTON (AFP) ―Nearly a century after it was stolen by a German soldier during World War I, and after a decade of transatlantic legal wrangling, a painting by French Realist Jules Breton is going home.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will return “A Fisherman’s Daughter” on Thursday to Fra
Oct. 13, 2011
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Powerful Korean ballet mesmerizes Naples
Korea National Ballet’s ‘Prince Hodong’ premiere at San Carlo Theater performs to sold-out audienceNAPLES ― A wild roar of applause and countless bravos filled the 300-year-old theater as dancers took their bows at the end of the ballet telling the ancient Korean tale of ill-fated lovers. Korea Nati
Oct. 13, 2011
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SNSD to release new single in U.S. and beyond
Hallyu girl group Girls’ Generation will release their latest single “The Boys” in the U.S. and other countries, through Interscope Records, an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. The record label is home to many big-name stars, including Lady Gaga, Eminem and the Black E
Oct. 13, 2011
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Dresden military museum redesigned
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) ― A modern wedge of glass, concrete and steel rips through a 135-year-old former armory building for the armies of Kaiser Wilhelm I, its silvery shimmer and stark lines contrasting sharply with the neoclassical building that it now bisects.American architect Daniel Libeskind kn
Oct. 12, 2011
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Tribute to vanishing world of analogue film at Tate Modern
LONDON (AFP) ― A homage to the disappearing format of analogue film by the British artist Tacita Dean is the latest exhibition to fill the cavernous space at the Tate Modern in London.Plunged into darkness, visitors to the former power station see a huge screen resembling a piece of film, placed ver
Oct. 12, 2011