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Ancient tomb remains found at stadium site

Remains of Jugu grave, a type of tomb created during Korea’s Baekje Kingdom (B.C. 18-A.D. 660), found in the land secured for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Stadium. (Cultural Heritage Administration)Remains of tombs dating back to Korea’s Baekje Kingdom (B.C. 18―A.D. 660) have been discovered at the

Oct. 20, 2011

Ancient tomb remains found at stadium site

Herald artday puts 100 prominent works up for auction

“Summer of Mt.Seorak” by Kim Chong-hak (artday)Artwork by well-known local and international artists including Lee U-fan, Park Soo-keun, Kim Whan-ki, Chun Kyung-ja, Kim Chong-hak, Oh Chi-gyun and Yayoi Kusama will be auctioned online starting Friday. Herald artday, a subsidiary of Herald Media group

Oct. 20, 2011

Herald artday puts 100 prominent works up for auction

Czech pop star rocks ‘Hamlet’

Janek Ledecky’s musical returns for fourth run in SeoulClad in blue jeans and wearing his Ray-Bans, Janek Ledecky isn’t used to walking down the street without being recognized. “Here, I feel like I am a secret agent or something (because no one notices me),” the Czech pop superstar told The Korea H

Oct. 20, 2011

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

Pianist Son Yeol-eum to play Liszt with Suwon Phil

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

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

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

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

Girls’ Generation turn to rap for ‘The Boys’

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

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

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

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

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

Gaga channels Marilyn Monroe at Clinton’s concert

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

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

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

Oppressed voices ring out in Morrison’s ‘Othello’

Calendar

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

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

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

Powerful Korean ballet mesmerizes Naples