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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Celebrating Seollal in the city
Seoul offers a variety of events for the Lunar New Year holidaySeollal, the first day of the lunar calendar, is one of the most celebrated holidays in Korea. It has been traditionally considered a family-oriented occasion where people gather with their loved ones at home. But this year, more Seollal events are being held in Seoul for those who want to celebrate the holiday spirit and traditional c
Feb. 1, 2011
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Indonesian star gets jail after sex-tape scandal
BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) ― An Indonesian pop star who rocked this predominantly Muslim nation after several homemade sex tapes found their way to the Internet was sentenced Monday to three years in jail.Nazril “Ariel” Irham’s trial has made headlines and dominated chatter on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter for more than three months. Nazril "Ariel" Irham and Girlfriend Luna Maya (
Feb. 1, 2011
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‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ more fun as play than film
The famous 1976 novel “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is to be adapted into a Korean stage show which will be even more fun and intriguing than the 1985 film adaptation, the drama’s director said. Actors cast in the drama “Kiss of the Spider Woman” pose at a press call in Seoul on Jan. 25. From left are Choi Jae-woong, Jung Sung-hwa, Park Eun-tae and Kim Seung-dae. (Kim Yoon-mi/The Korea Herald)Aga Com
Jan. 31, 2011
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Sculptor Catlett’s heroic images on display
NEW YORK (AP) ― When American sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett was a graduate student studying with Grant Wood in Iowa, the painter of the iconic “American Gothic” told his young student to make art about what she knew best.Catlett, who was born into a middle-class family in Washington, D.C., in 1915 and raised by her mother and grandmother, took Wood’s advice to heart and began making im
Jan. 30, 2011
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Chris Brown finishes domestic violence program
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Chris Brown has completed a domestic violence counseling program required as part of the singer’s guilty plea to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna nearly two years ago.On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg congratulated the 21-year-old R&B performer for finishing the yearlong program.As a result of completing the required counseling, Brown will no longer
Jan. 30, 2011
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Chopin's hallucinations caused by epilepsy - scientists
PARIS, (AFP) - Can anyone beat Frederic Chopin as an emblem of the Romantic artist? (MCT)In the great Polish composer, towering genius combined with a wasted frame and a pallid face behind which lurked melancholy, a brooding over death, adisconnection from ordinary life and sometimes horrifying hallucinations. A force that created this image was the French novelist George Sand, whodescribed lyrica
Jan. 30, 2011
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Events calender
Exhibition“Poem and Drawing”: Literary critic Kim Jae-hong and art critic Yun Beom-mo have organized a chance to see works by Korea’s best poets and artists together. This exhibition showcases poems by 74 Korean poets, accompanied by more than 80 artworks by 43 artists that serve as visual aids for the words. The participating poets include Ko Un, Kim Ji-ha, Kim Gwang-kyun and Kang Eun-gyo and art
Jan. 28, 2011
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National Museum of Korea
“Hamheung: the Hometown of Joseon Royal Family”: Hamheung, the central city in the northeast of Hamgyeong Province, used to be regarded as “an uncultivated place far from the capital” before the mid-17th century. However, it steadily developed until it was later recognized as the hometown of the Joseon Royal Family as it is where Yi Seonggye, the founder of the Joseon dynasty, spent his youth. Aro
Jan. 28, 2011
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Late songwriter remembered in pop musical
‘Gwanghwamun Younga’ features songs by Lee Young-hoon, whose work is enjoying a revivalLate composer Lee Young-hoon, known for working with ballad singer Lee Moon-sae for more than 20 years, will have his dream posthumously fulfilled in the upcoming musical “Gwanghwamun Younga.” Actors cast for the musical “Gwanghwamun Younga” at a press call in Seoul on Monday. From left are Yoon Do-hyun, Song Ch
Jan. 27, 2011
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A remedy of soul: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Varekai’
TAIPEI ― The famous “Varekai,” a Cirque du Soleil touring production, last week kicked off its first Asia tour in Taipei, Taiwan. And Korea is next on the troupe’s itinerary.Premiering in Montreal in 2002, the show, a happy, acrobatic version of the Greek Myth of Icarus, has attracted over 6 million people worldwide. The troupe has visited more than 60 cities in 12 countries in the last nine years
Jan. 26, 2011
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Amon Carter museum a cache of U.S. artworks
FORT WORTH, Texas ― It was a frostbitten January day 50 years ago when the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art opened its doors to the public. Only 400 people braved the threat of an icy Camp Bowie Boulevard to visit the memorial to Fort Worth’s greatest champion.Before his death in 1955, as a final act of magnanimous boosterism, Amon G. Carter Sr., the self-made millionaire and publisher of the Sta
Jan. 26, 2011
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Capturing crowd child’s play for CocoRosie
With their strange combination of instruments, fantasy lyrics and weird fashion CocoRosie seem hell bent on obscurity. So there were some doubts about bringing a band so deliberately quirky ― for Saturday’s show in Seoul they wore oversized white shorts, fluorescent beards and jeweled veils ― to a country hostile to alternative music.But the skeptics were proved wrong. After all, the Cassady siste
Jan. 24, 2011
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Costumes and close-ups
Super Junior wow the fans with drag turns, hilarious mimicry and hit after hit after hit Super Junior's "Super Show 3" at Impact Arena on Saturday was proof that the Korean boy band hasn't let its high standards slip in the least. That concert and the follow-up on Sunday were among 16 on the group's third Asian tour, covering 13 countries.Now down to "just" 10 members following the departures of H
Jan. 24, 2011
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Poetry and art walk hand in hand
Gana Art Gallery presents 80 pairings of poems, paintings by renowned Korean poets, artistsPoetry and art are like a couple meant to be. The two distinct genres have long complemented each other, as emphasized by the close friendships shared by famous artists and poets throughout history. In Korea, paintings accompanied with poems have been a popular type of art for a long time, and were especiall
Jan. 20, 2011
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Sting, ‘Cove’ star talk saving dolphins
TOKYO (AP) ― Sting wants to help save dolphins still being brutally slaughtered in Japan, but says the best way is by starting a debate, not by forcing foreign opinion.The British music star met backstage at a Tokyo concert hall Wednesday with Ric O’Barry, the star of the “The Cove,” the Academy Award-winning documentary that depicts the dolphin hunt in the town of Taiji in southwestern Japan.The
Jan. 20, 2011
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Singer Tim grateful for ‘New Beginnings’
It’s been quite a while since Korean fans last heard from K-pop singer Tim. After a hiatus of three years, Tim recently got back to the K-pop scene with his fifth album “New Beginnings.” It is his first album with Sony Music Entertainment Korea.The biggest change occurred inside his heart. He said he became more mature and serious in the search for “his” music, after realizing that he was born to
Jan. 20, 2011
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KARA member Gu Ha-ra withdraws contract termination
Gu Ha-ra, a member of five-member girl group KARA, said she will remain with her agency DSP Media, withdrawing from the earlier announcement that the group will terminate their exclusive contract with the agency.Four members of KARA, excluding the band’s leader, earlier on Wednesday made the announcement through a legal firm. Girl group KARA receives a commendation from the Culture Ministry for pr
Jan. 19, 2011
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KARA terminate contract with agency
The five-member girl group KARA announced that they will terminate their exclusive contract with their agency DSP Media, Yonhap News reported. Four members of KARA, excluding the band’s leader, made the announcement through a legal firm Wednesday.The four members said that they are deeply distressed by the agency’s misuse of power, which has forced the members to undergo unwanted activities, perso
Jan. 19, 2011
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More immigrants in Korea enjoy cultural activities
Immigrants in Korea have become more active in enjoying cultural activities, a government survey showed Tuesday.According to the survey on 1,017 immigrants aged over 20 randomly picked by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the percentage of the respondents who enjoyed stage arts, classical music concerts and dance performances at least once in the past year tripled to 22 percent in 2010
Jan. 18, 2011
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Choreographer to bring out mysticism in ‘Giselle’
French choreographer Patrice Bart said Tuesday he would help the Korea National Ballet Company reproduce the 19th century French classical ballet “Giselle” next month in Seoul.“There have been different versions of ‘Giselle’ performed in the U.K. and Russia since late 19th century. But I think it is important to stage the original version of the 19th century French classical ballet,” Bart, first b
Jan. 18, 2011