Articles by Shim Woo-hyun
Shim Woo-hyun
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Actor Lee Min-ho to start army basic training
Actor Lee Min-ho on Thursday will start his four-week basic training at Korea Army Training Center in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province.The actor‘s agency MYM Entertainment on Sunday confirmed Lee will be joining basic training. The agency added that there will be no official meeting ahead of his entering the center. Actor Lee Min-ho (MYM Entertainment)After the four-week training, Lee will return to his public service worker duty at the Suseo Social Welfare Center, where he has been serving f
Television March 11, 2018
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Herald Philharmonic holds spring concert
The Herald Philharmonic Orchestra on Thursday held its fifth annual concert at Seoul Arts Center, with music ranging from movie scores to orchestral choral works.“I hope the visitors to concert to feel fully the breath of the upcoming spring through the Herald Philharmonic’s music,” said Namkoong Won, Honorary President of Herald Corp. The Herald Philharmonic Orchestra held its fifth annual concert at Seoul Arts Center on Thursday. (By Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)The Herald Philharmonic Orch
Performance March 8, 2018
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Achim Freyer to bring his ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ to Korea
Acclaimed German artist Achim Freyer will stage “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” one of Wagner’s “Gesamtkunstwerk,” -- a term coined by the composer, meaning a work of art making use of various art forms -- in Seoul over a period of nearly two years.“We finished a three-hour bauprobe (staging try-out) at the Seoul Arts Center on Monday without singers. Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” is a magnificent piece and a precious present given to us because it’s an archetype work in which its intellectual
Performance March 8, 2018
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Artist Lee Jung-jin pushes boundaries of photography
“I am not interested in mere representation of landscapes. Instead, I have been driven to capture the state of landscape where my personal emotions are projected. It still applies to the works I am currently working on. For me, the camera has been the best means through which I can express myself. That’s perhaps why I am called a photographer,” said Lee Jung-jin during a press conference held on Tuesday for her solo exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Gwacheon bran
Arts & Design March 8, 2018
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Ian Bostridge to hold first concert as artist-in-residence of Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
“I am always struck by the incredible nature of (the) audience here, the enthusiasm you feel not just after you perform the concert but even when you arrive on the stage. It’s wonderful to come here,” said tenor Ian Bostridge during a press conference at Sejong Center on Monday. Introduced by the orchestra’s new CEO Kang Eun-kyung at the press conference, English tenor Ian Bostridge is the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s first artist-in-residence. The tenor will start his season at the orchestra
Performance March 5, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Poet Choi Young-mi reaffirms sexual harassment allegations denied by Ko Un
Poet Choi Young-mi, who revealed her experience of being groped by an unnamed senior poet through her poem, on Monday reaffirmed sexual harassment allegations made against renowned poet Ko Un, who recently denied the allegations.In a statement uploaded on Facebook on Sunday, Choi said, “The statements related to the poem ‘Monster’ are facts. I will reveal the details further, when there is an official body dedicated to investigating claims of sexual wrongdoings in the arts circle here.” Poet Ko
Books March 5, 2018
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Hwang Jung-eum mulling over new TV drama role
Korean actress Hwang Jung-eum is reportedly considering taking part in a new TV drama to be produced by SBS.According to Hwang‘s agency company C-Jes Entertainment on Friday, the actress is “positively considering” the offer to join the production of a rom-com series. SBS has also confirmed that it offered her the role. Hwang Jung-eum /C-Jes EntertainmentHwang has been asked to take the female lead role of Yoo Jung-eum, a former platform diver. If Hwang does accept the role, it will be her firs
Television March 2, 2018
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Singer Heo Young-ji confirms relationship with Guckkasten’s Ha Hyun-woo
Heo Young-ji of the defunct girl group Kara has been in a relationship with Ha Hyun-woo of the indie-rock band Guckkasten for around six months, Heo’s agency said Thursday. The two began their relationship in the second half of last year according to DPS Media.“After meeting through mutual friends, Ha Hyun-woo and Heo Young-ki contacted each other and recently began to have feelings for one another. They are cautiously getting to know each other,” it said. Heo Young-ji’s InstagramHeo and Ha repo
Performance March 1, 2018
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Universal Ballet Company to hold gala performances this week
Universal Ballet Company will hold its second gala premiere from Friday to Sunday. Celebrating its 34th anniversary this year, the ballet company will give special performances comprising 11 scenes from works it has produced over the years. They include major scenes from “Swan Lake,” “Onegin,” “Giselle,” “Le Corsaire,” “Don Quixote,” “The Love of Chunhyang,” “Multiplicity, Forms of Silence and Emptiness,” and Mariinsky Ballet Company’s version of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Ballet 101.”A scene from
Performance Feb. 28, 2018
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TIMF 2018 to celebrate return of Yun I-sang
“Now 23 years after his death, he will finally return home and find his last resting place in Tongyeong,” said Florian Riem, CEO of the Tongyeong International Music Festival, during a press conference at the Goethe-Institut in Seoul on Tuesday. The TIMF 2018 is slated to kick off on March 30, along with the reinterment ceremony for Yun I-sang scheduled on the same day. Originally developed from a concert titled “‘Night of Yun I-sang’s Music” in 1999, TIMF this year will become a special tribute
Performance Feb. 27, 2018
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Master of kitsch chosen as MMCA Hyundai Motor Series artist
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art has selected Choi Jeong-hwa as its fifth artist for the MMCA Hyundai Motor Series. The MMCA Hyundai Motor Series is the museum’s long-term annual project launched in 2014 and sponsored by Hyundai Motor. The project is dedicated to assisting and promoting selected artists by providing them with opportunities to construct their own unique art platform and create new large-scale works. Previous participants include internationally acclaimed artists
Arts & Design Feb. 26, 2018
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‘IMA Picks’ looks at different aspects of neoliberal society
Ilmin Museum of Art is examining different aspects of neoliberal society through “IMA Picks,” a project that comprises research-based artworks by artists in their 30s and 40s who have made significant achievements at home and abroad for more than 10 years.As part of this year’s project, Kim A-young, Lee Moon-joo, and Jung Yoon-suk are presenting solo exhibitions that showcase their ways of interpreting different phenomena embedded in neoliberal society. Kim A-young’s “Porosity Valley” (IMA)Kim’
Arts & Design Feb. 25, 2018
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Soprano Julia Lezhneva makes first visit to Korea
Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva will perform with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, led by British conductor Paul Goodwin at Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul on Thursday. Julia Lezhneva / Seoul Philharmonic OrchestraTitled “Baroque Extravaganza,” the concert features a program of Baroque and early Classical era music, including Handel‘s Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4, as well as Recitativo “Solitudine Amate,” aria “Aure Fonti” and “Brilla Nell’Alma” from Handel‘s opera “Alessandro.” Lezhneva will also pe
Performance Feb. 20, 2018
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British architect Asif Khan‘s Hyundai Pavilion brings night sky to earth
For an architect, a pavilion means an opportunity to bring new ideas and technologies into architecture, explained Asif Khan, British architect who built Hyundai Pavilion installed at PeyongChang Olympic Plaza, Gangwon Province. “A butterfly’s beauty (the word pavilion stems from French word papillon meaning butterfly) is something related to its transitory existence, like temporary architecture,” Asif Khan said in an email interview with The Korea Herald. Asif Khan’s Hyundai Pavilion stands at
Arts & Design Feb. 19, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Gangneung Olympic Park’s Live Site a hot spot for visitors
Gangneung Olympic Park’s Live Site, an outdoor space dedicated to live broadcasts and performances, has emerged as a hot place for visitors to the Olympics. Gangneung Olympic Park’s Live Site (PyeongChang 2018)The outdoor venue attracted some 5,000 people for a music performance by North Korea art troupe on Thursday Live Site is set to attract more visitors for the weekend as it will host a K-pop concert that will feature well-known singers including boy group B.A.P, rock band No Brain, Rose Mot
Entertainment Feb. 16, 2018
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