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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
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What will Yoon, Han talk about at dinner?
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Hyundai to build Seoul's largest department store in Yeouido
Hyundai Department Store Co. said Wednesday it will open Seoul's largest outlet in a new skyscraper to be built in the financial district of Yeouido by 2020.Hyundai Department Store said it has been selected as a preferred bidder to build its latest shopping facility in the new skyscraper called "Parc 1" under a 20-year lease contract for 30 billion won ($26.74 million). It will sign a formal agreement next week.Parc 1 will be built next to the International Finance Center in Yeouido in a space
IndustrySept. 21, 2016
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Korea pledges to contribute $230 mln to global support for refugees
South Korea has promised to contribute $230 million for global efforts over the next three years to join global humanitarian support for refugees, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.The contribution plan was unveiled Tuesday (local time) by Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, who is in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, according to the ministry.In a summit hosted by US President Barack Obama to discuss ways to help refugees, Yun delivered a speech in which Seoul's three-year support plan w
InternationalSept. 21, 2016
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Ukraine wants Korean satellite TV channels: report
MOSCOW (Yonhap) -- A senior Ukrainian official said Tuesday his country wants South Korean satellite TV channels to fill in for blocked Russian ones, according to a news report.Ukraine blocked 77 Russian satellite TV channels over the past two years amid the worst-ever bilateral ties over the Crimea issue.Instead, dozens of new Ukrainian TV channels began services.“We don’t have enough. So we want Korean (TV satellite channels),” the Interfax news agency quoted Yuri Artemenko, the head of Ukrain
TelevisionSept. 21, 2016
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US music business sees growth spurt as streaming doubles
NEW YORK (AFP) -- The US music industry Tuesday posted its strongest growth in more than a decade in the first six months of 2016 as streaming subscriptions doubled, but other formats showed weakness.Consumers in the world’s biggest music market had 18.3 million subscriptions to paid services such as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal in the January-June period, compared with 9.1 million in the same period a year earlier, the Recording Industry Association of America said.The revenue from paid subsc
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016
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Critics pick favorites at upcoming Met Opera season
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two tragedies of love and death, along with the inspiring story of a patriot who leads his people against foreign oppressors, top the critics’ picks for the upcoming Metropolitan Opera season.The Associated Press asked music reviewers and writers around the country which single production they were most looking forward to. Of the two dozen who responded, virtually all chose one of these three:Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” which opens the season on Sept. 26. Tim Smith of The Bal
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016
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Abu Dhabi names Louvre outpost director, plans 2017 launch
DUBAI (AP) -- Art lovers will have to wait a bit longer to visit a much-anticipated Mideast outpost of the Louvre, which will be headed by a Frenchman involved in the project for years. The Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority said Tuesday the branch in the United Arab Emirates capital will not host its first visitors until sometime in 2017. It is the latest in a series of delays for the project, which was originally slated to open in 2012. It most recently was expected to be finished by year
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016
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New York Philharmonic streams opening night on Facebook
NEW YORK (AFP) -- The New York Philharmonic is taking a new step to bring its performances to a greater audience --it is streaming its season’s first concert on Facebook.The leading US orchestra said that Wednesday night’s concert will be live on Facebook, the first time it has streamed its opening gala which is a major New York social event and fundraiser.The concert will remain on Facebook, YouTube and the Philharmonic’s website for 45 days.The musicians will perform Antonin Dvorak’s “New Worl
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016
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YG threatens legal action over G-Dragon Instagram hacking
YG Entertainment will take legal action against the hacker who leaked private photos of singer-rapper G-Dragon to the public, the agency said Wednesday. “G-Dragon’s private account was hacked and he became the target of privacy infringement,” the agency said in a statement. “We will take this issue to investigators to find those responsible for the hack and anyone who spreads malicious rumors about the incident.”The leader of the popular boy band Big Bang had started a private Instagram account
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016