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[Highlights] Arts and entertainment calendar
Theater “Nori”: In celebration of the Seoul Performing Arts Company’s 30th anniversary, the company has unveiled its newest, multi-cultural live song and dance theater production, “Nori.” The production follows the four SPAC performers on a journey around the world to learn about new musical cultures and present them to the Korean stage. “Nori” will be staged daily (except on Mondays) at the Arko Arts Theater’s Grand Theater in Daehangno, Seoul until Aug. 21. Ticket prices range from 30,000 won
PerformanceAug. 12, 2016
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N. Korea revises rules of military service exemption to address manpower shortages: report
North Korea has been revising the rules of exempting people from the compulsory military service in a bid to address manpower shortages in the military, the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia said Friday.Citing a North Korean source in North Hamgyong Province, the RFA said only childs, and children of plantation workers and mining laborers had been previously exempted from military service, with them being required to work at their parents' workplaces."But the revised rules stipulate that anyone aged in
North KoreaAug. 12, 2016
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Korea to hold 42nd memorial ceremony for former first lady
South Korea will hold the 42nd memorial ceremony next week for Yook Young-su, wife of the late President Park Chung-hee and mother of incumbent President Park Geun-hye, the defense ministry said Friday.The memorial service will be held at the graves of the president's parents in the Seoul National Cemetery located in southern Seoul at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement.Some 3,000 people, including family members and politicians, are expected to attend the
PoliticsAug. 12, 2016
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Six in 10 Koreans use 2 or more mobile messaging apps
About six in 10 South Koreans use two or more mobile messaging apps, with KakaoTalk standing as the most-used chat service, a survey showed Friday.According to the survey of 279 people aged between 19 and 59, conducted by market researcher DMC Media, 64.1 percent of respondents said they use two or more mobile messaging apps. The survey found that 35.8 percent use one messaging app, 38.8 percent use two, 16.8 percent use three and 8.6 percent use more than four. Asked why they use multiple messa
TechnologyAug. 12, 2016
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Park grants special pardons to more than 4,870 people
President Park Geun-hye granted special pardons to a high-profile businessman and more than 4,870 people, many of who were convicted of non-violent, petty crimes, on Friday, three days ahead of Liberation Day.The list of the beneficiaries was finalized during an extraordinary Cabinet meeting Park presided over at the presidential office. (Yonhap)Among the beneficiaries is CJ Group Chairman Lee Jay-hyun, who has been suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, which involves hereditary motor and
Social AffairsAug. 12, 2016
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[Album Review] Fradiani’s debut suffers multiple personalities
Nick Fradiani“Hurricane”(Big Machine)Nick Fradiani won season 14 of “American Idol” in 2015 more with his likable personality and impressive work ethic than with his voice.There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s happened many times before and will likely keep happening, as long as there are televised singing competitions where voters decide the winners.The problem is what happens after the show is over. Like several winners from “Idol” and “The Voice,” Fradiani needs the infrastructure of a networ
PerformanceAug. 12, 2016
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[Album Review] The Dead Daisies will impress rock fans with 3rd CD
The Dead Daisies“Make Some Noise” (Spitfire Music/SPV)For those who want their rock ’n rollers in long, teased hair, leather pants and strip clubs, The Dead Daisies are back with an album of squealing guitars, pounding drums and as many big hooks as a Home Depot.The ever-evolving Australia-based collective that has included former minor members of such bands as Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and Thin Lizzy has been looking for the sweet spot between hair metal of the 1980s and ’70s classic rock. O
PerformanceAug. 12, 2016