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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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600 evacuated as heavy rain floods roads, homes in southern regions
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Jeju's solo traveler-friendly spots offer solitude as well as camaraderie
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Doctors defend colleague accused of blacklisting non-strikers
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Michael Jordan pledges $5 million to African-American museum
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michael Jordan has made another major donation, pledging $5 million to the Smithsonian's new African-American history museum on the National Mall. Officials at the National Museum of African American History and Culture announced the gift from the basketball great Monday. The museum is set to open Sept. 24. In recognition of the gift, the museum will name a section of its sports gallery after Jordan. He also donated a jersey he wore during the 1996 NBA Finals to the museum’s
CultureAug. 10, 2016
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Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates Liberation Day
The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra will be celebrating the upcoming 71st anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan with a free public performance. This year’s performance will be held at Seoul Plaza in Jung-gu, where guests can enjoy the music in an open field.Conducted by Choi Soo-yeoul, the orchestra will open the concert with the Korean national anthem, followed by popular works by well-known composers and musicians, including Bruch, Mozart and Brahms. Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra will be ac
PerformanceAug. 10, 2016
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[팟캐스트](157) 더민주 중국 방문 외 1건
진행자: 박세환, Paul Kerry 1. 박근혜 대통령, 더민주 방중 비판 기사요약: 박근혜 대통령이 중국 방문을 강행한 더불어민주당 초선 의원 6명을 향해 쓴소리를 아끼지 않았다. 박 대통령은 “아무리 국내 정치적으로 정부에 반대한다고 하더라도 국가안보와 관련된 문제에 대해서는 내부 분열을 가중시키지 않고 초당적으로 협력하는 것이 국민을 대신해서 권한을 위임받은 정치의 기본적인 책무”라고 밝혔다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Park bashes opposition over THAAD visit to China[1] President Park Geun-hye on Monday blasted a group of opposition lawmakers who left
PodcastAug. 10, 2016
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‘Real,’ gritty issues dominate world drama trend
Competing at the 11th Seoul International Drama Awards are a wide array of pieces from around the globe, from the renowned British detective thriller “Sherlock” series starring actor Benedict Cumberbatch to Korea’s quaint family drama “Reply 1988,” set in late 1980s Seoul. This year’s selections are more realistic, as opposed to fantastical, said actor Yoo Dong-geun, a Grand Prize judge, at a press conference for the awards Wednesday at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club.“A lot of TV movies
TelevisionAug. 10, 2016
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Lowering the barrier to art market
Buying art isn’t as easy as buying books or movie tickets. Even if you fall in love with a piece of art at an exhibition, taking it home could turn out to be the priciest decision you ever make. Fearing shrinking art sales and the domination of the art market by super-rich collectors, the art world is coming up with ways to make art more accessible to a wider audience and to attract art lovers to experience buying artworks. The Affordable Art Fair Seoul, the Korean edition of the London-based gl
PerformanceAug. 10, 2016
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Chinese TV to air 'Travel Korean' language program
China Education Television is gearing up to launch its new language education program, “Easy to Learn, Easy to Use ‘Travel Korean,’” starting this October. The main objective of the program is to provide a creative way to help teach Chinese viewers simple Korean phrases that will come in handy during their travels in Korea, such as on how to order food. “It’s the first time for us to collaborate like this with a Chinese broadcasting station to create a Korean language education program,” said Ki
TelevisionAug. 10, 2016
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Florence Foster Jenkins: tone-deaf but adored
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - When opera lovers ask New York's Carnegie Hall for souvenir concert programs, they’re not usually interested in Maria Callas or Joan Sutherland. More often than not, the name they request is Florence Foster Jenkins, an American socialite who only appeared at the legendary venue once, and couldn't hold a note.“In order for a singer to succeed, they need to have a combination of talent, charisma, and interpretive quality,” Carnegie’s archives director Gino Francesconi wrote in
FilmAug. 10, 2016
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Historic marker unveiled at former Norman Rockwell studio
BURLINGTON, Vermont (AP) - Thanks to the efforts of Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas and a horde of Norman Rockwell’s former models, the site where the illustrator conceived many of his iconic Saturday Evening Post covers was honored with a historical marker.The historic marker is at the Arlington home where Rockwell lived and worked from 1943 to 1953. The marker highlights several of Rockwell’s paintings created in the nearby studio, including “Four Freedoms,” an advertisement for war bonds.Douglas say
PerformanceAug. 10, 2016
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’N Sync reunites for J.C. Chasez’s 40th birthday bash
’N Sync has gotten back together, at least for a night.The boy band’s former front man, Justin Timberlake, posted a picture on Instagram of himself alongside fellow ’N Sync members Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and J.C. Chasez. Timberlake noted in the caption that they were celebrating Chasez’s 40th birthday. The picture was also posted on the band’s Twitter account. ’N Sync went on hiatus in 2002 and hasn't recorded new material since. The group did reunite, though, for a one-off p
PerformanceAug. 10, 2016
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‘Prince of Asia’ Jang Keun-suk releases new album
Actor and singer Jang Keun-suk released a single in Japan on Wednesday, according to his public relations agency Y Tree Company. Titled “Darling Darling,” this is Jang’s first release in Japan in five years since hit song “Let Me Cry.” Jang plans to unveil two additional singles in the next two months. “My new song captures how I feel when I meet my fans,” said the 28-year-old in a statement. An established solo artist in Japan, Jang has released one single and three full-length studio albums
PerformanceAug. 10, 2016
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‘Not Pretty Enough’ review: Entertaining bio of Helen Gurley Brown
“Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown”By Gerri HirsheySarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux (500 pages, $27)If there’s nothing more American than a rags-to-riches story, then Helen Gurley Brown was truly an All-American Girl. The author of “Sex and the Single Girl” and later editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, writes biographer Gerri Hirshey, began life as “a very poor and traumatized child of the Depression,” the fatherless daughter of a miserable mother, a skinny
BooksAug. 10, 2016