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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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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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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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[Herald Interview] Cellist Hans Jorgen Jensen guides budding local musicians
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The Pyeongchang Music Festival & School is still going strong in its 13th year, with its annual classical music festivities kicking off on July 12 under the theme “The Immortal Classics: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Beyond.”It was formerly known as the Great Mountains Music Festival. Organized by classical music stars cellist Chung Myung-wha and violinist Chung Kyung-wha, this year’s event invited top musicians from around to world to perform, while acclaimed arti
PerformanceAug. 4, 2016
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Mariah Carey playfully promotes docuseries 'Mariah's World'
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) - Mariah Carey called on six half-naked muscle men, champagne and lots of attitude as she playfully promoted her upcoming docuseries, “Mariah’s World.”Carey made her entrance for a roomful of TV critics after the shirtless gentlemen formed a chair for her to sit on. She then moved over to a rococo velvet-and-gold couch to field questions and toss a few wisecracks around.“So this is perfectly normal,” she said, smiling. Carey’s daytime outfit: a sparkling, scanty bl
TelevisionAug. 4, 2016
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Britney Spears promises ‘new era’ with latest album
NEW YORK (AFP) - Britney Spears, who soared to stardom as a teen idol before a highly public fall, is releasing an album one more time.Spears announced Wednesday that her ninth album, “Glory,” will come out on Aug. 26.“My new album and the beginning of a new era,” Spears wrote on Twitter.Spears last month released “Make Me...,” a steamy track with a touch of tropical house music and a contribution by the rapper G-Eazy.“Glory” will be Spears’ first album since 2013’s “Britney Jean,” which largely
PerformanceAug. 4, 2016
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Foundation: Obama's library sites reflect 'one community'
CHICAGO (AP) -- The two parks Barack Obama considered for his presidential library are only a mile (1.6 kilometers) apart in Chicago.But the decision to build the museum in a lakeside park rather than in a nearby impoverished neighborhood has left some residents worried the choice was a missed opportunity in the city’s South Side.The Obama Foundation held a ceremony Wednesday to unveil details of the president’s choice of Jackson Park instead of Washington Park. Foundation chairman Marty Nesbitt
CultureAug. 4, 2016
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Pooh returns to NY library after yearlong conservation
NEW YORK (AP) -- Winnie-the-Pooh and friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga and Tigger are celebrating a new lease on their New York City life after enjoying many adventures together.The original toys are looking refreshed after more than a year of much needed repairs by a textile conservator. They went back on display Wednesday at the New York Public Library, where they have resided since 1987.An English boy, Christopher Robin Milne, was their original owner. He received them in the 1920s from his fathe
CultureAug. 4, 2016
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The last bastion of ‘sworn virgins’: Albania
SHKODRA, Albania (AFP) - At the age of 16, living in a remote village in northern Albania, Shkurta Hasanpapaj faced being forced into marriage. There was just one way out, and the young woman grasped it: she took the ancient, gender-bending oath to become a “sworn virgin.”At a stroke, her life changed. She renounced sex, married life and parenthood. But in return, she won the right to live as a man and lead her family in a fiercely patriarchal society.Nearly seven decades later, Hasanpapaj prefe
CultureAug. 4, 2016
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A blowout that lasts three months? Hello to semipermanent waves
Fierce blowouts -- straightened hair that has been hot-curled into gentle waves -- are the reason women hightail it to the salon once, sometimes twice, a week, and especially before special occasions. But what if you could get the same look and forfeit those salon trips for up to three months?The trendletSemipermanent-curl processes are the latest hair phenom to give women the just-left-the-salon look every day. Think of it as a Keratin treatment, but instead of bone-straight hair, ends are curl
Arts & DesignAug. 4, 2016
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Calvin Klein snaps up ex-Dior designer Simons
NEW YORK (AFP) -- U.S. fashion house Calvin Klein on Tuesday announced the appointment of former Christian Dior designer Raf Simons as its new chief creative officer, with his debut collections set for the fall 2017 season.The appointment of the 48-year-old design heavyweight, effective immediately, will see the Belgian lead the creative strategy of the brand globally, including its clothing, underwear, jeans and home furnishings.“As part of his role as chief creative officer, Mr. Simons will ov
Arts & DesignAug. 4, 2016
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Cannabis chef takes fine dining to new high
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Christopher Sayegh holds up two syringes filled with cannabis compound, primed to pump tiny amounts into a pomegranate sorbet or a juicy cut of Wagyu Japanese beef as part of a bold new sensory experiment.As more U.S. states move to legalize the use of recreational marijuana, the California chef is aiming to elevate haute cuisine to a new level.Armed with cooking skills acquired while working at Michelin-star restaurants in New York and California, Sayegh says his mission is
FoodAug. 4, 2016
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Police investigation clears Maestro Chung of alleged embezzlement
The police announced Thursday that former Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra music director Maestro Chung Myung-whun, who has been tangled in a series of legal battles concerning his tenure at the SPO, has been cleared of all embezzlement accusations. The allegations first came about last year after MBC, a local media broadcast station, accused Chung of writing-off millions of won by manipulating his work travel expenses. Following the reports, two local civic groups filed a complaint with the police
PerformanceAug. 4, 2016
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Germany: woman argues she didn’t damage ‘crossword’ art work
BERLIN (AP) - A lawyer for an elderly woman who filled in spaces on a piece of art depicting part of a crossword at a German museum says she contends that she was completing the piece, not damaging it.Officials at Nuremberg’s Neues Museum filed a criminal complaint after the 90-year-old, who hasn’t been identified, last month filled in blank spaces with a ballpoint pen on avant-garde artist Arthur Koepcke’s 1965 work, “Reading-work-piece.” She apparently took literally the phrase “Insert Words”
PerformanceAug. 4, 2016
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[Herald Review] ‘Tunnel’ aims to rediscover the value of one life against many
The all-too-realistic nature of director Kim Seong-hun’s upcoming summer thriller “Tunnel” may leave a bitter taste in the audience’s mouth.Centered around one man’s fight for survival after a tunnel collapse, the film holds a mirror up to societal and political shortcomings that pervade all organizations. In a short but telling portrayal of protagonist Lee Jung-soo (Ha Jung-woo) before the freak accident, he is an avuncular character who exudes a sense of familiarity. A father, a husband and a
FilmAug. 4, 2016