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Psy's touch or new trend in music? P Nation’s solo stars lose their shine
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Seoul to hold grand military parade on Tuesday, disrupting major city routes
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Park Zi-a, the actor who played 'The Glory' heroine's mother, dies
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Shut up and dance
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NewJeans fans corner Hybe amid PR backlash, looming National Assembly audit
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Israel targets Palestinian group in first strike on Beirut center
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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
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Brit pop legend Oasis to perform in Seoul next year
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BTS’ Suga fined W15m for e-scooter DUI
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[KH Explains] Is Hyundai-GM partnership win-win to beat Tesla, Chinese rivals?
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Finance minister vows reform, stimulus for ‘tangible’ growth
Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho on Thursday vowed to deliver “tangible” recovery in domestic demand and exports through a continued focus on structural reform and economic stimulus measures. “We will remove all obstacles that have hindered economic growth and job creation,” Yoo said in his first ministerial meeting with economic bureaucrats on Thursday. “The government will also try to reinvigorate the entire economy by reviving consumption and export.” Financial Minister Yoo Il-ho attends his first
Jan. 21, 2016
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Author McDermid continues to tell powerful crime story
British author Val McDermid‘s thrilling novels about detective chief constable Carol Jordan and clinical psychologist Tony Hill continue to richly delve into the vagaries of modern crime and the psychological motives that propel people to do the unthinkable. McDermid continues her high standards in her compelling ninth outing with Carol and Tony, whose personal and professional relationship take myriad detours. While “Splinter the Silence” excels as a gripping crime fiction, the novel also works
BooksJan. 21, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Minjoo lawmaker under fire over defection
Rep. Cho Kyoung-tae, a third-term lawmaker representing Saha-gu in Busan, was once portrayed as a pioneer in condemning localism in politics, as he survived three consecutive elections in the traditionally conservative constituency.But after 12 years as an opposition representative, Cho decided to defect to the ruling party ahead of the upcoming general election, arousing derision and accusations that he had betrayed his political beliefs for the sake of reelection.“I hope that my fresh start ac
PoliticsJan. 21, 2016
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Debut novel questions whether soldiers ever truly come home
Late in ”A Hard and Heavy Thing,“ University of Wisconsin-Madison law student Matthew J. Hefti’s debut novel, Levi Hartwig is drinking with his dad in a bar, more than a year after returning from stints as a soldier in both Iraq and Afghanistan. ”We‘re all trying to boil down our meaningless experiences to fit this tiny little conventional, three-act, linear narrative,“ the disconsolate Levi says."A Hard and Heavy Thing" By Matthew J. Hefti (Tyrus Books) Hefti -- who was raised in Wisconsin, ser
BooksJan. 21, 2016
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‘Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park’ gives graphic form to dying
Aneurin Wright’s debut graphic novel, “Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park ... When You‘re 29 and Unemployed,” is a shape-shifting chimera stuffed between book covers; a comic that explains the nuances of emphysema and elder care, a meta-meditation on death, loss and coping mechanisms, a tale of father-and-son reconciliation in which the father is a curmudgeonly rhino and the son a headstrong -- and totally ripped -- spectacle-wearing Minotaur. It’s all at once heartbreakingly sad, vi
BooksJan. 21, 2016
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Korean fighter jet project kicks off
South Korea on Thursday announced the launch of projects to introduce indigenous fighter jets in the mid-2020s, kick-starting the journey that has spawned much controversy following the U.S. rejection to transfer key technologies. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration held a commencement meeting in the headquarters of contractor Korea Aerospace Industries in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province. Some 200 government and industry officials as well as military scientists also from partner co
DefenseJan. 21, 2016
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Bryson tours Britain again in ‘The Road to Little Dribbling’
LONDON (AP) -- Bill Bryson loves Britain. Really. The Iowan-born writer, who takes an affectionate if sometimes exasperated look at his adopted country in “The Road to Little Dribbling,” cherishes Britain's landscape, its history, its architectural heritage, its people. He’s not so keen on its reality: TV shows, its litter and -- this is a shock -- its beer. With a touch of embarrassment, Bryson admits that he is no fan of real ale, the cask-conditioned beer that for many is iconically English.
BooksJan. 21, 2016
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Famous fairy tales are thousands of years old: study
LONDON (AFP) - Fairy tales such as Beauty And The Beast are much older than previously thought and are actually thousands of years old, academics found in research published Wednesday. Their analysis indicates that Beauty And The Beast and Rumpelstiltskin are around 4,000 years old while Jack And The Beanstalk can be traced back more than 5,000 years. Anthropologist Jamie Tehrani from Britain's Durham University and folklorist Sara Graca da Silva of New University Lisbon used techniques initally
CultureJan. 21, 2016
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Oldest Christian monastery in Iraq razed
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) -- Satellite photos obtained by the Associated Press confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State group's relentless destruction of heritage sites it considers heretical. St. Elijah’s Monastery stood as a place of worship for 1,400 years, including most recently for U.S. troops. In earlier millennia, generations of monks tucked candl
CultureJan. 21, 2016
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Duty-free sales by foreigners drop for first time
The amount of money foreigners spent on buying duty-free products in Korea declined for the first time, a group of domestic duty-free operators disclosed Thursday. According to the Korea Duty Free Association, the gross sales of domestic duty-free business marked $8.1 billion last year, up 3.03 percent from 2014. The number of foreign duty-free shoppers also rose from 15.7 million to 16 million during the same time. However, the portion of sales generated by foreigners slid to $5.41 billion from
IndustryJan. 21, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Art and Internet: Making art accessible
The Korean art market faces an ongoing dilemma: Despite an increasing number of museum-goers, there are relatively few art buyers. The Korea International Art Fair best represents the dilemma -- record numbers visit the country’s largest art fair each year, but sales have stagnated if not dwindled.Young entrepreneur Park Euy-kyu, CEO of OPEN GALLERY, found it ironic when he examined the Korean art market, which has been suffering from a slump for many years. Park Euy-kyu, CEO of OPEN GALLERY (OP
PerformanceJan. 21, 2016
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Disney delays release of next ‘Star Wars’ to late 2017
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The next and eighth episode in the “Star Wars” saga will premiere in December 2017, seven months later than originally planned, Disney and Lucasfilm announced Wednesday. “The move follows the extraordinary success of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ which was the first ‘Star Wars’ movie to premiere outside the traditional summer blockbuster window and smashed numerous records,” the studios said in a statement on the website www.starwars.com. The seventh episode in the series,
FilmJan. 21, 2016
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'The King and I' taps Daniel King, a 'Lost' and 'Hawaii Five-0' star
NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway's next king has been awfully busy chasing bad guys on the streets of Honolulu. Daniel Dae Kim, who plays a detective on the TV series "Hawaii Five-0," takes over in May as the King of Siam in the blissful Lincoln Center Theater revival of "The King and I," a role he calls "maybe the greatest role for an Asian male in theater." Kim, who graduated from New York University with a master’s degree in acting and cut his teeth in off-Broadway shows, said he's been "looking fo
PerformanceJan. 21, 2016
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Big Bang nears grand finale of world tour
K-pop idol group Big Bang is holding encore concerts at Seoul Olympic Park Gymnastic Stadium on March 4-6 following its world tour, YG Entertainment, the group’s agency, said Wednesday. The group’s world tour “MADE,” which kicked off in Seoul last April, has covered 32 cities in 13 countries, including in Asia, North America and Australia. Some 120 million people attended the concerts and the tour set a record for the largest cumulative audience for a Korean group in China, with 25 million atten
PerformanceJan. 21, 2016
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Yuh, Black in Seoul for ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’
The director and lead voice actor for the upcoming DreamWorks animated feature “Kung Fu Panda 3” are in Seoul to promote the latest installment of the “Kung Fu Panda” series. Both director Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Jack Black showed particular fondness for the film, perhaps because of their long history with it."Kung Fu Panda 3” director Jennifer Yuh Nelson (left) and Jack Black pose for press at the Conrad Hotel in Seoul Thursday. (Yonhap) “I think one of the great things about working on these f
FilmJan. 21, 2016
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KRX eyes 30-minute extension of trading hours
Korea’s bourse operator said Thursday that it will seek to extend the regular trading hours by 30 minutes to go in tandem with a global trend and increase its overlap with other markets in the region. Headquarters of KRX in Yeouido, central Seoul“Currently, the Korean market runs for six hours from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., which is 2-3 hours shorter than global peers,” said Choi Kyung-soo, chairman and CEO of Korea Exchange, in a press conference in Seoul. “I will strive for a 30-minute extension t
Jan. 21, 2016
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4Minute to release new album next month
Five-member girl group 4Minute is releasing its seventh EP album “Act 7” on Feb. 1, the group’s agency Cube Entertainment said in a press release Wednesday. Cube Entertainment also unveiled the jacket image of “Act 7” on its official social media sites Thursday, following the release of a teaser image on the previous day announcing the group’s return after a yearlong hiatus. The cover of 4Minute’s 7th EP “Act 7” (Cube Entertainment) The jacket image is based on the concept of Amazons, the group
PerformanceJan. 21, 2016
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Korea's power demand hits new high amid cold wave
South Korea's power demand soared to an all-time high on Thursday as people turned up their heaters amid a severe cold wave, the government said Thursday.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Power Exchange said electricity demand rose to 82.97 million kilowatts as of 11 a.m., breaking the previous record of 82.12 million kilowatts set two days earlier.The spike came as the average temperature for all of South Korea fell below freezing, with Gimhwa in Cheorwon County, 88 kilom
Social AffairsJan. 21, 2016
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China stocks rise after PBOC takes measures to ease cash squeeze
China’s stocks rose for the third time in four days, led by small-company shares, after the central bank injected the most cash in almost three years in its open-market operations to ease a cash squeeze.The Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.5 percent at the break, erasing a loss of as much as 1.6 percent. The ChiNext index of small caps advanced 1.5 percent, while gauges of health-care and technology shares posted the biggest gains among industry groups. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng China Enterprises
Jan. 21, 2016
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Global stocks battered as oil pushes below $27
NEW YORK - Global stocks suffered another rout Wednesday as US oil prices slid to fresh 12-year lows, heaping further pressure on financial markets from London and Paris to Moscow and Manhattan.Asia's main stock indices fell more than three percent, as did a number of indices in Europe -- wiping out the previous day's rally spurred by hopes of Chinese stimulus.With a loss of 3.5 percent, London joined a number of other markets in bear territory -- a fall of more than 20 percent from a recent pe
Jan. 21, 2016