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'Keep IU off the grass': Soccer fans oppose K-pop concerts at World Cup Stadium
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BTS, NewJeans fandoms clash over Hybe-Min Hee-jin conflict
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N. Korea launches missiles in latest show of military, nuclear strength
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Seoul-bound traffic clogged on 4th day of Chuseok holiday
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North Korea sends top envoy to Russia as it girds for friction with Seoul
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High temperatures may worsen mental health conditions: study
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Kia makes breakthrough in China sales
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[Special] Ansan aims to become South Korea's multicultural hub, heart of immigration policy
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Korean battery makers zero in on global commercial EV market
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Samsung chief travels to France to encourage young talents
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Bohjalian explores light and dark side of upper-middle class
A well-heeled Wall Streeter, generally considered a good guy, agrees to throw a bachelor party at his suburban Westchester house for his slightly sleazy younger brother. With his wife and daughter in the city for the night, he allows -- despite his own uneasiness -- strippers at the bash. This will not end well. But we can‘t predict just what a disastrous turn the party will take. Within the first few pages of “The Guest Room,” the latest novel by prolific author Chris Bohjalian, the booze-fuele
Jan. 14, 2016
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The saga of the resilient beaver
Reading natural history is fraught with a particular kind of peril. The typical progression from “here are amazing facts” to “there used to be [X] million of these majestic creatures, until humans wiped them out” is a disappointing road. "Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver" by Frances Backhouse(ECW Press) Frances Backhouse’s “Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver” starts down that path, but the story ends in a slightly more upbeat place. The once ubiquitous beaver
Jan. 14, 2016
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Kalman pays tribute to the dogs of life
Noted illustrator and author Maira Kalman‘s thesis statement couldn’t be clearer: “You, reading this book, most likely have, or had, a dog, You certainly know that your dog is, or was, the dearest, funniest, lovingest, loyalest friend you ever had.” "Beloved Dog" by Maira Kalman (Penguin) Oddly enough, Kalman grew up in a family without dogs, in part because her family feared the way the animals were used against Jewish people in their ancestral Belarus, and in part because her mother, and her g
Jan. 14, 2016
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Local publisher Hangilsa seeks to revive interest in novels through ‘My Struggle’
Confronting growing problems in the Korean literary landscape, such as a continuing decline in book reading, plagiarism and the unpopularity of novels, Hangilsa Publishing, a Korean publisher based in Paju, Gyeonngi Province, seeks to turn the tide with a new book from Norway.In celebration of its 40th anniversary this year, the company has published the first volume of the Korean translation of autobiographical novel “My Struggle,” by Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgard. Hangilsa is known for h
Jan. 13, 2016
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Children‘s books on class and Winnie the Pooh win prizes
NEW YORK (AP) -- Matt de la Pena‘s and Christian Robinson’s “Last Stop on Market Street” nearly made history twice Monday. The illustrated exploration of race and class through the eyes of a boy and his grandmother won the Newbery Medal for the best children‘s book of 2015, making de la Pena the first Hispanic writer to receive the 94-year-old prize, one of the most cherished among children’s writers. “Last Stop on Market Street” came close to another rare coup by finishing as a runner-up for th
Jan. 12, 2016
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Hotelier reveals his passion in photo essay book on Korea
My Korea: Musings with a Camera and Pen by Baek Seung-woo (Canopus)Baek Seung-woo may have worked more than 30 years as finance director for Hyatt Hotels Corp., but his real passion is photography. His new book, “My Korea: Musings with a Camera and Pen,” an English photo essay book, features a variety of photographs introducing Korean sites foreign tourists would be interested in knowing more about.Baek’s photographs of the Deoksugung Palace, Sareung or the Royal Tomb of Queen Jeongsun and a jj
Dec. 17, 2015
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Economist Jang tackles inequality in new ‘Capitalism in Korea’ series
Why We Should Be Angryby Jang Ha-sung(Heybooks) Jang Ha-sung, who is widely known in the fields of corporate governance and shareholder activism, tackles one of the most urgent problems rising in Korea – inequality.The Korean economy, which rose from rags to riches at a remarkable pace, now faces the fallout from the quick rise where the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer as the country’s fully adopts capitalism.The root of the problem is the widening income gap between empl
Dec. 10, 2015
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A different look at Korea’s economic miracle
The Spirit of Korean Development by Sang-young Rhyu(Yonsei University Press) There has been much debate surrounding the analysis of the economic success and political transformation of South Korea. However, the interest of this book does not lie in the tangible factors behind its development. What is puzzling to non-Koreans is the intangible factors that enabled tangible factors to work together and thereby enable development. In other words, this book offers an explanation for Korea’s miraculou
Dec. 3, 2015
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OCA photo book receives printing award
Kim Min-jae is a veteran sports photographer who has covered many international sporting events, including the Asian Games and Olympic Games, for more than 30 years. Photographer Kim Min-jae (Courtesy of Kim Min-jae)The experience has led him to settle in Kuwait at the invitation of Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, president of the Olympic Council of Asia and the Association of National Olympic Committees. Kim, who started his career with the South Korean Ministry of Sports in the 1980s, now wor
Dec. 3, 2015
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Korean politics through the eyes of British journalist
“Democracy Delayed”By Daniel Tudor(Munhakdongne) For Daniel Tudor, a former Korea correspondent for the Economist, Korean politics seems a bit strange. With blurred ideological differences between the right-wing and left-wing parties, the left is mired in the past and lacks professionalism while the right has no concrete agenda other than a pro-conglomerate, me-first policy. “Is Korean democracy in retreat?” Tudor, 33, asks in his latest book “Democracy Delayed,” which was recently published
July 2, 2015
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Amid 'Mockingbird' sequel buzz, worries about Lee's wishes
Hometown friends and fans of "To Kill A Mockingbird" author Harper Lee are struggling to reconcile a publisher's sensational announcement -- that her decades-old manuscript for a sequel had been rediscovered and will be released -- with the image of the reclusive writer at her sister's recent funeral. Grieving, ill and seated in a wheelchair, Lee talked loudly to herself at awkward times during the service for her beloved older sister and attorney, Alice, according to two family friends who atte
Feb. 5, 2015
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'Mockingbird' author Harper Lee to publish second novel
American author Harper Lee is to publish a second novel, more than half a century after the release of her much-loved classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," HarperCollins announced Tuesday. "Go Set a Watchman" was written in the 1950s and features many of the same characters as "Mockingbird." It was rediscovered last year and will be released on July 14, the publishing house said. Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for "To Kill a Mockingbird" -- a searing tale of racial injustice in the Great Depression-era
Feb. 4, 2015
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Ven. Haemin’s bestseller to hit U.S. shelves
Penguin Group has decided to publish the English edition of a South Korean bestseller written by a well-known Buddhist monk.Ven. Haemin, known as a “healing mentor” among Korean youth, authored the book titled “Things You Can Finally See When You Stop.” Its publisher Sam&Parkers signed a copyright contract with Penguin, which plans to publish the book in the United States and other English-speaking countries. Penguin said the book will appeal to readers in their 20s and 30s outside of Korea. Par
Sept. 26, 2013
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U.S. influence on S. Korean politics examined
The Constitution of the U.S. and the Presidential GovernmentBy Lee Sang-donSojin Publishing Co.America’s constitutionalism and the principle of checks and balances have offered crucial guidance for many nascent democracies around the world, including South Korea decades ago.In his new book, “The Constitution of the U.S. and the Presidential Government,” Lee Sang-don, law professor at Chung-Ang University, delineates how the U.S. legal and political systems have taken root and evolved, and affect
Jan. 10, 2013
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JK Rowling's novel for adults to be adapted for TV
The first book for "grown-ups" by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be adapted into a television series, the BBC announced Monday."The Casual Vacancy", Rowling's darkly comic novel set in a seemingly idyllic English village, was published in September and the TV version is set to air on the BBC's flagship BBC One channel in 2014.The 47-year-old's series about the young wizard was adapted into eight blockbuster movies, but Rowling insisted that television was the best medium for an adaptation
Dec. 4, 2012
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Rowling's first novel for adults goes on sale
LONDON (AP) -- British bookshops opened their doors early Thursday and some grown-up Harry Potter fans lined up overnight as J.K. Rowling launched her long-anticipated first book for adults, "The Casual Vacancy."The lines were shorter and the wizard costumes missing, but the book was published to some of the same fanfare that greeted each Potter tome, with stores wheeling out crates of the books p
Sept. 27, 2012
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Germany’s ex-first lady denies having worked as escort
BERLIN (AFP) ― Germany’s former first lady, Bettina Wulff, denies she ever worked as an escort in a book to be published Wednesday, seven months after the ex-president stepped down over a political favors scandal.In a chapter entitled “The Rumours,” 38-year-old Wulff seeks to snuff out stories that have swirled about an alleged previous life suggesting she worked as call girl under the pseudonym “Lady Viktoria.” The former PR executive, who married Christian Wulff in 2008 and with whom she has a
Sept. 11, 2012
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Woman sues after overdue 'Twilight' arrest
A New Mexico woman is suing her city after she spent the night in jail as a result of an overdue "Twilight" book and DVD from the library.Lori Teel, whose attorney sent a tort claim notice to the Portales city clerk Monday, said police officers visiting her home on a report of a disturbance June 12 arrested her in front of her five children, ages 1 to 10, and she spent the night at the Roosevelt C
June 29, 2012
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Can women 'have it all?' U.S. writer stirs debate
An Ivy League scholar and mother-of-two is touching a raw nerve by questioning whether high-flying career women with families, at least American ones, can truly "have it all."Writing in The Atlantic magazine, Anne-Marie Slaughter cited her own downshift from powerful State Department official to mere Princeton University professor as evidence that they cannot, at least not as US society now stands
June 28, 2012
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Time cover shows mom breastfeeding 3-year-old
Shocking or no big deal? A woman breastfeeding her 3-year-old son is the cover photo of this week's Time magazine for a story on ``attachment parenting,'' and reactions ranged from applause to cringing to shrugs.The photo showed Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, a stay-at-home mom in Los Angeles who says her mother breastfed her until she was 6 years old. She told the magazine in an interview that she's gi
May 11, 2012