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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Toxins at 622 times legal limit found in kids' clothes from Chinese platforms
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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What makes Seoul so cool?
The Han river Floating Island (Yonhap News)An online portal operated by CNN recently introduced 50 reasons why Seoul is the world’s greatest city. Written from the perspective of a non-Korean, the list is beginning to grab international attention.Concerning the fact that Asian tourists have designated Seoul the first city to visit, CNNGo selected several reasons why. At the very top of the list wa
May 29, 2011
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Facebook co-founder killing his own food: Fortune
SAN FRANCISCO, (AFP) - Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly taken to eating only meat from animals he has killed in order to appreciate that a creature died so that he could live.The 27-year-old billionaire took on the dietary regimen as the latest in a series of "personal challenges" that he pursues in what little time he spends not working on Facebook, a Fortune magazine story expl
May 27, 2011
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Final batch of Korean royal books to return from France
The fourth and the final lot of Korea’s ancient royal books, looted by the French army in the late 19th century and kept in France, will arrive in Seoul on Friday but whether the government will register them as a national treasure remains unclear.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the final 73 volumes of “Uigwe,” or manuscripts for royal protocols created during the Joseon Dynasty (
May 26, 2011
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UNESCO to list Gwangju uprising records as world heritage
A U.N. education and cultural body decided Tuesday to grant world documentary heritage status to two Korean historical records, officials said. Ilsungrok, a diary-style log of ancient kings' daily lives, and documents on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Gwangju will be listed on the Memory of the World Register, according to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organi
May 24, 2011
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Korea Society offers customized shows in U.S.
New York-based organization plans 10 traveling exhibitions in AmericaNEW YORK ― The Korea Society sits where the Third Avenue meets East 55th St., promoting deeper and wider understanding between the American and Korean people. A small art exhibition, “Korea Design Heritage,” currently being held at the Society is part of its dynamic efforts to help Americans get to know how Korea’s industrial des
May 23, 2011
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Playboy puts entire 57 years of magazines online
This publicity image provided May 18, 2011, by Playboy Enterprises, Inc., shows a sample of the member home page for the web site, i.playboy.com, as viewed on a tablet device for the web-based subscription service Playboy is scheduled to launch Thursday, May 19, 2011. The service allows viewers to see every single page of every single magazine, from the first issue nearly 60 years ago that feature
May 20, 2011
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Rare Korean ceramics catch eyes at the Metropolitan
Special loan exhibition showcases how buncheong ware evolved from 15th to 16th century in Joseon eraNEW YORK ― The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the most popular tourist sites in the city, overwhelms visitors with the size of its collections and vast exhibition space. For those wishing to take a close look at a small but rare exibition in a quiet gallery rather than trying to take
May 19, 2011
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Experts strive to preserve submerged ancient rock drawing
The University of Ulsan on Thursday launched a research center devoted to preserving a prehistoric rock drawing submerged underwater in the city. Leading geologists, chemists, folklorists and other experts are taking part in the institute for Bangudae rock carving, the National Treasure No. 285.The group will conduct research and other activities to prevent the ancient artwork from being further d
May 19, 2011
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Twitter feed lawsuit underscores power of a tweet
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― When Adorian Deck was home sick from high school, he entertained himself like countless other teenagers have in recent years: He started a Twitter account.Unlike other teenagers, Deck’s account became a sensation. Deck, under the handle (at)OMGFacts, tweeted random bits of celebrity gossip and quirky trivia. In less than a year, he had attracted more than 300,000 followers.Now
May 17, 2011
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Stalin plotted Roswell landing, new book claims
A new book by an U.S. investigative reporter claims that the supposed alien crash landing at Roswell was a plan hatched by former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to scare Americans.The 1947 incident in the desert of New Mexico prompted one of the greatest alien conspiracy theories in history that an alien spacecraft crashed there and that the U.S. government covered up the recovery of extraterrestrial
May 17, 2011
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Herald runs special series ‘Culture Power Korea’
The Korea Herald starts a special series of articles under the title, “Culture Power Korea,” reporting on how Korean culture and Korean studies are being promoted around the world.The series, to be published Tuesdays and Fridays for the next several weeks, comes as the Korean Wave, or hallyu, has become increasingly popular among the global audience, while efforts overseas for promoting deeper und
May 16, 2011
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Boston University program to boost Korean studies
Acting chair stresses use of hallyu to draw U.S. studentsBOSTON ― Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences will appoint a scholar in Korean and comparative literature to enhance Korean studies, and strengthening the existing four-year Korean-language, cinema and media program, said a professor at BU.“Boston is a strong place for Korean studies. One reason that Korean studies has become popul
May 16, 2011
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‘Early Korea studies are vibrant and relevant’
BOSTON ― Most Korean people must have memories from their school days of trying to memorize important dates and names from Korean history for exams. They may feel that learning about Korean history, especially early history, might be more boring than any other study. In Boston, however, the Korea Institute of Harvard University’s approach to helping students learn about early Korea can be current,
May 16, 2011
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Robots get groove on in student orchestra
VALENCIA (AP) ― They can defuse bombs, help decontaminate nuclear power plants, even vacuum the living room floor without bashing into the furniture or knocking over a vase.One thing you don’t see robots doing, though, is jamming with a live, human orchestra. Breaking into a 12-bar solo is something that’s still pretty much the province of people.Except at the California Institute of the Arts, whe
May 15, 2011
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Music helps kids fight poverty and prejudice
Korea sees hope in Venezuelan education model ‘El Sistema’Eighteen-year-old Lee Jeong-wook doesn’t know where he was born. From the first moment he can recall from his childhood, he has lived in Busan Boystown, a children’s shelter where 700 orphaned children from toddlers to high school students live together.But unlike many other Korean teenagers undecided about their career path after high scho
May 13, 2011
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Half of singles have no interest in marriage
About half of Korean office workers said they were neutral about marriage, according to research.Korea-based recruitment website Job Korea surveyed 633 office workers on their thoughts on marriage.Although only 2.7 percent said they would not get married at all, 50.2 percent answered that either way was fine. Another 47.1 percent said they were definite about getting married in the future.The resu
May 13, 2011
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Tango fever sweeps capital
The sultry South American tango is winning a big following in South Korea, and Seoul’s third festival celebrating the passionate dance drew an international cast of enthusiasts.Dancers from Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Canada and Argentina got into the swing with scores of Koreans for the Seoul Tango Festival from May 5-9.“I didn’t know so many dancers would come from so
May 10, 2011
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Korea promoter to release ‘Four Seasons’ theme song
The Corea Image Communication Institute, which promotes Korea’s brand home and abroad, said it will release a theme song “Four Seasons of Love” on May 24.As the title suggests, the song depicts Korea’s four seasons with an easy-to-sing-along melody and rhythm, the CICI said.Architect and singer Yang Jin-seok composed the song and wrote the lyrics.The launching ceremony will be held at the German E
May 10, 2011
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Korean Buddhists concern decreasing candidate monks
(Yonhap News)Korea’s biggest Buddhism sect “Jogye” is reportedly anxious about a decreasing number of people seeking to be monks. The religion prospered in Korea until the end of the Koryo dynasty and, although it has declined since, remains one of the major religions in Korea.But according to statistics the number of new monks is on the wane.There were 466 new Jogye monks in 2005, but just 274 i
May 10, 2011
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Exhibit aims to inspire next Indiana Jones
MONTREAL (AFP) ― A museum in Montreal is showcasing the on-screen discoveries of Hollywood’s fictional adventurer Indiana Jones, in hopes of inspiring a new generation of young archaeologists.“Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology: The Exhibition,” marking the 30th anniversary of the famed character’s silver screen debut, takes visitors on a virtual tour of sites depicted in the adventure
May 9, 2011
