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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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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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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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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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Toxins at 622 times legal limit found in kids' clothes from Chinese platforms
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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[Weekender] Korea's traditional sauce culture gains global recognition
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Giant cat Rupert wins cat of the year
Rupert, a super-sized cat from Australia weighing 9 kilograms, has won cat of the year for the third year in a row, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.The Maine coon is still growing, and is expected to reach almost twice its current size when fully mature.“He’s a mega, monster cat and still yet to fully fill out,” said cat competition judge Lesley Morgan Blythe. “He’s bigger than the biggest Maine coon I’ve seen.”The breed Maine coon is known to have produced some of the largest cats in the world s
June 11, 2012
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China, Korea, U.S. create online database for Korean classics
Chinese, Korean and U.S. researchers have created an extensive online database for Korean classics in Chinese, Korean and Romanized Korean as part of their East Asian studies project, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) said Sunday. The database created by researchers from CityU and partner institutions in Korea and the U.S. is a collection of 3,000 volumes of old Korean literature written in classical Chinese. “The collection is now easy to browse through, thanks to this cross-regional and cro
June 10, 2012
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Korean arts festival to be held in Slovenia
The Arts Council Korea will hold the Korean Arts Festival Week in Slovenia and Croatia from Monday to June 19 to showcase South Korea’s traditional and modern culture, the council said Friday.The festival week will be held in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana and Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb and Dubrovnik under the slogan “Nasmeh Koreje (Smile of Korea).”Kim Seong-jin, the conductor of the Seoul City Gukak Orchestra, will direct the National Opera Orchestra of Ljubljana for the opening conc
June 10, 2012
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Advertisements make ‘confession’
Exhibition takes visitors through 120 years of advertising in KoreaAdvertising has responded to social changes, trends and lifestyles of people over the years. But behind the simple overview lies the fact that advertising in Korea is also a byproduct of the turbulent days of its modern history, influenced by Japanese colonial rule and, more recently, globalization. The chronological tour of the 120 years of advertising in Korea at Ilmin Museum of Art offers an in-depth view of everyday life impa
June 10, 2012
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Philip Roth wins top Spanish literary award
MADRID (AFP) ― U.S. writer Philip Roth, whose works include the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “American Pastoral,”has been awarded Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award, organizers said Wednesday.The 79-year-old edged out 23 other contenders to take the 50,000-euro ($60,000) prize, one of eight given in different fields by the Asturias Foundation each year.The prize jury praised Roth for “his fluid, incisive writing.”“Characters, events and plots form a complex view of contempor
June 7, 2012
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Jogye Order pledges radical reform
The Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, said on Thursday that it will carry out radical reform to improve the public image of the order recently tarnished by a gambling and prostitution scandal. The order will separate monks from those engaged in administrative work of temple management and allow them to concentrate on missionary work and religious discipline.“The size and the role of temples have expanded along with the rapid growth of the Korean society. However, (The Jogye Order
June 7, 2012
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J.K. Rowling puts magic in PlayStation interactive book
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is putting the magic in a “Book of Spells” that uses augmented reality to make ink-and-paper works interactive using PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.Sony Computer Entertainment chief Andrew House said that the Japanese entertainment titan was collaborating with Rowling and her online Pottermore world on the first title in what will be a vast “Wonderbooks” library.“This takes you on a journey of learning magic, like a student at Hogwarts,” he
June 6, 2012
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Art meets dance: Exhibition brings viewers into the artwork
Viewers become part of exhibits, study their body and balanceAn innovative exhibition is creating a rare scene in the Korean art world by combining art and dance. At the exhibition titled “The Move: Art and Dance since the 1960s” at the National Museum of Contemporary Art of Korea, the artwork is not in a completed state until viewers engage with it physically. For two months, the NMOCA will feature a dynamic exhibition featuring installations and sculptures complemented with live dance performa
June 6, 2012
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Eyes turn skyward as Venus travels across the sun
Venus moves in front of the sun on Wednesday. (Yonhap News)None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again.From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 year
June 6, 2012
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Titanic locket's owner may have been maid
A Pennsylvania family who obtained a locket believed to have belonged to a Titanic survivor said they may have identified the original owner.Betty and Buz Carbone of Hempfield said their son bought the locket, which bears the letters "AMA" or "AWA" in intricate script, from an antiques dealer about 15 years ago and they now believe the item originally belonged to Annie Moore Ward of Philadelphia,
June 5, 2012
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Korea-Arab Society to hold Arab Cultural Fest
The 5th Arab Cultural Festival will be held at COEX in southern Seoul from Thursday through Sunday, the Korea-Arab Society said Monday.The festival’s programs include a performance by the Jordanian National Folkloric Group and a photo exhibition on Arab culture and tourism. Visitors will also have the opportunity to try on traditional Arab clothing and learn the Arabic alphabet.The Jordanian National Folkloric Group will perform at COEX from Thursday through Saturday and in Yeosu on Sunday, wher
June 4, 2012
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Iraq’s Christian heritage sites lie neglected
NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) ― A stone’s throw from Iraq’s Shiite holy city of Najaf’s airport, the remains of the celebrated ancient Christian city of Hira lie neglected and mouldering, because funds for excavation have dried up.Three sites, discovered five years ago, are unexplored and unkempt, and officials fear the uncompleted excavation could lead to their eventual demise.The sites, which contain mud walls and jars that are exposed to the elements, lie fewer than 100 meters from an active runway, are
June 4, 2012
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Disused power plant in Argentina is now art hub
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) ― An abandoned power plant in Buenos Aires dating back to the early 20th century has been transformed into a cultural center, a key part of plans to revitalize the “poor” south of Argentina’s capital.The old brick factory topped with a giant tower, built by the Italian-Argentine electricity company from 1914 to 1916 by Italian architect Giovanni Chiogna, had been nearly forgotten along the highway to La Plata.Now, in the middle of the working class La Boca district, not far fr
June 4, 2012
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Spectacular rendezvous in the sky
The last Venus transit of this century to take place June 6People whose birthday is on June 6 should expect a special gift from mother nature. On this day a rare astronomical event will unfold, visible from most parts of the Asia-Pacific region, including the Korean Peninsula. From the early morning hours’ planet Venus will move across Sun, an event lasting for 6-7 hours until the early afternoon. The 2012 transit of Venus will be the last one visible from Earth in this century with the next t
June 3, 2012
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Korea, New Zealand fete 50 years of relations
As Korea and New Zealand celebrate a year of friendship this year, cultural events celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties will be held in New Zealand next week. Three separate events will take place in Auckland on Sunday, Christchurch on Tuesday and Wellington on Friday featuring Korean music performances combined with New Zealand traditional performances, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Friday. “I hope the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between
June 1, 2012
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Center to introduce Korean take on Buddhism to U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap News) ― With more than 80 Buddhist centers ringing California’s San Francisco Bay, the area is hardly bereft of such belief. But two stand out among them, specializing in what has remained in Korea a less dominant sect: Korean Seon (Zen) Buddhism. One of the centers also stands out for its approach to teaching.The Empty Gate Zen Buddhist Center is the larger of the two zen-based centers, located in the heart of the East Bay city of Berkeley near the University of California
May 31, 2012
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Korea, Indonesia sign MOU on library cooperation
The National Library of Korea has concluded a memorandum of understanding with the National Library of Indonesia on the promotion of exchange and cooperation, national library officials said Wednesday.Under the MOU signed at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, the two national libraries will share information and experiences in library affairs, expand personnel exchange, and strengthen cooperation in the digital information technology area.The MOU followed the opening
May 30, 2012
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New media deployed in battle to preserve history
HONG KONG (AFP) ― It started with an inflatable pig.Jeffrey Shaw has always been fascinated by interactivity, having in the 1960s created art he hoped would narrow the gap between viewer and image.His pig starred on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 concept album “Animals,” floating eerily above London’s Battersea Power Station, in what has become one of the most famous images in rock music history.“I was already very interested then in audience participation,” said the Melbourne native, who is cur
May 30, 2012
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Louise Bourgeois’ legacy remembered
Kukje Gallery exhibition features early iconic works shown for the first time in Korea An exhibition of works by the late French-American artist Louise Bourgeois opened last week, featuring some of her early iconic pieces that are being shown for the first time in Korea. Titled “Personages,” the exhibition showcases 14 pieces created between the 1940s and the early 1950s that established Bourgeois as one of the most prominent sculptors after World War II.Known in Korea for the gigantic spider sc
May 29, 2012
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Forty ancient sites discovered in Iraq
NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) ― Teams of Iraqi archaeologists have discovered 40 ancient sites in the country’s south from the Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian periods, an Iraqi antiquities official said on Monday.“Teams, which have been working since 2010, were able to discover 40 archaeological sites belonging to the Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian periods,” Amer al-Zaidi, the head of the antiquities inspectorate in Dhi Qar province told AFP.The sites, which have not yet been fully explored, are lo
May 29, 2012
