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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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Beastie Boys’ bills exceed $1.7m in Monster Energy suit
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Beastie Boys want to force the maker of Monster Energy drink to pay nearly $2.4 million in legal fees and costs so the rappers’ $1.7 million jury award is not dwarfed by expenses in a copyright violation case, lawyers say. A Manhattan federal court jury awarded the group most of the $2 million it requested at a June trial, but that was not enough to cover costs that lawyers said were worsened by the actions of the Corona, California-based Monster Energy Co., the musicians’ la
Jan. 20, 2015
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Singer Kim Jang-hoon probed for smoking on Paris flight
Kim Jang-hoonINCHEON (Yonhap) ― Pop singer Kim Jang-hoon has recently been investigated for smoking aboard a home-bound plane from France, prosecutors said Tuesday.Kim was accused of smoking a cigarette on Thursday in a toilet of a Korean Air flight bound for Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, after leaving France’s Charles de Gaulle Airport.On Monday, the 50-year-old singer, who is well-known for his donations to charity groups and other good deeds, was summarily indicte
Jan. 20, 2015
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Chung lays out conditions for contract renewal
Conductor Chung Myung-whun on Monday laid out preconditions for his contract renewal as music director of Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Speaking at a press conference at the ensemble’s rehearsal room in Seoul, the conductor revealed that, contrary to media reports, he hadn’t agreed to stay on. “I am currently without any contract,” said Chung, whose three-year contract expired at the end of last year. Talks over a possible renewal had been delayed for weeks due to an internal dispute at the orch
Jan. 19, 2015
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K-pop’s next big thing?
A fresh wave of artists will burst onto the K-pop scene this year, as each record label is looking to add some spice of its own to the already-saturated industry. All rookies are hoping to be the next EXO, but only a few will survive, much less rise to the top. In the cutthroat world of K-pop, it’s said that the fate of newcomers is determined within the first three weeks of their debut. Here’s a look at some of the new groups or solo artists in the K-pop pipeline. Girl groupsSonamoo, a seven-me
Jan. 18, 2015
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Cuban art in spotlight amid U.S. detente
HAVANA (AFP) ― In Juan Roberto Diago’s studio at his remodeled 1920s house, five Americans scrutinized the Cuban artist’s work, wearing baseball caps and sunglasses.“That’s a piece I bought last time I was here,” said Robert Penta, a 33-year old attorney, pointing at a red and brown canvas leaning against the wall.It’s the second time in as many months that this group from Louisville, Kentucky, has traveled to Cuba on a special art license.They wasted no time following the historic rapprochement
Jan. 18, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Starsailor reunites, returns to Korea for ‘5 Nights’
Hyundai Card’s ongoing Culture Project series kicked off the year with 5 Nights, Seoul’s first large-scale concert event of the year.A weeklong festival of live music, the company’s latest culture project promised rock-lovers five nights of performances. Originally scheduled to perform were Avenged Sevenfold, followed by Bastille, Starsailor, Rudimental and 22-year-old Icelandic folk singer-songwriter Asgeir, who wrapped up the festival with his solo show on Saturday.However, the “five nights” s
Jan. 18, 2015
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Eyelike: D’Angelo’s ‘Black Messiah’ plays to message of rising up
D’Angelo’s ‘Black Messiah’ plays to message of rising upD’Angelo and The Vanguard“Black Messiah”(RCA Records)The phrase “long-awaited album” gets tossed around quite a bit. But “Black Messiah,” D’Angelo’s follow-up to 2000’s “Voodoo,” comes after a 14-year wait.And the album arrives as demonstrators across the nation demand change after the recent slayings of unarmed black men by police in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York.The album title is about people rising up, D’Angelo said, and his songs --
Jan. 16, 2015
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Millet works reveal turning point in art
Four masterpieces of Jean-Francois Millet depicting farmers and shepherds will be on view in Seoul for the first time. The touring exhibition, entitled “Millet, Barbizon and Fontainebleau,” started in Boston and stopped through Japan before arriving in Seoul on Jan. 23 with 64 paintings, including major works of Millet and his contemporaries of the Barbizon School, the critical art movement that acted as a bridge realism and impressionism. The exhibition will showcase major works of Millet, most
Jan. 15, 2015
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France’s star architect snubs VIP concert hall opening
PARIS (AFP) ― A new and hugely expensive Paris concert hall will get its VIP opening late Wednesday, but its star architect, Jean Nouvel, is snubbing the event because he says it is not yet ready.“The Philharmonie is opening too early,” Nouvel, who in 2008 won architecture’s top global award, the Pritzker Prize, stormed in a long complaint printed by Le Monde newspaper.The gala opening, in a once gritty district of northeast Paris that is rapidly gentrifying, is to attract a Who’s Who of France’
Jan. 15, 2015
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Taeyang, BEAST stand out at Golden Disc Awards
TaeyangTaeyang, a member of boy band Big Bang, won the grand prize at the 29th Golden Disc Awards in Beijing on Wednesday.He snagged the Digital Single of the Year, regarded as the top honor of the day, with his mega-hit solo track “Eyes, Nose, Lips.” K-pop boy band BEAST was another winner of the day, capturing three honors ― Main Award, Popularity Award and the Best Male Performance Award. Another Popularity Award went to long-standing girl group Girls’ Generation. The Main Award for the 10 di
Jan. 15, 2015
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Psy's 'Hangover' most-viewed K-pop music video in U.S. last year
South Korean rapper Psy's "Hangover" was the most-viewed K-pop music video in the United States last year, a U.S. music service said Thursday.Released in June, "Hangover" topped the ranking of the most-viewed K-pop music videos in the U.S. for 2014 recently announced by Billboard magazine based on YouTube views. The video recently topped 170 million views on YouTube.This marks the third consecutive year that the rapper topped the yearly ranking, following 2012 and 2013 when he gained global fame
Jan. 15, 2015
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Exploitation at the ends of the Earth
With images of the North and South Poles becoming cliche through overuse in environmental documentaries, artist Han Sung-pil’s photographs of the Arctic and Antarctica offer a different view of these vulnerable regions. He focuses on the history of human exploitation in the world’s least explored places since the time when early European explorers discovered the lands and their rich natural resources. He made several trips to the Arctic and Antarctica from 2013 to 2014 searching for traces of ex
Jan. 12, 2015
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K-pop stars see earnings rocket
Girls’ Generation (SM Entertainment)As K-pop continues to lead the Korean Wave, singers are enjoying their sharpest ever increase in income, government statistics show.According to the National Tax Service, the average yearly income of singers rose 72.2 percent in three years between 2010 and 2013, by far the sharpest hike among all Korean celebrity groups. The average annual salary came in at 46.74 million won ($42,000) in 2013, more than doubling from 26.97 million won in 2010. Over the same
Jan. 12, 2015
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Steve Barakatt to present symphony with Herald Phil
New Age pianist and composer Steve Barakatt will present his largest production ― symphony “Ad Vitam Aeternam” ― to Seoul audiences at a concert in March.Written in 16 movements for piano and a full-sized orchestra, the Canadian artist’s first symphonic composition is a musical journey through different stages of life and various aspects of the human condition ― from the physiological to the psychological, emotional and spiritual. The upcoming concert will also feature “Lullaby,” which Barakatt
Jan. 11, 2015
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Eyelike: Criminal Designer
Minaj’s ‘Pinkprint’ delivers grown-up complexityNicki Minaj“The Pinkprint”(Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records)Maybe we knew -- even in 2010 -- when Nicki Minaj released her debut set that beneath the fluorescent wigs and zany accents, there resided a real-life grown-up. On some level, we surely understood that the now 32-year-old rapper had complex emotions and a past, and all the things that make stars more like regular people and less like characters.But not until now, with her third rele
Jan. 9, 2015
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‘Deja-Boo’ is my musical color: Jonghyun
Jonghyun, a member of the K-pop band SHINee, said the song “Deja-Boo” best captures his musical style and color. “I personally like this song a lot, and that is the reason behind selecting it as one of the two title songs of the album,” the singer told the media before a live showcase on Thursday at the SMTOWN Coex Atrium in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. “That is also why I decided to prerelease it.” The singer wrote lyrics to every song on his first solo EP, “BASE,” which consists of seven tra
Jan. 9, 2015
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Singer Bobby Kim questioned by FBI for alleged in-flight brawl
Bobby Kim, a popular R&B singer in South Korea, was questioned by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after his alleged sexual harassment of a cabin crew member in a flight from Incheon to San Francisco, Korean Air Lines Co. said Friday.The 42-year-old is accused of inappropriately touching a female crew member as well as hurling sexual insults while intoxicated on the U.S.-bound Jan. 7 flight, according to the South Korean carrier.The singer was later taken in for questioning by FBI
Jan. 9, 2015
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‘Deja-BOO’ is my musical color: Jonghyun
Jonghyun, a member of the K-pop band SHINee, said “Deja-BOO” best captures his musical style and color. Jonghyun of SHINee sings during a showcase for his first solo EP, “BASE,” on Thursday at the SMTOWN Coex Atrium in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. (Yonhap) “I personally like this song a lot, and that is the reason behind selecting it as one of the two title songs of the album,” the singer told the press before a live showcase on Thursday at the SMTOWN Coex Atrium in Samseong-dong, southern Se
Jan. 8, 2015
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Young artists critique modern life
A strong smell strikes viewers as they open the heavy curtain in the exhibition hall of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. Inside hangs a huge damp cloth with a brown urine stain, emitting the ammonia-like odor. This year’s Young Korean Artists exhibition of the MMCA is full of artistic experiments embedded with the anxiety of and satire toward modern Korean society. It features eight Korean artists in their 20s and 30s living through the crisis of Korea’s young generation, depriv
Jan. 7, 2015
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’90s icon So Chan-whee relishes return to spotlight
After hitting it big in the ’90s with her debut album “Cherish,” solo female rock vocalist So Chan-whee seemed to have fallen prey to the so-too-often cliched stigma of music icons unable to maintain the spark of their heyday. However, unbeknownst to her, one televised performance was enough to change her life once again.The rocker recently appeared on an episode of Infinite Challenge’s “Saturday, Saturday is for Singers (TOTOGA)” ― a segment of the MBC hit reality show that invites ’90s stars t
Jan. 7, 2015