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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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Top K-pop agency denies Alibaba investment report
South Korea’s biggest K-pop entertainment firm on Tuesday denied a report that it was the target of a major investment deal worth at least $90 million from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.“We are discussing potential partnerships with many companies in order to diversify our businesses in China,” SM Entertainment said in a regulatory filing.“But the report on the investment deal with Alibaba is not true,” the company added.The Korea Economic Daily had cited unnamed industry sources saying Aliba
Nov. 25, 2014
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[Herald Review] Mraz captures his niche live, pared back and unplugged
Sharing more popularity in the country than almost any other international pop star on the planet, Jason Mraz returned to Seoul for his seventh concert performance here in eight years ― only this time around, the singer left his amps at home. Invigorating thousands with his signature earthy, groovy beats in two sold-out acoustic concerts at the Sejong Center on Monday and Tuesday, an acoustic evening with Mraz and friends was an unexpected revelation, speaking as someone who has seen the singer
Nov. 25, 2014
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Sangmyung University exhibits photos by visually impaired
A female photographer reads braille text on a work in an exhibition of photographs by the visually impaired at Sangmyung Art Hall Gallery in Seoul. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)Sangmyung University is holding an exhibition of photographs taken by the visually impaired in Sangmyung Art Hall Gallery in Seoul until Nov. 30.The exhibition, “The World Seen Through Mind,” in its eighth year, is showcasing about 70 works, with scenes from Seoul that include Itaewon alleys, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, C
Nov. 25, 2014
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Cyndi Lauper to hold first S. Korea concert in 26 years
Cyndi Lauper, a popular American pop star of the 1980s, will hold two concerts in South Korea to mark the 30th anniversary of her debut solo album "She's So Unusual," a local concert agency said Tuesday. The concerts, her first in South Korea since 1989, will take place at Seoul's Olympic Park on Jan. 23-24, YESCOM Ent. said. They will be held as part of the "She's So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour" that began in June 2013 last year to mark the anniversary. The tour has since visited 56 cit
Nov. 25, 2014
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1D, Katy Perry win big at American Music Awards
American girls love British boys: One Direction won artist of the year at the American Music Awards, taking home three honors and was the night’s big winner next to Katy Perry, who didn’t attend the show. One Direction also won favorite band, duo or group ― pop/rock and favorite album ― pop/rock for “Midnight Memories” at the fan-voted show on Sunday night. “This has been a real perfect day. ... America feels like a second home to us,” Liam Payne said onstage with his band mates when they won th
Nov. 24, 2014
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Detroit to create city symphony through noise
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is asking residents to record sounds around the city in an experiment on how to turn everyday noises into classical music.The orchestra billed the project as an innovative way to involve the community in the Motor City, which has struggled economically for decades but has increasingly turned into a hub for artists drawn in part by the lower costs.Composer Tod Machover, who is also a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will use s
Nov. 23, 2014
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Gay singers test country music’s appeal
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Church, pickup trucks and dive bars ― the imagery of classic country songs evokes “traditional” small-town American life. Now a rising number of openly gay crooners are testing just how inclusive that vision can be.Two prominent singers came out of the closet within hours of each other on Thursday. Ty Herndon, who rose to stardom in the 1990s with both love ballads and Christian songs, declared himself to be an “out, proud and happy gay man.”Herndon, who at 52 has been married t
Nov. 23, 2014
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Billboard chart to include streaming
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Starting this week, the Billboard chart, the benchmark for U.S. music sales, will include streaming in its measurements to reflect the rapid growth of services such as Spotify.Billboard magazine, which produces the weekly charts with tracking company Nielsen SoundScan, described the move, announced Wednesday, as the biggest overhaul in its methodology since 1991, an era when CDs were replacing cassettes.The change indicates that the music industry is expecting a permanent role f
Nov. 23, 2014
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Eyelike: Florida Georgia Line fun on 2nd album
Florida Georgia Line fun on 2nd albumFlorida Georgia Line“Anything Goes”(Republic Nashville)Busting out with a record-breaking country single, as Florida Georgia Line did with its multiplatinum smash, “Cruise,” doesn’t always ensure long-term success. But “Anything Goes,” the duo’s second album, suggests they have enough talent and ideas to get past the backlash that comes with overexposure. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley keep the mood fun and grooving, with producer Joey Moi bringing plenty of
Nov. 21, 2014
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Calle 13 wins early Latin Grammys
Calle 13 kicked off the 2014 Latin Grammys by giving a strong performance that looked like it was inside an Irish bar ― and by taking a pair of trophies. Calle 13 won best urban album for “Multiviral” and best alternative song for “El Aguante” (“To Tolerate”), which they performed at the top of the awards show, airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Thursday’s Latin Grammys were delayed about 17 minutes because of President Barack Obama’s speech on immigration, which aired liv
Nov. 21, 2014
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Singer-songwriter Choi Gonne talks ‘I was, I am, I will’
After releasing her debut EP in 2010, local indie singer-songwriter Choi Gonne has spent the last four years bringing her music around the world and taking all the leisurely yet methodical steps she needed to perfect her soon-to-be-released first full-length album, “I was, I am, I will.” Gonne unveiled a number of her newest singles during a press showcase held at the KT&G Sangsang Madang on Thursday, where she admitted to having recorded the entire 13-track album using only one-take sessions wi
Nov. 21, 2014
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Han Young-ae returns after 15 years
It has been 15 years since classic rock singer Han Young-ae released a new album. Yearning to tackle the arduous task of adapting her original ’80s psychedelic music style to today’s more eclectic music scene, Han admitted to adding a new word to her repertoire to help jumpstart her upcoming sixth studio album, “Shakipo.” “‘Hybrid’ ― have you ever heard of this?” asked Han, during a press showcase Wednesday for her new album. “This is a new term that I didn’t know until recently.” Han Young-ae p
Nov. 20, 2014
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[Herald Interview] Bringing heaven down to earth
For pop-opera singer Lim Hyung-joo, 2014 has had some unexpected turns. At the start of the year, the 28-year-old musician had high hopes for his fifth full-length album, “Finally,” which came out at the end of 2013.Those hopes were crushed when the ferry Sewol sank on April 16. The country’s entire cultural scene came to a virtual standstill, as the nation mourned the loss of over 300 lives, mostly of them teenagers, in the tragic accident. Then, suddenly a song from his 2008 EP “My Hero” toppe
Nov. 19, 2014
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‘Side Show’ a soaring, must-see musical
NEW YORK (AP) ― After the favorably reviewed musical “Side Show” closed its original three-month Broadway run in 1997, swallowing a $7 million loss for its producers, it still garnered four Tony Award nominations. Potential audience members stayed away because the idea of seeing the story of real-life British conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton onstage seemed disturbing. Seventeen years later, so-called “freaks” are in vogue on TV and “The Elephant Man” is about to begin a Broadway revival.
Nov. 19, 2014
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10cm gets risque on new ‘3.0’ album
The lighthearted lyrical masterminds of acoustic duo 10cm have finally unveiled their third studio album, “3.0,” a release that will surprise some fans with songs of a more sexual nature. Kwon Jung-yeol and Yoon Cheol-jong, the duo that helped catapult indie music into the mainstream by singing good-natured songs about Americanos and loving someone even if they smell, claim they are slowly starting to shift toward more risque topics on their new 10-track album, which dropped Wednesday. “To be pe
Nov. 19, 2014
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Foo Fighters plan U.S. baseball stadium tour
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The Foo Fighters, touring to promote an album that delves into the roots of U.S. music, will play some of the country’s most historic baseball stadiums starting next year.The band, led by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, on Tuesday announced shows on July 18 and 19 at Fenway Park, the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball and home of the Boston Red Sox.A show at another historic stadium, the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field, was earlier announced and is sold out. The band also a
Nov. 19, 2014
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Art of therapy practiced through pictures
DALLAS ― Rachel Nash is a licensed professional counselor. She works with a diverse group of clients, including children, adults and the elderly. She talks with them. She builds relationships with them. She guides them through discerning their own complex emotions.In these ways, she is similar to other counselors.What separates Nash from her colleagues are the art supplies that accompany her in every therapy session. Nash is an art therapist.Art therapy is a well-established but sometimes overlo
Nov. 19, 2014
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Disney lets N.Y. theatergoers switch tickets
NEW YORK (AP) ― Disney is giving an early Christmas present to theatergoers in New York ― the gift of flexibility. Disney Theatrical Productions is letting ticketholders to its Broadway shows ― “Aladdin” and “The Lion King” ― the chance to switch the dates they see the musicals for any reason as long as it’s done two hours before the performance. The offer, unprecedented for the commercial part of Broadway, starts immediately. Usually such flexibility with tickets on the Great White Way has been
Nov. 18, 2014
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Pharrell Williams, Plant to play Latin Lollapaloozas
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Robert Plant and Pharrell Williams will be among the Lollapalooza headliners in March in Argentina, Brazil and Chile, among the first dates on the global festival calendar.The South American editions of Lollapalooza, which started as a traveling alternative rock festival before finding a permanent home in Chicago and expanding overseas, will take place in Santiago on March 14 and 15, in Buenos Aires on March 21 and 22 and in Sao Paulo on March 28 and 29.The headliners ― the same
Nov. 18, 2014
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Water politics: Exhibition highlights how shortages affect us all
“Trans-border Migrant Tool” by Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0 helps Mexican immigrants to find the location of water using the GPS-installed mobile device when they cross the border through the harsh desert.Hundreds of Mexican immigrants die in their deadly crossing across the Mexican and the U.S. border every year. Non-governmental organizations estimate that more than 10,000 people have died so far before they make it to the border. Some of them die without water in the blazing desert that
Nov. 17, 2014