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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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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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Limp Bizkit rollin’ back to Seoul
Led by influential rap-rocker Fred Durst, platinum-selling nu metal band Limp Bizkit is making its way back to Korea for its first headline show here in five years. The American rockers ― Durst (lead vocals), Wes Borland (guitar), Sam Rivers (bass) and John Otto (drums) ― are widely credited with giving birth to nu metal by combining rap and hardcore rock and are slated to hold a concert at Seoul Olympic Park’s Olympic Hall on Nov. 12.Best known for their abrasive lyrics and thrashing heavy meta
Nov. 2, 2014
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Legendary artist has grand vision for DMZ
His voice is so soft, barely audible at some points, that strong concentration is required to hear his words.Achim Freyer, a legendary theater and opera producer, stage and costume designer, installation artist, and painter ― a singular figure in the world of arts ― exudes a quiet sort of charisma with his wild silvery mane and deep-set blue eyes. He may be soft spoken but he is a tour de force in his unique way and his words carry weight.He is best known here for his 2012 production of “Mr. Rab
Oct. 31, 2014
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Eyelike: Robin Gibb shines on final album
Robin Gibb shines on final albumRobin Gibb“50 St. Catherine’s Drive”(Rhino/Warner)As one third of the Bee Gees, Robin Gibb had a plaintive ache in his trembling, vibrato-filled voice that helped make such Brothers Gibb hits as “Holiday’’ and “I Started a Joke” so memorably distinctive. On “50 St. Catherine’s Drive,” his solo posthumous 17-track set, Gibbs’ searing vocal vulnerability is made all the more poignant given that it is his final album.Named after the address of the house in which Gibb
Oct. 31, 2014
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Family demands autopsy of singer Shin Hae-chul
The family of Shin Hae-chul, a legendary rocker who died on Monday, demanded an autopsy, as friends and fans bid farewell to the ’90’s music icon at a funeral service Friday. “The family decided to demand an autopsy, dropping the plan for a cremation,” said Lee Seung-chul during a press conference at a memorial park where the singer was expected to be cremated following a funeral service earlier in the morning. Family members made the last-minute decision following a plea from Shin’s friends tha
Oct. 31, 2014
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Ex-National Opera chief to head Seongnam Arts Center
Chung Eun-sook, former chief of the Korea National Opera, has been tapped to become the head of Seongnam Cultural Foundation, which runs Seongnam Arts Center in Bundang, south of Seoul, the foundation said Friday. The foundation’s board of directors chose Chung, 68, as the successor to Shin Sun-hi, whose term expires on Nov. 30, it said in a press release. The appointment is subject to a final approval by Seongnam City’s municipal council. A soprano herself, Chung led the KNO as artistic direct
Oct. 31, 2014
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Deceased singer's wife files complaint against hospital for negligence
The wife of deceased singer Shin Hae-chul reported a Seoul hospital that performed surgery on the singer to the police Friday, accusing it of causing his death through negligence.The 37-year-old widow, only identified by her surname Yoo, submitted the complaint with Songpa Police Station, claiming medical negligence was to blame for her husband's death after he received an operation for intestinal adhesions. The hospital has strongly denied the allegation."Please investigate into possibility of
Oct. 31, 2014
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[Herald Interview] Minzy’s sister debuts with ‘Rebirth’
Looking to continue her family’s musical background, Gong Min-young, the older sister of popular K-pop idol Minzy of 2NE1, made her official debut as a contemporary Christian music singer on Friday with the release of her first album, “Rebirth.” However, unlike her younger sister, who chose the mainstream pop music route, Gong says it was always her dream to pursue gospel music. “We grew up in a very religious household so gospel music is always something that has been a big part of our family,”
Oct. 30, 2014
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Hip-hop trio Young Fathers surprise Mercury winners
LONDON (AFP) ― Young Fathers, an underground hip-hop trio from Scotland with roots in Liberia and Nigeria, won the prestigious Mercury Prize Wednesday, beating out far better-selling British artists.Young Fathers’ first studio album “Dead” topped a field that included Blur frontman Damon Albarn, as well as increasingly popular artists such as poet-turned-rapper Kate Tempest and R&B-influenced trip-hopper FKA twigs.Young Fathers took home the 20,000-pound ($32,000) award, given each year for the
Oct. 30, 2014
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Museum tells Helena Rubinstein’s story in art
NEW YORK (AP) ― Judgmental, autocratic and wholly self-made after fleeing pre-war Poland and the prospect of arranged marriage as a teen, Helena Rubinstein built a cosmetics empire on the notion that beauty is power. But the late doyenne with the tight chignon was more than a mere worshipper of commerce. Known to all as Madame, she was a collector of African, Oceanic and Latin American art, eclectic home decor and couture fashion as the face and force of her brand for seven decades. The diminuti
Oct. 30, 2014
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National Gugak Center bets on ‘Gongmudoha’
Masters of Korea’s traditional music and dance have joined forces with a famed stage director to present a new theatrical production that could redefine tradition. “Gongmudoha (Don’t Cross that River),” to be staged at the National Gugak Center in Seoul from Nov. 21-30, is the culmination of the state-run center’s efforts to transform gugak from a neglected genre to the face of contemporary Korean culture. A poster of “Gongmudoha” (National Gugak Center)“I thought that the only way to truly ans
Oct. 29, 2014
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Finding the extraordinary in average Koreans
KBS’ “National Song Contest,” which has been broadcast for 34 years, is the longest-running TV program in Korea. It was the first singing audition program open to the public. The contest has visited every corner of the country, attracting more than 10 million people to spectator seats.Some 85,000 people from all walks of life, including migrant workers and immigrant wives, have auditioned, and 30,000 of them have qualified to appear on the show. Its opening theme song is all too familiar to most
Oct. 29, 2014
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[Herald Interview] Mr. Big bringing ‘stories to tell’ to Sunday concert
More than 25 years since debuting as Mr. Big, bandmates Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan and Pat Torpey have managed to overcome their past conflicts ― leading the group to part ways for seven years ― and continue to perform and make new music.The ’90s American rock band is currently on a world tour and is scheduled to return to Korea for the first time in three years for a concert on Sunday. “It has been three years now and I may forget a few of their names, but I never forget a face,”
Oct. 29, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Legendary rock star Shin Hae-chul dies
Iconic ’90s rock musician Shin Hae-chul, 46, was pronounced dead at 8.19 p.m. Monday at the Asan Medical Center in southern Seoul following a massive heart attack on Oct. 22, which left the singer in a comatose state for five days. Although it was previously reported that doctors were unsure of what caused the singer’s heart to suddenly fail, according to a statement from Shin’s agency, KCA Entertainment, the cause has now been determined to be the result of widespread infection in the intestine
Oct. 28, 2014
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[Herald Interview] Complexity of Korean society captured through a lens
Artist Noh Sun-tag’s work resembles that of a photojournalist. He has taken pictures of tense and sometimes violent protests.Most recently, he was on the site of protests in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, against the construction of a high-voltage power transmission tower there. Over the last decade, Noh has captured highly charged scenes including protests against U.S. troops and mass labor strikes.“In the beginning, I visited those places out of pure curiosity to figure out something that
Oct. 28, 2014
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Finnish comic wins world’s funniest competition
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The winner of the Funniest Person in the World competition is a brown-haired, slightly rotund stand-up comic from Finland who boasts he has hit on the perfect solution to the planet’s international monetary woes.“Countries don’t owe money to each other, countries owe money to banks,” says Ismo Leikola. “If the countries owe money to banks how stupid are the countries to pay. Like the country has an army. The bank has four cashiers and a cleaning lady.”When Leikola told that jo
Oct. 28, 2014
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Singer begs U.S. for forgiveness after flubbing anthem
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― Hard rocker Aaron Lewis, who has harshly criticized other stars for mangling the national anthem, apologized and declared his love for the United States after doing the same at baseball’s World Series.The frontman of the band Staind, selected to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” as is customary before sporting events in the United States, conflated the second and fourth lines of the anthem at Sunday’s fifth game of the World Series in San Francisco.“Oh, say can you see by the
Oct. 28, 2014
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Taylor Swift: Growing up and going pop
NEW YORK (AP) ― When Taylor Swift released the Grammy-winning, banjo-tinged “Mean” in 2010, haters fired shots at the then-20-year-old.Four years later, Swift says she’s grown and was able to write her new single “Shake It Off” about others dissing her from a new perspective.“We are all getting our hearts broken, being built up, being let down, feeling disappointed, feeling joy, feeling all these emotions, but what I’ve noticed is that even when it’s the same kind of emotion that I’m feeling, I
Oct. 28, 2014
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Shin Hae-chul dies after heart attack
Rock star Shin Hae-chul died Monday after a massive heart attack, hospital officials said. He was 46. The singer died at around 8:19 p.m. in Asan Medical Center in Seoul. Soon after the news was announced, Shin’s fans flocked to the Internet to pay homage to Shin and extend words of condolences to his family. Shin Hae-chul. (KCA Entertainment)Shin had been in critical condition at the hospital since suffering a heart attack on Oct. 22. Although he had emergency surgery after being hospitalized,
Oct. 27, 2014
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Music bridges East and West
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is cut out for a cross-cultural project. He was born in France to Chinese parents and raised in the United States. Recognized as a child prodigy and having started performing at age 5, he traveled all over the world, meeting people from different backgrounds and cultures. So, it seemed like a natural step for him to start an ensemble with a group of musicians from as many as 20 countries dedicated to bridging the East and West. “You’ve probably heard of globalization. But what i
Oct. 27, 2014
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[Herald Interview] ‘Museums write history’
French-born Philippe Vergne, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, has spent most of his career in the U.S. In pursuit of the “American Dream,” Vergne arrived in Minneapolis 17 years ago and worked as a curator for a decade, working his way up to top positions in art in New York and Los Angeles. He served as the director of Dia Art Foundation in New York for more than five years and took the helm of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles earlier this year. Vergne has been
Oct. 26, 2014