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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Yoon's Prague visit sets stage for W24tr nuclear power plant deal
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Witnessing cities in the movement of bodies
Spain’s up-and-coming choreographer Marcos Morau named his company La Veronal, after the sleeping pills used by famed British writer Virginia Woolf. An avid fan of Woolf and a former photographer, Morau has never been a dancer. His company, founded in 2005, doesn’t just consist of dancers ― its members include photographers, actors, writers and filmmakers. In Morau’s works, dancers don’t always dance to music; they often dance to narrations, and sometimes pure silence, donned in unexpected costu
Oct. 15, 2013
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Paul McCartney admits soft spot for One Direction
LONDON (AFP) ― They’ve been dubbed the new Beatles and now British boy band One Direction have the seal of approval from one of the original Fab Four ― Paul McCartney.“I like One Direction. They’re young, beautiful boys and that’s the big attraction,” the 71-year-old said in an interview with Sky News television on Monday.“But they can sing, they make good records, so I think that’s what I would see in common (with The Beatles) ― girls love them.”He cautioned against taking the comparison too fa
Oct. 15, 2013
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Qatar unveils Damien Hirst’s ‘Miraculous Journey’
DOHA (AFP) ― Qatar unveiled 14 massive bronze sculptures by British artist Damien Hirst charting the gestation of a human being from conception to birth.The “Miraculous Journey” statues were uncovered for a day last week outside the Sidra Medical and Research Centre, still under construction on the outskirts of Doha.They were put back under wraps until Jan. 14 to “protect them while work is ongoing” in the area, the Qatar Museums Authority explained.The project is an initiative by Sheikha Al-May
Oct. 14, 2013
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Thieves target another sculpture by Henry Moore
LONDON (AFP) ― A “high value” Henry Moore sculpture has been stolen from a Scottish park, police said Sunday, the latest of several thefts of the British artist’s work in recent years.The 1950 bronze, entitled “Standing Figure,” was one of four Moore works in the Glenkiln Sculpture Park near Dumfries in southwest Scotland, alongside others by Auguste Rodin and Jacob Epstein.Moore, who died in 1986 aged 88, was widely regarded as Britain’s best 20th-century sculptor. A string of his giant bronzes
Oct. 14, 2013
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Louis Armstrong house marks 10 years as NYC museum
NEW YORK (AP) ― To mark the 10th anniversary of the Louis Armstrong museum in the modest brick house where he lived for 28 years, curators are unveiling one of the jazz trumpeter’s most unusual artifacts ― a plaster mask that had been stored in a cupboard for decades.Armstrong, who was known for documenting his career in unusual ways, had the life mask with a painted bronze-patina finish made in the 1950s. David Reese, curator of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, said it reveals creases on his f
Oct. 14, 2013
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet to show maturing pianism
In the world of music, some artists hit their peak fast and decline while others make incremental improvements throughout their career.French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is a good example of the latter. He won the International Beethoven Piano Competition in 1986 but it was in 1995 that he received the international spotlight by performing with the legendary maestro Georg Solti, who invited him to perform Bartok’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the Orchestre de Paris. Bavouzet holds the title of the
Oct. 14, 2013
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Japanese breakdancer wins Asia-Pacific contest
FUKUOKA, Japan (AFP) ― A Japanese breakdancer has spun and somersaulted his way into the sport’s global finals to be staged in South Korea next month after winning a regional competition on home soil. Noritoshi “Nori” Kikuchi showed off a series of downrocks, power moves and freezes to emerge victorious at the “Red Bull BC One” contest held inside a historic Shinto shrine in the southern city of Fukuoka on Saturday.The knockout tournament featured 16 elite dancers from several countries, includi
Oct. 14, 2013
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Parov Stelar Band to bring retro sounds for first time
One of the leading pioneers of mashing together new and old school music, DJ Parov Stelar, and his band will be returning to Seoul with the band’s unique style of swing-time pop and electronica in their first solo concert in Korea next month. The band has performed on a number of occasions in Seoul as part of the line-up for various jazz festivals, including the annual Seoul Jazz Festival. This time, however, the Parov Stelar Band is bringing its brass and rhythm infused electronic sounds in a f
Oct. 14, 2013
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Wind succeeds pine in new Bae Bien-u collection
Ever since pine trees launched photographer Bae Bien-u to global fame, they always seemed to remain his signature pieces. But long before he began capturing pine trees, he had had a broad range of subjects in mind. Born in the southern coastal town of Yeosu, the artist was inspired by natural elements such as the sea, wind and trees.Having photographed diverse landscapes for more than 20 years, Bae gathered pictures under the title “Windscape” for the first time and showed them in Paris, Berlin
Oct. 13, 2013
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Singer Shin Seung-hoon to release new album
The “King of Ballads” Shin Seung-hoon will be back on the pop scene for the first time in four years with the release of a new mini album, “Great Wave,” on Oct. 23. Shin, who has 10 regular and two mini albums, on Friday said he has finished the mastering of the new album. “Shin has been exploring different genres of music lately. The ‘Great Wave’ is the final part of his experimental trilogy: ‘Radio Wave’ (2008), covering modern and alternative rock; and ‘Love O’clock’ (2009) featuring R&B,” sa
Oct. 13, 2013
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Preparing ground for future hip-hop artists
This is the 10th in a series on producers, MCs, DJs and artists working in the Korean underground hip-hop scene. ― Ed.Producer and owner of hip-hop club In2Deep Onesun considers himself lucky. Back when he first became interested in hip-hop ― in the ’90s ― there was almost none to be found in Korea. Because of its explicit nature, hip-hop wasn’t imported to the country. But, Onesun listened to the Armed Forces Network and went to France in middle school. Through that he was exposed to popular mu
Oct. 13, 2013
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Eyelike: Rookie artist shines on ‘Jackasoul’
Rookie artist shines on ‘Jackasoul’Mayson The Soul“Jackasoul”(KT Music)Mayson The Soul’s first creation “Jackasoul” is a soulful start for the up-and-coming rookie R&B artist. The 8-track album starts strong with “Holiday,” featuring Beenzino’s smooth rapping. The song has a neo-soul buzz, mixing in different effects for a multi-layered sound enhanced with Mayson’s quality vocals. “Lost” is one of the heavier-sounding songs on the album, with distorted guitar riffs that run throughout in-between
Oct. 11, 2013
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Seymour Stein to make his mark in Korean music
American music industry legend Seymour Stein carefully walked across the stage with his cane in hand and shared his colorful past as one of the last remaining old-school “record men” left in the game on Friday, the second day of the annual MU:CON global music conference in Seoul. “I’m here for the music,” said Stein, one of the keynote speakers at the forum. “If I didn’t believe there was great music here, I wouldn’t be here.”Stein, a vice president of Warner Music Group and co-founder of Sire R
Oct. 11, 2013
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Will.i.am on producing for Spears
Will.i.am says his heart is connected to Britney Spears’ upcoming album.He’s the executive producer of the pop star’s untitled eighth album, to be released Dec. 3. “This Britney record is like a piece of me, no pun intended!” will.i.am said, referring to Spears’ 2007 single, “Piece of Me.”“I appreciate Britney ― how she is as a person, all that she’s accomplished, how down to Earth and humble she is, sweet, but at the same time fierce. She don’t play. She wants to win.”Spears’ will.i.am-produced
Oct. 11, 2013
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Korean landscape painting meets Swarovski Elements
Typically black and white Korean traditional ink-and-brush landscape paintings are given a touch of brilliance in works by artist Kim Jong-sook.The artist uses thousands of small Swarovski Elements, high quality crystal pieces by Swarovski, in her traditional Korean landscape paintings. There have been many attempts to reinterpret Oriental landscape paintings by contemporary artists, and with Swarovski crystals, Kim transforms the calm, serene landscape into a world of fantasy and imagination. H
Oct. 10, 2013
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Grammy Award-winning producer searches for local talent at MU:CON
“I don’t think of music as having genres and borders; I just look at music as being good or not so good,” said five-time Grammy Award winning producer Steve Lillywhite at the opening lecture for this year’s second annual MU:CON global music conference. Lillywhite ― who has produced for some of the music industry’s most notable acts including U2, The Rolling Stones, The Killers, Dave Matthews and many others ― was one of the keynote speakers at the three-day MU:CON event, which features a number
Oct. 10, 2013
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National troupes to perform signature dances in October
Fall is rolling in fast in Seoul and Korea’s national dance troupes are presenting some of the most poignant love stories this month.The Korean National Ballet and the National Dance Company of Korea are presenting the romantic ballet “Giselle” and traditional Korean dance “Chum, Chunhyang” at the National Theater of Korea from Oct. 17 to 23.It is the first time that the two dances will be performed at the same venue on alternate days. This means the National Theater of Korea staff will be switc
Oct. 9, 2013
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N.Y.’s Met Opera to premiere Golijov work in 2018-19
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Metropolitan Opera has commissioned an adaptation of the Euripides play “Iphigenia in Aulis” from composer Osvaldo Golijov and intends to give the long-delayed work its world premiere during the 2018-19 season.The company originally announced a Golijov commission six years ago in collaboration with the English National Opera and said it tentatively was slated to open in London in 2010.Academy Award-winning filmmaker Anthony Minghella was to write the libretto, and the work wa
Oct. 9, 2013
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IU de-thrones Busker Busker with ‘Modern Times’
Twenty-year-old K-pop starlet IU has swept the charts with her latest studio album “Modern Times,” knocking off Busker Busker, which had been dominating the local real-time music charts since the release of its second album on Sept. 25. The single “The Red Shoes,” the lead track from IU’s third album, topped more than nine major online music charts including Melon, Naver, Mnet and Daum, upon its release on Tuesday. Similar to Busker Busker’s explosive follow-up album comeback, many other songs f
Oct. 9, 2013
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2NE1 appointed as KBEE 2013 honorary ambassadors
The four K-pop divas of 2NE1 have officially been appointed the honorary ambassadors for this year’s “Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo” in London. The KBEE ― sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy and the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism ― is an annual event held overseas with the purposes of creating the largest hallyu trade fair as well as promoting Korean culture and products while seeking international business opportunities in the creative industries. As one of t
Oct. 9, 2013