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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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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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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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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Blueprints behind Miyazaki’s magic
The plain two-dimensional animation images created by Japanese animation film director Hayao Miyazaki have continued to fascinate viewers even after the arrival of the dazzling three-dimensional images by major studios. It might be the scene in which the young witch Kiki leaves her home to explore the world in “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” or Totoro waiting at a bus stop holding a small umbrella that barely covers his head that brought up nostalgia in viewers who have fond memories of growing up wa
June 24, 2013
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Soprano talks of her ‘sabbatical’ from opera
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Her character Antonia literally sings herself to death in Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann,” but in real life Natalie Dessay says her own upcoming break from opera is not so irrevocable.“I’m going to take a sabbatical, and then we’ll see,” the French soprano said in an interview. “The truth is my repertoire is shrinking. I’m not a young woman anymore, so I don’t feel adequate for roles where I’m the girl in love for the first time. I don’t want to eternally redo Lucia or O
June 24, 2013
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‘Who Is Next?’ YG to debut new boy band via reality TV competition
Which new boy band in the making has what it takes to become the next Big Bang? YG Entertainment founder and CEO Yang Hyun-suk has decided to leave that decision up to the fans.Yang announced over the weekend that he would be launching a new reality TV show, “WIN,” to determine which one of his current boy bands in training will make their debut. “WIN,” which stands for “Who Is Next?” will feature two rival groups waiting to debut in a winner-takes-all talent competition. The boy band that recei
June 24, 2013
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Germany, Russia clash over art looted by Red Army
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) ― The glittering glories of Russia’s Hermitage Museum were shadowed Friday by tensions between Russia and Germany over a new exhibit including objects looted by Red Army soldiers after they overran the Nazis.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, visiting the opening of the exhibition with Russian President Vladimir Putin, noted pointedly that some of the items on display had been brought from Germany and “it gives us great happiness that we can see all of them today.“We wi
June 23, 2013
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Gustavo Dudamel is bowled over by the Bowl
In the history of music, certain artists always will be twined with certain venues: Charlie Parker and Birdland, the Apollo Theater and Ella Fitzgerald, James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera House.The number of performers who’ve played the Hollywood Bowl is so long and venerable that no single name could dominate its legacy, not even that of the Fab Four. But over the last eight years, since he made his Bowl debut as a 24-year-old conducting Silvestre Revueltas’ “La Noche de los Mayas” and Tch
June 23, 2013
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Dancing toward respect and fame
The man said he would show some moves. In a blink of an eye, his body spun a couple of times with just his hands touching the floor. Thanks to his relatively long legs ― and taekwondo training in his early teens ― the spins performed by break dancer VERO are larger and more dramatic than average Korean b-boys, but somehow lighter and very well controlled. With his signature spins, the 27-year-old dancer became a household name in the b-boy circle. VERO, whose real name is Jang Ji-kwang, won the
June 23, 2013
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Tyrell pays tribute to Cahn on new albumSteve Tyrell“It‘s Magic: The Songs of Sammy Cahn”(Concord)Late blooming crooner Steve Tyrell burnishes his reputation as one of the finest interpreters of the Great American Songbook with this tribute marking the centennial of the birth of Sammy Cahn, the lyricist who gave voice to Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the early 1960s.Tyrell’s rough-hewn baritone - with the slight twang of his native Texas - gives him the swagger to put his own stamp on such C
June 21, 2013
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Festival set to embrace college orchestras
Members of Hanyang Philharmonic Orchestra gathered at the college Wednesday afternoon for practice ahead of the upcoming University Orchestra Festival. About 100 musicians practiced Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture, Op.84” and Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “The Choral,” for which words were taken from “Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy),” a poem by Friedrich Schiller.The members comprised of Hanyang University students have been practicing intensively for the past two weeks for the festival that ru
June 20, 2013
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Young Chinese artists portray reality of new generation
Young Chinese artists born in the 1970s and 1980s are often viewed as less politically engaged than their predecessors who experienced major political events such as the Cultural Revolution and Tiananmen Square. Although their works may seem to focus more on their emotions and feelings than their predecessors’ politically oriented art, their works are grounded in reality and bound to the problems the new generation faces. “There are more works that are embedded with artists’ personal opinion on
June 20, 2013
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‘K-pop Star’ seeks hopefuls to repeat success of alumni
A new round of auditions have begun to find the country’s next K-pop superstar for the upcoming third season of the popular SBS singing audition program “Survival Audition K-pop Star.” This year’s show will also host international auditions in the U.S. in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Chicago, as well as accepting global YouTube auditions. “K-pop Star” is a singing battle program that is judged by representatives from the nation’s top three agencies ― SM, YG and JYP Entertainment. The showed aired i
June 20, 2013
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Kang Seung-yoon to release first album
Kang Seung-yoon, a contestant of “Super Star K” season 2, will make an official debut next month, his agency said.YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun-suk said on the company blog that one of the songs “Wild and Young,” included in Kang’s EP album, will be pre-released on July 15.“We‘ve nearly finished producing his album, comprised of six songs,” he said. “Kang and producers are deciding on the album release date.” He added, “I think ‘Wild and Young,’ which falls into rock genre, goes well with Kang‘
June 20, 2013
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Bulhandang has something to believe in
It’s been a long time coming for hip-hop crew Bulhandang. While the crew technically formed last year, the group has been working on its latest album, released June 12, for about three years. But just sticking together is a feat, considering the group is made up of 21 rappers, DJs and producers ― most of whom have been in Korean hip-hop since its start.“We’ve known each other for over eight to 15 years,” said rapper MC Meta in an interview with The Korea Herald last week. MC Meta is currently fe
June 19, 2013
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Lee Hyori sports mustache in new music video
Singer Lee Hyori has attempted to play with her image a bit in the music video for “Going Crazy,” from her fifth album “Monochrome.”The music video, unveiled Wednesday, features a male version of Lee, looking very handsome with a mustache and dressed head to toe in a man’s outfit. Having transformed herself into a “Miss Korea” and then a “Bad Girl,” now she appears as a bad boy flirting with a handful of pinup girls who are the actual candidates from modeling-based reality show “Korea’s Next Top
June 19, 2013
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The silent power of familiar landscapes
Just as many people wish to escape from the usual routine and travel to remote places, many artists travel far in search of inspiration and a new style. But for artist Roh Choong-hyun, the place where he lives is what motivates him to paint. Since 2005, the artist has focused on portraying what most people would find mundane and familiar ― landscapes of the capital city of Seoul ― for his series “Prosaic Landscape.” “I have always wanted to paint the Hangang River Park where I often go for walks
June 18, 2013
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On 200th birthday, Wagner premiere wins over Moscow
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Two centuries after the birth of Richard Wagner, audiences in Russia are beginning to overcome decades of suspicion shadowed by the horror of World War II and embrace the music of the great German composer.The Novaya Opera (New Opera) in the Russian capital scored a major triumph with a new production of Wagner’s blazingly intense opera of doomed love “Tristan and Isolde” that was astonishingly the Moscow premiere of one of the cornerstones of Western music.The gaping absence of t
June 18, 2013
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Seo Hee to star as Tatiana in Universal Ballet’s ‘Onegin’
Korean-born ballerina Seo Hee, who currently serves as the principal dancer of American Ballet Theater, is to give a performance as a lead in John Cranko’s three-act ballet “Onegin.”The 27-year-old is to dance with Korea’s Universal Ballet Company, as well as Roberto Bolle, her fellow principal dancer at the ABT.Seo, who joined the dance company in 2004, became a member of its corps de ballet in 2006, and was promoted to soloist in August 2010. She was promoted to the troupe’s principal dancer l
June 18, 2013
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Helen Mirren in ‘The Audience’ sets NT Live record
NEW YORK (AP) ― As a queen, Helen Mirren reigns on screen and stage.National Theatre Live, which broadcasts stage shows from England to movie screens worldwide, said Monday that its June 13 live broadcast of Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the play “The Audience’’ has captured its largest audience to date.“We were expecting a big audience for it because there’s been great buzz but it’s turned out even greater than expected,’’ David Sabel, executive producer of NT Live, said in an interview from
June 18, 2013
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Kanye West eerie, erratic on ‘Yeezus’
It’s hard to digest all of Kanye West on his new album.“Yeezus’’ is the rapper’s darkest, eeriest and most erratic album of his six solo releases. He is in militant form on the 10-track set, rapping over beats that are artsy, electronic and gloomy. It’s a far stretch from the contemporary rap and pop success he achieved with more than a dozen Top 10 hits, including “Gold Digger,’’ “Stronger’’ and “Heartless.’’ But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.“Yeezus’’ continues on the dark and emotive pat
June 18, 2013
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2NE1 to release new single next month
2NE1 is releasing its long-awaited new single next month, YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun-suk announced Tuesday morning through the agency’s website. According to the press release, the group will release a series of new singles, one at a time, from July to September. 2NE1 is also planning to release either an EP or full-length album in October, followed by a concert. On their upcoming song “Falling in Love,” 2NE1 have tried an entirely new genre, reggae, according to Yang.“2NE1 is certainly tryi
June 18, 2013
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Psy wraps ‘Gentleman’ promotions
Psy ended official promotions of his latest single “Gentleman” in true Psy fashion with a firework-filled extravagant performance at Canada’s 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on Sunday. “By the way, this was the official last performance of ‘Gentleman’ on TV, which was all with the fireworks, with the greatest crowd ever,” he said in an article on Billboard. “It was a really touching moment, so bless ‘Gentleman.’” Most critics rightfully speculated that Psy would be unable to replicate the
June 18, 2013