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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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Two Rodin sculptures fetch $16 million in N.Y. auction
NEW YORK (AP) ― Two early casts from Auguste Rodin’s masterpiece “The Gates of Hell’’ have sold for a total of more than $16 million at a New York City auction.“The Thinker’’ sold Tuesday for $15.3 million, a new record for the figure. Sotheby’s hasn’t said who bought it.A later cast of the statue was auctioned for just under $12 million in 2010.The full-scale sculpture was commissioned by publishing magnate Ralph Pulitzer in 1906 and made under Rodin’s supervision.“Ugolino and His Children,’’ f
May 8, 2013
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Cho Yong-pil to play first rock festival
Cho Young-pil and his band will perform at the Super! Sonic 2013 music festival in August, according to the festival’s PR company. This will be the 63-year-old veteran singer’s first-ever performance at a rock festival.Fortune Entertainment unveiled the first lineup of this year Super! Sonic on Tuesday which includes Cho as well as British pop duo Pet Shop Boys and the electronic band Two Door Cinema Club, and Korean artists 10cm and the semifinalist of “Superstar K4” DICKPUNKS. The annual even
May 8, 2013
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Delispice and HY to perform in Seoul
Veteran four-member Korean rock band Delispice and Japanese group HY will be performing in Seoul at a special joint Seoul-Okinawa concert showcase on May 31. The concert will be held in the Live Hall at the KT&G SangsangMadang Center in Mapo-gu at 7:30 p.m. Making their start playing in various clubs in Hongdae, Delispice released its first studio debut in 1997 with the lead single “Chau Chau,” from its first, self-titled album. Now more than 15 years later, Delispice is one of the nation’s big
May 8, 2013
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Michael Jackson show in Vegas more of a good thing
LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Michael Jackson spent his life breaking music industry records. Four years after his death, the pop star’s estate has delivered another first: Jackson is now the only person, place or thing to have inspired two Cirque du Soleil shows.The Montreal-based acrobatic-theater company presented a sneak peak of its new Jackson tribute show, “One,’’ at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday.The show shares many features with “Immortal,’’ another Cirque production that capi
May 8, 2013
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Rain performs at ‘World Peace Arirang Festival’ in U.S
Singer Rain joined nine other celebrity military servicemen in performing at the "World Peace Arirang Festival" on Tuesday at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.The festival commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice and the Korea-U.S. Alliance featured a hanbok fashion show along with a special commemoration of the 21 different countries that fought in the Korean War.Rain emceed the first half of the festival and gave a special performance in the latter half. Singers Sang
May 7, 2013
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Super Junior member Ye Sung starts military service
Super Junior member Ye Sung, 28, left the spotlight temporarily to fulfill his two-year mandatory military service. Ye Sung enlisted with the 35th division in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, on Monday for four-week basic military training. After basic training he will serve 23 months in a public service position. The night of his enlistment, Ye Sung wrote a message to his fans on his Twitter account: “I will miss it all. Stages, songs... I look forward to the day we meet again, ELF. No worries,
May 7, 2013
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Trot queen goes ahead with show despite damaging leak
Singer Jang Yoon-jeong’s pre-interview for SBS talk show “Healing Camp” was leaked last week, exposing her family’s private matters. The news was that the trot queen was heavily in debt due to her mother and brother. During the pre-interview, Jang cleared up rumors about her fiance approaching her for her money. “One day I checked my bank account and all I saw was a negative balance of 1 billion won. At this news, my father suffered a stroke,” she said. Since then her parents have filed for divo
May 7, 2013
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Britain to get a taste of K-music
Sounds of Korea will be heard in London during “The K-Music Festival 2013” to be held from June 14-22.The festival celebrating the 130th anniversary of Korea-U.K. diplomatic relations will be subtitled “War and Peace” in honor of the 60th anniversary of the ceasefire in the Korean War, a war in which the U.K. participated as part of the U.N. forces.The festival will introduce a selection of Korea’s most talented artists, from the traditional to the contemporary, to help boost understanding of Ko
May 7, 2013
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Portraits by Alice Neel get Asian premiere at Gallery Hyundai
Portraits by Alice Neel are on exhibit for the first time in Asia at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul. The exhibition “People and Places: Paintings by Alice Neel,” which began on May 2, features 15 portraits of Neel’s family, friends and lovers that are regarded as unique in the expression of her subjects’ inner personalities. Neel, who didn’t receive much attention during her lifetime, is now considered one of the greatest portrait painters of the 20th century, along with Lucian Freud, for her distinctiv
May 7, 2013
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Lee Hyori’s ‘Miss Korea’ dominates charts
K-pop diva Lee Hyori has made her way back to the stage after a three-year hiatus from the music scene with her newest single “Miss Korea,” which was unveiled on Monday. “Miss Korea,” a pre-release single from her soon-to-be-released fifth studio album, achieved an “all-kill” almost immediately upon its release by topping all the major Korean music charts including Melon, Daum, Bugs and Mnet. “Miss Korea” was both written and composed by the diva herself and arranged by her jazz guitarist boyfri
May 7, 2013
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Lee Hi to take on first solo concert
The 16-year-old Lee Hi continues to soar as one of last year’s most successful debut singers, and is scheduled to take the stage for her first live solo concert at Sogang University’s Mary Hall on Sunday in front of 500 fans. The up-and-comer took to the spotlight as the first runner-up of the reality TV competition show “Survival K-pop Star.” After signing with YG Entertainment, Lee released her first single “1,2,3,4” on Oct. 28 and became an instant sensation. The track reigned at the top of t
May 7, 2013
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Will and Jaden Smith visit YG Entertainment
Hollywood actor Will Smith made a surprise visit to South Korean agency YG Entertainment on Monday with his son Jaden Smith.YG Entertainment posted photos on its official blog, YG LIFE, showing Will, Jaden Smith and its Korean singers and producers getting together at its recording studio.In the unofficial visit, the two Smiths and YG members shared their musical interest while the emerging hip-hop artist Jaden played his music. They ate Korean traditional dishes like bibimbap and bulgogi togeth
May 7, 2013
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New York’s Met to return Cambodian sculptures
NEW YORK (AFP) ― New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art said Friday it was returning two 10th century Khmer sculptures to Cambodia that the country insisted had been looted from a jungle temple.The renowned institution announced that the two Koh Ker stone statues of “Kneeling Attendants” would be sent back after 20 years on display in the Met’s Asian Wing.They were donated piece by piece to the museum in the late 1980s and 1990s and were considered legal. However, “the Met recently came into poss
May 6, 2013
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Chamber music fest offers solace for the forlorn
With spring finally here, it is time to sit back, relax and listen to music. The Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music will be held from May 14-26 at various spots in Seoul, bringing noted musicians from around the world to perform one of the most intimate genres of classical music under the theme of “Far from Home.”Music written by composers who stayed far away from their homelands will be interpreted by musicians who are always on the road performing. Featured musicians include violinist Kang
May 6, 2013
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Youn Myeung-ro: 50 years of life in art
Perched high on a hill in Pyeongchang-dong, Seoul, artist Youn Myeung-ro’s atelier overlooks the two greatest mountains in Seoul. Having the rocky Bukhan Mountain as a backdrop, Youn’s 35-year-old house has a breathtaking view of Inwang Mountain in the front. The artist may not need to look too far to find motifs for his paintings as he can see clearly the seasonal changes of nature and find its wonders inside of his house. A 200-year-old pine tree sits in the center of his home, built in a quad
May 6, 2013
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Musicians find fame and fortune on YouTube
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― YouTube is proving to be a powerful launch pad for a new generation of Internet-savvy music stars from Psy to Macklemore and beyond.The Google-owned video-sharing website has catapulted Psy, Macklemore, Justin Bieber and others onto global stages where they can cash in on digital downloads of songs; packed concerts; online ads, or even sponsored music videos.“Music has always been a universal language, and YouTube is a perfect platform to build community around the energy t
May 6, 2013
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Getting acquainted with Psy
Singer Psy plans to release his U.S. debut album this summer.He revealed his plans for the new album release on Saturday during an appearance on the “Ask Anything” segment of “Saturday Night Online Live with Romeo.” “After promoting ‘Gentleman’ I’m about to make an album, so it’s going to be my seventh album in Korea and it’s going to be my debut album in the United States and I’m going to do a lot of collabo(rations) in the album,” said Psy. “Hopefully I can release that during the summer seaso
May 6, 2013
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What’s the secret to K-pop success in the U.S.? Only Psy knows
Pre-“Gangnam Style,” there had been many attempts by Korean talent agencies to spread K-pop beyond the bounds of Asia and finally infiltrate the oh-so-competitive American music market. Before Korean rap sensation Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video exploded onto the global music scene, the “big three” Korean entertainment agencies ― S.M., YG and JYP ― had all sent some of their most prominent and successful artists to the U.S. with the hopes that one of their own could make an impression in the W
May 5, 2013
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Michael Lee emerges as agonizing Jesus
Korean-American singer Michael Lee’s performance as the agonizing Jesus during his final week in Jerusalem was received with a standing ovation Thursday, leaving the audience cheering with passion at Seoul’s Charlotte Theater. One of the most anticipated musicals of this spring season, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary rock-opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” recently opened its current run in Seoul, six years since it was last staged here in 2007.For its current run, the show’s local organizer Seol &
May 5, 2013
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Snoop Lion knows how to live ‘Young, Wild & Free’
What’s his name? “Snoop Doggy Dogg!” Thousands joined the king of West Coast hip-hop Snoop Lion, formerly Snoop Dogg, at Olympic Park on Saturday night for his first-ever live concert in Korea. The iconic American rapper has been in the music game for more than 20 years and expressed his thoughts on finally making his way to Korea for the first time, at a press conference at the Ritz Carlton in Seoul before his concert. “It feels good to actually be in South Korea for the first time. I have ear
May 5, 2013