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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 Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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Clazziquai Project trio returns with ‘Blessed’
Electro-pop trio Clazziquai Project has made a much-anticipated return to the music scene with its fifth full album titled “Blessed.” This comeback is the first full album that the group has released in more than three years.On Tuesday, the three members DJ Clazzi, Alex and Horan released the 11-track album, which includes the track “Love Recipe” written by Horan herself. The album also includes the trio’s soundtrack single that was released last year titled “Can’t Go On My Own,” from the JTBC r
Feb. 6, 2013
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’Gangnam Style’ baby picks up Facebook hits
A video of a baby waking up to dance to Korean pop star Psy’s global hit “Gangnam Style” on Facebook is going viral.In the 30-second video posted on Wednesday, a sleeping baby in a carseat suddenly wakes up as soon as the radio plays “Gangnam Style.” He flails with eyes wide open as a little girl beside him howls with laughter.The posting received about 30,000 “likes” just four hours after being uploaded. By Kim Bo-ra / Intern Reporter(bora_kim@heraldcorp.com)<관련 한글 기사>"강남스타일"에 몸부림치는 아기 귀여워!"강남스
Feb. 6, 2013
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Psy to release new song in April
Korean rapper Psy said Monday that his next song would likely be released in April.“I’ve already finished the song, but it has been hellish trying to make the music video,” he told reporters at Incheon International Airport. The rapper achieved worldwide recognition last year for his music video “Gangnam Style,” the first to hit 1 billion views on YouTube. Last month the video surpassed 1.2 billion views.The singer recently starred in a Super Bowl ad for Wonderful Pistachios, a popular snack bra
Feb. 5, 2013
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Dali portrait on offer in auction of surrealist works
LONDON (AP) ― Salvador Dali’s portrait of a New York style icon and Joan Miro’s homage to his Catalan roots are going on sale at a London auction of surrealist masterpieces.Dali’s 1943 “Portrait of Mrs. Harrison Williams’’ will go under the hammer Tuesday with an estimated price of between 1.5 million and 2 million pounds ($2.4 million and $3.2 million). Dali painted the ultra-rich and super-stylish socialite ― who later became Countess Mona Bismarck ― barefoot and dressed in black rags.Proceeds
Feb. 4, 2013
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In Paris, Hopper show is hit with 780,000 visitors
PARIS (AFP) ― A smash-hit Paris exhibition of works by U.S. artist Edward Hopper closed Sunday after attracting more than 780,000 visitors in less than four months.Demand was so feverish that the Grand Palais stayed open all night on Friday and Saturday.Museum officials said 40,000 art lovers flocked to the show over the weekend up to the closing bell at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday.The exceptional opening hours put Hopper on a par with Picasso and Monet, the subjects of previous Grand Palais blockbuste
Feb. 4, 2013
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KNB to stage 19th-century Austrian ballet set in Korea
A recently-discovered 19th century Austrian ballet about two young Korean lovers at a time of war will be restaged by Korean National Ballet with new choreography, the state-run troupe said Monday.The music score of the piece, titled “Die Braut von Korea” (The Korean Bride), was discovered in Germany by Korean scholar Park Hee-seok, who has been researching how Korea was perceived in the European country in the 19th century. Park discovered the score last year, which had been left neglected in t
Feb. 4, 2013
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Sistar19 makes comeback, sweeps charts
The two members of the sexy Sistar unit group Sistar19, vocalist Hyo-rin and rapper Bo-ra, made their comeback official with their latest EP album “Gone Not Around Any Longer.”“Gone Not Around Any Longer” was released on Thursday and its title track received a perfect “all-kill,” sweeping all the main real-time local music charts, making it the second certified all-kill of the year after Leessang’s hip-hop single “Tears.” The newest release from the duo is a mid-tempo pop song featuring Sistar’s
Feb. 4, 2013
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Beyonce brings out Destiny‘s Child for Super Bowl thrill
Pop diva Beyonce thrilled the Super Bowl crowd Sunday with a pyrotechnic half-time spectacular that doubled as a much-anticipated Destiny’s Child reunion.Fireworks burst into the sky from the Superdome field just vacated by the game-leading Baltimore Ravens and lagging San Franciso 49s as the 31-year-old chart-topper took the stage with “Crazy in Love.”Blowing a kiss to the live television camera after her opening number, she looked relieved to get the much-hyped, 15-minute show underway, but t
Feb. 4, 2013
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Bolshoi postpones ballet premiere after attack
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Russia’s Bolshoi ballet Friday postponed one of its most eagerly anticipated premieres of the year, a new version of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” after the acid attack on its artistic director Sergei Filin.The Bolshoi had invited the British choreographer Wayne McGregor to choreograph an entirely new ballet to Stravinsky’s iconic score which this year marks 100 years since its premiere by the Ballet Russes in Paris.The ballet was due to have premiered in late March in a
Feb. 3, 2013
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Nudes in Korean art
Nude paintings were banned from public exhibition and publication in the early days of modern Korea: When a daily newspaper ran a story of a Korean painter winning a Japanese art award in 1916, the story ran without a picture.The editor’s note read, “The photo of the painting cannot be published as it has naked women.”The painting by Kim Kwan-ho, featuring two females standing in the nude, was considered the first nude painting of modern Korean art. While nudity was associated with disgracefulne
Feb. 3, 2013
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Lady Gaga: Never promised former aide OT
U.S. pop star Lady Gaga said a former aide who is suing her for unpaid overtime thinks she‘s “the queen of the universe.”Jennifer O’Neill sued Lady Gaga in 2011 for overtime she said she‘s owed for working as her personal assistant from 2009 to 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.In a 6-hour deposition obtained by the New York Daily News, Lady Gaga, 26 -- whose real name is Stefani Germanotta -- said O’Neill worked for her twice and “knew exactly what she was getting into, and she knew t
Feb. 3, 2013
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Contrite Japanese pop star Minami Minegishi shaves head
Japanese pop star Minami Minegishi tearfully shaved her head in an online video as a gesture of contrition after breaking her band AKB48‘s no-dating rule. Minegishi, 20, apologized to her fans and swore she did not want to leave the band, despite having violated its production company’s guidelines by spending the night with her boyfriend, the BBC reported Friday. The dalliance became public when she was photographed by a tabloid leaving her beau‘s flat. Her nearly 4-minute vid
Feb. 3, 2013
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4men vocals soar on ‘The True Story’4Men“The 5th Album Vol.1 (The True Story)”(CJ E&M)The ballad trio of 4Men continues to showcase its trademark soulful sound with its fifth album. Although the boys did not venture into any innovative styles, Shin Yong-jae’s voice carries the album as a whole and together 4Men release another noteworthy R&B collection. The album’s main track, “Hello It’s Me” is a mid-tempo ballad that starts off with a slow piano riff while highlighting Shin’s distinctive and p
Feb. 1, 2013
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Beyonce admits inauguration day pre-recording
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― Beyonce answered critics of her Inauguration Day performance the best way she could - with another sterling performance of the national anthem.The difference?On Thursday, it was live: She admitted during her Super Bowl news conference that when she performed for President Barack Obama and the nation, she decided to sing to a prerecorded track because she didn’t have time to practice. Calling herself a self-proclaimed “perfectionist,” she said wanted the day to go off without a
Feb. 1, 2013
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Psy wins Seoul Music Awards
K-pop star Psy claimed the grand prize at the 22nd Seoul Music Awards on Thursday, marking another victory in the pop music scene. In the “Gangnam Style” singer’s absence, Tablo, leader of hip-hop group Epik High and fellow artist at YG Entertainment, accepted the award on his behalf at the award ceremony held at the SK Olympic Handball Stadium. Psy instead appeared in a video message to express his gratitude. “I am sorry to accept the award through a video, but I am very thankful,” he said. “Th
Feb. 1, 2013
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Pop-star Kim Jae-joong’s album tops in Japan and Taiwan
Korean idol group JYJ member Kim Jae-joong’s first solo album topped Japanese and Taiwanese music chart, his agency said.C-JeS Entertainment announced on Monday that Kim’s EP album titled “I” ranked No. 1 on both “Five Music," the biggest Asian music chart in Taiwan, and Japan’s “Shinseido” weekly album chart.The new album includes the title track “Mine,” an intense rock single, as well as Kim’s original composition “All Alone.”“Kim’s album held first place on both domestic and overseas sales ch
Feb. 1, 2013
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Becoming Kang Sue-jin
According to late American critic Susan Sontag, dancers live by the “standard of perfection.”“Dance demands a degree of service greater than in any other performing art, or sport,” she wrote in her 1987 book “Dancers and the Dance.” “While the daily life of every dancer is a full-time struggle against fatigue, strain, natural physical limitations and those due to injuries (which are inevitable), dance itself is the enactment of an energy which must seem, in all respects, untrammeled, effortless,
Jan. 31, 2013
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Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ goes Vegas in New York staging
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Verdi goes Vegas in a flashy new production of the opera “Rigoletto” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York that features neon lights, a Cadillac and a naked cabaret dancer.Tony award-winning director Michael Mayer has moved the original story from 16th century Italy to 1960s Sin City. His gamble appears to have paid off with audiences, although theater critics are not so sure.One of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpieces, the opera tells the tragic story of the deformed jester Rigoletto
Jan. 31, 2013
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Korean-Japanese director brings period drama to Seoul
Korean-Japanese director and playwright Chong Wishing is in Seoul to showcase his period drama set in colonial Korea in the 1920s, starring local TV and film actor Cha Seung-won in the leading role.The play, titled “Bring Me My Chariot of Fire,” tells the story of Lee Sun-woo (played by Cha), who is the leader of Namsadang, an itinerant troupe of male performers in Korea under Japanese colonial rule. He forms a genuine friendship with Japanese school teacher (played by Japanese actor Tsuyoshi Ku
Jan. 31, 2013
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Timberlake, Elton John, Rihanna to play at Grammys
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Justin Timberlake will join Elton John, Taylor Swift, Jack White, Rihanna and other stars performing at the 2013 Grammy awards show next week, organizers announced Wednesday.Six-time Grammy winner Timberlake’s appearance at the 55th Grammy Awards, on Feb. 10 will come on the eve of his first studio album for seven years, titled “The 20/20 Experience.”Other artists already lined up for the music industry’s biggest awards show include Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, The Black
Jan. 31, 2013