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Dongduk Women’s University halts coeducation talks
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Defense ministry denies special treatment for BTS’ V amid phone use allegations
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OpenAI in talks with Samsung to power AI features, report says
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Russia sent 'anti-air' missiles to Pyongyang, Yoon's aide says
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Two jailed for forcing disabled teens into prostitution
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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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South Korean military plans to launch new division for future warfare
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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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Kia EV9 GT marks world debut at LA Motor Show
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Gold bars and cash bundles; authorities confiscate millions from tax dodgers
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Gugak can heal, inspire: Lee Tong-bok
National Gugak Center’s new director seeks blend of Korean music with other artsIt’s been almost two months since the National Gugak Center’s new director and scholar Lee Tong-bok took office. The position might have been a challenging one for Lee, a professor at Kyungpook National University in Daegu since 1984. Yet he says it’s as if he has returned home.“I was a performing member of the National Gugak Center from 1979 to 1982,” Lee told The Korea Herald at the institution on Wednesday. “So it
Jan. 15, 2012
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Lopez, Anthony promoting new project
PASADENA, California (AP) ― Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were together again on Saturday ― at least to promote their new project.The stars, who announced last summer they were ending their marriage after seven years, appeared on a stage Saturday to talk briefly about a new music series they are doing together. “Q’Viva! The Chosen’’ premieres on Univision on Jan. 28.Anthony reached down to offer his hand and help Lopez climb three stairs to the stage, and later admired the four sparkling rings
Jan. 15, 2012
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Theater“Park Wan-suh: Read by Actors”: Four of the celebrated late author Park Wan-suh’s literary works are currently being staged as theatrical plays in Daehangno, Seoul. The four featured novellas ― “For Solitude,” “Mother and Daughter Tea Time,” “You and the Eight Hats” and “The Pasqueflower of the Combative Days” ― are recited in their entirety by one actor throughout the show, while the other actors and actresses act out what’s happening in the narrative at the same time. The short stories
Jan. 13, 2012
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Blue Ivy Carter becomes youngest ever on Billboard
In this Jan. 11, 2009 file photo, Beyonce, left, is joined by husband Jay-Z, as she arrives at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California (AP)NEW YORK (AP) _ She's not even a week old, but Blue Ivy Carter is already making music history.Billboard says that thanks to her dad, Ja
Jan. 13, 2012
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Damien Hirst connects the dots in global exhibit
NEW YORK (AFP) ― British artist and self-marketing genius Damien Hirst looks to connect the dots in a big way with the opening Thursday of a global show for his body of colored spot paintings.The Gagosian Gallery network, with 11 locations in New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Athens, Geneva and Hong Kong, has been turned over entirely to Hirst’s geometric blizzard of round spots.At a media preview Wednesday in one of the New York galleries, Damien Hirst posed for photographs and spent
Jan. 12, 2012
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Exhibition sheds new light on Joseon Dynasty paintings
Hakgojae Gallery presents orchid, bamboo paintings in New Year celebrationsHazy moonlight shimmers on a tranquil bamboo forest. The bamboo, so upright and leafy, seem to be swaying gently in the night breeze, but never losing grip completely. Haegang Gim Gyu-jin’s ten-fold-screen depicts a sentimental yet calm night that invites viewers into a moment of fantasy. Bamboo and orchids were some of the subjects highly favored by Joseon Dynasty artists and scholars, including Gim, to feature in their
Jan. 12, 2012
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Korean-initiated int‘l art fair to launch in Hong Kong in May
HONG KONG (Yonhap) -- A South Korean-led international art fair will open in Hong Kong in May, in a bid to provide a platform where participants in the art industry can meet and exchange views, organizers said Wednesday.The Hong Kong Contemporary art fair, arranged by Moon Eun-myung, a South Korean art dealer operating in the special administrative region, will run from May 17 through 20.The event will take place alongside the city’s renowned Hong Kong International Art Fair and the Christie‘s A
Jan. 11, 2012
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Virtuoso pianist Weissenberg dies
PARIS (AFP) ― Bulgarian-born French concert pianist Alexis Weissenberg, considered one of the great classical music performers of the 20th century, has died aged 82.After suffering from Parkinson’s disease for 30 years, Weissenberg died on Sunday in Lugano, Switzerland, Paris Orchestra artistic director Didier de Cottignies said.“A virtuoso musician and a big-hearted man who spared no effort to cultivate new generations of piano players has left us,” Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov s
Jan. 10, 2012
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Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in Greece
ATHENS (AP) ― Thieves carried out a well-organized, pre-dawn heist at Greece’s biggest state art museum on Monday, taking two oil paintings by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, police said.A police statement said the burglars who entered through a balcony door also took a pen and ink drawing of a religious scene by Italian 16th century painter Guglielmo Caccia. It said a fourth work by Mondrian also was removed from the National Art Gallery in one of the best-guarded areas of
Jan. 10, 2012
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Arirang English FM to begin airing in U.S.
Korea’s English-language radio station Arirang Radio will this week begin airing its programs in all U.S. areas, the company said Tuesday.The English-language radio service will begin at midnight Thursday (U.S. eastern time) for listeners in all 50 U.S. states through SiriusXM Radio, America’s satellite radio company, said the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation, the operator of the Arirang radio station, in a statement.The radio’s seven regular programs on Korean culture and tourism wil
Jan. 10, 2012
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Song Hye-kyo funds MoMA Korean guidebook
Actress Song Hye-kyo has fully funded the publication of a new Korean handbook for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, according to a Korea promotion expert.Actress Song Hye-kyo(right) and Korea PR expert Seo Kyoung-duk (Yonhap News)Song, one of the most popular Korean actresses who also starred i
Jan. 10, 2012
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Picasso stolen from Athens' National Gallery
A Pablo Picasso painting gifted to Greece by the Spanish-born master was stolen from Athens' National Gallery early Monday with two other important artworks, prompting scorn from the Greek police minister. In this June 30, 2011 handout file photo provided by the Greek police shows a 1939 female
Jan. 10, 2012
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New York City Opera announces musician lockout
NEW YORK (AP) ― A bitter contract dispute has led to a lockout of musicians at the New York City Opera, a possible “death knell’’ for a company that’s nurtured such singers as Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo and Beverly Sills.On Sunday, hours after talks broke down, the cash-strapped company canceled Monday rehearsals for a Feb. 12 opening production of Verdi’s “La Traviata’’ in Brooklyn.“This is a very sad day for what once was a spectacular cultural icon and for the people who performed its mus
Jan. 9, 2012
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Korea National Ballet seeks new direction
Troupe’s head Choi Tae-ji to organize ballet-meets-gugak show for its 50th anniversaryThe year 2011 was a monumental one for Korea National Ballet. Its March show “Giselle” marked the ballet company’s first-ever sell-out and fueled ballet fever across the nation. Most shows during the rest of the year sold out as well, ballet-related fashion items were popular, and a TV comedy even featured ballet as its main theme. Then in September, KNB successfully staged “Prince Hodong” at San Carlo Theater
Jan. 9, 2012
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Reformed Van Halen performs intimate NYC gig
NEW YORK (AP) -- They‘ll be playing arenas when they tour next month, but on Thursday night, a regrouped Van Halen provided thrills in a tiny club where a VIP crowd stood elbow to elbow as the storied band played some of their greatest hits including ``Jump’‘ and ``Panama.’‘``Welcome to Occupy Van Halen, ladies and gentleman!’‘ frontman David Lee Roth yelled just before the band launched into ``You Really Got Me,’‘ the first in an approximately hour-long, high energy set.The show was at the fame
Jan. 8, 2012
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W200b of confiscated artwork to be auctioned off
Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation will sell artwork confiscated from the suspended savings banks in South Korea this year at foreign auctions. The state-run insurer said Thursday that it had started the search for a lead manager to take charge of the sales. The aim is to raise funds for the depositors of the banks that were ordered to shut down last year by the Financial Services Commission. Items to be auctioned include a total of 91 artworks seized from Samhwa Mutual Savings Bank and Domin M
Jan. 8, 2012
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Thieves return Magritte oil after failing to find buyer
BRUSSELS (AFP) ― A painting by Belgian surrealist master Rene Magritte, stolen at gunpoint two years ago, has been returned after the thieves apparently failed to find a buyer, the Rene-Magritte museum said Friday.The work, titled “Olympia” and depicting the artist’s wife nude with a giant shell lying on her stomach, was stolen in September 2009 by two armed gunmen from Magritte’s former house, which is open as a museum by appointment only.Said to be worth around three million euros at the time,
Jan. 8, 2012
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Chinese troupe brings vibrant life to tragic tale
NEW YORK (AP) ― When the noted Chinese Ming Dynasty opera “The Peony Pavilion’’ came to Lincoln Center in 1999, the production lasted 20 hours, divided into six episodes.Now this tragic but redemptive love story is back at Lincoln Center ― this time in dance form, and considerably shorter: two hours, including intermission.Whether your tastes run to the long or short version of the tale, the China Jinling Dance Company provides an entertaining evening, full of vibrant colors, lush costumes, and
Jan. 8, 2012
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Classical Music“2012 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & Thomanerchor”: The Gewandhaus Orchestra and Thomanerchor will visit Korea for the third time to perform Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world, named after the concert hall based in Leipzig. The Thomanerchor, or St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig, is a boys’ choir founded in 1212. At present, the choir consists of 92 boys, 9 to 18 years of age. The orchestra will be conducte
Jan. 6, 2012
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Mariah Carey asks fans to pray for sick husband
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Singer Mariah Carey asked fans Wednesday to pray for her rap artist and actor husband Nick Cannon after he was admitted to hospital suffering from mild kidney failure.Tweeting a picture of her cuddled up with Cannon in his hospital bed, feeding him a drink through a straw, the Grammy-winning artist said the situation was “serious” but said he was fighting to recover.“Please pray for Nick as he’s fighting to recover from a mild kidney failure,” she said in a Twitter message.Th
Jan. 5, 2012
