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Mega hallyu TV drama returns as musical

Musical ‘Winter Sonata’ brings back Yoon Suk-ho’s famous first-love saga“Is this Joon-sang?”“Is this Yoo-jin?”The famous lines are back, and so is the famous first-love saga. But this time it is on the stage, not the small screen.Few would argue that KBS’2002 mega hit drama “Winter Sonata” was not one of the first examples of hallyu. Thanks to its enormous popularity, the main actor Bae Yong-joon rose to heartthrob status in East Asia, while its filming location in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, h

Oct. 24, 2011

Will Ferrell wins top U.S. humor prize

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Will Ferrell, who refined his impersonation of President George W. Bush on the sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” and later took his presidential act to Broadway, was awarded the nation’s top humor prize Sunday night.The TV star went on to make movies and co-found the popular website FunnyorDie.com in a career that won the 44-year-old the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.It was the Bush impression, though, that might have

Oct. 24, 2011

SM Town wraps up world tour in N.Y.

S.M. Entertainment singers wrapped up their series of international concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday.The nation’s largest entertainment agency has held concerts at seven major international venues since the first SM Town concert in Seoul in August 2010. The 15,000 seats at Madison Square Garden ― priced between $44.50 and $204.50 per person ― all sold out, the agency said. The massive concert venue is a “dream stage” for many international pop stars. Michael Jackson, Beyon

Oct. 24, 2011

French first lady takes new baby girl home

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leaves a clinic where she gave birth on Wednesday carrying her baby girl Giulia, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)PARIS (AP) -- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is heading home with her newborn girl Giulia, the first baby born to a sitti

Oct. 24, 2011

French first lady takes new baby girl home

Calendar

Exhibitions"The Court Painters of Joseon Dynasty": In celebration of its seventh anniversary, Leeum brought together 110 paintings by “hwawon,” or court painters of the Joseon Dynasty. It showcases works by master painters like Kim Hong-do, Jang Seung-eop, Shin Yun-bok and Kim Deuk-sin, who are well

Oct. 21, 2011

Music penetrates the soul at House Concert

Violinist Kim Eung-soo (left), cellist Kim Yong-sik (right) and pianist Chae Moon-young rehearse at the House Concert in Yul Haus in southern Seoul on Oct. 14.(Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Musicians say they practice harder because of the closeness to their audienceAt a small underground recording

Oct. 21, 2011

Music penetrates the soul at House Concert

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DJ Cam’s ’Seven’ offers sullen hip-hopDJ Cam “Seven”(Inflamable)There’s something dour about DJ Cam’s new album “Seven,“ with its slow and brooding fusion of hip-hop and jazz. The French mix master has an interesting approach to blending disparate sounds, but seldom do things develop into a full gal

Oct. 21, 2011

Chung Trio to remember mother in concert in Dec.

The Chung Trio, consisting of siblings Chung Myung-whun on the piano, violinist Chung Kyung-wha and cellist Chung Myung-wha, will hold a concert in December in memory of their late mother Lee Won-sook, CMI Korea said.Myung-whun has repeatedly said in press conferences this year that he would push fo

Oct. 20, 2011

Chung Trio to remember mother in concert in Dec.

Ancient tomb remains found at stadium site

Remains of Jugu grave, a type of tomb created during Korea’s Baekje Kingdom (B.C. 18-A.D. 660), found in the land secured for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Stadium. (Cultural Heritage Administration)Remains of tombs dating back to Korea’s Baekje Kingdom (B.C. 18―A.D. 660) have been discovered at the

Oct. 20, 2011

Ancient tomb remains found at stadium site

Herald artday puts 100 prominent works up for auction

“Summer of Mt.Seorak” by Kim Chong-hak (artday)Artwork by well-known local and international artists including Lee U-fan, Park Soo-keun, Kim Whan-ki, Chun Kyung-ja, Kim Chong-hak, Oh Chi-gyun and Yayoi Kusama will be auctioned online starting Friday. Herald artday, a subsidiary of Herald Media group

Oct. 20, 2011

Herald artday puts 100 prominent works up for auction

Czech pop star rocks ‘Hamlet’

Janek Ledecky’s musical returns for fourth run in SeoulClad in blue jeans and wearing his Ray-Bans, Janek Ledecky isn’t used to walking down the street without being recognized. “Here, I feel like I am a secret agent or something (because no one notices me),” the Czech pop superstar told The Korea H

Oct. 20, 2011

Pianist Son Yeol-eum to play Liszt with Suwon Phil

The Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the leading orchestras in Korea, will collaborate with Tchaikovsky competition winning pianist Son Yeol-eum to mark the 200th year of Liszt’s birth. Led by pianist and conductor Kim Dae-jin, the Suwon Phil will hold its 211th regular concert on Oct. 25 at the

Oct. 19, 2011

Pianist Son Yeol-eum to play Liszt with Suwon Phil

Joseon paintings under spotlight

“Yeonsodapcheong” (Outing of the Youth) by Shin Yun-bok at Gansong Museum of Art (Gansong Museum of Art)Leeum, Gansong museums showcase collections of court and genre paintings from JoseonThe Joseon Dynasty was the period when Korean painting reached its zenith, both in terms of quantity and q

Oct. 19, 2011

Museum unconvinced by new theory on death of Van Gogh

AMSTERDAM (AP) ― Two American authors believe Vincent van Gogh was fatally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted wounds, but the new theory won a skeptical reception Monday from experts at the museum dedicated to the 19th century Dutch master.A book by Pulitzer prize-winning auth

Oct. 18, 2011

Jamaica awards Brown with national honor

KINGSTON (AP) ― Jamaica on Monday awarded the late reggae singer Dennis Brown with one of its highest civic honors, a fitting tribute for a musician who is more beloved than Bob Marley among many Jamaican reggae fans.Some 12 years after his death, the former child star who became known as the Crown

Oct. 18, 2011

Girls’ Generation turn to rap for ‘The Boys’

Nine-girl singing sensation say they can’t wait to meet rival group Wonder Girls at music shows Girls’ Generation members clockwise from top left: Yuri, Hyoyeon, Yoona, Taeyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sunny, Tiffany and Sooyoung S.M. EntertainmentGirls’ Generation, one of the most popular female K-pop gr

Oct. 18, 2011

Girls’ Generation turn to rap for ‘The Boys’

S. Korea police arrest two men for hacking

SEOUL, Oct 18, 2011 (AFP) - South Korean police said Tuesday two people have been arrested for infecting about 16,000 personal computers with hacking programmes which allowed them to secretly record video of their victims.The two, one an ethnic Korean from China, are suspected of producing or

Oct. 18, 2011

Caravaggio exhibit opens in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) ― Works by Italian artist Caravaggio are on display along with pieces by those influenced by him in an exhibit in Fort Worth, Texas.“Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome” opened Sunday at the Kimbell Art Museum. The exhibit, which runs through Jan. 8, features 10 works by Mich

Oct. 17, 2011

Gaga channels Marilyn Monroe at Clinton’s concert

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Lady Gaga enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” with former President Bill Clinton.“I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn’t involve pills and a strand of pearls,” she joked.The envelope-pushing pop superstar was one of several musicians who performed Saturda

Oct. 17, 2011

Government unveils new standards for censoring K-pop songs

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The government has established new detailed rules for censoring domestic pop songs harmful to minors in order to enhance the objectivity of the process, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said on Monday.The ministry has come under fire for applying too strict standards when

Oct. 17, 2011