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Seoul chastises predatory pricing claims over Czech nuclear export deal
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3 suspects apprehended for selling celebrity deepfake porn: police
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Xiaomi takes 2nd spot after Samsung in August smartphone sales
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[Herald Interview] Kim Woo-bin grew to appreciate ‘unseen’ heroes with ‘Officer Black Belt’
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Hybe acquires US PR agency
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Heavy rain, strong winds to lash Korea this weekend
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'Music Bank' team demands apology from Real Madrid for cancellation of Madrid concert
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Car crashes into restaurant; 1 dead, 5 injured
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Yoon, Fiala seek wider range of cooperation beyond nuclear energy
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[Exclusive] [Herald Interview] MBK incapable of running Korea Zinc’s Australia business: Aussie renewable energy CEO
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Motley Crue singer reflects on three decades of decadence
The bad boys of Motley Crue are making news again.But this time the headlines have nothing to do with infighting, drugs, jail, rehab or a sex tape.The hair metal heroes ― traditionally reviled by pundits ― are being lauded on a near daily basis since launching the U.S. leg of their 30th anniversary tour earlier this month.Publications ranging from Rolling Stone to the Hollywood Reporter to the Kan
July 3, 2011
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Album cover caught for copyright issues
Playboy magazine has claimed trademark infringement on YG Entertainment’s popular duo “GD&TOP” album. YG Entertainment has confirmed on their official website that GD&TOP’s first album’s cover was designed based on the magazine’s rabbit logo and took into account Playboy’s demands to stop using the trademark.YG also said that they will discontinue the production of the original album and create
July 3, 2011
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Summer music fests around the corner
Top music acts will perform at summer music festivals at major amusement parks in late July and early August. Summer Wave Festival will be held at Everland in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on July 22-23.Will.i.am., the talented producer and member of The Black Eyed Peas, will be performing a DJ set, while Korean American hip-hop rapper Tiger JK, UV and 2PM will also take to the stage.The performances
July 3, 2011
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Exhibitions“Pilgrim”: Hollywood actor Richard Gere is holding a photo exhibition in Seoul. The show is composed of 64 photographs taken by the actor, capturing Tibet, its people and community, as well as 24 photos by 24 artists including Annie Leibovitz, Jerry Uelsmann and Steve Meisel. Gere has established and is running The Gere Foundation to aid those suffering because of wars and natural disas
July 1, 2011
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Peyroux explores rootsier sound Madeleine Peyroux“Standing on the Rooftop’’ Emarcy/DeccaMadeleine Peyroux impressed on her 1996 debut “Dreamland,” singing early jazz and blues standards with a tone uncannily reminiscent of Billie Holiday, re-emerged as an innovative interpreter of more contemporary fare by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and others on 2004’s best-selling “Careless Love” and established h
July 1, 2011
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Koreans win five prizes in Tchaikovsky competition
MOSCOW ― South Korean artists clinched five prizes, including two top vocal prizes, in one of the world’s most prestigious classical music competitions.Bass Park Jong-min, 24, and soprano Seo Sun-young, 27, of Korea won first prizes in the male and female solo vocal categories of the 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition that closed here on Thursday.In the two-week-long contest, Korea’s risin
July 1, 2011
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Girl’s Generation charms French
K-Pop enthusiasts in France surprised many people in Korea as they queued for hours to see the SM Town concert. Now they are gathering online to talk about the stars. The French fan site “Sweety Nine Forum” (snsd.frenchboard.com) has a fan base ranging from the 12 to 26-years-old, but what they share in common is the Girl’s Generation. They talk about what they like about the girl group and list c
July 1, 2011
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Chung makes a sweep of French cultural honors
The French Ministry of Culture and Communication conferred the country’s top French cultural order “Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters” on Maestro conductor and pianist Chung Myung-whun Wednesday, making him a recipient of all three French cultural honors.The medal is the highest honor among the three “Order of Arts and Letters,” awarded to an artist who has made significant contribution t
June 30, 2011
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Jukebox musicals push right buttons
Works based on hits by folk singer Yang Hee-eun, ’90s K-pop group DJ DOC and today’s hottest bands make fans nostalgicOld songs have the power to bring back memories and fans of the time period back together. Targeting this fact, so-called “jukebox musicals” dedicate their entire shows to a single artist or a band’s hit songs. “Mama Mia,” based on Swedish pop band ABBA’s hits, and “We Will Rock Yo
June 29, 2011
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Lady Gaga sued for profiteering from Japan relief campaign
Pop star Lady Gaga has been sued for fraudulently profiteering from the sale of wristbands designed to help the Japanese victims of earthquake and tsunami. U.S. law firm 1-800-LAW-FIRM filed a $5 million class action suit claiming that she broke her promise to donate all the proceeds to the Japanese and overcharged buyers for shipping costs and taxes.The case was filed Friday against the superst
June 29, 2011
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Exhibition on beauty of ancient royal palace, culture
Changdeokgung and its legacy featured by national museumAmong the five grand palaces that were built by the kings of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), “Changdeokgung,” or Changdeok Palace, was favored by many members of the royal family. The literal meaning of the palace, “Palace of Flourishing Virtue,” is reflected in Changdeokgung’s architecture and scenery, where the buildings are harmoniously bl
June 28, 2011
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Chungs confident Great Mountains fest can become world-class event
Late works of great composers to be heard on the hills of Gangwon ProvinceInternationally renowned sister musicians Chung Myung-wha and Chung Kyung-wha said they will combine their decades of musical experience to help the Great Mountains Music Festival & School become a world-class chamber music festival.Cellist Myung-wha and violinist Kyung-wha have become new artistic directors for the GMMFS, t
June 28, 2011
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Lady Gaga sued over Japan earthquake charity bracelets
June 28, 2011
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K-pop stars dating for a month
Gu Ha-ra (left) and Yong Joon-hyung (Yonhap News)K-pop idols Gu Ha-ra of the girl group KARA and Yong Joon-hyung of the boy band BEAST revealed their romantic relationship Tuesday. Yong’s agency announced Tuesday that the two stars have been dating for a month.Cube Entertainment agency added that when Gu, 20, was having hard time going through the contract dispute with her agency, Yong, 22, had be
June 28, 2011
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More stream-of-consciousness than circus
For audience expecting a circus, ‘Rain’ leaves something to be desiredIf hair-raising acrobatics, lions jumping through hoops on fire and ultra-flexible girls folding themselves like paperclips is your idea of a good show, “Rain” is not what you are looking for. Canadian troupe Cirque Eloize’s “Rain” is such a new type of show that calling it a circus would be to ignore most of its essence. Though
June 27, 2011
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Jackson ‘Thriller’ jacket sells for $1.8m
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The red and black leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson in his “Thriller” video went under the hammer for $1.8 million on Sunday, a day after the second anniversary of the pop icon’s death.The jacket, which fetched several times its estimate of between $200,000 and $400,000, has “Love Michael Jackson” written on the sleeve, and a dedication in the lining to his long-time costu
June 27, 2011
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[Photo] JYJ World Tour wrapped up
JYJ, a Korean boy group formed by Junsu, Jejung and Yuchun of the disbanded TVXQ, has successfully wrapped up their world tour concert, its agency CJes Entertainment said on Monday.The 2011 JYJ World Tour Concert started on April 2 in Bangkok, Thailand, and the members went on to showcase their talent in Taiwan, China, Japan, four cities in the U.S. before coming back to Korea’s Busan in mid-June
June 27, 2011
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Peaceful and ordinary: Busan in 1952
Color photographs donated by former U.S. dental officer show unknown side of Korean WarKids are playing with water, men and women sing and dance, and markets are filled with people and energy.These color photographs, taken by former U.S. dental officer Charles J. Burstone in Busan during the Korean War, are rather hard to believe. Filled with ordinary joys and peaceful moments, these photographs s
June 26, 2011
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[Herald Interview] Suede’s ‘Beautiful Ones’ to rock final stage at Jisan
British alternative rock band to play for first tims in Korea since reunionAs the U.K. rock group Suede had a strong presence in the Britpop movement in the 1990s, the disbanding of the act in 2003 was quite disappointing to alternative rock fans around the world.However, the band was reunited last year and is coming to Korea to hold their first here since the reunion. The act is to be on the fina
June 26, 2011
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Exhibitions“The American Art: Masterpieces of Everyday Life from the Whitney Museum of American Art”: To present an overall view of U.S. contemporary art of the early 20th century, the National Museum of Contemporary Art is exhibiting 87 artworks from the Whitney Museum of American Art’s major collections. It will feature diverse media, from paintings, photos to installations by 47 U.S. artists in
June 24, 2011