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Driver in fatal crash was speeding from hotel: police
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Korea to provide W25tr support for debt-laden small business owners in H2
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Support for borderline intelligent people introduced
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Son Heung-min's father questioned in child abuse investigation
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Hyundai Motor completes EV ecosystem in Indonesia
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Korea to weigh in on food delivery fees
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[Community Discovery] From fashion mecca to robotics hub: Gangnam-gu's new ambition
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Basketball star's messy dispute with ex-girlfriend continues
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Taxi crashes into hospital in central Seoul, injuring 2
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LG acquires Dutch smarthome specialist to enhance connectivity
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‘The Underdog’ musical explores social hierarchies
In a dog-eat-dog world, “The Underdog” musical employs the life of everyday canines to expose the dark, seedy underbelly of the social class systems of humankind.Rife with political and socioeconomic references, “The Underdog” opened its curtains in the theater district of Daehangno last week as part of Uniplex’s three-year anniversary celebration. The musical follows the life of a Korean Jindo dog, an indigenous breed known for its hunting skills and loyalty, named Jin. Mistreated, abused by hi
Dec. 8, 2016
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Math explored in new London gallery by Zaha Hadid
LONDON (AFP) - London's Science Museum called upon the genius of late architect Zaha Hadid for the “huge challenge” of bringing life to its new gallery dedicated to mathematics, which opens on Thursday.The Winton Gallery highlights the importance of mathematics through 120 objects, including a cash dispenser, the Enigma encryption machine, a model of a supertanker, a revolutionary aircraft and a 19th-century instrument for measuring tides.Located in a regenerated old wing of the famous museum, t
Dec. 8, 2016
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Met stages female composer's opera 'L'Amour de Loin’
NEW YORK (AP) -- Spanning five brief acts, “L‘Amour de Loin (Love from Afar)” tells of a long-distance and ultimately doomed romance between a medieval French troubadour and the countess of Tripoli. They fall in love not by meeting but through messages relayed back and forth across the sea by the opera’s third character, the Pilgrim. And to mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, who portrays that “trousers” role in the Metropolitan Opera‘s production, “he’s the most interesting character in the piece.”“T
Dec. 8, 2016
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Chailly avenges Puccini with original Butterfly
MILAN (AP) -- Principal conductor Riccardo Chailly has avenged Giacomo Puccini’s memory with a successful staging of the composer's original version of “Madama Butterfly” for La Scala's gala season-opener Wednesday, 112 year after its hotly contested world premiere on the same stage. The VIP crowd showered Chailly, lead singers, orchestra and chorus with a quarter hour of applause and a cascade of roses for the bold choice of reviving the opera for the first time at La Scala as Puccini originall
Dec. 8, 2016
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KNCDC appoints new artistic director Ahn Sung-soo
Julliard graduate and Korea National University of Arts dance professor Ahn Sung-soo, 53, has been appointed as the new artistic director of the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company. Having officially taken the position on Dec. 1, Ahn will take reins of the national dance company for the next three years. “My mission is to elevate the level of Korean dance, create more original productions and to increase the international awareness and appreciation for Korean contemporary dance,” said Ahn,
Dec. 6, 2016
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Big Bang teases lead track for upcoming album
Less than a week away from the announcement of its much-anticipated album, Big Bang unveiled a teaser image for the album’s title track “Fxxk It” on Tuesday. The image reveals that two of the group members, G-Dragon and T.O.P, collaborated with YG Entertainment’s leading producer Teddy and composer R.Tree of Teddy’s latest hip-hop project, The Black Label, for the song. “‘Fxxk It’ is one of the two title tracks to be featured on the new album,” said YG Entertainment. The music videos for both of
Dec. 6, 2016
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Shinhwa to release vinyl of 18th anniversary concert
First-generation K-pop boy band Shinhwa is going retro. Celebrating its 18th debut anniversary this year, the group will be releasing 8,000 vinyl copies of live recordings from its anniversary concert which was held earlier this year in March at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, according to the band’s management agency Shinhwa Company on Tuesday.Containing 10 of Shinhwa’s biggest hits, including “Once in a Life,” “Crazy,” “The Days,” “Voyage” and others, the record is currently available f
Dec. 6, 2016
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In bid to fight art fraud, Sotheby's acquires forensic lab
NEW YORK (AP) -- In bid to fight art fraud, Sotheby's announced Monday that it had purchased a forensics firm whose founder once helped the auction house belatedly identify a $10 million painting as a fake.Sotheby’s said that Orion Analytical, based in Williamstown, Massachusetts, will be folded into the company and its founder, the artist, conservator and forensic scientist James Martin, will lead a new scientific research department charged with making sure the works the auction house deals wi
Dec. 6, 2016
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MMCA to exhibit Warhol, Picasso in 2017 and beyond
South Korea's national museum of contemporary art will present a series of exhibitions featuring Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and other great artists starting next year, the museum’s director said Monday.Bartomeu Mari, director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, unveiled a list of exhibitions planned for next year and beyond under such themes as “Other Modernities,”“Convergence of Architecture, Design, Cinema,” and “Modern and Contemporary Masters.”“I think it is very important
Dec. 6, 2016
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Fish skin, snooker chalk win UK Turner Prize for Marten
LONDON (AFP) -- Sculptor Helen Marten on Monday won the Turner Prize, at a London ceremony where the art world rallied against xenophobia and intolerance.The prize is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition, and has become synonymous with controversy in its 32-year history with previous winners including contemporary art agents provocateurs Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.Marten, 31, impressed the judges with her sculptures from unusual materials such as fish skin and sno
Dec. 6, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Familiar but new, Sechs Kies returns with remake album
K-pop group Sechs Kies, which regrouped this year for a reunion concert after a 16-year hiatus, has released a new album filled with remakes of the band’s past hits. More than a decade since their heyday, the members said they felt nervous but happy, with a stronger sense of responsibility than before, when the members were 20-somethings.“Before, we would basically follow the directions of the songwriters and producers,” said member Kim Jae-duck. “Now, we feel a responsibility to make better mus
Dec. 5, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Young opera soprano returns home to star as Juliet prior to Met Opera debut
From Violetta in Verdi’s “La Traviata” to Fiorilla in Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia,” up-and-coming opera star Hyesang Park is gearing up to tackle one of the theater world’s most iconic leading ladies -- Shakespeare’s Juliet. Marking her first return to the local stage since performing alongside the legendary Placido Domingo in his final concert in Korea in October, the 28-year-old Korean soprano is back home to star in the Korea National Opera’s upcoming staging of Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and
Dec. 4, 2016
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On new album, John Legend considers love and darkness
NEW YORK (AFP) - John Legend has become known as a modern master of the ballad, probing the emotional depths behind love and discovering the darkness that lurks nearby.Releasing his fifth studio album Friday, Legend stretches into new musical territory as he subtly broadens his conception of ballads, injecting elements of funk and rap.The new album is entitled “Darkness and Light,” but instead of representing some sort of tug-of-war between the two forces, Legend sees them as intertwined -- no l
Dec. 4, 2016
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Big Bang’s Daesung to kick off first Japanese dome tour in April
Daesung of the iconic K-pop group Big Bang is gearing up for his solo tour in Japan in April. The artist -- also known as D-Lite by his Japanese fans -- will be kicking off his Japanese tour “D-Lite Japan Dome Tour 2017” at the Seibu Prince Dome in Saitama on April 14 and 15, and heading to the Kyocera Dome in Osaka on April 23 to 23, according to his management agency YG Entertainment on Sunday. The tour is expected to draw some 200,000 concertgoers to the two cities. Before releasing his firs
Dec. 4, 2016
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Big Bang to appear on ‘Infinite Challenge’ this month
Members of iconic K-pop group Big Bang will be ending their busy year together on MBC’s “Infinite Challenge,” Korea’s longest-running variety program.“We discussed (Big Bang’s) potential appearance on the show last year, but the timing did not work out,” an official from the show told local media Wednesday. “This will be a meaningful way to end the year all together, and we are in the process of figuring out what the format (of the show) will look like.” Celebrating the band’s 10th anniversary t
Dec. 1, 2016
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New groups to enter K-pop scene
The K-pop scene is about to get bigger. DSP Media -- the agency behind girl groups Rainbow and April -- is getting ready to unveil a new act.On Thursday morning, the entertainment company released a cryptic teaser image, featuring the words K.A.R.D and Ohnana, and the numbers 12 and 13, on the official social media pages for K.A.R.D, the name of the anticipated group. “Until now, (members of K.A.R.D) have been working behind the scenes, showcasing their writing, composing and choreography skills
Dec. 1, 2016
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New York’s Lincoln Center to remember Leonard Cohen
NEW YORK (AFP) - New York’s Lincoln Center on Wednesday announced a low-key memorial for legendary poet and singer Leonard Cohen next week, with the art complex simply to play his songs.Lincoln Center -- the campus of premier US art institutions including the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic -- said the remembrance event will take place Monday.Recordings of Cohen’s music, as selected by his fans and friends, will play for four hours starting at noon at Lincoln Center’s outdoor plaza
Dec. 1, 2016
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Guggenheim museum in Helsinki gets rejected
HELSINKI (AP) -- The Helsinki City Council has after heated late night debate rejected a plan to build a Guggenheim art museum in the Finnish capital mainly on financial grounds.Closing a marathon session of nearly six hours, the 85-member city council voted 53-32 early Thursday to bury the long-running project which had sparked passionate opinions -- both for and against -- among the residents of the city in the Nordic country.The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation proposed building the Helsinki
Dec. 1, 2016
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Director of Spain's Prado museum to leave post after 15 years
MADRID (AFP) -- Spain's Prado art museum said Wednesday its director Miguel Zugaza will leave his post in 2017 after a 15-year run that included the biggest expansion of the world-renowned gallery.Zugaza, 52, has decided to return to his previous job as director of Bilbao’s Fine Arts Museum, which he held between 1995 and 2001, the Prado said in a statement.The Madrid museum, the home of masterpieces by Francisco Goya and Diego Velazquez, said Zugaza had told the culture ministry that he had ach
Dec. 1, 2016
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Drake tops Spotify's 2016 list with 4.7 billion streams
NEW YORK (AP) -- Drake owned the year on Spotify: He's the most streamed act on the platform with 4.7 billion streams.The rapper has the most streamed album and song -- “Views” (2.45 billion) and “One Dance” (970 million) -- on Spotify this year, it was announced late Wednesday. Justin Bieber, Rihanna, twenty one pilots and Kanye West round out the top five artists of the year. The top albums following “Views” are Bieber’s “Purpose,” Rihanna's “Anti,” twenty one pilots’ “Blurryface” and The Week
Dec. 1, 2016