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Yoon, Fiala seek wider range of cooperation beyond nuclear energy
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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600 evacuated as heavy rain floods roads, homes in southern regions
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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S. Korea, Czech Republic to increase direct flights
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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Seoul, Prague to team up throughout nuclear energy project delivery
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S. Korea to inject $37m in joint R&D projects with Czech Republic
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S.E.S. hints at comeback
Another first-generation K-pop group is gearing up for a comeback. On Monday, Choi Sung-hee -- better known by her stage name Bada -- of girl group trio S.E.S. revealed the group’s plan to make their return next year. “S.E.S. will be celebrating its 20th debut anniversary next year,” Bada wrote via her personal social media page, with a recent picture of the group. “To commemorate our 20th year, we are planning on creating meaningful experiences to spend it together with ‘Friends.’” The trio’s
Oct. 4, 2016
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Soyul of Crayon Pop to halt group activities
K-pop girl group Crayon Pop member Park Hye-kyeong -- better known by her stage name Soyul -- will be suspending all group activities for the foreseeable future. “Soyul was recently diagnosed with an anxiety disorder,” the group’s management agency Chrome Entertainment announced on Tuesday. “As her conditions are worse than expected, she will not be participating in upcoming promotional activities for a while.”The company added that she does not require hospitalization, and that Crayon Pop will
Oct. 4, 2016
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At festival, a unique take on Prince's 'Purple Rain'
NEW YORK (AFP) -- When pop legend Prince died, the indie rocker Twin Shadow said his first impulse was to rush to the studio to record a tribute to one of his musical heroes.Instead, Twin Shadow decided the best way to channel the spirit of Prince was live -- which he showed through one of the most creatively challenging sets at The Meadows, a new festival in New York.Twin Shadow, the stage name of Dominican-born US producer George Lewis, Jr., told the crowd that for him Prince’s music was “much
Oct. 4, 2016
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Contemporary art market slows as Chinese buyers switch focus
PARIS (AFP) - Global contemporary art sales slowed by a quarter in the year to July 2016 as demand in China dried up, according to leading index Artprice.Turnover was $1.5 billion (1.3 billion euros) compared with $2.1 billion in the previous year.“The market saw a healthy period of adjustment, which was as necessary as it was predictable,” Artprice founder and chief executive Thierry Ehrmann said in the report released on Sunday.Despite the correction, contemporary art “remains a particularly h
Oct. 4, 2016
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Pianist Paik gives back to fans through ‘Gift’ concert
Renowned for his gracefully fleeting fingers, Paris-based Korean pianist Paik Kun-woo made his much-welcomed return to the local stage last week in a concert program that was all about paying tribute to his loyal fans. While the pianist breathed new life into Bach’s French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 and Brahms’ “Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24” in the first half of his concert, last week’s performance was really all about the second half. Pianist Paik Kun-woo performs dur
Oct. 3, 2016
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World's largest K-pop festival kicks off in Changwon
International fans of Korean pop music gathered in the South Korean city of Changwon for the final of this year's global K-pop singing and dance competition on Friday. A total of 15 teams, who topped the preliminaries in the regional competitions in 65 countries around the world, made their last sprint for the top title in the 2016 K-POP World Festival in Changwon. Changwon is a city located some 398 kilometers southeast of Seoul. The annual K-pop competition, the largest of its kind, is
Sept. 30, 2016
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Placido Domingo returns to Korea
With nearly six decades of expertise under his belt, legendary opera singer Placido Domingo feels like he has only recently reached his life’s goal.“Even in my 30s, I had always said that I dream of having a place where young artists can learn and grow one day,” said the maestro at a press conference held at the W Seoul-Walkerhill in Gwangjang-dong, Seoul on Friday. Now the 12-time Grammy-Award winner has brought his dream to Seoul. Recognized as the “King of Opera,” Domingo -- best known as a
Sept. 30, 2016
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Mary J. Blige explains why she sang to Clinton during talk
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mary J. Blige said she decided to sing Bruce Springsteen's “American Skin (41 Shots)” to Hillary Clinton during her recent interview because she was trying to get the Democratic presidential nominee to feel and understand the widening frustration among blacks in America over police brutality and similar topics.A pair of clips teasing Blige’s interview with Clinton was roundly mocked Tuesday, including a brief video of Blige singing to Clinton, leaving some confused. But on Wedne
Sept. 30, 2016
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[Highlights] Arts and entertainment calendar
Exhibitions“Gathering Clouds”: Kukje Gallery is holding a solo exhibition of renowned artist Anish Kapoor until Oct. 30. The exhibition presents sculptures that are results of his exploration of materials and abstraction. On display are twisted rectangle stainless steel blocks with polished surfaces, and sculptural voids in fiberglass and steel at the K1 and K3 exhibition spaces. For more information, visit www.kukjegallery.com.“Traces of Life and Death”: Arario Gallery is holding a solo exhibit
Sept. 30, 2016
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[Album Review] Jake Shimabukuro takes roaming ukulele to Nashville
Jake Shimabukuro“Nashville Sessions”(JS Records)Jake Shimabukuro draws sounds both traditional and innovative from his ukulele on “Nashville Sessions,” an adventurous, dazzling album.Using the instrument from his native Hawaii to explore a variety of styles in the company of drummer Evan Hutchings and bassist Nolan Verner, Shimabukuro broadens his sonic palette on 11 original compositions stretching from jazz fusion to rock and beyond.The 39-year-old virtuoso sticks to the instrument’s natural v
Sept. 30, 2016
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[Album Review] Beyonce tour programmer Kwiz brilliantly explores blackness
Kwiz“The Black Light Chronicles”(Rhythm Lab Music)It seems odd to describe the discussion of the black experience in America a “hot topic” -- after all, the examination of the African-American experience has been explored for hundreds of years in some fashion, even before black people were considered Americans and were just considered property.But with all the focus on the Black Lives Matter movement, the killings of black men at the hands of police, political rhetoric and the waning days of the
Sept. 30, 2016
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[Album Review] Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir delivers earthy solo effort
Bob Weir“Blue Mountain”(Columbia/Legacy and ROAR)The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, showing more than a little touch of grey at age 68, delivers a heartfelt and earthy solo record with “Blue Mountain.”It’s Weir’s first solo effort in a decade and the first of entirely original material in 30 years.Weir, who sang with the Dead that he may be going to hell in a bucket but at least he’s enjoying the ride, strikes a more reflective pose on “Blue Mountain.” It’s a deeply personal collection of cowboy song
Sept. 30, 2016
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Big Bang to release new album
Global K-pop icon Big Bang is gearing up for a new album. “Big Bang’s new release will be unveiled shortly,” member Seungri announced on his live-broadcasting channel “Hello Seungri” on Naver V Live + on Wednesday. “I can’t disclose the specific details of the schedule, but we plan on sharing a very good new track with everyone.” The group’s management agency YG Entertainment also confirmed the news Thursday. “Despite their hectic schedules, Big Bang members have been preparing for a new album,”
Sept. 29, 2016
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Se7en gearing up for return
Singer Se7en has finally revealed details about his return to the spotlight. “Se7en will be releasing a new album ‘I am Se7en’ on Oct. 14,” according to the singer’s management agency Eleven9 Entertainment on Thursday morning. This is the singer’s first album in over four years, since the release of his mini album “Se7en New Mini Album” in 2012. Written and produced in part by the artist himself, the album will boast a wide array of genres, including dance and funk. Most recently, the 31-yea
Sept. 29, 2016
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Twice gearing up for return
K-pop girl group Twice is getting ready for its return to the spotlight. The nine-member act is currently working on a new release, scheduled to be unveiled sometime next month, according to the group’s management agency JYP Entertainment on Wednesday. Although the date and the concept behind the upcoming release is as of yet undecided, the girl group is reportedly collaborating with Black-eyed Pilseung, the leading producer and songwriting duo behind the group’s hit tracks “Like Ooh-Aah” and “
Sept. 28, 2016
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Chin Un-suk named new SPO artistic adviser
Longtime Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra composer-in-residence Chin Un-suk, 55, has been named the orchestra’s new artistic adviser, replacing current interim artistic director Michael Fine, a Grammy-awarding classical recording producer.Chin, a famed local classical music composer based in Berlin, will officially begin her role as new artistic adviser starting Oct. 1. “Back in February I took a business trip to Berlin and met up with Chin Un-suk and practically begged her to take up the position,”
Sept. 28, 2016
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Adele cracks 10 million US sales again
NEW YORK (AFP) – Adele’s “25” has topped 10 million sales in the United States, her second album to cross the threshold as the English singer cements her status as the century’s top-selling artist.The US industry body presented Adele a plaque certifying that “25,” released in November, had gone diamond platinum, or sold 10 million, at a ceremony backstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden where she just played six sold-out shows, her publicist announced Tuesday.The Recording Industry Associati
Sept. 28, 2016
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Portugal to keep Miro collection
LISBON (AFP) - The Portuguese government said Tuesday it has decided to keep 85 works by famed Spanish artist Joan Miro in the country after an uproar over their proposed sale to foreign buyers.The paintings, estimated to be worth around 35 million euros ($39 million), came under state ownership in 2008 when the government nationalized the failed bank BNP which had built up the Surrealist collection.The former center-right government put them up for auction in London in 2014 to raise cash, but t
Sept. 28, 2016
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‘Tristan’ makes Rattle want to ‘curl up in a fetal position’
NEW YORK (AP) -- Simon Rattle thought back to his first staged performance of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” in Amsterdam in 2001.“I remember wanting to lie down on the rostrum and curl up in a fetal position and sob,” he said. “While every bone of my body was asking me to do that, the rest of me was saying, no, actually you have to be professional and keep on conducting.”Wagner’s hypnotic love story, composed from 1857-59 and premiered in 1865, returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night
Sept. 28, 2016
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Sounds of strings to usher in the fall months
Classical music fans may be seen flocking to the Seoul Arts Center in the upcoming autumn months of October and November to witness some of the finest one-night-only performances from three world-class musicians. Anne-Sophie Mutter has been internationally regaled as being one of the greatest violin virtuosos of modern times for the past four decades. The four-time Grammy Award winner gives concerts in all the world’s important music centers, her fame much accredited to her early career under t
Sept. 27, 2016