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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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S. Korea to inject $37m in joint R&D projects with Czech Republic
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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Jeju's solo traveler-friendly spots offer solitude as well as camaraderie
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Performance artist explores female sensuality
Jeong Geum-hyung conducts CPR on a medical mannequin as if the male dummy were in an urgent life-or-death situation. Her body moves in the fast, yet steady, rhythm required for the life-saving action. The scene, however, invokes a rather erotic image to the audience, who watch the artist perform the action nude.“I don’t intend to cause voyeurism here, but it’s just how things turn out in my performance and that puts the audience in a voyeuristic situation,” said Jeong, winner of the 16th Hermes
Aug. 29, 2016
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Beyonce slays at MTV VMAs
NEW YORK (AP) - Beyonce owned the MTV Video Music Awards by winning video of the year and giving a 16-minute performance featuring her recent hits from “Lemonade,‘” working various stages with strong, layered vocals, skilled dance moves and even an outfit change -- all as the audience watched in awe and cheered her on.Beyonce won the top prize for “Formation,” besting Adele, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Drake.“First of all I'd like to thank my beautiful daughter and my incredible husband for al
Aug. 29, 2016
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2PM gears up for new album
K-pop boy band 2PM is currently preparing for a new release. The six-member act is scheduled to announce a new album next month, according to the group’s management agency JYP Entertainment on Monday. “The upcoming tracks will demonstrate a new side of 2PM,” JYP Entertainment told local media outlets. The currently untitled album will be the group’s first domestic release since its fifth studio album “No. 5,” unveiled last June. While gearing up for the upcoming album, the group’s members hav
Aug. 29, 2016
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MC Mong returns with new album
Korean hip-hop artist MC Mong is returning to the scene with his first full-length album in two years. The 36-year-old will be releasing his seventh studio album, “U.F.O,” next week, but has no concrete plans to make broadcast appearances, according to his management agency DreamT Entertainment on Monday. “For the past two years, he has dedicated his heart and soul into perfecting the upcoming album,” DreamT Entertainment said in a statement. “It boasts (the) witty lyrics and charismatic melody
Aug. 29, 2016
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Quiet battle for the sound of silence in UK shops
LONDON (AFP) -- Nigel Rodgers is in hell. A campaigner against piped music for decades, he stands in a shoe shop on London’s Oxford Street which is blaring out loud pop music, wincing visibly.“It’s just as bad as passive smoking,” said the 63-year-old, sporting a blue blazer with a red handkerchief in the top pocket and eagerly eyeing the exit.“It really is enough to drive most people bonkers if they have got any sensitivity at all.”Rodgers has campaigned against the canned music which is common
Aug. 29, 2016
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[Herald Review] A celestial night with Mahler
Upon hearing about the choir’s careless preparation for the world premiere of his Eighth Symphony, Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, known for his drive for perfection, threatened to cancel the entire performance. Presenting the same vast work at the Lotte Concert Hall last Thursday, conductor Lim Hun-joung proved himself a worthy heir of Mahler’s demand for excellence. Bringing together eight soloists, the 141-member Korean Symphony Orchestra, and 850 choral members under his baton, Lim in
Aug. 28, 2016
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[Highlights] Arts and entertainment calendar
Classical Music “Ivan Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra”: Budapest Festival Orchestra is returning to Korea for the fourth time in six years. Conducted by Hungarian conductor and composer Ivan Fischer, the ensemble will be performing at the Seoul Arts Center on Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. Accompanied by Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires, the 33-year-old orchestra will be presenting three pieces from Mozart, Chopin and Dvorak. Tickets range from 50,000 won to 250,000 won and can be reserved at tick
Aug. 26, 2016
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Mamamoo to unveil first subunit tracks
K-pop quartet Mamamoo will be releasing its first subunit tracks this month, the group announced on its official social media channels on Friday.The first subunit, Angel Line, consisting of members Solar and Whee-in, will be presenting “Angel,” while the remaining duo Rapper Line with Moon-byul and Hwa-sa will be releasing “Dab Dab.” Although the promotional posters feature the four members in matching outfits, the tracks capture two different sides of Mamamoo, according to a statement from the
Aug. 26, 2016
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[Album Review] Crystal Castles bring the noise on ‘Amnesty (I)’
Crystal Castles“Amnesty (I)”Casablanca RecordsElectro-punk noisemakers Crystal Castles return with a lineup that‘s 50 percent new and a sound that’s still 100 percent uncompromising. Original vocalist Alice Glass left amid reports of acrimony in 2014, and on “Amnesty (I)” producer-maestro Ethan Kath is joined by new singer Edith Frances.The essentials of Crystal Castles’ ethos remain. Frances’ vocals -- ranging from ethereal to insistent -- counterpoint Kath’s sonic assault on an album that blen
Aug. 26, 2016
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[Album Review] Dolly Parton’s ‘Pure and Simple’ is just that
Dolly Parton“Pure and Simple”(Dolly/Sony Music Nashville)In the ebbs and flows of her nearly lifelong career, Dolly Parton is at high tide again.The 70-year-old is on her biggest American tour in 25 years and last year’s movie “Coat of Many Colors” drew the biggest TV audience for an original movie in five years. So it only makes sense that the new album “Pure and Simple” (Dolly/Sony Music Nashville) is getting the biggest rollout for an album of hers in decades.“Pure and Simple” refers both to
Aug. 26, 2016
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[Album Review] Lisa Hannigan in striking control on ‘At Swim’
Lisa Hannigan“At Swim”(ATO)What is most striking about Lisa Hannigan is her control.It’s an unexpected skill considering how the Irish singer first gained attention as part of the band that brought Damien Rice’s raw, unpredictable emotional folk to life. And, for fans of a certain age, there are times when Hannigan’s lower range sounds just like a young Sinead O’Connor, which sets up a wait for the Sinead-ish banshee shrieks that never come.Instead of wild emotion, Hannigan offers gorgeous, well
Aug. 26, 2016
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NCT Dream releases new music video
NCT Dream, the third subunit of Neo Culture Technology, unveiled both Korean and Chinese versions of the music video for its debut single “Chewing Gum” on Aug. 24.Within less than a day of the release, the group’s official YouTube videos received a total of over 1 million views.The latest group from entertainment agency S.M. Entertainment, NCT Dream consists of seven boys -- Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Hae-chan, Jae-min, Chenle, and Ji-sung -- between the ages of 14 and 17. Boasting a youthful and playf
Aug. 25, 2016
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Britney Spears biopic coming to TV
NEW YORK (AFP) -- The turbulent life of Britney Spears -- who went from teenage pop idol to tabloid fodder -- is becoming a television biopic.Lifetime, a US network geared toward women, said Wednesday it had given the green light to a two-hour film on the singer’s life, tentatively called “Britney,” to air next year.Starring as Spears, one of the most recognizable musicians of her generation, will be Natasha Bassett, a rising actress from Australia, a Lifetime representative said.Bassett, who st
Aug. 25, 2016
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Spica returns with strong vocals
During their four-year career, K-pop girl group Spica has spent more time off stage than in the spotlight. Now the group has returned with a new single album, “Secret Time,” unveiled Thursday at noon. Spica’s first release in more than a year, the album consists of two rhythm-and-blues-inspired tracks, “One Way” and the title song “Secret Time.” Written by lead vocalist Kim Bo-a, “Secret Time” was produced by Swedish producers Pontus Frisk, Graciela Chin A Loi, and Andreas Oberg.Although this
Aug. 25, 2016
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America overlooked Riccardo Chailly, but Europe has wisely avoided that mistake
LUCERNE, Switzerland -- The Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly has a reputation, in America, as an also-ran. Over the years his name surfaced as a likely candidate in music director searches for the great orchestras of Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Boston. He got none. But he hasn’t done so badly in Europe. He now heads the world’s most famous opera company, La Scala in Milan, and last weekend he began his tenure as music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, one of the most prestigi
Aug. 24, 2016
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US judge: Renowned artist did not create disputed painting
CHICAGO (AP) -- A US judge said Tuesday that a celebrated artist was right when he insisted he did not paint a work now owned by a retired prison worker, a finding that likely ensures the piece will now be worth a fraction of the previous estimated value of $10 million or more. The ruling came at the end of an unusual bench trial in Chicago that pitted Scottish-born Peter Doig against Canadian Robert Fletcher, who paid just $100 in the 1970s for the desert landscape painting and had hoped for a
Aug. 24, 2016
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Artday to hold August auction
Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an online auction from Aug. 26-30, presenting major artworks by modern and contemporary Korean artists. The art auction will feature numerous works of renowned Korean artists, including Choi Ssang-jung, Lim Jik-soon, Kim Tae, Kim Won, Park Deuk-soon, printmaker Lee Hang-sung and Kim Chang-young, who is known for his experimentation with sand. Additionally, the event will highlight globally-recognized pop artist Lee Dongi’s 2006 piece “Flowe
Aug. 24, 2016
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Wonderland in Jeju reveals full lineup
The complete lineup of the second event in the Wonderland in Jeju music festival series was revealed this week.The upcoming festival is scheduled to feature rock band YB, hip-hop duo Dynamic Duo, singer-songwriter Dean, rapper Beenzino, along with 10 more groups. Founded last month, the series brings together both prominent and up-and-coming musicians across various genres, including hip-hop, electronic dance music, rock, and more. “Our goal is to create a cultural festival that embodies the s
Aug. 24, 2016
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John Park to hold first solo concert
Korean-American musician John Park is scheduled to hold his first solo concert in October. “I hope this concert will be an opportunity for me to show the audience different sides of me,” said Park in a statement released by his management agency Music Farm earlier this week. After making his first television appearance on the ninth season of the popular American music competition show “American Idol” in 2010, he was crowned the runner-up in Mnet’s similar program “Superstar K2” later in the ye
Aug. 24, 2016
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SIDance 2016 brings international contemporary dance to Seoul
The Korea chapter of the International Dance Council CID-UNESCO will be hosting the 19th Seoul International Dance Festival (SIDance) from Sept. 24 to Oct. 15 in various locations throughout the city, including the Seoul Arts Center, Sogang University, and D-Cube City. Bringing together leading dancers and choreographers from Europe, South America and Korea, the event will kick off with a performance of “Gala Preljocaj” from the French dance company Ballet Preljocaj to commemorate the Year of K
Aug. 23, 2016