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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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600 evacuated as heavy rain floods roads, homes in southern regions
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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Jeju's solo traveler-friendly spots offer solitude as well as camaraderie
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Doctors defend colleague accused of blacklisting non-strikers
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Herald Phil to perform at ‘Golden Opera’ gala concert
Conductor Kim Bong-mee leads the Herald Philharmonic Orchestra during its concert performance at the Seoul Arts Center last year. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Following its win at last year’s 8th Korea Opera Awards, the Herald Philharmonic Orchestra will be taking the stage at the upcoming “Golden Opera Gala Concert” on Feb. 22. The gala concert is being held as part of the Korea Opera Awards and will stage performances by all of last year’s winners. The Herald Phil was honored with an arts a
Feb. 14, 2016
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DJ Koo named musical director for PyeongChang Olympics test event
Former Clon member and popular local electronic dance music icon DJ Koo (Koo Jun-yup) has been picked as the music director at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games’ second round of test events. “We have selected Koo Jun-yup as the music director at the upcoming ‘2016 FIS Freestyle Ski-Snowboard World Cup’ second test event from the 18th to 28th at the Bokwang Phoenix Park in PyeongChang,” said PyeongChang Organizing Committee President Cho Yang-ho, in a press release Sunday.
Feb. 14, 2016
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Mika takes Seoul to ‘Heaven’
He’s no stranger to Seoul, but that didn’t stop British artist Mika from drawing in thousands on Friday night, performing at a sold-out concert in Seoul as part his three-day South Korean “Heaven” tour.British singer-songwriter Mika performs at a concert in Seoul last Friday. (Yonhap)The singer songwriter lit up Jamsil Arena with sparkles, sequins and confetti in his return to Seoul for the first time in 2016 on Feb. 12. “Good evening, Seoul,” the artist announced, stepping onto the stage in a g
Feb. 14, 2016
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N.EX.T urge passage of Shin Hae-chul law
Rock band N.EX.T, formerly led by the late Shin Hae-chul, held a concert at the National Assembly Members’ Office Building on Friday. The concert was aimed at gathering the National Assembly members’ signatures to hold a public hearing for a medical law amendment called the Shin Hae-chul Act, according to KCA Entertainment, the late singer’s agency.The poster for the N.EX.T live concert is seen at the National Assembly Members’ Office Building on Friday. (KCA Entertainment) Singer Hong Kyung-min
Feb. 12, 2016
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Insooni denies evading taxes
Veteran singer Insooni denied claims of tax evasion after singer Choi sung-su‘s wife, surnamed Park, accused her of evading about 5 billion won ($4.13 million) in taxes, the singer’s agency Blue Sky Entertainment said Thursday. Park submitted documents to show tax evasion by the singer in 2008 to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office and the National Tax Office on Feb. 5. Insooni (Blue Sky Entertainment) Park claimed that she had returned 4 billion won of the singer‘s 5 billion won investment in her
Feb. 12, 2016
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[Album Review] 'Cold Chilling: Compton' just sort of tepid
California knows how to party. So goes the refrain on 2Pac’s enduring rap favorite “California Love.” That love is on display in the form of an homage on “Cold Chilling: Compton,” an album of reimagined takes on West Coast rap classics. Musically, the release is polished. The vocals are carefully crafted and the lyrics are true to their origins. But songs like Snoop Dogg's “Gin and Juice,” reworked by The Rooks, seem conflicted. The lyrics don’t seem a solid fit for the mature, lush vocals. More
Feb. 12, 2016
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[Album Review] 'The Driver' focuses on love, life on the road
On the song “Leaving Nashville,” singer Charles Kelley delves into the personal and professional struggles that a songwriter faces after tasting a modicum of success. The complex narrative establishes why this member of the country trio Lady Antebellum wanted to record a solo album: Kelley’s intimate, emotional performance would have sounded out of place with a group identified with vocal interplay and harmonies. Charles Kelley “The Driver” (Capitol Records Nashville) Kelley's album, “The Driver
Feb. 12, 2016
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[Album Review] Lucinda Williams' new album isn’t a fun listen
Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams digs deeper into raw, mystical electric blues on her new double album, “The Ghosts of Highway 20.” Focused on faith, death, the afterlife and rural Southern settings, “Highway 20” sounds like a William Faulkner novel put to music. Lucinda Williams “The Ghosts of Highway 20” (Highway 20 Records) It's not a fun listen; it’s not something you'll sing along to; it’s not something you‘ll put on at a party. But it conveys a haunting gravitas that conjures spirits an
Feb. 12, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Korea’s buzzing classical music scene
A classical music craze has swept over the country ever since young pianist Cho Seong-jin’s historic win at last year’s International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. He is the first Korean ever to win the prestigious title and his win has helped revive classical music here. Costa Pilavachi, senior vice president of classical artists & repertoire for Universal Music International Group, is among those looking to capitalize on the current buzz in the classical music scene. “Korea is a hot place
Feb. 11, 2016
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Kai to join EXO's North American tour after absence in Dallas
Kai, a member of South Korean boy band EXO, will join the band's second North American concert in Vancouver after he missed the first show in Dallas due to visa problems, the group's agency said Thursday."Kai will leave for Vancouver tonight to join the band's second concert as he has received visa," S.M. Entertainment said.Concert organizer MyMusicTaste said earlier that Kai was absent from the band's performance in Dallas on Wednesday evening (local time) due to a visa delay, adding S.M. Ente
Feb. 11, 2016
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Trial over gallery‘s fake paintings ends with settlement
NEW YORK (AP) -- A civil trial exposing the ugly underbelly of New York's art world ended with a settlement just as the once highly respected president of a gallery was to testify Wednesday about selling forged fakes of modern masters for millions of dollars.The settlement -- terms of which were not disclosed -- was reached late Tuesday in time for jurors to be notified there was no need to return to Manhattan federal court.Witnesses over two weeks said the final years of a gallery more than 150
Feb. 11, 2016
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Top art collection to be shown outside Russia for first time
PARIS (AFP) - One of the world's greatest private collections of modern art is to go on show for the first time outside Russia, museum curators told AFP Wednesday. The collection of more than 250 paintings put together by Sergei Shchukin before the Russian revolution will go display in its entirety in October at the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris -- a major coup for the newly-opened gallery. Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris will host “Icons of Modern Art” from Oct. 20 to Jan. 20, showcasing
Feb. 11, 2016
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Paul McCartney tries new sound - emojis
NEW YORK (AFP) - The Beatles were masters of concise yet catchy songs and now Paul McCartney is writing tunes that are even more succinct -- to accompany emojis. The former Beatle announced Wednesday that he has written a series of sounds to go with emojis on video chat service Skype, mostly designed for Valentine‘s Day messages. “At first I thought, hmm, strange proposition, is this for me? And then I thought, you know what, why not? Something fun, something nice and new,” he said in a video on
Feb. 11, 2016
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Berlin's three main orchestras stage free concert for refugees
BERLIN (AFP) - Three of the world's top conductors, Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim and Ivan Fischer are teaming up for a free concert by Berlin’s three main orchestras next month which will be free for refugees, they announced on Tuesday. The three maestri will each conduct their own orchestra -- Rattle the Berlin Philharmonic, Barenboim the Staatskapelle Berlin and Fischer the Konzerthaus Orchestra -- in a special concert on March 1 in the German capital's Philharmonic Hall, they said in a join
Feb. 10, 2016
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Hendrix‘s restored flat provides glimpse into swinging '60s London
LONDON (AFP) - “It's like travelling in a time capsule,” enthused Jimi Hendrix’s former girlfriend, marvelling at their old London flat which has been painstakingly recreated to look exactly the way he left it in the swinging 60s. The apartment where Hendrix and Kathy Etchingham lived between 1968 and 1969, which opens to the public on Wednesday, reveals the ordered domestic life behind the extraordinary U.S. rock star's mind-blowing music. Kathy Etchingham, the former girlfriend of U.S. musicia
Feb. 10, 2016
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Sofia Coppola teams up with Batman designer for ‘La Traviata’
ROME (AFP) - U.S. director Sofia Coppola is teaming up with the British designer behind the Batman trilogy for a new production of the Italian opera “La Traviata,” with costumes by fashion king Valentino. Coppola, who won an Academy award for “Lost in Translation,” is putting on her first opera with Giuseppe Verdi's romantic tragedy at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma from May 24. The 44-year-old daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola has joined forces with production designer Nathan Crowley, w
Feb. 10, 2016
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[Album Review] Bumkey shows experience on ‘U-Turn’
Bumkey“U-Turn”(Loen Entertainment) R&B singer Bumkey is one of those artists who can rack up impressive chart rankings and music sales without going through the hamster wheel of radio and TV promotions that are obligatory for most artists to gain some traction. On “U-Turn,” his first studio-length album coming 11 years after his debut, Bumkey demonstrates why he has been able to survive with his music alone with eight tracks he wrote himself, as well as a new version of the hymn “Amazing Grace.
Feb. 5, 2016
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CNBLUE to pay compensation to Crying Nut
The Seoul Central District Court ordered K-pop rock band CNBLUE to pay 15 million won ($12,500) in compensation to indie punk band Crying Nut for copyright infringement. Crying Nut had sued CNBLUE and its agency FNC Entertainment for unauthorized use of its song “Deathblow Off-Side,” which was written by its member Lee Sang-hyuk to mark the 2002 FIFA World Cup and was released by the band. Crying Nut claimed that CNBLUE used the music on Mnet’s “M Countdown” in 2010 without authorization. CNBLUE
Feb. 4, 2016
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Big Bang tops Oricon chart with ‘MADE Series'
K-pop idol group Big Bang topped the Oricon Daily Albums chart and Japanese iTunes chart with its new album “MADE Series,” the group’s agency YG Entertainment said Thursday. Big Bang’s new album sold 80,262 copies Wednesday, the day of its release, the agency added. The album is a compilation of a monthly series from last year that started with “M” in May and continued to August when “E” was released in August. It was released only in Korea. Big Bang (YG Entertainment) The new album for the Japa
Feb. 4, 2016
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Guns N' Roses reunion heads to Mexico
NEW YORK (AFP) - The long-in-the-making reunion of Guns N’ Roses has gone international, with the hard rockers announcing a show in Mexico City. The band, performing for the first time in 23 years with the original lineup of Axl Rose and Slash, posted a video on its website giving an April 19 date for a concert at the Foro Sol stadium. The show will come halfway between the rockers' two performances at the Coachella festival, which takes place over back-to-back weekends in the California desert.
Feb. 4, 2016