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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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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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Yoon's Prague visit sets stage for W24tr nuclear power plant deal
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National troupes unveil new programs
It’s been a year since the National Theater of Korea introduced its “repertoire season” system, where the state-run organization announces its troupes’ schedules ahead of the start of its yearly season.A total of seven troupes belong to the NTOK, including the National Theater Company of Korea, the Korea National Ballet, the Korea National Opera, the National Dance Company of Korea, the National Changgeuk Company of Korea, the National Orchestra Company of Korea, and the National Chorus of Korea
July 9, 2013
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Art exhibition pays tribute to baseball hero Park Chan-ho
Park Chan-ho, the first South Korean baseball player to play in Major League Baseball in the U.S., was hailed as a hero during the gloomy days of the Asian economic crisis in the late 1990s. Despite retiring last year, Park still remains a sensational figure in the history of Korean baseball, having won 124 games in the majors during his 19-year professional baseball career.A new art exhibition at Seoul Museum pays tribute to the baseball hero, displaying his game-winning baseballs, uniforms, gl
July 9, 2013
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Mariah Carey hospitalized with shoulder injury
NEW YORK (AP) ― Mariah Carey is in the hospital for a shoulder injury.The pop star’s representative says the singer went to the hospital in New York late Sunday after injuring her shoulder while filming a music video.Her rep adds Monday that “doctors reset her shoulder’’ and that “she is fine.’’Carey was filming a video for a remix version of her song “Beautiful’’ with rapper Young Jeezy. The video was being directed by her husband Nick Cannon.The singer will still perform Saturday with the New
July 9, 2013
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Rain finishes scandal-hit military service
K-pop superstar Rain, or Jung Ji-hoon, was officially discharged from his mandatory military duties on Wednesday after nearly two years of service. The entertainer entered the military in October 2011 and served as a PR officer for the Defense Media Agency. As a celebrity soldier, Rain was caught in a string of controversies during his service that raised the question of whether disciplinary actions would force the entertainment solider to be discharged later than originally scheduled. The milit
July 9, 2013
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Prodigies offer hope for future of Korean classical music
Twelve-year-old Han Yeo-jin won the 18th Biwako International Flute Competition in May, beating much older competitors to become the youngest-ever winner with her performance of complex pieces such as Theobald Boehm’s “Grand Polonaise.” The elementary school student from Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, started playing the flute when she was 5 years old, inspired by her mother who was a flute teacher. Her mother Oh Hyun-suk was hesitant about her daughter’s direction at first, knowing that pursuing m
July 9, 2013
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Unlikely partners: Artworks used to create slush funds
The chairman of CJ Group, Korea’s largest food and entertainment company, was arrested for alleged tax evasion and the creation of slush funds in late June. Chairman Lee Jae-hyun is under suspicions of dodging millions of dollars in taxes by stashing secret funds and misappropriating company funds. Some of the money was alleged to have been laundered through the purchase of artworks. For years, art transactions have been means for Korean conglomerates to create slush funds or evade taxes. Samsun
July 8, 2013
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Professor discovers new use for laser in art world
DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) ― A U.S. professor who developed a laser to study melanoma has discovered a new use for it: uncovering what’s underneath artwork without damaging the pieces.Dr. Warren S. Warren was at the National Gallery in London, looking at an exhibit on art forgeries, when he realized that the art world used imaging technologies that were 30 or 40 years old. So he began investigating whether lasers could be used to safely uncover the mysteries underneath layers of paint.So far, t
July 8, 2013
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Mexico’s female mariachis defy macho culture
MEXICO CITY (AFP) ― With her hair tied back, large hoop earrings and high heels, Isabel Aguilar stood confidently in front of her five fellow mariachi musicians, all men, and sang to a mostly male crowd in a Mexico City square.Aguilar, a violinist, is among the few female musicians in Plaza Garibaldi, a tourist spot famous for its roving mariachi bands, crowded restaurants and booze-fueled nightlife.For the past 16 years, the 32-year-old mother-of-two has defied the quintessentially macho cultur
July 8, 2013
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Drawing traces of light and time
Gallery DOS presents a solo exhibition of artist Choi Eun-hyea this week as part of the gallery’s special exhibitions for up-and-coming artists it selected for this year. Choi, one of the five selected artists, explores a subject that is rarely dealt with in painting ― the journey of light. Light, which largely remained an auxiliary element determining the tone of paintings, has emerged as an independent subject in paintings as contemporary artists explore diverse subjects for their works. The a
July 8, 2013
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2NE1, Brown Eyed Girls to go head-to-head on their return
2NE1 has made its much-awaited return as a group with the release of single “Falling in Love” on Monday. Upon its release, the new single topped nine local real-time music charts, giving the track a certified “all-kill” title. The four members of 2NE1 took their first leap into the reggae scene with the tropical-flavored electro pop song in their first group single in a year. Their last single “I Love U” went public on July 5 last year. Although the ladies are currently one of the most iconic gi
July 8, 2013
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Sogyumo Acacia Band gets back to the sound of nature
South Korean acoustic band Sogyumo Acacia Band put out its fifth album “Slow Diving Table,” a gesture that departs from today’s hectic electronic music to get back to the raw sound where music started. “People live in a world full of disturbing noises, but we wanted to awaken people to notice the beautiful sounds existing in them,” said group member Kim Min-hong.Kim and fellow member Song Eun-ji wanted to offer healing sounds to fans by featuring sounds of nature merged into the tranquil acousti
July 8, 2013
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Verdi’s ‘Les vepres’ gaining new attention
KATONAH, New York (AP) ― It’s been called the “missing link’’ among Giuseppe Verdi’s operas, composed right after his three mid-career mega-hits ― “Rigoletto,’’ “Il Trovatore’’ and “La Traviata’’ ― and pointing the way toward the masterpieces of his later years.Why “missing?’’ It’s not as if “Les vepres siciliennes’’ (“The Sicilian Vespers’’), first performed in Paris in 1855, was lost or had to be reconstructed by scholars. Yet, despite its importance in the Verdi canon, the opera has remained
July 7, 2013
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Bieber to hit Korean stage for first time
Canadian teenage pop star Justin Bieber, 19, who rose to superstardom after being discovered on YouTube, will be making his way to Korea for his first local concert on Oct. 10 at Seoul Olympic Park’s Gymnastics Stadium. The concert is part of the young singer’s “Believe World Tour” taking him to 39 different countries including the United Kingdom, Dubai, Germany and Turkey. Bieber is scheduled to perform 151 shows and attract around 1.8 million fans during his world tour. Bieber was first disco
July 7, 2013
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Director Park Chan-wook directs music video
One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in Korea, Park Chan-wook, is directing singer Lee Jung-hyun’s new music video for her upcoming mini album’s title song, according to Lee’s agency Ava Film and Entertainment on Friday.Park Chan-wook is most known for his 2002 film “Joint Security Area,” the vengeance trilogy “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,” “Oldboy,” and “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance” as well as his latest Hollywood film “Stoker.” His films are noted for their often brutal subject matt
July 7, 2013
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Eyelike: Empire of the Sun deliver the goods
Empire of the Sun deliver the goods Empire of the Sun“Ice on the Dune“(Astralwerks)Empire of the Sun‘s new album opens with the instrumental track “Lux,” using drums of epic grandeur to build the anticipation for a record we have waited five years to hear. That’s followed by “DNA,” a surefire single and the strongest track on ”Ice on the Dune.“ The voice of lead singer Luke Steele - who has co-written songs for Usher and Beyonce - blends nicely as he sings ”be my DNA“ over a brilliant beat, whic
July 5, 2013
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K-pop singers to hold their first solo concerts in July
Vocal group Noel will hold its first Japanese concert “Melody in Tokyo” at the La Foret Museum Roppongi on Saturday, some 11 years after their debut. The event was organized upon requests of their Japanese fans, the group’s agency ITM Entertainment said through a press release Friday. Noel is a four-member male vocal group debuted in 2002 with their first album “Despite Holding On.” Since then they had a number of hits songs including “Proposal,” “Even Painful” and “It Was All You.” The group h
July 5, 2013
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Rapper Mac Miller turns heads with new album
NASHVILLE (AP) ― Mac Miller had a quick decision to make when Kanye West jumped the street date for his new album: Move his “Watching Movies with the Sound Off” to a different week or stand firm in the face of “Yeezus.”In the end, it was a simple decision. The album was too good to wait.“I initially just wanted my own space for my album to drop and then Kanye’s date came out and it was kind of like, ‘OK, that’s probably the worst person to go up against to drop an album,’” Miller said. “But I’m
July 5, 2013
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El Greco sets new record at London auction
LONDON (AFP) ― El Greco’s 400 year-old painting “Saint Dominic in Prayer” on Wednesday broke the record for a Spanish Old Master, selling at a London auction for 9.1 million pounds ($14,000,000). The painting was one of two El Greco works on sale at the sale, said Alex Bell, worldwide head of Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings.It went under the hammer following a “tenacious” battle between bidders, he added.The painting represents the 13th-century founder of the Dominican order kneeling and praying
July 4, 2013
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Embassy gives sneak preview of Aussie artist David Hart’s exhibition
Iconic Australian artist David Hart’s highly collectable masterworks and fine art reproductions were on display last week at the Australian Embassy, giving viewers a taste of his upcoming exhibition in September. For Hart, Korea was “the perfect place to launch the David Hart brand internationally” due to its strong economic and cultural platform and its commitment to the arts. “I would have loved to be there with you all today but I’m here in the studio working hard on my Korea exhibition,” Ha
July 4, 2013
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Spanish modernism in spotlight this summer
Spanish modern art is being showcased in Korea extensively, featuring modern masters such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Salvador Dali and other famous contemporary artists. Two separate art exhibitions offer a comprehensive overview of Picasso’s artistic world at the Incheon Culture and Arts Center, and modern and contemporary Spanish artists at Seongnam Arts Center, shedding light on their works, which have made great contributions to modern and contemporary art in the 20th and 21st centuries
July 4, 2013