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Dongduk Women’s University halts coeducation talks
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Defense ministry denies special treatment for BTS’ V amid phone use allegations
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OpenAI in talks with Samsung to power AI features, report says
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Russia sent 'anti-air' missiles to Pyongyang, Yoon's aide says
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Two jailed for forcing disabled teens into prostitution
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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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South Korean military plans to launch new division for future warfare
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Kia EV9 GT marks world debut at LA Motor Show
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Gold bars and cash bundles; authorities confiscate millions from tax dodgers
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Black Keys rock Madison Square Garden like pros
There were few flashing lights, the backdrop wasn’t overloaded with visuals or videos, and the band rarely spoke, if it wasn‘t in song.The Black Keys are rock stars, and their traditional rock sound electrified Madison Square Garden on Monday night.The duo performed more than 20 songs in a 90-minute show that was exhilarating, bluesy and loud.Singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach was top-notch throughout, especially on ``Same Old Thing,’‘ ``Run Right Back’‘ and ``I’ll Be Your Man.‘’ The petite, bear
March 14, 2012
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N. Koreans, French prepare for major Paris concert
PARIS (AP) ― A North Korean and a French orchestra held a daylong rehearsal on Tuesday ahead of a landmark concert in Paris, a sign of warming ties between Pyongyang and the West following years of tensions.Pyongyang’s Unhasu Orchestra and Radio France Philharmonic make their debut together on Wednesday ― under the baton of renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, who organized the event.Most of the 90 North Koreans ― many of them under 30 ― will be performing with a Western ensemble fo
March 14, 2012
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Not guilty plea in L.A. from alleged art forger
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A Florida man has pleaded not guilty to defrauding a Los Angeles art collector out of more than $2 million by selling him forgeries of the work of Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and Jackson Pollock.Matthew Taylor of Vero Beach entered the plea Monday in a Los Angeles federal court to seven felony counts, including wire fraud and money laundering.He is scheduled to go to trial April 3.Prosecutors say the 43-year-old former art dealer is accused of altering paintings from unknow
March 13, 2012
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Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) ― Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence’s most famous buildings.The latest findings Monday still leave much mystery in the hunt for the “Battle of Anghiari,’’ a wall mural painted by Leonardo in Florence’s storied Palazzo Vecchio, and possibly hidden behind a fresco done by Giorgio Vasari decades later.The hunt for the unfinished mural has ca
March 13, 2012
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Synergy of two avant-garde masters
Nam June Paik Art Center commemorates 80th anniversary of Paik’s birth and centenary of U.S. composer John CageAlthough the rest of the audience gasped in horror, John Cage broke out in laughter when Paik Nam-june cut off his necktie in the middle of a piano concert. The South Korean artist had suddenly leaped down to Cage during his 1960 performance of “Etude for Piano Forte” in Cologne, Germany. The U.S. composer and artist was probably one of the few in the audience who understood and enjoyed
March 13, 2012
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2AM returns with new album on painful but endless love
Idol group takes motif from American classic ‘The Great Gatsby’Idol group 2AM returned to its fans on Tuesday with a new mini album, breaking its one-and-a-half-year absence from the country’s entertainment scene.With the new album titled “F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Way of Love,” the group attempts to turn its image from young and fragile into one that is more mature and manly. Taking motifs from “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the early 20th century, the group said they wanted t
March 13, 2012
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SPO to hold first North American tour in April
The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, led by music director and chief conductor Chung Myung-whun, will hold its first North American tour April 15-19.Starting in Vancouver, Canada, the orchestra will also perform in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Seattle.The North America tour, sponsored by Hyundai Motor, is part of maestro Chung’s efforts to create a world-class orchestra. Chung said last year that the orchestra would have to offer many recordings and tours to attract international attention.“North
March 13, 2012
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Jay-Z brings the hype to South By Southwest
Jay-Z may have 99 problems, but getting to the venue isn’t one.The rapper brought the beat to South By Southwest, but not before he needed a police escort to make it from the airport to the show, which started 40 minutes late.Jay-Z played a hits-filled set for a standing room-only crowd after flying in late Monday afternoon. He was on the town with his wife, Beyonce, in New York City the night before to see fellow SXSW participant The-Dream, perhaps explaining his late arrival in Texas.The show
March 13, 2012
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Rare imperial bowl creates a stir in China
A rare Chinese imperial ceramic bowl that was made around 900 years ago and could fetch $10 million when it goes under the hammer next month has triggered huge excitement among Asian art collectors.The interest generated by this small, modest-looking flower-shaped bowl -- and its potentially sky-high sales price -- are a testament to the vitality of Asia‘s art market, which has witnessed explosive growth over the past decade.The antique was due to go on public display in Beijing over the weekend
March 13, 2012
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Top Japan musicians play US for cherry blossoms
Two of Japan‘s best-selling pop acts will play in Washington to mark the centennial of the capital’s cherry blossoms and offer thanks for U.S. support after last year‘s tsunami, organizers said Monday.Misia, Japan’s best-known R&B singer who has sold more than 30 million albums, will perform on March 25 at a ceremony to celebrate 100 years since Japan gifted the celebrated pink-flowering trees to the United States.AKB48, an all-girls J-Pop band named after Tokyo‘s geek culture neighborhood Akiha
March 13, 2012
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Taylor Swift tops U.S. music earnings, Adele squeaks in
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ―Country star Taylor Swift racked up the biggest U.S. earnings last year, followed by Irish rockers U2 ― while British sensation Adele made it into the top 10 despite her health woes.The Grammy-winning Swift made a cool $35.7 million from all sources of U.S. income, including touring and music sales, according to annual 2011 rankings in industry paper Billboard. In second place were stadium veterans U2, who earned $32.1 million, including north American revenues from their monu
March 13, 2012
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Art sleuths believe long-lost Da Vinci found in Italy
Art sleuths said on Monday they believe they have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece on a hidden wall in a palace in Florence that has not been seen in over four centuries. A close-up of Giorgio Vasari`s fresco bearing the words "Cerca Trova",( seek and you shall find), that is painted
March 13, 2012
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Artworks get smarter
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art presents interactive, real-time ‘social networking arts’A hideous looking robot came to life when the number posted on one of its arms was called on a phone. Various parts of the robot creaked and turned, and drops of reddish brown paint slid down a thin tube onto a feather swooshing across a white canvas laid in the center of the machine. A colorful abstract painting was created only a few minutes later. When the caller says it is finished, it is finished. The
March 12, 2012
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Crowd-funding plays lead role in SXSW films
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― The crowd-financing website Kickstarter.com has electrified the traditional structures of filmmaking, aiding 33 films at the South By Southwest Film Festival. That’s 10 percent of the festival’s entire slate. Even SXSW Film head Janet Pierson was surprised.“I’m fascinated that this is a viable tool, or seems to be,’’ says Pierson, who produced indie films in the ’80s and ’90s. “How great that this vehicle exists that’s working for all these filmmakers.’’The budgets for even
March 12, 2012
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Daughter to follow Whitney Houston into showbiz
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Whitney Houston’s daughter said Sunday she plans to follow her mother into show business, while the drug-troubled star’s sister-in-law admitted her untimely death could have been predicted.In her first interview since Houston’s death last month aged 48, Bobbi Kristina ― Houston’s daughter from her stormy relationship with singer Bobby Brown ― also said she still hears her late mother’s voice.“I feel her passing through me all the time,” she told TV talk show host Oprah Winfre
March 12, 2012
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Gugak center, Lee Young-hee to collaborate in New York
The National Gugak Center will hold a special fashion and music gala with hanbok designer Lee Young-hee in New York in October to commemorate the 130th anniversary of ties between Korea and the United States.One-hundred musicians will play royal court banquet music entitled “Music of Peace, Dream of the Dynasty,” adapted from Bongsudangjinchan Banquet, which was dedicated to the 60th birthday of Hyegyeonggung Hong, the mother of King Jeongjo. About 50 other performers, including dancers, will al
March 11, 2012
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Moon aims to share beauty of ballet worldwide
Universal Ballet president and director to lead company on tour of South Africa this monthMore than 1,000 people gave a standing ovation in November last year at the finale of the Universal Ballet Company’s “Shim Chung” at the Royal Opera House in Oman. Two months ago in January, about 100 middle-aged women crowded a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, to attend the fan meeting of UBC’s young ballerinos Lee Seung-hyun and Kang Min-woo. The show “This is Modern 3,” which took place few days later at the
March 11, 2012
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Exhibitions“Song for Nobody”: Bae Young-whan’s solo exhibition at Plateau in Taepyeongro, central Seoul, looks back on the last 15 years of his artistic career. The artist, who represented Korea at the 2005 Venice Art Biennale, filled the 43-square-meter exhibition space with 26 works that share the same theme, but are very diverse in genre and materials. His chandelier work “Insomnia -- Song of Dionysos” which appeared in director Im Sang-soo’s 2008 movie “The Housemaid,” is on show. The exhibi
March 9, 2012
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Springsteen’s anger channeled in new albumBruce Springsteen"Wrecking Ball" (Columbia)Nearly three decades ago, Bruce Springsteen wrote with sadness about a man showing his young son a hometown ravaged by outside economic forces, a town the family was about to leave.He’s not sad now. He’s angry, mighty angry. On the new song, "Death to My Hometown," he wants to "send the robber barons straight to hell, the greedy thieves who came around and ate the flesh of everything they found, whose crimes hav
March 9, 2012
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N. Korean orchestra opens musical bridge to Europe
PARIS (AFP) ― South Korean troops may be conducting live fire exercises near the North Korean frontier, and Pyongyang may be ramping up its anti-southern rhetoric, but there may be more harmony on the musical front.Next week, for the first time, musicians from North Korea will perform in Paris with a French orchestra led by a South Korean conductor, Myung-Whun Chung, in a minor diplomatic victory for the international maestro.“I’ve been trying to do this for 30 years,” he said this week. “For pr
March 9, 2012
