Rare musical instruments used in ancient Korea will be exhibited with traditional music scores and related paintings at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, the organizers said.The museum and the National Gugak Center are jointly holding “Korea Traditional Instruments and Music” at the museum’s special exhibition room through June 26, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Gugak Cente

Performance May 11, 2011

Bid chief Cho Yang-ho ‘delighted’ with reportWith less than two months to go before the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics is decided, Pyeong-Chang has received high marks for its campaign in an International Olympic Committee evaluation report.The IOC Evaluation Commission released its technical report on the Gangwon Province city Tuesday following its on-site inspection earlier this year. The repo

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) ― Ernie Els followed the trail of South African idol Gary Player by winning golf tournaments all over the world, a journey that took him all the way to the World Golf Hall of Fame.Els, a three-time major champion and the ultimate global player of his generation, was among six people inducted Monday night at the World Golf Village. Known as the “Big Easy” for his languid

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Club looks to join other K-League teams in next roundThe Asian Champions League has been going well for South Korean teams again this year. In 2010, all four of the nation’s representatives reached the last eight. That is unlikely this time, but there is nothing wrong with that ― such an achievement is unprecedented in Asia.Still, as the group stage of the 32 team competition, made up eight groups

Soccer May 10, 2011

Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan has revealed his confidence for the upcoming 2011 world championships, despite his disappointing results two years ago. Since the 2010 Asian Games, Park has trained with Australian coach Michael Bohl in Brisbane, Australia. He returned home Sunday for a weeklong break before gearing up for the world championships in Shanghai in July.Fresh from his overseas traini

More Sports May 9, 2011

South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na will make a pitch to International Olympic Committee members next week for Pyeong-Chang’s 2018 Olympics bid, the bid committee announced Sunday. The figure skating champion has been working with PyeongChang’s 2018 bid committee as a member of the bid’s athletes committee and she will make her debut presentation for the city’s bid campaign at the IOC techn

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LONDON (AP) ― Manchester United is on the verge of a record 19th English championship crown after beating title rival Chelsea 2-1 Sunday.Alex Ferguson’s team is six points ahead of Chelsea with two games to go and will regain the Premier League trophy from the London club with at least a draw at Blackburn on Saturday.“The players won’t muck it up,” Ferguson said. “They’ll get the point.United can

May 9, 2011

Chrysler Korea will launch special editions of the New Compass in celebration of its 70-year-old Jeep. All Jeep models will be rolled out as new editions to celebrate 70 years of the brand, including the 2011 Jeep Compass 70th Anniversary Edition, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Liberty, Jeep Patriot and Jeep Wrangler. They will come in three exterior colors ― bronze Star, bright silver and black. “The

Mobility May 8, 2011

Ssangyong Motors began taking reservations Wednesday for the Chairman H New Classic first unveiled at the Seoul Motor Show 2011.The third generation sedan is available for reservations at 140 Ssangyong Motors branches across the country, with 3 percent discount on car insurances for those finalizes their booking by the end of July.A 1 million won ($924) discount is available for returning customer

Mobility May 8, 2011

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― John Velazquez won the Kentucky Derby by a broken nose.An injury to Animal Kingdom’s regular rider, Robby Albarado, cleared the way for Velazquez to pick up the mount on the 20-1 long shot. Once he took the reins Saturday, he rode his good luck all the way to the winner’s circle.“For once, I’m on the good end of it,” Velazquez said. “All of a sudden I pick up this one a

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