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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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[Grace Kao, Meera Choi] Has money displaced romance on dates?
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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Cooking tips and tricks to smooth the holiday
Doing a lot of cooking over the holidays? We’ve gathered some tricks and tips from our reporting to help you with the little things.Peeling squash: Attack it like chefs do when making supremes, those jewel-like, membrane-less sections of orange. This works best with smooth-sided squash, like butternut. Cut the vegetable in sections crosswise. Place a piece flat on the cutting board. Place the knife blade at the top, just inside the peel. Cut in a downward stroke to remove the peel, with the knif
FoodDec. 26, 2014
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Around the hotels
Celebration of French cuisine at Grand Hyatt IncheonGrand Hyatt Incheon’s Restaurant 8 presents French course menus during the month of January as part of the restaurant’s promotion for each different global cuisine. The French Café offers a five-course lunch and dinner, featuring luxury ingredients such as caviar, truffles and foie gras, paired with fine French wines. The lunch is 66,000 won and the dinner is 88,000 won. In February, grill chefs will present traditional Korean Lunar New Year me
FoodDec. 26, 2014
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Documentary sets viewing record
A homegrown documentary film about an elderly couple has surpassed the 3 million mark in attendance, setting a new record for a local documentary, an official box-office tracker said.“My Love, Don’t Cross That River” had attracted 3,039,536 moviegoers as of Thursday, breaking the previous record of 2.92 million viewers held by “Old Partner” (2009), according to the Korean Film Council.Released on Nov. 27, the film by director Ji Mo-young became the first local indie film to draw 100,000 viewers
FilmDec. 26, 2014
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EXO’s first Asia tour draws 320,000
In its first-ever solo tour of Asia, K-pop boy band EXO drew 320,000 concert goers, proving their overseas fame, its label SM Entertainment said Friday. The hottest K-pop act, which debuted in 2012 as a 12-member group, held 30 concerts in major Asian countries including China and Indonesia from May until this week as part of its tour “EXO from Exoplanet: The Lost Tour.” The tour had been a turbulent ride, with Chinese member Kris abruptly departing just before the first concert, and second memb
Dec. 26, 2014
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Curiosity over ‘Interview’ grows in South Korea
As the row over “The Interview,” a U.S. film making fun of North Korea, took a dramatic turn with Sony Pictures’ surprise release of the flick on Christmas Day, South Koreans are growing more curious about what the fuss is all about. Although many South Koreans have been keenly following the controversy, they are blocked from actually viewing it, because Sony decided on a U.S.-only release. Some may be tempted to circumvent this restriction through illegal downloads, as the movie appeared on the
FilmDec. 26, 2014
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Korean singer to sue over use of song in ‘The Interview’
The management agency of South Korean pop singer Yoon Mi-rae said Friday that it will take legal action against Sony Pictures Entertainment for allegedly using one of her songs in a controversial movie without permission.“The Interview,” a comedy about the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, hit about 320 theaters in the United States on Thursday. The film has drawn huge attention at home and abroad due to a cyberattack blamed on North Korea and threats against its release.“We came
PerformanceDec. 26, 2014
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The past and future of Seoul as seen through its river islands
It is not easy for the citizens of Seoul today to imagine the idyllic landscapes that once existed in the city. In particular, the city’s main waterway, the Hangang River, had over ten scenic islets, up until as late as the 1960s, as well as wide open beaches that stretched along both sides of the river. During the winter, the river remained frozen for many weeks, providing the citizens with a vast space for winter recreational and sporting activities, such as skating and sledding, while in summ
Life&CultureDec. 26, 2014
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Docu film on elderly couple's love sets viewing record
A homegrown documentary film about an elderly couple has surpassed the 3 million mark in attendance, setting a new record for a local documentary, an official box-office tracker said. "My Love, Don't Cross That River" had attracted 3,039,536 moviegoers as of Thursday, breaking the previous record of 2.92 million viewers held by "Old Partner" (2009), according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). Released on Nov. 27, the film by director Ji Mo-young became the first local indie film to draw 10
FilmDec. 26, 2014
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'The Interview' hits screens at hundreds of U.S. theaters
"The Interview," a Sony Pictures comedy that has drawn huge attention at home and aboard due to North Korea's alleged cyber-attack and threats against its release, hit the screens at hundreds of theaters in the United States on Christmas Day, Thursday. The movie, involving a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has become a symbol of freedom of expression since Sony canceled its Christmas Day release last week after hackers disrupted its computer network and threatened attacks
FilmDec. 26, 2014
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Images of 2014
Images of 2014Top 10 national and world news topics of the year selected by The Korea Herald editorsWorld01. IS influence increases in Iraq, SyriaIslamic State, a radical Islamist group controlling parts of Syria and Iraq, has sparked fear and outrage worldwide over its mass killings and abductions of soldiers and journalists.02. U.S., Cuba restore tiesEnding five decades of Cold War hostility, the U.S. and Cuba agreed in December to revive diplomatic ties and to ease a crippling U.S. trade emba
CultureDec. 25, 2014
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‘Snowpiercer’ wins several U.S. critics’ awards
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s English debut film “Snowpiercer” won a series of awards from associations of American movie critics, the film’s South Korean distributor said Wednesday.“Snowpiercer” received the best sci-fi film award from the Phoenix Film Critics Society, composed of movie critics working in Arizona on Wednesday, last week, CJ E&M said. On Friday, the film’s writer-director Bong and cowriter Kelly Masterson took home the best screenplay award from the Utah Film Critics Asso
FilmDec. 25, 2014
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Life and death in Pompeii
The story of Pompeii, how an ancient Roman city perished in a volcanic eruption about 2,000 years ago, has captured the imagination of many, resulting in a multitude of films, TV series and novels around the world. But what could possibly tell the tragic tale more vividly than the very relics excavated from beneath a thick layer of volcanic ash? In a rare treat for South Koreans, the National Museum of Korea has brought in about 300 artifacts from Italy to reenact the life and death of residents
CultureDec. 25, 2014
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‘Interstellar’ draws 10m viewers in Korea
Hollywood space epic “Interstellar” cleared the 10 million viewer mark at the Korean box office on Christmas Day, becoming the third film to achieve the feat this year after Disney animation “Frozen” (10.29 million) and Korean period action flick “Roaring Currents” (17.61 million).Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi film on Thursday joined the 10 million viewership club within 50 days of its release, its distributor Warner Bros. Korea said. Only two other imported films, “Avatar” (13.30 million) and “Fro
FilmDec. 25, 2014
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With N.Y. shows, Mariah Carey thrives on Christmas
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The festive wreath above the New York stage bore the insignia “MC” ― at once “Merry Christmas” and the initials of the evening’s attraction, Mariah Carey. Indeed for the pop diva, the holiday and her identity as an artist increasingly go hand-in-hand.It’s been 20 years since Carey released “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which quickly became a seasonal favorite with its bouncy holiday cheer infused by a touch of longing.Carey has put out two full Christmas albums but now has
PerformanceDec. 25, 2014
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Author explains our postapocalyptic fears
AUSTIN ― Not long ago, Emily St. John Mandel was known as the author of three well-regarded literary noir novels that not a lot of people read. Call them “critically acclaimed, but terrible-selling,” she says.Then came “Station Eleven.”Publishers fought over the manuscript. The book debuted in September to enthusiastic reviews and cracked The New York Times best-sellers list. It’s being translated into 13 languages. And Wednesday, it’s up for a National Book Award.Her book is set in a world turn
BooksDec. 25, 2014
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David L. Ulin looks at the year in books
What was the upshot of my year in reading ― the ideas, the through lines that most stirred or provoked me in 2014? The dominant thread was what we might call that of common experience, work that finds significance in incidental things.Karl Ove Knausgaard has become the poster child for this sort of work; his six-volume autobiographical opus “My Struggle” is all about a deep dive into the mundane. “Over recent years,” he writes toward the end of the second volume, “I had increasingly lost faith i
BooksDec. 25, 2014
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Cory Doctorow lays down ‘Laws for the Internet Age’
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet AgeBy Cory Doctorow (McSweeney’s)Cory Doctorow, who has given away his creative and intellectual work on the Internet for many years, has now published a book with his rationale for doing so.It seems like a sweet incongruity: Doctorow’s manifesto, “Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age,” comes from McSweeney’s, the throwback hipster publisher of beautiful printed books. But the hardworking Doctorow takes advantag
BooksDec. 25, 2014
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Psycho killer: ‘Night Terrors’ by Dennis Palumbo
Night Terrors: A Daniel Rinaldi MysteryBy Dennis Palumbo (Poisoned Pen Press)It’s no surprise that Dennis Palumbo’s hero in “Night Terrors: A Daniel Rinaldi Mystery,” the third installment of his four-book mystery series, is a psychologist working in an office located among the University of Pittsburgh’s many buildings in Oakland. Though he lives in Southern California, Palumbo is a Pittsburgh native who graduated from Pitt in 1973. He gave up a career as a screenwriter to become a psychotherapi
BooksDec. 25, 2014
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‘Guide to Slave Management’: complete picture of cruelty
The Roman Guide to Slave Management: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius FalxBy Jerry Toner (Overlook Press)Want to buy a pet boy? Go to the slave dealer and ask if they have any Egyptians in the back. Don’t want to dirty your hands punishing your slaves? Hire a contractor, who will provide floggings, hot pitch for torture sessions and a crucifixion service, even providing his own cross and nails, all for modest fees. Need to know what to feed your slaves that will cost the least and provide
BooksDec. 25, 2014
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Beautifully illustrated history of Italy’s Basilica of St. Francis
The Basilica of St. Francis in AssisiBy Gianfranco Malafarina (Thames and Hudson)Assisi’s famous Basilica of St. Francis consists of two churches stacked on top of each other. Both are pilgrimage sites for followers of the saint, who died in 1226, and art enthusiasts entranced by the frescoes that tell his story. The Lower Church, a kind of Romanesque basement, was built to house Francis’ crypt. The Gothic-style Upper Church is a lighter, taller space designed as a meeting and worship hall for p
BooksDec. 25, 2014