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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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S. Korea eyes World Heritage status for ancient fortress wall
South Korea will apply for an ancient defensive wall encircling its capital city to be given World Heritage Status in 2016, a government committee said Thursday. The Seoul City Wall, an 18.6-km-long wall surrounding Hanyang, the former capital of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and present-day central Seoul, was chosen during a meeting on Tuesday to be, among all other heritage items, on South Korea's application for the UNESCO heritage listing for 2016, the Cultural Properties Committee said.
CultureNov. 6, 2014
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[Design Forum] Design resembles nature in Paju Book City
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us,” Winston Churchill said in October 1943 as he promised to reconstruct the British Parliament building, which had been destroyed by bombs during World War II.Against a backdrop of hasty urban planning, lousy buildings and a clutter of signboards that mirror Korea’s turbulent modern history, pricey structures continue to rise over each other in Seoul as if to compete to become a landmark of the capital.Min Hyun-shik, architectural magnate and form
Arts & DesignNov. 5, 2014
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[Design Forum] Removing the unnecessary brings out the essence of design: architect
This is the third in a weekly series that examines the expanding role of design in the run-up to the Herald Design Forum 2014 on Nov. 26. ― Ed.“Less is more.”Joon Paik’s simple answer epitomizes what he puts above all else in architectural design.“It’s actually easy to add things. But if you keep adding, you end up with just a mixture of everything with no clear point,” said Paik, vice president of Seoul-based Chang-jo Architects.“The essence of a design unveils itself when unnecessary bits are
Arts & DesignNov. 5, 2014
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Shipwreck thought to date back to Joseon found
A shipwreck with more than 100 pieces of earthenware, presumed to date back to 18th- or 19th-century Korea, has been found in western waters in what archeologists say could be the first discovery of a Joseon-era ship. The National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage said Wednesday that its underwater research team discovered what appeared to be a vessel’s stern and some wooden beams on the seabed off Mado Island, Taean County, South Chungcheong Province.“A pilot excavation of the sh
CultureNov. 5, 2014
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A modern take on love story ‘Chunhyangjeon’
Romanian-born American theater director Andrei Serban has compared the famous classical Korean love story “Chunhyangjeon” to freely adapted works of Shakespeare. “Like Shakespeare’s stories, you can turn the story upside down, improvise and do the craziest experiments to recreate,” Serban said in a press conference on Wednesday about his new production “Andrei Serban’s Different Chunhyang,” which will be staged with the National Changguek Company from Nov. 20 to Dec. 6. “But at the end of the da
CultureNov. 5, 2014
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Small port occupies museum space
The vast 17-meter-high space dedicated to site-specific installations at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea looks like it’s been filled with water and floating boats with blinking lights. As the idea of filling the exhibition space with water is counterintuitive, the scene challenges our usual perceptions of space. Up close, what appears to be a night scene at a small port turns out to be carefully arranged installation pieces by Argentinean artist Leandro Erlich. The square museum
PerformanceNov. 5, 2014
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North Korean paintings on display in London
LONDON (AFP) ― North Korea’s embassy in Britain offered the public rare access this week to an exhibition featuring four socialist realism artists and their takes on classic London cityscapes as part of a cultural thaw between the two countries.Some 60 paintings by Jon Pyong-jin, Kim Hun, Ho Jae-song, Hong Song-iI and other artists including landscapes of their communist homeland went on display in the anonymous two-floor, red-brick townhouse in the Ealing suburb of west London.The artists dress
PerformanceNov. 5, 2014
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Indie star duo 10cm to release third album
Acoustic and drum duo 10cm, one of the indie music scene’s most successful acts, will release its latest full-length album titled “3.0” on Nov. 19. According to press agency I-Je Company on Tuesday, the indie hipsters Kwon Jung-yeol and Yoon Cheol-jong are finally ready to release their third album after unveiling their new singles at a special “teaser concert” at the end of August. After the conclusion of the beloved acoustic duo’s sold-out, two-day performances, the members claimed that the tr
PerformanceNov. 5, 2014
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David Guetta, Hardwell to headline UMF Korea 2015
The dates have been set, and the early bird announcement for Ultra Music Festival Korea 2015 has revealed that superstar DJ David Guetta will be at the helm of next year’s show, alongside EMD mastermind DJ Hardwell. Organizers of UMF ― one of the world’s largest electronic dance music festivals ― have announced that both Guetta and Hardwell are already slated as headlining acts for next year’s two-day event, which will be held at the Seoul Jamsil Sports Complex on June 12 and 13. Tier 1 and tier
PerformanceNov. 5, 2014
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Grandma’s Roundtable eases life challenges for 7 lucky grandkids
MINNEAPOLIS ― She’s a therapist and career coach, cheerleader and wise woman, secret keeper and borscht pusher.Mostly, 85-year-old Gretta Freeman of Golden Valley, Minnesota, is chief executive officer of perhaps the most endearingly run support group in the Midwest, and likely beyond. Unfortunately for us, membership is closed.For 18 years, Freeman has guided her seven grandchildren, now grown, through myriad life passages and challenges. She has done this through her Grandma’s Roundtable, a pe
CultureNov. 5, 2014
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Call him ‘Biilzbub’: Man gets creative with bones of dead animals
PITTSBURGH ― They crawl and they feed on rotting flesh and sinew, appearing to pulsate as they strip the skull and thorax of a small rodent. The sight of them might give a chill or turn a stomach, but it is simply nature at work.The grubs of dermestid (or skin, hide or carrion) beetles are scavengers that feed on the carcasses of the deceased and are commonly found on roadkill or, more grimly, on abandoned corpses.But in a 208-liter aquarium tank on the coffee table of a Pittsburgh apartment, th
CultureNov. 5, 2014
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Homeless ‘urban travelers’ are vexing to tourist-dependent cities
SANTA BARBARA, California ― Joe McCabe sits on a wooden bench and calls out to two men strolling up State Street, “Have any spare change? I’m actually a traveler.”The men continue walking, and McCabe grumbles a homophobic slur that they don’t hear.McCabe gets up from the park bench and saunters down State Street in the opposite direction. At the corner, he stretches his right arm out to a woman wearing short shorts and high heels. She grimaces and looks at her friends questioningly as she maneuv
CultureNov. 5, 2014
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Babies are more important than work: GM CEO
GM Korea president and CEO Sergio Rocha has reportedly been encouraging female colleagues to take the time to better balance their work and families by telling pregnant workers that their babies are more important than their work. “GM Korea issues pink ID cards to pregnant women, who are excluded from nightshift as well as other excessive duties,” he told several female reporters invited to the GM Korea 4th Women’s Conference held on Wednesday in Seoul. Under the theme of “Growing Together,” fem
PeopleNov. 5, 2014
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Forensic experts to conduct additional autopsy on late singer's body
State forensic experts will perform an autopsy on tissue removed from late rock singer Shin Hae-chul's small intestine to determine whether medical negligence led to his death, police said Wednesday. The Seoul Songpa Police Station said it has sent the tissue submitted from the Asan Medical Center to the National Forensic Service for an additional autopsy. The 46-year-old rock singer was pronounced dead at the general hospital in southern Seoul a week ago after being transferred from another
PerformanceNov. 5, 2014
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Online resources plentiful for getting tips on expat life
A reader writes that she plans to give up her apartment, store her belongings and live and travel outside the U.S. for a year. “Can you recommend resources on this subject?” Answer: There’s enough information on this to fill a book, and a quick search using such terms as “expat” and “extended travel” will turn up several of them.The biggest issue is where to start. Here’s what Karen McCann says: “I often tell people that a journey of a thousand steps begins with an online search.”She knows well
Expat LivingNov. 4, 2014
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Daegu expats invited to date in aid of kids
Daegu’s Time to Give, a volunteering association run by expats in the city, is running “Daegu’s Time to Date,” a speed-dating event to raise money for gifts for underprivileged children.Prospective romantics will be given a scorecard and two minutes per partner to win them over with wit, charm or just old-fashioned good looks.A spot prize will be given to the person with the best ― or worst ― pickup line."The night is always a lot of fun and generates awareness for the expats who are newer to th
Expat LivingNov. 4, 2014
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Seoul clothing swap to run Saturday
Seoul International Baptist Church in Haebangchon will host a Seoul Swap on Saturday.The event is a trading drive where people can exchange clothes and other items.Participants are invited to swap women’s, men’s, infants’ and children’s clothes, shoes and accessories, household goods and appliances, and DVDs, books and similar items.There is a suggested donation of 5,000 won per family to help pay for the cost of snacks and the use of the church facilities.Donated items that are left over at the
Expat LivingNov. 4, 2014
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Writer to explore ‘land of extremes’ in talk
Seoul writer Andrew Salmon will talk about penning the “Modern Korea” title in the Hodder & Stoughton/McGraw-Hill series “All That Matters” and the contrasts he highlights in it.While explaining why he chose the theme of a “land of extremes” to meet the challenge of examining the two Koreas in just 150 pages, he promises to raise some quirky questions: What do Joseon kings, North Korean Kims and chaebol chairmen have in common? Were the 1990s to South Korea what the 1960s were to the Western wor
Expat LivingNov. 4, 2014
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St. Andrew’s Ball to run in Seoul
The St. Andrew’s Society of Seoul is putting on its annual St. Andrew’s Ball at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Nov. 29.Tickets for the black-tie dinner dance and breakfast event are 150,000 won, or 1.3 million won for a table of 10. There will be dance practices held at the British Embassy on Nov. 5, 12, 18 and 26. Those wishing to take part in the practices should contact Vonda Roddick at st.andrew.seoul@gmail.com in advance to obtain security clearance.For more information, visit the St. Andrew’s So
Expat LivingNov. 4, 2014
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Song Hae to be awarded Order of Cultural Merit
The Korean government said Tuesday Song Hae, the host of the country’s longest-running TV show, “KBS Nationwide Singing Contest,” will be awarded the silver crown of the Order of Cultural Merit on Nov. 17.The Order of Cultural Merit is awarded to those who have achieved an outstanding performance and greatly contributed to Korea’s media and art scene.The 87-year-old TV personality has hosted the show for 26 years since 1988. He is known for his eloquence in emceeing and witty comments, which hav
PeopleNov. 4, 2014