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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Peace or prosperity in East Asia: Which came first?
Global AsiaVolume 6, No. 2, Summer 2011East Asia FoundationThe year 1979 ought to be studied one day as perhaps the pivotal point in East Asia’s history. In South Korea it is remembered as the year in which the dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated, ending his 18-year rule and heralding the tumultuous ‘80s, in which the people fought the government for greater liberties. Also in 1979, the last
July 29, 2011
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Author Park’s life rendered in fiction
Who Ate Up All the Shinga? An Autobiographical Novel By Park Wan-suhTranslated by Yu Young-nan and Stephen Epstein(Columbia University Press)Among the many novels by the late author Park Wan-suh, who wrote a great deal on the brutality of the Korean War, Korea’s ordinary families and women’s issues, her 1992 novel “Who Ate Up All the Shinga?” explores Park’s own family, whose fate was deeply affec
July 29, 2011
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Author gives insights into shoplifting and its costs
Trying on shoes at a department store, I was struck by how long it took for the salesperson to return from the stock room.“Where did he go?” I asked author Rachel Shteir, my new shopping companion.“Now, if you wanted to steal those, you would just take the pair you came in with and place them in the box, and wear the new ones right out the door,” Shteir whispered. “The Steal: A Cultural History of
July 29, 2011
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Dorothea Benton Frank talks about life in the Lowcountry
In her life and in 12 novels, writer Dorothea Benton Frank never hesitates to put her broad sense of humor on display and show she can deliver a punchline.Frank’s newly published book, “Folly Beach.”Such as her impassioned answer to this question: What impressions has she formed of her fans from hundreds of book-tour appearances over the years?“This is the honest-to-god truth ― my readers are good
July 29, 2011
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Campbell offers more than scary stories
July 26, 2011
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Gerritsen’s most personal novel
The Silent Girl: A Rizzoli & Isles BookBy Tess Gerritsen(Ballantine Books)Tess Gerritsen’s latest novel featuring homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli and coroner Maura Isles gives readers another great thrill ride with her two popular characters.A woman’s hand is found near a trash bin and the rest of her remains are up on a roof in a building in Boston’s Chinatown. The evidence at the scene stumps Ri
July 22, 2011
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Realistic view of adventurer
Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness ExplorerBy David Roberts(Broadway Books)Those with a soft spot for adventuresome romantics will find it difficult not to be beguiled by young Everett Ruess after reading David Roberts’ noteworthy book.A thorough biographer and determined detective, Roberts also explores the reasons that people remain intrigued by
July 22, 2011
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Lives in the urban center
Seoul-1964-winterBy Kim Seung-ok(Hollym)Seoul in the 1960s was going through many changes. It was recovering from the war, experiencing rapid industrialization under the authoritarian government, and receiving growing number of people from the countryside who were looking for more opportunities in the nation’s capital. It was also the period where its residents first became to be aware of individu
July 22, 2011
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Larry Flynt book bares politicians’ scandalous lives
Weary of sex scandals that have rocked all portions of our government in recent years, there’s a lot of talk on the campaign trail about getting back to the principles of our nation’s Founding Fathers. Publisher Larry Flynt attends the 2008 Directors Guild of America Honors at the DGA Theater in New York City, Oct. 16, 2008. Flynt and historian David Eisenbach have a new book, “One Nation Under Se
July 22, 2011
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California author publishes her first mystery novel
For Kathryn Gualtieri one of the toughest tasks in writing her first novel was suppressing her natural instincts as a historian.“The hardest part was not putting in too much history,” the Capitola resident said. “You don’t move the story along like that.”Her mystery novel, “Murder in the Pines,” still packs in a lot of historical references, and much of the plot revolves around real events. Depot
July 22, 2011
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Secrets of Somali pirates revealed in new book
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ― The pirates were nervous. A rookie author ― a white man from Canada ― had unexpectedly arrived in their cliff-top Somali village to ask about the captured ship anchored offshore.Locals fearing a showdown quietly melted away into a small collection of shacks.The encounter with the deadly gang forms the final chapter of “The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World,” a fir
July 19, 2011
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Book turns Princess Diana’s story into happy ending
Monica Ali’s first novel, “Brick Lane,” made waves in 2003. Some hailed it as a realistic portrait of Bangladeshi life in London, while others condemned it as exaggeration and fabrication. Her fourth book, “Untold Story,” makes no pretense at realism. Instead of drawing back the curtain on immigrant lives, Ali writes a happy-ish ending for that most tragic of English roses: Princess Diana.What if
July 15, 2011
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The gray zone in life
ContradictionsBy Yang Gui-ja(Cornell East Asia Series)Among many popular novels in the late 1990s, author Yang Gui-ja’s 1998 best selling novel “Contradictions” has managed to be an easy read while delving into the contradictions of the human condition.Jin-jin, a woman in her late 20s, is deeply influenced by the lives of her mother and her aunt. The twin sisters, who used look just like one anoth
July 15, 2011
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K.C. Hyatt skywalks’ collapse changed many lives forever
Thirty years is a long time to live in the shadow of a tragedy.Those who survived the collapse of the Hyatt skywalks or who treated victims or lost a loved one have managed in their own ways to move on from that night.But for many, it has not been easy.Some escaped death, only to live a life of physical or emotional pain that challenged their spirits and altered the course of their lives.Some who
July 15, 2011
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Love does not dominate but serves: Ko Un
Poet Ko Un speaks to reporter Claire Lee of The Korea Herald near Nowon Art Center in northern Seoul on Friday. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)Highly acclaimed poet publishes his first collection of love poemsDressed in a sky blue blazer and wearing his signature glasses with black plastic frames, poet Ko Un could not hide his spontaneous, child-like nature on Friday afternoon. “Let’s do this int
July 10, 2011
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Love does not dominate but serves: Ko Un
Poet Ko Un speaks to reporter Claire Lee of The Korea Herald near Nowon Art Center in northern Seoul on Friday. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald) Highly acclaimed poet publishes his first collection of love poemsDressed in a sky blue blazer and wearing his signature glasses with black plastic frames, poet Ko Un could not hide his spontaneous, child-like nature on Friday afternoon. “Let’s do this
July 10, 2011
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Life of an unusual ex-criminal
Your Friendly Neighborhood CriminalBy Michael Van Rooy(Minotaur Books)Montgomery “Monty” Haaviko knows a lot about the criminal life, and he’s slowly learning about the straight life. But he does backslide.As if Haaviko, the hero of Michael Van Rooy’s “Your Friendly Neighborhood Criminal,” isn’t busy enough. He baby-sits by day, and he’s trying to ward off a drug dealer who wants to take over a ro
July 8, 2011
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Chilling thriller on haunted past
You’re NextBy Gregg Hurwitz(St. Martin’s Press)Gregg Hurwitz delivers a chilling look at one man’s efforts to save his family from his haunted past in “You’re Next.”Mike was left at a foster home when he was 4. His last memory was his father promising to return. He never did.Flash-forward to the present: Mike has an amazing wife and a wonderful 8-year-old daughter. He runs a construction company t
July 8, 2011
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Shattered dreams, mundane life
RustBy Yang Gui-ja(Jimoondang, 5,000 won)What happens to your dreams when you know you can never reach them?In answer, author Yang Gui-ja’s novella “Rust” presents a portrait of a middle class man who no longer wants to be what he wanted to be, and is deeply disillusioned by his old ideals and aspirations.Yi, who used to dream of becoming a journalist, was rejected for his dream job as someone els
July 8, 2011
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‘The Kid’: Gritty sequel to ‘Push’ focuses on Precious’ son
She had to kill off Precious.That was what Sapphire, the 60-year-old author of the 1996 underground classic “Push,” the novel that was the basis for the unflinching movie “Precious,” concluded.The California-born literacy teacher, poet, and author had no choice, given her commitment to social realism: An HIV-infected black woman in the 1980s would not have lived long enough to make it past the fir
July 8, 2011