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[Rookies of 2014] Boys Republic looking to make a statement in 2014

Boys Republic. (Universal Music Korea) In June 2013, Universal Music Korea launched the global music conglomerate’s first K-pop group. The five-member boy band of Boys Republic, consisting of member...

Dec 30, 2013
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[Rookies of 2014] Shim Eun-kyeong steps forward with ‘Miss Granny’

Actress Shim Eun-kyeong. (CJ Entertainment) One of the most anticipated films in the first half of this year is “Miss Granny,” a fantasy film and a comedy about an old woman in her 70s who somehow r...

Dec 30, 2013
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[Rookie of 2014] Musical actress Park Ji-yeon evolves with ‘Ghost the Musical’

Actress Park Ji-yeon. (KCMI) Though “Ghost the Musical,” one of the most anticipated musicals of last year, has been grabbing attention for its star-studded cast ― including TV actor Joo Won and pop...

Dec 30, 2013
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Unknown donor leaves cash for charity again this year

Employees of the Nosong-dong Community Center in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, count money donated by an unidentified person in the center on Monday. (Yonhap News) An unidentified person has made a...

Dec 30, 2013
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Former F1 driver Schumacher ‘critical’ after skiing accident

Michael Schumacher is seen during a training session at the Ricardo Tormo racetrack in Cheste near Valencia in February, 2006. (AFP-Yonhap News) PARIS (AP) ― Seven-time Formula One champion Michael ...

Dec 30, 2013
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Government to archive records on comfort women

The National Archives of Korea will safeguard records on former comfort women forced by Japan to provide sex to its soldiers during World War II. The government agency said Monday that it will archi...

Dec 30, 2013
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S. African royals worried by Mandela family ‘instability’

CAPE TOWN (AFP) ― The tribal royal house in South Africa of which Nelson Mandela was a member on Sunday expressed concern at “instability” in the icon’s family and urged calm as his estate is settled...

Dec 30, 2013
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Schumacher in coma, 'critical' after France ski accident

Michael Schumacher, the retired seven-time Formula One champion, has undergone brain surgery and is in a "critical" condition after striking his head in a ski accident in the French Alps on Sunday, d...

Dec 30, 2013
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Choo’s charity foundation to hold first domestic event

Choo Shin-soo South Korean big leaguer Choo Shin-soo will hold his foundation’s first charity event at home early in the new year, the player’s management company here said on Friday. An official w...

Dec 27, 2013
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[Photo News] 12 millionth foreign visitor arrives in Jeju

Korea welcomed Chinese tourist Ma Jiao as the 12 millionth foreign visitor to the country at Jeju International Airport on Friday. The country saw the number of foreign visitors rise about 9 percent ...

Dec 27, 2013
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Hyundai Motor installs ‘wish balls’

“Wish balls” line the U-street near Gangnam station for Hyundai Motor’s 2014 countdown event. (Hyundai Motor Co.) Hyundai Motor Co. kicked off its 2014 “wish ball” event in Seoul on Friday. Sixty l...

Dec 27, 2013
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Pony Chung Foundation gives 30 students scholarships

Chung Mong-gyu (third from left, front row), chairman of the Pony Chung Foundation, poses with scholarship recipients and their parents in ceremony in Seoul on Friday. (Hyundai Development Co.) The ...

Dec 27, 2013
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Hyundai launches youth service corps

Hyundai Motor Group launches its 12th service corps of university students at its headquarters in Seoul on Thursday. (Hyundai Motor Group) Hyundai Motor Group will send 500 university student volunt...

Dec 26, 2013
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Consulate in Shanghai issues 500,000th visa

Consul General to Shanghai Gu Sang-chan (sixth from right) poses with a Shanghai resident (fifth from right) who was issued the consulate’s 500,000th visa in a ceremony to mark the milestone in Shang...

Dec 26, 2013
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Queen Elizabeth calls for ‘quiet reflection’

LONDON (AFP) ― Queen Elizabeth II urged people to take the time for quiet reflection in 2014, in her annual Christmas Day message to the Commonwealth. The head of the 53-country organization looked ...

Dec 26, 2013
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