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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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North Korea holds drills simulating nuclear counterattack against enemy
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Korea to focus on exporting cultural materials in 2012
Through active research and promotion activities, Korea will focus on exporting lesser known cultural materials such as animation, cartoon characters and mobile games in 2012, the Korea Creative Content Agency said in a briefing Tuesday. The KCCA, affiliated with the Culture Ministry, plans to spend up to 240 billion won on new projects aimed at enhancing international exchanges and exports, backing new firms, linking business with traditional Korean culture and finding emerging markets, officia
Jan. 10, 2012
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CICI honors PyeongChang bid team, Pororo and Jasmine Lee
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics bid team, local animation character Pororo and Filipino-born Korean actress Jasmine Lee will receive awards on Jan. 17 for improving Korea’s image overseas.Sponsored and organized by the Corea Image Communication Institute, the annual event previously honored Incheon International Airport, the U17 women’s national soccer team, female weightlifter Jang Mi-ran, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and leading K-pop singer Rain.This year, the PyeongChang Winter Olympic
Jan. 10, 2012
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Woman says receipt at Papa John's racist
A 24-year-old woman said she was surprised to find she was referred to as "lady chinky eyes" on a receipt at a New York City Papa John's Pizza."I wasn't super angry about it," Minhee Cho said. "I [just] can't believe this happened in this day and age."When Cho saw the receipt, she posted about it on
Jan. 9, 2012
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For France’s People’s University, knowledge is power
CAEN, France (AFP) ― The People’s University in the northern French town of Caen is no ivory tower for the elite. Radical philosopher Michel Onfray set it up for those who were “programmed” to let education pass them by.The lectures regularly attract about 1,000 students, among them the jobless and employed, youngsters just getting started in life and those already retired.What they have in common is a thirst for knowledge for its own sake since there is no recognized degree or qualification on
Jan. 8, 2012
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Bosnia’s top cultural institutions shutting down
SARAJEVO (AP) ― Bosnia’s oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions have begun closing their doors one after another, thanks to long-standing disputes among politicians from its three ethnic groups and dwindling state funding.In 2011, the seven institutions ― among them the 125-year-old National Museum whose collection includes the famed 600-year-old Jewish manuscript known as the Sarajevo Haggadah ― received virtually no funding from authorities in the Balkan nation and can no longer fin
Jan. 8, 2012
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Biggest New Year’s resolution: to make it last a year
Experts advise making specific reasons to achieve goalsKitty BankThough only a week of 2012 has passed so far, 27-year-old office worker Kim Jun-young has given up on some of his New Year’s resolutions already. “My New Year’s resolution was to return home earlier and spend my evenings working out, but it ended up in smoke because of all the New Year parties. With more events coming up, including the Lunar New Year holidays, I am thinking maybe I should just postpone the plan until next year,” he
Jan. 6, 2012
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Titanic items to be sold 100 years after sinking
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) ― Items as small as a hairpin and as big as a chunk of the Titanic’s hull are among 5,000 artifacts from the world’s most famous shipwreck that are to be auctioned in April, close to the 100th anniversary of the disaster.Nearly a century after the April 15, 1912, sinking of the ocean liner that hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic, a New York City auction is being readied by Guernsey’s Auctioneers & Brokers.That auction house has garnered headlines in the past by selling
Jan. 6, 2012
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NY Philharmonic names new executive director
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Philharmonic has named a new executive director to tackle huge financial shortfalls at the nation‘s oldest orchestra.Orchestra officials announced Wednesday that Matthew VanBesien will succeed Zarin Mehta.The 42-year-old VanBesien is currently the managing director of Australia’s Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. VanBesien started his music career playing French horn for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.Mehta, brother of conductor Zubin Mehta, will retire at the end
Jan. 5, 2012
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Carter’s latest book offers lessons in faith
ATLANTA (AP) ― Jimmy Carter may never have been president if he didn’t go square dancing.The Georgia Democrat credits a rural square dance club he joined in 1953 with helping him win a state Senate seat by a scant 66 votes.“If I hadn’t received support from our square-dancing friends, I would have lost and never become a state senator,’’ he wrote in his latest book, “Through the Years with Jimmy Carter.’’ “And if that had occurred, I never would have run for office again.’’Carter has penned 26 d
Jan. 5, 2012
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Cast named for play based on Jayson Blair scandal
NEW YORK (AP) -- Producers of a new play inspired by the Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal at The New York Times have found the actor who will play the disgraced ex-journalist.The Atlantic Theater Company said Wednesday that Kobi Libii will play a Blair-like Times reporter in the world premiere of Gabe McKinley‘s play ``CQ/CX.’‘Libii, a Yale graduate and alumnus of Second City in Chicago, was in ``Perfect Harmony’‘ at the Acorn Theatre and ``The Tempest’‘ at the Porpentine Theater.The rest of the
Jan. 5, 2012
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Bonnie and Clyde guns to be auctioned in Missouri
Missouri (AP) ― Eighty years after their Depression-era robbery and murder spree captivated the country, Bonnie and Clyde continue to fascinate crime and history buffs.At least that’s the hope of a Missouri family selling a pair of rare weapons believed to have been seized from the outlaw couple’s Joplin hideout in 1933. The weapons are owned by the great-grandchildren of a Tulsa, Oklahoma, police detective who was given them by a police officer involved in the April 13, 1933 raid. The 45-calibe
Jan. 5, 2012
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2012 ‘Korea Grand Sale’ begins
Shopping festival for foreign visitors from Jan. 9While K-pop and TV dramas may be the first two things that pop into one’s head at the word “Korea,” a real fan of the country knows that Korea is also a top shopping destination.From Jan. 9 through Feb. 29, Korea is offering a massive shopping festival for overseas visitors looking for a chance to open up their wallets on reasonably priced products, nice food and memorable events. Organized by the Visit Korea Committee, the “2012 Korea Grand Sale
Jan. 4, 2012
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Japanese investor to restore ancient Roman pyramid
ROME (AFP) ― A Japanese businessman has agreed to invest around one million euros ($1.3 million) to restore a 2,000-year-old Roman pyramid in the Italian capital, La Repubblica daily reported this week. Yuzo Yagi, a fashion business owner from Osaka, is due to sign the agreement later this month and work on the pyramid, which was built in 18-12 B.C. as a tomb for a wealthy Roman, Gaius Cestius, is set to start in April, officials said.“His dream is to leave a mark in our country,” Rita Paris, wh
Jan. 4, 2012
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Creativity offered in one neat package
The brightly colored box dropped with a thud out of the mailbag. “Kiwi Crate,” read the label. We peeked inside, intrigued. Tucked beneath layers of tissue paper was a bevy of treasures sure to spark a little someone’s imagination. There were the makings of pinwheels and stained-glass windows. Even a canvas tote, ready for tie-dye. Along with this came not an instruction sheet, but rather something called an “inspiration sheet.”“We don’t want it to be too prescriptive. We give handrails in case
Jan. 4, 2012
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Headphones back in vogue as ear buds falter
NEW YORK (AP) ― When iPods hit the scene 10 years ago, the small, white ear buds that came with the devices became the symbol for listening to music on the go.Today, that’s changing.More and more people are expressing themselves with pricey headphones, with some fashion-forward music lovers rocking updated versions of the oversized headsets popular in earlier eras.Bose has been known for its larger headphones in recent years, and now celebrities have taken note and aided in the resurgence of the
Jan. 4, 2012
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U.K. artists feud over use of assistants
LONDON (AP) ― Two of Britain’s art superstars are squabbling about whether it’s acceptable to use assistants to create works of art.The argument pits painter David Hockney, just awarded Britain’s prestigious Order of Merit, against conceptual artist Damien Hirst.Hockney uses the poster for his upcoming Royal Academy show to state that all the works on exhibit were “made by the artist himself.’’Radio Times magazine reported Tuesday that Hockney said in an interview that the comment was directed a
Jan. 4, 2012
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Broadway's 'Spider-Man' musical earns new record
NEW YORK (AP) _ Look who's got a big smile behind his mask on Broadway _ none other than the once-mocked Spider-Man.The Broadway League reported Tuesday that ``Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' took in a whopping $2,941,790 over nine performances last week, which is the highest single-week gross of an
Jan. 4, 2012
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Louvre cements reputation as world’s most-visited museum
PARIS (AFP) ― The Louvre cemented its position as the world’s most-visited museum with a record 8.8 million visitors last year to the Paris home of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and other masterpieces.The Louvre saw a five percent increase in visitors in 2011, after three years in a row in which about 8.5 million people had visited the museum, it said in a statement.The museum said it enjoyed “a strong return of American visits and a more and more marked presence of visitors from emerging countr
Jan. 3, 2012
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Artist Hockney jokes about appointment to Order of Merit
LONDON (AFP) ― British artist David Hockney has responded to his appointment to the Order of Merit with typical humor, saying he was glad his controversial campaign for smokers’ rights had not worked against him.Hockney, who came to prominence during the British pop art movement in the 1960s, was named as a member of the exclusive order on Sunday by Queen Elizabeth II.Accepting the royal honor is a turnaround for the 74-year-old who famously turned down a knighthood in 1990, has refused to paint
Jan. 3, 2012
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Ancient villain-hitting ritual thrives in H.K.
HONG KONG (AFP) ― Squatting at a makeshift shrine with joss sticks burning beside her, Granny Leung starts bashing a manlike paper cut-out with a pair of sandals.“I beat you little people, I’m sending you away!” chants the 76-year-old woman, one of the last practitioners in Hong Kong of the ancient Chinese ritual of “da siu yan,” or “beating the petty little people.”Granny Leung performs her mysterious incantations in the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay. And business is booming.For as
Jan. 3, 2012