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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Julian Assange says he's launching TV talk show
LONDON (AP) _ You've read his leaks. Now watch his show.Cyber-transparency activist Julian Assange says he's launching a career in television, hosting what he's billing as a new brand of talk show built around the theme of ``the world tomorrow.'' This is a Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 file photo
Jan. 25, 2012
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Web music revenue growth stuck in single figures
LONDON (AP) ― Legitimate music downloads still aren’t growing quickly enough.A report published Monday by the recording industry’s main lobby group showed that digital revenue has grown 8 percent over the past year to about $5.2 billion ― a solid figure for some industries, but not one where overall receipts have fallen by nearly two-thirds amid a shift toward online ― and in many cases illegal ― music downloads.“The 8 percent figure should be much higher,’’ said Frances Moore, the chief executi
Jan. 24, 2012
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Hallyu and K-pop: the boundary blurs
Hallyu sees new turn as more K-pop stars dominate TV drama and performing arts sceneThis is the last of a five-part series on hallyu. ― Ed.For Girls’ Generation fans, the year 2012 must come as an exciting one.Not only are they going to see their favorite hallyu singers on YouTube music videos and K-pop shows, but they are also going to find the girls on the small screen, as TV drama actresses. Four members of the group -- Yoona, Jessica, Yoori, and Sooyoung -- have recently announced their upco
Jan. 24, 2012
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‘YG family’ enthralls Japan
YG Entertainment concerts celebrating the 15th anniversary of the agency’s founding were successfully held in Japan, attracting over 200,000 people.“YG Family Concert” held Saturday and Sunday at Saitama Super Arena, located north of Tokyo, featured most of the agency’s popular K-pop stars including Big Bang, 2NE1, Gummy, Jinusean, Se7en, Psy and Tablo. The artists heated up the show with joint performances as well as their hit songs. Gummy performed with Komuro Tetsuya, one of Japan’s top music
Jan. 24, 2012
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Rap an overall winner, but loses at the Grammys
NEW YORK (AP) ― Since its beginnings in the 1970s, rap music has transformed from an underground, street-based sound to a definitive part of pop culture, transcending race and becoming one of the strongest ― and most prolific ― voices of today’s generation. But at the Grammy Awards, rap has had a long-lasting losing streak in the top categories.The hip-hop sound ― first recognized at the 1989 Grammys ― has seen numerous prestigious nominations over the years, and rap acts have either led or tied
Jan. 24, 2012
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Seal, Heidi Klum announce separation
NEW YORK (AP) _ Seal and Heidi Klum have announced that their storybook marriage is coming to the end.In a statement Sunday night, the power couple announced their separation after rumors swirled over the weekend that a divorce was imminent. Heidi Klum, left, and Seal arrive at the 53rd annual
Jan. 24, 2012
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Smartphones help directors look at films from new angles
Mobile gadgets become new source of experience for pro and amateur filmmakersIt’s cheap, it’s easy, and it’s accessible. Welcome to smartphone-filmmaking, which has become the new trend for both amateur and professional filmmakers in the past year. The trend ― which started about a year ago upon the domestic release of Apple’s iPhone 4 and its local carrier KT’s aggressive-creative promotion of the products ― is becoming even bigger as more capital and talents are getting involved.In the beginni
Jan. 20, 2012
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Theater“Elisabeth”: After welcoming the local adaptations of Czech musical “Hamlet” and London’s West End musical “Zorro” recently, Korea’s theater scene is seeing the arrival of another European show, this time about the real-life 19th-century legendary Austrian Empress Elisabeth (1837-1898). Starring former girl group FIN.K.L. member-turned-musical actress Ok Ju-hyun, actor Song Chang-ui and K-pop group JYJ member and rising musical star Kim Jun-su, the musical portrays the life and death of t
Jan. 20, 2012
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I Don’t Know How She Does It (U.S.), Opening Feb. 2.Comedy. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker) is one busy woman. She is a high-earning financial executive at a Boston-based financial management firm, a devoted mother of two young children, and a supportive wife of her out-of-work architect husband Richard (Greg Kinnear). She manages to be on top of her schedule every day, and is used to hearing people say ‘I don’t know how you do it.” Yet things begin to change when
Jan. 20, 2012
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Making up with sadnessChrystal Ship (Sujeongseon)“Reconciliation”(Sony Music)Chrystal Ship’s music is sad ― sad enough to be completely engulfed in the misery, yet sometimes, enough to give up being so sad. With a voice of a person who clearly knows one cannot be sure of everything in life, Chrystal Ship, a former member of Reverberation, sings 10 tracks that attempt to “make up” with sadness after a long period of aching. “What I Want Myself to Be” describes the confusion among two desires insi
Jan. 20, 2012
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Max von Sydow graces ‘Extremely Loud’ with silence
His voice is deep, sonorous, rumbling with quiet gravitas.Few actors are as readily recognizable by their vocal cords as Max von Sydow, the great Swedish actor who arrived on the international scene in 1957, as a knight who encounters Death ― and plays chess with him ― in Ingmar Bergman’s classic, “The Seventh Seal.”Von Sydow would make 10 more films with Bergman (“Without him, I would certainly not have been here today,” he says). And he would make his mark in big commercial films, playing a sl
Jan. 20, 2012
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Sundance Fest opens with 4 films, new snow
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) ― A fresh dusting of snow over Park City heralded the beginning of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford opened the festival by characterizing the slate of 117 feature films as products of “dark and grim’’ times and the “suffering from a government that’s in paralysis.’’“Even though the work reflects hard times, there’s not paralysis here,’’ the 75-year-old filmmaker said at an afternoon news conference. “They’re breathing life into
Jan. 20, 2012
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J.Lo, reported beau tweet that age doesn't matter
Hollywood superstar Jennifer Lopez, 42, and the 24-year-old back-up dancer reported as her new flame say age doesn't matter -- and they have proudly tweeted it. In this June 7, 2011 photo, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez attend the Samsung Hope for Children Gala in New York. The stars, who announced
Jan. 20, 2012
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2PM to promote Korean on NHK
Pop group 2PM will be teaching the Korean language on air in Japan, according to the group’s local agency.The group will appear on Japan’s public broadcaster NHK from April, hosting a five-minute segment of its popular Korean-language education show. The segment is slated to be titled “2PM’s One-point Korean,” and the members will be mainly teaching useful travel phrases.The group made its Japanese debut last year, and successfully completed the “Republic of 2PM” Japan Arena Tour. The group held
Jan. 19, 2012
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Smithsonian to open video games exhibit
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The Smithsonian American Art Museum is holding its first major exhibit exploring the art and evolution of video games.The unusual exhibit opens March 16 and will be on view in Washington through Sept. 30.“The Art of Video Games’’ will focus on the graphics, technology and storytelling of some of the best games for systems ranging from Atari to the PlayStation 3. It will include 80 video games that were selected with help from the public, which voted online last year.The museum
Jan. 19, 2012
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Photos by censored Chinese artist to show
NEW YORK (AP) ― Photographs by the wife of imprisoned 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo will be shown at Columbia University next month.Beijing artist Liu Xia has been under house arrest since shortly after her husband was awarded the peace prize. Her photos were smuggled out of China just before she was placed under house arrest.Liu’s works are censored in China. The series of 25 photos depict lifelike dolls in various settings. One shows her husband holding a doll. In another, a tied-up
Jan. 19, 2012
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YouTube plots ‘Your Film Festival’ for users
NEW YORK (AP) ― YouTube is launching a film festival that will play out online and ultimately send 10 finalists to the Venice Film Festival.The Google Inc.-owned video site announced Thursday that Your Film Festival will take submissions of short films up to 15 minutes in length between Feb. 2 and March 31. Fifty semi-finalists will be selected by Scott Free Productions, Ridley and Tony Scott’s production company.Those 50 films will form a channel on YouTube: www.YouTube.com/yourfilmfestival. Th
Jan. 19, 2012
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Choi Ji-woo, Kara win ‘Asia Star’ at 2012 Asia Model Awards
Hallyu actress Choi Ji-woo, girl band Kara and Hong Kong star Lee Ku won top awards at the 2012 Asia Model Awards organized by the Korea Model Association Wednesday. The seventh annual ceremony was held Wednesday evening under the slogan “Asia is One,” and was joined by some of the most popular models and stars from 15 different Asian countries including Korea, China, Japan and Thailand. The top Asia Star Award went to three stars from Korea and Hong Kong, while the Popular Artist Award went to
Jan. 19, 2012
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Sundance time: Indie film world gathers
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) ― Independent films that may have been years in the making get their first audiences at this week’s Sundance Film Festival. That could also mean careers in the making for unknown directors and actors whose movies connect with the right crowds. Robert Redford’s independent-cinema showcase was opening Thursday with 117 feature-length films, 64 short films and a lot of anxious filmmakers on the agenda during its 11-day run.Some are established directors showing their latest wor
Jan. 19, 2012
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Donghae voted as most dateable Hallyu star
Donghae, a member of popular boy band Super Junior, was picked by foreign fans as the number one Hallyu star they would date, a survey showed. Dong Hae and Si-Won at Yahoo Buzz Awards Ceremony (Yonhap News)According to the survey by broadcaster Arirang TV, Donghae, 26, topped the list of the se
Jan. 19, 2012