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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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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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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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American movies thrive abroad, but foreign films face challenge in U.S.
LOS ANGELES ― Although Hollywood movies are making more money than ever overseas, it’s still a struggle for foreign films to sell tickets in the United States.“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ― Part 2” collected nearly a billion dollars abroad this year, the most of any American studio production. About $120 million of that sum came from one country ― Japan. Other U.S. films that hit big overseas this year were also sequels: “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” made more than $800
Dec. 13, 2011
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Billy Joel gets portrait at NYC’s Steinway Hall
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Piano Man is now officially a Steinway man.A Billy Joel portrait has been unveiled in New York City at Steinway Hall, home to the famed piano maker Steinway & Sons.Joel is one of only two living artists included in a collection featuring greats such as Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. He’s the only non-classical performer.The 62-year-old pop legend joked Monday about his painting’s proximity to Vladimir Horowitz’s, saying he doesn’t know “how crazy’’ Horowitz is about having h
Dec. 13, 2011
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Tilda Swinton needs to talk about ‘Kevin’
NEW YORK ― If you search online for photos of Tilda Swinton, you’ll find one, from the 2008 Academy Awards, that particularly delights the actress. She won the supporting-actress award that night for playing a squirmy lawyer in “Michael Clayton,” but that’s not why Swinton ebulliently brings up this photo of her and a young mystery man.“I was with the Coens (directors Ethan and Joel) and Fran McDormand. Their son (Pedro) was with them. Pedro and I were standing together. There were some photogra
Dec. 13, 2011
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Christian Bale says his Chinese film not propaganda
BEIJING (AFP) ― Oscar winning actor Christian Bale defended Sunday the upcoming Nanjing Massacre film “The Flowers of War,” by China’s most famous director, Zhang Yimou, as more than an anti-Japanese propaganda film.In the film, Bale plays an American drifter who becomes the unwitting protector of a group of Chinese schoolgirls and prostitutes trying to escape the Japanese army’s brutal sacking of China’s wartime capital.The Nanjing Massacre, in which Japanese troops killed tens of thousands of
Dec. 12, 2011
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Spot latest design trends at Seoul Design Festival
Check out the latest designs at a notable design fair kicking off Wednesday at COEX Hall B in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. Celebrating its 10th year, Seoul Design Festival 2011 is gearing up for a big five-day run packed with a variety of special exhibitions under the slogan “Designer Promotion.” Nine famed design figures from different design sectors and countries will hold lectures during the festival as well, including Spanish graphic designer Javier Mariscal who is known for the design of
Dec. 12, 2011
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Park Jung-bum recalls making of ‘The Journals of Musan’
After winning 17 awards with his feature debut, director says he is ‘overrated and lucky’This is the sixth in a series on up-and-coming Korean filmmakers. ―Ed.Clad in blue jeans and a grey hoodie, director Park Jung-bum looks nothing like the North Korean defector he played in his award-sweeping feature debut, “The Journals of Musan.” He no longer has the character’s bowl-cut, nor does he have that sluggish gait. “Oh, of course I look different,” says Park during an interview with The Korea Hera
Dec. 12, 2011
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TVXQ holds 'fan meeting' in Taiwan
The Korean pop music group TVXQ has successfully finished its first event for Taiwanese fans in three years, the group's entertainment agency said Monday. TVXQ SM EntertainmentAbout 10,000 fans attended the two "fan meeting" events held at "Taipei Show Hall 2" in the Taiwanese capital on Sunday, SM
Dec. 12, 2011
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L.A. film critics association names Yoon Jung-hee best actress of 2011
South Korean actress Yoon Jung-hee was chosen as the best actress of the year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) for her lead role in the award-winning South Korean film "Poetry."The association announced a list of the 2011 award winners, including Yoon, on Sunday (L.A. standa
Dec. 12, 2011
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Variety spice of life for ‘The Nutcracker’
Top ballet companies and Hyundai Capital stage different versions of season’s favorite performanceRegardless of what genre it is adapted to, “The Nutcracker” has been a Christmas season favorite for a long time. This year is no exception. Seoul’s three top ballet companies and Hyundai Capital are staging the show, each with their own unique interpretation.Universal Ballet Company is getting ready to attract fans with its best-selling adaption of “The Nutcracker” from Dec. 21 to 31 at Universal
Dec. 11, 2011
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Oswalt says love scene with Theron was ‘nightmare’
NEW YORK (AP) ― Shooting a love scene with Charlize Theron would be a dream come true for many actors, but for Patton Oswalt, who co-stars with the Oscar-winning actress in the new movie “Young Adult,’’ the experience was “a nightmare.’’“Why do I have to be in my underwear next to the most physically perfect person on the planet? Why couldn’t I have been next to John Goodman or Michael Moore in their underwear?’’ said Oswalt at the film’s premiere Thursday night. “It was a dream that turned into
Dec. 11, 2011
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YouTube buys N.Y. music rights company
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― YouTube said Friday it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company which manages music rights for songwriters, recording artists, record labels and online music services.“As new ways of consuming music have emerged, RightsFlow has been at the forefront of solving the complex issues of licensing and royalty payment management,” YouTube product manager David King said in a blog post.“By combining RightsFlow’s expertise and technology with YouTube’s platform, we hope to
Dec. 11, 2011
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To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) ― The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site.Instead, the university and countless other schools and businesses are rushing to prevent their good names from falling into the hands of the pornography industry. Over the past two months, they have snapped up tens of thousands of “.xxx’’ website names that could be exploited by the adult entertainment business.“Dow
Dec. 11, 2011
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Zombies storm Havana cinema festival
HAVANA (AP) ― The hottest ticket in Havana is a gory, campy zombie flick with a wicked sense of humor about Cuba’s obsessive relations with the United States, one that revels in islanders’ knack for making the best of things even when everything around you ― buildings, streets, human limbs ― is falling to pieces.Audiences thronged movie houses this week to catch screenings of “Juan of the Dead,’’ or “Juan de los Muertos’’ in the original Spanish, and organizers had to hastily add extra midnight
Dec. 11, 2011
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Classical Music“Seoul String Quartet”: This group, which led the Korean chamber music performances in the 1950s and ‘60s, will hold a concert on Dec. 18 to celebrate its comeback. The new members, star violinists Wayne Lin and Shin A-rah, violist Huang Hung-wei and cellist Park Sang-min, will play Mozart’s String Quartet No. 21, Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 3. Lin, a former member of Juliard Orhestra and the Yale Philharmonic, currently leads the first fi
Dec. 9, 2011
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My Barefoot Friend (Korea) Opening Dec. 15Documentary. Directed by Lee Seong-gyou. Shalim is one of the 10,000 rickshaw workers who taxi people around barefoot in Calcutta, India. The 50-year-old man’s dream is to buy a motorized rickshaw and make more money to support his family better. He works alone in Calcutta, through the merciless traffic in the overcrowded streets, while the rest of his family live in the countryside with the money Shalim sends every month. When his wife becomes severely
Dec. 9, 2011
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Diva leaves fans with last treasureAmy Winehouse“Lioness: Hidden Treasures”(Universal Music)This album, filled with 12 unreleased songs, will take fans through a journey of joy and sadness. Listening to the diva’s trademark sultry and smoky voice, one will be constantly reminded that she is no longer among us. Serving as Winehouse’s follow-up to 2007’s “Back to Black,” “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” shows that the multi-Grammy-winning musician began to lose some of her vitality and power toward the
Dec. 9, 2011
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Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo make noise for ‘The Artist’
There’s a very good chance that Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, two actors little-known outside of France, will be nominated for Academy Awards next year. Not that such an honor holds much immediate meaning for the stars of “The Artist,” the silent black-and-white film that has become a critical darling on the festival circuit since having its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.“In America, there’s a big audience for the Oscars?” Bejo, 35, inquired, genuinely puzzled. During a recent t
Dec. 9, 2011
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Tom Cruise undisputed star at opening of Dubai film festival
DUBAI (AFP) ― Actor Tom Cruise was the undisputed star on the red carpet at the opening of the Dubai Film Festival, sharing the limelight with Bollywood stars and the widow of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat.Cruise attended the screening of his latest release, “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,” which was filmed in Dubai and includes a dramatic scene where the U.S. actor climbs the sides of the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, which stands 828 meters high.Dozens of adoring fans
Dec. 9, 2011
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Korean art dealer tapped to serve at H.K. arts council
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― A South Korean businesswoman has been appointed to serve at a Hong Kong government-related body aimed at developing the arts, officials said Wednesday, marking the first time a South Korean national has held such a position.Moon Eun-myung, founder of the Hong Kong-based Moon Gallery started her term as an examiner for the Hong Kong Arts Development Council on Dec. 1, according to the council. Her term lasts until April 30, 2014.The ADC is a statutory body set up by the
Dec. 8, 2011
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Don Giovanni meets austere Italy at La Scala opening
Dec. 8, 2011