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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Bae Doo-na shares portraying Korean identity in Hollywood's 'Rebel Moon'
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[From the Scene] Monks, Buddhists hail return of remains of Buddhas
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Medical schools granted enrollment quota flexibility for next year
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Yoon offers first one-on-one meeting with opposition leader next week
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France rejects opening Paris flight routes to T'way Air, deals blow to Korean Air merger
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Chinese man behind drug scam targeting teens nabbed in Cambodia
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Iran fires air defense batteries in provinces as sound of explosions heard near Isfahan
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[Graphic News] French bulldog most popular breed in US, Maltese most popular in Korea
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Veteran artists’ autumn day out
Bahk Yiso, Lee Kang-so, Im Ok-sang and Oh Chi-gyun hold solo shows in SeoulA number of South Korea’s veteran artists are holding solo exhibitions in Seoul after a considerable hiatus. Im Ok-sang, an artist who has been wandering outside galleries painting murals and making installation works in Seou
Sept. 5, 2011
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McQueen launches sex-addict film ‘Shame’ in Venice
VENICE, Italy (AP) ― For British director Steve McQueen, there was no better place than Manhattan to film “Shame,” his new film that portrays the life of a 30-something sex addict, played by Michael Fassbender in often graphic detail.“Excess and access. New York is the place,” McQueen said Sunday ah
Sept. 5, 2011
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Walters’ ‘View’ primed for run at top of ratings
NEW YORK (AP) ― With Oprah Winfrey gone, daytime television is ready for a new monarch.Barbara Walters and the show she invented 15 years ago, “The View,” pronounce themselves ready to step up. She may be past 80 now, but would YOU bet against her?The show begins its new season Tuesday, with New Yor
Sept. 5, 2011
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Singing from one genre to another
Indie music helps Lee Ja-ram create new form of pansoriPansori prodigy and indie musician Lee Ja-ram is to hold a pansori gala show, staging highlights of Korea’s four representative traditional pansori and her own contemporary pansori creations in Seoul on Sept. 16.Pansori is a traditional form of
Sept. 5, 2011
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Top show host apologizes for cheating on taxes
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- One of the nation's top TV show hosts on Monday apologized through his agency for failing to declare his income properly.The apology came after a local newspaper reported, quoting officials at the National Tax Service, that Kang Ho-dong, 41, was audited and ordered to pay
Sept. 5, 2011
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More fundraising and sponsorship crucial for SPO: Chung Myung-whun
Maestro talks about the importance of on-going support after successful European tourFollowing a successful European tour, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra hopes for more fundraising programs and sponsorship, SPO music director Chung Myung-whun and its president Kim Joo-ho said Friday.“Orchestras in
Sept. 4, 2011
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Korean Eye preview at National Assembly
The preview of this year’s Korean Eye exhibition will take place over five days starting Monday in the lobby of the National Assembly in Yeouido. Visitors will be able to sneak a peek of what the exhibition “Korean Eye: Energy and Matter” will look like when it kicks off in New York in November. Sev
Sept. 4, 2011
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Collecting art is way for entrepreneur to see future: Pinault
SongEun ArtSpace showcases 22 contemporary artworks from François Pinault collectionIn considering artworks for his extensive collection, François Pinault, a noted art collector, listens to himself more than anything else. “Rather than listening to critics’ opinions, I focus on artwork
Sept. 4, 2011
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Brazilian thriller wins Seoul International Drama Awards
Brazilian thriller drama series “Passione” (Passion) has won the best drama award at the Seoul International Drama Awards in the long-term drama series category. The drama, produced by Brazil’s Globo TV, was originally to exported to more than 100 countries. Local cable TV channel Telenovela, specia
Sept. 4, 2011
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Jessica Simpson wants smaller boobs
Jessica Simpson is planning to take breast reduction surgery, a U.S. entertainment magazine reported.Jessica Simpson (Bloomberg)According to the magazine, the U.S. TV star and singer does not want her double D breasts, reportedly telling her friends that they make her look bigger than she really is.
Sept. 4, 2011
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Buddhist nun teaches how to live better on temple food
Nun Seonjae’s popular cooking class has over 2,000 on waiting listAbout 40 middle-aged women and a few men were all eyes and ears as Buddhist nun Seonjae related to them how she refused to cook at Hotel Shilla when treated like a regular cook. “Temple food is not some random cheap food. I told them
Sept. 2, 2011
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Highlights
Theater“Mahoroba”: Young theater company “DreamPlay” is bringing Japanese playwright Horai Ryuta’ s theatrical account on women of different ages and their shared experiences. The play begins as Midori, a single working woman who lives alone in Tokyo while refusing to get married, visits her family
Sept. 2, 2011
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Box Office
Pain (Korea)Opening Sept. 7.Drama. Directed by Kwak Gyeong-taek. Nam-soon (Kwon Sang-woo), whose family members were killed by his mistake when he was young, has lost all his feeling ― including his palate ― from the trauma. This made him incapable of feeling any pain even when he gets hurt. He make
Sept. 2, 2011
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Eye-like
Sumi Jo“Libera”Universal MusicMarking the 25th anniversary of her international debut, soprano Sumi Jo has released “Libera,” an album which encompasses musical genres from opera arias to musical numbers. In an interview, Jo said the title, meaning “free” in Italian, represents her 25 years of free
Sept. 2, 2011
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For Helen Mirren, ‘Debt’ becomes her
There’s really nothing more you can say about Helen Mirren.That she’s one of stage, screen and TV’s greatest actresses is a given. If nothing else, her Oscar-winning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in “The Queen” and her multiple Emmy Award-winning performance as tortured policewoman Jane Tennison in t
Sept. 2, 2011
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Gana Art Center donates artifacts
Lee Ho-jae, head of Gana Art Center, one of the most prominent art galleries in South Korea, donated 128 Korean artifacts to Seoul Arts Center last week. The donated items ― 74 rubbed copies of epigraphs from the ancient and medieval times and 54 calligraphy works done with Chinese black ink from th
Sept. 1, 2011
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National Academy of Arts honors veteran actress Choi Eun-hee
Choi Eun-heeVeteran actress Choi Eun-hee has been selected as one of the three recipients of the 56th National Academy of Arts award this year, the institution announced Thursday.The 81-year-old started her film career in 1947 and led the Shin Film company together with her husband and the acclaimed
Sept. 1, 2011
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Sumi Jo voices her Bohemian spirit in 25th anniversary CD
Since coloratura soprano Sumi Jo made her international operatic debut as Gilda in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in Italy in 1986, the 25 years of world tours and musical explorations have made her musical life “free.”Such a free-spirited and gypsy-like image is the core concept of Jo’s latest album “Libera,”
Sept. 1, 2011
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Gwangju searches for new definition of design
Co-director Ai of China unable to attend biennale; Korean director selects Chinese artist’s work for 10 most important exhibitsGWANGJU ― A day may be too short to enjoy everything the 4th Gwangju Design Biennale has to offer. The nation’s biggest design biennale kicked off its 52-day run on Thursday
Sept. 1, 2011
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More dollars, fewer fans for Hollywood films
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The good news for Hollywood: Summer movie revenues are up worldwide as studios rebounded from a dismally slow start to the year.The bad news: Domestically, revenues rose only a fraction compared to the previous year’s, while actual movie attendance dropped for the fourth-straight
Sept. 1, 2011