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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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1800s couple’s portraits reunited at Philly museum
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― It might be the first time a separated couple got back together thanks to their great-great-great granddaughter.The attractive young couple is Benjamin and Maria Gratz, or more accurately their portraits, which were painted in 1831 by noted English-born Philadelphia artist Thomas Sully but somehow parted ways an unknown number of years ago.Benjamin has been hanging for decades at the Rosenbach Museum & Library along with other members of the Gratz family, who were prominent i
March 20, 2012
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National Museum to showcase Silla relics
Exhibition features more than 2,300 Silla artifacts, from bones of dogs to metal toolsIn the days of Korea’s Silla Kingdom (B.C. 57―A.D. 935), people had an unusual way of wishing for good fortune and chasing away evil spirits. During their prayers for prosperity and fortune, they’d bury a number of personal items, such as roof tiles, well buckets and plates, underground or in the wells of various locations.The National Museum of Korea’s new exhibition, titled “Opening of Time Capsules: Wondrou
March 20, 2012
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Chris Rock, Bette Midler and more to be presenters
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will likely be a little more irreverent this year: Chris Rock is set to be one of the A-list presenters for the April event.The comedian is due to induct the Red Hot Chili Peppers into the hall at the ceremony at the Rock Hall in Cleveland on April 14. He’s a big fan and has been a friend of the band for a while.Rock will join Bette Midler, who will induct the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro; John Mellencamp, who will induct for
March 20, 2012
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Veteran musicians to hold concert
Members of the National Academy of Arts will hold their first concert at the Sejong Center for Performing Arts in Seoul on March 30, the Culture Ministry said on Monday.The National Academy of Arts is an institution formed in 1954 by the government to honor works by veteran Korean artists in and out of the country. The upcoming concert is the first-ever musical event to be performed by musicians who are members of the academy.The list of artists includes violinist Kim Min, director of the Korean
March 19, 2012
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Artists are asking for belief: Michael Craig-Martin
Gallery Hyundai presents large-scale exhibition on father of Young U.K. ArtistsA glass of water on a shelf, titled “An Oak Tree,” created a stir in the art world in 1974, placing Michael Craig-Martin, the artist, in the limelight. It became difficult to talk about British art, let alone contemporary art in general, without mentioning his name ever since. “What I have tried to do with the oak tree was to say that in the end, it is important for the viewers to believe in the work. The artist is as
March 19, 2012
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Bourne’s swans: muscular, menacing in 3-D
NEW YORK (AP) ― If you’ve ever seen British choreographer Matthew Bourne’s version of “Swan Lake,’’ you already know that his birds aren’t the usual delicate, fluttery ballet swans.They’re muscular, menacing and very, very male ― and now they’re something else: 3-D, for one night only at a movie theater near you.When Bourne’s distinctive, testosterone-heavy flock swoops in Tuesday to some 220 theaters across the U.S., it will be only the second time a full ballet is presented in 3-D, after “Gise
March 19, 2012
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Manic SXSW wraps up with poignant moment
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Stars of all stripes and celebrity hit town to close out South By Southwest, but it was a marching band that stole the show Saturday.Members of the Austin High band watched their star turn in the premiere of filmmaker Emmett Malloy’s “Big Easy Express,’’ then joined documentary subjects Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes and Old Crow Medicine Show in an outdoor concert at the University of Texas as the music conference fell into an exhausted heap on its fi
March 19, 2012
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Musical of ‘Once’ is irresistible movie adaptation
NEW YORK (AP) ― The party has already started by the time you enter the Broadway theater to see the musical “Once.’’The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre’s stage is filled with musicians jamming to Irish tunes in what looks like a Dublin pub. Real drinks are offered to the brave theatergoers willing to go up and mingle.Eventually, come show time, everything sort of melts away ― those musicians are the cast ― and there’s just a guy up there strumming a guitar.Pure, moving and inventive ― these are the fo
March 19, 2012
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Photo exhibit documents life inside North Korea
NEW YORK (AP) ― It’s a simple scene that repeats itself around the world.A man gently lifts a small child by the arms as they reach the top of the escalator inside a modern department store.In this particular photograph, the man and the child are in Pyongyang, capital of the communist country where life’s daily activities are largely a mystery to the rest of the world. A photo exhibit that opened Thursday at a gallery in New York includes images such as these, as well as magnificent landscapes,
March 18, 2012
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Korean swan allures Johannesburg
Universal Ballet Troupe takes Tchaikovsky classic to S. AfricaJOHANNESBURG ― More than 1,000 audience members were mesmerized by the Korean Odette when the curtain came down on the final act of the Tchaikovsky classic, “Swan Lake,” in Johannesburg, Friday.The Universal Ballet Company’s first show on its South African tour was greeted with tumultuous applause and a standing ovation at Joburg Theatre, with members of the sold-out audience repeatedly cheering bravo as the dancers took their bows.Th
March 18, 2012
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Norah Jones to play entire new album at SXSW
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Norah Jones is unveiling something new at South By Southwest ― again.Ten years after she shook Austin and the music world with “Come Away With Me,’’ the 25 million-selling debut she released just weeks before the 2002 conference and festival, she’s returning to play her entire new album “Little Broken Hearts’’ at La Zona Rosa on Saturday night.“It seemed to make sense to come back to my new record,’’ Jones said. “I’m just going to play the new record. I’m not even going to p
March 18, 2012
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Jagger-Richards spat: It’s all over now
NEW YORK (AFP) ― We all need someone to lean on, and the founding duo of the Rolling Stones say they’re doing just that after overcoming three decades of misunderstandings with a year of some heavy conversation.In an interview with Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards said they rebuilt their friendship after guitarist Richards’s best-selling 2011 memoirs “Life” laid bare his pent-up frustration with the snake-hipped frontman.“In the 1980s, for instance, Keith and I were not communicatin
March 18, 2012
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Magic goes digital
IT devices, multimedia fuel already growing popularity of magicJin Hyo-beom, a professional magician based in Gwangju, was tired of doing the same old magic tricks on stage. But the 30-year-old illusionist had an idea ― magic tricks for digital devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs.The iPhone and iPad have become the main tools for Jin’s acts on stage. With the gadgets, he can conjure up pretty much everything from a cup of coffee to a bunch of roses. People love the idea of turning the sa
March 16, 2012
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Exhibitions“Meditation & Healing”: N Gallery presents works by South Korean artist Kim Hong-tae. Kim has consistently created, for the past two decades of his career, paintings of simple surfaces and lines which ponder the themes “primitive and child.” At the exhibition, visitors can view about 30 of Kim’s abstract paintings on the theme and also some landscape paintings. The exhibition runs through April 5 at N Gallery in Seohyeon-dong, Gyeonggi Province. Fore more information, call (070) 7430-
March 16, 2012
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Eyelike
The Decemberists‘ live CD a mixed bagThe Decemberists“We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)” (EMI)If anyone ever needed proof that live albums have worth, they should check the marketplace: The Who’s ``Live at Leeds (Super Deluxe Edition)" now fetches $300 on the Internet. Still, despite the many classic live albums that have been released, they‘re often a mixed bag, and that’s the case with the Decemberists’ new 20-track collection from their 2011 tour.PRO: The performance
March 16, 2012
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Bobbi Kristina dating 'adopted' brother
Bobbi Kristina Brown's maternal grandmother, Cissy Houston, is upset the teen is romantically involved with a man her mother, Whitney, helped raise, TMZ said.Brown has been making headlines since Whitney Houston died in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel room last month at age 48. The singer's only chil
March 16, 2012
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Rihanna says collaboration with Brown ‘made sense’
NEW YORK (AP) ― People have been scratching their heads over Rihanna’s musical collaboration with Chris Brown, but she says it “made sense” and it’s “innocent.”Brown appears on a remix of her song “Birthday Cake,” and she appears on a remix of his “Turn up the Music.” Their music union is noteworthy because Brown beat up Rihanna three years ago and is still on probation for the assault.Rihanna says it was her idea for Brown to appear on her song because he’s “the hottest R&B artist” right now. H
March 16, 2012
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Korean troupes perform at Costa Rican arts festival
SAN JOSE (Yonhap News) ― South Korea’s cultural and sports delegation threw an extravaganza of traditional and contemporary Korean arts as well as Korean sports at the opening concert of the 2012 International Arts Festival (FIA) in San Jose Thursday.Under the direction of Suh Bong-jun, the general manager of the Korean art and sports delegation, performers of namsadangnori, which dates back to the late Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and is No. 3 on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list, and pe
March 16, 2012
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No Rolling Stones tour yet despite 50th anniversary
NEW YORK (AFP) ― The Rolling Stones are staying put this year, Rolling Stone reported Wednesday, leaving fans to look forward instead to a major documentary marking the rock band’s 50th anniversary.“Basically, we’re just not ready” for a fresh concert tour, guitarist Keith Richards told the pop culture magazine, adding that 2013 was the group’s “more realistic” target for hitting the road.Quoting other, unidentified sources, Rolling Stone cited worries about Richards’ health in the wake of a hea
March 15, 2012
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Jane Birkin to sing ‘miracle songs’ by Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, actress and activist calls her daughter Charlotte a greater actressJane Birkin said the Serge Gainsbourg songs she will sing at her Seoul concert scheduled on March 22 were “miracles.”“In this show, I do sing a great many of the songs from ‘Babe Alone in Babylone,’ I think Serge wrote miracles for me,” she said in an e-mail interview.At her concert, the 66-year-old singer and actress will pay homage to her former partner and mentor who died in 1991. Birkin and Gainsbourg had a pa
March 15, 2012