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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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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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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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S. Korea to issue travel ban on Haiti amid intensifying gang violence
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Leaders of S. Korea, Angola agree to boost economic, trade cooperation
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Elton John wants Timberlake to play him in biopic
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Elton John is working on a biopic about himself and would like Justin Timberlake to take on the lead role, he said in an interview published Sunday.The British veteran star also spoke about his and partner David Furnish’s love for their son Zachary ― whose first birthday was on Christmas Day ― saying the child was the “light of our lives.”An announcement about the biopic is due very soon, the 64-year-old told the Los Angeles Times newspaper.“That’s very much in the works. We’
Jan. 2, 2012
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[Herald Interview] ‘Songs just happen like acorns falling from a tree’
Irish musician Rice is Jan. 11 concert soldoutWith Guinness and Westlife among the very few Irish things that have made it to Korea, and the singer’s face rarely shown on TV, a fan of Irish singer Damien Rice may pride him/herself on being “a classy minority.” Minor fandom, however, is hardly a suitable term for a musician who sold out some 1,600 seats in just a few hours, despite modest promotion activities and relatively expensive tickets priced at 132,000 to 165,000 won (about $150).In an e-m
Jan. 2, 2012
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Consistency, integrity: Legacy of Kim Whanki
Gallery Hyundai holds retrospective of late South Korean painterKim Whanki was a prolific painter ― he worked in the daytime to make use of the sunshine and at night because the electric light was too precious to waste. He worked about 16 hours a day, said Kim Geum-ja, the second daughter of the late South Korean, reminiscing in front of press members on Thursday about how stubbornly her father used to work. “He said that it is his life, to hold a brush. But my heart felt heavy and my pulse race
Jan. 1, 2012
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[Herald Review] French plays charm Seoul
After Emile Zola play ‘Therese Raquin,’ black comedy ‘God of Carnage’ takes stage Following last month’s Korean adaptation of Emile Zola’s novel-based play “Therese Raquin,” another French play is on stage to charm Seoulites, this time a contemporary black comedy titled “God of Carnage.”Based on Zola’s 1867 novel, the play “Therese Raquin” was shown in Korea for the second time last month. It tells the story of Therese, a young woman married to her sickly first cousin, who has an affair with her
Jan. 1, 2012
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Music industry working on global database
Jan. 1, 2012
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Intel hires will.i.am as innovation director
Jan. 1, 2012
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Lady Gaga’s new single compared to Madonna’s
Jan. 1, 2012
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French artist Watteau features in rival London exhibits
Jan. 1, 2012
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Exhibitions“Dreams of Atom”: Held as a part of the “International Cartoon & Art Festival 2011/12,” the exhibition showcases about 500 original drawings, paintings and publications of Japan’s legendary cartoonist Tezuka Osamu’s work including “Astro Boy,” “Jungle Emperor Leo” and “Sapphire Prince.” Other sections of the festival display works by several Korean and Japanese artists who pay homage to Osamu. The exhibition runs through April 1 at Goyang Aram Nuri’s Aram Art Museum and Gallery Nuri i
Dec. 30, 2011
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Ancient Japanese Buddhist artworks in Seoul
Artifacts from Japan’s Lake Biwa District on display at national museum in SeoulLocated in Japan’s Shiga Prefecture bordering the ancient capital city of Kyoto, Lake Biwako is the largest freshwater lake in the archipelago.The region surrounding the lake was introduced to Buddhism by Korea’s Baekje Kingdom (B.C. 18―A.D. 660) before anywhere else in Japan. With this and its proximity to Kyoto, the area developed its own cultural and spiritual flair, blending its local tastes with the mainstream c
Dec. 29, 2011
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Serbia folk diva back in court
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ― Serbia’s folk diva Svetlana Raznatovic denied this week charges of violent behavior she and another person are facing for allegedly insulting and beating up the manager of a soccer club.Raznatovic claimed at a court hearing that it was her who was insulted.“He (manager) even wanted to attack me,’’ she told the court. “I have never caused any incidents.’’The hearing was briefly interrupted when the singer complained she was feeling ill and asked for a glass of water.Raznat
Dec. 29, 2011
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Sinead O’Connor’s fourth marriage ends after 16 days
DUBLIN (AFP) ― Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has admitted that her fourth marriage has ended after just 16 days, with the star blaming pressure put on her husband by those close to him.O’Connor, 45, met therapist Barry Herridge, 38, earlier this year when he responded to an online appeal posted by the singer, and they married in a Las Vegas chapel on Dec. 8. But in a blog post on Monday, the singer revealed that the marriage had lasted only 16 days, until December 24, and that the couple had live
Dec. 29, 2011
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Noel Rockmore, Picasso of New Orleans, revisited
NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ In the four-block radius where he painted and drank himself into frightening stupors, Noel Rockmore was known by the denizens of the French Quarter as an outrageous Pablo Picasso-like figure who combined the mythological and the real. He produced some 15,000 oil paintings, tempera
Dec. 29, 2011
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NYT calls Gwangju Biennale show highlight of 2011
The New York Times last week mentioned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei-directed show “Unnamed” at Korea’s Gwangju Design Biennale as one of the outstanding contemporary shows held this year.In its article titled “From Apple to Occupy, the Design Honors List for 2011,” which was published on Dec. 25, Ai’s show at Gwangju was mentioned as exceptional along with the Museum of Modern Art in New York’s communication design show called “Talk to Me.”The “Unnamed” show featured design products by
Dec. 28, 2011
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Prima dancers explore life’s journey
‘Endless Voyage’ features top dancers from three major ballet troupesLife is a journey. We are all in the same boat, no matter who we are. Dancers from the nation’s top three troupes ― Korea National Ballet, Universal Ballet and The National Dance Company of Korea ― will be on a boat, literally, to depict a condensed version of life at the show “Endless Voyage.”The show takes place Jan. 4-5 at Seoul Arts Center’s Opera Theater in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul.A press call on Tuesday showed a glimp
Dec. 28, 2011
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Yoko Ono traveling to India for ‘inspiration’
NEW DELHI (AFP) ― Yoko Ono believes Bollywood has a lot to teach the world and says she will be looking for “inspiration” in India when she holds an exhibition here next month.The avant-garde artist, musician and widow of Beatles singer John Lennon will visit New Delhi for an art show that opens on Jan. 13.The Japanese-born Ono, 78, told the Hindustan Times newspaper in an email interview from her New York home that she hoped to get more out of her coming trip than on a previous India visit she
Dec. 28, 2011
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More overseas cultural centers to open in 2012
Seven more Korean Cultural Centers will open next year, making 28 around the world, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Tuesday. The new centers are scheduled to open in Hungary, Mexico, India, Thailand, Belgium, Brazil and Egypt by the end of 2012, the ministry said in a year-end press release. The cultural centers will continue their activities of introducing and promoting Korea’s culture, and increasing cultural exchanges with the respective organizations in each overseas city
Dec. 27, 2011
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‘Staying unique, independent from fads’
U.S. indie-rock band Beirut to hit the stage in SeoulBeirut started out as a bedroom recording project of Santa Fe songwriter Zach Condon, later developing into a six-member band that combines indie, rock and folk elements into flowing ballads and harmonious instrumental interludes.While taking more upbeat, accessible turns in the years after the band’s 2006 debut, Condon’s songs have held on to their languorousness, which the band leader describes as part of the “uniqueness” he considers key to
Dec. 27, 2011
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A blast from the past with Astro Boy
Goyang Aram Nuri showcases cartoons by Tezuka Osamu, controversial worksThe little but brave Astro Boy used to fascinate children back in the 1970s, shooting up toward the sky clenching his tiny fists, wearing his impressive pair of red boots.Better known as Atom here, he was one of the first and most popular animation characters in the black-and-white TV days. He not only showered kids with hopes and dreams about science and outer space, but also pondered serious issues of the time such as the
Dec. 26, 2011
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U.S. soul legend Etta James in hospital
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Grammy-winning blues and soul legend Etta James, famous for her hit “At Last,” was taken to a California hospital on Friday for complications related to leukemia, her publicist told AFP.“Etta James was taken to the hospital night before last (December 21). She was having trouble breathing so they intubated her. Her condition remains the same,” said her publicist Lupe De Leon.Last week, De Leon said that James, 73, was in the end stage of her cancer and would not undergo furth
Dec. 26, 2011