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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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Actor Cha confirmed dating actress Hwang
South Korean actress Hwang Bo-ra, actor Cha Hyun-woo. (Fantasio)South Korean actor Cha Hyun-woo, the younger brother of actor Ha Jung-woo, and actress Hwang Bo-ra have been dating for a year, their agency Fantasio confirmed Thursday.The confirmation came shortly after a local daily reported that the two have been in a romantic relationship for a year now. “They first met through an acquaintance at church. As they share the same religion, they have been on good terms just like other normal couple
July 11, 2014
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Marginal Theater Festival to open
The 16th Seoul Marginal Theater Festival is set to launch from July 14-27 in various locations throughout Seoul, including Gwanghwamun and Myeong-dong.The festival, under the theme of “Theater in the Square,” focuses on telling the stories of marginalized groups within society through a showcase of experimental and alternative theater performances. The opening piece of the festival is “25th Hour ― An Outcry of my Generation,” a one-man relay rally that kicks off at noon on July 14 and continues
CultureJuly 11, 2014
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GOT7 receives monthly sexual ed class
Rising K-pop boy group, GOT7, revealed they attend sex ed once a month during SBS radio program “K.Will’s Young Street” on Wednesday.JYP Entertainment is the management agency for GOT7 and has many other groups and K-pop singers such as 2PM, Miss A, 2AM and 15&. According to its policy, trainees receive education on various topics including sex.“Don’t (trainees) of JYP Entertainment have sex education?” the emcee of the show asked GOT7.The group of young singers confirmed their agency’s policy a
July 11, 2014
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Kim Hyun-joong releases 4th EP “Timing”
Singer Kim Hyun-joong released his fourth EP “Timing” on Friday.The mini album features tracks of various genres, ranging from up-tempo dance song “Beauty Beauty,” to acoustic ballad “Nothing on You,” and modern British pop in “Things I Want to Say.” All four songs were released at noon through Korean online music portals. In addition to the EP, Kim’s agency released a still photo of the K-pop singer. (KeyEast Entertainment)(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
July 11, 2014
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Kang Ji-hwan grilled for controversial photos with Filipina
Actor Kang Ji-hwan came under fire on Friday when a Filipina posted several pictures of Kang and herself in bed, on her Facebook. The woman posted selfies with Kang, 37, who seems asleep. She also uploaded pictures of Kang’s sleeping face. With the photos, she wrote “…Together sleep with Korean actor Mr. Kang Jihwan,” stirring up a myriad of fiery responses online. Kang’s agency denied all the rumors regarding the bed-selfie fiasco. The agency spokesperson told reporters, “The pictures were take
July 11, 2014
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Super Junior Donghae and TVXQ U-Know pictured together
Donghae of K-pop idol group Super Junior revealed a photo on his Instagram Friday taken with his label mate, U-Know Yunho of TVXQ, late at night. The photo, titled “Quick date in the moonlight. SJ & TVXQ,” shows the close relationship of the two idols. Meanwhile, Super Junior-M, a subunit of Super Junior that Donghae belongs, took part in this year’s Hong Kong Dome Festival on July 1.(laeticia.ock@heraldcorp.com)(Photo credit: Instagram)
July 11, 2014
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EXO Chanyeol and Seo Kang-joon show off friendship
K-pop idol group EXO‘s Chanyeol posted a photo on his Instagram on Thursday that he took with Seo Kang-joon. (Instagram)“Kangyeol (a combination of the two’s names Kang-joon and Chanyeol) tour company, which puts customers first, is coming soon. Stay tuned for the upcoming episode of ‘Roommate.’ Kang-joon, you are so handsome,” the 21-year-old idol wrote in the caption alongside the photo.In the photo, they are smiling with their arms crossed. The heartthrobs are currently starring together in t
July 11, 2014
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KBS board picks Cho as new president
The KBS board of directors on Thursday recommended former vice president Cho Dae-hyun as its new CEO, who will be appointed by President Park Geun-hye. The board selected Cho out of six candidates in a vote held Wednesday evening. The nominee won by an absolute majority, the board said. Cho, if appointed, will lead the nation’s largest public broadcaster until November 2015, filling the top post vacated by Gil Hwan-young. Cho Dae-hyunGil was dismissed last month by the board after a high-profil
TelevisionJuly 10, 2014
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Glimpse into China’s business culture
To know China, you must know “guanxi.” Lexically, it is a relationship or connection, but it means more than that. It contains important cultural implications that no single English word can explain.In China, guanxi is the key to success, be it in business, politics or any field that requires people-to-people relationships. The Chinese understand guanxi as the art of networking in their own fashion. To them, guanxi is exchanging favors for a common interest. “If you scratch my back, maybe I will
BooksJuly 10, 2014
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Social worker runs afoul of survivalist in ‘Fourth of July Creek’
Fourth of July CreekBy Smith Henderson (Ecco)Reading the first pages of Smith Henderson’s astonishing new novel, you can sense the trouble rising like thunderheads over the plains. A cop waits outside a ramshackle house. You know the place: “Peeling paint, a porch swing dangling from one rusting chain, a missing windowpane taped over with torn cardboard.” A social worker arrives. A mother and son sit handcuffed behind the screen door, subdued.These two, says the cop, “are full idiots.” The socia
BooksJuly 10, 2014
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World of collectors of rare 78 rpm records
Midway through her thoughtful, entertaining history of obsessed music collectors and their quest for rare early 78 rpm records, writer Amanda Petrusich has a revelation. Focusing on one particular seeker and his knack for finding obscure titles others have missed, she describes him strategizing his search by “pursuing his prey with the kind of vehemence typically employed by a PI stalking a client’s ex-wife, or a cop chasing a kingpin. It felt calculated and thorough.”The difference? Unlike thos
BooksJuly 10, 2014
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U.S. workers encountered man left in cell for days
SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Four U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration employees saw or heard a handcuffed San Diego student locked in a cell for five days without food or water, but did nothing because they assumed someone else was responsible, investigators said Tuesday.The U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general faulted several DEA employees for their handling of the April 2012 incident that left Daniel Chong in grave physical health, cost the agency a $4.1 million settlement and led to nationwide ch
PeopleJuly 10, 2014
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Rise of IPTV changes film experience
Chae Yoon-seok is an office worker with a 5- and 2-year-old. When Disney’s animated film “Frozen” hit local theaters in January, his daughters became part of the craze, wanting to watch it over and over again. Instead of taking them to the cinema every time, he decided to pay 9,000 won to buy the Internet protocol television (IPTV) version of the movie. Since May, his girls have watched it well over 20 times. “The perk is that the kids can watch it whenever and as many times as they wish at home
FilmJuly 10, 2014
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K-Ballet looks to cater to all tastes
Inspired to create a dance festival under the premise of showcasing “ballet for all to enjoy,” the Korea Ballet Association is returning with the annual “K-Ballet World” two-week-long ballet extravaganza. The upcoming festival will be held on select days from Aug. 22 to Sept. 5 and will showcase various short dance programs performed by both renowned principal dancers and young, novices. It will also include productions from Korea’s top ballet companies ― Universal Ballet and the Korean National
PerformanceJuly 10, 2014
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Cork: It’s not just for wine and bulletin boards
NEW YORK (AP) ― Cork. It’s not just for wine stoppers and bulletin boards anymore. Embraced by some progressive furniture makers decades ago and a staple in housewares, cork has found a larger place among shoes, handbags, jewelry and other fashion accessories. Designer Elaine Turner is a proponent of cork, which is renewable, feather light and water-resistant. So is Ingrid Heinkel, who imports cork accessories ranging from men’s wallets to a woman’s backpack in a tiger stripe design. Tiger Beng
Arts & DesignJuly 10, 2014
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Artist asks public to lie under dismembered train
LISBON (AFP) ― The Portuguese street artist Alexandre Farto doesn’t just spray-can walls, he takes chisels and jackhammers to them, gouging out work on the streets that go way beyond graffiti into monumental reliefs.But for his latest work, “Dissection,” he has outdone himself ― slicing a Lisbon metro carriage into bits and suspending the carcass of mutilated metal from the ceiling of a museum in his native Lisbon.Farto, aka Vhils, may have gone a mite mainstream by showing within the confines o
CultureJuly 10, 2014
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Crashing through stereotypes
This is the eighth in a series highlighting women and their accomplishments in the various facets of the Korean entertainment industry. ― Ed.Velvet Geena was never a trained musician. In fact, before she started rockabilly band the RockTigers in 2001, she was a writer for a music cable channel and event organizer. The only experience she had was a short stint as a vocalist in a punk band as a student.She said she had just simply wondered what it would be like to be on stage.“Some people have the
PerformanceJuly 10, 2014
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Super Sonic 2014 reduced to 1-day music festival
This year’s edition of the Super Sonic music festival, slated to bring legendary English rock band Queen and other renowned acts to South Korea next month, has been reduced to a one-day event, according to organizers. Super Sonic 2014 will now take place on Aug. 14 at the Auxiliary Stadium at Jamsil Sports Complex. The festival had originally been scheduled to take place from Aug. 14-15 at Olympic Park.“We moved the festival’s location to Jamsil Sports Complex to acquire a larger stage and space
PerformanceJuly 10, 2014
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2PM’s Junho tops Oricon charts with new EP ‘Feel’
Junho, a member of K-pop boy group 2PM, topped Japan’s equivalent of the Billboard charts, Oricon charts, with his second EP “Feel,” released on Wednesday.According to the music charts, “Feel” saw sales of 27,939 on the day it was released, safely sitting on top of the daily charts.The singer’s second solo EP shows his talents as a true musician. His self-produced album consists of five tracks including the lead track “Feel,” “Dangerous” and “Next To You.”In addition, Junho is to hold a tour aro
July 10, 2014
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Korea’s top emcee donates W10m for comfort women
(House of Sharing)Yoo Jae-suk, a member of variety show program “Infinite Challenge” and famous comedian, made a donation of 10 million won ($9,873) on Wednesday to the House of Sharing, the organization said on Thursday.House of Sharing is a shelter where comfort women, victims of Japan’s sexual enslavement of Asian women during World War II, live together. (MBC)“Yoo Jae-suk promised to show continued interest in victims of Japan’s sexual enslavement and support the comfort women,” an official
July 10, 2014