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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Mexico: Austria may lend Aztec headdress
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― Mexico’s Senate has approved a measure meant to help win the temporary return from Austria of a headdress that was reputedly once owned by the last Aztec emperor. Mexico had long held the view that all pre-Hispanic relics were national historic property and could not be exported, and that once they entered or returned to Mexico, they could not leave again.The Senate’s unanimous vote confirmed a framework worked out between Mexico and Austria earlier this week to provide for te
April 30, 2012
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1792 penny sells for $1,150,000
A Texas auctioneer said one of the first coins to ever be struck at the U.S. Mint was sold for $1,150,000 at an Illinois auction. This photo combination made with images provided by Heritage Auctions shows the front and back of a copper and silver 1792 experimental penny that sold at auction in Schaumburg, Ill. on April 19. (AP-Yonhap News)Heritage Auctions of Dallas, which conducted the auction i
April 30, 2012
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Speech contest shows perspectives on K-culture
French office worker wins the grand prize of 2012 CICI ‘Communicating Korea’ contestA Russian-born woman who described her experience living with her Korean in-laws, a Frenchman who criticized Korea’s hierarchical work culture, and a Chinese student who commented on Korea’s dating culture were among the winners of a communication-themed speech contest Saturday.Twenty finalists of the 2012 CICI “Communication Korea” speech contest shared their personal views on a diverse range of subjects regardi
April 29, 2012
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Lady Gaga criticizes Korean government’s decision
U.S pop star Lady Gaga wowed some 50,000 people in the audience at the Olympic stadium in Seoul with her provocative but creative stage costumes and performances. Riding on to the the stage on a horseback, clad in a futuristic body suit and metal headpieces designed by Italian fashion power house Giorgio Armani specially for the concert, Lady Gaga made her first official appearance here, saying th
April 28, 2012
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Egyptian scrolls found in Aussie museum
SYDNEY (AFP) ― A British historian said Saturday he had unearthed a trove of Egyptian Book of the Dead fragments by a top ancient official after chancing upon a scrap on show in an Australian museum.John Taylor, a world-famous Egyptologist from the British Museum, said his discovery began with a shred of papyrus on display at Queensland Museum’s new mummies exhibition bearing the distinctive hieroglyphs of Amenhotep.The 15th century B.C. figure, son of Hapu, was Egypt’s chief architect and is am
April 23, 2012
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NYC photo exhibit captures Andy Warhol as young artist
NEW YORK (AP) ― Andy Warhol once predicted 15 minutes of fame for everyone.But 25 years after his death, the pop artist’s reputation and impact on the contemporary art world show no signs of fading. His iconic images of everyday consumer objects and celebrities consistently command high prices and draw enthusiastic crowds to museum and gallery shows. But before he catapulted onto the world stage, the young artist was already producing some of his most iconic pieces. In a new exhibition, Warhol i
April 22, 2012
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Korea pushes to register Confucian academies on UNESCO heritage list
A government-civilian panel to promote nine “seowon,” or private Confucian academies established during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), as UNESCO world heritage sites was launched in a ceremony in Seoul on Wednesday.The panel is comprised of 19 experts in the government and the private sector, including Kim Chan, administrator of Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration, and Choi Gun-duk, chairman of the Korea Seowon Association.The Presidential Council on National Branding and the CHA have pus
April 19, 2012
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Feminist art center marks 5 years
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Brooklyn Museum’s feminist art center is marking its fifth anniversary this year by commemorating famous women of the next millennium ― placing them alongside luminaries of the past.The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is using Judy Chicago’s work, “The Dinner Party,’’ a massive triangular banquet table, to envision a place where these high achievers might meet.Each wing of Chicago’s triangle pays tribute to a millennium ― 13 women for each ― beginning with primor
April 18, 2012
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Talking about communication
Corea Image Communication Institute will host a speaking competition this month to select Korean and non-Korean representatives to participate in the Culture Communication Forum scheduled for Sept. 6. The competition will take place on April 28 at Samsung Electronics Headquarters in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul, under the theme “Communicating Korea.” Anyone below the age of 35 can participate to voice their opinions on communication, in Korean language. More than 140 people have applied for the c
April 18, 2012
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Huff Post has new answer to critics
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Huffington Post has its Pulitzer.David Wood’s 10-part series on the struggles of wounded American soldiers returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, “Beyond the Battlefield,’’ won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting on Monday. The first such award for a reporter from the Huffington Post, it’s an undeniable milestone for the popular if sometimes derided AOL-owned news site.Arianna Huffington’s self-declared “Internet newspaper’’ has badly desired journalistic credibility
April 17, 2012
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Korea to turn hallyu into industry
Culture Ministry plans to create fair business environment for artists, large concert hall and support content developersThe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on Wednesday a set of comprehensive plans for hallyu, such as building infrastructure for better content development, facilitating a support system for less popular Korean cultural genres, and promoting cultural exchanges to prevent anti-Korean sentiment.“Concerns are rising that the Korean Wave will fade away in just four
April 17, 2012
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Small but diverse, Muslim community carries on its worship
Shariq Saeed carries an unconventional status symbol with him everywhere he goes: a calloused indentation on his forehead. The weathered bump, called a zabiba, was caused by friction between his head and a prayer mat.Muslims are instructed to pray five times a day, and a zabiba is generally viewed as a sign of piety and devotion caused by deep, repeated bows.Saeed is a nine-year resident of Seoul from Pafkistan, and a practicing Muslim. The scar tissue on his forehead is evidence of dedication t
April 15, 2012
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Korea’s international awards show highlights best in TV dramas
Park Eun-mi has been watching TV almost all day for months. As a television programmer, she is among those responsible for sifting through scores of submissions to create a list of candidates for the Seoul International Drama Awards.Now in its seventh year, the awards ceremony recognizing the best in television dramas will be held in August in South Korea, a country increasingly known worldwide for producing top-notch programming.“It is our way of giving back,” said Min Young-dong, last year’s p
April 15, 2012
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A Seoul hanok getaway
Traditional accommodation offer rare experience in urban SeoulTucked away in a corner of the artsy district of Samcheong-dong, central Seoul, guesthouse Soriwool is a rare place to be.Located near Gyeongbokgung, the main Joseon palace, the hanok guesthouse offers a unique “gugak” ― traditional Korean music ― experience, on top of its serene traditional architecture. Whether you are a Seoulite who is used to the city where apartment complexes dominate the landscape, or a tourist visiting Korea f
April 13, 2012
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America’s history told through iconic objects
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Benjamin Franklin’s walking stick, a piece of the first transatlantic telegraph cable and a Kermit the Frog puppet will join other artifacts Thursday in an exhibition recounting U.S. history.More than a hundred iconic objects ― both from pop culture and older pieces dating back to the the Pilgrims’ 1620 arrival in Plymouth, Massachusetts ― will take visitors on a “journey through the centuries,” National Museum of American History chair and curator Bill Yeingst told AFP.In its
April 12, 2012
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Lotus Lantern Festival designated as intangible cultural heritage
Yeondeunghoe, the lotus lantern festival that accompanie Buddha’s Birthday, has been designated as an intangible cultural heritage by the Cultural Heritage Administration said Monday.The first form of the festival dates back to Korea’s Silla Kingdom (57 B.C.-935 A.D.), and has been held on the day of Daeboreum ― a Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the lunar calendar. The religious ceremony now takes place annually in Seoul on the nearest Sunday to Buddha’s Birthday.“Though Ye
April 10, 2012
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Georgia’s Stalin museum to focus on his atrocities
GORI, Georgia (AP) ― A museum that has honored Josef Stalin in Georgia since 1937 is being remodeled to exhibit the atrocities that were committed during the Soviet dictator’s rule.Georgian Culture Minister Nika Rurua said Monday that his nation, which became independent in 1991, can no longer host a museum “glorifying the Soviet dictator.’’Stalin was born Josef Dzhugashvili in the central Georgian town of Gori in 1879, and the museum opened here in 1937, at the height of purges that were later
April 10, 2012
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Austerity hits Italy’s crumbling cultural heritage
ROME (AFP) ― After slashing arts budgets and with its most famous monuments badly in need of repair, Italy’s government is increasingly looking to private investors to help it preserve a priceless cultural heritage.The biggest initiative so far, however, is faltering after billionaire Diego Della Valle said he might pull his 25 million euros ($33 million) to restore the Colosseum following union protests and investigations into the project.Fragments of the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheater ― now
April 9, 2012
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KOCIS to draw foreign eyes to Korean culture
Director Woo stresses role of foreign media and opinion leaders in promoting KoreaIn the eyes of the foreign media, South Korea has been seen mainly as confronting the militant North Korea or an economic success story. It is time to divert their attention from the country’s complicated political issues to its amazing, yet relatively unknown culture, the new head of Korean Culture and Information Service said.“The new era will soon come with culture leading the country’s economy, not industries.
April 8, 2012
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$4.76 sketch turns out to be a Warhol
A British man who bought a handful of sketches at a Las Vegas rummage sale for $4.76 said one of them turned out to be an Andy Warhol worth $2.06 million. Andy Warhol`s "Marylin" -- This photo is not directly related to the story. (AFP-Yonhap News)Andy Fields of Tiverton, England, said he bought a few pieces of art from the sale in 2010 and later learned one of the pieces was an original sketch be
April 6, 2012