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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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US 'incredibly concerned' about suspected NK-Iran military ties
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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K-pop singer lost consciousness after being hit by foul ball, cancels show
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Korean Muslim YouTuber's plan to build mosque in Incheon goes viral
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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Seoul says Fu Bao loan 'not going to happen'
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Gold crown of Silla makes first overseas trip to Sydney
The gold crown of Silla, excavated from the Cheonmachong, or “Heavenly Horse Tomb,” of the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C.― 935 A.D.), will make its first overseas trip in October. The National Treasure No. 188, currently kept at the Gyeongju National Museum, will be shown at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney as part of an upcoming exhibition on Korea’s metal crafts.Gold crown of Silla, excavated from the Ch
July 25, 2011
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Section of ‘Hitler’s Wall’ sent to WWII Museum
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― The gray, concrete, heavily scarred slabs that arrived at the National World War II Museum in the United States this week are more than just chunks of an old wall to historians.The slabs are part of Nazi Germany’s Atlantic Wall, a string of defenses ordered by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in 1940. The defenses, also known as “Hitler’s wall,” stretched 3,200 miles (5,150 kilometers
July 24, 2011
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Magazine introduces Kyobo Life’s poetry billboards to the world
Corporate image ad campaign that posts short poems become cultural iconKyobo Life Insurance Co. billboards offering excerpts from poems, which has long been a familiar sight for Seoulites, made their international debut through the quarterly magazine Koreana.Koreana is a quarterly magazine published since 1987 in eight languages ― Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Ru
July 24, 2011
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‘Countries must talk to reclaim looted artifacts’
EU expert says international network can help return cultural properties to rightful homesOutside of a crime or conviction, the only way to prompt the return of cultural properties is to negotiate, said Manlio Frigo, professor of European Union and international law at Italy’s University of Milan. Frigo visited Seoul to participate in a forum on the return of cultural property with other world-lea
July 19, 2011
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Longest carnivorous dinosaur tooth-marks found in Hadong
A South Korean team of scholars said they have found the world’s longest and deepest carnivorous dinosaur tooth-marks ever documented in Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province.The tooth-marks found on a bone of a herbivorous dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period (left) and an enlarged image of part of the bone. (Pukyong National University)Led by Paik In-sung, professor of sedimentary geology at th
July 18, 2011
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Star Wars trooper walks across Australia for charity
An Australian man is walking across his country wearing a Storm Trooper outfit from movie “Star Wars” to raise money to help seriously ill children.Jacob French, 20, aims to make $50,000 to donate to the Starlight Children’s Foundation, an organization for youngsters with life-threatening diseases. (Facebook)“Starting in July 2011 I aim to walk from Perth (Western Australia) to Sydney (New South W
July 18, 2011
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TV series reexamines Tripitaka Koreana
KBS special documentary looks for ways to practice Buddhist teachings in daily livesHAPCHEON, South Gyeongsang Province ― Haein Temple, deep inside the folds of Mount Gaya in South Gyeongsang Province, is known for housing arguably the world’s most comprehensive and oldest intact Buddhist canon, the Tripitaka Koreana.Visitors have been prohibited from entering the Janggyeong Panjeon, the depositor
July 17, 2011
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Pop Music
“Beady Eye Live in Seoul”: Rock band Beady Eye will hold a concert on Sept. 3 at Ax-Korea in Seoul at 7:30 p.m. The concert had been initially scheduled in May but was delayed due to the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The U.K. group consisting of Liam Gallagher and other ex-members of Oasis released their first album “Different Gear, Still Speeding” in February. Korean indie band Gukkasten
July 15, 2011
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Dance
“Baribari Chochom Didimsae 2011”: National Dance Company of Korea has been offering this performance series since 2001 to help the public better understand and appreciate Korean dance which is often considered difficult. It presents both traditional dances and new choreography inspired from the traditional dances. It runs through July 24 at The National Theater of Korea in Jangchung-dong, central
July 15, 2011
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Festival
“Buyeo Seodong Lotus Festival”: In Buyeo County in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, a lotus festival will be held from July 21-24. The festival celebrates beautiful lotus flowers and highlights the importance of preserving wild flowers. Programs include some events related to lotus flowers, making paper lotus flowers and making lotus flower soap. Other tourist destinations are located nearby th
July 15, 2011
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Classical Music
“Asia Philharmonic Orchestra”: The Asia Philharmonic Orchestra, established in 1995 by Maestro Chung Myung-whun and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, will hold its regular concerts in Korea, Japan and China. In 1995, when Chung conducted the opening ceremony of an international orchestral festival in Tokyo, he met many Asian musicians from top orchestras. His idea was to put them together.
July 15, 2011
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Theater
“Coyote Ugly”: The beloved songs from the movie Coyote Ugly, like “Can’t Fight the Moonlight,” can be heard again on stage this time. Though the musical’s setting is the bar Coyote Ugly 10 years since the movie’s success, the storyline is basically the same, starting with young singer-songwriter wannabe April’s arrival to the city. Luna of K-pop group f(x) shares the role of April with two other a
July 15, 2011
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Exhibitions
“Life Story”: Gallery SUN Contemporary is presenting 13 new works by South Korean sculptor Kim Gyung-min. Kim is known for her unique style of colorful and bright sculptures despite the flood of abstruse contemporary art. At the exhibition, visitors can find bubbly and joyful sculptures reflecting her everyday life with her family. The exhibition runs through July 31 at Gallery SUN Contermporary i
July 15, 2011
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Russia marks 450 years of St. Basil’s Cathedral
MOSCOW (AP) ― He was naked, homeless and fiercely argumentative ― and his name is immortalized in one of Russia’s most remarkable buildings, St. Basil’s Cathedral.An exhibition detailing the lives of St. Basil and other religious zealots known as “holy fools” opened Tuesday as part of ceremonies marking the 450th anniversary of perhaps Moscow’s most famous tourist attraction.After years of restora
July 13, 2011
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App lets travelers book hotels
July 13, 2011
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Reinvention of literature: Readers can ‘play’ through books
There‘s something seemingly scandalous, irreverent about Simon Meek’s notion of “playing through” novels like “Crime and Punishment” or “Wuthering Heights.”But in practice, Meek‘s work transforming the world’s great literature into something experienced on a gaming console is more akin to performance art or theater than it is video games.Meek seems to want to do for the video game generation what
July 12, 2011
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Korea to build Hangeul museum in Seoul by 2013
Work will begin on a museum of Hangeul, the Korean writing system, at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on Wednesday.The Hangeul Museum will be a three-story building with 4,200 square meters of space for exhibition rooms, lecture rooms, seminar rooms, a cafeteria and a souvenir shop, the ministry said. The building will also have a parking lot in the basement. An artist’s rendition of the Han
July 12, 2011
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Culture Ministry to open 10 more Korean language schools overseas
The Culture Ministry and International Korean Language Foundation jointly plan to open 10 more Korean language school branches in nine different countries starting this September, the ministry announced on Monday.Sejong Hakdang (The King Sejong Institute), the government-run Korean language program located in foreign schools and institutions, currently has 28 branches in 16 different countries. La
July 11, 2011
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UK's News of the World bids farewell to readers
LONDON (AP) _ Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World signed off with a simple front page message _ ``THANK YOU & GOODBYE'' _ leaving the media establishment here reeling from the expanding phone-hacking scandal that brought down the muckraking newspaper after 168 years. Journalists crafted the newspaper's own obituary before sending the tabloid's final edition to the prin
July 10, 2011
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Demand for Korean language classes rises as Turks discover hallyu
A Korean-language class in session at the King Sejong Institute in Istanbul on June 25ISTANBUL ― At many K-pop fan group and Korea-related community meetings in Turkey, it is not difficult to find young Turkish people speaking Korean phrases. Most of the Korean-speaking youngsters are self-taught: using Internet sites that teach Korean or learning by watching Korean dramas and picking up words and
July 7, 2011