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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Impressionists get new home with Orsay museum revamp
PARIS (AFP) ― Masterworks by Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas get a new home next week as Paris’ Orsay Museum reopens its impressionist gallery following a two-year, multi-million-euro revamp.Twenty-five years after its creation in a 200-year-old railway station on the south bank of the
Oct. 16, 2011
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Forgiveness should not be forced: Lee Jeong-hyang
Director talks about issues of capital punishment and domestic violence in her upcoming filmShe made a highly successful debut with a charming romantic comedy in the late 1990s, and enjoyed another box-office home run with a heart-warming tale of a grandmother and a grandson in 2002. Now director Le
Oct. 16, 2011
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Oasis ‘sideman’ Noel Gallagher goes solo
PARIS (AFP) ― Two years after a bitter blow-up with his brother Liam drew the curtain on Britpop sensation Oasis, Noel Gallagher makes the jump from “sideman” to frontman as his solo debut hits shelves on Monday.“I was a sideman for 20 years and I fucking loved it,” said the 44-year-old, who always
Oct. 16, 2011
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Violence stars in Iraqi film fest
BAGHDAD (AFP) ― A journalist kidnapped by extremists may be a well-trodden scenario, but for one young filmmaker in Baghdad, it provided fodder for a nascent genre in Iraqi film: the patriotic action flick.“Attention” by Ibrahim al-Khazali, named Best Iraqi Production at this month’s Baghdad Interna
Oct. 16, 2011
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Oppressed voices ring out in Morrison’s ‘Othello’
PARIS (AP) ― She’s but a throwaway mention in Shakespeare’s “Othello,” a one-line reference buried in Act IV of the dense and dark tale of passion and betrayal.But Barbary ― the African nurse who raised Othello’s ill-fated wife Desdemona ― is at the very center, the beating heart, of Toni Morrison’s
Oct. 16, 2011
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‘Mourning,’ ‘Nio’ win New Currents Award in Busan
“Mourning” by Iranian director Morteza Farshbaf and “Nio” by Filipino director Loy Arcenas have won the New Currents Award at the Busan International Film Festival. The award recognizes Asia’s best rising directors. BIFF wrapped up its nine-day event on Friday evening in Busan, with the screening of
Oct. 14, 2011
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Classical Music“Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra 2011 Mahler Series III”: Conductor Chung Myung-whun and the Seoul Philharmonic Orcehstra will perform Mahler Symphony No. 6 at the Seoul Arts Center on Oct. 20. The 90-minute piece, written when Mahler was having the happiest moment in life, is comprised
Oct. 14, 2011
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The Four Times (Italy, Switzerland, Germany)Opening Oct. 20Drama. Directed by Michelangelo Frammartino. An old shepherd lives alone with his goats, in a remote village perched on the hills of Calabria, in the southernmost region of Italy. The weary old man gets sick one day, and believes the only me
Oct. 14, 2011
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Cellist Yang Sung-won starts anewTrio Owon“Schubert, Dvorak Piano Trios”(Universal Music Korea)Trio Owon, consisting of cellist Yang Sung-won and his long-time colleagues Olivier Charlier on violin and Emmanuel Strosser on piano, has released an album “Schubert, Dvorak Piano Trios.” Beautiful piano
Oct. 14, 2011
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Chinese students flock to U.S. film schools to develop their creative voices
Born in northern China and raised in Beijing, Sally Liu came of age in the 1990s and dreamed of becoming a filmmaker. With the world’s most populous nation swelling with thousands of new cinemas, big-budget productions proliferating and box-office grosses multiplying, the movies in China aren’t just
Oct. 14, 2011
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Nearly a century on, a stolen French painting returns home
WASHINGTON (AFP) ―Nearly a century after it was stolen by a German soldier during World War I, and after a decade of transatlantic legal wrangling, a painting by French Realist Jules Breton is going home.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will return “A Fisherman’s Daughter” on Thursday to Fra
Oct. 13, 2011
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Powerful Korean ballet mesmerizes Naples
Korea National Ballet’s ‘Prince Hodong’ premiere at San Carlo Theater performs to sold-out audienceNAPLES ― A wild roar of applause and countless bravos filled the 300-year-old theater as dancers took their bows at the end of the ballet telling the ancient Korean tale of ill-fated lovers. Korea Nati
Oct. 13, 2011
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London Film Festival opens with Law, Weisz in ‘360’
LONDON (AP) ― The London Film Festival, an international cinema showcase, opens Wednesday with “360,” a fittingly globe-spanning drama that moves from London to Vienna, Rio de Janeiro and Denver, Colorado.The film by “City of God” director Fernando Meirelles stars Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rache
Oct. 13, 2011
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Girls’ Generation to release new single in U.S. and beyond
Hallyu girl group Girls’ Generation will release their latest single “The Boys” in the U.S. and other countries, through Interscope Records, an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. The record label is home to many big-name stars, including Lady Gaga, Eminem and the Black Eyed Pe
Oct. 13, 2011
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Michelle Yeoh, Luc Besson laud Myanmar releases
BUSAN (AFP) ― Actress Michelle Yeoh, who plays Aung San Suu Kyi in a new biopic of the Myanmar activist, said Wednesday that the release of jailed dissident and comedian Zarganar was “joyful news.”Zarganar, one of Myanmar’s most celebrated satirists who had been incarcerated since 2008 for his polit
Oct. 13, 2011
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SNSD to release new single in U.S. and beyond
Hallyu girl group Girls’ Generation will release their latest single “The Boys” in the U.S. and other countries, through Interscope Records, an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. The record label is home to many big-name stars, including Lady Gaga, Eminem and the Black E
Oct. 13, 2011
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Hollywood hacking case victims include Johansson
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A man was charged with hacking into celebrity email accounts in a computer invasion scheme that led to the posting of private and revealing information, including nude photos of actress Scarlett Johansson, on the Internet, federal authorities said Wednesday.Scarlett Johansso
Oct. 13, 2011
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Dresden military museum redesigned
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) ― A modern wedge of glass, concrete and steel rips through a 135-year-old former armory building for the armies of Kaiser Wilhelm I, its silvery shimmer and stark lines contrasting sharply with the neoclassical building that it now bisects.American architect Daniel Libeskind kn
Oct. 12, 2011
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Tribute to vanishing world of analogue film at Tate Modern
LONDON (AFP) ― A homage to the disappearing format of analogue film by the British artist Tacita Dean is the latest exhibition to fill the cavernous space at the Tate Modern in London.Plunged into darkness, visitors to the former power station see a huge screen resembling a piece of film, placed ver
Oct. 12, 2011
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Beyonce admits inspired by Belgian dance moves
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. singing superstar Beyonce acknowledged Tuesday that her latest video was inspired by the work of a Belgian choreographer who has threatened to sue for plagiarism.But the singer said her “Countdown” video had other influences, and noted that it had already been viewed by 2 mi
Oct. 12, 2011