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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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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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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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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Actress Ha becomes mentor for future filmmakers
Renowned actress Ha Ji-won and director Kim Ji-hoon will serve as mentors for the Korea-China youth cultural exchange program “Beijing Toto Laboratory,” scheduled to be held in Beijing’s Kwanggeomun Middle School, Aug. 13 -17. Forty teenagers from Korea and China will participate in making eight films during the five-day program jointly sponsored by CJ CGV and Boys Vanguard of the Chinese Communist Youth Association. Ha and Kim, who gained popularity in China with their film “Sector 7,” will lec
Aug. 8, 2012
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Children’s book illustrations to fuel imagination
Illustrations in children’s books may have been long seen as less important than fine art, but French illustrator Joelle Jolivet hopes picture book illustrations will receive as much appreciation as fine art. “Even in France, picture book illustrations are not considered the same as fine art. But I hope it receives the same appreciation in the future and I think the history of picture books should be studied someday,” said Jolivet Tuesday. She was in Seoul for the French illustration exhibition
Aug. 8, 2012
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Elton John says Madonna resembles ‘fairground stripper’
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Elton John has reignited his public spat with Madonna, calling her a “fairground stripper” whose career is over.The British star added that she had been “so horrible” to pop diva Lady Gaga, the godmother to his son Zachary.“She’s such a nightmare. Her career is over, I can tell you that,” he told music personality Molly Meldrum, an old friend, in an interview on Australian television this week.“Her tour has been a disaster,” he said.“If Madonna has any common sense, she would have
Aug. 8, 2012
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Korea sticks to music video ratings plan
Defying protests from local entertainment businesses, the government announced Tuesday it will enforce a music video ratings system as scheduled this month to better protect teens from sexually explicit and violent videos.The decision has frustrated the local K-pop music industry, which uses music videos as an important means of promoting their music products.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said music videos must receive age ratings from authorities before being circulated on the Int
Aug. 7, 2012
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Capturing man’s encounters with ocean giants
Underwater photographer Chang Nam-won’s humpback whale photographs on displayKorea’s first underwater photographer Chang Nam-won will offer a journey into the deep blue sea with awe-inspiring photos of humpback whales this month. Chang’s photographs will be on display at Lotte Gallery from Wednesday, allowing audiences a moment to cool down from the heat and dive into the rarely-exposed world of humpback whales. Chang spent five years capturing humpback whales living off Vauvau Island of the Ki
Aug. 6, 2012
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Festival celebrates Korean musicals
Seoul Musical Festival to hold conferences, workshops for local musical directorsFrom “Gwanghwamun Younga” to “200 Pounds Beauty,” local musicals have been finding their niche in Korea’s performing arts scene in the past few years, in spite of the dominance of big-scale, imported foreign productions, such as “Wicked” and “Elisabeth.”To support local musical productions and boost their ticket sales, the Culture Ministry and Seoul Metropolitan Government together organized an eight-day festival, c
Aug. 6, 2012
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Blessings in Chinese art
National Museum showcases 100 Chinese artifacts wishing good fortuneCount the five Chinese blessings: Happiness, longevity, wealth, joy and professional success.The people’s yearnings for these blessings and fortune were often expressed in works of art, from paintings to sculptures, and even in wedding robes. In these items, auspicious spirits would appear in the form of a dragon or a phoenix, and sometimes a bat. The National Museum of Korea is holding a special exhibition featuring some 100 Ch
Aug. 5, 2012
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Seung-ri hosts Japanese TV shows
Big Bang member Seung-ri is now serving as an MC for two TV shows in Japan, according to YG Entertainment, Big Bang’s agency. Seung-ri is hosting “V. I. FROM BIGBANG,” a reality show broadcast by Japanese music channel Space Shower TV. The show, which premiered last Thursday, illustrates the steps Seung-ri takes to make his own show. Seung-ri also serves as the special MC of “Sakigake! Ongaku Banzuke Eight,” a popular music variety show of Fuji Television. “Seung-ri recently interviewed Oguri Sh
Aug. 5, 2012
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KARA releases new mini album
Girl group KARA is returning to the spotlight after a one-year break with the release of its third mini-album late this month, DSP, the girls’ agency, announced. “The girls are putting finishing touches on their new album, and the album concept and title song will soon be made public,” the agency said. KARA’s last album “STEP” had topped Korean album charts in September 2011, selling more than 10,000 copies in less than a month. Also, KARA currently enjoys its position as the most favored girl g
Aug. 5, 2012
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Korean dramas air in Latin America
MBC dramas “Princess Hours” and “The First Shop of Coffee Prince,” both in which Korean actress Yoon Eun-hye starred as the heroine, are airing in Latin American countries. Both dramas enjoyed immense popularity when they were broadcast in Korea. According to MBC’s Latin American branch, SERTV in Panama started broadcasting “Princess Hours” last Monday. Red Guarani in Paraguay also plans to air the same drama next January and “The First Shop of Coffee Prince” on Sept. 15. “The broadcasting compa
Aug. 5, 2012
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Hottest party of the summer
Ultra Music Festival brings in top DJs from around the worldUltra Music Festival was the hottest party of the year ― literally. But even as the mercury inched higher every day of the festival, thousands came out to Sports Complex Stadium in southern Seoul on Friday and Saturday to hear the likes of Skrillex, Tiesto and Carl Cox.The Olympic arena transformed into the largest outdoor club in the country with the entire floor of the stadium jam-packed with sweaty people jumping and dancing to the
Aug. 5, 2012
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Nanny leaves boy with Adele at cafe
A nanny left the young boy in her care with British singer Adele at a London cafe while she used the bathroom, The Daily Telegraph said.The name of the governess and age of her charge were not reported.Although the pregnant recording artist gamely entertained the boy while his nanny used the loo, then posed for photographs when the woman returned, the newspaper said the child's parents were upset
Aug. 5, 2012
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Gangnam Style goes international
Psy’s single, "Gangnam Style" album poster It appears that PSY’s latest single “Gangnam Style,” his first in two years, is not only the hottest song of the summer in Korea, but is quickly becoming a top song around the world with top music stars and foreign media talking about it. The addictive song that makes light of the lifestyle of those living in the affluent Gangnam district in Seoul is currently No.
Aug. 3, 2012
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Piles of horse manure signify art taken by the Nazis
At the New National Gallery in Berlin, an odd piece of art is being exhibited. Martin Gostner, an Austrian artist, named his work “The Oriel of the Blue Horses” -- made up of four piles of blue artificial horse manure.Gostner explained that he is paying tribute to Franz Marc’s painting, “The Tower of Blue Horses.”In 1937, the Nazis took Marc’s painting, for the reasoning that it is “un-German” and “degenerated.” The painting’s whereabouts are still unknown.Each of the four piles in Gostner’s wor
Aug. 2, 2012
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Musical ‘Chicago’ donates 2,000 units of blood
Celebrating its 200th performance, members of the Broadway musical “Chicago” delivered 2,000 blood donor cards to the Korea Childhood Leukemia Foundation on July 29. For two years, Seensee Company has been selling special tickets at a 30 percent discount for purchasers who donate their blood donor card. The cards represent one unit of blood from each donor.In addition, the company invited the Korea Childhood Leukemia Foundation officials, childhood cancer patients and their families to the show.
Aug. 1, 2012
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Missing Roy Lichtenstein painting surfaces in New York
NEW YORK (AP) ― A painting by the late pop artist Roy Lichtenstein that disappeared 42 years ago has turned up in a New York City warehouse and is in legal limbo.Lichtenstein’s black and white “Electric Cord” was reported stolen after it was sent out to be cleaned by owner Leo Castelli in 1970 and never returned.The painting shows a tightly wound electrical cord. Court papers say it re-emerged last week when the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation notified Castelli’s widow, Barbara Castelli, that someon
Aug. 1, 2012
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‘I will make you cry’
Opera diva Angela Gheorghiu to perform full-length ‘La Boheme’ for the first time in Korea, in collaboration with conductor Chung Myung-hwunAngela Gheorghiu is just what one imagines one of the world’s most famous divas to be. Her elegantly powerful voice, amazingly attractive looks and even her nonnegotiable character have fascinated people around the world for the last 20 years.It was her originality, her sense of charisma and her perfection in works that catapulted her to international stardo
Aug. 1, 2012
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Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion, readies reggae record
NEW YORK (AP) ― Snoop Dogg wants you to know that he’s tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about.Also, he’s got a new name: Snoop Lion.The artist said at a news conference Monday in New York that he was “born again’’ during a visit to Jamaica in February and is ready to make music that his “kids and grandparents can listen to.’’The former gangster rapper is releasing a reggae album called “Reincarnated’’ in the fall.
Aug. 1, 2012
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Diana Ross urges privacy for Jackson children
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Diana Ross says the recent turmoil involving Michael Jackson‘s children and the appointment of a temporary guardian is a private matter and shouldn’t be playing out publicly.The singer writes in a statement to the Associated Press that "all interests are best served if it remains private."Ross was named in Jackson‘s 2002 will as a potential guardian for his three children if his mother was not available to serve. A judge suspended Katherine Jackson as the children’s guardian
Aug. 1, 2012
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Greek mythology meets Jeju folktale in modern ballet
Kim Yong-geol’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ brings rare form of intercultural performanceThe famous tale of Orpheus and Eurydice from Greek mythology has been made into countless films, operas and ballet pieces in the past. Former Opera de Paris dancer Kim Yong-geol’s recently staged ballet certainly added a new flavor to the timeless tale. The modern ballet piece, which finished its two-day run last week, was a rare combination of a lot of things. There was a mixture of modern dance and ballet; gug
Aug. 1, 2012