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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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‘Time Travel to the Daehan Empire’ events to be held in Jeong-dong
Various cultural events will be held in Seoul’s historic and cultural areas of Jeong-dong Street and Deoksu Palace from May 25-27 under the theme “Rediscovery of Jeong-dong, No. 1 Place of Modern Cultural Heritage ― Time Travel to the Daehan Empire,” the Cultural Heritage Administration said Monday.The administration said the events are designed to rediscover the historic and geographic significance of Jeong-dong, the site of South Korea’s legacies of modern diplomacy, education, religion and me
May 7, 2012
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Owner of missing relic transfers rights to the state
Experts question legitimacy of ownership on valuable text on Korean alphabetThe legal owner of the missing text of Korea’s writing system Hangeul handed over ownership to the government on Monday.The state-run Cultural Heritage Administration said it hoped the ownership transfer could lead to a breakthrough in finding the missing piece as officials need to have the full rights to investigate without getting consent from the owner. “I decided to donate my ownership of Hunminjeongeum to retrieve t
May 7, 2012
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KOCCA to offer one-stop services for content creators
The Korea Creative Content Agency, affiliated with the Culture Ministry, will open an integrated support center for content providers this month as well as a specialized team for the export of hallyu-related contents, its new head said Friday.Hong Sang-pyo, president and CEO of KOCCA, told reporters that the plan was part of the agency’s restructuring process and was aimed at supporting content providers in different genres. The planned center will provide a wide range of consulting services on
May 7, 2012
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Turkish beauty mag ties Muslim veil to glamour
ISTANBUL (AFP) ― Can the Muslim headscarf be synonymous with glamour? Turkey’s first fashion magazine for conservative Islamic women looks set to prove that it can.In less than a year since it was launched last June, the monthly Ala ― meaning “beauty” ― has become a mainstream glossy.With a circulation of 20,000, it is only slightly behind the Turkish versions of Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Elle magazines.Ala’s pages are splashed with models reflecting a conservative Islamic style, all wearing heads
May 6, 2012
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Seminary takes pride in student diversity
Torch Trinity Graduate University, situated in a business hub in southern Seoul, is the only university in the metropolis with an English focus. While far smaller than its peers with approximately 600 students, the school has drawn students from 32 different countries. Its draw, according to school officials, is its genuine and intentional English-only curriculum.Other prestigious universities in the country have enticed international students with English-only programs in an attempt to become m
May 6, 2012
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Korea, China, Japan to push cultural exchange
The Culture Ministers of Korea, China and Japan agreed to expand cultural cooperation and promote exchanges between the three countries at a trilateral meeting held in Shanghai on Saturday, officials said.The action plan includes programs designating “cultural cities” in each of the three countries in 2014, and hosting joint art exhibitions in a way to draw interest from world’s leading traditional and modern artists. The annual meeting was attended by Korean Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik, C
May 6, 2012
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Buddhist order protests state ownership of relic
Jogye Order shocked by transfer of ‘Hunminjeongeum’ ownership stateThe Jogye Order, Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, on Friday protested the planned donation of a missing relic to the government.The “Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon Sangjubon” was stolen in 2008 and its whereabouts is still unknown, but the rights of ownership are being transferred by a man who was awarded legal ownership of the 15th century text by a court in February.In a press release issued Friday night, the Jogye Order questioned whe
May 6, 2012
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Buddhist order protests state ownership of missing relic
The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, the nation’s largest Buddhist sect, on Friday protested the planned donation of a missing relic to the government by an individual.In a press release issued Friday night, the Jogye Order questioned whether a proper investigation into the original source of the “Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon Sangjubon,” which it claims was looted from one of its temples, had taken pla
May 4, 2012
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San Juan’s walls are full of history
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ― The walls around Old San Juan are tall and very imposing.They are as tall as 42 feet and as thick as 45 feet at the base, 2 feet at the top. The muralla or city wall features two walls of sandstone blocks, filled with sand, mortar, limestone and water.The walls served San Juan well, thwarting pirates and foreign invaders for hundreds of years. That includes the English, the Dutch and the Americans.Slaves began building them in 1630 and continued for 150 years. The walls f
May 4, 2012
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Korea resource room launched in Copenhagen
The National Library of Korea opened a resource room at a library in Copenhagen last week as part of its effort to improve understanding of Korea abroad, officials said on Wednesday.The project, titled “Window on KOREA,” provided more than 1,800 books on Korea written in Korean and English to the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies located in Copenhagen. Korea’s state-run library will send 200 reading materials annually to the Danish library, for the next five years.Shim Jang-sup, chief executive
May 2, 2012
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Culture ministers from Korea, China and Japan to meet in Shanghai
South Korean Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik will attend a culture ministers’ conference with his Chinese and Japanese counterparts in Shanghai, China, from Friday through Sunday, ministry officials said Wednesday.The trilateral meeting will focus on ways to establish an Asian cultural community as a joint project by the three countries in culture and arts, cultural assets and the culture industry, the officials said.Choe will also hold two-way talks with Chinese Culture Minister Cai Wu and Jap
May 2, 2012
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New York opens trove of city photographs
Around 870,000 images of New York City and its operations have been made available online to the public for the first time, retracing 160 years of the Big Apple’s history.The new site, www.nyc.gov/records, was so popular that it was unavailable on Wednesday, a day after its official launch.Among the 25 collections put online is a series of color photographs of each building in the city, taken in t
May 2, 2012
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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