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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Jackson doctor called suicidal after verdict
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge's stern voice broke the silence of a Los Angeles courtroom: "Money for madness medicine," he said before sentencing Dr. Conrad Murray to the maximum four years behind bars for Michael Jackson's death."Absolutely no sense of fault, and is and remains dangerous" to the
Nov. 30, 2011
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Tom Cruise to visit Korea
Tom Cruise will arrive in Seoul on Thursday to promote the fourth installment in the film series “Mission: Impossible.”Co-star Paula Patton and director Brad Bird will join Cruise in Seoul.According to the local promoter of the upcoming film, Cruise, Patton and Bird will attend a red-carpet event at Yeongdeungpo Times Square in Seoul at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Cruise, who is scheduled to leave Korea right after the event, is unlikely to hold any press meetings during his stay in Seoul, the promoter
Nov. 29, 2011
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Two share top prize at Gotham Film
New York (AP) ― In truly independent fashion, the Gotham Independent Film Awards ended with a tie for Best Feature. Terrence Malick’s highly imaginative “The Tree of Life,’’ and Mike Mills’ flashback comedy, “Beginners,’’ both received the night’s high honor.The unprecedented ruling was announced via video screen to the audience by jury member Natalie Portman who said her peers were “stuck’’ when it came to selecting a winner, so they “chose to honor both.’’“The Tree of Life,’’ starring Brad Pit
Nov. 29, 2011
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Shen Wei thinks big with new dance in New York
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Chinese-American choreographer Shen Wei is using one of New York’s most cavernous spaces to premiere his latest dance Tuesday ― but for the man behind the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympics nothing is too big.The Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan, a one-time military drill hall, hosts “Undivided Divided” and by the sound of things anything less than that vast hangar-style roof mightn’t have been able to contain Wei’s creative flair.“It will be something nobody experienc
Nov. 29, 2011
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Doris Day sings out for first time in 17 years
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Doris Day, America’s pert, honey-voiced sweetheart of the 1950s and 1960s, beguiled audiences with her on-screen romances opposite top Hollywood leading men Cary Grant, Rock Hudson and Jack Lemmon.She adored and misses them all, says the 88-year-old Day. But her deepest yearning is reserved for her late son Terry Melcher, a record producer whose touch and voice are part of Day’s first album in nearly two decades.“Oh, I wish he could be here and be a part of it. I would just lo
Nov. 29, 2011
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Faces from Africa
He may be from a country not everyone has heard of, but his paintings contain emotions everyone should be able to connect with.The faces in Eritrean artist Fitsum’s 20 oil paintings at “African Soul” in Gallery Tongkeun in Gwanhun-dong, central Seoul, portray universal feelings such as suffering and agony, depicted with bold strokes of vivid color.Eritrea is a small African country of less than 6 million people, situated next to Sudan to the west, Ethiopia to the south and Djibouti to the southe
Nov. 28, 2011
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Romanian star Inna starts campaign to curb domestic violence
BUCHAREST (AFP) ― Romanian dance music star Inna launched Friday a campaign against domestic violence with a website and a video clip of her newest song, encouraging women to speak out against abuse.“Unfortunately, domestic violence is an extremely serious problem, and not only in Romania. I hope that this campaign will help solve it,” Inna told AFP.“Women are ashamed to admit they have been physically or verbally abused. Our site (www.bringthesuninmylife.com) will address this issue in such a f
Nov. 28, 2011
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Director explores ‘my father’s house’
KangYu’s award-winning personal documentary features generation gap, lives of ‘house poor’This is the fourth article in a series on up-and-coming Korean filmmakers. ― Ed.It took making a film for director Kang Yu Ga-ram to understand her father’s life.The two did not share much in common to begin with. Her father is a firm supporter of the conservative Grand National Party; KangYu has worked with progressive NGOs and film production houses. He spent most of his life on construction sites; she ob
Nov. 28, 2011
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Exhibit showcases black photographer
PITTSBURGH (AP) ― Charles “Teenie’’ Harris had a photographic mission: going beyond the obvious or sensational to capture the essence of daily African-American life in the 20th centuryFor more than 40 years, Harris ― as lead photographer of the influential Pittsburgh Courier newspaper ― took almost 80,000 pictures of people from all walks of life: presidents, housewives, sports stars, babies, civil rights leaders and even cross-dressing drag queens.Now, a new exhibit and online catalog is showin
Nov. 28, 2011
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Early Walt Disney drawing up for auction in US
RENO, Nevada (AP) _ An original, autographed drawing by Walt Disney, believed to have been made about 1920 before he hit it big in the entertainment world, will go up for auction in Reno this week.The whimsical drawing of a cigar-chomping man wearing a derby hat will be among 1,400 items up for sale
Nov. 28, 2011
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Archaeologist traces Pocahontas wedding site
Archeologist William Kelso is certain he's discovered the remains of the oldest Protestant church in the United States, standing between two holes he insists once held wooden posts.In 1614, Pocahontas was "married right here, I guarantee," Kelso told AFP at the Jamestown, Virginia archeologica
Nov. 28, 2011
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George Michael treated for pneumonia, cancels tour
LONDON (AP) ― George Michael has postponed all his remaining 2011 tour dates as he recovers from pneumonia, the singer’s publicist said Friday.Michael was hospitalized in Vienna, Austria earlier this week. A statement from publicist Connie Filippello said the 48-year-old former Wham! singer “is responding to treatment and slowly improving.”Michael “is ill with pneumonia and any other speculation regarding his illness is unfounded and untrue,” the statement said.Two Austrian doctors treating Mich
Nov. 27, 2011
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Bruce Willis, Andie MacDowell daughters star at Paris ball
Bruce Willis, Andie MacDowell daughters star at Paris ballPARIS (AFP) -- Tallulah Willis, the youngest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, stepped out as the teen star of the Debutantes Ball in Paris Saturday, alongside Andie MacDowell’s youngest, Margaret Qualley.Held each year at the Crillon Hotel on Paris’ Place de la Concorde, the ball is a highlight of Europe‘s high-society calendar that updates a custom stretching back to the royal courts of France and England.Clad in sumptuous
Nov. 27, 2011
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Michael Jackson doctor faces four years in prison
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray is due back in court on Tuesday for sentencing, facing up to four years in prison after being convicted over the King of Pop’s 2009 death.Prosecutors want Murray to get the maximum jail term and be ordered to compensate the Jackson family for the star’s loss of earnings, estimated at $100 million for the comeback shows he was preparing when he died.But the 58-year-old medic’s lawyer Ed Chernoff asked in submissions to court last week for
Nov. 27, 2011
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Pictures of no place
Two German photographers showcase photos of life-size paper creations and renovated art museumGerman photographer Thomas Demand takes photos of places he has never been to, or things that no longer exist. The control room at Fukushima nuclear power plant and a parcel bomb sent to the U.S. from Yemen are clearly visible in his photos. But the photographer has never seen either with his own eyes. How is that possible? The secret reveals itself upon closer inspection: The photographer created life
Nov. 27, 2011
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‘The Unjust’ best picture at Blue Dragon Awards
Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il hailed best actress, actorDirector Ryu Seung-wan’s crime thriller “The Unjust” won Best Picture at the 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards on Friday, while actress Kim Ha-neul and actor Park Hae-il received the top acting honors in a repeat of last month’s Daejong Film Awards.An incisive portrayal of corruption and extortion of public officials surrounding a serial murder case, “The Unjust” also won Best Director and Best Screenplay.Ryu, who was reportedly on a business trip i
Nov. 27, 2011
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Korean documentary wins top prize at IDFA 2011
Korean documentary “Planet of Snail” won the top prize at the world’s largest documentary film festival in the Netherlands on Saturday, becoming the first Asian film to win the award.An everyday portrayal of a hearing and visually impaired man and his partner by director Yi Seung-jun, the film won the Best Feature-Length Documentary prize at this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Yi received a $16,600 cash prize.The film previously won the UNICEF Special award at last yea
Nov. 27, 2011
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Calendar
Classical Music“Chung Kyung-wha: ‘She is Back’”: Violinist Chung will perform on Dec. 19, 21, 25 and 26 in Seoul and other Korean cities for her first solo recitals in the country in nine years. Suffering a finger injury five years ago, Chung has been unable to hold a solo performance for years, focusing on teaching at the Juilliard School in New York. Chung will be performing with American pianist Kevin Kenner, whom she calls “a great partner,” playing Mozart’s “Violin Sonata No. 21 in E Minor
Nov. 25, 2011
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Box Office
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1(U.S.)Opening Nov. 30Fantasy. Romance. Directed by Bill Condon. Newly married Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) go off on their honeymoon to a private island off the coast of Brazil. While enjoying herself with her husband, Bella realizes she may be pregnant with a half-vampire baby. As Bella gets confirmation that she is actually pregnant, the couple immediately leave the island and return to their home. Worried that the baby, w
Nov. 25, 2011
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Williams prepared by immersing herself in all things Monroe
Her eyes were searching the grounds of the Beverly Hills Hotel, peeking over the bougainvillea at a row of terra cotta-roofed buildings.“I always wonder which bungalow was hers,” said Michelle Williams, staring into the distance at a lodging that could have been home to Marilyn Monroe. The icon, whom Williams plays in the film “My Week With Marilyn,” lived at the hotel in the late 1950s while in production on the movie “Let’s Make Love.”“Is it too pretentious to say I feel I have a relationship
Nov. 25, 2011