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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Natl. Assembly to pass bill mandating new probe into Itaewon tragedy
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Park Jung-bum recalls making of ‘The Journals of Musan’
After winning 17 awards with his feature debut, director says he is ‘overrated and lucky’This is the sixth in a series on up-and-coming Korean filmmakers. ―Ed.Clad in blue jeans and a grey hoodie, director Park Jung-bum looks nothing like the North Korean defector he played in his award-sweeping feature debut, “The Journals of Musan.” He no longer has the character’s bowl-cut, nor does he have that sluggish gait. “Oh, of course I look different,” says Park during an interview with The Korea Hera
Dec. 12, 2011
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L.A. film critics association names Yoon Jung-hee best actress of 2011
South Korean actress Yoon Jung-hee was chosen as the best actress of the year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) for her lead role in the award-winning South Korean film "Poetry."The association announced a list of the 2011 award winners, including Yoon, on Sunday (L.A. standa
Dec. 12, 2011
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Oswalt says love scene with Theron was ‘nightmare’
NEW YORK (AP) ― Shooting a love scene with Charlize Theron would be a dream come true for many actors, but for Patton Oswalt, who co-stars with the Oscar-winning actress in the new movie “Young Adult,’’ the experience was “a nightmare.’’“Why do I have to be in my underwear next to the most physically perfect person on the planet? Why couldn’t I have been next to John Goodman or Michael Moore in their underwear?’’ said Oswalt at the film’s premiere Thursday night. “It was a dream that turned into
Dec. 11, 2011
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Zombies storm Havana cinema festival
HAVANA (AP) ― The hottest ticket in Havana is a gory, campy zombie flick with a wicked sense of humor about Cuba’s obsessive relations with the United States, one that revels in islanders’ knack for making the best of things even when everything around you ― buildings, streets, human limbs ― is falling to pieces.Audiences thronged movie houses this week to catch screenings of “Juan of the Dead,’’ or “Juan de los Muertos’’ in the original Spanish, and organizers had to hastily add extra midnight
Dec. 11, 2011
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My Barefoot Friend (Korea) Opening Dec. 15Documentary. Directed by Lee Seong-gyou. Shalim is one of the 10,000 rickshaw workers who taxi people around barefoot in Calcutta, India. The 50-year-old man’s dream is to buy a motorized rickshaw and make more money to support his family better. He works alone in Calcutta, through the merciless traffic in the overcrowded streets, while the rest of his family live in the countryside with the money Shalim sends every month. When his wife becomes severely
Dec. 9, 2011
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Diva leaves fans with last treasureAmy Winehouse“Lioness: Hidden Treasures”(Universal Music)This album, filled with 12 unreleased songs, will take fans through a journey of joy and sadness. Listening to the diva’s trademark sultry and smoky voice, one will be constantly reminded that she is no longer among us. Serving as Winehouse’s follow-up to 2007’s “Back to Black,” “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” shows that the multi-Grammy-winning musician began to lose some of her vitality and power toward the
Dec. 9, 2011
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Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo make noise for ‘The Artist’
There’s a very good chance that Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, two actors little-known outside of France, will be nominated for Academy Awards next year. Not that such an honor holds much immediate meaning for the stars of “The Artist,” the silent black-and-white film that has become a critical darling on the festival circuit since having its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.“In America, there’s a big audience for the Oscars?” Bejo, 35, inquired, genuinely puzzled. During a recent t
Dec. 9, 2011
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Tom Cruise undisputed star at opening of Dubai film festival
DUBAI (AFP) ― Actor Tom Cruise was the undisputed star on the red carpet at the opening of the Dubai Film Festival, sharing the limelight with Bollywood stars and the widow of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat.Cruise attended the screening of his latest release, “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,” which was filmed in Dubai and includes a dramatic scene where the U.S. actor climbs the sides of the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, which stands 828 meters high.Dozens of adoring fans
Dec. 9, 2011
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A burden carried barefoot
Korean-directed documentary ‘My Barefoot Friend’ offers captivating human dramaThey will soon be gone from the vibrant streets of Calcutta. The rickshaw operators, who haul customers and cargo across the city using their bare feet, work about 15 hours a day in merciless traffic, overwhelming heat and even torrential rain. But their profession could be extinct in just two or three years, as the Calcutta government has been enforcing a ban on rickshaws on its streets since 2006.Following the relea
Dec. 8, 2011
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Fonda, stars of ‘The Help’ honor Hollywood women
BEVERLY HILLS (AP) ― For the 20th consecutive year, Hollywood’s most powerful women came together to break bread and celebrate their achievements in entertainment.Jane Fonda and the late filmmaker Laura Ziskin were honored at the breakfast ceremony Wednesday at the Beverly Hills Hotel, held by the Hollywood Reporter in concert with its annual Power 100 ranking of the entertainment industry’s most powerful women.“This list matters,’’ said Janice Min, the magazine’s editorial director. “Acknowledg
Dec. 8, 2011
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Poof! Harry Potter park to appear in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Universal Studios will spend several hundred million dollars to build a Harry Potter attraction inside its existing Hollywood theme park in hopes of mimicking the success of a similar park in Orlando, Florida.Executives announced the project Tuesday with much fanfare, spraying confetti and hoisting mugs of the wizardly brew butterbeer.The attraction, based on the Warner Bros. movies about the boy wizard in J.K. Rowling’s novels, will create more than 1,000 jobs at Universal an
Dec. 7, 2011
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Dunst, Willis, Gere are Sundance-bound
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― It’ll be a busy shopping season at next month’s Sundance Film Festival, whose star-studded premieres are up for grabs by potential theatrical distributors.Some premieres usually enter the independent-film showcase with U.S. distribution already lined up. But festival director John Cooper said all the premieres that Sundance announced Monday will be looking for distributors.“I don’t think that’s ever happened before,’’ said festival director John Cooper. “It makes for a much mo
Dec. 7, 2011
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Alec Baldwin kicked off LA flight for playing game
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Alec Baldwin says he was kicked off a plane Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport after having words with a flight attendant over an “addicting” word game he was playing on his cellphone.The “30 Rock” actor was asked to get off a New York City-bound flight for playing “Word
Dec. 7, 2011
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Early Monroe photos sell for over $300K at auction
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — Copyrights and images from Marilyn Monroe's first photo shoot sold for $352,000 at an auction that included also items from Lady Gaga and John Lennon.Julien's Auctions spokeswoman Caroline Galloway tells The Associated Press on Sunday that the Monroe photos &md
Dec. 6, 2011
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Doctor-turned-filmmaker investigates Korean health care system
Song Yoon-hee talks about making of Korea’s first medical documentary Just three days ahead of the opening of her documentary debut, “White Jungle,” occupational environmental physician and filmmaker Song Yoon-hee seemed rather cynical. “I hope the movie won’t get closed down by theaters too early,” she said. Promoted as the local version of Michael Moore’s 2007 medical documentary “Sicko,” Song’s 9 million won budget indie film triggered much debate online even before its official release. The
Dec. 5, 2011
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‘Melancholia’ wins best Europe film award
BERLIN (AFP) ― Denmark’s Lars Von Trier late Saturday won the prize for best European film of 2011 for his movie “Melancholia” at a ceremony put on here by the European Film Academy.“Melancholia” follows two sisters, the bride Justine (Kirsten Dunst) due to get married in the sumptuous romantic castle of Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), but the union is doomed as the wayward planet Melancholia heads for Earth.Dunst won the Best Actress award at Cannes for her role, although the Danish director was
Dec. 4, 2011
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Silent movie making big noise in Oscars race
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― “The Artist,” a black-and-white homage to the era of silent movies, has a growing number of film insiders talking in Hollywood, where it is increasingly tipped as a leading Oscars hopeful.The movie by French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius won best film and best director this week by the New York Film Critics Circle, lending weight to its hopes for the Academy Awards.On the same day it secured a best picture nomination for the Independent Spirit Awards, another key pointer to w
Dec. 4, 2011
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‘Premium’ theaters offer more than a movie
Oh, those comfy chairs.It’s as if stepping into the first class section on an airplane, except there’s a wide movie screen right before your eyes. There are drinks, snacks and even board games. If you want, you can order a bottle of quality wine along with the nibbles. Or even get proposed to over a fine dining five course meal.Welcome to “premium” movie theaters, which have brought a new moviegoing experience to Koreans in the past decade. Since the very first premium theater in Korea, “CGV Gol
Dec. 2, 2011
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Tokyo Oasis (Japan)Opened Dec. 1Drama. Directed by Kana Matsumoto. Touko, (Satomi Kobayashi), an obscure actress, leaves the film set of her latest project on a whim. Without any plans in mind, she begins to wander the streets of Tokyo, and comes across three random people. Right after leaving the set, she is offered a ride by a driver named Nagano. At a small theater venue, she chats with former screen writer Kikuchi. At the zoo, she runs into Yasuko, a young woman who has failed to get into an
Dec. 2, 2011
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‘Shame’ duo Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender share risky tie
Actors will endure a lot for a director they believe in. Michael Fassbender swallowed his pride and wore a superhero helmet for Matthew Vaughn in “X-Men: First Class” and toggled trickily between English and German for Quentin Tarantino in “Inglourious Basterds.” But none of that compares to what he’s been willing to go through for Steve McQueen.Four years ago, when Fassbender began working with the punctilious filmmaker (no relation to that other Steve McQueen) in the prison drama “Hunger,” the
Dec. 2, 2011