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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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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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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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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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Indie stars shine
Linus’ Blanket“Show Me Love”Sony MusicIndie band Linus’ Blanket has finally released its first studio album, 10 years after forming. The duo, consisting of singer-songwriter Yeongene and guitarist Lee Sang-jun, debuted with their EP album “Semester” in 2003 and released another EP “Labor in Vain” in
Aug. 26, 2011
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Jaurim tease in ‘Conspiracy Theory’
Jaurim“Conspiracy Theory”Neowiz InternetRock band Jaurim, led by vocalist Kim Yoon-ah, released an eighth album “Conspiracy Theory” on Aug. 18, three years after “Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond” in 2008. With the album release, the band announced on its homepage, Twitter and Facebook that there will be hid
Aug. 26, 2011
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Romance lacks spark in ‘One Day’
Not a lot of love affairs, real or cinematic, can have it said of them that they end better than they begin. But “One Day” ends with a heartfelt flourish that was sorely missing from its first 90 minutes. This episodic romance works in fits and starts, and captures a bittersweet faux British turn by
Aug. 26, 2011
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Al Pacino, ‘Scarface’ cast celebrate legacy
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Al Pacino says he got burned while making “Scarface.”Literally, he grabbed the hot barrel of a gun that had just shot 30 rounds during one of Tony Montana’s violent scenes.“My hand stuck to that sucker,” the 71-year-old actor recalled. He couldn’t work for two weeks.Pacino relayed
Aug. 25, 2011
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Director portrays ‘wounds in life’
Talking about making films and living his dream, director Lim Woo-seong frequently used the word “Magic.”“Making movies was always a distant dream that just seemed to belong to some other part of the world,” said director Lim Woo-seong, whose second film, “Scars” has been officially invited to Zabal
Aug. 24, 2011
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Lady Gaga, Ryan Reynolds class photos published
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Bradley Cooper‘s teenage tennis practice. Lady Gaga’s first communion. A young Scarlett Johansson decorating a Christmas tree. Ryan Reynolds goofing around with his high-school classmates. Country crooner Blake Shelton as a guitar-playing kid. In this 2004 image released by Ancest
Aug. 24, 2011
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Hollywood-China production venture raises $220 million
HONG KONG (AP) ― Hollywood production house Legendary Entertainment and a Chinese studio have raised $220.5 million for the joint venture they’ve set up aimed at China’s increasingly lucrative film market.Legendary and Huayi Brothers Media Corp. said in a statement late Sunday that they’re selling a
Aug. 23, 2011
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Bestseller-turned-movie reveals real-life case of widespread child abuse
‘The Crucible’ to release in September starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yoo-miWhen popular novelist Gong Ji-young started publishing her online serial novel “Dogani” (The Crucible) in 2008, readers were shocked that it was based on a real-life story. Inspired by the mass sexual abuse at a school for heari
Aug. 22, 2011
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Creative resistance can bring justice: Activist filmmaker Iara Lee
Brazilian of Korean descent wants to unite people for action through artThough she started off as a hippie movie junkie ― who wanted to “do art for art’s sake” ― and has made more than five highly-regarded documentary films, this tough and fierce Brazilian of Korean descent no longer wants to call h
Aug. 21, 2011
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BOX OFFICE
Bridesmaids (U.S.)Opening Aug. 25.Comedy. Directed by Paul Feig. Annie, (Kristen Wiig) whose bakery business just failed, is also having a hard time because of her annoying roommates and her unfulfilling love life. While living a life of misery, her life-long best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolf) gets e
Aug. 19, 2011
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Future uncertain for low-budget horror franchise, now on its fifth movie
The “Final Destination” series has skirted death many times.Originally conceived as a sample script for “The X-Files” in 1995, it made the unusual transition into a feature film five years later. That horror movie was thought of by executives at New Line Cinema as a low budget one-off, but when it b
Aug. 19, 2011
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‘Spy Kids’ adds smell with ‘4-D’ Aroma-Scope
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Robert Rodriguez deliberately tried to make his latest “Spy Kids” adventure a bit of a stinker.Rodriguez, who helped usher in the new age of 3-D movies with the franchise’s third installment in 2003, is billing “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World’’ as a 4-D flick, adding scent ca
Aug. 17, 2011
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Why the world is ready for two ‘Snow Whites’
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Moviegoers may want to take two bites of the same apple next year: A pair of live-action adventure flicks based on the Snow White fairy tale will come out in theaters just months apart.As it stands, the first, still-unnamed Snow White movie is scheduled for release March 16. That
Aug. 15, 2011
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Bollywood film on caste stirs controversy in India
NEW DELHI (AP) ― A star-filled Bollywood film on India’s caste system churned up passionate debate as it opened Friday, with angry lower caste groups trying to torpedo its release, saying it reinforces social prejudices against them.The furor makes clear that caste ― the millennia-old Hindu custom t
Aug. 14, 2011
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Keb Mo, personal on ‘The Reflection’
Keb Mo“The Reflection” Yolabelle International/Ryko/Warner Music GroupWith bluesy guitars, groovy Hammond organs, and Keb Mo’s rich, smoky voice, “The Reflection” is a warm, mellow ride from start to finish. Like a smooth-jazz station all its own, “The Reflection” is never rowdy or boastful. It just
Aug. 12, 2011
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Another gem from John Hiatt
John Hiatt “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns” New West RecordsA charming photo in the CD booklet for “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns” shows John Hiatt in profile wearing a toothy grin, and why not? On his 20th solo album, Hiatt remains at the top of his game.There are no surprises left in his musical
Aug. 12, 2011
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Adkins returns to heartfelt topics
Trace Adkins“Proud To Be Here”Show Dog-UniversalOn his previous album, Trace Adkins came out stomping and snarling like a riled-up snake, creating the hardest-rocking album of his career. But the album failed to generate any top 10 hits.Understandably, on his new collection “Proud To Be Here,” the t
Aug. 12, 2011
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Helen, the Baby Fox (Japan)Opening Aug. 18.Drama. Directed by Keita Kono. Taichi, a little boy who does not have many friends at school, lives with his mother alone. Soon, his working camerawoman mother moves to another town for a project by herself and makes Taichi to live with her boyfriend, Yajim
Aug. 12, 2011
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Actors, and maybe audiences, have issues with ‘The Help’
Viola Davis didn’t want to wear the uniform. The Oscar-nominated actress was thrilled at the chance to star in “The Help,” the film based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. But it was a movie about maids in the Jim Crow South.And “I had to get past the fact that I’d be playing a maid.”It
Aug. 12, 2011
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EIDF celebrates non-fiction films
EBS event to screen 51 documentaries on TV and in theatersA total of 51 documentary films from 29 countries will be screened on TV and in theaters in Seoul this month, along with educational workshops and pitching sessions for newly emerging filmmakers.The 8th EBS (Educational Broadcasting System) I
Aug. 10, 2011