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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Naver Q1 net income soars 1,171.9% on growth of major businesses
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Pogi kimchi, (Napa cabbage kimchi)
It’s kimchi-making season! There are hundreds of kimchi varieties in Korea. Pogi kimchi is the most common variety. The taste of kimchi varies widely, depending on the seasoning ingredients. Every household has its own version. Various kinds of jeotgal (salted seafood) are used to give kimchi its distinct pungency and to aid the fermentation process. Saeujeot (salted shrimp) and myeolchiaekjeot (fish sauce made with anchovies) are the two that are most commonly used. I almost always use both of
FoodNov. 15, 2013
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Wholesome rice
Rice is the star ingredient of celebrity food stylist Hong Shin-ae’s new restaurant, Ssalgage, which translates to “rice store” in English. At the food show star’s brick-and-mortar spot in Seoul’s Sinsa-dong, freshly milled rice is served up daily with numerous side dishes as part of a set menu. “We mill the rice ourselves,” said sous chef Kim Jin-woong. The milling is done at the restaurant because the rice ― a mixture of white and brown rice called “obundomi” ― should ideally be consumed withi
FoodNov. 15, 2013
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SHINee snags ‘Artist of the Year’ at MelOn Music Awards
The 2013 MelOn Music Awards on Thursday recognized the biggest acts in Korean music including SHINee, Busker Busker and EXO, who walked away with “Artist of the Year,” “Album of the Year” and “Song of the Year,” respectively. The MelOn Music Awards are among the biggest in the country and hand out prizes based on digital sales and online votes. SHINee’s award marked the first time they were crowned artist of the year at the annual awards ceremony, beating out rival boy band Beast, who had taken
PerformanceNov. 15, 2013
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Grammys organizers announce TV tribute to Beatles
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Grammys organizers announced Thursday plans for a tribute show to the Beatles on the 50th anniversary of their iconic Ed Sullivan show appearance, with today’s top stars performing Fab Four hits. The Recording Academy, which organizes music’s equivalent of the Oscars, will bring together artists in Los Angeles the day after the 2014 Grammys show in January. “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles,” will air two weeks later, on Feb. 9, exactly 50 years
PerformanceNov. 15, 2013
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U.S. film school offers China scholarships
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The American Film Institute (AFI) has launched a scholarship scheme allowing student filmmakers to write movies about China, saying U.S. cinema-goers need more cultural insight than “Kung Fu Panda.”Nine students at the AFI Conservatory will travel to China for “cultural research,” to help them write a feature-length screenplay and develop it on a second year scholarship at the prestigious film school.“China’s rich cultural legacy is filled with stories waiting to be shared wi
FilmNov. 15, 2013
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Ex-mayor Oh to advise Lima officials under ODA program
Former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will be dispatched to Lima, Peru, by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to advise its municipal administration.On Friday, Oh completed the overseas aid agency’s weeklong education course for advisers being sent to developing countries. The agency launched the advisory group in a ceremony at the training center for World Friends Korea in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. In the event, he received a certificate of course completion from KOICA president Kim
PeopleNov. 15, 2013
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Brookings to tap Korean-American professor as Korea studies chair
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The Brookings Institution, a top U.S. think tank, is expected to pick Katharine Moon, a female Korean-American professor, as its first Korea studies chair, an informed source said Thursday.The Washington-based institution is preparing to launch a chair position for Korean studies in partnership with the Korea Foundation and SK Group, a South Korean conglomerate.“Brookings has been in search for a figure to lead the program. It has drawn up a short list of Korea experts
PeopleNov. 15, 2013
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Cake joke for pensioner Charles as prince turns 65
KOCHI, India (AFP) ― Britain’s Prince Charles turned 65 while travelling in India on Thursday and his staff teased him with a cake in the shape of a free bus pass, which he can now claim as a pensioner.The heir apparent, Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son, was celebrating at the end of a nine-day trip to India, before he flew to Sri Lanka to open a meeting of leaders from the Commonwealth bloc.Princes Charles’s staff ordered the cake from his luxury hotel in the southern Indian port city of Kochi i
PeopleNov. 15, 2013
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Japan honors Jane Birkin for tsunami relief effort
PARIS (AFP) ― British-born singer-actress Jane Birkin was awarded the Japanese foreign ministry’s top honor Thursday for her support to Japan’s relief work after the devastating 2011 earthquake.Best known as the muse of iconic French singer Serge Gainsbourg who wrote several of her albums, Birkin rushed to Japan after the 9.0-magnitude quake and ensuing monster tsunami.“We were struck by her immediate reaction to the earthquake,” said Japanese ambassador Yoichi Suzuki, after awarding her the Jap
PeopleNov. 15, 2013
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[Photo News] Ailee returns to the stage
South Korean singer Ailee on Thursday made her first stage appearance since the nude photo incident at the 2013 Melon Music Awards.The 24-year-old singer put on a dazzling performance with singer Shin Seung-hoon and hip-hop group Baechigi after being named one of the top 10 artists at the ceremony.The fans chanted Ailee’s name after the performance and the singer shed tears onstage.A U.S.-based Korean pop news site uploaded what appeared to be her nude photos on Nov. 10, touching off a storm of
PerformanceNov. 15, 2013
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Brookings to tap female professor as Korea studies chair
The Brookings Institution, a top U.S. think tank, is expected to pick Katharine Moon, a female Korean-American professor, as its first Korea studies chair, an informed source said Thursday.The Washington-based institution is preparing to launch a chair position for Korean studies in partnership with the Korea Foundation and SK Group, a South Korean conglomerate."Brookings has been in search for a figure to lead the program. It has drawn up a short list of Korea experts in the U.S. For now, profe
PeopleNov. 15, 2013
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National Theater Company releases English book
The National Theater Company of Korea has released a compilation of three Korean plays translated into English, titled “Three Plays.” The 150-page book features the well-loved plays Bae Sam-sik’s “March Snow,” Ko Yeon-ok’s “The Master Has Arrived,” and Park Geun-hung’s “Red Bus.” The book also contains commentaries written about the writers’ lives and works by honorary professor at Pennsylvania State University, Richard Nicole. The National Theater Company of Korea has sent copies to more than 1
CultureNov. 14, 2013
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‘DNA of modern media artists comes from Nam June Paik’
Nam June Paik was an artist ahead of his time and his influence on today’s media artists is greater than when he was alive in the 80s and 90s, according to Doug Aitken, winner of the 2012 Nam June Paik Art Center Prize. “Paik was incredibly ahead of his time ... his works were about mixing up the media and this has been the DNA of today’s media artists,” said Aitken at the press opening of his exhibition at Nam June Paik Art Center in Korea last week. Aitken was awarded the NJP Art Center Prize
PerformanceNov. 14, 2013
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Naju National Museum to open next week
The Naju National Museum, the 13th central government-funded museum under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will open to the public on Nov. 22. Located about a 20 minutes’ drive from central Naju, South Jeolla Province, in a rural setting, the museum will be a place where the past meets the present and future of the Yeongsangang River area, said Park Jung-hwan, director of the museum.“In the past, we built national museums in city centers, but this time we are reenacting history: The
CultureNov. 14, 2013
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Andy Warhol painting fetches record $105m at U.S. auction
NEW YORK (AP) ― A prized 1963 Andy Warhol painting that captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash sold for $105 million Wednesday at a New York City auction, shattering the record for the famed pop artist amid a spending frenzy at the high end of the art world.The 3.96-meter painting titled “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” depicts a twisted body sprawled across a car’s mangled interior. It has only been seen once in public in the past 26 years. The buyer wasn’t immediately identified.T
PerformanceNov. 14, 2013
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Singer-songwriter Lee Juck returns with ‘The Meaning of Solitude’
Nearly three years after the release of his last album, popular ballad singer-songwriter Lee Juck has returned to the music scene with the release of his fifth studio album, “The Meaning of Solitude.” The entire 10-track album was written and composed by the artist and features the sweet and soulful melodies that fans have come to expect from the singer; however, this time around, Lee has also decided to delve into new waters by taking on a number of hip-hop and even club-style tracks in keeping
PerformanceNov. 14, 2013
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‘Infinite Challenge’ stops sales of song over plagiarism claims
MBC has stopped sales of “I Got C,” a song featured on the entertainment show “Infinite Challenge” that is in hot water over plagiarism claims.The broadcaster said it reached the decision to stop all sales of the song with Amoeba Culture Entertainment, which represents the hip-hop producer Primary, until the issue is settled. It said it would stop selling the CDs, which feature other songs made for the show, after Nov. 15 in a banner message on its website. The decision was made as the controver
PerformanceNov. 14, 2013
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North Korea is unlikely springboard for U.S. rap duo
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Pacman and Peso are rappers with an ambition. They want to stand out in Washington’s hip-hop scene ― and they’re going all the way to reclusive North Korea to do it.The dreadlocked duo ― who have never been on a plane before, let alone out of the United States ― are setting off this weekend for the capital Pyongyang.Their plan: to make what might be the first hip hop video ever filmed in Asia’s last hardline communist state.“You’ve got to do something different,” said Pacman,
PeopleNov. 14, 2013
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‘My Life’ serves as an appetizer
Several years ago, a cookbook editor friend called asking my advice on whether she should publish Jacques Pepin’s autobiography. Pepin is one of my heroes in food, I told her, but I’d pass on the book ― all chef biographies tend to follow the same story arc, there’s not a lot new to be said.Wisely she ignored me, and though “The Apprentice” turned out just as I predicted plot-wise, it was one of the bestselling cookbooks of the year. I learned two lessons from that incident: I’m a lot better off
BooksNov. 14, 2013
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Remembering Nora Ephron in two new collections
In her poignant 2010 essay “What I Will Miss,” which appears on the last page of a new omnibus, “The Most of Nora Ephron” (Alfred A. Knopf.), the author listed 31 items ― bacon, Paris and “the concept of waffles,” among them. There’s one thing she left out, I would venture to guess: writing.Though it was kept secret from all but her immediate circle, Ephron knew she was terminally ill with leukemia for six years before her death in 2012. If anything, this increased her productivity. According to
BooksNov. 14, 2013