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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Singles try to sniff out love at pheromone parties
Sniff your way to love? Singles who attend so-called pheromone parties haven't ruled it out.The get-togethers _ which have been held in New York and Los Angeles and are planned for other cities _ ask guests to submit a slept-in T-shirt that will be smelled by other participants.Then, voila! You can pick your partner based on scent, or so the theory goes.The parties started as an experiment in matc
June 24, 2012
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Theater"Hairspray”: Broadway musical “Hairspray” is returning for its third run in Seoul. Having premiered in Seoul in 2007, the musical had another successful run in 2009. "Hairspray" has won a total of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical in 2003, since it first opened in Broadway in 2002. It takes place in the early 1960s, and tells the story of Tracy Turnblad, an overweight yet optimistic teenager who dreams of becoming a star dancer by appearing on a dance-themed TV show. The role of T
June 22, 2012
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Contacts on order for Carolina elephant
Veterinarians at a North Carolina zoo say they are crossing their fingers as a pair of jumbo contact lenses are made for one of their elephants.C’sar nearly went blind at the N.C. Zoo in Asheboro, but cataract surgery saved the day and has the 38-year-old bull African elephant pretty much back to normal after some harrowing months of bumping into things and being unable to eat. The next step is to fit C’sar with a custom-made set of soft contacts that will not only protect his eyes but also comp
June 21, 2012
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Quebec girls' school regrets hypnotism act
A Quebec private girls' school that held a hypnotism demonstration which left several students dazed says that in retrospect it should have taken the activity more seriously. The demonstration by a young hypnotist at Quebec's College Sacre-Coeur on June 7, left one girl in a four-hour trance, five more students in a daze and 13 students feeling nauseous and with headaches. The hypnotists mentor ha
June 20, 2012
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Legendary lost city ‘found’ by laser mapping
U.S. scientists recently claimed to have found the remains of the legendary lost city of Ciudad Blanca (“White City”) in Honduras, according to news reports.Using laser-based light detection and ranging technique, researchers from the University of Houston and the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping have managed to locate ruins of the ancient city, hidden deep within the jungle for centuries.Scientists flew over Honduras’ Mosquitia region shooting laser pulses that hit the ground and the
June 17, 2012
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Theater“Wedding”: Popular musical producer Song Seung-hwan, whose 1997 non-verbal piece “Nanta” made a global hit, has made a comeback with another foreigner-friendly work. Titled “Wedding,” Song’s latest musical is also non-verbal; its actors and actresses sing, dance, act and play over 20 musical instruments. The one-of-a-kind performance is specifically designed to draw foreign audiences. The show is a comical theatrical portrait of an ordinary Korean wedding, where the bride‘s father isn’t
June 15, 2012
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Legendary Magnum photographers’ works on exhibit in Seoul
Perfectly timed shots by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud captivate viewers Every photographer dreams of capturing a perfect moment that becomes the iconic image of the time. Separate photo exhibitions of work by two acclaimed Magnum photographers of the 20th century ― Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud ― present a series of perfect moments that leave a lasting impact. Looking at photos by Cartier-Bresson makes viewers wonder how long the photographer must have waited and how carefully
June 14, 2012
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Chinese block Tibetans at Buddhist event in Yeosu
A Chinese delegation abruptly left a religious conference in Yeosu on Wednesday morning after Tibetans attending the event refused to acquiesce to demands they leave. The Chinese delegation, consisting of Buddhist officials and monks, had walked out of the opening ceremony of the World Fellowship of Buddhists in Korea the previous evening. The Chinese had complained about the Tibetans’ participation, claiming that they represent Tibet’s government-in-exile. Saying they did not want to share the
June 13, 2012
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Discovery of fossilized dinosaur footprints gets int’l recognition
Fossilized footprints of a quadrupedal ornithopod dinosaur found in South Korea have been recognized by an international research society, the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) said Tuesday.The institute said in a press release that research papers on the fossils, discovered in Duhori, Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, 446 kilometers southeast of Seoul, have been published in the latest issue of Ichnos, an international academic journal about fossil research.The fossils
June 13, 2012
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30-somethings drive Korean consumption, culture: report
Korean people in their 30s, who were born in the 1970s and went to college in the 1990s, are the key generation leading mainstream Korean culture and consumption markets, a private think tank said in a report.Dubbed the “397 generation,” those in their 30s took up the largest portion in contributing to the sales of local department stores with 31.2 percent in 2010, followed by those in their 40s at 27.6 percent, the report by the LG Economic Research Institute said. Meeting the needs of the larg
June 13, 2012
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China unearths over 100 new terracotta warriors
BEIJING (AFP) ― Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 110 new terracotta warriors that laid buried for centuries, an official said Monday, part of the famed army built to guard the tomb of China’s first emperor.The life-size figures were excavated near the Qin Emperor’s mausoleum in China’s northern Xi’an city over the course of three years, and archaeologists also uncovered 12 pottery horses, parts of chariots, weapons and tools.“The ... excavation on the 200-square-meter site has found a total
June 12, 2012
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Story guru Robert McKee to hold seminar in Seoul
Robert McKee, an internationally acclaimed teacher of story-writing and storytelling, will hold a five-day seminar, offering a rare chance to learn about the principles and strategy of the art.The seminar, to be held in Korea for the first time, welcomes screenwriters, reporters, TV writers, filmmakers, producers, directors, film & TV executives, journalists, advertising executives, and marketing & sales, finance, design, communication and customer service professionals of all levels.The seminar
June 11, 2012
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Rare letter in English by Napoleon sells for 325,000 euros
PARIS (AFP) ― A rare letter in English written by Napoleon Bonaparte ― and replete with errors ― fetched 325,000 euros ($406,445) at an auction Sunday in Paris.The one-page letter, dated March 9, 1816, penned by Napoleon during his post-Waterloo exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, was one of just three known in the world, said auction house Osenat.Addressed to the Count of Las Cases, Napoleon’s companion in exile, the letter was acquired by the private Museum of Letters and Manus
June 11, 2012
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Healing pain through dancing
Young people, mostly female, gather inside a small cottage in Kolkata, India. They twist and turn, laughing and joking as they try to dance to the music. It seems like another jolly day at a typical dance class, except for one thing: The participants are all victims of horrific crimes.It is a dance therapy session started by Kolkata Sanved, a human rights organization that uses dance to heal victims of violence and trafficking. Many of the participants are young girls who were forced into sexual
June 11, 2012
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Giant cat Rupert wins cat of the year
Rupert, a super-sized cat from Australia weighing 9 kilograms, has won cat of the year for the third year in a row, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.The Maine coon is still growing, and is expected to reach almost twice its current size when fully mature.“He’s a mega, monster cat and still yet to fully fill out,” said cat competition judge Lesley Morgan Blythe. “He’s bigger than the biggest Maine coon I’ve seen.”The breed Maine coon is known to have produced some of the largest cats in the world s
June 11, 2012
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China, Korea, U.S. create online database for Korean classics
Chinese, Korean and U.S. researchers have created an extensive online database for Korean classics in Chinese, Korean and Romanized Korean as part of their East Asian studies project, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) said Sunday. The database created by researchers from CityU and partner institutions in Korea and the U.S. is a collection of 3,000 volumes of old Korean literature written in classical Chinese. “The collection is now easy to browse through, thanks to this cross-regional and cro
June 10, 2012
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Korean arts festival to be held in Slovenia
The Arts Council Korea will hold the Korean Arts Festival Week in Slovenia and Croatia from Monday to June 19 to showcase South Korea’s traditional and modern culture, the council said Friday.The festival week will be held in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana and Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb and Dubrovnik under the slogan “Nasmeh Koreje (Smile of Korea).”Kim Seong-jin, the conductor of the Seoul City Gukak Orchestra, will direct the National Opera Orchestra of Ljubljana for the opening conc
June 10, 2012
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Advertisements make ‘confession’
Exhibition takes visitors through 120 years of advertising in KoreaAdvertising has responded to social changes, trends and lifestyles of people over the years. But behind the simple overview lies the fact that advertising in Korea is also a byproduct of the turbulent days of its modern history, influenced by Japanese colonial rule and, more recently, globalization. The chronological tour of the 120 years of advertising in Korea at Ilmin Museum of Art offers an in-depth view of everyday life impa
June 10, 2012
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Philip Roth wins top Spanish literary award
MADRID (AFP) ― U.S. writer Philip Roth, whose works include the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “American Pastoral,”has been awarded Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award, organizers said Wednesday.The 79-year-old edged out 23 other contenders to take the 50,000-euro ($60,000) prize, one of eight given in different fields by the Asturias Foundation each year.The prize jury praised Roth for “his fluid, incisive writing.”“Characters, events and plots form a complex view of contempor
June 7, 2012
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Jogye Order pledges radical reform
The Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, said on Thursday that it will carry out radical reform to improve the public image of the order recently tarnished by a gambling and prostitution scandal. The order will separate monks from those engaged in administrative work of temple management and allow them to concentrate on missionary work and religious discipline.“The size and the role of temples have expanded along with the rapid growth of the Korean society. However, (The Jogye Order
June 7, 2012