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Big Bang and CL nominated for ‘Time 100’

K-pop boy band Big Bang and CL of girl group 2NE1 are included in Time magazine’s online reader poll for this year’s 100 most influential people, Time announced Wednesday. Big Bang and CL are the o...

Mar 25, 2016
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[Hallyu power] Pony, trendsetter of K-beauty

Celebrity makeup YouTuber talks about beauty blogging, YouTube makeup tutorial production and launch of cosmetics brand

Mar 22, 2016
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Shin Kyung-sook's novel listed top bestseller in 10 years: data

Shin Kyung-sook's "Please Look After Mom" was listed as South Korea's most-read book for the past ten years, a local bookstore said Monday. The country's biggest Kyobo Book Centre produced the data ...

Mar 21, 2016
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[EYE] Grandma’s lifelong prayer answered

Korean-American writer’s account of her family’s escape from North Korea published in Korean

Mar 18, 2016
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Jacques Attali to speak at Korea-France Leaders Forum

Jacques Attali, one of the world’s greatest scholars, will speak at the Korea-France Leaders Forum on March 24 at The Shilla Seoul hotel. The forum, which will serve as the opening of a year-long c...

Mar 16, 2016
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Connecting cultures: Koreans returning from abroad make waves

For many Koreans, moving overseas helps personal and professional growth. This migration also has a broad impact on Korean society as many of the migrants return to Korea after decades abroad. When...

Mar 9, 2016
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Gyeongju National Museum director tapped to head National Museum of Korea

President Park Geun-hye tapped Lee Young-hoon, director of Gyeongju National Museum, to head the National Museum of Korea, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday. Director of Gyeongju National Museum Lee Youn...

Mar 9, 2016
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Yoo Ah-in picked to endorse ‘KON’

Actor Yoo Ah-in has been picked to endorse the role-playing game “Knights of Nights,” Netmarble Games announced Tuesday. The game company released a video interview with Yoo on Monday, where the ac...

Mar 8, 2016
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Actress Kim Gyu-ri becomes honorary labor attorney

Kim Gyu-ri and An Nae-sang were appointed as honorary labor attorneys by the Korea Certified Public Labor Attorneys Association on Saturday. The two actors were given certificates by the president o...

Mar 1, 2016
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Foreign envoys get lesson in calligraphy

The Corea Image Communication Institute welcomed 60 foreign diplomats and opinion leaders with a calligraphy class Tuesday night, marking the opening of the 21st Korea Culture Quotient Program. Hos...

Feb 24, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Um Hong-gil always has a new peak to reach

Mountaineer-turned-humanitarian says he refuses to give up, always thinking about his next goal

Feb 12, 2016
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Studying is the key to owning your life

Cultural psychology scholar Kim Chung-woon points to studying as a way to cope with living a long time

Feb 5, 2016
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Hong named Sentinel advisor

Sentinel has appointed Hong Jung-gi, professor at Kookmin University’s College of Physical Education, as its health advisor, the provider of high-functional and intensive crossfit and boot camp train...

Feb 5, 2016
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KAIST professor heads new futures studies society

The Korea Association of Futures Studies held a launching ceremony Friday and elected Lee Kwang-hyung of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology as its founding president. Lee, currently ...

Jan 24, 2016
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Activist, author Shin Young-bok dies at 75

Activist and author Shin Young-bok, a professor at Sungkonghoe University best known for writing “Reflections from Prison,” containing his thoughts while imprisoned during the military-backed governm...

Jan 17, 2016
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