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The Gamcheon area of Busan used to be somewhere people would usually avoid. Seen as a ghetto, the place held little charm. But in 2009 things started to change. Artists and activists gathered at this ...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:51
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Theater“A Tale of Two Cities”: “A Tale of Two Cities,” a musical based on the novel of the same title by Charles Dickens, is being restaged in Seoul after its first Seoul run last year. The piece ...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:46
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MILAN (AP) ― La Scala has reduced the number of operas it will stage during the 2013-14 season due to Italy’s economic crisis, the theater’s general manager said Thursday. The program for next season announced by Stephane Lissner comprises 10 operas instead of the usual 13, and there wi...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:25
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A comprehensive cultural event highlighting Korean pop, cuisine, fashion, martial arts and more will kick off in Istanbul in August. Aimed at forging closer ties between Korea and Turkey, the Istanbul...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:51
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Korean people should not approach multiculturalism as an ideology or theoretically, but accept it naturally as society has already become multicultural, according to Yook Sang-hyo, director of the 201...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:50
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As Korean society becomes culturally diversified, multiculturalism has emerged as a popular topic in the mass media. Starting with 2007’s SBS TV drama “Golden Bride,” which featured a Vietnamese wo...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:49
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According to hyangga, or folk songs from the Silla Kingdom (B.C. 57-A.D. 935), Cheo Yong was a man who came from nowhere and married a Silla woman. One day, when he returned home at night, he found “...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:32
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MEXICO CITY (AFP) ― Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting a player from a pre-Hispanic ball game, the national anthropology institute said Monday.The stone had been sliced at the neck, like a decapitation, and buried in ...
Updated : 2013.05.21 19:55
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It is always good to see young artists pouring out their passion on stage. If they are extremely talented, the pleasure doubles. The fifth “DITTO Festival,” featuring young and talented musicians pe...
Updated : 2013.05.21 19:55
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State-run Korea National University of Cultural Heritage is embroiled in controversy over a professor who was dismissed after a series of allegations of sexual harassment were made against him.While fellow professors call the incident an “embarrassment,” a high court nullified his dismis...
Updated : 2013.05.20 20:07
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The National Assembly Budget Office on Sunday admitted that the “Globalization of Hansik” program had failed and needed major revision, dealing a blow to the pet project of former first lady Kim Yoo...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:18
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Pop music“Seoul Jazz Festival 2013”: The annual Seoul Jazz Festival is a two-day concert event featuring many jazz and jazz-inspired acts from all across the world. This year’s festival will featur...
Updated : 2013.05.16 20:26
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"Great Gatsby" star Leonardo DiCaprio on Wednesday opened the 66th Cannes Film Festival ahead of the European premiere of Baz Luhrmann's controversial 3-D epic, kicking off the world's most prestigious film fest.Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman, Carey Mulligan and a troupe of 1920s "flapper...
Updated : 2013.05.16 18:30
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A construction company owned by a local politician demolished a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple in northern Belize to use the rubble as gravel for road repair work, authorities charged.The ancient 30-meter high pyramid, which was reduced to a small mound of debris, was part of the Noh Mul cere...
Updated : 2013.05.16 18:28
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BERLIN (AFP) ― The opening this month of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many a little girl, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:27
