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A clearer ink rubbing of a recently discovered rare stele from the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo was made public for the first time in South Korea Thursday. The rubbed copy is expected to serve...
Updated : 2013.04.11 19:45
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Leonard Lauder, honorary chairman of cosmetics firm Estee Lauder, has given New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art an entire collection of Cubist art worth $1 billion. The collection which Lauder ha...
Updated : 2013.04.10 18:03
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Ever-evolving computer technology has already made inroads into many fields of arts, bringing even those uninitiated in art closer to what is normally considered the high arts. An ambitious project ...
Updated : 2013.04.09 19:28
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In celebration of spring, palaces are opening their doors wide to those who want to know more about them and the stories they contain. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday that Ko...
Updated : 2013.04.08 19:40
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A Buddhist temple will host the International Zen conference for the second time to mark the 100-year pari-nirvana memorial of Zen Master Gyeongheo in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province. Located in t...
Updated : 2013.04.08 17:55
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What do George Orwell’s “1984” and E.L. James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” have in common? Starting later on in 2013, they’ll both be owned by the same company after a merger is completed between p...
Updated : 2013.04.07 19:54
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HONG KONG (AFP) ― From foie gras noodles and liquid olives to air baguettes and mimetic peanuts, much of what elBulli chef Ferran Adria and his team created across their nearly 2,000 dishes defies t...
Updated : 2013.04.07 19:14
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Songdo Good Market, an annual flea market aimed at spreading green and sharing culture in Korea, will be back on April 27 at the Songdo Canal Walk inside the Songdo International Business District in...
Updated : 2013.04.07 19:14
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Pop music “Zedd in Seoul”: The young Russian-German DJ and music producer Zedd is a classically trained musician who began playing the piano at the age of 4 and the drums later on. In 2002, when Z...
Updated : 2013.04.05 20:25
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Psy has been included on the list of winners recognized for their “disruptive innovation” during the past year, according to the website of Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards. Psy was among the ...
Updated : 2013.04.05 20:06
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Jean-Luc Martinez poses for a photograph in the Louvre in this undated photo provided by the Louvre museum, Paris. (AP-Yonhap News) PARIS (AP) ― France’s Louvre museum is getting a new director ―...
Updated : 2013.04.04 19:39
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The number of moviegoers for Korean films here marked a record-high of 39.4 million from January through March, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Thursday. The figure topped the previ...
Updated : 2013.04.04 19:34
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Many fun, unique words are popping up almost every day, reflecting the trend of people’s use of language. One of such phrases in the United States is “D’oh,” a classic exclamation from “The Simpsons...
Updated : 2013.04.04 17:59
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The British Council opened a new exhibition called “The English Effect” in Britain on Wednesday that introduces many English words with foreign origins. According to the exhibition, “booze” came...
Updated : 2013.04.04 16:50
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An ancient site that was depicted in Greek and Roman mythology as the “Gates of Hell” has been found, an Italian archeologist claimed. Francesco D’Andria, a professor of classic archaeology at the U...
Updated : 2013.04.03 16:56
