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Violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill poses for The Korea Herald on Thursday at Plaza Hotel in Seoul. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald) The viola, slightly larger than a violin and with a deeper sound, ha...
Updated : 2013.03.26 17:31
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Cho Min-suk Architect Cho Min-suk has been named the commissioner of the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2014, the state cultural agency Arts Council of Korea announced on Monday. Cho will be in ...
Updated : 2013.03.25 19:15
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NHN Corporation, operator of the country’s largest search engine Naver, introduced what is called a “page profit sharing,” or PPS, program to make its webtoon services more profitable for the writ...
Updated : 2013.03.25 18:35
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The small South Gyeongsang Province city of Tongyeong was clearly in a festive mood Friday as its annual Tongyeong International Music Festival kicked off. The streets were adorned with flags and si...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:13
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Semele Walk, the opening piece for the Tongyeong International Music Festival featured on Friday evening in its Asian premiere, was as strong as it could get from the beginning. Musicians loosely hol...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:11
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with “Things Fall Apart’’ and continued for decades to ...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:11
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NEW YORK (AP) ― The seemingly unstoppable hit “The Book of Mormon’’ has broken another record ― this time on the oter side of the Atlantic. The quirky, profane musical opened Thursday night to ...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:11
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In today’s increasingly digital world, collecting and enjoying books may seem outdated. Nonetheless, many still remain attached to paper books as they allow for a “comprehensive” experience. “I ...
Updated : 2013.03.22 20:49
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Why do people turn to books? Why do we want to leave records of ourselves? Above all, why do we need libraries? “People have always had a craving for knowledge. And books, the condensed form of one...
Updated : 2013.03.22 20:45
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Theater “Red Poetry”: Local theater troupe Theater Company Gorae is presenting “Red Poetry,” a play that deftly links the controversial suicide of actress Jang Ja-yeon in 2009 to the stories of ...
Updated : 2013.03.22 20:27
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A white porcelain jar from the Joseon Period was auctioned off for $1.2 million, the highest price fetched at the auction of Japanese and Korean art auction at Christie’s in New York on Wednesday. ...
Updated : 2013.03.22 20:05
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There are unfortunate cases where talented young artists hailed as prodigies slip into a dark period of “growing pains” and fail to take the next step in their career. They are often forgotten or l...
Updated : 2013.03.21 19:29
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This image is not directly related to the article. (MCT) A recent study claimed that women marrying later in their life were likely to reap financial benefits, while the same was not true for men. ...
Updated : 2013.03.21 14:08
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The newly appointed chief of the state heritage agency on Wednesday said she is ready to protect a set of endangered petroglyphs in the outskirts of Ulsan, North Gyeongsang Province, which has been h...
Updated : 2013.03.20 20:02
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Foreign chefs from top hotels in Korea will hold a charity dinner next week to raise funds for a local charity, as part of their long-time wish to give back to the Korean community. Five executive c...
Updated : 2013.03.19 19:38
