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KBS cable television cancels transgender show after protests

A scene from KBS Joy’s “XY That Girl.” (KBS Joy) A South Korean TV channel on Thursday said it had pulled the plug on a newly-launched talk show aimed at the transgender community, following stro...

Updated : 2012.09.13 20:22

Kim Ki-duk slams film industry’s monopolistic culture

Film director Kim Ki-duk, who won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival with his gruesome morality tale “Pieta,” has criticized the Korean film industry for allowing only a limited number of su...

Updated : 2012.09.11 09:49

Miranda Kerr meets Japanese fans

Model Miranda Kerr attends a event of Japanese fashion company "Samantha Thavasa" in Tokyo, Japan, on September 9, 2012. (UPI) Model Miranda Kerr attends a event of Japanese fashion company "Samanth...

Updated : 2012.09.10 14:54

Rihanna wins best MTV video; Psy makes appearance

Rihanna won the top prize of the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards for her “We Found Love” song on Thursday night in Los Angeles. British boy band One Direction was also in the spotlight, sweeping up thre...

Updated : 2012.09.07 19:49

Overseas Korean broadcasters’ convention kicks off

Dozens of overseas Koreans who work for broadcasting firms across the world gathered in their home country to discuss ways to cooperate further for global broadcasting, organizers said Tuesday. Host...

Updated : 2012.09.04 20:00

Baek Chung-gang to take break for health reasons

Baek Chung-gang, winner of MBC Star Audition Season One, will have to cancel his entire September schedule and perhaps further as well for health reasons, his management agency said via its official ...

Updated : 2012.09.03 19:16

Clinton to urge ASEAN unity on South China Sea

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for Southeast Asian states to present a united front to the Chinese in dealing with territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Clinton wil...

Updated : 2012.09.03 16:34

S. Korean actress cancels visit to Japan amid tension over Dokdo

A South Korean TV actress has canceled her plan to visit Japan, her entertainment agency said Monday, after a Japanese network suspended the broadcast of a television drama starring her amid heighten...

Updated : 2012.09.03 16:27

Reality show to offer tickets to Mars

THE HAGUE (AFP) ― As the world marvels at the latest US Mars landing, a Dutch start-up is aiming to beat NASA at its own game by sending the first humans to the red planet ― and film it all as a real...

Updated : 2012.08.31 20:01

G-Dragon to come back with new single ‘That XX’

Big Bang leader G-Dragon will make a comeback on Sept. 1 with a new single “That XX.” YG Entertainment’s official blog posted a teaser photo of G-Dragon’s new single on Aug. 29, formally announci...

Updated : 2012.08.29 19:46

New actress replaces T-ara’s Ham Eun-jung in ‘Five Fingers’

The producers of the SBS drama “Five Fingers” have removed T-ara’s Ham Eun-jung from the cast, and filled the main role with Jin Se-yeon of KBS2 drama “Bridal Mask” (Gaksital) on Aug. 22. An ang...

Updated : 2012.08.26 19:04

Music reality marathon begins

Participants gather at the Seoul preliminaries of SBS’ “K-Pop Star 2” for a chance to make it to the second season of the music reality show. (K-pop Star) What will new season’s ‘SuperstarK,’ ...

Updated : 2012.08.24 20:25

IU publishes photo essay using smartphone

IU poses with her book. ( Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics announced that Korean pop star IU will publish a book of photo essays called “20-year-old IU’s Photo Shoot Play,” which was made...

Updated : 2012.08.21 20:08

Humorist Phyllis Diller dies at 95

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in her Los Ange...

Updated : 2012.08.21 20:06

Top actors say they are dating

Lee Byung-hun, Lee Min-jung admit their romantic relationship, but deny wedding rumor Hallyu stars Lee Byung-hun and Lee Min-jung admitted on Sunday that they have been dating since early this year....

Updated : 2012.08.19 15:59