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Clubs The OctagonNonhyeon Near the New Hilltop Hotel in Nonhyeon, this club is notable for its stylish interior and elite clientele. The venue offers a club stage, lounge bar and dining area to satisfy any night out after work or on the weekend. Near exit 4 of Hakdong Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 516-8847. Club VolumeItaewon Offering a venue for specially-themed weekly events and world-class DJs, Club Volume is located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station. Club Volume was listed by Time magazine among the “10 things to do in 24 hours in Seoul.” For more information, call 1544-2635. Once in a Blue MoonApgujeong Once in a Blue Moon is one of the best known and well established jazz clubs in the city. It features live jazz sets from two different bands every night, usually starting at 7:30 p.m. It is located between the Hakdong intersection and the Galleria department stores in the posh district of Apgujeong. For more information, call (02) 549-5490 or visit www.onceinabluemoon.co.kr. Club AnswerCheongdam

May 2, 2013By Baek Byung-yeul

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Classical Concerts Paul Mauriat Tribute ConcertGrand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee UniversityMay 5This concert is dedicated to the memory and works of late French musician Paul Mauriat. Mauriat, who led the Le Grand Orchestra de Paul Mauriat as conductor, was known for his efforts to make classical music more accessible to and better understood by the general public. His album ”Love is Blue,” released in 1968, remains as his most famous work, topping the Billboard classical charts for five weeks that year. He has written more than 1,100 songs and tunes that were frequently used in movies and broadcasting commercials. Conductor Jean-Jacques Justanfre will perform some of Mauriat’s most notable works with his own orchestra, Grand Orchestra Jean Jacques Justafre. Tickets cost 50,000 to 200,000 won. For more information, call (02) 3676-2352 or visit www.interpark.com. Lim Hyun-jeongSeoul Arts Center*May 23Lim Hyun-jeong, who left a stunning impression by performing Beethoven’s entire piano sonatas in Paris in 2010, will play in front of Korean fans next month.

May 2, 2013By Baek Byung-yeul

Lotteria opens 1st outlet in Yangon

Participants applaud during the opening ceremony of the first Lotteria store in Yanggon, April 27. / Courtesy of Lotteria By Shim Jae-yun Lotteria opened its first store in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 27, marking the first time for a Korean food service company to operate there. The branch has an area of 268 square meters in ‘Junction Square,’ the largest shopping mall in Myanmar. It also has plans to open 30 more in the capital city by the year 2016. Toward that end, it is poised to set up three road shops, six in shopping malls and one drive-thru by the end of this year. The opening of the new facility is a meaningful first step towards the Lotte Group’s quest to make inroads into Myanmar. The country has emerged as a new promising market following the military government’s democratic reforms initiated in 2012. Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin visited Myanmar in February last year and Lotteria signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Myko food service company in August, to lay the groundwork for its advance into

Apr 30, 2013
Lotteria opens 1st outlet in Yangon

All aboard the groove train

YMAP’s “Madam Freedom.”Media art to define Korean presence at Edinburgh festBy Kwon Mee-yooThe Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) is established as an annual celebration of imagination and creativity in the world of arts. The Korean presence in the Scottish city in August will be highlighted by the late Paik Nam-june, the Korean-American avant-garde artist considered widely as the father of video art, and his artistic heirs, who continue to marry art and technology with indelible cool and flair.Talking with reporters in Seoul, Jonathan Mills, the Australian director of the EIF, said that the interest in the Korean works is significant as the festival has been consistently trying to increase participation of non-European artists. Over 3,000 artists from some 40 countries will participate in this year's event. Mills invited three Korean projects for this year’s event, themed as "Art and Technology,’’ aimed at exploring the evolving relationship between art and technology in an international context. In 2011, the EIF went as far as to theme that y

Apr 30, 2013
All aboard the groove train

Musical to film, and back to musical again

The scene in Les Miserables when Valjean escapes through the sewers, carrying Marius’s body. / Courtesy of Les Miserables KoreaSeoul’s Blue Square theater offers another chance to fall into ‘Les Miserables’ feverBy Kwon Mee-yooWhile the Korean boom for musical theater was sparked by “Phantom of the Opera” about a decade ago, this could be the year when it’s permanently replaced by “Les Miserables” as the nation’s favorite musical.Since the December release of the Hugh Jackman-Anne Hathaway movie, which sold nearly 6 million tickets, Les Miserables fever has shown no signs of abating.Bookstores were enjoying brisk sales of Victor Hugo’s original novel, while cable television channels were rerunning the older movie that stared Liam Neeson. Figure skater Kim Yu-na liberally used the Les Miserables sound track during her dominating performance at the World Figure Skating Championships in March.So the Blue Square Theater in Hannam-dong, Seoul, deciding to stage Les Miserables was simply inevitably becoming a reali

Apr 29, 2013
Musical to film, and back to musical again

More to gardens than meets the eye

A mound in the middle of the lake garden has visitors walk along a swirly path to get to the top. A blue bridge representing the Dong-cheon River connects the expo sites. / Yonhap  Charles JencksBy Yun Suh-youngWhen visitors tour around the Suncheon Bay Garden Expo in the South Jeolla Province coastal town, they marvel at the imagination and effort invested in creating some of the world’s most beautiful gardens.Charles Jencks, an American landscape architect and designer, is behind the Suncheon Lake Garden, probably the most notable work at the Suncheon Expo that is a brilliant tribute to the city and the beautiful wetlands of Suncheon Bay.It is also the largest garden at the exposition, with a huge artificial lake hugging a beautifully-tailored, cone-shaped mound that is reached by a footbridge. Jencks said the garden was an interpretation of Suncheon, its nature and surrounding landscape.“Suncheon city and its surrounding mountains and thriving wetlands — all three were the inspiration for our design. We have miniaturized the surrounding landscape a

Apr 26, 2013
More to gardens than meets the eye

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Clubs The OctagonNonhyeon Near the New Hilltop Hotel in Nonhyeon, this club is notable for its stylish interior and elite clientele. The venue offers a club stage, lounge bar and dining area to satisfy any night out after work or on the weekend. Near exit 4 of Hakdong Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 516-8847. Club VolumeItaewon Offering a venue for specially-themed weekly events and world-class DJs, Club Volume is located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station. Club Volume was listed by Time magazine among the “10 things to do in 24 hours in Seoul.” For more information, call 1544-2635. Once in a Blue MoonApgujeong Once in a Blue Moon is one of the best known and well established jazz clubs in the city. It features live jazz sets from two different bands every night, usually starting at 7:30 p.m. It is located between the Hakdong intersection and the Galleria department stores in the posh district of Apgujeong. For more information, call (02) 549-5490 or visit www.onceinabluemoon.co.kr. Club AnswerCheongdam

Apr 25, 2013By Baek Byung-yeul

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Classical Concerts‘Aida’Sejong Center for the Performing Arts*Through April 28Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Aida” will be staged in downtown Seoul. Soprano Lim Se-kyung, Son Hyun-kyung and Son Hyun-hee were cast in the role of Ethiopian princess Aida, who is sent to Egypt as a slave and falls in love with Egyptian General Radames, played by tenor Shin Dong-won, Yoon Byung-kil and Lee Won-Jong. Mezzo soprano Lee Ah-kyung, Yang Song-mi and Kim Jung-mi will perform as Egyptian princess Amneris, the axial character of a love triangle. Tickets cost 20,000 to 120,000 won. For more information, call (02) 399-1111 or visit sejongpac.or.kr.Paul Mauriat Tribute ConcertGrand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee UniversityMay 5This concert is dedicated to the memory and works of late French musician Paul Mauriat. Mauriat, who led the Le Grand Orchestra de Paul Mauriat as conductor, was known for his efforts to make classical music more accessible to and better understood by the general public. His album ”Love is Blue,” released in 1968, remains as his most famous work, top

Apr 25, 2013By Baek Byung-yeul

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Clubs The OctagonNonhyeon Near the New Hilltop Hotel in Nonhyeon, this club is notable for its stylish interior and elite clientele. The venue offers a club stage, lounge bar and dining area to satisfy any night out after work or on the weekend. Near exit 4 of Hakdong Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 516-8847. Club VolumeItaewon Offering a venue for specially-themed weekly events and world-class DJs, Club Volume is located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station. Club Volume was listed by Time magazine among the “10 things to do in 24 hours in Seoul.” For more information, call 1544-2635. Once in a Blue MoonApgujeong Once in a Blue Moon is one of the best known and well established jazz clubs in the city. It features live jazz sets from two different bands every night, usually starting at 7:30 p.m. It is located between the Hakdong intersection and the Galleria department stores in the posh district of Apgujeong. For more information, call (02) 549-5490 or visit www.onceinabluemoon.co.kr. Club AnswerCheongdam

Apr 18, 2013

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Classical Concerts Paul Mauriat Tribute ConcertGrand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee UniversityMay 5 This concert is dedicated to the memory and works of late French musician Paul Mauriat. Mauriat, who led the Le Grand Orchestra de Paul Mauriat as conductor, was known for his efforts to make classical music more accessible to and better understood by the general public. His album ``Love is Blue,’’ released in 1968, remains as his most famous work, topping the Billboard classical charts for five weeks that year. He has written more than 1,100 songs and tunes that were frequently used in movies and broadcasting commercials. Conductor Jean-Jacques Justanfre will perform some of Mauriat’s most notable works with his own orchestra, Grand Orchestra Jean Jacques Justafre. Tickets cost 50,000 to 200,000 won. For more information, call (02) 3676-2352 or visit www.interpark.com. Don CarloSeoul Arts Center*April 25-28 The Korea National Opera Company will perform Verdi’s “Don Carlo” later this month at the Seoul Arts Center. Set in the royal court

Apr 18, 2013
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