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Wed, July 26, 2017 | 05:41

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[INTERVIEW] Nam Ji-hyun becomes 'chart climbing icon'

For Actress Nam Ji-hyun, 21, the drama “Suspicious Partner” was special because it offered a safe landing for her while acting in her first romance drama as an adult. The recently ended SBS romantic comedy, which gained little attention at the beginning, has reversed its viewership rankings, just like her previous drama “Shopping King Louie” did, and Nam gained a new nickname...

Dramas & TV shows | 2017-07-25 16:26

Cho Seong-jin to release 2nd album in fall

Pianist Cho Seong-jin is set to release his second album of Debussy’s works this fall, according to Deutsche Grammophon and Universal Music. Cho is known to have recorded the pieces for the album in Berlin and elsewhere around Germany. The album will contain Debussy’s Images 1, 2, Suite Bergamasque, Children's Corner and L'isle joyeuse. On his previous album released last Nov...

Music | 2017-07-25 15:46

Former K-pop star in love with younger bodybuilder

Kim Jun-hee, a former K-pop star who runs a popular online shopping mall, is in love with a bodybuilder 16 years her junior. Kim, 42, declared her love with Lee Dae-woo, 26, on Instagram, Monday. This is the first time she has revealed she had a boyfriend since her divorce in 2008. But she wrote,“There is no talk about marriage yet.”

Music | 2017-07-25 17:35

Musical classic 'Cats' returns with new look

It's the same cats - glamorous Grizabella, popular as a rock star Rum Tum Tugger, reliable Munkustrap and sparkly and witty Mr. Mistoffelees. But they are all renewed. An updated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical theater classic "Cats" arrived at the Haeoreum Theater of the National Theater of Korea in Seoul, mesmerizing theatergoers with its timeless charm. Based on T...

Performances | 2017-07-24 17:13

Notre Dame cathedral's organist to recreate classical pieces

French organist Olivier Latry, will be performing in Seoul as part of the pipe organ series organized by the Lotte Concert Hall. Latry was dubbed the "youngest organist" for the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris when he was appointed to the "titulaires des grands orgues of Notre-Dame, Paris" at the age of 23 in 1985. At the time, he drew much media attention, as usually organists...

Music | 2017-07-24 17:05

Book-film festival to begin in August

The 3rd Screen Seller Film Festival, where visitors can watch four films and read the novels they were based on, will be held next month. Jointly organized by local book store Kyobo and cinema Art House MOMO, this year’s book-film festival will be held under the theme of “relationship” at Art House MOMO at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, on Aug. 18-19.

Movies | 2017-07-24 18:31

[Movie preview] 'Battleship Island' is a battle between history, fiction, and commercialism

The title of the movie "The Battleship Island" (Gunhamdo) refers to Hashima Island, off the coast of Nagasaki in Japan which was said to look like a battleship. The island was owned by the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi who turned the entire island into a coal mining factory with which they made huge sums of money. In the 1940s, during Japan's colonization of Korea, the Jap...

Movies | 2017-07-23 17:07

[INTERVIEW] Yoo Seung-ho sheds child actor image with 'The Emperor'

Actor Yoo Seung, 23, who took the role of Crown Prince Yi Sun in the recently ended MBC fantasy period drama “The Emperor: Owner of the Mask,” has been one of the few child stars who has grown into a successful actors as an adult. Although the drama received some criticism for its plot, the Wednesday-Thursday drama, helped by Yoo’s great acting, did well in the ratings, closi...

Dramas & TV shows | 2017-07-23 17:19

Daughter reveals Chun Kyung-ja's secrets

"'Beautiful Woman' is not painted by Chun Kyung-ja," said the late artist's second daughter Kim Jeong-hee, also known as Sumita Kim, who published the book "Chun Kyung-ja Code," citing five reasons that the artwork in question is fake. She aesthetically analyzed Chun's other paintings from the same period with Clifford Chieffo, professor emeritus at Georgetown University and ...

Exhibitions | 2017-07-21 17:44

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