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Koreagate figure makes rare public appearance

November 21, 2009

Tongsun Park, the central figure in the Koreagate scandal that broke out in 1976, opened his mouth for the first time in quite a while. Park gave a speech this Tuesday in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul, titled “The ...

Fool’s jester turns Lear on its head

November 21, 2009

It’s no small task retelling the story of one of the greatest writers of all time. But that’s exactly what comedic novelist Christopher Moore set out to do in his latest book. In “Fool,” Moore turns Shakespeare’s ...

Irish novelist Colum McCann wins U.S. book award

November 21, 2009

NEW YORK - Colum McCann’s “Let the Great World Spin,” a novel about daring, luck and mortality in 1970s New York, won the fiction prize Wednesday night at the 60th annual National Book Awards. McCann, who has called his book an act of hope writte

Words that Ring Through Time

November 21, 2009

Words that Ring Through Time: The Fifty Most Important Speeches in History and How they Changed Our World (Hardcover) AUTHOR: Terry Golway GENRE: Non-fiction The 50 most important speeches of all time: their...

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

November 21, 2009

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation (Paperback) AUTHOR: Ray Bradbury GENRE: Comics & Graphic Novels A faithful adaptation of the original, Hamilton’s comics version conveys the social co...

How The Mighty Fall

November 21, 2009

How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In (Hardcover) AUTHOR: Jim Collins GENRE: Business Management Amid the desolate landscape of fallen great companies, Jim Collins began to wonder: Ho...

Born to Run

November 21, 2009

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover) AUTHOR: Christopher McDougall GENRE: Individual Sports The scenario is a writer’s dream. McDougall found...

Are you ready to rock? Guns N’ Roses to hit Seoul

November 18, 2009

Music fans in Korea often lament that only over-the-hill singers and old school musical acts perform in the country. That complaint, however, is becoming less and less convincing with A-list acts such as Mariah Ca...

The girl in yellow glides into town

November 18, 2009

Star ballerina Kim Joo-won can’t hide her excitement. “Whenever I see the color yellow, my heart beats fast,” the 31-year-old said. What gave Kim this yellow fetish? The musical “Contact.” Conceived by American...

Artist nails light into the dark

November 18, 2009

There are many things people can hang with nails but not many know they use them to hang light, an art critic said in discussing the works of artist Yoo Bong-sang. At a distance, Yoo’s works may not seem like any...

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