The board of the main shareholder of broadcaster MBC voted to dismiss company president Kim Jae-chul Tuesday following months of disputes over its unfair news coverage, labor abuses and suspected corruption. The decision was made during the board meeting of the Foundation for Broadcast Culture, which owns a 70 percent of stakes in MBC. Five of the nine-member panel supported the proposal to fir...

SYDNEY (AP) ― Ellen DeGeneres was applauded by a rapturous Aussie audience like a cherished part of the family as she introduced her Australian-born wife, Portia de Rossi, on a Sydney Harbour-side stage on Saturday to begin pre-recording Down Under segments for her popular U.S. TV show. The Emmy Award-winning talk-show host arrived in Sydney with her mom, Betty DeGeneres, and de Rossi on Friday ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Johnny Depp and Kristen Stewart avoided slime ― mostly ― while picking up blimp-shaped trophies at the Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday. The “Dark Shadows” star won as favorite movie actor at the 26th annual awards extravaganza, while the “Twilight” leading lady was selected as favorite movie actress and female butt-kicker. “Dude, I was too much of a coward to accept this,” sh...

Three major broadcasters struggled Wednesday against a suspected cyber attack on their network servers. According to state-run broadcasting stations KBS and MBC and 24-hour cable news channel YTN, the computer networks went down around 2:20 p.m. “We were asked to turn off our PCs. We tried to reboot but were unsuccessful,” said a KBS spokeswoman. “Even our notebook computers would not work. It...

From news reports (khnews@hearldcorp.com) 현빈, ‘여심 녹이는 눈빛’ 주원으로 폭발적인 인기를 구가하다 군 입대로 홀연 모습을 감췄던 현빈. 그가 제대 후 3개월 만에 처음으로 잡지 화보에 모습을 드러냈다. 4월호는 현재 가장 궁금한 인물, 현빈을 표지로 진행하며 그의 감춰진 얼굴, 더욱 더 스타일리시 해진 그의 모습을 앵글에 담아냈다. 커버에서는 모던한 블루 슈트를 감각적인 스타일링과 멋진 포즈로 소화한 그는 화보에서는 소년부터 30대에 막 들어선 진짜 남자의 모습까지 다재다능하게 연출하여 스태프의 갈채를 받았다. 인터뷰에서는 해병대에서 김태평으로 살았던 2년간의 시간을 담담히 술회하며 그간 공개하지 않았던 심경을 밝혔다. 돌아온 현빈의 가장 핫하고 뜨거운 모습...

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Spring drama lineup goes heavy on historical settings

Korean pop artist Nancy Lang’s composite photograph of Shin Saimdang, a famous female artist of the Joseon era, on a Korean banknote is going viral. The performance artist uploaded a photo of a 50,000-won bill, on which she changed Shin’s clothes into Lang’s body in a bikini. The original picture on the bill has Shin wearing hanbok, the traditional Korean costume. Some media speculated that she...

A student organization named DN has filed an injunction request for KBS drama “You’re the best, Lee Sun-shin” for allegedly undercutting the public image of Admiral Yi Sun-shin. The organization, made up of some 30 Korean students studying abroad, filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office against KBS for distorting the image of the famous Joseon-era general. The dram...

American actress and singer Jaime Lynn Spears is engaged to Jamie Watson, she announced via the photo-sharing app Instagram. “Guesssss what?????? #Hedidgood,” Spears, 21, posted Saturday evening, accompanied by a photo of the couple. Spears and Watson, 30, have been dating on and off for three years, People magazine reported. She had previously been engaged to Casey Aldridge, the father of her...