While the chill still lingers in the morning air, spring is here in flower buds waiting to bloom and warm breezes in the afternoon sun. Opera Gallery Seoul is celebrating the season with an exhibition of masterpieces by artists such as Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Bernard Buffet, Salvador Dali, Raoul Dufy and Rene Magritte. The exhibition “Le Sacre Du Printemps,” meaning the Rite of Spring, borrowed from the music of Stravinsky which premiered in Paris in 1913, features 70 artworks inspired by t

Fashion designer Jung Kuho stages his second dance piece

CNBLUE will add two more concerts to the group’s world tour after selling out all the tickets for their stops in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.On Tuesday FNC Entertainment announced that the shows for the Blue Moon World Tour 2013 were sold out in the three locations. Tickets for the 7,000 seats at the Hong Kong concert sold out in about five minutes, prompting the quartet to add one more show on May 10 in response to fan requests. Now the group will perform in Hong Kong for two days, on May 1

First Korea-Hong Kong joint production film discovered

Filming of the French version of the hit reality TV show "Survivor" has been cancelled after a contestant died of a heart attack on a tropical Cambodian island on the first day.French broadcaster TF1 said it had axed the 2013 season of the show, called "Koh Lanta", after 25-year-old Gerald Babin fell ill on Friday during filming on Koh Rong off Cambodia's southwestern coast.Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon said the TV crew had planned to spend five months in the kingdom."The contestants hav

Big Bang member Daesung has been chosen to be an MC for a new show on MTV Japan.Daesung will be hosting a five-episode variety show program with MTV’s VJ Boo called “D-LITE & VJ Boo D’splay,” which will air every two weeks on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. starting April 13.According to YG Entertainment, Daesung and VJ Boo are close friends and the two will be showing off their friendship throughout the series as well as cooking and doing many fun things.“I am nervous as this is my first time being an M

Singer Younha will participate in the 2013 Muse in City Festival that will be held at the Olympic Park’s Jandi Madang on June 15. Younha will be participating along with other preeminent stars including Australian singer-songwriter Lenka, singer-songwriter and Damien Rice’s muse Lisa Hannigan, and Korean indie-pop singer Han Hee-jung, according to Access Entertainment, the concert organizer.The inaugural 2013 Muse in City Festival will be celebrating female artists in the music scene. Additional

Robert Downey Jr., the hero of the “Iron Man” film series, is scheduled to visit South Korea in April to promote the latest edition of the Marvel Comics piece.The Hollywood actor will arrive here on April 3 for an “Iron Man 3” press conference the following day, according to Sony Pictures Korea, the local distributor of the superhero film.Downey Jr.’s visit, the first leg of his global promotion tour, comes in line with the world premier of the movie in South Korea scheduled for April 25, a week

The “Beastly Idols” have released a comeback trailer for their eagerly awaiting fans. On Monday, JYP Entertainment confirmed that the group 2PM is returning to their fans with new music. “2PM is going to come back in May. Also they are going to hold a concert in Korea in June after their comeback,” they said. The company said that the trailer will be broadcast at Times Square in New York and Piccadilly Circus in London. The two locations are among the most sought-after advertising spots in the w

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 fire him for his recent violations of the foundation rules including appointing executives at its affiliat

Centennial exhibition explores how Kim Whanki presented ideal Korean beauty on canvas