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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
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What will Yoon, Han talk about at dinner?
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Half of high-ranking gov't officials' children given favor in military duty: lawmaker
More than half of high-ranking civil officials' children have received favors in carrying out their compulsory military service, an opposition lawmaker said Wednesday, casting concerns over inequality among soldiers.According to the data compiled by Rep. Kim Joong-ro of the minor opposition People's Party, around 54.1 percent of family members belonging to high ranking public employees were assigned to rear area, non-combat units. He pointed out that on the whole, such positions only account for
Social AffairsSept. 21, 2016
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Foreign ministers of Korea, Germany discuss cooperation on NK nuclear threat
Top diplomats from South Korea and Germany discussed ways to expand cooperation in fighting the growing nuclear threat from North Korea, sharing the view that its latest test is a grave provocation that cannot be tolerated, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday (local time) in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, according to the ministry.Yun emphasized
Foreign AffairsSept. 21, 2016
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Overseas Korean businesspeople to gather for conference in Jeju
Some 1,000 Korean businesspeople from around the world will hold a meeting on the southern resort island of Jeju later this month to expand business opportunities and discuss ways to contribute to the development of South Korea’s economy, the event's organizer said Wednesday.About 2,000 local businesspeople will also join the 15th World Korean Business Convention under the theme "New Changes & Possibility, Hansang Network" set for Sept. 27-29, the Overseas Koreans Foundation said. Hansang refers
CompaniesSept. 21, 2016
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Price jump pushes consumers to buy ready-made kimchi
Consumers are resorting to packaged kimchi after record summer heat and drought have sent prices of napa cabbage, the side dish's key ingredient, up by more than 230 percent, retailers said Wednesday.At E-Mart, sales of packaged kimchi rose 67 percent so far this month compared to the same period last year, totaling 4 billion won ($3.58 million), company officials said. Such a rise is common during the summer vacation months of July and August, when travelers buy ready-made kimchi for convenienc
IndustrySept. 21, 2016
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Parliament passes resolution condemning N. Korean nukes
South Korea's parliament passed a new resolution Wednesday that urges Pyongyang to drop its nuclear development program, nearly two weeks after Pyongyang tested its fifth nuke underground despite strong opposition and warnings from the international community."We sternly warn North Korea that reckless provocations will only isolate it from the international community, and it will face more pressure," the resolution said, adding Pyongyang must take meaningful steps to give up all nuclear-related
PoliticsSept. 21, 2016
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Gov't urges bank labor to drop strike plan
South Korea's chief financial regulator called on the nation's umbrella bank union Wednesday to withdraw its plan to go on a general strike later this week, saying such a collective action will never win public support especially at a time when the local banking industry faces a "life-or-death" crisis.Yim Jong-yong, chairman of the Financial Services Commission, delivered the message in a meeting with the heads of seven major local banks to discuss ways to deal with the move by the Korean Financ
Sept. 21, 2016
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Women absent at executive positions of public firms
None of the top 30 public enterprises have female executives, a corporate analyst said Wednesday, a finding that defies government efforts to raise women's presence in the business world.According to CEO Score, which tracks companies' performance and management, as of the end of June this year, there were no female executive-level officers among the 139 such officials at the surveyed public firms. There were two women in the C-suite in 2014, but they have retired.The government had said it wants
Social AffairsSept. 21, 2016
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Incoming US Strategic Commander: New N. Korean rocket engine may range US
A new rocket engine that North Korea claims to have successfully tested this week would be powerful enough to range the continental United States if it has the capability to put a satellite into orbit as claimed by Pyongyang, a top US commander said Tuesday.The North claimed earlier Tuesday that it successfully conducted a "ground jet test of a new type high-power engine of a carrier rocket for the geo-stationary satellite." It said the "single engine" has a thrust of 80 tons, which is three tim
North KoreaSept. 21, 2016
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N. Korea finishes extracting plutonium from spent fuel: US research institute ISIS
North Korea appears to have finished extracting plutonium from spent nuclear fuel, gaining up to four more nuclear weapons worth of plutonium, a US research institute said Tuesday.The Institute for Science and International Studies (ISIS) said that satellite imagery taken of the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex between July and August shows little activity at the North's nuclear reprocessing plant, compared with brisk activity earlier this year when reprocessing was believed to be under way."The
North KoreaSept. 21, 2016
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N. Korea's nuclear test 'endangers all of us' :Obama
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday North Korea's nuclear test "endangers all of us" and the communist nation must "face consequences."Obama made the remark during his final address to the UN General Assembly, as the UN Security Council is working on fresh sanctions on Pyongyang for its fifth nuclear test."We cannot escape the prospect of nuclear war unless we all commit to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and pursuing a world without them," Obama said. "When Iran agrees to accept const
North KoreaSept. 21, 2016
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Ukraine wants Korean TV channels: report
A senior Ukrainian official said Tuesday his country wants South Korean satellite TV channels to fill in for blocked Russian ones, according to a news report.Ukraine blocked 77 Russian satellite TV channels over the past two years amid the worst-ever bilateral ties over the Crimea issue.Instead, dozens of new Ukrainian TV channels began services."We don't have enough. So we want Korean (TV satellite channels)," the Interfax news agency quoted Yuri Artemenko, the head of Ukraine's national counci
IndustrySept. 21, 2016