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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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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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Economy comes as priority over Constitution revision debate: PM
South Korea's Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Tuesday that the country need to focus its efforts on revitalizing the national economy, amid the rising voice among some lawmakers that Seoul should seek to revise the Constitution to change the current presidential system."Although there are talks on Constitution revision, the government believes it is more important to revitalize the economy and stabilize the living quality of ordinary people at present," Hwang said during an interpellation sess
Sept. 20, 2016
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Shinsegae Duty Free to open K-pop concert hall
Shinsegae Duty Free said Tuesday that it will open a K-pop concert hall later this week in Seoul in a bid to attract more foreign customers in the early stages of its operation.South Korean retail giant Shinsegae opened its first duty-free outlet on the top four floors in the flagship Shinsegae department store, with about 600 brands, in May. The hall -- situated right next to the duty free shop in Myeongdong, a shopping district in central Seoul -- will be entirely for shows by entertainment gi
IndustrySept. 20, 2016
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First South Korean bank branch opens in Myanmar
Shinhan Bank, South Korea's fourth-largest bank by assets, said Tuesday that it has set up a branch in Myanmar as part of its diversification strategy. Shinhan Bank said it won final approval to start operations in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, from the local financial authorities last week.It marked the first time for a South Korean lender to set up a branch in the Southeast Asian country. The latest opening of a branch has raised the number of its global financial network to 147 in 20
Sept. 20, 2016
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BlackBerry makes comeback in Korea with PRIV smartphone
Canada's BlackBerry Ltd. began selling its first Android-based smartphone on Tuesday in South Korea, returning to the competitive smartphone market dominated by local brands. It is BlackBerry's first smartphone launched in South Korea since it pulled out of the Korean market three years ago. The launch of the PRIV smartphone in the Korean market came as foreign smartphone makers, such as Japan's Sony and China's Huawei, are seeking to gain market shares in the country's medium-range smartphone m
TechnologySept. 20, 2016
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SK Networks mulls selling fashion business
SK Networks is reviewing a plan to sell its fashion business unit to Hyundai Department Store, industry sources said Tuesday.The trading and hotel unit under major conglomerate SK Group is in discussions with the major department store to sell the unit for around 300 billion won ($268 million), they said."The plan to purchase the fashion unit of SK Networks is true, but it has not been decided," a Hyundai Department Store official said.The move comes as SK Networks recently suffered a setback af
IndustrySept. 20, 2016