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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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Top diplomats of South Korea, US, Japan to discuss NK issue
The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold a meeting early next week in New York to discuss countermeasures against North Korea's recent nuclear test, the foreign ministry in Seoul said Wednesday.The trilateral meeting will be held among South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. They will meet Sunday (local time) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session. South Kor
Diplomatic CircuitSept. 14, 2016
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Hundreds killed, missing in massive flood in NK
Hundreds of people have been killed or gone missing in the worst flood to hit North Korea, the country's state media said Wednesday.The Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) reported that the flooding in North Hamgyong Province left hundreds killed or missing and more than 68,900 stranded, making it the worst disaster since Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945.North Koreans are struggling in the flood-hit northern areas of North Hamgyong Province.The heavy rains were broug
North KoreaSept. 14, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Opposition parties 'not fundamentally opposed to THAAD'
South Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Se-kyun on Tuesday said the country's opposition parties are "not fundamentally opposed" to the deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system to the country.Chung made the remark during a meeting with U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) after Ryan said THAAD's deployment is important for the sake of the solid alliance between the two countries, National Assembly spokesman Kim Young-soo said."Opposition parties are pointing out the way the govern
Diplomatic CircuitSept. 14, 2016
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NK bristles at US supersonic bomber flyover
North Korea on Wednesday protested the United States' flyover of two B-1B nuclear-capable strategic bombers over South Korea, saying such "reckless provocations" should stop.The US Air Force on Tuesday flew the B-1B Lancers over Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, as a warning to North Korea following its fifth nuclear test last week.B-1B Lancer bombers deployed by the US military flies over Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, on Sept. 13, 2016. (Yonhap)The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) blaste
North KoreaSept. 14, 2016
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NK nuclear test site ready for at least three more blasts: US expert
North Korea's nuclear test site is ready for at least three more blasts at any time, and the communist nation could conduct one to mark next month's anniversary of its first nuclear test, a US expert said Tuesday.Joel Wit, chief editor of the website 38 North, made the remark in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, stressing that the next US administration should launch a new diplomatic initiative to curb Pyongyang's dangerously accelerating nuclear and missile programs.(Yonhap)"Satellite photo
North KoreaSept. 14, 2016
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Exodus begins to celebrate Chuseok holiday
An annual mass migration started in South Korea on Tuesday as people headed for their hometowns for one of the country's major traditional holidays.Chuseok, the equivalent to Thanksgiving in the United States, falls on Thursday this year, with the official holiday period running from Wednesday to Sunday.Along with Seol, or Lunar New Year's Day, Chuseok marks South Korea's longest holiday in which many South Koreans head back to their hometowns for ancestral rituals and to spend time with their f
Social AffairsSept. 14, 2016
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Court confirms 20-year term for US citizen who murdered Korean student
An appeals court on Tuesday convicted a US citizen accused of murdering a South Korean college student in 1997, delivering a 20-year prison term that is the severest penalty possible for the defendant who was then an adolescent.Upholding a lower court's decision, the Seoul High Court found Arthur Patterson guilty of stabbing Cho Joong-pil, who was then a college student, multiple times at a Burger King in the popular foreigner district of Itaewon in central Seoul 19 years ago. (Yonhap)"The defen
Social AffairsSept. 13, 2016
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Lotte chief to be questioned after Chuseok holiday
South Korean prosecutors are seeking to end the months-long investigation into Lotte Group by summoning the group chairman after the Korean Thanksgiving holiday. The group’s owner family has been accused of a range of illegal activities including tax evasion, embezzlement and slush fund creation.“We will summon the chairman Shin for questioning right after the Chuseok holiday,” the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said, adding, “the date may be confirmed during the holiday period.”Pros
IndustrySept. 13, 2016