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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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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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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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Marrying technology and tradition in digital world
The Gothic Bead installation is a co-production by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Film Center Media Lab and Seneca College with 3-D scanning led by the AGO’s Lisa Ellis and the VR creative team led by French artist and designer Priam Givord. The medieval Christian sculpture with intricate inner engravings will be exhibited in this fall at the AGO in Toronto. (Ian Lefebvre / Art Gallery of Ontario)The work of Ana Serrano, chief digital officer of the Canadian Film Center, involves mergi
Foreign AffairsSept. 12, 2016
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Organic Irish food whets appetite
In Ireland, cows graze on unsoiled grass and feed on preserved hay in winter. Around the island on the western seaboard of Europe, oodles of salmon, crab, lobsters and mussels are netted to be consumed at home and shipped abroad. Under the initiative “Origin Green,” Irish seafood and agricultural products are increasingly marketed and sold worldwide as healthy edibles. A delegation of Irish trade mission representing the agri-food sector visited Korea last week to promote its industry and streng
Foreign AffairsSept. 11, 2016
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Novelist spells out joy and pain of storytelling
Tucked away in his seaside villa on the island of Ibiza off the eastern coast of Spain, Spanish writer Javier Moro toils eight hours a day in front of a computer screen, tortuously weaving words into sentences, paragraphs and chapters to perfect his novel.Sealed off from the rambunctious crowd outside, Moro withdraws into a “space of silence,” as he calls it, where he can let his imagination flourish. “I conceive literature as an intellectual and personal adventure,” he told The Korea Herald las
Foreign AffairsSept. 11, 2016
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Tanzania earthquake toll clims to 14 dead, 200 injured
DAR ES SALAAM (AFP) -- A 5.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Tanzania, close to Lake Victoria and the border with Uganda, has killed at least 14 people and injured 200, local authorities said Sunday.Deodatus Kinawilo, district commissioner for Bukoba, the town close to the epicentre of the quake, said 14 people had been confirmed dead following the quake that struck early afternoon on Saturday.The previous toll from local authorities was 13 dead and 203 injured.A group of 15 boys who were secon
World NewsSept. 11, 2016
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Trump condemns Clinton's 'deplorables' label on his backers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Republican Donald Trump is condemning Hillary Clinton‘s remark that half of his supporters could be put in a "basket of deplorables" and dismissing her admission she was wrong, saying the Democrat had committed "the worst mistake of the political season.""For the first time in a long while, her true feelings came out, showing bigotry and hatred for millions of Americans," Trump said Saturday in a statement rejecting her effort to walk back her remarks. "How can she be
World NewsSept. 11, 2016
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Thousands protest in Mexico against gay marriage legalization
MEXICO CITY (AFP) -- Thousands of people marched throughout Mexico Saturday to protest President Enrique Pena Nieto's initiative to legalize gay marriage.The National Front for the Family -- a coalition of conservative religious groups -- called for the protests, and is also planning a mass march for September 24 in Mexico City."Long live the family, in the image of the Virgin Mary, the baby Jesus and Saint Joseph," read one sign at the protest in the city of Puebla, the capital of a central Mex
World NewsSept. 11, 2016
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Wife accused of spousal rape found not guilty
The first woman in Korea to stand trial on charges of raping her husband was found to be not guilty Friday by the Seoul Central District Court. Prosecutors had sought seven years in prison for the 41-year-old woman surnamed Shim. In the first day of trial Friday, the court determined it was “difficult to accept that the defendant had forcefully performed intercourse against the will of the plaintiff.” (Yonhap)The court, based on evidence presented, concluded that while the husband had not entire
Social AffairsSept. 11, 2016
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[Graphic News] World’s richest individuals
Spanish fashion brand Zara’s founder is richer than Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, according to a Forbes list Thursday.Amancio Ortega, the founder and chairman of Inditex Fashion Group topped the world’s wealthiest list by Forbes. His net worth is $79.5 billion. Inditex is a Spainish multinational clothing corporate that operates multiple brands including the popular Zara.Bill Gates ranked second richest with $78.5 billion, while Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was third with $67.6 billion.
IndustrySept. 11, 2016
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CL to perform on US late-night talk show
Singer-songwriter CL will be performing on major American broadcast network CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” Hosted by British comedian James Corden, the American talk show has featured prominent entertainment figures, including Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon. The program also airs on international CBS-affiliates in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and England. CL, who is also a member of K-pop group 2NE1, is the first Korean musician to be invited to perform on the show. She
PerformanceSept. 11, 2016
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Black Pink tops brand value ranking among female K-pop groups
Rookie K-pop group Black Pink is topping charts once again. According to more than 40 million pieces of data collected and analyzed by the Korea Institute of Corporate Reputation from Aug. 9 to Sept. 10, Black Pink was found to have the highest brand value among major K-pop girl groups, followed by I.O.I at No. 2 and Twice at No. 3. Released every month, the brand value ranking is based on participation, communication, media and community indices. “(Black Pink) is the first girl group to have
PerformanceSept. 11, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Victoria and Albert museum sheds light on Korean art
In 1961, the Victoria and Albert Museum, one of the world’s leading museums of art and design, held Europe’s first Korean art exhibition. In 1992, the museum officially opened the first Korean gallery in London dedicated to the country’s arts and crafts. Beth McKillop, a senior research fellow at the V&A and its former deputy director and director of collections, orchestrated the opening of the first Korean gallery in London and the building of the Korean art collection. The V&A’s Korean Gallery
CultureSept. 11, 2016
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Korea's income disparity among seniors 2nd highest in OECD
South Korea had the second-highest income disparity among senior citizens out of the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as their jobs are mostly low-paying and unstable, a government report showed Sunday. According to a report on the employment structure and income disparity of seniors released by the Korea Labor Institute, the Gini coefficient -- a measure of inequality -- for people aged 65 or over in Korea was 0.422, the second highest after Chile a
Social AffairsSept. 11, 2016
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UN rights envoy calls for Oxy's apology
The South Korean government should step up efforts in building a chemical-safe society and Oxy Reckitt Benckiser should sincerely apologize to all victims affected by their products since 2006, the United Nations special rapporteur said in a report.Baskut Tuncak, the UN special rapporteur for human rights and disposal of hazardous substances, underlined the “government’s obligation to protect and realize the rights to life and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.” The report was r
Social AffairsSept. 11, 2016
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Park to meet party leaders to discuss NK
President Park Geun-hye will meet with the leaders of the three major political parties at Cheong Wa Dae on Monday to discuss measures on North Korea’s latest nuclear threat and other pending state issues.Party sources said Sunday that Cheong Wa Dae delivered the proposal through Kim Jae-won, the president’s senior secretary for political affairs.YonhapAll three, including The Minjoo Party of Korea’s Rep. Choo Mi-ae, Saenuri Party’s Rep. Lee Jung-hyun and People’s Party’s Rep. Park Jie-won agree
PoliticsSept. 11, 2016
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[Herald Interview] US expert urges bigger role for China in NK response
North Korea’s fifth nuclear test on Friday put China and its decades-old ties with the hermit kingdom to the test, amid growing accusations Beijing is not doing enough to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.Douglas H. Paal, vice president for studies at international think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, stressed the importance of China’s role in thwarting the North’s nuclear ambitions. He said China holds the key to engaging with the reclusive country, which
North KoreaSept. 11, 2016
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[NEWS FOCUS] Calls surge for NK policy fix in wake of nuke test
As Pyongyang’s fifth nuclear test highlighted its threats, Seoul is coming under mounting pressure for an overhaul of its North Korea policy that critics say has failed to deter the regime’s military ambitions while eroding room for its own maneuvering. Despite its earlier introduction of a series of bold inter-Korean initiatives, the Park Geun-hye government has turned hard line, in particular after the North detonated a fission bomb for the fourth time last January, followed by another success
North KoreaSept. 11, 2016
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UN mulls new NK sanctions
The UN Security Council has set out to craft a fresh set of tougher punitive measures over North Korea’s latest nuclear test, while Seoul and Washington mull independent sanctions to deepen the North’s isolation and further tighten the economic screws. The 15-member council convened an emergency session in New York on Friday, hours after the communist state carried out its fifth underground blast, which demonstrated the strongest explosive power yet. The body issued a press statement condemning
North KoreaSept. 11, 2016