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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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[Editorial] Sanctions on North
Fresh sanctions on North Korea will likely be tabled at a United Nations Security Council meeting in the wake of its fifth nuclear test. South Korea and the US are poised to ask the UN to fill loopholes in previous sanction resolutions.The sanctions may include an extended list of goods or items prohibited from being shipped to and from the North, according to officials in Seoul.Seoul and Washington are carrying out their search for any traces, involving radionuclides, which could come from the
EditorialSept. 11, 2016
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[Editorial] Crucial auction
The government had injected 12.7 trillion won ($11.4 billion) in taxpayers’ money into Woori Bank and its affiliates as a large-scale bailout in the wake of the 1997 Asian currency crisis.While most of Woori Bank’s sister firms including a stock brokerage firm have already been sold to investors, policymakers’ ongoing move to privatize the first-tier bank is one of a few eye-catching issues in the local financial market.In terms of recouping huge public funds, the sale project is likely to draw
EditorialSept. 11, 2016
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[Choi Ho-jin] My grandfather, our twisted hero
There are some good memories and bad memories in our lives, but some bad childhood memories never leave our minds. My worst childhood memory stays somewhere in the corner of my mind and creeps out without warning when I’m alone. This unpleasant guest of mine has changed the way I am and the way I see the world, slowly but steadily. As the memory had gotten blurrier as I grew older, I didn’t realize that it had had a great influence on me. But when I had a drink with my brother about two years ag
ViewpointsSept. 11, 2016
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[Peter Singer] Ban the burkini?
MELBOURNE -- My parents came to Australia as refugees, fleeing Nazi persecution after Hitler annexed Austria. They arrived in a country eager to assimilate immigrants into its dominant Anglo-Irish culture. When my parents spoke German on a tram, they were told: “We speak English here!”Assimilation of that kind has long disappeared from Australian government policy, replaced by a largely successful form of multiculturalism that encourages immigrants to retain their distinct traditions and languag
ViewpointsSept. 11, 2016
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[Mihir Sharma] Japan's aid needs more imagination
Shinzo Abe’s recent promise of $30 billion in financing to African countries over the next three years shouldn’t have come as a great surprise. Quietly, over decades, Japan has become the leading financier of growth-supporting infrastructure across large swathes of the developing world. Perhaps too quietly. In fact, few people outside the country appreciate the scope of Japan’s overseas development assistance. In several South and Southeast Asian countries, the country is the largest provider of
ViewpointsSept. 11, 2016
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[David Ignatius] Next US president’s first big test
North Korea’s latest nuclear test triggered diplomatic aftershocks in Asia -- and a growing concern that the volatile regime in Pyongyang may pose the first big test for the next US president.Friday’s test was the fifth and largest nuclear device North Korea has detonated, estimated at 10 kilotons, and it came defiantly on the 68th anniversary of the regime’s founding. It triggered a flurry of phone calls among the worried leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan.Analysts focused on a
ViewpointsSept. 11, 2016
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[Orlando R. Barone] Mother Teresa’s simple, genius business plan
In my consulting work, I have on occasion assisted people intent on creating a startup company. I tell them they must come up with a comprehensive business plan that answers key questions related to the prospects for success in the proposed venture.Some time ago I came upon just such a business plan, remarkable for many reasons, just one of which was the fact that it was written in 1947, well before the advent of many modern business practices. Also, the entrepreneur was a woman.She was already
ViewpointsSept. 11, 2016
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Lotte probe zeroes in on chairman
Korean prosecutors digging into alleged corruption at the Lotte Group appear to be zeroing in on the group’s chairman Shin Dong-bin, the victor of a bitter family feud over the control of the Korean-Japanese conglomerate. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office questioned Shin Kyuk-ho, the ailing 93-year-old founder of Lotte, twice at his residence in a Seoul hotel last week. It is now mulling ways to summon his third wife, sources at the office said Sunday. Seo Mi-kyung, a 57-year-old Ko
IndustrySept. 11, 2016
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Hyosung, Ho Chi Minh City seek further partnership
Hyosung's president met with a Ho Chi Minh City leader to discuss strategic partnership, the company said Sunday. Cho Hyun-joon, president of the South Korean conglomerate focusing on textile and chemicals, had a meeting with Dinh La Thang, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, in Seoul on Friday to discuss cooperation including plans to expand infrastructure in Ho Chi Minh City.Hyosung Group President Cho Hyo-joon (left) shakes hands with Dinh La Thang, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh
IndustrySept. 11, 2016
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With chief back at helm, CJ readies for bold moves
With its chairman Lee Jay-hyun back at its helm, CJ Group could emerge as a big buyer in Korea’s merger and acquisition scene, industry watchers predict.The CJ chairman, convicted last year on charges of embezzlement and tax evasion, was the only chaebol tycoon granted amnesty by President Park Geun-hye through a special pardon last month. The 56-year-old chief, however, has not returned to management, as he requires hospitalization for treatment of an inherited neurologic disorder. Nevertheless
IndustrySept. 11, 2016
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Hanjin Shipping faces challenges even after unloading resumes
Hanjin Shipping still faces financial challenges even after its container ship safely began unloading at the US port, industry watchers said Sunday. Hanjin Shipping’s container ship Hanjin Greece was able to dock at the Port of Long Beach on Saturday after the US bankruptcy court granted the company provisional protection from creditors in the United States. Still, market watchers said the cash-strapped shipping company needs an estimated 170 billion won ($150 million) to complete the unloading.
IndustrySept. 11, 2016
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[Behind the Wheel] Fuel efficient but comfortable SM6 diesel
Renault Samsung’s latest rollout SM6 diesel is ready to repeat the popularity of its gasoline model unveiled early this year. During a test drive last week, the new diesel model offered a stable driving experience at speeds of more than 100 kilometers per hour. The vehicle got 15.5 kilometers per liter on a 900-kilometer round-trip between Seoul and Tongyeong, located on the nation’s southern coast. It is slightly lower than its official fuel efficiency of 17 kilometers per liter apparently as t
MobilitySept. 11, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Samsung urges consumers globally to stop using Galaxy Note 7
Samsung Electronics is urging consumers worldwide to stop using Galaxy Note 7 smartphones immediately and exchange them as soon as possible, as more reports of the phones catching fire emerged even after the company’s global recall.The call from the South Korean company, the world’s largest smartphone maker, comes after US. authorities urged users to switch the Galaxy Note 7 off and not to use or charge it during a flight. Several airlines around the world asked travelers not switch on the jumbo
TechnologySept. 11, 2016
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Seoul Semiconductor sues Kmart for patent infringement
South Korean light-emitting diode maker Seoul Semiconductor said Sunday it filed a lawsuit against Kmart, claiming the American retail giant is selling products which violated its LED-related patents. Seoul Semiconductor said the products being sold in Kmart infringed eight of its patents including high CRI, or color rendering index, enhancement with phosphor combinations, LED epitaxial growth, LED chip fabrication, multi-chip mounting technology, omni directional LED lamp technology and acrich
TechnologySept. 11, 2016
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Alexander Wang partners Adidas for new unisex collection
Designer Alexander Wang is, by his own description, a total sneakerhead. He once even designed a whole clothing collection around them, with dresses, tops and handbags emulating his favorite sneaks, like the classic white-and-green Adidas Stan Smith.Now, Wang has taken his sneaker love to a new level, partnering with Adidas for a line of apparel and footwear that seeks, in his words, to “disrupt” the famous Adidas look while still preserving its familiarity. One example: rotating the well-known
Arts & DesignSept. 11, 2016
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James Cameron talks ‘Avatar’ sequels, Cirque du Soleil show
The first “Avatar” sequel is still years away from hitting movie theaters, but fans of the blue-hued Na’vi can get their fix at a touring Cirque du Soleil show that James Cameron helped create -- without his having to reveal too much of what is up his cinematic sleeve.Cameron, who plans four sequels starting in 2018, served as a consultant on “Toruk -- The First Flight,” a stadium show that opened in Montreal in November and has since toured North America.The writer and director suggested to the
FilmSept. 11, 2016
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Last artifacts of 9/11 find new homes 15 years on
Behind the barbed wire, the minivan’s busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the John F. Kennedy International Airport tarmac, between a decommissioned 727 and an aircraft hangar, it is doubtful passing drivers notice it at all.In the long struggle with the memories of 9/11, though, the van’s solitary presence here marks a small but significant transition point.Tons of wreckage -- twisted steel beams, chunks of concrete smelling of smoke, a c
CultureSept. 11, 2016