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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Minjoo Party leader emphasizes economy in address to Assembly
The newly elected leader of the main opposition party urged the government to take strong measures to jumpstart the nation’s sluggish economy, blasting what President Park Geun-hye has suggested as the nation’s growth strategy.In her debut speech as a party leader at the National Assembly, The Minjoo Party of Korea’s Chairwoman Rep. Choo Mi-ae said South Korea should move beyond a conglomerate-dominated, export-driven economy toward a “fair economy” by revamping the tax code and increasing the c
PoliticsSept. 6, 2016
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Korean-Americans favor Clinton
Korean-American voters in the US appear to strongly favor Hilary Clinton over Donald Trump for their next president, regardless of their political inclination, a recent survey by a US-based scholar revealed.The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California’s Network of Korean-American Leaders, showed that 70.25 percent of the respondents are planning to vote for Clinton in the upcoming US presidential election in November.Another 4.96 percent expressed support for Trum
InternationalSept. 6, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Chief justice apologizes for corruption scandal
Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae on Tuesday offered a public apology over an incumbent senior judge who was arrested last week on suspicions of taking bribes from a scandal-ridden businessman. “I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize on behalf of the judiciary for causing concern to the people. I promise to take stern measures following what comes to light,” Yang said during an opening speech at an emergency meeting of local court chiefs. Yang Sung-tae, chief justi
Social AffairsSept. 6, 2016
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World defense officials to gather at Seoul forum
High-ranking defense officials from 33 countries and five international organizations will gather Wednesday in Seoul to discuss ways to address global security issues, such as growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. The fifth annual Seoul Defense Dialogue, hosted by the Defense Ministry under the theme “Complex Security Crisis: Challenges and Solutions,” is to run from Sept.7-9 at the Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. Vice-ministerial talks will be held between South Korea’s Vice Defe
DefenseSept. 6, 2016
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NK claims to have tested upgraded Rodong missiles
North Korea claimed Tuesday to have used an upgraded model of its mid-range Rodong projectiles during their test fire one day earlier in a fresh display of its unbridled ambition to shore up its nuclear and missile programs. State media said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed the liftoff in which three ballistic missiles flew some 1,000 kilometers above the East Sea toward Japan, expressing “great satisfaction” and calling for sustained efforts to develop the country’s nuclear capabiliti
North KoreaSept. 6, 2016
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[Kim Seong-kon] Feeling guilty and taking moral responsibility
In the epigraph of his novel, “The Victim,” Saul Bellow poses a problem of moral responsibility and reckoning. Borrowing from “Arabian Nights,” the Nobel Laureate asks a question: If a merchant threw date stones after eating the dates and accidentally killed the son of an Ifrit, would the merchant be responsible for it? Since the Ifrit and his son were invisible, the merchants did not know they were around. Still, however, the Ifrit wanted retribution for his son’s death and the merchant should
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016
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[Noah Feldman] Judicial Watch‘s pursuit of Clinton goes too far
The Clintons have been subject to fishing expeditions before, but why is a federal court making Hillary Clinton give sworn responses now to questions about her use of a private e-mail server back when she was secretary of state? This all stems from a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by a conservative group seeking State Department information about Clinton’s aide Huma Abedin. With a series of permissive rulings, the judge has allowed the suit to get out of hand. It’s now an inquiry int
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016
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[Jake Blumgart] 50 years on, ‘Star Trek’ endures
As Gene Roddenberry‘s “Star Trek” boldly passes the 50-year mark Thursday, the series is in impressive shape.The latest movie -- “Star Trek Beyond” -- made about $250 million at the domestic box office and received an 83 percent “Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is far better than most of this summer’s hideously awful blockbusters. A new series, “Discovery” -- No. 7 in the franchise -- makes its debut on CBS in early 2017, seemingly in a serialized fashion where the characters and plotlin
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016
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[Lee Jae-min] Parents choose to have one child
Korea has a one-child policy. It was not created by the government, but imposed by informed parents themselves. It turns out that no matter what the government says, and despite all the conceivable incentive packages, Korean parents choose (and in fact are determined) to have just one child. Look at the numbers. Korea’s birth rate has been stagnant at around 1.2 children per woman almost for a decade now. What is striking is that this is the period when the government made all-out efforts to boo
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016
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[Heather Moore] Too many schools are still flunking lunch
I don‘t care what kids say -- the school lunch lady is not trying to kill them. The federal government is. Well, I have my suspicions, at least. Many of the meals served as part of the National School Lunch Program are high in fat and cholesterol and contain considerably more sodium than fiber. They’re a heart attack in the making. I wonder if that‘s why the American Heart Association has warned us that atherosclerosis -- hardening of the arteries -- begins in childhood and progresses into adult
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016
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[Leonid Bershidsky] Putin doesn't get American politics
President Vladimir Putin is watching the US election campaign with a mixture of irony, disgust and imperfect understanding. Just as American presidents and senators are not well-versed in Russian politics, Putin, too, is no expert on foreign arenas. He regards the current US political show just as any ordinary guy would -- even though the election outcome is extremely important to him. In an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Putin’s mocking misunderstanding of the US el
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016
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LG Chem seeks merger with LG Life Sciences
South Korea’s battery and chemical company LG Chem is pushing for a merger with LG Group’s pharmaceutical affiliate LG Life Sciences in an apparent move to catch up with Samsung’s bio business, industry sources said Tuesday. “We are considering a merger with LG Life Sciences although the exact date has not been confirmed yet,” an LG Chem official said. The group’s top management recently decided not to sit back and watch as the Samsung Group pours money into the bio business and Hanmi Pharmaceut
TechnologySept. 6, 2016