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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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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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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Graphic News] Chuseok bonuses, holidays increase
Despite the economic depression, a majority of Korean companies plan to increase bonuses for the upcoming Chuseok, or Korean thanksgiving. According to a survey of 373 Korean companies conducted by the Korea Employer Federation, there will be a slight increase of 3 percent in bonuses and 0.5 days in allowed holidays for this year’s Chuseok, which falls on Sept. 15. Many Korean companies give cash bonuses or gifts to their employees on Chuseok, which is one of the two biggest traditional holidays
IndustrySept. 5, 2016
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Court says killing a threatening husband is not self-defense
Just because a drunk husband threatened to kill his wife does not necessarily mean the wife choking the husband to death can be considered as “self-defense,” South Korea’s Supreme Court said Sunday. The high court decision confirmed the previous rulings of the lower courts in 2015 that a women who chocked her ex-husband to death after he threatened her with a knife earlier that night, was not self-defense, sentencing her to two years in prison. (Herald DB)The 44-year-old woman, known only by he
Social AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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Alleged rapist caught after car chase
A 24-year-old alleged rapist who also attempted a kidnapping was summoned to Uijeongbu District Court, Monday, for an investigation to determine the validity of his warrant.The accused, surnamed Choi, was caught Sunday in a car chase after attempting to abduct the teenage victim.In the police interrogation that followed, he reportedly admitted to committing rape “due to a failure to suppress libido.”(Yonhap)As for the attempted abduction after the rape, he claimed he “wanted to take the victim t
Social AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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Gwangju Biennale 2016 explores future
GWANGJU – The Gwangju Biennale, now in its 11th year, seeks to depart from the typical showcase of large-scale avant-garde art, offering instead philosophical accounts of the society we live in and the future we will soon confront. Instead of wowing visitors with large-scale installations and flashy media works, the biennale this year presents art projects -- more than 250 artworks by 120 artists and teams from 37 countries are on display -- that invite viewers to stand in front of artworks and
PerformanceSept. 5, 2016