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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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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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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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Yoon's Prague visit sets stage for W24tr nuclear power plant deal
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Doctors defend colleague accused of blacklisting non-strikers
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Wonderland in Jeju reveals full lineup
The complete lineup of the second event in the Wonderland in Jeju music festival series was revealed this week.The upcoming festival is scheduled to feature rock band YB, hip-hop duo Dynamic Duo, singer-songwriter Dean, rapper Beenzino, along with 10 more groups. Founded last month, the series brings together both prominent and up-and-coming musicians across various genres, including hip-hop, electronic dance music, rock, and more. “Our goal is to create a cultural festival that embodies the s
PerformanceAug. 24, 2016
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John Park to hold first solo concert
Korean-American musician John Park is scheduled to hold his first solo concert in October. “I hope this concert will be an opportunity for me to show the audience different sides of me,” said Park in a statement released by his management agency Music Farm earlier this week. After making his first television appearance on the ninth season of the popular American music competition show “American Idol” in 2010, he was crowned the runner-up in Mnet’s similar program “Superstar K2” later in the ye
PerformanceAug. 24, 2016
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Bochco’s book: He rewrote TV’s rules and lived to tell it
NEW YORK (AP) -- For viewers who rejoice in TV’s artistic upsurge, one virtuoso perhaps more than anyone can be credited for elevating the medium from its bygone “boob tube” status.Steven Bochco flinches at the mention of his half-century writing and producing TV. Could it really be that long? But his list of credits documents his legacy. Consider: the breakthrough hits “L.A. Law” and “NYPD Blue,” the pioneering half-hour dramedy “Doogie Howser, MD” and the groundbreaking legal drama “Murder One
BooksAug. 24, 2016
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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author offers insight on Trump's appeal
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) - For pundits and politicos baffled by the appeal of a wealthy New York businessman to the struggling white working class in Appalachia and Rust Belt mill towns, J.D. Vance's book “Hillbilly Elegy” is offering some insights.It’s a vivid, deeply personal tour of the stark world he grew up in, set mainly in this southwestern Ohio city hit hard by the decline of its dominant steelmaking company, but also in his familial eastern Kentucky hills region. They are places where, for
BooksAug. 24, 2016
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France sued over control of Titanic artifacts
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The bankrupt US company that controls thousands of artifacts salvaged from the ill-starred Titanic has sued the French government to be allowed to sell some of them.Premier Exhibitions filed the suit in a Florida federal bankruptcy court to press the French government to clarify it has no interest in the artifacts that would prevent their sale.The suit, made last Wednesday in Jacksonville, came after the judge in the case last month denied Premier permission to sell some of th
CultureAug. 24, 2016
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Park officially appoints new police chief
President Park Geun-hye officially appointed Lee Cheol-seong to lead the National Police Agency on Wednesday, amid continued objections from opposition parties that call him unfit for the post due to his ethical lapses.The appointment came as opposition lawmakers refused to adopt a parliamentary confirmation report on Lee due in large part to his 1993 record of drunk driving. On Tuesday, Park made a second request that the National Assembly adopt the confirmation report. Should the legislature r
PoliticsAug. 24, 2016
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Insurers' financial status improves in Q2
The financial health of South Korean insurance firms improved in the second quarter of this year thanks to increased net profits and the higher bond prices they possess, data showed Wednesday.The risk-based capital, the minimum required liquid reserves for a financial institution, of 56 life and non-life insurers averaged 288 percent at the end of June, up 14.1 percentage points from three months earlier, according to the Financial Supervisory Service.The average RBC of 25 life insurers rose to
Aug. 24, 2016
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Korea's fertility rate edges up in 2015
South Korea's birthrate gained ground for the second year in a row last year, data showed Wednesday, amid deepening concerns that the low birthrate and rapid aging could undermine the growth potential of Asia's fourth-largest economy.The total fertility rate, or the average number of babies that a woman is projected to have during her lifetime, reached 1.24 in 2015, up from 1.21 tallied a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.It recorded the second consecutive year of
Social AffairsAug. 24, 2016
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Fisheries output drops 0.6% in H1
South Korea's fisheries output decreased 0.6 percent in the first six months of the year from a year earlier due mainly to sluggish deep-water and coastal catches, government data showed Wednesday.Fisheries production amounted to 2 million tons in the January-June period, down slightly from the previous year's 2.01 million tons, according to data from Statistics Korea.Deep-water fishing plunged 41.3 percent on-year to 208,000 tons, while fish caught in coastal waters fell 15.6 percent to 363,000
IndustryAug. 24, 2016
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Korea's deficit in intellectual property rights narrows in Q1
South Korea's deficit in the trade of intellectual property rights narrowed from a year earlier in the first quarter on the back of a sharp cut in shortfalls from industrial property rights, data showed Wednesday.In the January-March period, South Korea posted a trade deficit of $780 million in intellectual property rights, down 60.4 percent from $1.97 billion from the same period last year, according to the Bank of Korea. (Yonhap)South Korea exported $2.8 billion and imported $3.58 billion in i
Aug. 24, 2016
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S. Korea says nuclear program will hasten N. Korea's self-destruction
North Korea's obsession with nuclear weapons development will only hasten the country's self-destruction, South Korea's foreign ministry said Wednesday, denouncing the communist country's latest test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.Pyongyang fired the SLBM from waters off its east coast in the early morning on Wednesday with the missile landing in waters inside Japan's air defense identification zone, according to the South Korean military. The launch appears to be in protest ag
North KoreaAug. 24, 2016
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N. Korean envoy to UN decries joint drill as bringing peninsula to brink of war
North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday denounced an on-going joint military drill between South Korea and the United States, claiming such provocations are bringing the Korean Peninsula close to war.The South Korea-US Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise is pushing the peninsula "to the brink of war," North Korean Ambassador to the UN Ja Song-nam said in a letter to the council's Malaysian president. He called for an emergency Security Council meeting to address the issue.Seoul and
North KoreaAug. 24, 2016
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N. Korean crosses inter-border water holding on to styrofoam float
A North Korean man was found holding on to a styrofoam float in waters near the western border island of Yeonpyeong, military sources said Wednesday.According to the sources, the man was rescued by a fishing boat after a soldier spotted him at around 7:10 a.m.The military said it is currently investigating whether the 27-year-old wants to defect or was involved in an accident."Although it is true that a North Korean was rescued, we cannot provide details as such information is confidential," a s
North KoreaAug. 24, 2016