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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Exploring 1950s New York in ‘Three-Martini Lunch’
“Three-Martini Lunch” By Suzanne RindellPutnam (512 pages, $27)“Nobody ever became a writer by just wanting to be one.” This terse advice by F. Scott Fitzgerald sets the scene for a compelling exploration of New York City’s Greenwich Village scene in the late 1950s, when beatniks, berets and big ideas gravitated to jazz clubs, and women and minorities could begin to voice ambition without feeling outright derision. (There was derision, but more politic.)Three ambitious young people intersect: Ed
BooksAug. 3, 2016
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[Herald Interview] ‘Last Princess’ is career-defining film, says actress Son Ye-jin
When Son Ye-jin was a young girl, she would be gripped by fear each time a new school year came around. “I used to be very shy. I hated going to a new classroom and having to make new friends, meet new teachers and adjust to a new environment,” the actress said at a group interview at a cafe in Seoul Wednesday. Son, 34, has come a long way from those days: She is a prolific performer with 19 films under her belt since debuting in 2000 and widely known for romantic roles in films such as “The C
FilmAug. 3, 2016
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Negotiation with North Korea inevitable, writes policy expert Clemens
“North Korea and the World”By Walter C. Clemens Jr.University Press of Kentucky (443 pages, $39.95)North Korea and its succession of unfathomable, belligerent totalitarian dictators have long presented some of the most difficult challenges to world diplomacy. In his book “North Korea and the World,” published July 22, international policy expert Walter C. Clemens Jr. poses the question, “Can, should, and must we negotiate with a regime we regard as evil?”Clemens, an associate at the Harvard Uni
BooksAug. 3, 2016
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Spolive to expand services in bid to regularize sports portal business
On July 27, Spolive (CEO: Kim Wan-su) announced that, by early 2017, it will offer real-time broadcasts and information services on not only baseball, soccer, and basketball but also volleyball and ice hockey. Spolive is a sports portal that provides live broadcasts of major professional sports tournaments from around the world as well as information on leagues, teams, and players. On the company’s website and via its mobile application, users are able to watch games and conduct searches for spe
IndustryAug. 3, 2016
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Panty lines and prom-posals: 'Inside Amy Schumer' writer Jessi Klein on invented problems
There’s a great scene in Jessi Klein’s new book, in which she is backstage at the Emmy Awards last year with her just-won statue -- and her breast pump.“On a professional level, it felt really good,” she said of the win for her work as head writer on the Comedy Central sketch series, “Inside Amy Schumer.”“But for a variety of reasons, last year was one of the hardest years of my life,” she said, alluding to marital strife. “I spent a lot of time suffering and the Emmy did absolutely zero.“There’
BooksAug. 3, 2016
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Renowned Korean poet’s works translated to English for first time
A collection of works by renowned poet Jeong Ho-seung, often referred to as “Koreans’ favorite poet,” has been translated into English for the first time.Brother Anthony, professor emeritus at Sogang University and a naturalized Korean originally from Britain, and Susan Hwang, who studies Korean literature at the University of Michigan, cotranslated the collection titled “A Letter Not Sent.” The book is published by Seoul Selection."A Letter Not Sent," the collected poems of Jeong Ho-seung, tran
BooksAug. 3, 2016
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North Korea fires 2 missiles: 1 lands near Japan
North Korea on Wednesday fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, South Korean and the U.S. militaries said. One exploded mid-air and the other landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone in the East Sea.The latest launches appear to be a show of force against the allies, particularly with the allies recently agreeing to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula to counter Pyongyang’s missiles. According to the U.S.
DefenseAug. 3, 2016
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Ubisoft making movie of hit video game 'The Division'
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Ubisoft on Tuesday announced that hit video game “The Division” will be made into a film in a collaboration with Hollywood stars Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal.The video game released in March set a new opening day sales record for Ubisoft and is part of a franchise built in an alliance with acclaimed military espionage author Tom Clancy.Chastain and Gyllenhaal will work with Ubisoft Motion Pictures on “The Division,” with a timeline for production not revealed.“We ar
FilmAug. 3, 2016