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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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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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I.O.I’s first subunit to release new single
Returning as a seven-member subunit, K-pop girl group I.O.I revealed a teaser image for its upcoming single on the group’s official social media channels on Tuesday morning. The photo features seven of the 11 members -- Kim Do-yeon, Kim So-hye, Kim Chung-ha, Lim Na-young, Jeon So-mi, Zhou Jieqiong, and Choi Yoo-jung -- against a metallic background sporting platinum blonde wigs in identical all-white attire. This new look is in contrast with the bright and cheerful image the group had for its d
PerformanceAug. 2, 2016
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Olympics ad boom yet to be visible
The South Korean advertisement industry is forecast to experience a slump despite the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, mainly due to the sluggish economy and a time difference between the two countries, industry sources said Tuesday.Sporting events, such as the Olympics and the World Cup, have typically boosted the advertisement industry, they said.Marketing companies launched various TV ads and promotions designed to enhance awareness of the games and help companies sell more products j
Olympic GamesAug. 2, 2016
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Miryang pays tribute to Shakespeare
MIRYANG, South Gyeongsang Province -- One of the country’s biggest theater arts festivals, the annual Miryang Summer Performing Arts Festival is continuing its daily staging of domestic and foreign plays under the theme “Theater: Putting Down its Roots in the Region” through Aug. 7.Now in its 16th year, the annual festival appears to have planted its roots firmly in the small city of Miryang, tucked away in the middle of South Gyeongsang Province.This year’s edition, slated to present 53 live t
PerformanceAug. 2, 2016
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[Hallyu Power] Korean YouTube stars draw global viewership
What started out as a hobby for Kim Seung-min in 2015 has grown into a YouTube channel with 1.6 million subscribers and total views of 1 billion for more than 600 videos. Kim’s channel Toy Monster focuses on children aged between 3 and 10. It introduces colorful toys and materials as well as how to play with them in videos that range from five to eight minutes. It ranks 21st on a list of top 30 most-viewed YouTube channels for kids’ education globally, according to Socialblade, a YouTube statist
Aug. 2, 2016
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3 die at hospitals after attending California rave
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One man and two women died after attending a weekend rave in California headlined by Ice Cube, Major Lazer and dozens of other hip-hop and electronic dance music performers, officials said Monday.The three people were among nine hospitalized during last weekend’s Hard Summer Music Festival in Fontana, San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller said.More than 146,000 people attended the Saturday to Sunday outdoor event, according to organizers.The victims were ide
PerformanceAug. 2, 2016
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VIXX returns with new album
K-pop group VIXX is returning with a new album, “Hades,” on Aug. 12. After unveiling the first teaser image for the mini album Monday, the group’s management agency Jellyfish Entertainment released another promotional photo of the band via the company’s official social media channels Tuesday. Referring to the god of the underworld in Greek mythology, “Hades” is the second part of VIXX’s yearlong trilogy project titled “Conception.” The first album of the three-part series, “Zelos,” was released
PerformanceAug. 2, 2016
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Real-life ‘Pianist’ family wins defamation appeal
WARSAW (AFP) -- The family of the late Jewish-Polish protagonist of Oscar-winning Holocaust film “The Pianist” said Monday they won an appeal against defamation over claims in a book that he was a Nazi collaborator.Wladyslaw Szpilman’s widow and son brought the case to Warsaw’s appeals court after losing the initial complaint in September 2013.The family took issue with certain quotes by Polish-Jewish singer Wiera Gran in a 2010 biography of her life, written by Agata Tuszynska.The remarks see G
CultureAug. 2, 2016
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‘Step Sisters’ film drawing backlash over racial humor
ATLANTA (AP) -- The dance comedy “Step Sisters” will not be in theaters until next year, but the film is already drawing backlash from the African-American community because of subject matter deemed racially offensive by some.The plot centers on a black sorority sister named Jamilah, who in order to get into law school, has to teach black Greek-stepping to a group of white sorority sisters whose charter is about to be revoked.On its face, the story line suggests a dubious effort to get some laug
FilmAug. 2, 2016
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Tibetans gather for horse festival
YUSHU, China (AFP) - Thundering across the vast Himalayan plateau in their traditional finery, Tibetan horsemen gather for an annual riding festival which is a colorful feast for the eyes.Multicolored prayer flags inscribed with religious texts flutter in the breeze and tents line the green hills surrounding the racing ground in Yushu, in the northwestern Chinese province of Qinghai.The area is home to many of China’s 8 million strong Tibetan minority, some of whom chafe against Chinese rule.Spe
CultureAug. 2, 2016
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Korean War monument unveiled in San Francisco
South Korea, alongside a U.S. nonprofit foundation, unveiled a 1950-53 Korean War memorial to the public in San Francisco on Monday to honor U.S. soldiers who boarded ships to fight to defend freedom on the Korean Peninsula more than six decades ago.The Korean War Memorial Foundation, established to build the memorial in the U.S. city for Korean War veterans, opened the memorial, a 3-meter-high black granite wall, in the Presidio of San Francisco, near the entrance to the San Francisco National
Social AffairsAug. 2, 2016
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Foreign viewers of Naver's webtoons outnumber Koreans
The number of foreigners who watch Naver Corp.'s webtoons has surpassed that of Koreans for the first time, according to the search engine on Tuesday, illustrating the growing popularity of the web comics among foreigners.Naver began publishing its web comics overseas in 2014 via Line Corp., a Japan-based mobile messaging subsidiary of Naver. Line's webtoons are being offered in five languages, including English, Chinese and Indonesian.In June this year, Line's webtoons reported about 18 million
Social AffairsAug. 2, 2016
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N. Korean diplomat says situation surrounding N. Korea, U.S. very dangerous
A North Korean diplomat stationed in the United Nations has said that Pyongyang and Washington are in a very dangerous situation following the shutdown of their communication channel in New York, a U.S.-based media report said Tuesday.The diplomat made the remark in a telephone conversation with Voice of America, saying, "Now the situation is very dangerous due to the complete shutdown of the dialogue channel." According to VOA, the North Korean official, who declined to be identified, said he h
North KoreaAug. 2, 2016
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USFK commander stress THAAD will pose no health risks
The Terminal High Altitude Area defense system will be operated in South Korea in a manner that will pose no health risks to local residents, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea said on Tuesday, amid lingering concerns over the system's powerful radar. South Korea and the United States announced on July 8 that the advanced anti-missile shield will be set up in the country by the end of 2017, with the allies selecting Seongju, 296 kilometers south of Seoul, as the site for the THAAD battery.Seongj
DefenseAug. 2, 2016
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Park renews appeal for THAAD deployment
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday renewed her appeal for the planned deployment of an advanced U.S. anti-missile shield on South Korean soil, with little headway being made to convince opponents on the need for the defense system. Presiding over a Cabinet meeting, the commander-in-chief reiterated that the decision by Seoul and Washington to deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery to the southern town of Seongju was one that was made based on "long deliberations and exhaustive revi
DefenseAug. 2, 2016