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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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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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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Conglomerates slacking on job growth: report
South Korea’s top five conglomerates have grown even bigger in terms of assets they hold and revenue they produce in the past three years, but their contribution to creating new jobs is lagging, a report showed Sunday.According to conglomerate tracking research firm Chaebul.com, the combined assets of the top five largest companies -- Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK, LG and Lotte -- recorded about 930 trillion won ($817 billion) last year, a 15.5 percent rise from 2012. This accounted for 60 percent
IndustryJuly 24, 2016
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Korean retailers ride on ‘Pokemon Go’ craze
South Korean retailers are capitalizing on the explosive popularity of Nintendo’s augmented-reality mobile game “Pokemon Go” with new products and services targeting local Pokemon game enthusiasts and fans. From a sudden rise in consumer spending at select Pokemon-appearing cities in Korea to the launch of Pokemon-inspired hotels, tour packages and goods, the smash-hit game appears to be leaving a notable imprint on the local retail sector.Pikachu is surrounded by children during a Pokemon festi
TechnologyJuly 24, 2016
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Chaebols contribute less on job growth: report
[THE INVESTOR] South Korea’s top five conglomerates have grown even bigger in terms of assets they hold and revenue they produce in the past three years, but their contribution to creating new jobs is lagging, a report showed Sunday.According to conglomerate tracking research firm Chaebul.com, the combined assets of the top five largest companies -- Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK, LG and Lotte -- recorded about 930 trillion won ($817 billion) last year, a 15.5 percent rise from 2012. This accounted
CompaniesJuly 24, 2016
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Korea's exports may rebound in Aug.: finance minister
South Korea's finance minister on Sunday said the country's exports are anticipated to rebound in August, although uncertainties still remain after Britain's exit from the European Union."(The recovery) may come in August," Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho said in a meeting with Korean reporters during his visit to China for the Group of 20 gathering of top finance officials.South Korea's outbound shipment of goods continued to shrink from a year earlier in June, marking the 18th consecutive month tha
July 24, 2016
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Sculptor couple to erect statue of wartime Korean laborer in Japan
A South Korean sculptor couple, who created the symbolic statue of Japanese wartime sexual enslavement victims, said on Sunday that their next project is a statue representing Korean laborers who were forced to work for Japan under its 1910-45 colonial rule.Kim Seo-kyung and her husband Kim Woon-sung said the new statue will be in the shape of a skinny young man who was forced to work like a slave during World War II.They said their goal is to erect the statue in Japan. "We want to console the s
Foreign AffairsJuly 24, 2016
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Korea to send delegation for Peru's presidential inauguration
South Korea's foreign ministry on Sunday said it will send a delegation of ruling party lawmakers for Peru's presidential inauguration slated for later this month on behalf of President Park Geun-hye.Under the plan, Rep. Yoo Jae-jung of the ruling Saenuri Party, who heads the Security and Public Administration Committee of the parliament, will visit Peru, along with another Saenuri lawmaker, on Thursday to congratulate Pedro Kuczynski on his inauguration as the Latin American country's president
Foreign AffairsJuly 24, 2016
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Gov't R&D spending up 7% in 2015
The South Korean government's spending on research and development projects advanced 7 percent in 2015 from a year earlier, data showed Sunday, with the science ministry being the top beneficiary of the investment.According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the government's R&D spending for 2015 came to 18.8 trillion won ($16.6 billion), compared with 17.6 trillion won posted a year earlier.In 2015, the government invested in 54,433 projects from 639 busin
IndustryJuly 24, 2016
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Korea tops innovation performance: European Commission
South Korea topped a list of most innovative countries, data showed Sunday, outpacing other key countries around the globe, including the United States and Japan.According to the data compiled by the European Commission, South Korea had the highest global innovation performance, with a score of 0.726, hovering above the 0.703 and 0.701 posted by the U.S. and Japan, respectively.The European Union, Canada and Australia followed with 0.592, 0.582 and 0.506, respectively, the data also showed."Sout
IndustryJuly 24, 2016
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Red Hot Chili Peppers sizzle at Jisan
ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province -- The screen blazed red. Crowds scattered throughout the grounds at Jisan Valley Rock Music & Arts Festival swarmed the main stage. As 10 p.m. approached on Friday night, the Red Hot Chili Peppers clambered onto the Korean stage for the first time in 14 years.Jisan Forest Resort rang with cheers as the iconic rock band kicked off the show energetically with “Can’t Stop,” during which drummer Chad Smith delivered a spirited drum solo, and followed up with the 2006 hit “
PerformanceJuly 24, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Birdy, somewhere between rebel and good girl
ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province -- With a precocious melancholic voice and a shy demeanor that, in her words, “doesn’t give too much away,” British singer-songwriter Birdy might be best described as the antithesis to chirpy K-pop girl groups.“For me, it’s always been a bit darker,” the 20-year-old replied when asked if she would ever take on a “cutesier” style, before her performance Saturday at the Jisan Valley Music & Arts Festival. “Where I grew up, it was very beautiful but reflective and moody,”
PerformanceJuly 24, 2016
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For New York's new festival, an immersion in art
NEW YORK (AFP) -- The latest entrant to the fast-growing global festival calendar is moving beyond crowd-pleasing rock acts, offering a New York audience an immersion in art and technology.Panorama -- put together by the promoters of Coachella, the California festival that is among the world’s most lucrative music events -- opened Friday in Randalls Island off the city’s East River for a three-day run.The inaugural day featured high-energy electronic act Major Lazer, a festival favorite among yo
PerformanceJuly 24, 2016
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Director Kim Ki-duk to produce big-budget Chinese film
Art house filmmaker Kim Ki-duk has received 250 million yuan ($37.4 million) in investment from a Chinese production company for his upcoming film “Who is God,” according to an industry insider Friday.A war epic set in an ancient Asian kingdom, “Who is God” has been a work in progress since even before the release of Kim’s award-winning film “Pieta,” which was met with controversy in Korea due to its violent and graphic nature.Kim’s biggest budget film to date, the upcoming movie will star an al
FilmJuly 24, 2016
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Snowden film 'almost killed' by self-censorship
SAN DIEGO (AFP) - It was the largest data leak in United States history, fueling a firestorm over the issue of mass surveillance that resonated with Americans and the world.Oliver Stone's hotly-anticipated “Snowden” tells the story of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in dramatic form for the first time -- but the movie almost never made it to theaters.“Frankly, it was turned down by every major studio. The script was good, the budget was good, the cast was good. It was definitely... self-censors
FilmJuly 24, 2016
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Brie Larson confirmed as ‘Captain Marvel’
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Oscar winner Brie Larson has a new title to add to her resume: superhero. Disney and Marvel announced Saturday at Comic-Con that Larson will star in “Captain Marvel” as the butt-kicking air force pilot Carol Danvers who gets special powers after an alien encounter.“Captain Marvel” will be the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to center on a female character. The film is scheduled for release in March of 2019.“Guardians of the Galaxy” writer Nicole Perlman and “Inside
FilmJuly 24, 2016
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Warner wows Comic-Con with blockbuster previews
SAN DIEGO (AFP) -- Warner Brothers pulled back the curtain on its slate of upcoming blockbusters on Saturday at a star-studded presentation to thousands of die-hard San Diego Comic-Con fans.The studio took over the fanfest for two hours, with Conan O'Brien as host, to premiere its hotly anticipated DC Comics movies and non-superhero offerings.Stars onstage at the 6,500-seat Hall H included “Wonder Woman” lead Gal Gadot and Ben Affleck, who reprises his turn as Batman in “Justice League.” A beat-
FilmJuly 24, 2016
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Security fears loom over Bayreuth opera fest
FRANKFURT (AFP) – Germany’s legendary Bayreuth opera festival dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner opens Monday, but security fears and off-stage drama threaten to cast a long shadow over the 140-year-old event.The curtain goes up just days after an 18-year-old German-Iranian went on a shooting rampage in Munich killing nine people before shooting himself.Only a week earlier, five people were injured in an axe attack on a Bavarian train in Wuerzburg that was claimed by the Islamic State jiha
PerformanceJuly 24, 2016