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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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Seoul seeks to improve foreign nanny program after two abscond
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
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Incheon Bridge draws global recognition
Incheon Bridge is drawing attention at home and abroad after it won the premium gold award from the leading Swiss-registered International Project Management Association last year, officials from the bridge operator said.The Incheon Bridge Company‘s officials said the project was recognized as an example of best practice by IPMA experts, who praised Korea’s technological, financial and managerial competitiveness. Incheon Bridge (Incheon Bridge Co.)“Incheon Bridge’s long-term approach and susta
IndustryJuly 5, 2016
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Half the women in Daegu not working
Half of the female population in Daegu is financially inactive, according to the research by Daegu Women and Family Foundation, Tuesday. The research, conducted by DWFF to mark the Gender Equality Week between July 1 and 7 found that only 51 percent of the Daegu female population held a job or earned money, which was 22 percent less than their male counterparts, whose financially active population reached 72 percent. (123RF)The biggest obstacle to women’s financial activity was child care, which
Social AffairsJuly 5, 2016
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Prosecutors summon ex-VW Korea chief
[THE INVESTOR] Prosecutors summoned former head of Volkswagen Korea Park Dong-hoon on July 5, to question him over the German automaker’s emission scandal that hit the customers here and around the world. Park, who headed the company from its initiation in 2005 to 2013 before moving to Renault Samsung as the chief executive, appeared before the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office as a key witness in the ongoing case over VW cheating emission tests for defective units. The prosecutors, how
MobilityJuly 5, 2016
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PM dismisses call to exempt agricultural, fishery products from anti-graft act
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday dismissed a call to exempt agricultural, fishery and livestock products from the application of an anti-graft act, saying their exemption will undermine the basic purpose of the act due to take effect in September.During a parliamentary interpellation session, Hwang indicated that should they be exempt, calls may arise for an exclusion of other items as well. But he noted that the government was "well aware" of the concerns over the potential negative impa
PoliticsJuly 5, 2016
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[Editorial] Chain of terror
Fear of terror attacks is shrouding the globe in the wake of successive assaults in Turkey, Bangladesh and Iraq. A week ago, a bombing at the Istanbul airport killed 44, a hostage-taking incident at a restaurant in Dhaka left 22 dead over the weekend and a massive car bomb attack in Baghdad has killed at least 150 people. The jihadist militant Islamic State group claimed accountability for the massacres in Baghdad and Dhaka. IS is also suspected of committing the terrorist attack in Istanbul.Fol
EditorialJuly 5, 2016
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Korean financial regulator seeks bigger say in global organization
Korea has recently increased its presence in a global financial advisory organization to have a bigger say when the member countries set and revise international financial rules, its financial regulator said Tuesday. Early this month, the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service acquired membership in the Committee1 under the International Organization of Securities Commissions "to make its voice heard" in setting international rules and standards involving accounting,
BusinessJuly 5, 2016
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[Editorial] National debt
Last week, the government said it would draw up a supplementary budget worth 10 trillion won ($8.69 billion) in its unveiling of its second-half economic policy direction.A package of stimulus might be necessary in terms of overcoming the weak recovery in exports and domestic consumption as well as uncertainty from the Brexit scenario. But in a different aspect, the planned government expenditure is arousing concerns over possible deterioration of fiscal soundness amid a recent surge in sovereig
EditorialJuly 5, 2016