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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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Seoul seeks to improve foreign nanny program after two abscond
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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Samsung, top banks to create W2tr green growth fund for SMEs
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Malnutrition cases nearly triple in last 5 years
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KFA Chair denies unfair hiring of national coach
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An increasing number of K-pop idols are breaking free from big agencies. Why?
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Couple welcoming quintuplets to receive over W170m in childbirth grants
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Korean automakers pressured to diversify supply chains as US bans Chinese tech
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[Herald Interview] Portraying a version of god for young people in 'Hadestown'
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[Kim Seong-kon] What will we find on waking up in 2018?
Last night I fell asleep while reading Robert Harris’s alternative history novel “Fatherland.” It is set in a 1964 in which Hitler had won World War II and ruled Europe. The novel induced me to ponder, “What would have happened if Germany had won the Second World War?” Perhaps due to the influence of the bleak novel, I had a fitful night’s sleep. I dreamed I had woken up in 2018 to find Donald Trump in the White House and a Marxist president and his coterie in Cheong Wa Dae. My God, it was the m
ViewpointsJune 28, 2016
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[Trudy Rubin] British populism a warning to U.S. voters
How fitting. As the Brits cast a stunning vote to quit the European Union, Donald Trump was opening a luxury golf course in Scotland and crowing that Britain did “a great thing.”This historic victory for the British Brexiteers is part of a nationalist trend that is gripping Europe and has spread across the Atlantic. The leader of the “Leave” campaign, the blond, mop-haired Boris Johnson, is a bombastic Trump clone who defied his Conservative Party’s leader, Prime Minister David Cameron. Johnson
ViewpointsJune 28, 2016
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Language of China’s emperors in peril
SANJIAZI, China (AFP) - It was the language of China’s last imperial dynasty which ruled a vast kingdom for nearly three centuries. But 71-year-old Ji Jinlu is among only a handful of native Manchu speakers left.Traders and farmers from what are now the borders of China and Korea, the Manchus took advantage of a crumbling Ming state and swept south in the 1600s to establish their own Qing Dynasty.Manchu became the court language, its angular, alphabetic script used in millions of documents produ
CultureJune 28, 2016
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[Justin Fox] China’s globalization means shrinking Web access
I wrote most of this column at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, the giant port city (population: 15 million) a half-hour bullet-train ride southeast of Beijing. It’s a sleek aircraft-hangar of a building that’s hosting the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, what the Chinese call “summer Davos.” That all sounds pretty modern and global and connected, doesn’t it? Technologically sophisticated, too: I arrived too late this morning (lots of traffic i
ViewpointsJune 28, 2016
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Hyukoh concert tickets snapped up fast in China
Korean indie rock band Hyukoh sold all 3,000 tickets for its upcoming concert in China within just one minute of them going on sale, demonstrating the band’s growing popularity in China, the band’s agency Duruduru AMC announced Tuesday.“Hyukoh is set to hold the solo concert ‘20/22’ in Shanghai on July 9, at the enthusiastic request of Chinese fans,” said the agency. The band previously captivated Chinese audiences at the country’s biggest music festival, the Strawberry Music Festival held in Sh
PerformanceJune 28, 2016
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[Lee Jae-min] A long-awaited counter-example
Absolute panic is what it is. Four days after the British referendum, people are still struggling to piece together the puzzle that has poured out of London. What does this all mean? To those wary of globalization, the EU has been a beacon of hope and a navigator for an unbroken path. To us outside Europe, the EU is the proof that globalization (together with ensuing integration and liberalization) is the right direction for the global community at large. The outcome of the British referendum la
ViewpointsJune 28, 2016
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Seoul ranks 3rd in int'l meeting cities last year
Seoul played host to 494 international meetings in 2015, ranking third in the list of international meeting cities worldwide, the Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday, citing a report by a Brussels-based research institute.The 2015 international meetings statistics report, compiled by the Union of International Associations, showed that the Korean capital clinched record-high results, up two notches from the previous year.It also achieved the goal of becoming the world's third-ranked city
Social AffairsJune 28, 2016
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New Zealand waives diplomatic immunity for official in Seoul
New Zealand has waived diplomatic immunity for one of its diplomats stationed in Korea after a scuffle between the official and local police, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.The New Zealand diplomat, whose identity has been withheld, is accused of obstructing the duty of police officers on May 24 when he allegedly pushed the officers and kicked their car to prevent them from arresting two New Zealand businessmen at a bar in the central district of Yongsan, according to the ministry and new
Diplomatic CircuitJune 28, 2016
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Hyundai Merchant's creditor-led overhaul scheme to be extended by one month
The financially troubled Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. said Tuesday that its creditor-led restructuring scheme will be extended by one month to late July as its bid to join a global shipping alliance takes longer than expected.In April, its creditors, led by the state-run Korea Development Bank, approved the shipper's restructuring plan in return for the company meeting three key prerequisites -- a debt recast, a charter rate cut and an inclusion into a global shipping alliance.The creditor-led to
IndustryJune 28, 2016
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Hotel Lotte ordered to pay damages for canceled Ne-Yo concert
Hotel Lotte Co. is to award a concert production agency damages for canceling a concert featuring the internationally renowned rhythm and blues singer Ne-Yo, a Seoul court ruled Tuesday.The Seoul Central District Court found that the hotel had canceled the concert after organizing it, ruling in favor of the complainant. It ordered Hotel Lotte to pay 200 million won ($170,000) in damages to the concert production agency, whose name was not revealed. According to the findings, the agency, which h
PerformanceJune 28, 2016
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[DECODED] The men behind Naver’s dizzying success
[THE INVESTOR] Reserved and meticulous. These are some of the words often used by those close to Naver’s founder and board chairman Lee Hae-jin, who is regarded as a pioneer in Korea’s web search industry. He builds and executes elaborate business plans and few at the portal company would dare confront him.Naver board chairman Lee Hae-jinLee is credited with growing Naver, which began as a four-member start-up, into the nation’s largest web portal and one of the 10 largest companies in terms of
IndustryJune 28, 2016
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Korea Western Power to build US$450m solar power plant in Vietnam
[THE INVESTOR] Korea Western Power and Shinsung Solar Energy will jointly undertake a US$450 million solar power project in Vietnam. According to the memorandum of understanding the two companies signed on June 28, Korea Western Power and Shinsung Solar Energy will build a 300-megawatt solar power station in Dak Nong province in southern Vietnam. Korea Western Power said that it will use this project to expand further into overseas renewable energy markets. By Choi He-suk (cheesuk@heraldcorp.com
IndustryJune 28, 2016
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N. Korea pushes clean energy development to earn currency
[THE INVESTOR] North Korea is pushing to embrace renewable energy such as solar and wind to address the country’s power shortage issues and make profit by selling tradable carbon emissions credits, according to a think tank’s report published on June 28.The country seeks to develop green energy and reduce greenhouse gases by ratifying laws related to environment protection and waste management, the study conducted by Hyundai Research Institute said. Currently, the North Korean government is carr
June 28, 2016