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Seoul, Tokyo reboot joint maritime resource talks after 40-year freeze
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Host of Miss Korea apologizes for 'inappropriate question' about deepfake
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Korea to face another massive shortfall in tax revenue
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[Contribution] Turkmenistan celebrates the 33rd anniversary of its Independence
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Who's lying? Hybe vs. Min conflict continues to intensify
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[Photo news] Faker Mercedes
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SK hynix outpaces Samsung, Micron with more powerful AI chips
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Power of nostalgia brings K-pop legends back together
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North Korea unveiling uranium enrichment site a US election-conscious move: NIS
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'Shaman says president will die,' caller warns
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Anything goes as French liqueurs keep up with world trends
AVRILLE, France (AFP) -- Whether the ingredients are traditional, exotic or frankly bizarre, French liqueurs are reliable “ambassadors of quality,” an industry leader says.Visitors to the Printemps des Liqueurs, the industry’s annual trade fair, this month could sample tipples concocted from rose petals, tea or ... how about litchis?Jean-Dominique Caseau, president of the liqueur producers’ union who oversaw the trade fair, says 53 percent of France’s production goes for export.“Liqueurs are amb
FoodMay 31, 2016
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Ukranian art buyer hands back stolen Dutch masterpiece
THE HAGUE (AFP) - An Ukrainian art buyer has handed back a missing 18th-century painting stolen a decade ago from a Dutch museum, bringing the total number of masterpieces retrieved from the heist to five, officials said Monday.“An Ukranian resident returned one of the 24 paintings that were stolen from the Westfries Museum to the Dutch Embassy in Kiev,” said Marieke van Leeuwen, spokeswoman for the Hoorn municipality in northwest Netherlands where the museum is based.“The man had brought in the
PerformanceMay 31, 2016
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Art group plans to haul part of jumbo jet to Burning Man
RENO, Nevada (AP) -- A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year.A 23-meter portion of a 747 airplane will be towed 724 kilometers from California’s Mojave Desert to northern Nevada in time for the annual 70,000-person gathering in August, Ken Feldman told the Reno Gazette-Journal. Feldman’s arts nonprofit, the Big Imagination Foundation, has secured the giant plane, and cre
PerformanceMay 31, 2016
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Spain’s Prado unveils major exhibit of Dutch master Bosch
MADRID (AP) -- It may not be the most suitable exhibit for the squeamish but the Prado Museum’s 500th anniversary display of the most and best of Dutch Renaissance master Hieronymus Bosch is definitely a must for art lovers, and maybe gore freaks too.Bosch’s work, with its monstrous, apocalyptic scenes depicting man’s struggle against temptation juxtaposed with idyllic scenes of paradise, has long fascinated art lovers. But rarely has so much of his work been brought together under one roof. The
PerformanceMay 31, 2016
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Park Hae-jin kicks off Asia tour
Actor Park Hae-jin kicked off his Asia tour with a fan meeting in China at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium on Saturday, the public relations company HNS HQ announced Tuesday. The event was to celebrate the Chinese video platform Youku’s launch of tvN’s drama series “Cheese in the Trap,” in which Park plays the male lead. About 3,000 international fans attended the event during which Park presented an array of programs for over two hours. Actor Park Hae-jin meets his inter
TelevisionMay 31, 2016
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JYP artists to hold biennial concert in August
Artistes from JYP Entertainment, one of the country’s largest entertainment agencies, will be performing at Jamsil Arena from Aug. 6-7 as part of the concert series JYP Nation. The agency’s biennial concert, which started in 2010, presents collaborative performances as well as hit songs of its artistes. Poster of JYP Entertainment’s biennial concert JYP Nation (JYP Entertainment) The full lineup and poster for JYP Nation was revealed on Tuesday. Stars performing this year include the CEO of the
PerformanceMay 31, 2016
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Logistics association sues Coupang for ‘rocket delivery’
An association of local logistics companies has filed civil and criminal suits against e-commerce firm Coupang, claiming that its delivery system is illegal.According to the Korea Integrated Logistics Association, Coupang’s so-called “rocket delivery” system is in violation of the Trucking Transport Business Act because the delivery vehicles are not licensed as cargo transporters.Since Coupang is an intermediary seller rather than a retailer in its own right, it does not have ownership of the pr
IndustryMay 31, 2016
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Chai stirred into Silicon Valley coffee culture
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- In a Silicon Valley culture known for brilliant ideas boiling up in coffee shops, Gaurav Chawla is pouring his heart into chai.Chawla was on a break from his job as an engineering manager at San Francisco-based cloud-computing star Salesforce when he began lamenting how tough it was to find a cup of chai as good as he makes it at home.That frustration, and echoed complaints by other natives of India, where the blend of spiced tea and simmered milk is woven into daily lifes
FoodMay 31, 2016
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Sponsors going along for the ride at theme parks
LOS ANGELES -- When Walt Disney opened his famed Anaheim park in 1955, he turned to corporate sponsors to keep construction and operation costs under budget.That helps explain why two of the original attractions were the less-than-thrilling Monsanto Hall of Chemistry, sponsored by the agrochemical giant, and the Aluminum Hall of Fame, sponsored by Kaiser Aluminum.“It was just as bad as it sounds,” said David Koenig, author of several books on Disney.More than 60 years later, sponsorships are on
TravelMay 31, 2016
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Korean fashion designers to open pop-up store in Paris
A pop-up store showcasing creations by leading Korean fashion designers will open at the multibrand store L’Eclaireur from June 22-28 in Paris. The temporary shop-in-shop will feature women’s and men’s clothing by 10 Korean designers who regularly participate in Seoul Fashion Week and have been selected as “Seoul’s 10 Soul” to represent the Korean fashion scene. The program, run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, offers financial, marketing and logistical support for the selected designers i
Arts & DesignMay 31, 2016
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N. Korea suspected of hacking S. Korean cybersecurity firm
A North Korean hacking group is suspected of launching cyberattacks against a South Korean cybersecurity service firm amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state prosecutors said Tuesday.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said the group allegedly first hacked into the company, whose identity was withheld, in November and acquired its authentication certificate in the following months.The hacking group then infected a local academic institute website with programs carrying
North KoreaMay 31, 2016
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Comfort women foundation to focus on healing scars, recovering dignity: committee chief
Head of the newly-launched preparation committee for a foundation to be tasked with helping former comfort women said Tuesday that her focus will be placed on healing their scars and helping them recover their dignity.Kim Tae-hyun, an honorary professor at Sungshin Women's University, added that she and other members of the committee will be all ears to what they really want, believing that genuine communication starts with listening to what people want to say. "I feel a heavy burden from taking
Social AffairsMay 31, 2016
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Rise in corporate loans accelerates in Q1
The rise in loans extended to South Korea's local companies quickened its pace from three months earlier in the first quarter, central bank data showed Tuesday.However, the increase in corporate loans for facilities slowed over the cited period, apparently reflecting sluggish investment by local firms.Loans extended to local companies by banks and non-bank financial institutions here came to 959 trillion won ($806.2 billion) as of end-March, up 15.7 trillion won or 1.7 percent from the previous
May 31, 2016
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N. Korea's vice party chairman Ri Su-yong visits China with large entourage
Career diplomat Ri Su-yong, one of North Korea's highest-ranking officials, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday in a surprise visit to China that appears to signal the North's attempt to mend soured ties between the allies.A number of North Korean delegates led by Ri, vice chairman of the North Korean ruling party's Central Committee and the director of the party's International Department, arrived at the Beijing Capital International Airport amid tight security.Shortly after arriving at the airport,
North KoreaMay 31, 2016
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Hyundai Steel to raise price of hot-rolled sheets
Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea's second-biggest steelmaker, said Tuesday it will raise the price of hot-rolled sheets starting from next month as China is set to tackle oversupply in its steel industry.The affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group said it will increase the price of hot-rolled sheets by 50,000-70,000 won ($42-58.70) per ton next month, which comes after a 30,000-won hike in April. The price of hot-rolled sheets was 650,000 won per ton last week, and had stayed in the same range for three
IndustryMay 31, 2016
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More S. Koreans using SNS platforms BAND, Instagram
More South Koreans are using Naver Corp.'s group-interaction service BAND and Instagram, although Facebook is still the most popular social networking service platform in the country, a survey showed Tuesday, signaling a shift in the local SNS landscape.According to the survey conducted by Digieco, an economic research institute run by mobile carrier KT Corp., and advertising agency Nas Media Corp., 73.8 percent of some 2,000 respondents in all age brackets used Facebook in 2016, slightly down f
TechnologyMay 31, 2016
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Korea, UAE agree on joint study on desalination plant development
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates have reached an agreement to carry out a joint study on developing desalination plants for the Middle Eastern country, the finance ministry here said Tuesday.In an economic cooperative meeting, South Korea's Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho and his UAE counterpart Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri signed a joint development agreement to carry out collaborative studies on researching energy-saving desalination plants and installing pilot models.They also agreed to se
May 31, 2016
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Doosan Heavy bags desalination plant order from Kuwait
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., South Korea's top power equipment maker, said Tuesday that it has won a 460 billion won ($86 million) deal to build a desalination plant in Kuwait.Under the deal with the Ministry of Electricity & Water, Doosan Heavy will construct the desalination plant by November 2018, and do operating and maintenance work until November 2023, the company said in a statement.The facility will process 270,000 tons of sea water into fresh water a day, which could be c
IndustryMay 31, 2016
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Political parties vow to roll out safety measures following subway worker's death
South Korea's ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday vowed to roll out safety measures for subway workers, adding they will make efforts to conduct a thorough probe and come up with effective preventive measures.On Saturday, a 19-year-old maintenance worker surnamed Kim died while on duty when he was hit by a subway train in Seoul. Police cited the negligence of the subway operator as the main cause of the accident.The incident drew backlash from the public on the working environment for emplo
Social AffairsMay 31, 2016
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Bondholders pressed to approve Hyundai Merchant's debt recast plan
Bondholders of Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. will gather to decide whether to approve a debt recast offer by the financially shaky shipper amid growing pressure from its creditors to join a move to salvage the country's No. 2 shipping line, industry sources said Tuesday.During a two-day meeting that runs through Wednesday, Hyundai Merchant will propose a plan to bondholders that more than half of their debt, totaling some 800 billion won ($672 million), will be swapped for the shipper's stocks and
May 31, 2016