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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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Who's lying? Hybe vs. Min conflict continues to intensify
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[Contribution] Turkmenistan celebrates the 33rd anniversary of its Independence
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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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Seoul should engage Kim Jong-un’s elites for change, ex-North Korean diplomat says
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North Korea unveiling uranium enrichment site a US election-conscious move: NIS
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[Graphic News] Profits of Samsung, SK hynix fall on weak chip demand
Korean chipmakers, hit hard by falling prices and stiffer competition, are struggling to restore profits from their dynamic random access memory chip sales. According to the data compiled by industry tracker DRAMeXchange, Samsung Electronics, the nation’s largest chipmaker, logged $3.97 billion in its first quarter sales, down 16.6 percent from the previous quarter. Sales of SK hynix also fell 19.2 percent to $2.32 billion during the same period. Samsung’s market share remained flat at 46.6 perc
TechnologyMay 19, 2016
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Explosions at U.S. army base in North Gyeongsang Province
Explosions involving 20 or so oxygen tanks at a U.S. Army base Camp Carroll at Waegwan, North Gyeongsang Province raised alarms on Thursday at around 2:30 p.m. Residents of the area adjacent to the army camp said the explosion sounded like gun fire and that metal debris three times the size of an aerosol can had dangerously shot out of the base. (Youtube capture)Window panes of houses 200 meters away from the base reportedly shook due to the impact of the blast.No casualties were reported from
Social AffairsMay 19, 2016
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Number of reported sterilizer victims swells to 1,848
The total number of toxic humidifier sterilizer victims has swelled to 1,848 as of April, according to the latest available reports Thursday, with pressure building on the government to intervene. During a press conference at the National Assembly, the Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health said that 566 additional victims, including 41 who have passed away, were listed at a civil complaint center from January to April 25.The complaint center, supported by the ACCEH, had operated temp
Social AffairsMay 19, 2016
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Grandson to auction Miro paintings to help refugees
LONDON (AFP) - Some 28 works of art by the Spanish painter Joan Miro will be auctioned in London on Thursday, with the profits going towards helping refugees. The Miro sale at Christie's auction house in London is aiming to raise 50,000 euros ($56,600) for the Red Cross humanitarian organization. The Barcelona painter’s grandson told Agence France-Presse that he would donate the proceeds of the sale because that is what Miro would have wanted. “I consider myself as the torch-bearer for his wishe
PerformanceMay 19, 2016
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Doctors, patients arrested for insurance scam
Doctors and patients who conspired for an insurance fraud amounting to 90 million won ($75,650) were arrested Thursday, the Daegu Gangbuk police said. According to the police, two orthopedic surgeons and their hospital assistant had plotted a massive scam in collaboration with 14 patients. The chief surgeon of the hospital suggested hospitalization of 11 patients who visited for minor contusions or diabetes between January 2010 and July 2015. (123RF)Through the exaggerated doctor’s consultation
Social AffairsMay 19, 2016
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La Scala’s 2016-17 season brings back Puccini, Muti
MILAN (AP) -- La Scala’s 2016-17 season is a lot about healing old wounds. It opens with a once-contested version of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” and continues with the long-awaited return of its former musical director who left abruptly in 2005 amid open hostility from opera house employees. The program for the storied opera house announced Wednesday emphasizes the Italian repertoire to match the vision of principal conductor Riccardo Chailly, who will become musical director in January. Nine o
PerformanceMay 19, 2016
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[Editorial] Whither Saenuri?
The escalating factional rift is plunging the ruling Saenuri Party into a deeper quagmire, prompting speculation that the warring factions may not stay together under one roof. The latest development surrounds the cancellation Tuesday of the national committee -- believed to have been orchestrated by the loyalists of President Park Geun-hye -- which otherwise would have endorsed the launch of an “emergency” leadership panel and a reform panel. The pro-Park members effectively boycotted the nat
EditorialMay 19, 2016
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[Editorial] Literary excellence
Whether a literary work -- or any other art or cultural product -- receives an award should not be the only yardstick for assessing its value. However, the significance of the Man Booker International Prize given to writer Han Kang for “The Vegetarian” is worth noting. Han is the first Korean writer to win one of the world’s three most prestigious literature awards, which include the Nobel and Goncourt prizes. The novel written by 45-year-old Han beat works by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and oth
EditorialMay 19, 2016
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Palestinian history museum opens without exhibits
BIRZEIT, West Bank (AP) -- The Palestinians opened a dazzling new museum Wednesday aimed at telling the tale of their history and culture, but the building is devoid of exhibits. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas inaugurated the museum, the biggest project the Palestinians have undertaken in terms of scale, space and budget. “This museum will tell the world, the whole world, that we have been here, and we are staying here, and we will stay here to establish our independent state,” Abbas said
CultureMay 19, 2016
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Iconic Korean film digitally restored
A classic Korean film depicting poverty in the aftermath of the Korean War has been digitally restored for the first time. The restored version of “O Bal Tan (The Aimless Bullet)” was screened for the press on Thursday as part of the opening event for the Paju Conservation Center, a center established by the Korean Film Archive for the preservation and restoration of old films. A still from a digitally restored version of the 1961 film “O Bal Tan (The Aimless Bullet),” directed by Yu Hyun-mok (
FilmMay 19, 2016
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Korean ‘fillers’ ride hallyu wave
Korean biomedical companies producing dermal wrinkle fillers are seeing buoyed sales from increasing exports to China and Japan. Two firms, Hugel and Medytox, said Thursday that the heightened demand for their wrinkle-smoothing filler products helped boost sales in the first quarter this year. (123RF)Their primary products are botulinum toxin, more commonly known as Botox, however, it was hyaluronic acid fillers -- launched less than three years ago -- that proved to be successful. Hugel said it
IndustryMay 19, 2016
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Local bounty highlight of Jeju Food & Wine Festival
SEOGWIPO, Jejudo Island --The sundrenched southern Jejudo Island is known for its seafood plucked from the seabed by women divers and served up fresh and raw at beachside eateries. Yet, for visitors from the mainland, local food can be challenging to the palate. Slices of raw fish in cold soup is not to everyone’s liking and some food is just too bland for taste buds used to stronger seasonings. This difference in tastes is not lost on Kim Ji-soon, founder of the Institute for Preservation of J
FoodMay 19, 2016
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Yeol to hold 2016 Young Designers Market on May 28
Yeol, the Korean Heritage Preservation Society, will hold the 2016 Young Designers Market on May 28, the group announced Wednesday. Launched in 2013, the event promotes quality craftworks at reasonable prices. Young designers, craftsmen and indie brands present their unique products and interact with customers. Poster of Yeol 2016 Young Designers Market (Yeol) This year, 16 designers and brands will take part, including Soseng Industrial Corporation, Via K Studio and handcrafted interior design
CultureMay 19, 2016
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Ironman 70.3 Busan allows team participation
Ironman 70.3 Busan has opened its doors to team participation, the event’s public relations agency Emerson K Partners announced Wednesday. More popularly known as the Ironman Triathlon, Ironman 70.3 consists of three courses -- 1.9 kilometers swimming, 90.1 kilometers cycling and 21.1 kilometers running -- which must be completed within 8 1/2 hours. A participant takes off his swimming suit with the help of volunteer workers at the Ironman 70.3 Texas in the U.S. in 2014. (Emerson K Partners) Th
More SportsMay 19, 2016
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[Herald Interview] 'Spa Night' director opens up about gay experience
JEONJU, North Jeolla Province -- Director Andrew Ahn came to Korea to spark a conversation. His film, “Spa Night,” depicts David, a second-generation Korean-American working with his parents at their Korean restaurant. When the restaurant closes, David surreptitiously works at a Korean spa -- instead of studying to enter university -- to help the family. There he notices for the first time the spa’s role in secretive homosexual hookups, just as he begins considering his own identity. “I hope th
FilmMay 19, 2016
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Virtual reality films comes to Cannes, Spielberg sounds warning
CANNES, France (Reuters) – Virtual reality moviemaking is taking flight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival alongside traditional film offerings. A pavilion is dedicated to the immersive technology, with virtual reality film screenings and discussions as part of the festival’s tandem Marche du Film sessions. Among those showing virtual reality films -- all short productions for which viewers must don a headset -- is “Madagascar” codirector Eric Darnell, whose six-minute “Invasion!” tells the st
FilmMay 19, 2016
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Pakistan P.M.’s defense over Panama Papers
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in parliament on Monday with a great cloud of questions hanging over his head, not least of which were the seven questions that the combined opposition had wanted him to answer. He left answering few of them except perhaps the most immediate — there will be a parliamentary committee consisting of both government and opposition members who will draw up mutually acceptable terms of reference for a judicial commission to investigate the disclosures in th
ViewpointsMay 19, 2016
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[Andrew Sheng] Liberty, equality and fraternity
A very wise Latin American statesman remarked at the Emerging Markets Forum in Paris this month, quoting the Nobel Laureate writer Octavio La Paz that after the French Revolution, the 19th century was all about the search for liberty, the 20th century about equality and the 21st century should be about fraternity. The concept of liberty and individual freedom was sparked by the French Revolution but it became embodied in the American Constitution that individual freedom was almost absolute in it
ViewpointsMay 19, 2016
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[Djamester Simarmata] Corporate debts cause worry amid global uncertainty
The latest news on the global economic situation seems bittersweet, especially in relation to the impact of low unemployment in the U.S. An improvement in the U.S. economy has two side effects: a positive one in the potential rise in imports from emerging markets and a negative impact in the potential rise in interest rates.Fears of Chinese banking debt, of Japan, of the euro area and more are resurfacing, and predictions from the International Monetary Fund have indicated a negative tone. The p
ViewpointsMay 19, 2016
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[Jac Wilder Versteeg] Trump’s three faces, maybe more
Having seen “The Three Faces of Eve” and “Sybil,” I imagine Donald J. Trump reclining comfortably in a state of mild hypnosis. “I’d like to speak with John Miller now,” the psychiatrist intones. The patient rouses, looks momentarily confused, then his eyes brighten in awareness. “Hello, John,” says the therapist. “Tell me about Donald Trump.” “Have you met him?” the man who now calls himself “John” replies. “He’s a good guy, and he’s not going to hurt anybody.” “Right,” says the psychiatrist. “T
ViewpointsMay 19, 2016