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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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Seoul should engage Kim Jong-un’s elites for change, ex-North Korean diplomat says
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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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Saenuri whip protests pro-Park boycott
The ruling Saenuri Party’s floor leader Chung Jin-suk on Wednesday strongly lamented the thwarted endorsement of his interim chairmanship the day before, saying the “unthinkable has happened” and that he will seriously consider whether to maintain the role.After attending the ceremony commemorating the May 18 Democratic Uprising, Chung withdrew to an unknown location in his constituency of Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, putting a hold on all party affairs.Chung Jin-suk (left) attends a cere
PoliticsMay 18, 2016
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Korea eyes relaxed regulations on drones, self-driving vehicles
President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday demanded drastic deregulations in new growth industrial sectors such as drones, biotech and self-driving vehicles, claiming that “destructive innovation” is crucial for the nation’s economic momentum.She also urged for the timely implementation of deregulation measures, to catch up with the speed of technology development.President Park Geun-hye speaks during a meeting on regulatory reform at Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday. (Yonhap)“Deregulation is the most effec
PoliticsMay 18, 2016
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Divided nation remembers Gwangju
GWANGJU – Somber tension engulfed the May 18th National Cemetery on Wednesday as political big wigs of rivaling parties, high-rank government officials and others gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in 1980.Under the scorching sun, the attendees paid respect, sang the national anthem and sat through commemorative speeches to honor victims of the uprising that played a pivotal role in introducing liberal democracy to the nation.On May 18, 1980, more than 200,000
PoliticsMay 18, 2016
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[Eric Frazier] Rest of the world looking askance at U.S.
Are Americans as stupid as the rest of the world thinks we are?Two conversations — one with a colleague and one with my daughter — left me pondering that question recently.The colleague told me about a visit to our newsroom last summer by a group of foreign journalists and government officials. Why isn’t the American press covering Donald Trump more seriously? they asked. This guy could be your next president.No way, we all thought back then. He’s just a reality TV star. We aren’t that stupid. T
ViewpointsMay 18, 2016
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[Ana Palacio] Clarifying Europe’s refugee problem
Even by European Union standards, the response to the refugee crisis is a mess. This seems to defy logic: While the crisis is certainly a challenge, human rights -- and, indeed, refugee protection -- is embedded in Europe’s DNA. Moreover, the EU’s aging and demographically challenged member states need immigrants. Yet, instead of spurring solutions, the current crisis has been bringing out all that is ugly, feckless, and dysfunctional about the European project. What happened?As is so often the
ViewpointsMay 18, 2016
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[Richard C. Longworth] What demagogues can accomplish
Recently, I’ve been rereading “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.” In this political season, William L. Shirer’s mammoth history of Hitler’s Germany seems a useful guide to how a skilled demagogue can seize and destroy a great nation.Hitler’s rise, as narrated by Shirer, was the triumph of an unlikely messiah -- “the man with the Charlie Chaplin mustache, who had been a down-and-out tramp in Vienna in his youth, an unknown soldier, the somewhat comical leader of the Beer Hall Putsch, this spe
ViewpointsMay 18, 2016
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[Noah Smith] China’s clampdown on foreign companies
For a long time, it looked like Apple had found the key to unlock the Chinese market. A world-famous brand, extensive factories in China and cooperation with the government’s demands led to booming sales of iPhones and other Apple products.Recently, however, the company has discovered that even the best-behaved of Western multinationals may not be able to hold the government’s favor for long. The Chinese government just shut down two of Apple’s key service products, the iBooks Store and iTunes M
ViewpointsMay 18, 2016
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Bakery firm seeks to register DNA of indigenous yeast
The SPC Group, a leading Korean food company, is working to register the genome of its newly-developed yeast for bread with a U.S. database, company officials said Wednesday.Last year, the bakery giant, which runs bakery brand Paris Baguette, developed the indigenous yeast, "SPC-SNU 70-1," for baking bread, and succeeded in mass commercialization. The company and the nation's top-notch Seoul National University jointly developed the yeast after 11 years of research.So far, most local companie
IndustryMay 18, 2016
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Korea confirms schedule of int'l football event for Olympics
Korea will play Nigeria first in an international football tournament created as a warm-up for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, the national football governing body said Wednesday.The Korea Football Association (KFA) said that South Korea will host Nigeria at the four-nation invitational tournament on June 2 at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. The men's under-23 football team will then face Honduras on June 4 at Goyang Stadium in Goyang, north of Seoul. They will wrap
SoccerMay 18, 2016
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Renault Samsung to debut ‘Twizy’ EV in 2nd half
Renault Samsung, the Korean unit of French automaker Renault, said Wednesday it plans to launch its ultramini Twizy electric vehicle in the second half of the year.The automaker has been pushing to debut the model, but government regulations have delayed its arrival in the Korean market. Renault Samsung’s ultramini electric vehicle Twizy (Renault Samsung)The situation, however, turned around as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced Thursday it would soon lift the specific
MobilityMay 18, 2016
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Murder suspect admits he is misogynist
The man held on charges of murdering a 23-year-old woman told the police that the crime was motivated by his hatred for women. The man is suspected of killing the victim, with whom he had no prior contact, in Gangnam on Tuesday night. (TV Chosun Capture, original footage provided by Seocho police)The suspect has since told the police that he committed the crime because he “hated women for belittling him.”Seoul Seocho police said the victim had been drinking at a bar on the first floor of a four-
Social AffairsMay 18, 2016
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Shipbuilding sector restructuring gains speed
Samsung Heavy Industries submitted a self-rescue plan to its main creditor bank on late Tuesday, joining other Korean top shipyards undergoing industrywide restructuring to reduce debt and weather the global slump. It has been 17 years since an affiliate of the Samsung Group handed in reform plans to creditors. Samsung Motors had applied for a court-administered debt restructuring program in June 1999. “We submitted a self-rescue plan consisting of measures to secure liquidity and improve financ
May 18, 2016
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Korea to lower barrier on issuing student visas
Korea will create a new visa type that links studying and working and relax requirements for issuing student visas in an effort to attract talented foreigners, the government said Wednesday.The Ministry of Justice said the new work-study visa will allow government-invited students to get a job here right after their graduation, starting next month.Currently, for a company to hire a foreigner, it has to have at least five South Korean employees. The number of foreigners should also be kept below
Social AffairsMay 18, 2016
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Civil rights body orders Air Force to end discriminatory scholarship policy
Korea's civil rights body ordered the Air Force to revise its discriminatory policy that excludes night college students from getting scholarships, adding that the existing system poses major problems for equality.The country's Air Force currently runs a scholarship program that cherry picks college students through their third year and provides them with tuition and flight education courses so they can become pilots after graduating.The program, however, is only open to those enrolled in daytim
DefenseMay 18, 2016
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Kim Ki-min becomes first S. Korean ballerino to win top award
Kim Ki-min has become the first South Korean ballerino to win the world's most prestigious ballet award, organizers said Wednesday.The organizing committee of Benois de la Danse 2016 declared him the best dancer on Tuesday, local time, for his role as Solor in the Paris Opera Ballet's "La Bayadere de Rudolf Noureev" staged in late 2015.The 24-year-old is currently the principal dancer with Russia's Mariinsky Ballet.Previously, two other South Korean ballerinos -- Kim Hyun-woong and Lee Dong-hoon
CultureMay 18, 2016
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Eric Clapton 'kind of might be saying goodby'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Eric Clapton, a Belieber? The 71-year-old guitar legend has three daughters ranging in age from 11 to 14, and it's only natural they have little interest in dad’s old Robert Johnson records. They're Justin Bieber fans. "I was, I suppose, a little bit disappointed that they were talking about him, until I heard the music," he said. "It’s got some substance now." Clapton's fans need not worry about that sentiment. His new disc being released Friday, "I Still Do," fits like a comfo
PerformanceMay 18, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Dongbu Group chief faces insider trading probe
Korea’s financial watchdog said Wednesday it is likely to report steel-making giant Dongbu Group founder and chairman Kim Jun-ki to the prosecution for insider trading charges.“The authorities have been looking into stock trading records of the tycoon to figure out whether he conducted unfair transactions based on insider information about faltering Dongbu Engineering & Construction,’’ an official from Financial Supervisory Service said, adding the case will be referred to the prosecution if the
IndustryMay 18, 2016
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Korean hypermarket giants slapped with W24b fine
Korea’s top three hypermarket chains were slapped with a combined record-high fine of 23.89 billion won ($20.2 million) by the nation's antitrust agency Wednesday for violations of retail transaction regulations. Homeplus, E-mart and Lotte Mart were fined for failing to comply with orders to correct practices such as unilateral deductions on payments made to suppliers, unpaid use of supplier employee labor, unfair division of labor costs, among other actions, the Fair Trade Commission said in a
IndustryMay 18, 2016
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Jailed Russian artist says guards cracked rib in beating
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who is on trial for setting fire to the security service headquarters in a protest, on Tuesday accused guards of beating him and cracking his rib. “As I write these lines, my knee has been injured, I have a cracked rib and internal bruising.... Every breath gives me pain,” Pavlensky said in a handwritten letter published on Facebook by his partner Oksana Shalygina, which blamed the assault on “the convoy guards of the Moscow City Court.”
PerformanceMay 18, 2016
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S. Korea decides to ease regulations on drones, biotech, autonomous vehicles
South Korea on Wednesday said it will move to lift a series of regulations covering drones, the biotech industry, autonomous vehicles and other areas with good growth potential, as part of a broader deregulatory campaign aimed at boosting economic growth.The decision was finalized at a meeting of senior government officials in charge of regulatory reform. President Park Geun-hye presided over the meeting -- the fifth of its kind -- at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap)The panel on
PoliticsMay 18, 2016