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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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Eggs for women, chicken for men at Korean convenience stores
From lunchbox meals to kimbap and sandwiches, ready-made food can be easily bought from convenience stores that can be found in just about any street corner in Korea. However, there are some differences to the ready-made food preferred by different genders. Females apparently prefer eggs while men prefer chicken as the main ingredient in such food, according to recent data from the nation’s leading convenience store chain CU.Some 68.3 percent of CU’s egg-based ready-made food, including its egg
IndustryMay 17, 2016
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Man driving without license sentenced
A 54-year-old man who caused a traffic accident while driving without a license was given a year in prison with two years’ probation Tuesday.On Nov. 13, 2015, the man crashed into another vehicle in Iksan, North Jeolla Province. He attempted to put the accident on his 63-year-old companion, who holds a driver’s license, claiming that his companion was behind the wheel. (123RF)The two also plotted to cheat the insurance company for compensation money.The Jeonju District Court handed the unlicens
Social AffairsMay 17, 2016
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[Photo News] CJ meets Indonesian President
CJ Group chairman Sohn Kyung-shik (right) meets with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the CJ E&M headquarters in northwestern Seoul on Tuesday. The two leaders discussed the legacy of CJ Group as well as ways to boost cultural exchanges between Korea and Indonesia. The Indonesian president is currently on a three-day official visit to Korea. (Yonhap)
IndustryMay 17, 2016
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Korea seeks to export airport know-how
Incheon International Airport Corp. and Korea Airports Corp. are looking to export their know-how in creating Korean-style airports to other countries this year, according to the Transport Ministry on Tuesday.The two companies will be bidding for build-operate-transfer projects in the Philippines, Vietnam, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia. Incheon International Airport (Yonhap)If they are successful, the corporations will be responsible for building airports and operating them for 20 to 30 years before
IndustryMay 17, 2016
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More men add bold, colorful accessories to wardrobes
BALTIMORE -- Ethan Giffin doesn’t let working in a business setting prevent him from showing off his sense of style. Giffin, CEO of the Little Italy-based Groove: Creative Marketing, Design & Development, is known for his extensive collection of accessories -- hundreds of patterned pocket squares, lapel flowers, designer cuff links, colorful socks and dress shoes. “Many of my friends’ wives and girlfriends say 'I wish you can dress more like Ethan',” Giffin, 44, said. “It’s definitely something
Arts & DesignMay 17, 2016
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'Marching for our Beloved’ English lyrics
The official English lyrics to the song “Marching for our Beloved, which has been making the headlines recently, was translated in 2014 by English literature professor Robert David Grotjohn of Chonnam National University, in joint efforts with Gwangju Cultural Foundation and Gwangju International Center. The song was first written in the ’80s for a spirit wedding of activist Yoon Sang-won who died in the Gwangju Democratic Uprising on May 18, 1980, and his beloved Park Gi-soon, who had passed aw
Social AffairsMay 17, 2016
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‘Soviet chic’ restaurant favored by KGB spies reopens in Moscow
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Moscow’s Aragvi restaurant, once the legendary haunt of KGB spies and cosmonauts, has reopened with its Soviet-era grandeur restored. The high-end eatery on the main Tverskaya Street, which opened in 1938 at the height of Stalin’s purges, has relaunched under the same name after a $20 million restoration. The restaurant opened on the initiative of Stalin’s notorious security chief Lavrenty Beria for the use of officials from his NKVD agency, the Soviet secret service later rename
FoodMay 17, 2016
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Nissan Korea to face class-action suit over emission fake
Nissan Korea, the local unit of the Japanese automaker, will soon face a class-action suit over the emissions fraud claim on its Qashqai compact crossovers.Local law firm Barun said Monday it is preparing a class-action suit against Nissan Korea by gathering all the Qashqai owners. Nissan Korea’s compact crossover Qashqai (Nissan Korea)“As of now, we have five people for the suit. The number (of people) is yet small due to the relatively small sales of the Qashqai units, but it can still go up,”
MobilityMay 17, 2016
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Weather anchor's dress sparks social-media firestorm
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's become so common for some female TV weather reporters to dress like they are on the way to a cocktail party that their dresses should have long ago ceased to raise any eyebrows among viewers. But there was eyebrow-raising aplenty across the Internet this week after KTLA-TV weather anchor Liberte Chan’s cohost handed her a dull-looking, gray sweater and she pulled it on over her black, sparkly, spaghetti-strap evening dress while delivering her report Saturday. A screen
PeopleMay 17, 2016
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Samsung, LG vie at IT trade show
Tech giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are currently showcasing their technical prowess at the World IT Show, an IT trade fair that kicked off in Seoul on Tuesday.Consumers are able to see top-of-the-line products by the two companies during the event, the companies said.Models pose with Samsung Electronics’ virtual reality headset at the firm’s exhibition venue at the World IT Show trade fair that kicked off in Seoul on Tuesday. (Samsung Electronics)The two tech giants are in fierce
TechnologyMay 17, 2016
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Qualcomm names new CEO of Korean office
U.S.-based chipmaker Qualcomm said Tuesday that it has promoted Lee Te-won, the head of Qualcomm Korea’s R&D center as the president of its Korean office.The newly appointed president founded audio solutions start-up SoftMax in 2002, which was acquired by the chip company in 2007. Since the takeover, Lee has been working for the chipmaker’s research and development center.Lee Te-won, new president of the Korean office of U.S. chipmaker QualcommBefore joining Qualcomm, Lee served as a neural comp
TechnologyMay 17, 2016
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Budget carriers in Asia-Pacific create new alliance
Eight low-cost carriers in the Asia-Pacific region including Korea‘s Jeju Air formed a new alliance to expand their route networks Monday, but the group excludes some major players.According to a statement, Value Alliance is the largest budget carrier alliance in the world, including Jeju Air, Cebu Pacific Air (Philippines), Nok Airlines (Thailand), Scoot (Singapore), Tiger Airways Singapore, Tiger Airways Australia and Vanilla Air (Japan). Chief executives from the eight airlines of the Value A
IndustryMay 17, 2016
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North Korea built up personality cult of Kim Jong-un ahead of key congress
North Korea made a concerted effort to build up the personality cult of its leader Kim Jong-un through literary and artistic works ahead of the recently closed congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, an examination of North Korean media reports showed Tuesday.In media reports released last week, the North's Korean Central News Agency said the country's youth and students created some 1,200 literary works during the 70-day campaign of loyalty that preceded the four-day party congress that ended
North KoreaMay 17, 2016
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Nat'l Olympic chief hopes to see banned swimmer in Rio
The head of the national Olympic body said Tuesday he hopes to see banned swimmer Park Tae-hwan race at this year's Summer Games, even as his own organization is barring Park from the competition because of a doping history."To give you my personal opinion, I think it'd be great if Park Tae-hwan could go to the Olympics," said Kim Jung-haeng, president of the Korean Olympic Committee, at a luncheon with former South Korean chief delegates to the Olympics.Kim added that he feels that way because
Olympic GamesMay 17, 2016
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Healthy aging has little to do with age: study
MIAMI (AFP) -- When it comes to maintaining health in one’s older years, age means little and obesity may not be so bad after all, according to a U.S. study released Monday. Factors such as loneliness, depression and having broken a bone recently are more likely to predict a person’s risk of dying in the next five years, researchers at the University of Chicago found. “The healthiest people were obese and robust,” said the study in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, which foun
TechnologyMay 17, 2016
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U.S. reveals how much Treasury debt Saudi Arabia owns
Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose in March, with the Treasury Department revealing for the first time in four decades how much Saudi Arabia owns.In its latest report, Treasury said Monday that that total holdings increased 0.8 percent to a record $6.29 trillion. The figure climbed even though China, the largest holder of Treasury debt, trimmed its portfolio by 0.6 percent to $1.24 trillion. National flag of Saudi Arabia (Yonhap)For the first time since 1974, when the government b
May 17, 2016
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SandRidge Energy files for bankruptcy with $4.1b in debt
SandRidge Energy filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, saying it hopes to convert $3.7 billion of long-term debt into equity while allowing the company to keep its operations going.The Oklahoma City-based company filed the Chapter 11 paperwork in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The petroleum and natural gas exploration company said it had the support of creditors who hold more than two-thirds of its $4.1 billion in total debt. (SandRidge Energy)The company said i
IndustryMay 17, 2016
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SNSD's Tiffany to hold solo concert
Tiffany of Girls’ Generation will kick off her first solo concert as the sixth singer of S.M. Entertainment’s concert series “The Agit,” the singer’s agency announced Monday. “The Agit” -- inviting fans to the artists’ hideout -- began last October with a solo concert by SHINee’s Jonghyun. This was followed by solo concerts from Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation and Kyuhyun and Ryeowook of Super Junior. Another Super Junior member, Yesung, is scheduled to hold concerts from June 3-5 and 17-19. Promo
PerformanceMay 17, 2016
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Interracial marriage drama prompts Oscar buzz at Cannes
CANNES, France (AFP) -- US filmmaker Jeff Nichols said Monday he hoped his rapturously received Cannes contender “Loving,” about an interracial couple’s landmark marriage-rights case, would help change the current vicious tone of America’s culture wars. The movie, which prompted early Oscar buzz after a press preview, tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia couple who battled before the Supreme Court in 1967 for their right as a white man and an African-American woman to live t
FilmMay 17, 2016
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‘The Handmaiden’ director defends sex scenes as necessary
CANNES, France (AP) -- Director Park Chan-wook is defending his use of elaborate lesbian sex scenes in his erotic thriller “The Handmaiden,” saying that avoiding them would be like “a war film without battle scenes.” The film, adapted from the Welsh novel “Fingersmith,” is the tale of a young maid who is hired to seduce a rich heiress, only to fall in love with her. Together the two women plot their revenge on the men who tried to destroy them. From left: Actress Kim Min-hee, film director Park
FilmMay 17, 2016