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Who's lying? Hybe vs. Min conflict continues to intensify
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Seoul should engage Kim Jong-un’s elites for change, ex-North Korean diplomat says
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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon resignation
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Most teen sex offenders get away with slap on wrist
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Ex-Trump official calls for S. Korea to raise defense spending to 3 or 3.5% of GDP
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Man sentenced to 1 year, 8 months for stealing from elementary school classrooms
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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Same-sex couple denied insurance clearance despite landmark ruling
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Panmunjom tours for select Korean nationals may resume in October
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Young Poong says no better offer for Korea Zinc
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Will Ssangyong’s Tivoli appeal to Chinese consumers?
Ssangyong Motor plans to beef up sales marketing in China as part of efforts to diversify its global client base after struggling from weak sales in Russia – its main importer – due to economic recession and a weak ruble. The Korean unit of Indian auto giant Mahindra & Mahindra said on Monday the firm would start sales of its new mid-size SUV Tivoli Air in China (XLV in global market) after unveiling it at the Auto China 2016 in Beijing next week. Tivoli Air of sangyong Motor “With a more enhan
MobilityApril 18, 2016
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AOA to drop fourth single in Japan
K-pop girl group AOA’s fourth Japanese single will hit record stores in Japan on April 20, the group’s agency FNC Entertainment announced Sunday. “Give Me the Love” was released on Recochoku, one of the biggest music websites in Japan, in advance, and immediately topped the K-pop weekly chart. A short version of the music video also topped the Japanese video website Gyao, said the agency. K-pop girl group AOA‘s fourth Japanese single “Give Me the Love” (FNC Entertainment) Besides AOA, the song a
PerformanceApril 18, 2016
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Female photographers explore femininity
Photographs that explore women and femininity are on view at exhibitions held as part of the 2016 Woman Photo Festival. Some 22 professional female photographers, who are members of the Korean Women Photographers’ Association, are showcasing their works at touring exhibitions in Seoul and Paju, Gyeonggi Province. “Three Generations” by J. Ahn (Courtesy of the artist) “The KWPA has held exhibitions annually since it was founded in 1998 to foster and introduce female photographers. Starting this
PerformanceApril 18, 2016
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Bolshoi's new director promises the best of classical ballet
MOSCOW (AP) -- Just a few weeks into his job, the new artistic director at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater is making only one big promise -- to keep doing what he says Russia does best -- classical ballet. But that doesn’t mean that the illustrious ballet company will be stuck in the past, Makhar Vaziev told the Associated Press in his first interview with a Western media outlet since starting at the Bolshoi last month. “Any young generation of dancers who come to ballet, in one way or another, they
CultureApril 18, 2016
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Four centuries after his death, Cervantes intrigues and enchants
MADRID (AFP) - He is best known for “Don Quixote," but the eventful life of Spain’s revered author Miguel de Cervantes was just as intriguing as any adventures of the delusional wanna-be knight of his famous novel. Cervantes -- whose death on April 22, 1616 will be commemorated in Spain this week, just as Britain marks the passing of Shakespeare 400 years ago -- survived a sea battle, capture by pirates, five years of captivity in Algiers and stints in prison. “What gives such power to Cervantes
CultureApril 18, 2016
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Korean filmmakers to boycott Busan film fest
A group of Korean filmmakers have declared a boycott of the 21st Busan International Film Festival set for this October, raising the possibility that Asia’s largest film event may not take place at all this year. The decision is the result of an industry-wide survey conducted in the week of April 1 via social media and telephone, the Emergency Committee for Defending BIFF’s Independence announced Monday. The emergency committee, which has been calling for the film festival’s artistic and operat
FilmApril 18, 2016
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Three Nobel prize winners to visit North Korea in late April: VOA
Three Nobel laureates will visit North Korea late this month on a rare mission to engage the communist country through science and technology, a media report said Monday.During their April 30 to May 6 trip, the Nobel prize winners will give lectures and hold seminars at the North's three most prestigious schools -- Kim Il-sung University, Kimchaek University of Technology and Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, according to the Washington-based Voice of America.VOA made the report in
North KoreaApril 18, 2016
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China not yet invited to North Korea's rare party congress
China and other communist nations have not yet been invited to North Korea's rare party congress in early May, a diplomatic source with knowledge of the matter said Monday, amid signs that Pyongyang may conduct its fifth nuclear test ahead of the May congress. North Korea is set to hold the Workers' Party Congress early next month during which the North's leader Kim Jong-un is expected to trumpet his policy of simultaneously pursuing economic development and nuclear weapons. China, North Korea's
North KoreaApril 18, 2016
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[KOSDAQ Star] Investors await next cashcow game from Com2us
This is the seventh in a series of articles analyzing major companies by market capitalization traded on the tech-heavy KOSDAQ market. --Ed.In the highly competitive mobile game industry, the life span of a hit title is getting shorter with new overnight successes emerging everyday. Analysts said Com2us, a Korean mobile game developer and publisher, needs to find the next game that can leave the company less reliant on cash-generator “Summoners War” that was launched two years ago. “Given mobile
April 18, 2016
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Peace forum for journalists opens in Seoul
Journalists from across the world launched a discussion on their role in world peace and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in Seoul on Monday.About 80 journalists from 50 countries were invited to the six-day Journalist Forum for World Peace, hosted by the Journalist Association of Korea. Participants pose at the opening ceremony of the Journalist Forum for World Peace in Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap)“As journalists, we share warm hearts and sharp eyes to tell the truth regardless of nationa
IndustryApril 18, 2016
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Rival parties to begin parliament session this week
The ruling and opposition parties agreed to begin a month-long parliamentary session this week to deal with pending bills, an opposition lawmaker said Monday.Joo Seung-yong, floor leader of the minor opposition People's Party, said the three parties plan to hold plenary parliamentary sessions twice during the extraordinary session of the National Assembly that is set to run from Thursday through May 20.He said the agreement was reached during his talks with his counterparts from the ruling Saenu
PoliticsApril 18, 2016
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Vice FM warns N. Korea's pursuit of nuclear arms will be self-destructive
South Korea's vice foreign minister warned North Korea on Monday that its efforts to sustain itself by focusing on its nuclear weapons program and exploiting its people will prove to be "futile and self-destructive." During a special lecture at a gathering of world journalists in Seoul, First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam also said that the leadership in Pyongyang must be pressed "much harder" until it renounces its nuclear ambitions."It is time to make the North Korean regime clearly rea
North KoreaApril 18, 2016
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[Photo News] LG Uplus supports disabled
LG UPLUS SUPPORTS DISABLED -- LG Uplus, Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Monday it would provide its Home Internet of Things services for free to 3,000 households with physically challenged individuals. The services allow users to monitor and control home appliances through smartphones. (LG Uplus)
TechnologyApril 18, 2016
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South Korea, U.S., Japan to hold high-level talks on North Korea
South Korea, the United States and Japan are set to hold high-level talks this week as tensions persist over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs with indications of an imminent atomic weapons test.On Tuesday, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam is scheduled to meet with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts in Seoul to discuss their response to North Korea's continued provocations following its fourth nuclear test in January and long-range rocket launch in February.North Korea ha
North KoreaApril 18, 2016
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[Photo News] Samsung TV ad for air conditioner rides popularity
SAMSUNG AD RIDES POPULARITY – Samsung Electronics said Monday that its TV ad for air conditioner Q9500, featuring former figure skating champion Kim Yu-na, has hit 10 million views online in 19 days. (Samsung Electronics)
TechnologyApril 18, 2016
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Lezhin bets on TV content business
Lezhin Entertainment said Monday that it has joined hands with a local company to create dramas based on webtoons, or online comics.The operator of webtoon platform Lezhin Comics has signed a memorandum of understanding with SBS The Story Works, a drama maker, to produce TV shows based on popular online comics series. The logos of Lezhin Comics and SBS The Story Works (Lezhin Entertainment)SBS Story Works has rolled out some hit Korean dramas including “Divorce Lawyer Is in Love” and “Ghost.”The
TechnologyApril 18, 2016
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South Korea rejects North Korea's claim that Seoul 'kidnapped' North Korean workers
South Korea's unification ministry on Monday rejected North Korea's claim that Seoul has enticed and abducted North Koreans who worked at a restaurant in China.North Korea's committee on inter-Korean affairs urged South Korea Sunday to repatriate the North Koreans, arguing that Seoul had carried out a plot to kidnap them to rally conservative voters for its general elections last week.A group of 13 North Koreans who used to work at a North Korea-run restaurant in the Chinese eastern port city of
North KoreaApril 18, 2016
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[Market Now] Foreigners sell bond futures on dashed expectations for liquidity injections
With expectations of a Korean version of quantitative easing dashed as Korea’s conservative Saenuri Party failed to grab the majority of seats in the general elections, net selling of bond futures by foreign investors hit a record high last week.According to the Korea Exchange, foreign investors unloaded 6,856 contracts of 10-year Korean Treasury Bond Futures and 16,495 contracts of 3-year bond futures after the legislative election last week.“Foreign investors changed their positions as the pos
April 18, 2016
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N.K. might conduct underground nuke warhead test: Seoul
The Defense Ministry said Monday that North Korea’s next provocation is likely to involve an underground nuclear warhead test in the near future. “We are closely watching the situation with the possibility of North Korea carrying out an underground nuclear test given the present circumstances,” said ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun during a regular press briefing. It will be Pyongyang’s fifth nuclear test, and the first since U.N. Security Council’s strongest-ever sanctions against the previous
NationalApril 18, 2016
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LG to build open mobile market for developers
LG Electronics has launched an online retail store for its smart device line Friends, opening the platform to start-ups and developers to nurture an ecosystem for connected devices. The new website, dubbed LG Friends, is an online market where consumers can buy LG’s latest smart devices, including a removable smartphone camera, a portable speaker, a rolling toy robot, and a wireless headset. Developers attend LG Electronics’ conference in San Francisco, California, last Friday. (LGE)The Friends
TechnologyApril 18, 2016