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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon's resignation
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Suicide attempts spike among youth in Korea
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed in Beirut strike, Israel's military says
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[Weekender] How Seongsu, once an industrial zone, has become ‘Seoul’s Brooklyn’
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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Opposition mulls delay of financial investment income tax
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Immigration policy must go beyond labor supply: experts
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‘Korea crossed the line too far’ disgraced singer’s lawyer cries foul after 3rd visa denial
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Korean American documentary ‘Free Chol Soo Lee' wins Emmy
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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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[Photo News] Tire service center goes high-end
TIRE SERVICE CENTER GOES HIGH-END -- Hankook Tire has opened its second luxury service studio named “Luxtudio” in Busan. “Luxtudio” -- a combination of the words “luxury” and “studio” -- is designed to provide specialized premium services for clients with luxury imported cars. The space is fitted with equipment for ultra-high performance tire and wheel alignment apparatus. (Hankook Tire) (Hankook Tire)
MobilityMarch 13, 2016
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Mercedes-Benz bolsters ‘dream cars’ lineup in Korea
The recent controversies involving Mercedes-Benz Korea have not come in the way of its aggressive growth plans, with the luxury carmaker all set to entice local customers with its tempting new models.Despite the recent fuss about tax returns on vehicle sales and transmission changes for its best-selling S350 model, the German company is confident of dethroning its competitor BMW -- after a decade -- as the largest imported car brand this year. It has already bagged the top spot in the first two
MobilityMarch 13, 2016
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Searching for niche orthopedic shoe market
The name Karl Muller is most recognized in the orthopedic shoe world as referring to the mechanical engineer who developed the Masai Barefoot Technology shoe in the late 1990s. Now there is a second Karl Muller -- the original Muller’s son, who jumped into the market in 2008 with his own brand of Swiss wellness shoes, Joya. “When I was growing up, all I knew was making shoes,” Muller Jr. told The Korea Herald at the Joya Seoul office in Mapo-gu on a visit to Seoul. Born in 1985, Muller Jr. spent
IndustryMarch 13, 2016
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Newly promoted Suwon FC pick up point in first division debut
Newly promoted football club Suwon FC picked up a point in their first division debut on Sunday.Suwon FC visited the Jeonnam Dragons for their first K League Classic match and came away with a 0-0 draw at Gwangyang Football Stadium in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province.Suwon FC earned a promotion from the second-tier K League Challenge. Though they've lost some key players over the offseason, Suwon held their ground against Jeonnam on the road.Jeonnam were in control early with a trio of imported
SoccerMarch 13, 2016
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Military keeping watch on search for missing N. Korean midget submarine
South Korea's military said Sunday that it is keeping close tabs on the search for a North Korean midget submarine that went missing early last week.The 70-ton Yugo class submersibles used by Pyongyang are usually used to infiltrate enemy lines in espionage operations. A U.S. cable news service first reported the submarine going missing, citing an unnamed intelligence source."It is believed the sub went missing while it was on a mission of some sorts," a military insider said. He speculated that
North KoreaMarch 13, 2016
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[Editorial] Lee Se-dol evolves via AI
Champion Lee Se-dol finally beat AlphaGo in the fourth Go match on Sunday after losing ground to Google’s artificial intelligence program in the previous three matches last week.His win broke market expectations that few ninth-dan players, apart from Lee, would be able to outperform AlphaGo. Lee showed the possibility that human beings can evolve by studying AI-based machine’s tactics, and vice versa.Despite the first victory, the human defeat three times earlier led to despondency and fear amon
EditorialMarch 13, 2016
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Korean Choi Min-jeong defends world short track title at home
South Korean short tracker Choi Min-jeong defended her world overall title on home ice Sunday.Choi finished first among all female skaters with 66 points over two days at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Short Track Speed Skating Championships at Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul. The points were accumulated over 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m and 3,000 super final races.Marianne St-Gelais of Canada finished second with 63 points, and Elise Christie of Britain ranked third with 47 points.Choi is the fi
More SportsMarch 13, 2016
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More South Korean men feel disadvantaged socially: study
More than half of South Korean men do not object to expressions widely used on social media and other platforms that are considered derogatory to women, a study showed Sunday.More working men than those who are in school also said they felt pressured in gender roles, the study by the Korean Women’s Development Institute showed. The institute surveyed 1,200 men and 300 women aged 15-34 in October last year to look into gender equality and conflicts that arise from gender-specific perceptions and
Social AffairsMarch 13, 2016
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GM Korea, labor union launch joint task force
GM Korea and its labor union have launched a joint task force that aims to support the company in achieving its goal of double-digit market share in 2016, the automaker said on Sunday. It is rare for the Korean unit of GM to gain cooperation from the labor union to achieve sales increase. (Yonhap)According to GM Korea, the task force will also include representatives from other areas, including domestic sales and government relations. It will have the authority to implement ideas approved at reg
MobilityMarch 13, 2016
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[Editorial] General elections close in
The nation’s general election will be held in a month. A total of 300 seats will be filled with lawmakers selected from 253 local constituencies and 47 lawmakers by proportional representation.A key issue is whether the opposition will block the Saenuri Party from gaining an overwhelming majority. The ruling party, which has the majority in the 19th Assembly with 157 seats, has set the target of attaining 180 seats.There are some worries in the divided opposition -- The Minjoo Party of Korea and
EditorialMarch 13, 2016
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Renault Samsung appoints 1st Korean CEO
The French carmaker Renault named Park Dong-hoon, the vice president of its Korean unit Renault Samsung Motors, as its new CEO, on Friday. It is the first time in Renault Samsung’s 16-year-history -- since its inception in 2000 – that it will be led by a Korean CEO. The current CEO Francois Provost has been promoted to Renault’s senior vice president of China operations. In addition, he will lead the Dongfeng Renault Automotive. Provost is also waiting for an approval of his seat in the board of
MobilityMarch 13, 2016
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Oil price rebound offers positive outlook for Korean shipbuilders
The recent rebound in international oil prices is brightening the business outlook for South Korea’s shipbuilding industry, which posted its worst performance last year. Crude prices, which have plummeted 70 percent since June 2014, rose to around $38 per barrel on Friday, the highest in three months, as optimism returned. (Yonhap)The Paris-based International Energy Agency said Friday that oil prices “may have bottomed out,” citing that Iran’s return to oil production has had a less dramatic im
IndustryMarch 13, 2016
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Hwang Chi-yeol potentially a final winner in Chinese ‘I am A Singer’
Korean singer Hwang Chi-yeol, who is competing on the Chinese popular singing survival show “I am A Singer,” is ranking high on the program and his chances of becoming the final winner is rising. Singer Hwnag Chi-yeol (Hunan TV)In the latest ninth episode that aired on Friday, Hwang sang “You are Only in a Place Slightly Higher,” which was originally sung by Korean singer Shin Seung-hoon.” He showed off his explosive ability and expressive emotions. After the performance, he ranked fourth amon
TelevisionMarch 13, 2016
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[Noah Smith] Picking up where Abenomics left off
If there’s one country that needs creative economic policy solutions, it’s Japan. With many observers saying Abenomics has stalled after a year of weak economic performance, plenty of people are asking what’s next -- or has Japan run out of ideas?The backdrop doesn’t look great. The country is experiencing an unprecedented decline in population. The national debt is mounting. Wages are falling, consumption is depressed and productivity is still stagnating. China, Japan’s biggest trading partners
ViewpointsMarch 13, 2016
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G-Dragon, Park Bo-gum, Girls’ Generation and Song Joong-ki picked as style icons
Style Icon Asia, or SIA, officially announced its list of top ten Style Icon celebrities on Saturday. The list includes Big Bang’s leader G-Dragon, Girls’ Generation, actors Park Bo-gum, Song Seung-heon, Song Joong-ki, Yoo Ah-in, Lee Jung-jae, actresses Lee Honey and Ha Ji-won, as well as Chinese singer-actor Li Yi Feng. Style Icon Asia (CJ E&M)The stars were chosen through a survey by sponsoring company CJ E&M via SIA’s official website and Chinese internet service portal Tencent from Jan. 29 t
TelevisionMarch 13, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Angolan artiste Coreon Du talks Seoul Drama Awards win
To the locals of Angola, Coreon Du needs no introduction. The 31-year-old artiste is widely talked about in Africa -- he is a singer, musician, TV producer and fashion designer.Last year, he was named by Forbes Magazine as one of 15 Young Africans Rebranding Africa. His critically-acclaimed 2010 debut album “The Coreon Experiment,” fused the sounds of his Angolan culture with Kilapanga -- a type of traditional folk music --and global influences such as pop, semba and jazz. His telenovelas “Winde
TelevisionMarch 13, 2016
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[Mark Gilbert] Banking faces an existential crisis
Who would choose to be a banker these days? Your colleagues are disappearing at an alarming rate as your business shrinks. The regulators don’t want you doing anything exciting. The public despises you.And that’s only the beginning of your problems. The central banks are killing even your most plain vanilla activities with their interest-rate policies. Every quarter, your industry hands over another couple of billion dollars in fines for previous indiscretions and market rigging. Something calle
ViewpointsMarch 13, 2016
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[Stephen L. Carter] A computer wins at Go, and this human is disappointed
Put away your worries about how all the major presidential contenders have abandoned a bipartisan consensus on trade, or whether any serious financial instrument will ever again earn serious interest. In Seoul, a genuine tragedy for the human race is taking place.AlphaGo is winning. The computer, developed by artificial intelligence researchers at Google, has won the first two games in its five-game match with Lee Se-dol, one of the world’s best players of the game Go. The chances of a comeback
ViewpointsMarch 13, 2016
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[Ranil Wickremesinghe] Trade in time of protectionism
As China’s economy slows and growth in the developed world remains anemic, governments across Asia are working to keep their economies on an upward trajectory. In Sri Lanka, where I am prime minister, the challenge is to find a way to accelerate our already steady economic growth.One thing is clear: We cannot expect the rest of the world to welcome our economic ambitions the way it once opened its arms to China’s rapid rise as an economic power or -- in earlier decades -- cheered on the growth o
ViewpointsMarch 13, 2016
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[David Ignatius] America’s political decay and rise of Trump
Good countries can sometimes go bad. Donald Trump’s supporters implicitly make this argument when they proclaim “Make America Great Again.” And so do those who loathe Trump and see in him a dangerous populist response to the anger of frustrated middle-class voters.The rise of Trump, love him or hate him, conveys an inescapable message: America’s political institutions are in decay, and voters are angry at a government that they perceive (correctly) to be broken. The danger is that Trump’s respon
ViewpointsMarch 13, 2016