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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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Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's Hezbollah penetration
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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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Park Zi-a, the actor who played 'The Glory' heroine's mother, dies
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Korean American documentary ‘Free Chol Soo Lee' wins Emmy
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KMA chief under pressure after surveyed doctors refuse to back him
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Meditation brings calm to Gwanghwamun
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KT and Microsoft to develop AI models for Korea
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Hanwha E&C pledges fair trade with partners
Hanwha Engineering & Construction pledged to promote fair trade with its subcontractors as part of efforts to share growth, company officials said Thursday.The builder concluded an agreement for fair trade with its partners at the Federation of Korean Industries in Yeouido, central Seoul, on Wednesday. Hanwha E&C CEO Choi Kwang-ho (center) and representatives from subcontractors attend a fair trade agreement signing ceremony in Seoul on Wednesday. (Hanwha E&C)Under the agreement, Hanwha E&C will
IndustryFeb. 25, 2016
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[Editorial] Sino-U.S. accord
A consensus on North Korean sanctions by the U.S and China will be beneficial to South Korea, as this could delay Washington’s plan to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system on the peninsula. In return for an agreement on reprimanding North Korea, the U.S might decide to halt -- albeit temporarily -- the deployment of THAAD. This could help South Korea avoid clashing with China on the commercial front. Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Joo Hyung-hwan recently dismissed the p
EditorialFeb. 25, 2016
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[Editorial] Risks on yen’s rise
The Korean won has continued to slide against the Japanese currency since the fourth quarter of last year. The yen has recently gained further as investors seek safe assets after “Brexit” worries led to a plunge in the value of the British pound. The Japanese currency is hovering over 1,105 won per 100 yen, which is its strongest position since September 2013. The situation has reversed from just several months ago, when the yen was weak against the won because of Japan’s quantitative-easing mea
EditorialFeb. 25, 2016
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Multigenerational family saga of redemption
“A Doubter’s Almanac” By Ethan Canin Random House (576 pages, $28) Ethan Canin’s new multigenerational family saga is about the agony of the select few wired to master what seems indecipherable to mere mortals. Here math represents, among other things, a state of existential torment worthy of Sisyphus, who watched helplessly as his boulder kept falling back down the hill. “There’s no proof in mathematics that can’t be broken down into steps basic enough for a child of reasoning age to follow.
BooksFeb. 25, 2016
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Brisk thriller set in exotic locales
“The Travelers” By Chris Pavone Crown (448 pages, $26) Edgar winner Chris Pavone has built a career on involving stories about people with deep secrets. Not so much the family secrets that are de rigueur in many thrillers -- though that often enters into his novels -- but more on secrets masked by a job requiring travel or relocating to another country. Will Rhodes roams the world writing articles for Travelers magazine, a glossy publication based in New York where Will lives with his wife, Chl
BooksFeb. 25, 2016
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Debut novel depicts an unforgettable ‘Mind’
“Piece of Mind: A Novel” By Michelle Adelman Norton (304 pages, $25.95) “I was brain injured before it was trendy.” That’s the arresting first sentence of “Piece of Mind,” the title of Michelle Adelman’s debut novel and an apt description of the way Lucy -- its 27-year-old narrator -- sees herself. After being hit by a truck when she was 3, Lucy lost what she describes as her “executive functions,” including those that “relate to organizing, prioritizing, reasoning, disciplining, goal setting,
BooksFeb. 25, 2016
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[David Ignatius] A next-generation battlefield
Little noticed amid the daily news bulletins about the Islamic State group and Syria, the Pentagon has begun a push for exotic new weapons that can deter Russia and China. Pentagon officials have started talking openly about using the latest tools of artificial intelligence and machine learning to create robot weapons, “human-machine teams” and enhanced, super-powered soldiers. It may sound like science fiction, but Pentagon officials say they have concluded that such high-tech systems are the
ViewpointsFeb. 25, 2016
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[Cass R. Sunstein] Democratic presidents’ economic advantage
Donald Trump’s success in the Republican primaries, punctuated by his victory Tuesday in Nevada, has been spurred in part by his deviation from traditional Republican policies on free trade and immigration, and in part by his argument that some of those policies, including lower income taxes and less regulation, would make America great again. But the latter argument runs into an immediate objection. The economy has consistently grown less under Republican presidents than Democratic ones. It is
ViewpointsFeb. 25, 2016
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Park vows to help young people create startups
President Park Geun-hye pledged Thursday to help young South Koreans launch startups as part of efforts to address challenges facing Asia's fourth-largest economy.South Korea's economy has been beset by low growth with its exports plunging 7.9 percent last year. South Korea's exports account for about half of its gross domestic product.Park said new industries based on new technologies are the solution to address low growth."We should create a condition, in which young people with good ideas can
Social AffairsFeb. 25, 2016
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[Tom Pu-chih Hsieh] Protectionism is killing Taiwan's competitiveness
Le Cordon Bleu and Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism have been trying to set up a branch of the famous French cooking school in Taiwan since 2011. However, due to protectionism sentiment and bureaucracy on the island, the French chefs cannot show Taiwanese students how to cook and instead can only teach the French language in their classes. Regardless of the investment in buildings, cooking equipment and time and energy the schools have spent over the years, what
ViewpointsFeb. 25, 2016
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Court rules ban against English immersion education is constitutional
The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the government's prohibition against intensive English education for children in the first few grades of elementary schools is constitutional.In 2013, students and their parents at Young Hoon Elementary School in northern Seoul challenged the education ministry's decision to ban English classes for private elementary school students in the first and second grades, saying it infringes upon their rights to an education.The plaintiffs said the government
Social AffairsFeb. 25, 2016
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[M. Veera Pandiyan] Kill the smuggling routes, not the animals
It is the fourth most lucrative illegal trade in the world and Malaysia is among its thriving hubs. The global black market for wildlife and wildlife products is estimated to be about $20 billion, ranking below drug smuggling, human trafficking and the illegal arms trade. Over the past four decades, more than 50 percent of the world’s wildlife has been wiped out. In the past, extinctions were largely due to loss of habitat by deforestation and destruction of natural environments, but today, it i
ViewpointsFeb. 25, 2016
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[Kavi Chongkittavorn] Russia's ties with ASEAN need more substance
Among key major powers, relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Russia are the least developed -- albeit full of potential. Leaders from both sides have repeatedly pledged to bring their relations to a new level. But they remain at best rhetorical. Bluntly speaking, their promises contained in the all-encompassing action plans from 2005-15 were somewhat hollow, judging from the records of implementation. Currently, the 11-member eminent persons group, which has been task
ViewpointsFeb. 25, 2016
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Filibustering opposition faces electoral roadblock
The opposition camp’s ongoing filibuster, or unlimited parliamentary relay speech, has so far achieved the intended effect of blocking the disputed government-led antiterrorism bill and highlighting its alleged power abuse clause.The problem, however, is that it is also obstructing the passage of the revised public election law to confirm the nation’s constituencies in time for the April general elections -- a bill which the opposition has been insisting is a priority. The Minjoo Party of Korea
PoliticsFeb. 25, 2016
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Seoul-Beijing ties in THAAD conundrum
Seoul is coming under increasing pressure to sharpen its strategic calculations as its relations with China appear to have plunged to their lowest ebb in years, amid friction over plans to station an advanced U.S. missile defense asset on the peninsula. The downturn came as the security dynamics surrounding Northeast Asia took a new turn, given that Pyongyang tested what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb last month and launched a rocket early this month. The provocations prompted South Korea and th
Foreign AffairsFeb. 25, 2016
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State’s wiretapping case closes without ruling
The Constitutional Court on Thursday closed the legality case on the state’s wiretapping of civilians, citing the death of the claimant as the reason. In 2011, a high school teacher surnamed Kim had filed the lawsuit against the state over the legality of the communication restriction measures. Kim claimed that he was unnecessarily wiretapped by the National Intelligence Service while he was under a probe for making up school test questions about the inter-Korean summit deal. Kim was a member of
Social AffairsFeb. 25, 2016
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Actress Jo Yoon-hee works with old crush in 'Pied Piper'
They say don't mix business with pleasure, but actress Jo Yoon-hee has gotten pretty close in the upcoming TV series "Pied Piper."Jo, who plays the sympathetic crisis negotiator Yeo Myeong-ha, has partnered with actor Shin Ha-kyun, her former crush."Acting with (Shin) has been amazing. Personally, he used to be my ideal man," Jo told a news conference discussing the tvN police thriller on Thursday. "I was excited and honored just to be able to work with him. He didn't disappoint."Asked around wh
TelevisionFeb. 25, 2016
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Pyeongyang threatens to turn Seoul, Washington into 'sea of fire'
North Korea on Thursday threatened to turn South Korea and the United States into a "sea of fire" as it continued to slam the allies for preparing for joint military drills.Rodong Sinmun, North Korea's main newspaper, berated the U.S. for preparing for the Key Resolve command post exercise, denouncing it as maneuvers aimed at "decapitating" the North Korean leadership.Seoul and Washington plan to conduct their largest-ever military drills starting early March, involving a series of strategic wea
North KoreaFeb. 25, 2016
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Korean stocks climb 0.32% on foreign buying
Korean shares ended 0.32 percent higher in thin trade Thursday as foreign investors hunted for bargains. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 6.04 points to finish at 1,918.57. Trading volume was thin at 297.76 million shares worth 3.88 trillion won ($3.14 billion), with gainers beating losers 426 to 382.Local shares started off strong, but they skidded in afternoon trading as Chinese stock markets tumbled nearly 4 percent
Feb. 25, 2016
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Senior U.S. official to visit Seoul for Pyeongyang talks
A senior U.S. diplomat will visit South Korea this week for talks with officials here on their joint response to North Korea's nuclear and missile tests, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel will arrive in Seoul Friday and meet with Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam and Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun during his two-day stay, a ministry spokesman said during a press briefing."Through his visit, Assistant Secretary of State Russel will discuss coope
World NewsFeb. 25, 2016