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‘Korea crossed the line too far’ disgraced singer’s lawyer cries foul after 3rd visa denial
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Psy's touch or new trend in music? P Nation’s solo stars lose their shine
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Opposition mulls delay of financial investment income tax
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Seoul to hold grand military parade on Tuesday, disrupting major city routes
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Park Zi-a, the actor who played 'The Glory' heroine's mother, dies
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NewJeans fans corner Hybe amid PR backlash, looming National Assembly audit
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Shut up and dance
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Israel targets Palestinian group in first strike on Beirut center
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BTS’ Suga fined W15m for e-scooter DUI
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[KH Explains] Is Hyundai-GM partnership win-win to beat Tesla, Chinese rivals?
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Naver earnings up 9.1%t in Q4
Naver Corp., South Korea's top Internet portal operator, said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings advanced 9.1 percent on-year on the back of strong overseas business.Net profit came to 141.5 billion won (US$118 million) in the October-December period, compared with the 129.6 billion won a year earlier, Naver said in a regulatory filing.Sales soared 19.2 percent to 890 billion won, with operating profit moving up 5 percent to 203.6 billion won.For all of 2015, net profit came to 517 billion won
BusinessJan. 28, 2016
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Hyundai, Kia's global market share drops in 2015
Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. saw their global market share drop slightly last year despite an increase in sales, industry data showed Thursday.The two South Korean carmakers sold a combined 7.76 million cars last year in global markets, up about 46,000 units from 2014, according to the data.The sales accounted for 8.7 percent of the 89.1 million cars sold worldwide, down slightly from the previous year's 8.8 percent, the data showed.Their market share dropped as l
BusinessJan. 28, 2016
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Korea, Japan to renew football rivalry at continental championship
South Korea and Japan will renew their football rivalry at the continental under-23 championship on Saturday in Qatar.The two countries will meet in the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championship at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha at 5:45 p.m. Saturday, or 11:45 p.m. Saturday in South Korea.The championship is also the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, and both countries have already secured their Olympic berths by reaching the f
SoccerJan. 28, 2016
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U.S. State Department expresses support for five-party talks
The U.S. State Department expressed support Wednesday for South Korean President Park Geun-hye's proposal to hold five-party nuclear talks excluding North Korea. "Five-party talks are a chance for those of us who agree on North Korea's behavior and the need to persuade it or get it to change its ways," State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said at a regular press briefing. "Occasionally we do need to get together and talk about this.We do this all the time. We consult bilaterally, multila
World NewsJan. 28, 2016
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N.K. could conduct long-range missile launch in a week: Japanese news report
North Korea is likely to conduct a long-range missile test in an "abrupt" manner, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. But the country has yet to declare a no-sail zone, a sign that no test launch will come in the very near future, it said."North Korea is likely to do it abruptly when they launch important provocative acts in the future," ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said in a regular briefing.Earlier in the day, Japan's Kyodo News agency reported that the North could launch a long-range missi
North KoreaJan. 28, 2016
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Pentagon urges N.K. to refrain from threatening regional stability
The U.S. Defense Department urged North Korea on Wednesday to refrain from any actions threatening regional stability following a report that the communist nation could conduct a long-range missile launch in about a week.Japan's Kyodo News cited an unidentified Japanese government source as saying that satellite imagery suggests the North may be preparing to conduct a ballistic missile launch from the Dongchang-ri launch site in the country's northwest, and the launch could occur in about a week
North KoreaJan. 28, 2016
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Korea's air passenger traffic rises 9.8% in 2015
South Korea's air passenger traffic rose 9.8 percent last year from a year earlier on an increase in both inbound and outbound travelers, government data showed Thursday.The number of people entering and leaving the country by plane reached 89.41 million, up from 81.43 million the year before, according to the data compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.International passengers gained 8.2 percent on-year to a record 61.43 million last year, while domestic air travelers ju
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2016
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U.S. Pacific commander voices support for Aegis Ashore in Hawaii
The U.S. Pacific commander said Wednesday he supports the consideration of establishing an Aegis Ashore missile defense facility in Hawaii to help counter missile and nuclear threats from North Korea.The Aegis Ashore system is the land version of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system used on Navy cruisers and destroyers. There have been reports that the U.S. is considering turning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex in Kauai, Hawaii, into an operational facility."I've gone on reco
World NewsJan. 28, 2016
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Outside information questioning Kim's legitimacy can be response
Penetrating outside information into North Korea questioning the legitimacy of leader Kim Jong-un should be considered as a key means to retaliate against and curb the communist nation's cyber attacks, a U.S. think tank said.The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) made the suggestion in a report on policy suggestions on how to counter the North's cyber operations, saying reponding to cyber attacks with cyber attacks won't be effective because the North isn't as dependent on net
North KoreaJan. 28, 2016
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China firm against sanctions-only approach toward N. Korea
The United States and China failed Wednesday to narrow differences over the level of punishment against North Korea for its recent nuclear test.After talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi showed disapproval of the U.S.-led drive to focus on imposing the toughest-yet sanctions on North Korea.He said China agrees that the Security Council needs to take further action and pass a new resolution, but sanctions shouldn't be the objective in itself."
World NewsJan. 28, 2016
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[Graphic News] Hallyu fans spike in 2015
The number of global hallyu fan club members surpassed 35 million across 86 countries last year, up from 21.8 million in 2014, according to new data from the Korea Foundation Tuesday. There were a total of 1,493 official hallyu fan clubs worldwide, a 21 percent increase from 2014 when there were 1,229 clubs. A total of 26.21 million fan club members were reported in Asia-Pacific -- a 48 percent increase from 2014. The Americas had 7.58 million fans, a staggering 182 percent rise from 2014 to 20
Latest NewsJan. 27, 2016
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Samsung mobile business to offer high bonus for employees
The members of Samsung Electronics’ mobile business and chip business units will likely enjoy a bonus party this week as they will receive the highest amount of incentives for 2015 at the firm, according to news reports on Wednesday.The company has reportedly informed its executives and employees about the detailed plan for annual incentives, dubbed the overall performance incentive, on the day. Samsung Electronics’ head office in Seoul. (Yonhap)The tech giant rewards its executives and employee
TechnologyJan. 27, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Korea clinches Olympic soccer berth
DOHA (Yonhap) ― South Korea clinched a record eighth straight Olympic men’s football berth on Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over Qatar at the Asian qualification tournament.Midfielder Kwon Chang-hoon broke the 1-1 tie in the 89th minute at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha to lift South Korea to the final of the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship and give the country one of three Asian berths at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Moon Chang-jin put the icing on the cake to make i
More SportsJan. 27, 2016
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In diplomatic flurry, Park mulls Iran visit
President Park Geun-hye (second from left) YonhapPresident Park Geun-hye is considering visiting Iran amid growing concerns that South Korea is lagging behind its neighbors and other countries in courting the Islamic republic for economic cooperation after international sanctions were scrapped earlier this month.“I understand that President Park is considering a visit to Iran,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Jeong Yeon-guk told reporters. “I will gi
Foreign AffairsJan. 27, 2016
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US, China spar over North Korea, South China Sea
BEIJING (AP) --The United States and China sparred Wednesday on how to deal with North Korea's latest nuclear weapons test and ease rising tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.After meeting for more than four hours in Beijing in what they both termed ``constructive'' and ``candid'' discussions, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi nonetheless presented sharply opposing positions on the two issues at a news conference.Kerry acknowledged that
World NewsJan. 27, 2016
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GM Korea's pledge for 2016 sales
James Kim (center), chief executive officer of GM Korea, on Tuesday pledges for another great year of sales with its vehicle dealers at the company’s Chevrolet All-Agent Workshop on Jejudo Island. GM Korea sold a total of 158,404 cars in 2015, the highest since the company’s establishment in 2002. GM Korea
MobilityJan. 27, 2016
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Kia targets 65,000 hybrid SUV sales
Kia Motors on Wednesday said it has set an annual sales target of 65,000 units of Niro, the company’s first hybrid compact SUV to be launched in March, leveraging on the global eco-friendly car boom. “We will launch the hybrid electric vehicle version of Niro this year, followed by a plug-in hybrid version next year. Beginning with Korea, the model will be sold in Europe, China and North America and we expect to sell 65,000 units a year worldwide,” said Han Chun-soo, executive vice president of
MobilityJan. 27, 2016
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Cheong Wa Dae names new foreign press spokesperson
Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday that it appointed Kim Dong-jo, senior officer at the Foreign Ministry’s department of policy planning and coordination, as its new spokesperson for foreign press.“The new spokesperson joined the office as of today,” said an official connected to the senior presidential secretary for public affairs.Having passed the state Foreign Service Examination in 1998, Kim worked in the ministry’s multilateral trade cooperation department and the protocol affairs department, as
PoliticsJan. 27, 2016
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Chinese couple arrested for illegal entry
Two Chinese nationals were arrested Wednesday under charges of violating South Korea‘s immigration control law. They were apprehended for illegally entering the country through Incheon International Airport last week.The married couple was caught on Jan. 25 in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. They had gotten past four different stages of security at Korea’s largest airport on Jan. 21.The Justice Ministry’s Immigration Service said that the two individuals, who are both of Korean descent and
Social AffairsJan. 27, 2016
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Tax agency opens probe into 30 offshore tax evaders
Korea’s tax authorities said Wednesday they have launched a full-fledged investigation into 30 corporations and individuals on suspicions of offshore tax evasion.The National Tax Service said the probe would target companies and individuals who are suspected of having concealed their wealth using offshore paper companies in the British Virgin Islands and other tax havens. “We will conduct unprecedented intense tax investigations into companies and members of conglomerate families,” said Han Sung
Jan. 27, 2016