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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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Ministry to ramp up labor exploitation crackdown
The South Korean government said Tuesday that it will set out administrative guidelines to clamp down on firms exploiting young workers for little or no money. Employment and Labor Minister Lee Ki-kwon vowed stern actions to root out employers’ intentional, habitual delay in payment and exploitation of young workers during a meeting between the government and the ruling Saenuri Party at the National Assembly. The guidelines will include a ban on companies making interns work overtime, at weeke
Social AffairsJan. 26, 2016
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Seoul moves to prevent Zika virus
The South Korean government has announced preemptive measures against the Zika virus that recently began to spread in the Americas.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday it would include the virus on its list of priority diseases. The law requires medical institutions to immediately report cases to health authorities and allow systematic monitoring and diagnosis. As of now, a total of 70 diseases are on the list.Zika, a tropical virus that has been blamed for causing m
Social AffairsJan. 26, 2016
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GFriend drops new EP amid much fanfare
Six-member rookie girl group GFriend, which debuted last year, released the new seven-track EP “Snowflake” on Monday. The much-anticipated album comes after the group snagged rookie awards with their hit songs “Glass Bead” and “Me Gustas Tu” at major music award cermonies last year, including the Melon Music Awards and SBS Gayo Daejeon last year and this year at the Golden Disk Awards. The girls returned this time keeping their signature schoolgirl uniforms and maintaining their innocent image.
Jan. 26, 2016
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'70s pop stars Olivia Newton-John and Tom Jones return to Korea
Fans of ’70s pop music will soon have a chance to indulge their nostalgia as stars Olivia Newton-John and Tom Jones are set to hold concerts in Korea at Seoul Olympic Park in May and April, respectively.It has taken a long time for both musicians to return to Korea -- 16 and 33 years, respectively, for Newton-John and Jones.Olivia Newton-John (Official Facebook)Newton-John, a four-time Grammy award-winner recording five No. 1 and ten other Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles, will perform old favor
PerformanceJan. 26, 2016
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[Hallyu power] ‘Movies are the best medium to tell stories of Korean culture, history and tradition’
It is safe to say that Lee Joon-ik is one of Korea’s foremost film directors of all time. His body of work explains it all with a string of hits such as “Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield,” “King and the Clown” and “The Throne.”Director Lee Joon-ik at a cafe in Buam-dong, Seoul, last Saturday. (Park Hyong-ki/The Korea Herald)Some film critics label Lee a “master filmmaker of period movies,” while others say he has a “knack for telling stories by blending fictional stories with historical charact
FilmJan. 26, 2016
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SKT takes leap forward in 4G emergency services network
Mobile carrier SK Telecom said Tuesday that the company and Finnish network equipment firm Nokia have successfully conducted a test run of a group communication system, which enables hundreds of users to communicate over the network at the same time. Technicians from SK Telecom and Nokia run a test trial of the group communication system. (SKT)Since the current LTE network hits a communications bottleneck when a large group of people try to make calls or send messages at the same time, it fell s
TechnologyJan. 26, 2016
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Ssangyong E&C-led joint venture wins $252m subway deal in Singapore
Ssangyong Engineering & Construction said Tuesday the builder-led joint venture has won a 305 billion won ($252 million) contract to build a subway line from Singapore’s Land Transport Authority. An aerial view of the Marine Terrace MRT to be build by Ssangyong E&C-led joint venture (Ssangyong E&C)Together with Hyundai E&C, Ssangyong E&C will construct the Marine Terrace MRT station by 2023, part of the east coast stretch of the upcoming Thomson-East Coast Line.“The contactor chose the Ssangyong
IndustryJan. 26, 2016
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S. Korea’s auto exports fell 8.3 percent in Q4
The nation’s automobile exports dropped 8.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, hit by slowing demand from China and Russia, government data showed on Tuesday. Passenger cars await shipment at a South Korean port. (Yonhap)According to the Korea Customs Service, passenger vehicles worth $10.7 billion were exported between October and December, down from the $11.7 billion in the same period in 2014.The value of cars exported late last year is equivalent to 774,000 units, the custom service said
IndustryJan. 26, 2016
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Collective loans for new homes lead mortgage gain in H2
Collective loans banks offer new apartment buyers rose sharply in the second half of last year, leading growth in total mortgage loans, official data showed Tuesday.Outstanding collective loans extended by local commercial banks totaled 110.3 trillion won ($91.8 billion) as of end-2015, up 10.1 trillion won from six months ago, according to data by the Bank of Korea and the Financial Services Commission (FSC) on Tuesday. The total excludes "policy" mortgage loans by state-run Korea Housing-Finan
Jan. 26, 2016
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Fed to mull weak inflation but no policy move
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Weak inflation is expected to be the key topic when the Federal Reserve opens a two-day monetary policy meeting Tuesday, its first since its historic interest rate rise in December.Coming less than a week after the European Central Bank signaled it could expand stimulus measures in March if inflation slows further, the Fed is not expected to take any policy action. (AP-Yonhap)With its first interest rate increase in over nine years in place for just six weeks, the Federal Ope
Jan. 26, 2016
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Global 'hallyu' fans swell to 35 million in 86 countries
The number of global fans for the Korean culture "hallyu" have exceeded 35 million in 86 countries, a government-affiliated foundation said Tuesday.As Korean wave becomes global, the number of enthusiastic fans for Korean culture and food last year increased 63 percent to be 35.59 million over the previous year's number of 21.82 million, according to global hallyu data 2015 published by the Korea Foundation (KF). The growing popularity of hallyu, which had initially started in Asian countries, h
PerformanceJan. 26, 2016
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China capital flows into Korean
More Chinese companies are becoming major stakeholders of South Korean entertainment agencies, a trend that could be positive for the expansion of "hallyu," or the worldwide popularity of Korean culture, but worrisome for its long-term future.Chinese investors have injected 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) over the past five years into South Korean games, movies and entertainment, according to South Korea's Small and Medium Business Administration.That is a huge departure from even about a year ago
Jan. 26, 2016
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Volvo, Jeep, Maserati to recall 812 cars for defects
Volvo, Jeep and Maserati will recall 812 cars for safety-related mechanical defects, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Tuesday.According to the ministry, five car models from Swedish automaker Volvo have been found to have a glitch in their engine control modules that provides wrong data on fuel levels. This has led to untimely fuel depletions and the engine turning off while the cars are being driven. A cut in power can make modern cars uncontrollable and lead to accidents
MobilityJan. 26, 2016
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Time for Iran-style talks with N. Korea
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Tuesday regional powers should not sit idle anymore, as North Korea continues to enhance its nuclear capability amid a stalemate in the six-way talks.He pointed out that it has become more difficult to restart the six-way denuclearization process in the foreseeable future after Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6.South Korea, the United States, China, Russia and Japan need to get together first for consultations on a response to the North's latest provoca
North KoreaJan. 26, 2016
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FM Yun mulls Russia visit for coordination on N. Korea
South Korea's top diplomat said Tuesday he is planning to visit Russia at an early date to secure its support for a strong U.N. sanctions resolution against North Korea.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se made the remarks in an interview with Yonhap News Agency, saying Seoul has been making various efforts to persuade Russia and China to help punish the North for its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6."I'm considering visiting Russia in the near future... as early as possible," he said, declining to give a
North KoreaJan. 26, 2016
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Civil aircraft registered in Korea jumps in 2015
The number of civilian aircraft registered in South Korea soared 10.5 percent on-year in 2015 as airlines increased their fleets to better meet consumer demand, the transportation ministry said Tuesday.As of the end of last year, the country had 724 registered civilian planes, compared with 655 a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.Last year marked the first time ever that civilian airplane numbers topped the 700 mark, with the growth being the sharpest
Social AffairsJan. 26, 2016
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Public officials to be promoted based on performance
The Cabinet approved a law revision Tuesday to introduce a performance-based personnel management system in the public sector.Under the revision to the State Public Officials Act, public servants who receive high scores on evaluations will be promoted and given special bonuses while those with low scores will receive counseling to improve their performance.The revision still needs approval from the National Assembly to take effect.Tuesday's revision allows the government to install a committee t
Social AffairsJan. 26, 2016
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Jeju airport in full operation to transport passengers
Jeju International Airport on South Korea's southernmost resort island operated hundreds of flights overnight, carrying some 23,900 people off the island after passengers had been grounded by heavy snowfall for over 40 hours, the government said Tuesday.The Jeju Regional Office of Aviation said a total of 355 flights -- 155 inbound and 200 outbound -- were safely executed as of 5:20 a.m. Tuesday. The authorities temporarily lifted night flight restrictions to deal with the backlog of flights.Som
Social AffairsJan. 26, 2016
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Gov't to sternly punish habitual wage defaulters
The government said Tuesday it will sternly punish employers who habitually and intentionally do not pay salaries in a timely manner.A total of 296,000 employees across the country were not properly paid in due time last year, according to data by the Ministry of Employment and Labor."The government will establish the principle of no tolerance against intentional violation of the law by sternly investigating habitual and intentional wage defaulters and putting offenders behind bars," Labor Minis
Social AffairsJan. 26, 2016
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Volkswagen customers to file class-action lawsuit in U.S.
Customers of Volkswagen vehicles in South Korea plan to file a class-action lawsuit against the German carmaker in the United States for deceiving them on emissions results of cars with 3-liter diesel engines, their legal representative said Tuesday.This is in addition to the ongoing class-action suit filed by customers of the carmaker's 2-liter diesel models whose emissions results were proved to be faked by using the so-called defeat device. "As (Volkswagen) admitted to its wrongdoing related
World NewsJan. 26, 2016