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Psy's touch or new trend in music? P Nation’s solo stars lose their shine
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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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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
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Shut up and dance
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NewJeans fans corner Hybe amid PR backlash, looming National Assembly audit
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Israel targets Palestinian group in first strike on Beirut center
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Brit pop legend Oasis to perform in Seoul next year
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[KH Explains] Is Hyundai-GM partnership win-win to beat Tesla, Chinese rivals?
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BTS’ Suga fined W15m for e-scooter DUI
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Debate over first President Rhee reignites
A senior opposition party figure has recently rekindled a decades-old debate over the historical assessment of the late President Syngman Rhee: whether the nation should remember him as a founding father who fostered national stability, or as a ruthless dictator who undermined democratic values.Han Sang-jin, who tentatively represents independent Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo’s People’s Party, said the nation should highlight the positive aspects of its first president, who ruled from 1948-1960, and recogn
PoliticsJan. 18, 2016
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[NEWS FOCUS] Multiple aims behind North Korea peace treaty calls
After its Jan. 6 nuclear test, North Korea is increasing calls for a peace treaty with the U.S. in apparent efforts to secure its regime survival, rationalize provocations, ease isolation and help economic development, analysts said Monday.Since the fourth nuclear test, North Korea’s state media have been churning out reports stressing the importance of a peace treaty and upbraiding the U.S. for escalating military tensions by disregarding Pyongyang's repeated requests for the treaty.Seoul has d
North KoreaJan. 18, 2016
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KT&G’s exports exceed sales at home
KT&G Corp., the country’s largest tobacco-maker by market share, said Monday that its annual overseas cigarette sales surpassed its domestic sales for the first time last year, largely owing to strong sales in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific.Packs of ESSE, KT&G’s best-selling cigarette brand in the Middle East, are displayed in a shop in Iran. (KT&G) According to KT&G’s annual sales report for 2015, the Korean manufacturer sold 46.5 billion sticks of cigarettes outside Korea, either manufac
IndustryJan. 18, 2016
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Military slammed for sending draft notices to Sewol victims
The government has come under fire after it was found to have mailed physical examination notices for military conscription to victims killed or missing from the Sewol ferry sinking nearly two years ago. The Military Manpower Administration sent the letters on Jan. 6 to 92 male students of Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. Most of them were not formally registered as deceased because their bodies had not yet been found or the families were still grieving. They were among 305 who w
Social AffairsJan. 18, 2016
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Korea aims to draw 400,000 foreign medical patients
South Korea aims to attract 400,000 foreign patients this year while creating 50,000 more jobs in the nation’s health and pharmaceutical industries, the Health Ministry said in its 2016 policy briefing to President Park Geun-hye on Monday.Last year, Korea attracted 280,000 patients from overseas. To lure more visitors, Korea will refund the 10 percent value added tax to foreign patients who receive treatments at dermatology and cosmetic surgery clinics from this year. Also starting this year, r
Social AffairsJan. 18, 2016
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Seoul shares end almost flat on China rebound
South Korean stocks closed nearly flat on Monday after falling as much as 1.3 percent in morning trade, as China's stock rout took a breather. The Korean won gathered ground against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 0.42 point, or 0.02 percent, to end at 1,878.45. Trade volume was moderate at 273 million shares worth 4.06 trillion won, with losers beating winners 428 to 386.The index dipped to a five-month low in the morning session on an extended slide in oil
Jan. 18, 2016
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Korean Chung Hyeon loses to Djokovic at Australian Open
South Korean teenager Chung Hyeon fell to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the opening round of the Australian Open tennis championships Monday.Djokovic, the five-time champ of the season's first grand slam event, dispatched the 52nd-ranked Chung 3-0 (6-3, 6-2, 6-4) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.Chung, 19, is the highest-ranked South Korean male tennis player. This was his first match against Djokovic and also his first appearance at the Australian Open. The last South Korean to
More SportsJan. 18, 2016
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Top North Korean general seen as new point man on South Korea
A top North Korean military official, thought to be behind the North's deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, is believed to have been tapped as a party secretary handling inter-Korean affairs, parliamentary sources said Monday.Gen. Kim Yong-chol, who has been leading the North's reconnaissance bureau, is likely to replace Kim Yang-gon, who died in a car accident in late December, as the secretary in charge of affairs with South Korea at the Workers' Party, the sources said.The Youido Institute,
North KoreaJan. 18, 2016
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'20% of suicidal Korean teens turned thoughts into action’
Almost 20 percent of South Korean teenagers with suicidal thoughts tried to end their life at least once, a new study showed Monday. The paper, which was submitted as a master’s thesis at Kyonggi University and got an award from Chindfund Korea, researched a total of 9,438 Korean teens who considered suicide as of 2014. They made up 14.2 percent of all schoolchildren who agreed to participate in the research. Among them, 19.2 percent survived an attempted suicide. The research by scholar Kim J
Social AffairsJan. 18, 2016
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North Korea sent 1 million anti-Seoul leaflets: ministry
North Korea has dispatched some 1 million anti-South propaganda leaflets in the past several days in apparent retaliation to Seoul’s recent restart of loudspeaker broadcasts across the border, the Defense Ministry here said Monday. The fliers -- first retrieved last Wednesday -- continued to be found in the northern parts of Seoul, Goyang, Paju and other Gyeonggi Province regions, the military and police said. There are several editions but most of them call for a halt of the broadcasts, threat
North KoreaJan. 18, 2016
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U.N. halts training program for N. Korean diplomats: source
The United Nations has suspended a major training program for North Korean diplomats in response to Pyongyang's recent nuclear test, an informed source here said Monday.The U.N. planned to invite a group of North Korean diplomats to the disarmament-related program set for late this month.But it has been indefinitely delayed as U.N. member states have shown a negative attitude toward financial support, according to the source.In the annual training session that lasts several weeks, some North Kor
World NewsJan. 18, 2016
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Mother of Taiwanese K-pop singer hopes flag controversy will end soon
The mother of a 16-year-old Taiwanese K-pop singer, who was apparently forced to apologize for waving the island's flag, has told Taiwanese media that she hopes the situation will ease and her daughter can "sing and dance pleasantly again." The K-pop singer, Chou Tzu-yu, waved Taiwan's national flag on a South Korean entertainment TV program in November. The flag-waving image of Chou, who performs under the name of Tzuyu as a member of the South Korean girl band TWICE, sparked a row in mainland
EntertainmentJan. 18, 2016
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United States envoy demands amending bill on foreign law firms
Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, on Monday demanded Seoul amend a bill on permitting foreign law firms to run joint ventures in the country.The Foreign Legal Consultant Act, currently pending in the parliament, is designed to allow law firms from the United States, Australia, Canada and the European Union to operate joint ventures in South Korea as part of the country's free trade agreements with the U.S. and the E.U. to open the legal market.The top U.S. envoy made the demand d
PoliticsJan. 18, 2016
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[Photo News] President Park visits KCCI campaign site
PUBLIC PETITION TO URGE BILL PASSAGE -- President Park Geun-hye (center) on Monday visits a campaign site organized by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry led by chairman Park Yong-maan (right) to urge legislators to pass a set of bills on labor reform and economic recovery at the KCCI building in central Seoul. The campaign seeks to collect and submit the signatures of 10 million citizens to the National Assembly, with the aim of putting pressure on the partisan deadlock that has delayed
IndustryJan. 18, 2016
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Popular TV series 'Reply 1988' whets appetite for retro goods, family values
The success of the TV series "Reply 1988" has translated into a widespread demand for retro goods and family values at a time when empathy between generations is harder to come by.Set in the 1980s when South Korea underwent major political and economic changes, the series that ended Saturday struck a chord with those yearning for the good old days. Perhaps more importantly though, it managed to captivate younger generations with a storyline and characters they could identify with.Those factors c
CultureJan. 18, 2016
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Cultural belt to operate in full swing this year
The government said Monday it will push the operation of its “cultural convergence belt” into high gear this year while rendering full support to start-ups that have moved into the government-run cultural venture complex in central Seoul. The government will also intensively cultivate the country’s promising cultural content, such as computer games and webtoons, and build a platform for circulating the country’s “killer content” worldwide. These were included in a 2016 work plan that the Ministr
CultureJan. 18, 2016
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LG Uplus halts online ads featuring Taiwanese K-pop singer
Controversy over a Taiwan-born K-pop singer, who became the center of a political dispute between China and Taiwan for holding the national flag of the island nation on a TV show, is affecting the IT sector in Korea.Mobile carrier LG Uplus said Monday that it would “temporarily stop the online commercials for Chinese handset-maker Huawei’s Y6 smartphone,” featuring Chou Tzu-yu, better known as Tzu-yu here, a member of multinational K-pop band Twice.LG Uplus’ online commercial for Huawei’s Y6 sma
TechnologyJan. 18, 2016
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‘Red Point’ filled with Teen Top touch
Sextet boy group Teen Top’s latest EP “Red Point” is packed with music and lyrics from the members themselves, showing that they are slowly making the evolution from an idol group to a crew of self-producing musicians. “The members all began writing music and lyrics last year,” leader C.A.P told reporters at a media showcase at Ilchi Art Hall in Seoul on Monday. “The whole team is moving in that direction.” “I think we all began writing so that we could perform the music that each of us wanted,”
PerformanceJan. 18, 2016
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Violations of corporate disclosure rules double in 2015
Violations of regulations on public disclosures by business firms have been rising rapidly since 2013 with the number doubling last year, the financial watchdog said Monday.The Financial Supervisory Service said it uncovered 126 cases of various violations committed by 98 companies last year, twice the 63 cases in 2014. In 2013, 45 cases of corporate disclosure violations were detected.Of the 126 cases, the FSS imposed sizable surcharges on 26 cases that violated the rules heavily and fines for
Social AffairsJan. 18, 2016
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Original cast of French musical ‘Mozart, L’Opera Rock’ to come to Korea
The French musical “Mozart, L’Opera Rock (Mozart, The Rock Opera)” will make its way to Korea, bringing its original cast for the first time in March. The show with the original cast will also be making its Asian premiere at Daegu Keimyung Art Center in Daegu from March 3-6 and at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul from March 12-April 24. Its Korean-language production was previously staged in both cities in 2012. A scene from “Mozart, L’Opera Rock” (Mast Entertainment) The origina
PerformanceJan. 18, 2016