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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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Miss Universe Korea names 80-year-old model 'best dressed'
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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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[Editorial] Nuclear fallout
North Korea’s surprise nuclear test last week has added to the long list of negative factors for the Korean economy. North Korea has already warned of war in response to the resumption of South Korean border propaganda broadcasts. A single artillery shell attack against the speakers will spark severe tension, similar to what we saw last summer. This heightened geopolitical risk comes on top of many difficulties the Korean economy faces: the uncertainty in the Chinese economy as evidenced by th
EditorialJan. 10, 2016
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Certificate for Lee U-fan’s famous painting forged, say police
The certificate for the authenticity of Lee U-fan’s 1978 painting, sold at the December auction of Korea’s second-biggest auction house K Auction, was confirmed to be forged, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. “We confirmed the certificate to be a fake after we had it appraised by experts,” police said Friday.The fake certificate for Lee’s painting “From Point No. 780217” has the same registration number as one that appears on the certificate for artist Kim Ki-chang’s landscape painting
PerformanceJan. 10, 2016
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Colonial period quarry to turn into public park
A quarry used during the Japanese colonial era will turn into a public park as part of Seoul City’s urban restoration project, officials said Sunday. Seoul Metropolitan Government said a 19,000-square-meter-large quarry cutting area in Jongno will transform into a sightseeing park with an observatory. The cutting side of a 40-meter-high stone pit will be the main ground of the park. The stones quarried were used in constructing historical buildings such as the Japanese Government General of Kore
Social AffairsJan. 10, 2016
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[Editorial] China factor
The world has learned through North Korea’s fourth nuclear test that it will not give up its weapons of mass destruction. Another thing the world should learn is that it now needs a new strategy entirely different from the past, with the numerous endeavors -- not least the 1994 Agreed Framework, six-party talks and international sanctions led by no fewer than seven resolutions of the U.N. Security Council -- having clearly failed. Given the rapid progress of the North’s nuclear and missile cap
EditorialJan. 10, 2016
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Flu cases increase steadily
The number of flu patients has been steadily rising since late last month, health officials said Sunday, stirring concerns over the further spread of the influenza virus. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the ratio of flu-suspected patients per 1,000 outpatients in the country reached 10.6 from Dec. 28 to Jan. 2. This is higher by 1.6 from the previous week and about 3 points higher on-year. The disease control agency conducted an influenza sample test at 200 med
Social AffairsJan. 10, 2016
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IPOs on secondary bourse hit 15-year high in 2015
The amount of money raised by newly listed firms on South Korea's secondary bourse reached a 15-year high last year despite an economic downturn at home and abroad, the bourse operator said Sunday.Local companies raised a combined 2.1 trillion won ($1.75 billion) through initial public offerings on the tech-savvy KOSDAQ throughout 2015, soaring 79.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the Korea Exchange.It marked the largest amount since 2000, when the figure reached 2.55 trillion won on t
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Korea, U.S. deploy B-52 strategic bomber over Korean Peninsula
The United States' B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber flew in the skies of South Korea on Sunday in a major show of force four days after North Korea conducted what it said was its first hydrogen bomb test.The B-52 bomber left U.S. Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Sunday morning and arrived in the skies above Osan, Gyeonggi Province, at noon, armed with nuclear missiles and "bunker buster" bombs that are capable of bombarding North Korea's underground facilities, according to Seoul and Washi
DefenseJan. 10, 2016
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Defense Minister Han orders readiness of missile operations
Defense Minister Han Min-koo has instructed the military's missile command to retaliate "speedily and accurately" if North Korea makes any provocations in the aftermath of the communist country's recent nuclear test, the Ministry of National Defense said Sunday."If the enemy provokes, retaliate speedily and accurately without hesitation," Han told commanders of the Army's Missile Command during his field inspection on Saturday, according to the ministry.The visit was made as part of a series of
DefenseJan. 10, 2016
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Korea's Yun Sung-bin wins silver at skeleton World Cup
South Korean skeleton racer Yun Sung-bin has claimed a silver medal at the BMW IBSF World Cup in the United States.The 21-year-old logged 1:48.76 minutes after two runs to finish second at Lake Placid, New York, on Saturday (local time).The record, which is his season best, makes him the world's fourth-best skeleton racer.World No. 1 Martins Dukurs of Latvia took the gold medal with 1:48.28 minutes. His older brother Tomass Dukurs grabbed the bronze with 1:49.13 minutes.Yun's previous best in th
More SportsJan. 10, 2016
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Korean Air inks contract to mass-produce unmanned aerial vehicle
South Korea's No. 1 air carrier Korean Air Lines Co. said Sunday that it has signed a 400 billion-won ($333.5 million) deal with the military procurement agency to mass-produce reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles as part of the government's plan to build up its aerial mission capability.Under the contract with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration signed last year, Korean Air will mass-produce the reconnaissance drones from 2016 to 2020, the company said.Detailed terms of the contra
IndustryJan. 10, 2016
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Korea's auto exports drop 2.8% in 2015
South Korea's automobile exports fell 2.8 percent in 2015 from a year earlier on weaker demand from emerging markets, the government said Sunday.Outbound shipments of vehicles came to 2.98 million units for 2015, down from 3.06 million units tallied a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.The total value of overseas shipments also slid 6.4 percent on-year to $45.8 billion last year, marking the first on-year drop in three years after peaking at $48.9 billion in 20
IndustryJan. 10, 2016
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South Korea continues anti-North broadcasts amid tensions
South Korea has continued its loudspeaker broadcasts against the North for a third day, with North Korea showing little sign of planning a provocative reaction, the South's military said Sunday.South Korea restarted the broadcasts containing anti-North Korea messages Friday, two days after Pyongyang claimed to have succeeded in testing a hydrogen bomb.South Korea had previously blared criticisms of the North Korean regime -- in addition to radio soap operas and K-pop musicafter a land mine plant
North KoreaJan. 10, 2016
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Korea, U.S. deploy B-52 strategic bomber over Korean Peninsula
The United States' B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber flew in the skies of South Korea on Sunday in a major show of force four days after North Korea conducted what it said was its first hydrogen bomb test.The B-52 bomber left U.S. Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Sunday morning and arrived in the skies above Osan, Gyeonggi Province, at noon, armed with nuclear missiles and "bunker buster" bombs that are capable of bombarding North Korea's underground facilities, according to Seoul and Washi
North KoreaJan. 10, 2016
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Samsung Electronics expected to post under 6 tln won in operating profit in Q1
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is forecast to rack up less than 6 trillion won ($5 billion) in operating profit for the first quarter of this year, following worse-than-expected earnings for the final quarter of last year, analysts said Sunday.The world's top smartphone maker is expected to post an average 5.8 trillion won in operating income for the January-March period, down 4.53 percent from an earlier estimate of 6.1 trillion won, according to a median estimate of 20 local b
TechnologyJan. 10, 2016
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says H-bomb test 'self-defensive'
N. Korean leader Kim Jong-un says H-bomb test 'self-defensive'North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says its claimed hydrogen bomb test last week was an act of self-defense and a "fair action that nobody can criticize," the North's state media said Sunday.The North claimed Wednesday it successfully conducted an H-bomb test for the first time, in defiance of United Nations' resolutions."The DPRK's H-bomb test, conducted at the outset of the year ... is a self-defensive step for reliably defending the p
North KoreaJan. 10, 2016
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4th hearing on Lone Star case to take place in June
The fourth hearing of a multi-billion-dollar case the U.S. private equity firm Lone Star filed against South Korea over its asset sell-offs will be held in The Hague in June, the government said Saturday.The third hearing was held in The Hague earlier this week, it said.During the hearing, Lone Star and the South Korean government countered each other at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in the Netherlands over the private equity fund's 2003 purchase of a controlling
Jan. 10, 2016
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China resists calls to ramp up pressure on N. Korea
China has resisted calls by South Korea, the United States and Japan to put more pressure on North Korea, while the U.N. Security Council agreed to swiftly push for new sanctions against the North's fourth nuclear test. To ensure the effectiveness of any tougher sanctions against North Korea, the world sees the role of China, which keeps the North's moribund economy afloat, as more significant. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged China to end "business as usual" with Pyongyang, saying tha
North KoreaJan. 9, 2016
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S. Korea continues cross-border broadcasts
(Yonhap)South Korea's military said Saturday it will continue loudspeaker broadcasts to North Korea, adding that the North has not yet shown any special moves of a possible provocation.On Friday, South Korea re-started its cross-border loudspeaker broadcasts carrying anti-North Korea messages after stopping them for about four months in retaliation against North Korea's claimed hydrogen bomb test earlier this week."We are continuing the broadcast at 10 spots on the border Saturday," a military o
North KoreaJan. 9, 2016
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Hyundai’s domestic market share hits decade low
The domestic market share of Hyundai Motor Co., the country’s largest carmaker, fell to a 15-year low last year amid intensifying competition with foreign and local rivals. According to market reports Friday, Hyundai sold 714,121 cars in Korea in 2015, the most in decades. The company’s market share, however, came in at 39 percent, down 2.3 percentage points from the previous year. Hyundai Motor’s sister company, Kia Motors, sold 527,500 units here last year. The combined market share of the two
TechnologyJan. 8, 2016
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S. Korea, China's six-party chiefs agree to cooperate on N. Korea's nuke test
South Korea and China's chief negotiators for the six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea agreed Friday to closely collaborate in punishing North Korea for its recent nuclear test, the Foreign Ministry said.In their telephone conversation earlier in the day, Hwang Joon-kook, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei discussed how they will act together in the aftermath of what the North claimed was a successful hydrogen bom
Latest NewsJan. 8, 2016