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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
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81-year-old model awarded ‘best dressed’ in Miss Universe Korea
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Seoul mayor suggests shift in immigration policy
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'Smart pill'? ADHD treatment prescriptions spike this year
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AI textbook bubble could burst, expert warns
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[KH Explains] Korea pursues ‘fire-free’ batteries amid EV fears
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[Herald Review] One of Netflix's most expensive Korean originals returns, but at what cost?
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Man calls 119, found dead 1 week later because officials went to wrong place
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Food tycoon Paik Jong-won's Theborn Korea pushes toward IPO
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Samsung tightens its belt amid crisis winds
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Ahn rejects offer of joint leadership for embattled party
Rep. Ahn Chul-soo, an opposition heavyweight, on Sunday rejected an offer of a joint leadership system, calling for an early convention to select a new leader.Rep. Moon Jae-in, head of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, earlier proposed a three-way joint leadership with Ahn and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon.The offer was a desperate bid to end drawn-out internal wrangling and win the minds of voters.A sense of crisis is palpable inside the liberal party ahead of the general ele
PoliticsNov. 29, 2015
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Biz outlook for December stays weak amid U.S. rate hike concern
A majority of companies in South Korea are pessimistic about business outlook for next month due to worries over the expected rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve, a poll showed Sunday.According to the survey conducted on 600 South Korean companies by the Federation of Korean Industries, the business survey index for the last month of 2015 stood at 97.5.A reading below 100 means companies that are pessimistic about business conditions down the road outnumber optimists.After peaking at 103.7 in
Nov. 29, 2015
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Korea to strengthen pilot mental health evaluation process
South Korea will strengthen the evaluation process to check the mental health of its pilots to prevent another Germanwings type of tragedy, the government said Sunday.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said new guidelines will go into effect starting in December. Under the changes, the government will designate specialized hospitals and counseling clinics that can better ascertain the mental state of flyers on a regular basis. The ministry said the airlines will be required to mo
Social AffairsNov. 29, 2015
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Korean economic delegation to visit Ivory Coast, Ethiopia
A South Korean economic delegation will visit the Ivory Coast and Ethiopia to help lay the foundation for more trade and industrial cooperation, the government said Sunday.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said the 37-person delegation made up of government officials and businessmen will be in the two African countries from Sunday through Saturday.It said the visit to the Ivory Coast will help local companies play a greater role in ongoing infrastructure building projects.The West Afric
Nov. 29, 2015
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Kim Whan-ki's painting auctioned at 2.3 billion won
An oil painting of pioneering abstract artist Kim Whan-ki was auctioned at 2.35 billion won ($2 million) in Hong Kong, a related firm said Sunday. "On the Way Back” by Kim Whan-kiThe artwork, titled “On the Way Back,” was the biggest hit at the Hong Kong sale organized by K Auction, a major South Korean auction house, a day earlier, according to the company.The painting on canvas created in the 1950s shows a woman carrying a jar on her head. Its price had been estimated at 1.8 billion won-4 bill
CultureNov. 29, 2015
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Gimhae airport mulls additional expansion to meet rise in passenger traffic
Gimhae International Airport that serves South Korea's second-largest city and the neighboring South Gyeongsang Province is considering a second expansion to meet the spike in passenger traffic, the local airport authority said Sunday.According to Korea Airport Corp., which manages 14 air terminals around the country, Gimhae is currently moving to carry out a preliminary feasibility test for the additional expansion, even before the first phase of enlarging the airport is completed in January 20
IndustryNov. 29, 2015
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Samsung's SSD global market share hits 41% in 2015: data
Samsung Electronics Co., one of the largest producers of computer chips, controlled more than 40 percent of the global solid state drive market this year, outpacing rivals like Intel Corp. and SanDisk Corp., industry data showed Sunday.According to market researchers IHS and DRAMeXchange, Samsung's market share hit a record 41 percent, 2.6 times larger than its closest rival Intel, which held 16 percent.The two companies were trailed by SanDisk Corp. with 10 percent control, while Micron Technol
IndustryNov. 29, 2015
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Police pick 'Veteran' as best film
Police officers in South Korea have chosen "Veteran" as the best movie of the year, a survey showed Sunday.The domestic action film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan drew 1,753 votes in the poll joined by 2,104 police officers. The poll was conducted by the Police Training Institute through its internal online communication network from Nov. 9-25."Veteran" features a veteran detective who stands up to an arrogant and spoiled heir of a family-owned conglomerate as he investigates the mysterious death of
CultureNov. 29, 2015
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Korea's hybrid car sales hit record high in the wake of Volkswagen scandal
Volkswagen AG's diesel gate emissions cheating scandal pushed up sales of hybrid vehicle sales in South Korea to record highs, industry sources said Sunday.According to Hyundai Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Co., which lead hybrid car sales in the country, demand for vehicles that can run on both electricity and an internal combustion engine, hit 24,490 units in the first 10 months of the year. The combined sales figure for the two companies represents a spike of 18.8 percent from 20,610 cars sold i
MobilityNov. 29, 2015
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Weekend Box Office Guide: Nov. 28-29
Headed to the movies this weekend? The Korea Herald offers a guide to what's playing in theaters.The Sound of a Flower (Korea)Opened Nov. 25Historical drama. Directed by Lee Jong-pil In ancient Korea, women were not allowed to perform pansori – Korea’s traditional musical theater. But that doesn’t stop Jin Chae-seon (Bae Suzy) from chasing her dreams. With training and guidance from pansori veteran Shin Jae-hyo (Ryu Seung-ryong), Chae-seon beats the odds and becomes the first woman to publicly p
FilmNov. 28, 2015
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N.K. apparently fails to launch ballistic missile from sub
North Korea apparently failed to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine, a South Korean official said Saturday, in a sign that Pyongyang has yet to master the technology.North Korea is believed to have fired a KN-11 missile from a submarine in the East Sea roughly between 2:20 p.m. and 2:40 p.m., but the submarine-launched ballistic missile failed to soar from the waters, the official said"The North appears to have failed in its launch," the official said, citing debris from the missile fou
North KoreaNov. 28, 2015
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Philippines goes supersonic again with S. Korean fighter jets
CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines (AFP) -- The Philippines took delivery of two South Korean-made FA-50 aircraft on Saturday, marking the country's return to supersonic fighter jet status after almost a decade, amid growing tensions with China.The two new aircraft are the first of an order of 12 and signal a new readiness by Manila to assert itself militarily.The two fighters, flown from Seoul by South Korean pilots, were met in Philippine airspace by two S211 jets which escorted them to the former US
DefenseNov. 28, 2015
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Japan to resume 'research' whaling in Antarctic: media
TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan will resume "research" whaling in the Antarctic by the end of March next year, local media reported Saturday, despite a call by global regulators for more evidence that the expeditions have a scientific purpose.The move came after a one-season suspension of its hunting in the ocean as the United Nations' top legal body judged last year that Japan's whaling there was a fig leaf for a commercial hunt.Japan's fisheries agency has since told the International Whaling Commission
World NewsNov. 28, 2015
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Russia-Turkey war of words escalates over downed warplane
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Moscow slapped sanctions on Ankara on Friday as the war of words over a downed Russian warplane escalated, with Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning Russia not to "play with fire".Russia announced it was halting a visa-free regime for Turkish visitors, after threatening a raft of retaliatory economic measures to punish the NATO member state.Tuesday's incident has sent recriminations flying between two rival players in the Syrian war just as countries such as France are
World NewsNov. 28, 2015
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'Large' Chinese military fleet flies near Japan islands
TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan scrambled jets after 11 Chinese military planes flew near southern Japanese islands during what Beijing said was a drill to improve its long-range combat abilities, reports said Saturday.The planes -- eight bombers, two intelligence gathering planes and one early-warning aircraft -- flew near Miyako and Okinawa on Friday without violating Japan's airspace, the Japanese defence ministry said in a statement released on Friday.Some of them flew between the two islands while oth
World NewsNov. 28, 2015
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Hyundai workers elect leader behind one of union’s worst strikes
Hyundai Motor Co. workers re-elected a labor leader who was in power almost a decade ago during one of the worst years of industrial strife at South Korea’s largest automaker, setting the stage for final wage talks next month.Park You-ki, 50, beat former deputy head Hong Sung Bong to become union president, according to the labor group. In his previous term leading the union in 2006 and 2007, Hyundai suffered its second-biggest annual production loss of 118,293 units from work stoppages, costing
IndustryNov. 28, 2015
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Air pollution in Beijing hits hazardous levels
BEIJING (AP) -- Air pollution in Beijing reached hazardous levels on Saturday as smog engulfed large parts of the country despite efforts to clean up the foul air.The U.S. Embassy in Beijing reported the level of the poisonous, tiny articles of PM2.5 at 391 micrograms per cubic meter at noon Saturday. The World Health Organization considers the safe level at 25 micrograms per cubic meter of the particulates.Since Friday, the city had been shroud in gray smog, reducing visibilities to a few hundr
World NewsNov. 28, 2015
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Facebook ramps paid leave time for new dads
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- With Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg about to become a dad, the social network boosted the amount of time fathers can take off to bond with their new babies.Beginning with the new year, dads working full-time for Facebook anywhere in the world will have the option of taking four months' paid leave.All new dads working for Facebook outside the US currently get a minimum of four weeks' paternity leave, with more time offered in locations where required by local law, acco
World BusinessNov. 28, 2015
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Life returns to Syrian town after IS ousted
AL-HOL, Syria (AFP) -- Outside her home in a town of northeast Syria, four-year-old Baydaa scribbles on a leaflet of religious rules left behind by the Islamic State group as they fled earlier this month.Her face is adorned with make-up of the sort banned by the jihadist group, which was expelled from Al-Hol by a new US-backed coalition of Kurdish and Arab forces that overran the area on November 12.The town was once a key waystation for IS between the territory it holds between Iraq and Syria,
WorldNov. 28, 2015
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Drowned Syrian boy's aunt says family will settle in Canada
TORONTO (AP) -- The aunt of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide outrage at the refugee crisis, said she hopes her family members will be in Canada by Christmas.Tima Kurdi said Friday that Canada has approved her application to bring her brother Mohammed and his family to Canada, but that security checks are still underway.Citizenship and Immigration Canada spokesman Remi Lariviere would only confirm that the department has communicated with th
WorldNov. 28, 2015