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AI textbook bubble could burst, expert warns
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Samsung tightens its belt amid crisis winds
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Food tycoon Paik Jong-won's Theborn Korea pushes toward IPO
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North Korean trash balloons cross border day after Seoul military parade
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Prosecution closes 'Dior bag' case amid opposition uproar
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SF Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo back home after injury-shortened rookie season
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Court confirms sentence for rapper who attempted to evade national service
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N. Korea may revoke 1991 Inter-Korean Basic Agreement in parliament: Seoul
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[Kim Seong-kon] Understanding uniquely American things
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Ministry confirms irregularities in national soccer coach hiring
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Park, Abe spur sex slavery talks
The leaders of South Korea and Japan on Monday agreed to accelerate the ongoing negotiations on wartime sexual slavery for an early breakthrough, thawing years of frozen ties in their first-ever summit, but leaving most of the details unresolved.Sitting down for a meeting at Cheong Wa Dae, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered officials to speed up the consultation process for an early finalization without setting a specified deadline.President Park
Foreign AffairsNov. 2, 2015
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SK Telecom to buy top cable TV provider
SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, said Monday it will acquire the country's biggest provider of cable channels and Internet TV as part of a push into the media platform business. SK Telecom will take over a 30 percent stake for 500 billion won ($438.2 million) in CJ Hellovision from its parent firm CJ O Shopping, the mobile carrier said in a statement. The decision was made at a board meeting held earlier in the day, SK Telecom said, adding that it plans to buy the remaining
IndustryNov. 2, 2015
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Volkswagen to recall 28,000 cars due to possible air bag malfunction
Volkswagen Korea is expected to voluntarily recall about 28,000 cars earlier next year due to a defective part that could cause the air bags to malfunction, industry sources said Monday. The local unit of German auto giant Volkswagen recently submitted its recall plans to the transportation ministry here, in which it promised to fix the problem for its seven brands being sold in South Korea. The brands subject to the recall include the Golf, the Jetta, the Passat and the Tiguan that were manuf
IndustryNov. 2, 2015
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Park holds first bilateral talks with Abe
President Park Geun-hye on Monday pressed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to heal the pains of their shared history as they held crucial talks that could set the tone for bilateral relations in the coming years. "I hope that today's summit could become sincere talks to heal painful history" and serve as "a precious chance to develop bilateral relations," Park said at the start of the talks at Cheong Wa Dae, South Korea's presidential office. She also said that "trust is the most important t
InternationalNov. 2, 2015
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Pyongyang seldom adopts policies of closing down markets: U.S. expert
North Korea's policy on marketplaces has swung between suppression and accommodation, but the regime has seldom cracked down on markets with the intention of permanently closing them down, a U.S. researcher said. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, a non-resident Kelly fellow at the Pacific Forum CSIS, said he reached the assessment after analyzing satellite photos taken of a dozen major cities in North Korea since the early 2000s. "Government repression of the markets usually does not translate int
North KoreaNov. 2, 2015
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Mobile stock trading on rise in S. Korea
Stock transactions via mobile gadgets have grown sharply in South Korea over the past year as more retail investors opt to use smartphones and tablets for trading, the bourse operator said Monday. Trading through mobile devices accounted for 25.06 percent of the total in the tech-laden KOSDAQ market as of Oct. 28, up from 21.27 percent a year earlier, according to the Korea Exchange. The ratio has been on a steady rise over the past five years from 3.8 percent in 2010 to 14.03 percent in 201
Nov. 2, 2015
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Government to cut credit card fees for smaller merchants
The government said Monday that it will lower credit card fees for mom-and-pop grocery stores and restaurant owners next year in a bid to ease their financial burdens. The Financial Services Commission and the ruling Saenuri party decided to set credit card commission rates imposed on small businesses with annual sales of 200 million won ($176,000) or less at 0.8 percent from next year, down from the current 1.5 percent. Tariffs on mid-sized merchants with 2 to 3 billion won in sales will go d
IndustryNov. 2, 2015
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Korea, U.S. to begin ministerial talks on defense issues
Defense ministers of South Korea and the United States were to hold their annual talks Monday to discuss a range of defense issues, including how to handle North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats. The 47th Security Consultative Meeting between Defense Minister Han Min-koo and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is scheduled to kick off in the late morning at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul. North Korea's nuclear and missile capacities are likely to be the main focus of t
DefenseNov. 2, 2015
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Korea's current account surplus soars on falling imports in Sept.
South Korea's current account surplus widened from a month earlier in September but mostly because imports dropped at a faster clip than exports, central bank data showed Monday. The current account surplus came to $10.61 billion last month, compared with a revised $8.4 billion surplus in the previous month, according to the preliminary data from the Bank of Korea. September marks the 43rd consecutive month of surplus, the longest streak of surplus in the country's history. The September figur
Nov. 2, 2015
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[시사영어] 채식주의자들 식사
[Part 1] Vegetarian meals make their mark채식주의자들 식사가 사람들의 주목을 끌다구분분석According to SNU Co-op headquarters director Lee Gyu-sun, the latest spot, a student restaurant where a vegetarian menu is provided as one of four menu options, was chosen because students wanted more access to meat-free meals.✚ latest spot 최근 장소✚ a vegetarian menu is provided as one of four menu options 채식 메뉴가 4개의 메뉴 선택 중 하나로 제공되다.Dongguk University also has an on-campus vegetarian buffet that opened in 2011. Operated by major f
PodcastNov. 2, 2015
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[사설] 후속 조치
Follow-up actions후속 조치<09월16일자 사설>The tripartite committee`s agreement on labor reform is certainly welcome, but it does not mean that all hurdles have been cleared. Rather, it put all the concerned parties -- government, political parties, unions and employers -- on the starting line for real work. 노사정 위원회의 노동개혁 합의는 분명 환영할 일이지만 모든 장애물이 해소됐다는 의미는 아니다. 오히려 정부, 여야, 노조와 근로자 등 모든 관련 당사자들은 실제 작업의 출발선에 서게 됐다. The disruption of a meeting of the central executive council of the Federation of Korean Trad
PodcastNov. 2, 2015
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[에니즈] 낭비하는 부모님
Prodigal parentsDear Annie: My husband and I are in our late 50s and have been married for 26 years. I have had the privilege of not needing to hold an outside job since I married, allowing me to be a stay-at-home mom and raise our kids, who are now grown and out of the house. My husband and I have always been careful with our money, eating out perhaps once a month. We are easily entertained at home. His parents, who have now passed on, lived like paupers. However, upon their passing, they were
PodcastNov. 2, 2015
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[카투사] 제대 이후 미군부대에서 일하나?
51. 카투사 제대후 미군부대에서 일할까?미군부대(US Army Camp)안에서 근무하는 것에 대해 일반인들도 어느 정도의 관심이 있더군요. 일반적으로(generally, commonly) 밖에서 보시는 것보다 미군부대안에서 할 수 있는 한국사람의 일 즉, 한국사람이 취직(land a job)할 수 있는 영역은 꽤 넓습니다. 일단 공식 명칭(official title)은 “KSC Bn(Korean Service Corps Battalion; 미8군 지원단)”입니다. 1950년 7월 6.25 발발(outbreak) 직후(shortly thereafter, immediately after, shortly afterwards, promptly after)에 미군부대에서 긴급하게(urgently) 지원요청(request for assistance)을 하면서 당시(back then) 대통령(President) 이승만에 의해 창설(foundation, establishment)되어 한국인들을
PodcastNov. 2, 2015
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Norway showcases sustainable Arctic solutions in exhibition
Those enchanted by the Northern Lights, icy deserts, polar bears, sea voyages or research exploration in the Arctic will have an opportunity to satiate their curiosity at an exhibition in Seoul that runs until Nov. 12. “Explore the Arctic ― Past, Present and Future” at the Korea Foundation Gallery is a collaboration between the Norwegian Embassy, the Fram Museum, the Korea Polar Research Institute and Korea Foundation.The venue displays posters and videos with detailed descriptions of the landsc
Foreign AffairsNov. 1, 2015
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Irish peace process offers alternative path to unification
As a result of united efforts to follow through the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the island of Ireland, by and large, is a separated country at peace now. The agreement ended an ethnoreligious conflict of over 750 years, which had intensified from the late 1960s fueled by Irish independence causes. Violence has withered substantially, after more than 3,000 people were killed along the way. The paramilitary Irish Republican Army was disbanded and transformed into a political party, and cooperat
Foreign AffairsNov. 1, 2015
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Polish activist awarded for N.K. human rights
The Polish Embassy on Thursday awarded two individuals for their contributions to promoting Poland in Korea. The deputy director of the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, Joanna Hosaniak, was given the “Bene Merito” honor from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and composer Ryu Jea-joon received the “Gloria Artis” badge from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Ryu is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow, where he studied under the Polish composer Krzy
Foreign AffairsNov. 1, 2015
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Regional powers sidestep history, choose 'practical' summit
The leaders of South Korea, Japan and China failed to produce a dramatic deal Sunday on history or territorial disputes, focusing more on sending a signal that they want to work together on economy and regional security.In their first summit in more than three years, the Northeast Asian powers made the practical choice of keeping the hard-won momentum rather than breaking the mood."We agreed to hold the trilateral summit on a regular basis," President Park Geun-hye told reporters after meeting w
Foreign AffairsNov. 1, 2015
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Japan unveils futuristic cars in Tokyo auto show
The biannual Tokyo Motor Show, one of the world’s top five automotive fairs, has been the perfect venue to look into directions Japanese carmakers are taking.The 2015 Tokyo auto show, which kicked off at the Tokyo Big Sight on Wednesday, features cutting-edge auto technologies of Japanese car manufacturers, including Toyota, Nissan and Honda.In particular, Japan’s global leadership in green cars such as plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles is taking center stage at the trade show, as German di
MobilityNov. 1, 2015
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[Newsmaker] Abe in Seoul amid frosty ties
After years of bitter ties between Seoul and Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at Seongnam Airbase, Gyeonggi Province, Sunday, for a trilateral meeting and his first-ever talk with President Park Geun-hye on Monday.Though previous leaders of the two countries have held summits at least once a year ― visiting each other quite on a regular basis ― Monday’s summit is the first of its kind since May 2012, when Park’s predecessor Lee Myung-bak sat down with the then Japanese Premier Y
Foreign AffairsNov. 1, 2015
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Korea to showcase defense prowess at Thai exhibition
BANGKOK ― The country’s leading arms producers are poised to boast their technological might and boost their potential for future exports at a trade fair in Thailand this week. Defense & Security 2015 will kick off Monday in the Southeast Asian country’s capital for a four-day run, bringing together about 25 defense agencies and 400 military service providers from about 50 countries. The biennial event is the largest military exhibition in the region, organizers said, having grown more than 30 p
DefenseNov. 1, 2015