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AI textbook bubble could burst, expert warns
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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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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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Ex-presidential official’s leaked phone call rattles conservative bloc
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Man escapes DUI charges by downing bottle of soju while pulled over
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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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Pay debate plagues foreign nanny pilot
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Pressure points of textbook standoff
"Our students are studying the juche ideology of Kim Il-sung (in history classes),” read one of the placards distributed across South Korea by ruling Saenuri Party this week. Juche, or self-reliance, is the backbone of the North Korean dictatorship. Saenuri and the government have recently pushed ahead with their plan to revive state-authored textbooks for secondary education, alleging that the current privately-published textbooks are biased in favor of the leftists and even the Pyongyang gover
NationalOct. 15, 2015
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Golfzon spurs simulation golf business in China
Golfzon, the nation’s top golf simulator maker, said Thursday it signed an exclusive product distribution contract with Guangzhou-based Byron Asset Management in its efforts to expand its business in mainland China. “Under the contract, the company will supply at least 200 golf simulators to China’s third largest city via the Chinese partner for the next two years,” Golfzon said in a press release. “The contract has set a milestone for the company to tap the Chinese market with high growth poten
Latest NewsOct. 15, 2015
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Entertainment takes flight with the help of tech, design
This is the second in a series of articles introducing key features at the upcoming Herald Design Forum 2015 to be held in Seoul on Nov. 10. - Ed.A film festival’s star-studded red carpet is brought to your home in a 360-degree panoramic view. Virtual reality and hologram technology provides an alternative to live concerts, enabling fans to digitally interact with their stars -- dead or alive. Entertainment today mingles with new technologies, churning out innovative new ways of engaging people
Arts & DesignOct. 15, 2015
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BOK lowers growth forecast
The Bank of Korea kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.5 percent and revised its economic growth outlook this year down to 2.7 percent from 2.8 percent, officials said Thursday.Korea’s monetary policymakers appear to have chosen to take a wait-and-see stance toward the interest rate as the uncertainty over a potential rate hike in the U.S. lingers, analysts said. There were some market predictions that the BOK might conduct a rate cut once more amid the weak improvement in private con
Oct. 15, 2015
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Finance minister may quit to run for parliamentary elections
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan on Thursday expressed his intention to run for the April 13 general elections as a ruling Saenuri Party contender.During the National Assembly’s interpellation session on economic policymaking, the legislator-turned-minister said he would decide whether to declare his candidacy after considering the coming situation. Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan (Yonhap)His remarks came aft
Oct. 15, 2015
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Man behind revolution of motion picture industry
From “Toy Story,” the first completely computer-animated feature film released in 1995, to this summer’s hit “Inside Out,” Pixar movies have captured the hearts of children and adults around the world. The man who made the computer-generated imagery possible is Alvy Ray Smith, cofounder of Pixar Animation Studios and a pioneer of computer graphics. Since founding Pixar in 1986 with Ed Catmull, he has been at the forefront of leading innovations in computer graphics and its applications to variou
Arts & DesignOct. 15, 2015
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Park set to visit Pentagon for bolstered alliance
WASHINGTON -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye's first visit to the Pentagon on Thursday morning underscores her committment to Seoul’s alliance with the U.S. before she sits down for a summit at the White House.Park’s planned visit to the military superpower’s core defense organ was seen as a way to show off their bilateral ties and that they remain unshaken by growing concerns over Seoul inclining toward Beijing. She is set to hold a summit with her U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on Friday
NationalOct. 15, 2015
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WFP urges Korea’s continued support in Afghanistan
The country director of the World Food Program in Afghanistan, Claude Jibidar, visited Korea this week to express appreciation and rally continuing support for humanitarian and food relief programs. During his four-day visit ― from Tuesday to Friday ― Jibidar met officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea International Cooperation Agency and the National Assembly, and updated them on the operational progress.He also attended a photo exhibition titled “Our vision for zero hunger” at th
Foreign AffairsOct. 15, 2015
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Convenience stores vie for lunch box market
The competition for lunch box meals is getting fiercer among South Korean convenience stores as the market is growing rapidly due to the rise of the single-person household population here. “Dosirak” -- the term for packed lunches in Korean -- at convenience stores used to be discounted as low-quality meals for quick lunches, but now retailers are offering diverse and healthy options at an affordable price, drawing keen attention from customers.“As consumer demand for quality lunch boxes grows a
IndustryOct. 15, 2015
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LG Chem appeals to Chinese clients with new tech center
LG Chem on Wednesday opened its first Chinese tech center aiming to respond more promptly to local demands in the all-important market.The two-story building with one basement is located at a 4,000 square-meter site in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong Province in southern China. A total of 10 billion won ($8.8 million) was invested for the construction alone. Some 40 researchers, including those hired locally, will be working at the new facility to offer total solutions for product devel
TechnologyOct. 15, 2015
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Artist breathes new life into classic masterpieces
The image of Van Gogh comes alive in his signature self-portrait with a pipe. The legendary painter blows a puff of smoke, from which an image of him peacefully resting in a field emerges. The digitally rendered image of Van Gogh was made by Korean artist Lee Lee-nam, who has been digitally transforming masterpieces of Western and Eastern art into an animated video art form. Lee, a widely loved media artist in the Korean art scene, has been invited to give a lecture on his art world at the Heral
PerformanceOct. 15, 2015
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[Chon Shi-yong] Nobel Prize and Koreans
Visitors to the campus of Pohang University of Science Technology in Pohang can see four busts in an open plaza -- Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell and Isaac Newton. You can easily guess why the university, better known as POSTECH and which draws the nation’s brightest science students, put up the busts. But you might have some curiosity when you see there are two more podiums, without the busts. The line inscribed on the empty podiums reads “Future Scientist of Korea” and b
OpinionOct. 15, 2015
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Former Park aide cleared of leak charge
The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday cleared former presidential secretary Cho Eung-cheon on charges of leaking presidential confidential information.Cho, who had worked in the civil discipline department, was indicted in January for allegedly handing over 17 documents containing confidential information including allegations that Chung Yoon-hoi, Park’s former aide, colluded with presidential aides and meddled in state affairs by forming a secret group. Chung was Park’s chief of staff wh
NationalOct. 15, 2015
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KFS demonstrates fire control system
The Korea Forest Service held a simulated field demonstration of forest fire control on Wednesday during the sixth International Wildland Fire Conference in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province.This event was intended to introduce Korea’s fire suppression technologies and its cooperative commanding systems among related agencies to foreign conference participants.The field demonstration took place in front of an audience of around 1,000, including staff from 32 organizations such as the Ministry of Pub
IndustryOct. 15, 2015
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Opposition lawmaker disciplined for election fraud claim
The main opposition party Thursday removed its Rep. Kang Dong-won from the National Assembly’s House Steering Committee over his remarks alleging fraud in the 2012 presidential race that prompted fury from the ruling camp and placed his party in a strategic quagmire.The New Politics Alliance for Democracy’s senior vice floor leader Rep. Lee Choon-suak said during a party meeting that Kang’s argument made earlier this week was an individual belief that the party disagrees.Saenuri Party members su
NationalOct. 15, 2015
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[Chon Shi-yong] Nobel Prize and Koreans
Visitors to the campus of Pohang University of Science Technology in Pohang can see four busts in an open plaza -- Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell and Isaac Newton. You can easily guess why the university, better known as POSTECH and which draws the nation’s brightest science students, put up the busts. But you might have some curiosity when you see there are two more podiums, without the busts. The line inscribed on the empty podiums reads “Future Scientist of Korea” and
ViewpointsOct. 15, 2015
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Seoul to expand K-pop dance classes for tourists
Seoul City will expand its program offering free K-pop dance classes to tourists as part of its efforts to better boost the hallyu industry, officials said Thursday. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon and SM Entertainment reached a deal to offer the free K-pop dance classes.Since August, renowned SM choreographers have run the dance programs for foreign visitors twice a week at Coex in the capital city. While the maximum number of participants is 450 a year, over 850 already applied for the program as of
Social AffairsOct. 15, 2015
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U.S. activist stages hunger strike against animal sales to slaughterhouse
Wearing a winter coat and holding a picture of black sheep, a U.S. citizen has been staging a hunger strike in front of the Seoul mayor’s residence in central Seoul since last week. His demand to the mayor is simple: Stop selling public zoo animals to slaughterers. A.J. Garcia, U.S. branch president of civic group Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth, argues that Seoul City is using the overpopulation of animals as a means to draw profits. The Seoul Metropolitan Government runs the Seoul Zoo t
Social AffairsOct. 15, 2015
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Mapping K-pop stars' wealth
The road to becoming a successful K-pop star requires years of unpaid training starting from an early age. But those big-hitting K-pop singers who have persevered and emerged out the other end of the high-risk, high-yield system often amass a fortune equally early in life, raking in considerable sums of money in their tender twenties. The Korea Herald has compiled a list of ways Korea’s youngest and hottest celebrities manage their wealth, from investing in real estate to opening chic cafes and
Oct. 15, 2015