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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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[팟캐스트](115) 교육부, 국정교과서 확정 외 1건
진행자: 윤민식, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. 교육부, 중고등학교 역사 교과서 국정화 방침 확정. 기사요약: 정부가 중학교 ‘역사’와 고등학교 ‘한국사’를 국정으로 제작하기로 발표하면서 정치권, 교육계에서 논란이 일고 있다. 여당과 정부는 “현재 검인정 제도 때문에 좌 편향 된 내용으로 점철되어 있다”고 주장하는 반면, 야권 및 교육계 일각에서는 국정화로 인해 정부의 입맛에 맞는 “친일 및 독재 미화” 교과서가 탄생할 것이라고 주장하고 있다. 이번 결정으로 한국사 교과서 검인정 체제가 2011년 완전히 정착한 이후 6년 후인 2017년에 국정 교과서가 부활하게 된다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 State history textbook revived [1] T
PodcastOct. 14, 2015
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Siemens hopes to utilize S. Korea's creative-economy vision
German industrial giant Siemens AG said Wednesday it hopes to seek opportunities from South Korea's latest industry strategy and that it is ready to bring digitalization to Asia's fourth-largest economy. "Technological leadership has driven Korea's and Germany's economic success in the past," Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser said in a forum in Seoul. "Both countries have a highly skilled workforce and powerful R&D ecosystems. "Korea has world-leading ICT companies and excellent data infrastructures. Ger
IndustryOct. 14, 2015
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Pyongyang releases dam water before key anniversary
North Korea released dam water near the central part of the inter-Korean border last week apparently to secure power for celebrations of a key anniversary, causing South Korean fishermen below the border to flee the region, officials here said Wednesday. North Korea released water from the Hwanggang Dam on the Imjin River on the morning of Oct. 7, three days before it marked the 70th founding anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party with a massive military parade through Pyongyang. Water level
North KoreaOct. 14, 2015
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Participants in Korea Black Friday event report spike in sales: data
Retailers taking part in a nationwide consumption-promoting campaign have reported a jump in sales, data showed Wednesday, pointing to its positive impact on spurring domestic demand. According to the data by 92 retailers, sales rose from Oct. 1 through Sunday, with many expressing satisfaction with the first ever nationwide sales event, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said. The government and large retailers organized the Korean version of Black Friday shopping season in the United
IndustryOct. 14, 2015
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Korea, U.S. revise procurement pact to allow more Korean deals
South Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement Wednesday to allow more Korean firms to win commercial deals in the U.S. Forces Korea's defense goods procurement, the Defense Ministry said. Because of the formerly loose definition of "Korean company" in the Logistics Cost Sharing Implementing Agreement, contracts were awarded to foreign companies posing as local firms, according to the ministry. A revision of the agreement signed on Wednesday has re-defined the scope of Korean companies as those
InternationalOct. 14, 2015
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Korea, Japan set for defense minister talks
The defense ministers of South Korea and Japan are expected to hold talks next week despite strained bilateral ties, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Seoul’s Defense Minister Han Min-koo will meet with his counterpart Gen Nakatani who is seeking to visit chiefly for the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, which is slated to kick off next Tuesday for a six-day run. They are forecast to discuss North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats and other regional and bilater
DefenseOct. 14, 2015
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Naval review to feature U.S. nuke-powered aircraft carrier
The Navy plans to boast its growing naval might at a fleet review in Busan this weekend, peppered by a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, South Korean Aegis destroyers and submarines and other cutting-edge vessels. The event, scheduled for Oct. 17-23, marks the 70th anniversary of the Navy’s founding. Some 30 ships including an Aegis-equipped destroyer and 214-ton submarine will be on display, as well as maritime patrol aircraft, CH-47 choppers, F-15K fighters and about 30 Coast Guard planes
DefenseOct. 14, 2015
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S. Korea's rice output to edge up 0.4 pct this year
South Korea's rice production is expected to rise slightly in 2015 from last year due to greater yield per cultivated land, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.The country's rice output is forecast to reach 4.258 million tons, up 0.4 percent from 4.241 million tons harvested in 2014, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs."Overall output is expected to increase marginally as the average yield from each unit area of 10 hectares is predicted to rise," the ministry sai
Oct. 14, 2015
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Household debt grows at fast pace in Sept.
Household loans extended by local lenders continued to grow at a fast clip last month, central bank data showed Wednesday, amid strong demand for homes partly helped by record low interest rates.Outstanding household loans extended by local banks reached 615.8 trillion won ($536.13 billion) as of the end of September, up 6.3 trillion won from the previous month, according to the data from the Bank of Korea.The monthly gain marks a slight slowdown from a 7.7 trillion won rise in August but a larg
Oct. 14, 2015
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Northeast Asian nations seek to boost cooperation on nuclear safety
South Korea, Japan and China will seek to strengthen cooperation on nuclear safety as they gather for a meeting with related officials and experts next week, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.South Korea will host the International Forum on Northeast Asia Nuclear Safety Cooperation in Seoul on Oct. 22-23 with the aim of building a consensus on the need for a regional body tasked with promoting nuclear safety, the ministry said in a press release.The meeting will bring together government offic
InternationalOct. 14, 2015
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Botswana's president to visit S. Korea next week
Botswana's President Ian Khama will make a four-day trip to Seoul next week for talks with President Park Geun-hye, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday.Khama is set to arrive in Seoul next Wednesday, the first visit by a Botswana president in more than two decades.Park is set to meet with Khama next Friday to discuss ways to boost cooperation in a range of areas, including infrastructure, trade and energy.The presidential office said the southern African country can become an important partner as South K
Foreign AffairsOct. 14, 2015
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Seoul hosts foreign investment event to showcase biz merits
South Korea is hosting a foreign investment week event to highlight potential business opportunities in the country, the government said Wednesday.The three-day event, scheduled to run through Thursday, aims to show the attractiveness of Asia's fourth largest economy for investment, as the country pushes to ratify the free trade agreement with China, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said.The FTA with the world's No. 2 economy will allow the country to become a Northeast Asian business
IndustryOct. 14, 2015
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SK E&C wins 525 bln-won order from Kuwait
South Korean construction firm SK Engineering & Construction Co. said Wednesday it has won a 525 billion-won ($456 million) order to build an oil refining facility in Kuwait.Under the deal with the Kuwait National Petroleum Company, SK Engineering will take part in the $1.5 billion deal. Another South Korean firm Hyundai Construction & Engineering Co. and Italy-based Saipem SpA also participated in the project. SK E&C will take up 30 percent of the amount.Kuwait is seeking to build the world's l
IndustryOct. 14, 2015
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S. Korean officials to visit N. Korea for family reunion event
More than a dozen South Korean officials will visit North Korea this week to prepare for the upcoming family reunion event, the Unification Ministry said Wednesday.Families split by the 1950-53 Korean War and continued division of the Korean Peninsula are scheduled to reunite in special meetings to be held at Mount Kumgang on the North's east coast from Oct. 20-26. It's part of a deal reached at high-level talks in late August that deescalated heightened military tension at the time.The 14-membe
North KoreaOct. 14, 2015
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Liberal civic group member indicted over security law violation
A 39-year-old man has been indicted for posting messages praising North Korea on his blog in violation of an anti-communism law, prosecutors said Wednesday.The defendant, identified only by his surname Cho, is suspected of posting content created by a local civic group, such as statements and video clips supporting the North's "Military First Politics" and nuclear weapons programs, on his personal blog from April 2009 to November 2010, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office saidThe group
Social AffairsOct. 14, 2015
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Lotte chief unseated from group's virtual holding firm
The chief of South Korean retail giant Lotte Group was sacked on Wednesday as an executive member of Japan-based Kojunsha Corp., the group's virtual holding firm, in the latest step taken by his elder brother to gain control over South Korea's No. 5 conglomerate.In a hastily arranged shareholder meeting in Japan, Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin lost his seat on the board of Kojunsha, which is at the apex of the group's entire governance structure, with a 28 percent stake in Lotte Holdings, th
CompaniesOct. 14, 2015
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Cheong Wa Dae slams opposition lawmaker over electoral fraud allegations
A senior Cheong Wa Dae official lashed out at an opposition lawmaker Tuesday for claiming fraud in the 2012 presidential election.Chief presidential press secretary Kim Sung-woo condemned Rep.Kang Dong-won of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy for raising allegations during a parliamentary session in Seoul on Tuesday that the vote count was rigged."This is a very serious issue," Kim told reporters just hours after President Park Geun-hye arrived in Washington for talks with
PoliticsOct. 14, 2015
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Defense Minister Han to urge U.S. tech assistance for KF-X
Defense Minister Han Min-koo now accompanying President Park Geun-hye on her U.S. trip will request Washington reconsider its rejection of key technology assistance for South Korea's KF-X indigenous jet fighter project, a government official said Wednesday.The Korean Fighter Experimental (KF-X) project, under which South Korea is to produce 120 combat jets, is running into a major impasse after the U.S. Department of State in April refused to grant permission on U.S.-based Lockheed Martin's expo
NationalOct. 14, 2015
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Jeungdo -- heal and relax on the beautiful island of angels
JEUNGDO ISLAND, South Jeolla Province -- Walking in a forest of pine trees in a park that is shaped like the Korean Peninsula along a beach, visitors can instantly feel relaxed on this small island off the country’s southwestern coast.Jeungdo in Shinan, South Jeolla Province -- Asia’s first Cittaslow or “Slow City” -- is a quiet getaway island for those especially the elderly who seek to heal their body and soul from the daily hustle and bustle of big city life. The term Cittaslow comes from Ita
CultureOct. 14, 2015
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Miss World Brazil named PR ambassador for taekwondo
The 2015 Miss World Brazil has been named the goodwill ambassador of the World Taekwondo Federation, the body governing the traditional Korean martial art said Wednesday.Catharina Choi Nunes, who is half Korean, was appointed to the post at a ceremony attended by WTF President Choue Chung-won at the Brazilian Taekwondo Federation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, local time.Choi Nunes practices taekwondo in Sao Paolo and hopes to become a black-belt holder before the 2016 Rio O
CultureOct. 14, 2015