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Ex-presidential official’s leaked phone call rattles conservative bloc
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Pay debate plagues foreign nanny pilot
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K-pop star lip-syncing controversy flares up again
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35% of S. Koreans view unification 'unnecessary'
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Man escapes DUI charges by downing bottle of soju while pulled over
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Pianist Lim Yunchan double winner at Gramophone Awards
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[Reporter’s Notebook] Was Netflix film opening BIFF really a bad thing?
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N. Korean leader's sister derides Seoul's Hyunmoo-5 missile as 'useless'
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Controversial cult leader’s sentence reduced to 17 years
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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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Artistry launches Supreme LX
Global cosmetic brand Artistry launched “Supreme LX,” the prestige skin care line -- containing Gardenia stem cells and 24-karat gold. The company explained that the production of the Regenerating Cream and Regenerating Eye Cream are the first Artistry products to address both the extrinsic and intrinsic causes of aging. They also use cardiolipin -- a rare and expensive ingredient similar to that found at the heart of our skin cells -- and spinach extract to help boost the skin’s natural ability
IndustrySept. 10, 2015
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SK-II launches ‘Change Destiny’ campaign
Cosmetic brand SK-II launched a new campaign, “Change Destiny,” encouraging women to make their own choice in leading an active life.Global brand ambassador and actress Tang Wei shared her experience of making and standing by her choices through hardships that have led to her worldwide success at the InterContinental Hotel in southern Seoul on Thursday. She also shared her five-year experience of using SK-II products that are based on Pitera -- a naturally-fermented liquid -- that boosted her se
IndustrySept. 10, 2015
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‘U.S. probes KEPCO units for corruption’
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into allegations that several affiliates of Korea’s state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation were involved in graft, it was revealed on Thursday. According to Rep. Hong Ihk-pyo of the opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, the American authorities sent a subpoena to the KEPCO last November asking to verify allegations that the U.S.-based Peabody Energy Corporation, CMW Partners and three others paid kickbacks to
IndustrySept. 10, 2015
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Jeep launches compact SUV Renegade
Jeep, the sport utility vehicle brand that has made every tough motorist’s heart pound for decades, introduced Thursday its latest and first compact SUV, the Renegade. The first baby of the joint venture between Fiat and Chrysler has added European sophistication to the original dynamic drivability of Jeep. “The Jeep Renegade is the only real small SUV in the market. The others try to make one but they don’t have the capability,” Pablo Rosso, head of FCA Korea, told The Korea Herald at the launc
MobilitySept. 10, 2015
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Retailers strive to create own ecosystems
Shinsegae`s SSG PayRetailers are embracing digital platforms and new delivery systems to attract new customers while retaining the existing ones. Digital payment tool The market frontrunner is Shinsegae Group, which has Shinsegae Department Store, discount supermarket E-Mart, high-end grocery store SSG, online shopping mall SSG.com, Shinsegae Food restaurants and several others under its belt. The company launched SSG Pay, an app-based payment tool that can be used at all its affiliates, in A
IndustrySept. 10, 2015
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Seoul adopts proactive DMZ defense tactics
North Korea has not conducted any explosive tests required to miniaturize a nuclear warhead this year, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, indicating that Pyongyang’s technology may have gone beyond a level that requires frequent detonation experiments.During a parliamentary audit, Cho Bo-geun, chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency under the ministry, confirmed it, triggering the speculation that the North was already well on the way to being able to mount nuclear warheads on missiles.The
DefenseSept. 10, 2015
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Yun: Seoul uses public diplomacy to counter Japan’s rightward shift
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Thursday that Seoul has capitalized on its public diplomacy to respond to the rightward political shift and revisionist views of history in Japan that have worsened anti-Japanese sentiment here.“Whenever we meet Japanese opposition politicians and opinion leaders who visited Korea, we have delivered our position. Diplomatic missions in Japan have also carried out a variety of public diplomacy efforts,” he said during a parliamentary audit.“Along w
Foreign AffairsSept. 10, 2015
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‘South Korea, U.S., China need plan for nukes in post-Kim North Korea’
South Korea, the U.S. and China should initiate a mechanism to head off a possible handover of North Korean nuclear weapons to terrorist groups and boost substantive top-level talks to better prepare for the future of the peninsula, a U.S. scholar said Thursday. Robert Pape, a professor at the University of Chicago who leads its project on security and terrorism, singled out “loose nukes” as the “first and foremost” crisis that may break out following a sudden collapse of the Kim Jong-un regime
North KoreaSept. 10, 2015
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Parties to grill Lotte Group head next week
Rival parties on Thursday agreed to summon Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin as a witness during an audit session next week, ending weeks of partisan wrangling over the opposition party‘s demand to reveal the dubious web of corporate governance. The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy have also agreed to question 41 businessmen who will testify before lawmakers at the audit session. At the audit session on Sept. 17, lawmakers are expected to questio
NationalSept. 10, 2015
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Forum explores efforts for Korean unification
Some 250 top defense policymakers, military executives and academics from more than 30 countries on Thursday stressed the significance of concerted efforts of neighbors in achieving a peaceful integration of the Koreas, saying their division remains a regional threat. As the Seoul Defense Dialogue kicked off, the participants explored possible scenarios of the unification, from a “soft landing” based on a mutual consent, to a “hard landing” involving an abrupt fall of the Kim Jong-un regime or p
DefenseSept. 10, 2015
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Opposition bashes minister for silence on state history textbook
Opposition lawmakers Thursday blasted the education minister at the parliamentary audit for not providing sufficient information on its supposed drive to reinstate state-published textbooks for secondary education.Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea, who has stated that students needed to learn from “one version of history,” said that it was “inappropriate” for him to say where the ministry stands on the issue as he has not been briefed by the National Institute of Korean History on the matter. The
Social AffairsSept. 10, 2015
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Rival parties lock horns over Internet portal news
Mudslinging between the rival parties is in full swing over the ruling Saenuri Party’s public accusation that the country’s two major Internet portals are politically biased. The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy has slammed the ruling party attack as an attempt at censorship ahead of the parliamentary elections next year. At the center of the dispute is Saenuri Party chairman Rep. Kim Moo-sung, who has been unleashing remarks daily targeting Naver and Daum Kakao. The Saenuri
NationalSept. 10, 2015
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Court orders retrial for CJ head
South Korea’s Supreme court on Thursday ordered a lower court to reconsider its ruling that convicted Lee Jay-hyun, the chairman of food and media giant CJ Group, of corporate crimes. The owner of Korea’s 7th-biggest conglomerate was sentenced to three years in jail and fined 25.2 billion won ($21 million) by the lower court in September 2014 for embezzlement, breach of conduct and tax evasion in a slush fund case. Lee Jay-hyun, chairman of CJ Group (Yonhap)The 55-year-old tycoon was indicted in
Social AffairsSept. 10, 2015
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[팟캐스트](110) 남북 이산가족 상봉 합의 외 1건
진행자: 석지현, Paul Kerry 1. 남북 이산가족 상봉 합의 기사요약: 남북 적십자 대표들이 지난 7-8일 ‘무박 2일’의 마라톤 실무접촉에서 남북 이산가족 상봉 행사를 10월 20일부터 26일까지 금강산 면회소에서 하기로 합의했다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Koreas agree to hold family reunions next month [1] The two Koreas agreed Tuesday to hold reunions of families separated by the border from Oct. 20-26 at Mount Geumgangsan, facilitating the rec
PodcastSept. 10, 2015
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Sun At Food to speed up global expansion with Brazil steakhouse chain
Texas De Brazil chef Evandro Caregnato poses with models at a restaurant in Seoul. (Sun At Food)Korean restaurant operator Sun At Food hopes to make inroads in the Asian barbecue market with a newly launched Brazilian steakhouse brand. Texas de Brazil, an authentic Brazilian-American “churrascaria,” or steakhouse, founded in 1998 in the United States, opened its first restaurant in Asia under a partnership with Sun At Food in Seoul on Thursday. The firm, which operated American family restaurant
IndustrySept. 10, 2015
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Hanwha Q Cells expands solar energy business in Malaysia
Hanwha Q Cells, a Germany-based solar power business unit of Hanwha Group, is seeking to reinforce market expansion in Malaysia by introducing a module equipped with solar technology. Hanwha Q Cells has released its new high-performance solar module Q.PLUS at the International Greentech & Eco Products exhibition and conference, which kicked off in Malaysia on Wednesday.IGEM is one of Asia’s largest environmental exhibitions hosted by the Malaysian government, promoting green technology and eco-f
IndustrySept. 10, 2015
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Korea to limit pay rises for wage peak system rebels
The government plans to halve the pay hike rate of public corporations and institutions that fail to introduce the wage peak system by the end of this year, officials said Thursday.Under the plan, if the pay increases for both public servants and quasi-public servants is set at 3.4 percent next year, the rate for employees of the agencies delaying or declining to adopt the wage peak system would stay at 1.7 percent. The officials said the Steering Committee on Public Institution will decide the
Sept. 10, 2015
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Choking skies
The people of Riau, Jambi and elsewhere in Sumatra and Kalimantan would be forgiven for imagining that the government does not exist to serve them, given their annual exposure to haze and smog. For weeks, schoolchildren have been told to study at home as the predicted peak of the dry season nears. Flights have been delayed and soon the annual regional expressions of exasperation will be heard as citizens of neighboring countries will have to stay home too. Others may be wondering whether Preside
ViewpointsSept. 10, 2015
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U.S., China must listen to rest of G20
The global economy has been propelled by large-scale monetary easing by advanced countries and the high growth in China and other emerging economies. But it is now facing a change in its underlying structure. How can another world financial crisis be prevented and stable growth be achieved? It is essential for the industrialized nations and the emerging economies to strengthen cohesion and promote structural reforms and growth strategies. The communique of the finance ministers and central bank
ViewpointsSept. 10, 2015