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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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Man escapes DUI charges by downing bottle of soju while pulled over
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35% of S. Koreans view unification 'unnecessary'
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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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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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Controversial cult leader’s sentence reduced to 17 years
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Park's approval rating jumps to more than 50 pct
President Park Geun-hye's job approval rating reached more than 50 percent following a high-profile visit to China, a poll showed Monday.In Beijing, She met with her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and attended a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of China's victory over Japan in World War II. A poll released by polling agency Realmeter showed 50.4 percent of people approved of the job Park is doing, up 1.2 percentage points from a week earlier.Those who disapproved of Park's job performance
PoliticsSept. 7, 2015
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N. Korea urges U.S. forces withdrawal from S. Korea
North Korea urged the United States on Monday to withdraw its forces from South Korea, saying that a recent inter-Korean deal on easing military tension shows their own capacity to protect the peace without outside help.North Korea has condemned the joint military drills between Seoul and Washington as a war rehearsal for invasion against the North, consistently calling on the U.S. to withdraw its 28,500 forces stationed in the South.An unidentified spokesman from North Korea's foreign ministry
North KoreaSept. 7, 2015
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'Powerhouse of Asian culture' opens to public
A national multipurpose cultural center partially opened its doors to the public on Friday after nearly a decade of construction in the southwestern provincial city of Gwangju.The Asia Culture Center was built on the site of the old provincial government building of South Jeolla Province, a space that symbolizes the May 18, 1980, people's democratic uprising in Gwangju, 329 kilometers south of Seoul.The construction began in 2005 as part of then President Roh Moo-hyun's plan to foster Gwangju as
Social AffairsSept. 7, 2015
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Can milk exports resolve domestic oversupply?
(123RF)Korea has resumed exporting sterilized milk to China after 14 months of suspension, as Maeil Dairy shipped 6 tons of milk to the nation’s largest trade partner on July 21.The Korean dairy industry is pinning high hopes on the exports to help consume the nation’s record-high oversupply.Milk exports were suspended in May last year after China adopted a new certification system for foreign dairy products, banning imports from foreign players without the fresh certification. Yet experts remai
Sept. 7, 2015
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S. Korea, Australia to hold joint talks of foreign, defense ministers this week
South Korea and Australia will hold their joint meeting of foreign and defense ministers this week to discuss tightening bilateral collaboration in the security and defense sectors, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday.The so-called two-plus-two dialogue set for Friday will bring together Defense Minister Han Min-koo, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and their Aussie counterparts, Kevin Andrews and Julie Bishop, in Sydney, according to a news release from the ministry. The forthcoming event
InternationalSept. 7, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. launch joint 3-day drill against bio threats
South Korea and the United States launched a joint anti-biological exercise on Monday to step up their combined response to potential biological attacks, the Ministry of National Defense said.The three-day Able Response 15 exercise will involve the defense departments of the allies as well as the local health ministry and dozens of other institutions, according to the ministry. "The latest South Korea-U.S. biological defense exercise will examine and enhance the countries' combined response syst
DefenseSept. 7, 2015
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Woori Bank starts Samsung Pay service in S. Korea
South Korea's No. 2 lender Woori Bank started accepting Samsung Electronics Co.'s mobile payment tool Monday, sources said, paving the way for the tech behemoth to expand the new business.Nautilus Hyosung Inc., a banking technology firm, said Samsung Pay will be accepted at some 1,000 automated teller machines operated by Woori Bank across the nation.Nautilus Hyosung said it will expand the service to other banks in the future.Samsung Pay, launched in South Korea on Aug. 20, stands out from othe
IndustrySept. 7, 2015
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N. Korea's all-female music band disappears from broadcasts
A popular all-female music band in North Korea has disappeared from the North's broadcasts since mid-July, spawning speculation over a possible breakup of the group created three years ago.The Moranbong Band, dubbed a North Korean girl group, was established in July 2012 by the North's young leader, Kim Jong-un, featuring Western-style music and outfits.Without clear reasons, the band's members have not appeared on programs aired by the North's Korean Central Television since July 15, with only
North KoreaSept. 7, 2015
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Park calls for compromise on labor reform
President Park Geun-hye called Monday for a compromise on reforming South Korea's rigid labor market to create jobs for young people.Labor and management should "make concessions and find a wise solution," Park said in a meeting with senior officials in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province, noting time is running short for a deal.Park has repeatedly called for efforts to revive South Korea's faltering economy and to reform the labor sector, warning that everybody would stand to lose unless labor ref
PoliticsSept. 7, 2015
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S. Korea to send 2,500-ton warship to Indonesian naval parade
A 2,500-ton South Korean warship will depart the country this week to participate in a naval parade in Indonesia next week, the Navy said Monday.The guide missile-equipped frigate Jeonbuk will depart from a naval base in the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday to participate in the Sail Tomini 2015, an international naval parade, marking the 70th anniversary of Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands.Five more countries will take part in the naval parade to be held on Oct. 19: the Unite
InternationalSept. 7, 2015
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BOK forecast to hold rate, focus on financial stability
South Korea's central bank is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at a record-low this month as it continues to assess the impact of previous rate cuts and gauge the timing of a U.S. rate hike, a poll showed Monday.A whopping 13 out of 15 economists surveyed by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news arm of Yonhap News Agency, projected the Bank of Korea to hold its policy rate steady at 1.5 percent at its monthly rate-setting meeting Friday.In efforts to bolster growth in Asia's fourth-
Sept. 7, 2015
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Senior N. Korean official's attendance at China parade reflects traditional friendship
The attendance of a senior North Korean official at a military parade marking the end of World War II in Beijing last week demonstrated a traditional friendship between the allies, the Chinese Ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has said. Choe Ryong-hae, secretary of the Central Committee of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, attended the Chinese military parade Thursday, along with about 30 heads of state, including South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
North KoreaSept. 7, 2015
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Man indicted over threat to blow up ex-first lady's plane
A man has been detained and indicted on charges of sending letters to local media threatening to blow up the plane that the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung planned to take on her recent visit to North Korea, prosecutors said Monday.The 33-year-old, surnamed Park, is suspected of writing a one-page letter threatening to blow up the plane on either the departure or the return of Lee Hee-ho's trip to the North last month, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office said, addi
Social AffairsSept. 7, 2015
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Lotte Group ranks first in fair trade violations
Retail giant Lotte Group ranked No. 1 among South Korea's family-controlled conglomerates in terms of violations of the country's fair trade rules, a report showed Monday.The report by the Fair Trade Commission sent to Rep. Shin Hak-yong's office, revealed that Lotte topped the list for breaking rules aimed at preventing market distortions in the last 10 years.The antitrust agency's report covered the country's five conglomerates or chaebol.During the 10-year period, Lotte, the fifth-largest con
IndustrySept. 7, 2015
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S. Korea to send 4,500-ton destroyer to Japan's naval parade
South Korea will dispatch one of its 4,500-ton destroyers to a naval parade in Japan next month and conduct a joint search and rescue exercise with the neighbor, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday.The guided missiles-equipped Navy destroyer Dae Joyeong will be sent to join the fleet parade to be held by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Oct. 18, a ministry official said.The destroyer, built in 2003, is capable of accommodating 200 crewmen and sailing at a speed of 28 knots. The
InternationalSept. 7, 2015
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S. Korea ranks 2nd in China's cosmetics market
South Korean cosmetics exports to China more than tripled in the first seven months of this year on rising popularity of its pop culture to rank second in the Chinese market, data showed Monday.China imported $378.3 million worth of South Korean cosmetics in the January-July period, up a whopping 250.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the Korea International Trade Association.The amount accounted for 22.1 percent of China's total cosmetics imports valued at $1.67 bi
IndustrySept. 7, 2015
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Deputy FM to visit Iran for policy talks
South Korea's deputy foreign minister will visit Iran this week for policy talks with his counterpart amid renewed interest in business opportunities there following a landmark nuclear deal, a government official said Monday.Kim Hong-kyun plans to visit Tehran for two days starting Friday and meet with Ibrahim Rahimpour, deputy minister for Asia and Pacific affairs, for their countries' annual high-level policy talks.The trip comes two months after Iran and the so-called P5+1 -- Britain, France,
InternationalSept. 7, 2015
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I get cold feet when I have to go there.난 거기 가야 할 때마다 겁이 난단 말이야!Chris: What‘s wrong with you? Your face is swollen. Chris: 너 무슨 일 있니? 얼굴이 부어 올랐는데 John: My jaw aches. I think it might be caused by a toothache. John: 턱이 아파. 내 생각에는 치통 때문인 것도 같아. Chris: Let me see. No wonder it hurts! Why didn’t you go to see a dentist right away? Chris: 어디 보자. 이러니 당연히 아플 수 밖에! 왜 바로 치과에 가지 않았어? John: Oh, I hate dentists. I‘ve been putting it off because it always scares me. I get cold feet when I have to go there. B
PodcastSept. 7, 2015
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Powell: N. Korea would be committing suicide if it used nuclear weapons
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that North Korea and Iran would be committing suicide if they used nuclear weapons.Powell, America's top diplomat from 2001-2005 in the administration of George W. Bush, made the remark on NBC's "Meet the Press" as he expressed support for the landmark nuclear deal that the administration of President Barack Obama struck with Iran."The North Korean deal was flawed from the 1994 original agreement all the way through, and after a while my vi
North KoreaSept. 7, 2015
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Senior U.S. diplomat to visit Seoul for health security conference
A senior U.S. official will visit South Korea this week for an international health security conference set to bring together health officials and experts from around the world, the State Department said Sunday.Judith Garber, acting assistant secretary in charge of oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, will be in Seoul on Monday to attend the Global Health Security Agenda high-level meeting as the senior representative of the State Department, it said.The conference, whi
PoliticsSept. 7, 2015