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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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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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Slew of top K-pop stars ready to return from military
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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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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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Herald Design Tech 2015
Herald Corp. launches the Herald Design Tech 2015, a project that aims to merge design and technology to create innovative design for future. The 100-day project, co-organized with Seoul Design Foundation, invites designers and engineers to work together to create collaborative works. The project will kick off on Aug. 27 with a preparation session that gathers designers and engineers together to discuss the importance of collaboration between design and technology and among different fields of e
Arts & DesignAug. 18, 2015
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[Photo News] Card issuers get smart
CARD ISSUERS GET SMART -- Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it would collaborate with 10 credit card companies to nurture the Samsung Pay mobile payment service. Executives from the tech giant and the card firms, including KB Kookmin Card, Woori Card and Samsung Card, pose at a meeting to map out ways to work together on the mobile payment system in Seoul, Tuesday. (Samsung Electronics)
TechnologyAug. 18, 2015
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Gov't to create new cultural facility in Seoul
The government said Tuesday it will construct a multipurpose cultural facility where foreigners can experience traditional Korean culture in Seoul's city center.The facility, named the "K-Experience," will be located next to Gyeongbok Palace, at the former site of a residential building for the U.S. Embassy.Separately, the gymnastics stadium in Seoul's Olympic Park will be transformed into an outdoor K-pop concert hall with 15,000 seats by 2017, the government said.These were included in a compr
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015
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Military chief orders powerful retaliation against N. Korean provocation
The military chief ordered front-line soldiers Tuesday to react with "powerful retaliation" to any recurrence of North Korean provocations at the border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said."If the enemy provokes again, do not hesitate and retaliate resolutely and powerfully," Adm. Choi Yoon-hee, chairman of the JCS, told the commander of a military unit on the eastern border, according to the JCS.Choi visited the front-line unit earlier in the day to inspect its combat readiness posture in the wake
DefenseAug. 18, 2015
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N. Korea repeats call for ending Seoul-Washington military drills
North Korea repeated its demand Tuesday for South Korea and the United States to suspend their ongoing joint military drills, calling them a "blatant" provocation against the North.South Korea and the U.S. kicked off their annual joint military drills on Monday, which Pyongyang has denounced as a war rehearsal for an invasion of the North. The North called the military exercises a "declaration of war.""If the joint military drills are suspended, thereby setting the stage for reconciliation betwe
InternationalAug. 18, 2015
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Grandson of revered patriot denies corruption charges
A former veterans minister and grandson of one of the most revered patriots Tuesday denied charges he helped a foreign defense firm win a bid to build military helicopters in exchange for kickbacks.Kim Yang, former head of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, is suspected to have lobbied senior military officers to pick the Anglo-Italian AW159 Wildcat as its new multi-mission maritime helicopter, while receiving 1.4 billion won ($1.22 million) from the company.The 62-year-old was hired
PoliticsAug. 18, 2015
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Korea dismisses rumors of China blast impact
The South Korean government Tuesday denied local rumors that toxic chemicals from the Tianjin blast in China may affect the peninsula.Unidentified online rumors have spread in the country that the toxic substance allegedly leaked from the Chinese blast site last week would likely affect the peninsula. The postings included those who claimed the U.S. Embassy in China had warned people to avoid exposure to the rain as sodium cyanide has leaked into the air. On Sunday, Beijing news outlets reported
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015
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Chinese expert hopes Park will attend WWII ceremony in Beijing
A Chinese expert voiced hope Tuesday that South Korean President Park Geun-hye will visit Beijing early next month to attend events marking the end of World War II, claiming that it could help ensure regional stability. Wang Junsheng, an associate professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, also suggested that Park could skip a scheduled military parade, which could highlight a rivalry between China and Japan, during her possible visit to Beijing. Most Western leaders are unlikely to at
InternationalAug. 18, 2015
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Politicians mark 6th anniversary of Kim Dae-jung's death
Politicians and families paid tribute Tuesday to the late President Kim Dae-jung as they marked the sixth death anniversary of the former pro-democracy champion under the country's authoritarian governments.Kim, a liberal icon, was a vocal critic of the 1961-79 authoritarian rule of former President Park Chung-hee -- the father of current President Park Geun-hye -- and almost lost his life while protesting against the regime.While serving as president from 1998 to 2003, he held the first-ever in
PoliticsAug. 18, 2015
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Imported carbonated drinks cost far more than abroad
Imported carbonated beverages are sold at much higher prices in the local market than abroad, a consumer advocacy group said Tuesday, advising consumers to make prudent decisions on buying those products.According to the Korean Woman's Federation for Consumers, the price difference between carbonated drinks sold in the country of origin and South Korea reached as high as 7.9 times. Prices for the same products differed considerably depending on where it was purchased, making it important for peo
Aug. 18, 2015
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IOC President Bach to visit S. Korea
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, will visit South Korea this week to meet with sponsors of the upcoming Winter Olympics to be held here, officials said Tuesday.The organizing committee of the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang said Bach will arrive in South Korea on Wednesday for a two-day visit. He will attend a luncheon hosted by Cho Yang-ho, head of the organizing committee, with representatives from the corporate sponsors of the 2018 Olympics also on hand.Bach wil
Olympic GamesAug. 18, 2015
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Yozma Group to open startup center in S. Korea
Yozma Group, which operates global tech venture capital funds, said Tuesday it will open a startup support center in South Korea by the end of this year to help local ventures tap into overseas markets.During a meeting with ICT Minister Choi Yang-hee, Yigal Erlich, who heads the Israeli investment firm, said the support center, set to be located in Pangyo, southeast of Seoul, will lend support to local ventures firms.Around one year ago, the group unveiled a plan to invest 1 trillion won ($844 m
IndustryAug. 18, 2015
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Mobile carrier KT rolls out new mobile wallet app
KT Corp., South Korea's second-largest mobile carrier, unveiled Tuesday a new mobile wallet app that picks the best credit card or discount coupon benefits for a user to pay for a certain service, as the company pushes deeper into the mobile payment platform business. Its new smart wallet, CLiP, can organize discounts or pay-by-installments at designated stores -- common ancillary services offered by credit card companies in South Korea -- to tell the user which card is the most beneficial for t
TechnologyAug. 18, 2015
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Japanese documents show forced recruitment of Korean women as wartime sex slaves
China has been unveiling a series of Japanese documents since earlier this week, again showing that the Japanese Imperial Army forced Korean women to work in military-run brothels serving its soldiers during World War II.The Chinese State Archives Administration released the documents, written by the Japanese military in the 1940s, ahead of a Sept. 3 military parade marking the end of the war that is expected to highlight what Beijing calls the "War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression." It
InternationalAug. 18, 2015
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Gov't pushing to fuel growth despite challenges: finance minister
The government plans to come up with measures to fuel economic growth despite mounting challenges that could derail recovery efforts, the top economic policymaker said Tuesday.Addressing lawmakers at the National Assembly's Special Committee on Budget and Accounts in Seoul, Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan pointed out that external and internal problems were posing problems for Asia's fourth-largest economy.South Korea's growth was helped by a combination of low crude oil prices, low interest ra
Aug. 18, 2015
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Park consoles two soldiers injured in N. Korean mine attack
President Park Geun-hye has personally called and consoled the two young soldiers who were severely injured in the recent North Korean mine attack in the demilitarized zone, a government official said Tuesday.The two staff sergeants, surnamed Kim and Hah, are recovering in hospitals after they lost limbs in the mine explosion on Aug. 4.Last week, the South Korean military blamed North Korea for secretly burying the land mines in the South Korea-controlled half of the DMZ. "I was very surprised a
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015
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S. Korea to begin work to recover sunken ferry this week
South Korea will launch its multimillion dollar project this week to recover the Sewol ferry, nearly 10 months after the country stopped searching for the nine people still missing from the tragic sinking.According to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, divers from a Chinese consortium will go under water Wednesday to check the current condition of the sunken passenger ship.The 6,825-ton ferry sank off the country's west coast on April 16, 2014, killing 304 people. A consortium led by China'
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015
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Salaries of Samsung Electronics execs tumble in H1
The salaries of major executives at tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. plunged in the first half of the year, data showed Tuesday, amid a slump in sales of its smartphone business.Shin Jong-kyun, head of the handset maker's mobile division, was paid 1.64 billion won ($1.38 million) in the first six months of the year, down 85.5 percent from the 11.3 billion won he received a year earlier, according to the data compiled by market tracker Chaebul.com.Kwon Oh-hyun, the head of Samsung's semiconduct
IndustryAug. 18, 2015
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Koreas agree on 5-pct hike in minimum wage for Gaeseong workers
South and North Korea have agreed to hike the minimum wage by 5 percent for North Korean workers at a joint industrial park in the North, a government official said Tuesday, a move that will help resolve a monthslong row.The two Koreas have been embroiled in a dispute following North Korea's unilateral decision to hike the minimum wage by 5.18 percent for the about 55,000 North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name.The quasi-state committees
North KoreaAug. 18, 2015
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S. Korea, Cuba can normalize ties earlier than expected: Havana official
South Korea and Cuba could normalize their diplomatic relations earlier than expected as the two countries have already laid the groundwork through various exchanges, a senior Cuban official said.Erasmo Lazcano Lopez, vice president of the Jose Marti Cultural Society, made the remark in an interview with Yonhap News Agency last week on the eve of a landmark ceremony to raise the U.S. flag at the U.S. Embassy in Havana after the two countries re-established diplomatic relations.Lopez said the nor
InternationalAug. 18, 2015