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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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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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Concerns raised over chronic labor shortage at state-run center for digital sex crime victims
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[KH Explains] Is private equity giant MBK a risk-taker or renegade?
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[Graphic News] Hyundai, Samsung top in workers' salary
Hyundai Motor Group employees earned the highest salaries among the nation’s 10 biggest conglomerates, data showed Sunday.According to a report released by market researcher CEO Score, the average annual wage of workers at Hyundai Motor Group affiliates was 91.7 million won ($78,700) last year. The conglomerate was followed by Samsung (87.5 million won), Hyundai Heavy Industries (75.9 million won), SK (74.8 million won) and POSCO (73.7 million).Hyundai Department Store Group among conglomerates
Latest NewsAug. 10, 2015
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[뉴스포커스] 해변 성추행 잡기 쉽지 않다
Sexual harassment on beaches remain tricky to tackleIn 2013, police arrested a high school student for taking secret pictures of a woman’s body from a distance using his smartphone. The 17-year-old had been hiding under a large parasol on a beach in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, and took pictures of the woman swimming in the ocean wearing a swimsuit using his phone’s zoom feature. The teen was caught by one of police officers on patrol at the time. But the victim, an 18-year-old female s
PodcastAug. 10, 2015
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[에니즈] 수 십년 된 원망
Decades-old resentmentDear Annie: My wife and I have been married for 40 years. When we were first dating, my future wife unexpectedly set me aside to explore the possibilities of seeing another man. It was a difficult time for me. The other man was a mutual acquaintance, for whom I didn‘t much care, which intensified my hurt. Within two months, they stopped seeing one another, and in due time, we started dating again, fell in love and married. Sounds good -- and it has been. But I have one ment
PodcastAug. 10, 2015
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[테마회화] 영화보러 가기
Going to the Cinema영화보러 가기Joe: Hey Melanie, I am afraid I can’t make it on Sunday.Joe: 어이, 멜라니, 일요일 약속 못 지킬 것 같아.Melanie: Oh, that’s a pity. What’s happened?Melanie: 저런 그거 참 안됐군. 무슨 일이야?Joe: I’ve realised that I already arranged to meet another friend at the same time. Do you think we could do the cinema another time?Joe: 같은 시간에 다른 친구를 만나기로 했던 것을 막 알았어. 영화 보러 다음에 갈 수 있을까?Melanie: Of course, when is good for you?Melanie: 물론, 언제가 좋은데?Joe: I’m flexible, anytime but Sunday really.Joe: 정말 일요일 빼고는 언제라
PodcastAug. 10, 2015
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[번역스쿨] 목표설정의 중요성
[예제 221] Mere involvement and simple acceptance do not necessarily lead to the development of authentic self-esteem because they can convey the mistaken impression that self-esteem is automatic, not earned. Clearly defined expectations and well-maintained limits are parental attitudes and behaviors associated with developing positive self-esteem in children. Setting high but not impossible expectations, for instance, involves providing clear standards that help the development of the skills nece
PodcastAug. 10, 2015
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BMW, Mercedes-Benz enter premium taxi market
Mercedes-Benz’s new E350 BlueTEC 4MATIC BMW 530d xDrive BMW and Mercedes-Benz will compete in the local premium taxi market from October as the two German luxury carmakers’ best-selling mid-size luxury saloons were selected for a pilot project last week. Seoul City designed the project, partnering with a local taxi association and Daum Kakao, the nation’s biggest messaging company, to cope with app-based international taxi service providers like Uber. According to High&, the Seoul City-inv
MobilityAug. 9, 2015
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LGE likely to benefit from China’s growing OLED activity
More Chinese TV-makers are jumping on the bandwagon to roll out organic light-emitting diode TVs, increasing their presence in the global OLED TV market.Market officials said the rise of the Chinese OLED TV makers would be more of a boon than bane for LG Electronics and LG Display, which have been striving for the past couple of years to expand the market for the display. LG Electronics’ 65-inch UHD OLED TV. LGEThe Chinese TV-makers that have thrown their hats into the ring include Skyworth, Hi
IndustryAug. 9, 2015
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Ex-first lady Lee fails to meet N.K. leader Kim
Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, returned home Saturday without the much-anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, dashing hopes for a breakthrough in cross-border relations.Her failure to hold the meeting -- which had been expected by some as the Seoul government had discounted her trip as a personal one -- reconfirmed Kim’s poor diplomatic skills, analysts said, noting that his ineptitude was also demonstrated by his refusal to attend Russia’
North KoreaAug. 9, 2015
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Sex crimes at schools left unchecked
A group of high school teachers hang out at a local karaoke bar. One of the teachers, a man in his 50s, approaches a female teacher in her 30s and invites her to dance the blues with him. She rejects, but the man does not take no for an answer and the playful approach turns into an ugly scuffle involving unwanted physical contact, buttons torn apart and the victim striking the attacker with a microphone. All of thishappened with around 10 of their colleagues watching, including the school princi
Social AffairsAug. 9, 2015
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Parties, government up pressure over Lotte governance
Political parties and the government are upping pressure to revamp conglomerates’ governance structures, as Lotte’s succession dispute is fanning public antipathy toward conglomerates. Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, Seoul (Yonhap)Rep. Shin Hak-yong of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy and 12 fellow minor party members proposed a bill expanding domestic regulations on conglomerates to their overseas businesses.According to the bill, conglomerates would be prohibited from esta
IndustryAug. 9, 2015
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[Newsmaker] Nagasaki marks 70th anniversary of bombing
Japan on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki that claimed more than 74,000 lives almost instantly, in one of the final chapters of World War II.Bells tolled and tens of thousands of people, including ageing survivors and the relatives of victims, observed a minute’s silence at 11:02 a.m., the exact moment the blast devastated the port city on Aug. 9, 1945. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a wreath during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Naga
World NewsAug. 9, 2015
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Majority of Koreans distrust government: OECD study
Almost 70 percent of South Koreans distrust their government, while less than 30 percent of them are confident in the nation’s judicial system, a report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed on Sunday. According to Government at a Glance 2015 report, which surveyed 1,000 citizens in each OECD country, only 34 percent of the Koreans who participated in the research last year answered “yes” to the question “Do you have confidence in your national government?”
Social AffairsAug. 9, 2015
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‘Mercedes me’ reaches out to Busan’s young drivers
Mercedes-Benz Korea is running a pop-up promotion space dubbed “The Mercedes me” in Busan through Aug. 30 to mingle with a wider range of drivers in the Southeast of the country. This is the second such shop opened by the German carmaker, following the success of the first one near the trendy Garosu-gil district in southern Seoul last year. The Mercedes me Busan store in Gwangalli, Busan (Mercedes-Benz Korea)“We dedicate this place to everyone who is willing to experience the Mercedes-Benz in a
MobilityAug. 9, 2015
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Switzerland marks national day with classical music
The Swiss embassy celebrated the country’s national day event with classical and traditional music that struck a chord of harmony among the participants. The Music Alps in Seongnam, a music festival born of a partnership between Zurich and the city of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, kicked off on Aug. 1 for two weeks at Seongnam Arts Center, coinciding with the Swiss National Day. Yodel group Korea Alpenrose Oergeli Kapelle at the Music Alps in Seongnam. Joel Lee / The Korea HeraldAs an exchange pr
Foreign AffairsAug. 9, 2015
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[Editorial] Divided in time
In an abrupt move not unusual for the isolated North Korean regime, its official news agency said Friday that the communist state would push back its standard time by 30 minutes starting on Aug. 15. “The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time,” the Korean Central News Agency said in announcing the measure to take effect on the 70th anniversary of the end of Japan’s colonial rule over the peninsula. Currently, South and North
EditorialAug. 9, 2015
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[Editorial] No leniency
President Park Geun-hye is expected to convene a Cabinet meeting Thursday to finalize the scope of the special pardons to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule. A committee under the Justice Ministry is to draw up a preliminary list of people to be granted the presidential pardon during its meeting Monday. Park has said this year’s Aug. 15 Liberation Day should serve as an occasion for the nation to be proud of what it has accomplished over the past decades a
EditorialAug. 9, 2015
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Parties slam reported omission of ‘apology’ in Abe’s draft
South Korean political parties on Sunday lambasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday on reports that the draft of his speech marking the end of World War II this week would not include any words of apology. The Asahi Shimbun reported that the draft of Abe’s statement does not include the word “apology” to Asian countries, which was included in two past landmark statements, according to the draft that he showed the executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition
PoliticsAug. 9, 2015
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India celebrates national independence on Aug. 15
India joins Korea in celebrating its own independence from colonialism on Aug. 15. Colonial India’s last viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten of Britain, chose the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II in 1947 as the date to transfer power to the new Republic of India, ending 90 years of dominion. Unlike Japan, which forsook its 36-year occupation of Korea following a military defeat, Britain relinquished its colonial grip voluntarily as escalating anti-British uprisings threatened
Foreign AffairsAug. 9, 2015
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Coway to be put up for auction
Korean private-equity firm MBK Partners plans to sell off its controlling stake in Korean water and air-purifier-maker Coway, which is valued at around 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion), industry sources said Sunday. MBK Partners, the biggest shareholder of Coway with a 30.9 percent stake, hired U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs to broker the sale. “MBK is considering the sale process and other measures as many potential buyers lined up for the acquisition and it’s been nearly three years since the
IndustryAug. 9, 2015
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BMW, Mercedes-Benz enter premium taxi market
BMW 530d xDrive. BMW KoreaBMW and Mercedes-Benz will compete in the local premium taxi market from October as the two German luxury carmakers’ best-selling mid-size luxury saloons were selected for a pilot project last week. Mercedes-Benz’s new E350 BlueTEC 4MATIC. Mercedes-Benz KoreaSeoul City designed the project, partnering with a local taxi association and Daum Kakao, the nation’s biggest messaging company, to provide competition with app-based international taxi service providers like Uber
MobilityAug. 9, 2015