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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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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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Military aircraft evacuating S. Koreans in Lebanon returns home
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Concerns raised over chronic labor shortage at state-run center for digital sex crime victims
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BTS-themed moon jar to be unveiled on Hangeul Day
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Samsung, Hyundai chiefs to accompany Yoon on Singapore trip
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1,430 minors investigated for drug offenses from 2018 to 2023: police
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[Robert Fouser] Why the US election looks so close
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Kazakh-Korean figure skater dreams of Olympics at home
Denis Ten has been the most accomplished figure skater to come out of Kazakhstan, having bagged an Olympic bronze and a world championships silver. Now the 22-year-old is trying to duplicate such success off the ice, as Almaty tries to win the right to host the 2022 Winter Games.As an athlete ambassador for the bidding committee for the largest city in Kazakhstan, which is battling Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ten on Wednesday gushed about the progress Almaty has made."Our idea and conc
Olympic GamesJuly 29, 2015
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Import settlements in euro, won up in Q2
The portion of the euro and the Korean won used to settle imports to South Korea both rose to a fresh high in the second quarter, central bank data showed Wednesday.The use of the euro accounted for 6.3 percent of all import settlements in the April-June period, the highest level since 6.3 percent in the third quarter of 2009, according to the data by the Bank of Korea.The portion of the Korean won in import settlements, meanwhile, hit a record 4.6 percent, compared with 4.2 percent three months
July 29, 2015
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N. Korean FM to attend regional meeting in Malaysia: official
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong will attend a regional meeting of foreign ministers in Malaysia next week, a Malaysian foreign ministry official said Wednesday.North Korea has informed Malaysia of Ri's attendance at the ASEAN Regional Forum to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 6, the official told Yonhap News Agency by phone, requesting anonymity.Whether Ri would attend the forum has been the focus of attention as it could set the stage for a meeting between the two Koreas' top diplomats.
North KoreaJuly 29, 2015
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Park calls Mongolia's transition to democracy good role model
President Park Geun-hye said Wednesday that Mongolia's successful transition to democracy is a good role model for the international community.Mongolia's case "could help contribute to spreading democracy and establishing peace in Northeast Asia," Park said in a video message at a ceremony in Ulaanbaatar to mark the 25th anniversary of Mongolia's first free elections after decades of socialism.Mongolia has become one of the most vibrant democracies in the word after its political transition with
InternationalJuly 29, 2015
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S. Korean steel firms face anti-dumping suit in U.S.
South Korean steelmakers have been sued by their rivals in the United States on anti-dumping charges, a trade association here said Wednesday. AK Steel and four other major U.S. steelmakers filed anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions against South Korea and seven other countries, according to the Korea International Trade Association. The petitions, filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce, claim that the unfairly imported steel products are hur
July 29, 2015
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Bae Yong-joon foots dinner bill for fans after wedding
“Winter Sonata” actor Bae Yong-joon footed the dinner bill for some 200 of his fans who visited the hotel where his wedding took place Monday, local reports said Tuesday. Bae married actress Park Soo-jin at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill hotel in a private ceremony attended only by family and close friends. (Yonhap)About 200 fans, many of whom flew from Japan, lined up in front of the hotel to catch a glimpse of the 43-year-old star and congratulate him on his nuptials. According to the reports
July 29, 2015
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S. Korea's MERS cases, fatalities remain flat
The number of people diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South Korea remained fixed at 186 on Wednesday as the country reported no additional cases of the disease for the 24th straight day.The country's death toll from the disease also remained flat at 36 with no additional fatalities over the past 18 days, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.Out of the 186 people diagnosed so far, 12 still remain hospitalized though 11 of them have already tested negative for the dise
Social AffairsJuly 29, 2015
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Microsoft launches Windows 10 in S. Korea
Microsoft Corp. released its latest operating system in South Korea on Wednesday, offering one single platform that works on PCs, as well as smartphones, as the world's top software giant sets its sights on claiming the mobile and cloud segments.Windows 10 for desktops and tablet PCs is now available for purchase, with the mobile version to be introduced later in the year, its local unit said at a press briefing. The price for Windows 10 Home, the version for general users, is set at 172,000 won
IndustryJuly 29, 2015
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China touts its intervention in Korean War as Kim Jong-un pays tribute
China has touted its intervention in the 1950-53 Korean War as an "indelible mark on history" of its friendship with North Korea after the North's leader Kim Jong-un paid tribute to the Chinese soldiers killed during the war. The Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, when tank-led North Korean troops invaded South Korea. The United States and 20 other allied countries fought on the side of South Korea under the United Nations flag, while Chinese soldiers came to help North Korea. The conflict e
InternationalJuly 29, 2015
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S. Korean women face glass ceiling in C-suite: data
More than seven out of 10 major South Korean firms have no female executives, data showed Wednesday, indicating that women here face a glass ceiling in the C-suite.As of the end of March, 73.9 percent of the 284 affiliates under the country's top 30 business groups said they have no female workers at the executive level, according to the data compiled by market tracker CEO Score. Likewise, the proportion of high-level corporate officials among each of the sexes also showed a stark contrast. Only
July 29, 2015
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Opposition lawmaker summoned for alleged bribery
An opposition lawmaker was summoned by the prosecution Wednesday for questioning over allegedly accepting bribes.Rep. Park Ki-choon of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy is suspected of receiving money and valuables such as luxury watches and bags worth some hundreds of millions of won from the head of a distribution agency, only known by his surname Kim.Kim was indicted for embezzling 4.5 billion won ($3.86 million) in company funds earlier this month.Prosecutors of the Seoul Central Distr
PoliticsJuly 29, 2015
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S. Korean forestry experts visit N. Korea
A group of forestry experts and officials from a South Korean operator of an inter-Korean tour program visited a North Korean mountain on the east coast Wednesday to check pine trees damaged apparently by a drought.Eight officials from the state-run Korea Forest Research Institute and Hyundai Asan crossed the inter-Korean border earlier in the day for a three-day visit to look into what went wrong with the pine trees at Mount Kumgang, according to the Unification Ministry."Some pine trees at the
North KoreaJuly 29, 2015
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Pelosi says Abe should make clearer statement about sexual slavery
U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should make a clearer statement on the country's wartime sexual enslavement of women, according to a South Korean lawmaker.Pelosi made the remark during a meeting with Rep. Kim Moo-sung, chairman of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party and other party lawmakers, as Kim expressed gratitude for her role in passing a landmark 2007 House resolution on the issue, according to Rep. Na Kyung-won, chairwoman of the p
InternationalJuly 29, 2015
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In Beijing, memories of Korean independence activist fade
For most Koreans, the Wangfujing shopping street in central Beijing is a bustling tourist destination filled with Western-style department stores and shops where they can buy everything they can name. But, few of them might know that there is an aging building near Wangfujing, which was used by the Japanese military police as a prison where Yi Yuk-sa (1904-1944), one of Korea's most famous poets and an independence activist, died. Universally known by his pen name, Yi's works symbolize the spiri
InternationalJuly 29, 2015
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N. Korea completes upgrade of rocket site, shows no signs of launch preparations yet
North Korea has completed construction to upgrade its main rocket launch facility, but is still showing no signs of preparations to launch a long-range rocket or missile from the facility, a U.S. research institute said Wednesday.The website 38 North made the assessment citing recent satellite imagery of the North's Sohae Satellite Launching Station.South Korean officials said last week the North completed upgrading the facility to enable it to handle bigger rockets, and a launch could come arou
North KoreaJuly 29, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. agree to on-site probe of Osan base next week over anthrax shipment
South Korea and the United States will conduct a joint on-site investigation of the U.S. Forces Korea's Osan Air Base next week over an accidental shipment of a live anthrax sample sent there in April, the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday.A joint working group that was launched earlier this month to look into the delivery mishap will visit the biological laboratory inside the Osan base, south of Seoul, on Aug. 6 in order to "personally verify and assess the overall process of the acci
InternationalJuly 29, 2015
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U.S. lawmakers urge Abe to offer sincere apology for sexual slavery
U.S. lawmakers urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday to offer a sincere apology for the country's wartime sexual enslavement of women as two surviving victims sued Tokyo for damages for insulting them as prostitutes.The victims, both in their 90s, filed the suit with a federal court in San Francisco, demanding $20 million in damages each.Named as defendants were the Japanese government, the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito, former Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and seven Japa
InternationalJuly 29, 2015
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Ruling party chief: U.S. more important than China
South Korea's ruling party chief has said the United States is more important to the country than China, stressing Washington is the "irreplaceable" ally for Seoul."I think we should not forget that the U.S. is the irreplaceable, unequaled and only ally for us," Kim said during a meeting with South Korean correspondents in Washington on Monday."So I came here for parliamentary diplomacy aimed at reaffirming the alliance through meetings with congressional leaders and government officials."Kim ha
InternationalJuly 29, 2015
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S. Korea urges Japan not to whitewash wartime history
South Korea urged Japan on Tuesday not to gloss over its history as some Japanese ruling party lawmakers claimed that its government should actively tackle the global community's misunderstanding over its wartime sex slavery.A committee under the Liberal Democratic Party plans to submit a proposal to the government saying that Japan should be more active in correcting what is wrongfully understood over the sex slave issue, according to Japanese media.Japan's sexual enslavement of Korean and othe
Foreign AffairsJuly 28, 2015
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‘Chinese superrich to sustain growth despite economic slowdown’
Despite the continued economic slowdown and a recent big stock market crash in China, the number of Chinese dollar billionaires is expected to hit a record high of 450 this year, up 26 percent from 358 in 2014, an expert on successful Chinese individuals said. Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher of Hurun Report“Wealth creation in China has been extraordinary over the past 16 years. There was only one dollar billionaire when I started doing research on China’s rich people back in 199
IndustryJuly 28, 2015