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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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Military aircraft evacuating S. Koreans in Lebanon returns home
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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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BTS-themed moon jar to be unveiled on Hangeul Day
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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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Market uncertain on Korea's October rate cut despite slowed inflation
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Police ban activists from floating anti-N. Korean leaflets
Hundreds of police cordoned off an area near the border with North Korea Monday to prevent South Korean activists from floating leaflets critical of North Korea, police said.About 10 conservative activists said they had planned to launch balloons carrying about 30,000 leaflets at Imjingak near the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas.The activists could not float the balloons as about 400 police officers and riot police with no riot gear banned them from accessing the original launch
North KoreaJuly 27, 2015
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Opposition lawmaker to be summoned for alleged bribery
An opposition lawmaker will be summoned to the prosecution for questioning later this week over alleged bribery, prosecutors said Monday.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 family name Kim.Kim was indicted for embezzling 4.5 billion won ($3.86 million) in company funds earlier this month.Prosecutors of
PoliticsJuly 27, 2015
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Seoul shares down 0.35 pct on brokerage, pharma losses
South Korean stocks closed down 0.35 percent on Monday as brokerages and pharmaceuticals dropped amid deteriorating investor sentiment over their business conditions, analysts said. The won gained ground against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index lost 7.15 points to 2,038.81 after moving in and out of positive terrain. Trading volume was heavy at 534.1 million shares worth 6.24 trillion won ($5.35 billion), with decliners outnumbering gainers 638 to 193."Brokerage sh
July 27, 2015
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Inside actor Yoon Kye-sang
Among the many singer-turned-actors that pervade screens today, there are few that have been as willing to climb up from the bottom or are as serious about their newfound craft as Yoon Kye-sang.Unlike most idol singers who foray into acting with an already-established fanbase, Yoon -- who debuted in 1999 with boy band g.o.d, dropped out in 2004 amid much controversy, and rejoined the group a decade later in 2014 -- did not shoot to immediate on-screen stardom or land lead roles in big-budget pro
PeopleJuly 27, 2015
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[Herald Review] Closing Ansan rock fest, Foo Fighters bring us back to ‘These Days’
A scene from this year‘s Ansan M Valley Rock Festival, held from July 24 - 26 at the Daebu Sea Breeze Theme Park in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. (CJ E&M)Despite hordes of unrelenting mosquitoes descending on a crowd sweating bullets in the steaming humidity and losing shoes traipsing through the damp mud, this year’s Ansan M Rock Festival concluded its festivities on a high note, inviting American rock gods, the Foo Fighters. With more than two decades as rock and roll music icons, the Foo Fighters
PerformanceJuly 27, 2015
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Doosan Infracore earnings plunge over weak sales
Doosan Infracore saw its second quarter earnings plunge from a year ago due to a slowdown in the Chinese market, according to figures published Monday.Doosan Group’s heavy machinery maker recorded second quarter operating profits of about 128.5 billion won ($110.1 million), dropping 11.7 percent compared to the same period last year.Over the same period, the company’s sales dipped 6.3 percent to 1.78 trillion won. Its net profit for the second quarter took a massive hit, falling by 88 percent co
BusinessJuly 27, 2015
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[Graphic News] Korea's per capita income to top $40,000 in 2023
South Korea will reach a per capita gross national income of $40,000 in 2023 if Korea continues low growth, data showed Monday.According to the Korea Economic Research Institute, the OECD predicted that if South Korea’s potential growth rate falls to 2.9 percent, it would take 17 years for the per capita GNI to rise from $20,000 to $40,000. South Korea reached $20,000 in 2006.This is longer than the OECD average, which was 13.6 years. Among the G7 nations, Japan, Italy and Britain took eight, 13
IndustryJuly 27, 2015
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[Reader's View] Political arena should be open to youth
Last fall, the citizens of Hong Kong staged the Umbrella Revolution in opposition to Beijing’s interference in the 2017 election that will decide the next leader of the autonomous territory. Along with the fact that a massive protest took place in the center of a large city, one of the most interesting aspects of the revolution was that one of its leaders, Joshua Wong, was an 18-year-old student. This raised a few questions about the participation of students in actual politics.To many people, t
ViewpointsJuly 27, 2015
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S. Korea to overhaul fund on inter-Korean cooperation
The Unification Ministry said Monday it has decided to overhaul ways to operate a government fund designed to promote inter-Korean cooperation in a bid to offer humanitarian aid to North Korea on a project basis.South Korea set up the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund in 1991 in order to facilitate inter-Korean exchanges and economic cooperation. As of end-June, the fund stood at an outstanding 12.4 trillion won ($10.7 billion).The ministry said it will overhaul ways to run the fund so as to provide
North KoreaJuly 27, 2015
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S. Korea's venture investment surges in H1
Investment in South Korean venture firms soared nearly 40 percent in the first half of 2015 from a year earlier due largely to government support measures to foster their growth, data showed Monday. A total of 517 venture startups received a combined 956.9 billion won ($816.1 million) in investment in the January-June period, up 38.4 percent from 691.2 billion won tallied the previous year, according to the data by the Small and Medium Business Administration. The number of the firms that receiv
July 27, 2015
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S. Korea to create 200,000 new jobs for youth by 2017
South Korea plans to create 200,000 new jobs for the youth by 2017 while also working to permanently increase employment opportunities for young adults, the government said Monday.The country's jobless rate for those aged between 15 and 29 reached 10.2 percent at the end of June, marking an increase of 0.9 percentage point from the previous month while the country's overall unemployment rate inched up from 3.8 percent to 3.9 percent over the cited period.The youth unemployment rate has nowhere t
July 27, 2015
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‘Webtoons’ enter mainstream of comics
Webtoons or webcomics have become mainstream among readers of comics, data showed Monday. According to data analysis firm Daumsoft Inc., the word “webtoon” has become more frequently used on blog and Twitter posts since 2010. A cut from a webtoon is displayed on a smartphone. Sohn ji-young/The Korea HeraldThe company analyzed over 706,000 blog posts and 3.2 million Twitter comments regarding webtoons. The analysis showed that webtoons became the third-most popular way people accessed comics in
CartoonJuly 27, 2015
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Beauty queen named world taekwondo ambassador
American beauty queen Nia Sanchez was named a global taekwondo ambassador on Monday.The Seoul-based World Taekwondo Federation introduced the 2014 Miss USA as its latest goodwill ambassador. Sanchez is a fourth-degree black belt in the traditional Korean martial art and began practicing at the age of 8.The 25-year-old is the first Miss Nevada and the fourth Hispanic to win Miss USA. She represented the country at the 2014 Miss Universe and finished as the first runner-up.Sanchez started teaching
InternationalJuly 27, 2015
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Rival parties set to start inspection in September
Rival parties tentatively agreed Monday to start an annual parliamentary inspection in September, a ruling-party lawmaker said."The ruling and opposition parties agreed for now to hold the parliamentary inspection from September 4 to September 23," Rep. Cho Won-jin of the Saenuri Party said.The details of the 20-day-long parliamentary audit have not yet been released. The Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy also agreed to hear a briefing from the National As
PoliticsJuly 27, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S., Japan to discuss N. Korea nuke
South Korean and U.S. nuclear envoys on Monday discussed ways to bring North Korea back to the bargaining table in the run-up to a trilateral session also involving their Japanese counterpart. Kim Gunn, director general for North Korean nuclear affairs at South Korea's Foreign Ministry, met here with Sydney Seiler, the U.S. special envoy for the six-party talks. Arriving in South Korea on Sunday, Seiler said his trip comes at an "important" time for the long-stalled efforts to resume full-scal
InternationalJuly 27, 2015
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LG to roll out flip smartphone this week
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's No. 2 tech giant, said Monday it will roll out a budget flip-style smartphone this week that will come with a classical look but with the latest features.Dubbed the LG Gentle and set to hit shelves on Wednesday, the handset will mark the third flip-style smartphone made by LG, along with the Wine and Ice Cream lineup released earlier. The price tag on the device is only around 200,000 won ($170.88).The smartphone comes with a 3.2-inch display, and boasts a 3-me
TechnologyJuly 27, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. in no consensus on China military parade: report
South Korea and the United States had discussed an invitation by China to get South Korean President Park Geun-hye to attend a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing, but there was no consensus on the matter between the allies, a Hong Kong-based newspaper reported Monday.China has invited world leaders to attend the huge military parade in September that is expected to highlight Japan's surrender in the war, but many Western leaders are likely to shun
InternationalJuly 27, 2015
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Yachtsman vows to finish Clipper Race around the globe
The first South Korean to enter a globetrotting clipper race vowed to finish it “no matter what” in a recent interview with The Korea Herald, adding that he hoped his endeavor would help raise awareness about yachting in South Korea.On Aug. 30, Han Kim, 41, will be the first South Korean to attempt to complete the Clipper Round the World Race, a circumnavigating 40,000-nautical-mile race among 12 international teams beginning and ending in the U.K.The race begins at St. Katharine Docks, London.
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2015
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S. Korea's GNI per capita to top $40,000 in 2023: think tank
South Korea's per capita gross national income is forecast to reach $40,000 as late as 2023, a local think tank said Monday, as the country is mired in a period of low growth.According to the prediction by the Korea Economic Research Institute, the country's per capita GNI is expected to take 17 years to double from when the number first topped the $20,000 level, which was in 2006. GNI covers the growth domestic product, which is the total measure of all goods and services made in a country, as
July 27, 2015
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S. Korea's GDP may slip for first time since 2009
South Korea's per capita gross domestic product may drop on-year in 2015 for the first time since the global financial crisis amid a feeble global economy and a weakening won, some economic institutions said Monday.LG Economic Research Institute, the think tank of business conglomerate LG, projected the country's per capita GDP to reach $27,600, down from last year's $28,100. The figures were based on the real growth rate estimate of 2.6 percent, an average foreign exchange value of 1,109 won ag
July 27, 2015