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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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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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Market uncertain on Korea's October rate cut despite slowed inflation
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Samsung unveils 'personalized AI' for all devices
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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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[Editorial] Brace for trouble
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Daewoo E&C to start Gimpo apartment sales
Daewoo Engineering & Construction, a major South Korean builder, said Thursday it would begin allotting the Prugio apartment complex, named the “Gimpo Pungmu 2nd Prugio,” in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province. Prugio is the apartment brand name of Daewoo E&C. Located within walking distance to Pungmu subway station on a line connected to subway lines 5 and 9 and the Incheon Airport Railroad, residents can travel to Yeouido, Seoul, in 20 minutes when the line opens in 2018.The complex will offer a total of
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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[Graphic News] Highway accidents rise as sobriety tests decrease
The number of those killed in car accidents on highways surged last month, police said Thursday, suggesting that the decrease in sobriety testing conducted in the month due to the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak appears to have affected the rise.The National Police Agency said 25 people were killed on Korean roads in June, a 50 percent increase from 18 deaths a year ago. The number of overall casualties during the first half of this year, however, decreased, with 109 people having been
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2015
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[Editorial] Internship guideline
Compounding the already dire problem of youth unemployment in Korea is the exploitation of interns.A Ministry of Employment and Labor survey of 151 randomly selected companies in the hotel, fashion, hairdressing and bakery sectors found that 103 companies had hired interns without a contract. Of the 103, 45 companies paid them below minimum wage. A well-known hotel in Seoul was found to have filled 70 percent of its full-time positions during the summer peak season with interns, paying them 300,
EditorialJuly 23, 2015
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Korea’s hottest stars are in love
Actor Kim Woo-bin and actress Shin Min-a confirmed Wednesday that they’ve been dating, becoming the latest celebrity couple to publicly admit their romantic relationship. Just like the newly announced couple, a growing number of Korean celebrities are going public with their relationships -- though in the many cases, it was first disclosed against their will. Here’s a look at the hottest stars in love in the Korean entertainment scene. Kim Woo-bin, Shin Min-a Kim Woo-bin (left) and Shin Min-
July 23, 2015
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Montblanc goes young, tech-savvy
Sylvain Costof, managing director of Montblanc KoreaMontblanc Korea CEO on Thursday announced that the Swiss luxury maker is set to win the hearts of younger customers with high-tech devices and a wider range of products in order to achieve its planned double-digit growth here. This will start with the launch of a digital watch strap in August, followed by the introduction of 400 items and aggressive online marketing tailored to tech-savvy and contemporary clientele, said Sylvain Costof, managin
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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[Herald Review] Musical ‘Arirang’ gives raw reflection of Japan’s harsh colonial rule
A scene from the new musical “Arirang,” an adaptation of Korean novelist Jo Jung-rae’s eponymous 12-volume novel, which is at the LG Arts Center in Seoul until Sept. 5. (Seensee Company)Beyond the tale of budding young love and the painstaking struggles of a village and its people, the musical “Arirang” is an emotional roller-coaster of artistic beauty, unrelenting sorrow and the glimmering of hope. From the painful-to-watch scenes depicting the rape of women by Japanese soldiers, to the brutal
PerformanceJuly 23, 2015
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LG Display to invest W1tr in flexible OLED
LG Display said Thursday it would make a fresh investment of 1.05 trillion won ($900 million) into the production of sixth-generation flexible OLED panels at its plant in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. The company said it aims to produce 7,500 units of the futuristic display per month from 2017. By producing larger panel sheets, the company hopes to more than quadruple the plant’s production efficiency.LG Display, the world’s largest display-maker by sales, has invested more than 14 trillion w
TechnologyJuly 23, 2015
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OB adds premium product to Cass brand
Oriental Brewery, South Korea’s largest beer manufacturer, said Thursday that it was adding a new premium line to its flagship brand Cass, in an effort to appeal to young trend-leading consumers.Since it was taken over by Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev last year, the company has actively been expanding its product portfolio, but this is the first time that it launched a Cass-affiliated product.In a press conference Thursday, OB said that it is to launch Cass Beats, a premium beer that target
July 23, 2015
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KB Financial’s net profit falls in Q2
KB Financial Group said Thursday that its net profit for the second quarter stood at 339.6 billion won ($291 million), down 43.9 percent from the previous quarter, due to the expenses spent on mass voluntary retirement.Its quarterly sales and operating profits were 5.4 trillion won and 397.9 billion won, respectively down 5.34 percent and 24.27 percent from the same period last year.In half-year net profit, KB Financial achieved 944.6 billion won, up 25.7 percent from the previous year, handing
July 23, 2015
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KCCI chief calls for defense against foreign hedge funds
JEJUDO ISLAND ― A top business leader called for defense measures against activist foreign shareholders seeking short-term gains.Park Yong-maan, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said Wednesday night that companies should seek to equally protect the interests of large and small shareholders. “But we need to think twice about whether we even have to protect hedge funds that attack us just for quick profits and margins,” Park said at a news conference on the sidelines of the
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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Homeplus extends community service program nationwide
Homeplus announced that it will extend its “Sharing Plus Community Service” to all 140 of its outlets in Korea.“Sharing Plus Community Service” is a community service program where families and Homeplus employees come together to help out the disadvantaged in their area, such as the elderly, disabled and children in their local children’s center.Homeplus has operated the program in 12 of its outlets since December and seen participation of 495 people from 218 families through 43 sessions of comm
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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[NEW BOOK] ‘IS Report’
“IS Report” By Samuel Laurent, Korean translation by Eun-Jung Felsner / (Hanul Publishing Group) Since it declared statehood about a year ago, the Islamic State, a jihadist militant group, has been making headlines with beheadings of hostages, terrorist attacks and other nefarious activities to push for its religious causes.Despite the U.S.-led fight against the radical group, the IS has been strengthening its clout in Iraq, Syria and beyond, as if to confirm the revival of a “caliphate,” a poli
BooksJuly 23, 2015
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[Editorial] Mitsubishi’s selective apology
Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials Corp., after its unprecedented move of apologizing to U.S. prisoners of war who were used as slave labor during World War II, now says it hopes to apologize to former British, Dutch and Australian World War II POWs who were used as slave labor. The company also said that it hopes to reach an amicable solution with Chinese forced laborers who have filed lawsuits against the company. Regrettably, there is no mention of any form of relief for Koreans who were taken away
EditorialJuly 23, 2015
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Jun Ji-hyun is 10 weeks pregnant
Jun Ji-hyun (Yonhap) Korea’s top-notch actress Jun Ji-hyun is 10 weeks pregnant, due early next year, according to her agency Culture Depot on Wednesday. “To be honest, it hasn’t really sunk in yet. But I’m glad to see my family happy for me,” said Jun, asking fans for continued interest and support for her recent film “Assassination.” The 33-year-old actress married a Korean banker in April 2012
FilmJuly 23, 2015
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Galaxy Note 5 likely to feature enhanced mobile security
The chief of a French mobile security solutions firm offered a glimpse into some security software to be featured in tech giant Samsung Electronics’ upcoming Galaxy Note 5 phablet. “Our security elements will be directly linked to the (handset’s) application processor, which was not the case before, and that will enable faster communication between the embedded security elements and the processor,” Oberthur Technologies chief executive Didier Lamouche told The Korea Herald in Seoul on Thursday
TechnologyJuly 23, 2015
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Opposition files charges against NIS
The main opposition party filed charges Thursday against the nation’s top spy agency and its former chiefs, accusing them of allegedly wiretapping government critics for years, and then allegedly trying to destroy related evidence after media reports exposed the scandal.But the liberal New Politics Alliance for Democracy refrained from filing charges against incumbent National Intelligence Service head Lee Byung-ho, and vowed to take additional legal moves if the party found further evidence of
PoliticsJuly 23, 2015
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FM Yun to visit Poland, Germany on Eurasia Express program
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will travel to Poland and Germany next week on a train expedition program, his ministry announced Thursday. A special train carrying more than 250 South Koreans is running through Russia under the Eurasia Express project that began July 14. Yun plans to join the Warsaw-Berlin leg of the journey, according to the ministry's spokesman Noh Kwang-il. The program is aimed at drawing attention to South Korea's cross-continent railway ambitions. President Park Geun-hye
InternationalJuly 23, 2015
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Won-dollar hits 3-year high
The U.S. dollar posted its strongest position against the Korean won in more than three years on Thursday, with its value gaining more than 8 percent over the past three months.The greenback surged 11.5 won, or 0.99 percent, from the earlier trading session to close at 1,165.1 won. The won-dollar rate marked the highest in 37 months after it traded at 1,165.6 won on June 15, 2012.Compared to a year earlier, when the dollar traded at 1,010 won, the U.S. currency gained about 15 percent. Analysts
July 23, 2015
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Governor denies bribery charges in Sung scandal
Gov. Hong Joon-pyo (Yonhap)Lawyers for Hong Joon-pyo, governor of South Gyeongsang Province, denied charges that he received illicit political funds from the late business tycoon Sung Woan-jong during the first hearing held Friday in connection with a high-profile graft scandal. The hearing took place at Seoul Central District Court, about three weeks after the prosecution indicted Hong and former premier Lee Wan-koo without detention for violating the Political Fund Act by accepting illicit pol
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2015
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What are Korea's worst part-time jobs in summer?
While summer is a time for many to head to the beach or the mountains to cool off, it is also a time dreaded by some part-timers as their job difficulties multiply under the scorching heat. Albamon, one of the nation’s biggest job-searching sites, released on Thursday a survey of 797 temporary workers on what they think are the best and worst part-time jobs in summer. (Yonhap)The worst summer part-time job, chosen by 42 percent of the respondents, was dressing up like a character to entertain
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2015