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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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GS, Rostelecom launch home shopping channel in Russia
South Korea’s GS Home Shopping said Wednesday that it had teamed up with Russia’s state-run Rostelecom to launch a new home shopping channel in Russia. The two sides inked a $20 million deal in Moscow on Tuesday to launch the joint home shopping firm Big Universal Mall LCC. GS will invest 40 percent of the necessary capital while Rostelecom will provide the remaining funds.By cooperating with Russia’s biggest national telecommunications company, GS Home Shopping said it was expecting to make a s
IndustryJuly 22, 2015
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Activists move to file suit against NIS
Civic activists on Wednesday announced plans to file complaints against current and past chiefs of Korea’s top spy agency for allegedly wiretapping government critics with the help of an Italian contractor.Activists from the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy will file the suit to urge local state prosecutors to probe the case as soon as they finalize the cosignatories. Members of MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society and Jinbo Net, two local human rights groups, are likely to ba
PoliticsJuly 22, 2015
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Hanjin to support smart shipping
South Korea’s Hanjin Group and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning opened a new creative economy innovation center in Songdo, Incheon, on Wednesday, in a bid to nurture new venture firms specializing in IT-based distribution system development and to aid their global expansion.The Incheon Creative Economy Innovation Center is the last of 17 such centers launched nationwide by conglomerates in collaboration with the Science Ministry, in line with the Korean government’s flagship crea
IndustryJuly 22, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Ha Jung-woo brings romance to dark era in ‘Assassination’
Ha Jung-woo has never been an actor to turn down a challenge. For “Kundo: Age of the Rampant” (2014), he shaved his head and played the part of a lowly 19th-century butcher who ferociously avenges his family. In “The Terror Live” (2013), he was an anchorman rigged with an armed bomb. “The Berlin File” (2012) transformed him into a deadly North Korean agent.Despite Ha’s chameleon talents, when director Choi Dong-hoon (“The Thieves”) tapped him for the film “Assassination,” he asked him to play a
FilmJuly 22, 2015
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Borrowers to undergo stricter income checks
Individual borrowers will have to undergo stricter assessments when they apply for bank loans under new guidelines to curb the nation’s household debt.Banks will be instructed to take borrowers’ redemption capability into greater consideration than their collateral from next year, said financial regulators, the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Korea said in a joint statement Wednesday.Their policy reportedly reflected the estimate that the record-high level of outstanding household loans ― worth
July 22, 2015
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Peruvian cuisine draws connoisseurs at Hyatt
Peruvian cuisine, famous for its diversity and creativity, has come to the fore of international attention in recent years, abetted by experimental efforts and proactive promotion. Eight Peruvian restaurants were listed last year in a list of Latin America’s 50 best restaurants sponsored by mineral water brand Acqua Panna S. Pellegrino, and two were included in its list of the top 50 in the world. Peru’s disparate ecosystem, biodiversity and climate from the Pacific Ocean, Lake Titicaca, Andes M
FoodJuly 22, 2015
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[REPORTER’S COLUMN] Japan needs to focus on confidence-building
For a country’s external policy to fare well, it needs sufficient backing from both within and outside. It is particularly so when it comes to a defense initiative that is costly and could be perceived as a security threat to its neighbors. In this July 16 phpoto, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a plenary session at the lower house in Tokyo. (AP-Yonhap)Despite its mantra of active contribution to peace, or “active pacifism,” Tokyo’s pursuit of heavier armament and an expanded security
Foreign AffairsJuly 22, 2015
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[Editorial] Rural life
The number of urban households moving to rural areas increased by a whopping 36 times over the past decade to 44,692 last year, according to government data.This phenomenon is ascribed mainly to a rising flood of retirees who want to seek a second life in the countryside. Returning to farming seems increasingly attractive to many baby boomers -- born between 1955 and 1963 -- who are reaching retirement age, as a way of making a living in their later years as well as realizing their wish to get a
EditorialJuly 22, 2015
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[Editorial] Devotion to work
Asked by a reporter last week whether she would run in next April’s parliamentary election, Gender Equality and Family Minister Kim Hee-jung replied to the effect that she felt no need to answer a self-evident question. Her response was seen as a clear indication that she would quit her ministerial job to campaign for a seat in the National Assembly.Kim, a ruling party lawmaker, might have felt embarrassed when President Park Geun-hye told Cabinet members Tuesday to put aside their personal purs
EditorialJuly 22, 2015
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[Yang Sung-jin] Are you still watching TV?
It is now pretty common in Seoul to see couples sitting in Starbucks, tapping away on their own smartphones. They talk with each other, yet their eyes are often fixed on their handsets, not their loved ones. The ubiquitous presence of smartphones in everyday life is reconfiguring the way people interact in both public and private places. Of course, the advent of desktop and laptop computers also dealt a number of changes to the pattern of life, but not so thoroughly and drastically as that of sm
ViewpointsJuly 22, 2015
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[Kim Myong-sik] Public angered by bad politics during MERS crisis
The days are growing hotter while weathermen forecast the approach of multiple typhoons of strange names coming from the western Pacific. But, thank God, the MERS epidemic seems finally over. After two long months of nationwide alert, fatalities have stopped at 36 out of 186 people who were struck by the respiratory disease supposedly originating from camels in the Arabian desert. About a dozen are still under treatment but there have been no new outbreaks for over two weeks. Once-contaminated h
ViewpointsJuly 22, 2015
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[팟캐스트](103) 일본 방위백서 비난 외 1건
진행자: 송상호, Paul Kerry 1. 한국, 일본 독도 영유권 주장 항의 기사요약: 한국정부는 일본이 11년 연속으로 방위백서에 독도 영유권 주장을 포함하자 일본대사관 고위 관리를 불러와 강력히 항의했다. 정부는 일본이 독도 영유권 주장을 삭제하고 바로잡아줄 것을 요구했고, 일본의 “부당한” 주장은 앞으로 한일관계에 악영향을 줄 수 있다고 경고했다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드):http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Seoul condemns Tokyo’s renewed claim to Dokdo [1] South Korea strongly protested Japan’s repeated claim to its easternmost islets of Dokdo in Tokyo’s 2015 defe
PodcastJuly 22, 2015
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Korea Herald CEO Lee appointed head of Foreign Language Newspapers Association
Lee Young-man, the chief executive officer of Herald Corp., has been named the first president of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea.The association, which registered as a nonprofit organization last month, aims to boost understanding of Korea in the international community through the foreign-language media and mobile technology. Lee Young-manThe Korea Herald, Korea Times, Korea Joongang Daily and Aju Business Daily are the founding members of the group.“The Foreign Language N
Social AffairsJuly 22, 2015
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N.K. seen upgrading missile launch facility
North Korea appears to be nearing completion of a project to extend a launch pad at the missile site on its west coast, a military source said Wednesday, boosting the possibility for another rocket liftoff later this year. In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency, the Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the launch pad in North Korea. (AP-Yonhap News)A new gantry topping 60 meters was spotted at the Dongchang-ri station, where the communist state successfully
North KoreaJuly 22, 2015
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Number of heavy users of smartphone rises sharply
There are about 280 million people across the world who use mobile apps more than 60 times a day, data analysis showed Wednesday.According to a report by U.S. mobile app analytics institution Flurry, acquired by Yahoo, the number of “mobile addicts” -- people who opened their mobile applications over 60 times a day -- was estimated at around 280 million worldwide in the second quarter 2015, a 59 percent increase from the same period in 2014.The number of “regular users,” who opened mobile applic
IndustryJuly 22, 2015
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Marriott makes big push for IT services
International hotel chain Marriott is making a big push for IT-oriented services aiming to increase customer convenience and renew its brand image in the digital era. The company recently launched a new mobile app, Meetings Imagined, which allows event planners around the world to better communicate and inspire one another. The app, with a sister website, aims to mimic the successes of popular services like Instagram and Pinterest as it offers latest meeting trends and hundreds of inspirational
TechnologyJuly 22, 2015
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Samsung offers record incentives to chip suppliers
Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it planned to pay a combined 14.2 billion won ($12.3 million) in incentives to its 103 chip suppliers in the first half of this year.The Korean tech giant said it was the highest ever amount going to the largest ever number of recipient companies. The company has offered suppliers incentives every year since 2010 as part of its shared-growth efforts with small and medium-sized firms. The recipient companies are decided based on their performance in production,
TechnologyJuly 22, 2015
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Regulator gives preliminary approval for Hana Bank-KEB merger
South Korea's top financial regulator on Wednesday gave preliminary approval for the merger of two flagship banks of Hana Financial Group Inc., the country's third-largest banking group by assets. Hana Financial has tried to merge Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank since it acquired KEB from U.S. buyout fund Lone Star in 2012. Its efforts have dragged on for years as the KEB's union had strongly opposed the merger until recently, citing Hana's earlier promise to keep it independent. The Financ
July 22, 2015
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Just Juice for a day: a detox review
Endorsed by celebrities and health nuts around the world, the juice cleanse has become the latest trend in today’s era of fitness and organic eating. What exactly does it entail? The idea is to flush out unwanted toxins from your body and to pump in raw, easily absorbable nutrients in juice form. Though variations exist, the most common method is fasting for one to three days, drinking nothing but juice every three to four hours. To experience its effects firsthand, I decided to take up the chal
TechnologyJuly 22, 2015
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S. Korea considers sending honor guard to China's military parade
South Korea has been considering sending its honor guard to a military parade in Beijing in September marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, a diplomatic source said Wednesday. China has invited South Korean troops to march together with the Chinese military in the upcoming military parade that is expected to highlight Japan's surrender in the war. "The Chinese side invited our honor guard to march together in the September military parade and we are considering the invitat
InternationalJuly 22, 2015