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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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TVXQ's Yunho begins military service
Yunho, a member of K-pop duo TVXQ, enlisted for his mandatory military service on Tuesday. The 29-year-old singer arrived at the training camp located in Yangju, Gyeonggi province around 2 p.m. to begin his term. He was accompanied by his family, friends and his manager, his label SM Entertainment said. Earlier, he had withheld the exact time and place of the enrollment from the public with the intention of having a low-key enlistment, but many fans still gathered outside the camp to see the si
PerformanceJuly 21, 2015
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[SUPER RICH] Superrich aid protection of endangered animals
The world’s wildlife is under threat. The Worldwide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Index, which monitors populations of over 3,000 vertebrates, has decreased 52 percent over the last 40 years, and a report in the journal Nature in December found that 26 percent of mammals had become endangered.Many countries and animal organizations strive to conserve animals, and the immense financial backing of billionaires can have a huge impact on their efforts.These superrich are at the forefront of protec
IndustryJuly 21, 2015
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S. Korean rival parties denounce Japan's renewed claim to Dokdo
South Korea's ruling and main opposition parties lashed out at Japan on Tuesday over its renewed territorial claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo in an annual defense white paper. The defense report, approved by the Japanese Cabinet earlier in the day, called Dokdo Japanese "sovereign territory," along with the Kuril Islands controlled by Russia. It is the 11th straight year that Tokyo has laid claim to Dokdo in the annual paper. The ruling Saenuri Party repeated Seoul's long-sta
InternationalJuly 21, 2015
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Seoul condemns Tokyo’s renewed claim to Dokdo
South Korea strongly protested Japan’s repeated claim to its easternmost islets of Dokdo in Tokyo’s 2015 defense white paper on Tuesday, demanding “rectification” and warning of a negative impact on the bilateral relationship.Kenji Kanasugi, minister and deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy, walks out of the building of the South Korean Foreign Ministry in central Seoul Tuesday, after receiving Seoul’s protest over Tokyo’s claim to Dokdo in its defense whitepaper. (Yonhap)Seoul’s cond
Foreign AffairsJuly 21, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘Korea driven by co-governance business system’
While the story of South Korea’s so-called economic miracle achieved on the back of strong state intervention has been widely attributed for its rise as an advanced economy, a new type of business system has now taken root driving forward innovation, according to a business scholar.As state intervention in the economy has waned dramatically through waves of deregulation and liberalization since the 1980s, a different system is propelling Korea’s economic development today, said Xiaoke Zhang, a p
IndustryJuly 21, 2015
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Court upholds expulsion of law student for adultery
A Seoul court ruled Tuesday that the country's judiciary institute's decision to expel a law student involved in an extramarital affair is legitimate. The male student, whose identity was withheld, appealed to the Seoul High Court to go back to the Judicial Research and Training Institute but was dismissed. He had an affair with another law student between August 2012 and April 2013. The incident was made public when his mother-in-law came out to the street to protest after her daughter commi
Social AffairsJuly 21, 2015
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Beach sexual harassment remains tricky to tackle
In 2013, police arrested a high school student for taking intrusive 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 the police officers on patrol at the time. But the victim, an 18-year-old student, had no idea that she had been observed and
Social AffairsJuly 21, 2015
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Ex-EXO member Tao sets out as solo artist
(Tao's Instagram)Tao, a former member of boy group EXO, uploaded a selfie with a message saying “My dreams finally came true” on Weibo Tuesday, signaling his solo debut.Tao announced his withdrawal from EXO in April this year and is already running his own solo activities since he set up his own agency on Saturday. However, SM Entertainment has not released any formal announcement about his status yet. Tao is scheduled to drop his first EP “T.A.O.” on Thursday in China.By Kim Yu-jin (kimyujin@he
July 21, 2015
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S. Korea, Fiji hold FM talks on promoting partnerships
The South Korean and Fijian foreign ministers held talks here Tuesday to promote bilateral economic cooperation and partnerships on global affairs, the Foreign Ministry said. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Fijian counterpart Ratu Inoke Kubuabola agreed that the two countries have improved ties on economic, maritime and development issues, as well as in the fight against climate change, according to the ministry. The two discussed ways to strengthen mutual cooperation on the global stage
InternationalJuly 21, 2015
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N. Korea invites S. Korea for talks on joint event on Liberation Day
A North Korean civic group has sent an invitation to its South Korean counterpart to meet in the North this week to discuss a joint event for the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule, a government official said Tuesday. The North's preparatory group for a joint anniversary proposed on Monday to the South's group that the two sides meet in the North's border city of Kaesong on Thursday to discuss the preparation for a joint anniversary event on Liberation Day
North KoreaJuly 21, 2015
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S. Korea‘s ruling party chief to visit U.S. this weekend
The head of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party will visit the United States later this week for talks with top U.S. officials. Kim Moo-sung, chairman of the Saenuri Party, is set to leave for Washington on Saturday on a nine-day trip that will also take him to New York and Los Angeles, it said. In Washington, Kim is expected to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry, Vice President Joe Biden and other officials, though details have yet to be worked out, the party said. In New York, Kim is sc
PoliticsJuly 21, 2015
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S. Korean airlines normalizing flights amid eased MERS woes
South Korean airlines are normalizing their suspended or scaled-back flight services caused by the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as its spread is showing signs of subsiding in recent weeks, company officials said Tuesday. In the wake of the MERS outbreak in late May, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. temporarily halted or reduced dozens of flights to neighboring countries including China and Japan due to a drop in passengers. The major airlines are now pushing to put
Social AffairsJuly 21, 2015
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Nike Korea names new CEO
Nike Korea announced Tuesday that it had appointed David Wook-hwan Song as its new CEO.Song has worked at Nike for 17 years, starting from Nike Sports Korea in 1994, and has shown talent for sales, strategy planning, logistics and management in Korea, China and other Asia Pacific regions.Wook-hwan SongHe completed an MBA course at Harvard in 2001 and also worked as an associate at McKinsey & Company for two years before returning to Nike in 2003.Nike Korea said that Song has also worked as a rep
IndustryJuly 21, 2015
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Ahn requests access to NIS hacking software
The main opposition party’s Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo on Tuesday said he would request extensive information on the hacking software that had sparked public debate as to whether the nation’s intelligence agency used it to spy on its own people.The former CEO of an antivirus software company said in a press conference that he would formally ask the National Intelligence Service to submit some 30 documents, including all log files of the Remote Control System, software that has the capability to tap into
PoliticsJuly 21, 2015
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[Graphic News] Korea suffers age disparity in unemployment
South Korea has relatively low unemployment, but its young workers have the biggest comparative disadvantage to their middle-aged peers of any country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a report showed Monday. In its report on youth employment, the Bank of Korea said the nation’s youth (aged 15-29) unemployment rate reached 8.0 percent in 2013. This figure was lower than in major European economies. The youth unemployment rate was 42.4 percent in Spain, 29.6 percent in
July 21, 2015
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PD Notebook deals with ‘revenge porn’
(MBC)MBC’s investigative journalism program “PD Notebook” is set to shed new light on revenge porn -- a sexually explicit video uploaded with the intention of humiliating ex-partners depicted -- in the next episode set to air on Tuesday. “We have focused to highlight the seriousness of revenge porn issues that are fast spreading among ordinary people apart from celebrities,” the production crew said. In recent years, the crimes of distributing sexually explicit videos along with the victims’ per
Social AffairsJuly 21, 2015
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Government to sell Woori Bank to group investors
The financial authority decided to sell its dominant stake in Woori Bank to a group of investors, scrapping its earlier stance to find a single bidder.The number of investors is expected to be set at between three and 10 on the basis of a split-based holding among a group of oligopolistic stakeholders, according to the Public Fund Oversight Committee.The PFOC, an arm of the Financial Services Commission, Tuesday unveiled its revised method to sell the state-controlled bank. This marked the fifth
July 21, 2015
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[Photo News] New Samsung budget smartphone
NEW SAMSUNG BUDGET SMARTPHONE -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics released its low-end, selfie-oriented Galaxy J5 smartphone in the domestic market on Tuesday. The smartphone which is fitted with a 5.0-inch super AMOLED display and a 5MP front-facing camera allows users to take 120-degree wide-angle selfies. Samsung NEW SAMSUNG BUDGET SMARTPHONE -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics released its low-end, selfie-oriented Galaxy J5 smartphone in the domestic market on Tuesday.
TechnologyJuly 21, 2015
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[Photo News] LG Display seeks coprosperity
LG DISPLAY SEEKS COPROSPERITY -- LG Display chief executive Han Sang-beom (second from left, front row) and Ahn Choong-young (second from right), chairman of the Korean Commission for Corporate Partnership, pay a visit to a production line of Osung Display, one of LG Display’s partners, in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday. LGD
TechnologyJuly 21, 2015
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China's Xi says to work with U.S. on implementing Iran nuclear
Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Barack Obama that Beijing will work with Washington to ensure the implementation of the historic deal in reining in Iran's nuclear program, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday. Xi made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Obama earlier in the day, the Chinese ministry said in a statement. Last week, the United States, five world powers and Iran reached the landmark deal that will curb Iran's nuclear capabilities in return for lifti
World NewsJuly 21, 2015