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Chuseok still is a headache for couples
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N. Korea launches trash balloons toward S. Korea for 2nd day: JCS
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Heat wave watch issued for Seoul; latest on record
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Students suffer sleep deprivation, fatigue, suicidal thoughts
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Nearly 2,000 aging separated family members die in first 8 months of year: gov't data
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Popular tourist destinations beckon Chuseok holidaymakers
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Yoon's approval rating hits new low: poll
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On the road for Chuseok? Popular rest stop foods await
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Only 12 pct of unsafe food imports taken off market for disposal: report
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Naver Map starts providing natural disaster information
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Nongshim Kellogg names new chief
Nongshim Kellogg said Monday that Kim Jin-hong, Kellogg’s regional head of Southeast Asia, was named its chief executive. Kim, 46, is an excellent brand maker who earned his position through his rich experience in supply chain, marketing and project management since he joined Kellogg in 1999, the company said. The new CEO formerly served as marketing head of Kellogg’s Japanese and Korean units. Founded in 1906, Kellogg has grown into a food manufacturer that holds about 42 percent global market
IndustryJuly 1, 2013
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In China, death from overwork becomes common
A 24-year-old employee at Ogilvy China, a public relations consultancy in Beijing, died after suffering a heart attack at work on May 13. According to investigations, his micro blog showed that he had been working overtime for a month without a break. Almost a month has passed, and many of his colleagues and friends still refuse to accept that he is dead. “He didn’t talk much. But he was broad-minded and healthy. He loved sports and had a passion for music … whenever I think of him a picture of
World NewsJuly 1, 2013
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Myanmar monks stage protest against Time magazine
More than 1,000 Buddhist monks and Myanmar citizens gathered near Sule Pagoda in Yangon and staged a protest against Time magazine’s cover story for July issue “The Face of Buddhist Terror” and writer Hannah Beech on June 30.The protest was permitted by the authorities and it was the largest protesters in number when compared with those that took place before. The protesters also strongly supported President Thein Sein who protested against the words expressed in the article.Buddhist monks and s
World NewsJuly 1, 2013
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My colleague is a robot
“At first I felt a bit strange with him, but now I like him somewhat,” said Madoka Nishibori, a 42-year-old worker at a money-handling machine factory in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, describing her colleague. “He sometimes makes mistakes, but he’s nice to work with because he works at a constant pace.”Nishibori’s colleague sounds like a regular worker, but in fact is a humanoid robot.It has been about six months since Nishibori and the robot began working together on the assembly line. At this Sait
World NewsJuly 1, 2013
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[Editorial] Harming national interest
Korea Water Resources Corp. is set to take legal action against Korean environmental activists who recently made misleading allegations against it in Thailand. The company is on the brink of winning two water management contracts there with a combined value of 6.1 trillion won.The state-run corporation heads a Korean consortium that was chosen on June 10 as the preferred bidder for two key components of the 11.5 trillion-won megaproject promoted by the Thai government to prevent the Chao Phraya
EditorialJuly 1, 2013
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[Editorial] Seoul-Beijing trust
President Park Geun-hye has wrapped up her highly successful visit to China. During the four-day trip, she has captured the hearts and minds of the Chinese, laying the groundwork for enhanced ties between the two neighbors in the next 20 years.Before leaving for China, Park described her visit as “a journey of hearts and trust.” The description well summed up the main objective of her trip to China: She sought to bond the peoples of the two countries together with trust.Park has built her relati
EditorialJuly 1, 2013
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Securing nuclear material from wrong hands
VIENNA ― World leaders have devoted increasing attention in recent years to the risk of terrorists obtaining nuclear or other radioactive material. That’s the good news. But all of us need to act with greater urgency in translating good intentions into concrete action.The risk of nuclear or other radioactive material falling into the wrong hands is all too real. There have been embarrassing security lapses at nuclear facilities, and sensitive material is often inadequately secured. Indeed, the I
ViewpointsJuly 1, 2013
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[Jeffrey D. Sachs] Profiles in peacemaking
NEW YORK ― Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy did the seemingly impossible. At the height of the Cold War, he moved the two nuclear superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, toward peace. The lessons of Kennedy’s act of leadership ― one of the greatest of modern times ― are directly relevant today.I recount this remarkable story in a new book, “To Move the World.” To many, war between the two superpowers seemed inevitable. The Cuban missile crisis in October 1962 created a glo
ViewpointsJuly 1, 2013
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Starving the squid
BERKELEY ― Is America’s financial sector slowly draining the lifeblood from its real economy? The journalist Matt Taibbi’s memorable description in 2009 of Goldman Sachs ― “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money” ― still resonates, and for good reason.Back in 2011, I noted that finance and insurance in the United States accounted for 2.8 percent of GDP in 1950 compared to 8.4 percent of GDP three years
ViewpointsJuly 1, 2013
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s subprime borrowers
NEW YORK ― In recent years, a growing number of African governments have issued Eurobonds, diversifying away from traditional sources of finance such as concessional debt and foreign direct investment. Taking the lead in October 2007, when it issued a $750 million Eurobond with an 8.5 percent coupon rate, Ghana earned the distinction of being the first Sub-Saharan country ― other than South Africa ― to issue bonds in 30 years.This debut Sub-Saharan issue, which was four times oversubscribed, spa
ViewpointsJuly 1, 2013
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Quick move needed to save Egypt’s economy
Egypt is being convulsed by protests for and against the rule of President Mohammed Morsi on the one-year anniversary of his accession. Beneath the political turmoil and questions of legitimacy lie profound economic challenges that must be met by whoever governs Egypt. The nation’s hopes for “bread, freedom and social justice” are being overwhelmed by the slow pace of economic change. Instead of undertaking reforms, Egypt has been relying on its wealthy neighbors for unconditional cash injection
ViewpointsJuly 1, 2013
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Granddaughter puts Picasso muse nudes on display
CANNES, France (AFP) ― As a child, Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter Marina often found herself shut out of his sumptuous Cannes villa “La Californie.” Four decades after his death, the gates of the house she inherited, along with thousands of his art works, are always promptly opened to visitors.“Living in this house, unconsciously perhaps it’s a way of recapturing lost time in a place where we were once excluded,” says Marina, who for many years struggled to accept “an inheritance given without lo
PerformanceJuly 1, 2013
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Italy promises UNESCO it will not abandon Pompeii
ROME (AFP) ― Italy’s culture minister assured UNESCO on Sunday that efforts were being made to restore the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii, after the United Nations organization urged the country to speed up repairs.“Pompeii is a symbol for our country. UNESCO’s reprimand is an alarm which I take very seriously and we are already working to overcome the site’s urgent problems,” Culture Minister Massimo Bray said in a note.Giovanni Puglisi, head of the UNESCO National Commission in Italy, on
CultureJuly 1, 2013
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Murakami’s latest novel tops bestseller lists on day of its Korean release
The Korean edition of famed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami’s latest novel “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage” topped the local bestseller lists on the day of its release Monday. The novel tells the story of a 30-something man named Tsukuru Tazaki, who was suddenly cut off by his close friends during high school. After being terminally depressed for many years, he now makes a living designing train stations at a railway company in Tokyo. He one day decides to visit his once be
BooksJuly 1, 2013
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Kang Se-hwang: A Renaissance man
The 18th century was a crucial moment for the people of the Joseon era (1392-1910). Cities started to form, trade was active and Western knowledge was introduced to the country by those who traveled to China, opening the eyes of the intellectuals who believed the traditional Confucianist way of life was the only one of merit. Kang Se-hwang (1713-1791) was a painter, calligrapher, poet and critic who captured the dynamic sceneries of the time. Drawing since the age of 10 and painting until his de
CultureJuly 1, 2013
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Mumfords close Glastonbury after Stones triumph
LONDON (AP) ― Mumford & Sons brought the Glastonbury Festival to a foot-stomping close Sunday, with many music fans still on a high from the Rolling Stones’ first-ever gig at Britain’s leading music extravaganza.The Mumfords’ performance was the Grammy-winning folk-rockers’ first since bassist Ted Dwane had surgery for a blood clot on his brain earlier this month.The banjo-wielding balladeers got a warm reception, especially when they launched into “I Will Wait,’’ one of their biggest hits, for
PerformanceJuly 1, 2013
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Cirque du Soleil performer dies in Las Vegas fall
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― A performer with the world-famous Cirque du Soleil circus died after plunging from a high wire before a horrified crowd at a Las Vegas show, the organization confirmed on Sunday.Sarah Guyard, who media reports identified as a 31-year-old mother-of-two, fell to her death towards the end of the circus’ popular Ka production staged at the MGM Grand on Saturday.Witnesses quoted by U.S. media reports said Guyard fell from a height of around 50 feet as she was being hoisted up towa
PerformanceJuly 1, 2013
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Korean director wins award at Moscow film fest
Korean filmmaker Jung Young-heon won the best director award at the Moscow International Film Festival for his movie “Lebanon Emotion” on Saturday.The film was among 16 movies that received awards at the 35th edition of the festival, which started in 1959 as the biggest movie festival in Eastern Europe. “Lebanon Emotion” depicts the complex emotional changes of a man and a woman in both urban and rural settings. Despite its title, the film features no scenes based in Lebanon. The movie won the C
FilmJuly 1, 2013
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‘JYJ Membership Week’ attracts 17,000 participants
The four-day “JYJ Membership Week” wrapped up Sunday with about 17,000 fans of the trio gathering to share their affection for the boy band.“The event was intended to bring fans of JYJ closer to the singers and we have managed to pull it off,” Back Chang-ju, CEO of JYJ’s agency C-JeS Entertainment, said in a press release. The agency said about 4,000 fans from Japan flew in to see the trio.The event at SETEC in southern Seoul consisted of three sections highlighting the members’ artistic talents
PerformanceJuly 1, 2013
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Lopez sings in rights-abusing Turkmenistan
NEW YORK (AP) ― Jennifer Lopez sang “Happy Birthday” to the leader of Turkmenistan during a show, but her representative said she wouldn’t have performed there at all if she had known there were human rights issues in the country.The singer and actress performed in the former Soviet bloc country on Saturday night. A statement released Sunday by her publicist to The Associated Press said the event was hosted by the China National Petroleum Corp. and wasn’t a political event.However, the country’s
World NewsJuly 1, 2013