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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
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What will Yoon, Han talk about at dinner?
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[Newsmaker] Jolie files for divorce from Pitt 'for health of the family’
Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to what began as the world's most tabloid headline-generating romance before morphing into a glamorous engine of family and philanthropy. Jolie Pitt, 41, cited "irreconcilable difference" in divorce papers filed Monday in Los Angeles. She is seeking physical custody of their six children, with visitation rights for Pitt. An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert Offer, said Tuesday that her decision to divorce was made "for the h
World NewsSept. 21, 2016
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Eximbank finances Turkish hospital project
The Export-Import Bank of Korea has provided 143 million euros ($159 million) in direct loans and loan guarantees for a hospital construction project led by Samsung C&T in Turkey, the state-run lender said Wednesday. This is the first time that the Seoul-based bank has financed an overseas hospital construction project, it said in a press statement. The Turkish government-initiated project envisions a 1,875-bed general hospital to be constructed in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, wit
Sept. 21, 2016
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NCCK to open with foreigner-friendly ‘L’Orfeo’
Greek mythologies will mesh with the sounds of modern pansori in the National Changgeuk Company of Korea’s upcoming 2016-2017 season opening production of “L’Orfeo.” Directed by Lee So-young, who was behind last year’s powerful pansori musical “Song of the Red Cliff,” the upcoming Korean rendition of the historical production is steering clear of classic operatic vocals. Instead, audiences can enjoy Lee’s changgeuk -- traditional Korean opera -- re-envisioned with the story’s contemporary twist
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016
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Assembly committee visits London over disinfectant tragedy
The special parliamentary committee looking into humidifier disinfectant deaths began a three-day visit to the UK on Tuesday to meet representatives of one of the main companies in question and other relevant officials.The committee, tasked with seeking compensation and uncovering the causes and development of the tragedy that claimed at least 143 lives, includes Chairman Rep. Woo Won-shik of the main opposition The Minjoo Party of Korea, as well as Rep. Ha Tae-keung of the ruling Saenuri Party,
Social AffairsSept. 21, 2016
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Lawmakers, government spar over US nuke deployment
Some lawmakers on Wednesday stepped up their calls for a redeployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea as a countermove to the North’s evolving threats, though top government officials ruled out its possibility under the denuclearization principle. The second day of the parliamentary questioning on foreign and North Korean affairs focused on the deepening security crisis following North Korea’s latest nuclear test, along with plans to install advanced US missile defense assets here
North KoreaSept. 21, 2016