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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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Everyone needs the oceans to be protected
Most people will never glimpse the vast underwater mountains and canyons off Cape Cod that President Barack Obama designated as a national monument Thursday. The same goes for the hundreds of thousands of submerged square kilometers that the UK, Ecuador, Costa Rica and other countries have just protected, and for the million square kilometers near Hawaii that Obama recently set aside.But everyone benefits when underwater tracts are put off limits to commercial fishing and mining, because doing s
ViewpointsSept. 21, 2016
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[Joseph E. Stiglitz] A better economic plan for Japan
It has been a quarter-century since Japan’s asset bubble burst -- and a quarter-century of malaise as one “Lost Decade” has followed another. Some of the criticism of its economic policies is unwarranted.Growth is not an objective in itself. We should be concerned with standards of living. Japan is ahead of the curve in curbing population growth and productivity has been increasing. Growth in output per working-age person, especially since 2008, has been higher than in the United States, and muc
ViewpointsSept. 21, 2016
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‘Little Nothing’ a fierce fairy tale
Fairy tales waste no time getting under the skin. They pretend to be innocent, once upon a time and all that, but they never are. The darkened wood, the hooded stranger, the soup served at dinner hide only briefly a more sinister intent.Freud called it uncanny, this transfiguring of the familiar into something weird and powerful, and writers have long reveled in making this leap. Between reality and fantasy is a delicious brew of dissonance and disorientation, all in the service of greater truth
BooksSept. 21, 2016
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[Kim Myong-sik] NK’s useless arms for ‘survival’
Hundreds of men and women were sweating in railroad repair work in a flooded area of North Korea’s northeastern Hamgyong Province. They were moving big rocks and wooden poles manually to repair a railway that was washed away last week in what was described as the heaviest rainfall in 60 years. An excavator standing idle with its scoop resting on the ground, apparently out of fuel, was the only machine shown in the Pyongyang TV footage relayed by South Korean networks. Some in the crowd were in f
ViewpointsSept. 21, 2016
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‘The Oliver Stone Experience’ a deep dive into monumental movie career
“The Oliver Stone Experience” By Matt Zoller SeitzAbrams (480 pages, $50)Is there another living American director with a greater run of movies than Oliver Stone? The dozen films he directed over a span of 13 years, from 1986-1999, form a body of work unparalleled in contemporary cinema. They came one after the other -- artful provocations, sometimes clouded in disreputable airs, that delved into recent history and modern-day affairs with a defiant ferocity and style: “Salvador,” “Platoon,” “Wa
BooksSept. 21, 2016
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Long-term unemployment hits record
Long-term unemployment, one of the most worrisome signs of a sinking economy, has risen sharply in Korea in recent months, approaching levels last seen in the aftermath of the so-called IMF crisis in the late 1990s, data showed Wednesday. According to Statistics Korea, over 182,000 Korean workers had been out of work for six months or longer in August, accounting for 18.27 percent of the population without jobs. This represents an increase of 62,000 from July, the data showed. That monthly gain
Sept. 21, 2016
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Cleaning up image of dictator Marcos
On Sept. 11, the Official Gazette of the Philippines decided to mark the 99th birth anniversary of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, by releasing a graphic. What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out: Almost everything.The graphic produced by the Gazette carried a photo, a quote, and a caption. Under sustained social media criticism, the caption went through three editions -- each one deeply problematic both because of what was included and what was left out.The first version stirred con
ViewpointsSept. 21, 2016
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[Sheikh Hasina] Getting migration governance right
At last year’s United Nations General Assembly summit, world leaders promised to cooperate on ensuring safe, orderly, regular, and responsible migration. This year, they need to do more to realize that pledge.UN member states have acknowledged migration’s many benefits, including its role in stabilizing global labor markets, spreading knowledge and ideas, creating diasporas that spur increased trade and investment, and sustaining economies worldwide through remittances, which pay for family memb
ViewpointsSept. 21, 2016
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Infinite tops global charts
K-pop boy band Infinite is sweeping charts at home and abroad with its sixth mini album “Infinite Only,” released Monday. The seven-member act has not only topped real-time and daily music charts on Hanteo and Synnara domestically, but also dominated global iTunes charts in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore, according to Infinite’s management agency Woollim Entertainment on Wednesday. Written by producer group Rphabet’s BEE, the album’s lead track “The Eye
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016
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KT chairman touts intelligent networks as future of mobile era
Hwang Chang-gyu, the chairman of telecom giant KT, said Tuesday that ongoing innovation in network technology, or so-called “intelligent networks,” will lead to a paradigm shift in industries overall and bring a greater change in lifestyles than today’s mobile-focused networks.In a speech delivered at Harvard, the chairman said intelligent networks would create new value and new business opportunities, not just because of its speed but also because of its enhanced connectivity and capacity.In 20
TechnologySept. 21, 2016
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Park Hyo-shin to return with new album
Korean singer-songwriter Park Hyo-shin is gearing up for a return to the spotlight. Known for his 2014 hit singles “Wild Flower” and “Happy Together,” Park will be announcing a new album next month, according to the artist’s management agency Glove Entertainment on Wednesday. This will be his first full-length album in six years. Created in collaboration with American mastering engineer Tom Coyne -- who has worked with global pop icons, including Adele and Sam Smith -- the upcoming album is bei
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016
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Artday to hold September auction
Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an online auction from Sept. 23-27, presenting major works of art by contemporary Korean and international artists. The art auction will feature numerous works of renowned Korean artists. In addition to painter Hwang Yeom-soo’s “Roses,” the lot includes Lee Man-ik’s “Family” series that captures the spirit of the traditional Korean household with a modern twist, hanji (traditional Korean paper) artist Chun Kwang-young’s texture-inspired se
PerformanceSept. 21, 2016
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Global writers to engage in conversation at Seoul International Writers’ Festival
Writers from around the world will exchange ideas and share literary works at the Seoul International Writers’ Festival taking place from Sept. 25-Oct. 1 at the Arko Art Center and Daehakro Arts Theater in northeastern Seoul. One of the festival’s programs “Free Talks” will pair up writers to engage in conversation about their works and the theme of this year’s festival, “the forgotten and the unforgettable” in literature. The talks will take place at the Daehakro Arts Theater from Sept. 26-30.
BooksSept. 21, 2016
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[Photo News] Financial job fair
A jobseeker wearing a virtual reality headset searches for recruitment plans by financial institutions on a screen at the first financial industry-level job fair held at Coex in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap)
Sept. 21, 2016
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Korea pushes to develop high capacity secondary cells for electric cars
The government will jointly develop high capacity secondary cells for electric vehicles with the private sector to boost the local electric car industry, officials said Wednesday.The Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy said it launched a large-scale project with the private sector to develop the high capacity batteries for electric vehicles that allow up to 400 kilometers of travel on a single charge.The participants consist of 230 researchers from 27 private institutions, including conglomera
IndustrySept. 21, 2016