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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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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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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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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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S. Korea unlikely to help N. Korea recover from flood damage
South Korea said Monday that there is not much possibility that it will provide assistance to North Korea to help it recover from damage caused by recent floods given the high tensions following Pyongyang's nuclear test.North Korea's northeastern region is struggling to cope with what is being called its worst-ever floods since the country's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule. Heavy rains are believed to have left more than 130 people dead and over 400 missing.South Korea's unificatio
North KoreaSept. 19, 2016
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Huawei Korea accused of leaking rival company's technologies
Prosecutors said Monday they have indicted the local subsidiary of China's Huawei Technologies Co. and its executives on charges of leaking its competitor's technologies and trade secrets. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Huawei Korea's executive, identified only by his surname Kang, is suspected of leaking business secrets from telecoms equipment developer Ericsson-LG while working there in January 2014. The joint venture is between Sweden-based Ericsson and South Korean tech
Social AffairsSept. 19, 2016
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[David Ignatius] Dangers in Trump’s deal making
Consider two quotations, the first engraved in modern history and the other less than a week old, and ask yourself what they have in common: “This morning I had another talk with the German chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine. ... I believe it is peace for our time.”And then: “I think I’d be able to get along with him. … If he says great things about me, I’m gonna say great things about him. I’ve already said he is really very much of a lea
ViewpointsSept. 19, 2016
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[Vida Bajc] After Olympics, security networks live on
With the cauldron at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro extinguished, fans and critics alike are revisiting the perennial Olympic question: To whom is this enormously oversized effort to host the games really worth? One beneficiary that was prominently featured in Rio is the world of global security and surveillance.Olympic delegations and high-profile guests clearly want to be assured that the host has control over security. The organizers are equally as eager to demonstrate that they have t
ViewpointsSept. 19, 2016
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Korea imports 400 tons of Fukushima goods
South Korea has imported over 400 tons of foods grown with radiation exposure in Fukushima, Japan, over the past six years, a South Korean opposition lawmaker said Monday, despite local consumers' worries over contamination.A total of 407 tons of goods from the region were brought into the country, said Choi Do-ja of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea, citing data of the Korea Food and Drug Administration submitted to the National Assembly.A devastating earthquake off the east coast of Ja
IndustrySept. 19, 2016
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Financial sector less contributing to GDP: research
South Korea's economy has become less dependent on the financial sector over the past several years despite the latter's growth in size, a study showed Monday.The financial industry's output accounted for only 4 percent of the total output of the country's economy in 2014, down from 4.7 percent in 2007, according to National Assembly Research Service.The findings, based on the analysis of the Bank of Korea's data, mean the financial industry has contributed less to the gross domestic product of
Sept. 19, 2016
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[Kosdaq Star] Innox to gain momentum from Apple’s switch to OLED displays
Information technology material provider Innox, which is worth 15 billion won ($13.4 million), is performing well this year and is expected to do even better, as global electronics makers are turning to organic light-emitting diode display panels. Founded in 2001, Innox produces OLED materials, including adhesive films for flexible OLED display panels that are used to reinforce the panel boards, as well as circuit and semiconductor materials. The company used to rely heavily on the circuit mater
Sept. 19, 2016
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Starfield attracts 1.5m visitors in 10 days, faces parking chaos
Korea’s largest shopping mall multiplex Starfield has attracted over 1.5 million visitors in the first 10 days of its opening, due to the long Chuseok holiday, its operator Shinsegae said Monday. “Starfield had a greater turn out than anticipated thanks to the various promotions we ran before the opening, such as television commercials staring famous celebrities and messages sent out to important clients,” a spokesman for Shinsegae said. Korea’s biggest shopping mall complex Starfield is crowded
IndustrySept. 19, 2016
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S. Korea appoints new military leaders amid rising threats from N. Korea
South Korea's military appointed senior commanders to two key posts as part of an ongoing effort to better counter rising threats from North Korea, the defense ministry said Monday.Um Hyun-seong, 58, vice chairman of Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff, will take over from the current Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jung Ho-sup. Leem Ho-young, 57, chief director of JCS's Strategic Planning Directorate, will replace Gen.Kim Hyun-jip as deputy commander of the Combined Forces Command, the Ministry of Nat
DefenseSept. 19, 2016