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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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Park calls for strong, effective sanctions upon NK nuke
President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that Seoul will take more tangible actions against North Korea‘s nuclear provocations, adding that a disputed US anti-missile battery is needed as protection from possible missile attacks from Pyongyang.“The military should maintain a high-degree retaliation system that may put an end to the North Korean regime, should it fire a single nuclear-tipped missile toward our land,” Park said at the Cabinet meeting.The state leader described the communist state’s nu
PoliticsSept. 13, 2016
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Parties slam government's earthquake countermeasures
Political parties on Tuesday sharply criticized the government’s lackluster response during and after the country’s strongest earthquake the day before, accusing safety agencies of failing to promptly alert the public of the natural disaster.The ruling Saenuri Party and opposition camps asserted that the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, the nation’s top disaster agency, failed to inform the people swiftly enough about disaster news and safety protocol when the 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit
PoliticsSept. 13, 2016
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'Korean thread from Peace Corps days is woven through my life'
Amid the escalation of the Cold War, David Lassiter, then a 22-year-old college student in international relations, landed at Gimpo airport in 1966 as part of the maiden batch of US Peace Corps volunteers tasked with aiding South Korea’s post-war reconstruction. A lover of Chinese food who had not traveled outside the US and who was largely ignorant of Korean society, he came directly into solitude, homesickness and “culture shock,” among other snags, as soon as he began teaching English at Euij
Foreign AffairsSept. 13, 2016
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Quake triggers safety concerns, halts facilities
After a record magnitude earthquake jolted most parts of South Korea overnight, seismic experts and disaster response officials said Tuesday the quake and its aftershocks had died down. But they also warned the Korean Peninsula may henceforth experience severe earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater, calling for strengthened safety measures.Meanwhile, a number of industrial facilities in the southeastern part of the country, including a power plant, temporarily halted operations for safety insp
Social AffairsSept. 13, 2016
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Allies seek new sanctions on NK
South Korea and the US on Tuesday said they agreed to push for stronger economic sanctions and other measures to pressure North Korea, indicating that Pyongyang’s provocative actions will have “serious consequences.““The two countries will retain our deterrence (against the North) and work with the international society for more powerful and effective sanctions, to create an environment where (North Korea) will have no choice but to change,” said South Korea’s top nuclear envoy Kim Hong-kyun aft
North KoreaSept. 13, 2016
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Record earthquake triggers safety concerns
A record-breaking earthquake has raised safety concerns over nuclear reactors in South Korea, despite meteorological chief saying that larger earthquakes are unlikely.Ko Yun-hwa, the head of the Korea Meteorological Administration said on Tuesday morning that strong earthquakes exceeding a magnitude of 6.5 are unlikely to occur in South Korea although earthquakes of magnitudes higher than 6 could happen in the future.Following the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the southeastern city Gyeongju on Mon
IndustrySept. 13, 2016
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Hyundai, Samsung production facilities resume after quake
A number of South Korean businesses were forced to halt their production and assembly lines for safety inspections Tuesday, one day after a powerful quake rocked the country.Nearly a dozen major industrial facilities, including a power plant, had their operations halted after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted the nation, according to the commerce ministry.The quake was the strongest ever to be recorded on the Korean Peninsula, the Korea Meteorological Administration has said.The nation’s largest
IndustrySept. 13, 2016
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Korean economy facing growing downward risks in H2
A series of unfortunate industrial and economic events at home and abroad are weighing down on the South Korean economy, blasting hopes for recovery in the second half of 2016. According to a report by LG Economic Research Institute on Tuesday, the Korean economy is highly likely to suffer sluggish consumption, exports and facility investment for the last four months of the year as the fourth-largest economy in Asia is recently hit by collapse of the country’s largest shipper, recalls of the new
Sept. 13, 2016
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[Graphic News] Strongest earthquakes on Korean Peninsula
World NewsSept. 13, 2016
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[Editorial] Nature’s warning
The strongest earthquake yet that hit the country Monday night is a reminder that this land is not safe from the curse of a major earthquake or other major natural disasters. It is fortunate that there have been no reports of casualties or major property damage, but what the nation experienced overnight was sufficient to urge the government and the public to raise their awareness of the danger of earthquakes. The 5.8-magnitude tremor, which was centered in the southeastern city of Kyeongju, was
EditorialSept. 13, 2016
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[Editorial] Real deterrence
On many counts, North Korea’s fifth nuclear test last week means that the world now faces the worst-case scenario: North Korea has -- or is very close to having -- the capability to launch a nuclear strike. The latest blast, which Pyongyang claimed was a “warhead,” was the most powerful yet -- experts estimate it at a force of at least 10 kilotons of TNT -- and it came only eight months after the previous detonation. Moreover, the test came as the North is in what seems to be the final stage of
EditorialSept. 13, 2016
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[Kim Seong-kon] Noblesse oblige or noble-less oblige?
Once again, professionalism is at stake in Korea. True professionalism means pride, honor and a sense of obligation in one’s job or position, not arrogance. True professionalism entails noblesse oblige -- the privileged caring for the less well-off -- as well. Therefore, if you were a prosecutor who has true professionalism and noblesse oblige, you would not take bribes from suspects.Likewise, if you are a college professor with true professionalism and decency, you would never seduce or harass
ViewpointsSept. 13, 2016
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[Andrew Sheng] The misbehavior of markets
Before the Global Financial Crisis of 2007, the market was God and the master who made the belief possible, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, walked on water. Since the crisis shook belief in financial markets, the new high priests are the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and Bank of Japan Gov. Kuroda. They are trying to convince markets that central banks can lift economies from deflation, if not with negative interest rates, but also helicopter money. But for thos
ViewpointsSept. 13, 2016
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Immigration policy for a post-Brexit Britain
A key demand of Brexit voters was to take back control of the UK’s immigration policy. Prime Minister Theresa May has promised she will -- but hasn’t said what she’ll do with this control once she has it.Many Brexit supporters are hoping for a severely restrictive system. This would be a mistake and May ought to say so. Liberal rules on immigration, exercised at Britain’s discretion, would best serve Britain’s interests.As things stand, the ruling Conservative Party has pledged to bring net migr
ViewpointsSept. 13, 2016
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[Jay Ambrose] 9/11 not over yet
It has been 15 years since 9/11, and yes, the shock has gone, along with flag-waving national unity. But no one who was around then can forget that day, and no one who is around now should forget that we are still faced with insanely barbaric terrorists who want as many more such days as they can contrive.The danger has been played down some lately. Secretary of State John Kerry suggested in a speech that news outlets should maybe tone down their reporting of catastrophic killings around the wor
ViewpointsSept. 13, 2016
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[Robert J. Fouser] Korean language education requires understanding of learners
Last July, the South Korean government announced that it would promote Korean as a second language under the King Sejong Institute brand. Currently three branches of the Korean government -- the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism -- operate different Korean language programs, each with a different name and curriculum. The policy aims to combine the Ministry of Education’s programs for overseas Koreans with those of the King Se
ViewpointsSept. 13, 2016