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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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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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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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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
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Park: NK poses 'real' threat of war
President Park Geun-hye on Monday warned that North Korea’s escalating provocations and “real, imminent threats” could pose the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula, pushing political parties to embrace stronger defense measures.She underlined the importance of the US nuclear umbrella, as well as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, a controversial anti-missile battery to be installed in the southern part of the nation.“North Korea is vowing additional provocations, which may possibly cause
PoliticsSept. 12, 2016
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Forest healing essay contest
The Herald Business is pleasantly co-organizing a forest healing essay contest in partnership with the Korea Forest Service and the Korea Forest Welfare Institute, or FoWi. Sponsored by the Green Fund, the contest has been organized to promote the value of forests and their positive healing effects on wounded hearts. Essay topicAny personal healing experience from forestsExperiences of having overcome an array of problems, such as cancer, depression, alcoholism, game addiction or family problems
IndustrySept. 12, 2016
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SC Bank, Payco offer points swap service
Standard Chartered Bank Korea has launched a points swap service with online mobile payment platform Payco, the bank said Monday. The service allows customers to convert the bank’s 360Reward points to Payco points. Customers can use Payco points at major internet retailers such as Tmon Interpark, CJmall, Hmall, Ticketlink and Bugs and also at offline franchise chains such as Ediya Coffee and Artisee. A model promotes SC Bank Korea‘s points swap service. (SC Bank Korea)Standard Chartered custome
Sept. 12, 2016
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Shinhan Bank expands services for foreigners
Shinhan Bank is expanding its services for foreigners, as they make up a steadily growing pool of potential clients in Korea that remain largely untapped. The nation’s leading bank rolled out the “K-onepass” debit card for foreigners in May, which doubles as a deferred-payment transportation card. The card also offers an array of benefits including discounts on dining and shopping. A Shinhan International Finance Center employee consults a foreign customer. (Shinhan Bank)At Shinhan Internationa
IndustrySept. 12, 2016
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[Kosdaq Star] High prospects for Koh Young’s 3-D inspection solution
Growth prospects look bright for Koh Young Technology, the global No. 1 investor and provider of 3-D electronics inspection equipment, with electronic gadgets growing in sophistication and dominating daily lives. Established in 2002, Koh Young is a leading provider of 3-D solder paste inspection, called SPI, and 3-D automated optical inspection equipment, known as AOI, for about 1,800 smartphone makers, auto part makers and defense-related businesses around the world. The firm produces inspectio
Sept. 12, 2016
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[Editorial] Kia’s plant in Mexico
Kia Motors has built a new production facility in Mexico, securing a base for its advance into North and South American markets. The $3 billion plant is Kia’s fourth overseas production facility, with the three others located in China, Slovenia and the United States. It is capable of producing 400,000 cars per year. With the new factory in Mexico, Kia‘s overall production capacity came to 3.56 million vehicles per year. Notably, the Mexican plant boosts the company’s overseas production capacity
EditorialSept. 12, 2016
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Exports drop amid Hanjin crisis
Partly due to the Hanjin Shipping crisis, South Korea’s exports decreased this month, data showed Monday. According to the Korea Customs Service, the amount of exports fell by 3.6 percent to $13.5 billion from Sept.1-10 on-year. The monthly export amount rebounded in August with a 2.6 percent rise, after 19 months of decline. By types of exported items, telecommunication-related equipment, vehicles, and home electronics plummeted by 21.3 percent, 30.8 percent and 25.7 percent, respectively.By re
IndustrySept. 12, 2016
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[Editorial] School records
The Ministry of Education has launched an inspection of all high schools in Korea to see how they manage students’ records. The inspection was prompted by a police announcement Wednesday of a recent investigation into a girls’ high school in Gwangju. Police said they referred the principal and two teachers of the school to prosecutors for fabricating the records of 25 students in the National Education Information System, an online system that records the grades and extracurricular activities of
EditorialSept. 12, 2016
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Ferment in the sea
The cordiality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Vientiaine hasn’t quite airbrushed the continuing discord between China and the Southeast Asian nations, notably Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan over the South China Sea. Despite the ruling given by the International Court of Justice at The Hague, the tension over the mastery of the choppy waters might fester for some time yet, going by two developments. China has sent what they call a “coded warning” to
ViewpointsSept. 12, 2016
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Taming North Korea
In conducting yet another nuclear test Friday, North Korea has escalated its confrontation with the rest of the world. The regime celebrated, saying it had made progress in miniaturizing nukes and attaching warheads to missiles. South Korea’s president rightly called it an act of “maniacal recklessness.”It’s clear, if it wasn’t already, that North Korea is no longer just looking for bribes: Its goal is to build a full-fledged nuclear capability. The only prudent response is to harden sanctions i
ViewpointsSept. 12, 2016
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[Trinh Thanh Thuy] Water shortage: Threat more urgent than warming
This is the 11th article in a series of columns on global affairs written by top editors from members of the Asia News Network and published in newspapers across the region. -- Ed.Climate change has gained recognition as an imminent danger, but the threat to existing fresh water resources requires more immediate attention The United States and China won much world acclaim when they formally ratified the Paris agreement to curb climate-warming emissions Saturday. Contributions by these powers, wh
ViewpointsSept. 12, 2016
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[Newsmaker] LG Chem merger with LG Life Sciences to boost biotech business
South Korea’s top chemicals company LG Chem on Monday said it has decided to merge with its biopharmaceuticals unit LG Life Sciences to drive up its competitiveness in the biotechnology business. The two companies said in a joint regulatory filing that each company approved of the merger -- plans for which had been recently publicized via media reports -- during a board meeting Monday.“The merger reflects LG Group’s aims to nurture its biotechnology business and bridges the strategic needs of th
IndustrySept. 12, 2016
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[Dick Meyer] 15 years later, Trump plays to darkest 9/11 fears
Fifteen years later, nothing epitomizes the darkest impulses of America’s political reactions to the disaster of 9/11 than Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. That day spawned many legacies, many currents; some were communitarian and noble, some were predatory and fearful. Trump’s campaign embodies the worst of it all. After the initial shocks of 9/11 waned, a collective wisdom seemed to emerge that a dark civic response — xenophobia, fear mongering, Big Brotherism and vigilantism — would only
ViewpointsSept. 12, 2016
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[David Ignatius] Trump’s puzzling foreign policy vision
Donald Trump is shifting to “responsible candidate” mode now, so his remarks on foreign policy Wednesday night sounded relatively restrained -- until you begin parsing the details. Let’s start with Trump‘s comment in the NBC forum that after invading Iraq, his policy would have been to “take the oil.” That’s what many Arabs, in their most extreme conspiracy theories, believe US intervention was all about. His argument that seizing the oil would‘ve stopped the Islamic State is probably backwar
ViewpointsSept. 12, 2016
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Apple's wireless earbuds get cool reception in South Korea
The new wireless earbuds from Apple Inc., AirPods, have been getting a skeptical reception from some industry watchers and users in South Korea, mainly because of their relatively short battery life and high price.Unveiling the new iPhone last week, Apple showed that it had ditched the ubiquitous headphone jack for the smartphone. While Apple described the removal of the 100-year-old audio jack as "courageous," some critics raised questions about the sound quality of wireless earbuds. The AirPod
TechnologySept. 12, 2016