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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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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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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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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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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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N.K. nuke test strengthens case for stronger global unity, anti-Pyongyang sanctions
North Korea's surprise nuclear test this week has further strengthened the rationale for stronger international unity and tougher sanctions against the provocative state, analysts here said Friday.President Park Geun-hye cut short her overseas trip to take care of the aftermath of the North's fifth nuclear test, but her summit diplomacy helped create fresh momentum for global efforts to pressure Pyongyang into renouncing its nuclear and missile programs, observers said."Pyongyang's nuclear test,
North KoreaSept. 9, 2016
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S. Korea, U.S. underline need for 'tough' action against N.K.
Top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States agreed on the need for "swift" and "tough" measures against North Korea, promising to closely cooperate in making Pyongyang give up its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.Kim Hong-kyun, special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs at the foreign ministry, held talks with his U.S. counterpart Sung Kim via phone and exchanged views on necessary steps in response to the North'
North KoreaSept. 9, 2016
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[Weekender] Retailers roll out 'legally possible' Chuseok gifts
The country’s second-largest national holiday is less than a week away, but the mood in the retail industry this year is less upbeat than before, with consumers conscious of the anti-bribery law that soon takes effect. Before the so-called “Kim Young-ran Law” was ruled constitutional in July, sending a box of Korean beef or dried yellow croaker fish as a gift was often a way of expressing gratitude to acquaintances during the Chuseok holiday. However, the new anti-graft law bans gifts of ov
BusinessSept. 9, 2016
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SK chairman meets Sinopec head for partnership
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won met with Wang Yupu, the president of China’s state-run oil and gas firm Sinopec to forge a business partnership between the two, the group’s affiliate SK Innovation said Friday.In the meeting held in Beijing, Chey said he was hoping to strengthen business ties between the two, citing a previous case of successful cooperation.In 2012, Chey concluded a negotiation with Sinopec after meeting its former Vice Chairman Wang Tianpu to build a joint ethylene plant in Hubei
IndustrySept. 9, 2016
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[Eye Interview] ‘I always did my own thing’
Troa Cho is the picture of a quintessential fashion designer, with her silver hair in a Louise Brooks bob and sporting black slim-fit tuxedo-style denim pants paired with a black dress shirt. Looking at her posing next to her work from the 1980s -- a slinky python print number fit for a sexy diva of the wild disco years -- currently on exhibition at the Culture Station 284 as part of “Mode & Moments: 100 Years of Korean Fashion,” it does not take too much imagination to picture the septuagenaria
Arts & DesignSept. 9, 2016
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Retail, F&B, leisure stocks to benefit from single households
The growing number of single households in Korea looks set to buoy stocks related to their lifestyles, according to a report by NH Investment & Securities. According to a 2015 census by Statistics Korea released earlier this week, the percentage of one-person households rose to 27.2 percent last year, surpassing households with two or more individuals for the first time. Such single households are projected to account for 34 percent of all households by 2035. “Such growth is expected to bring
Sept. 9, 2016
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Korea, US discuss cargo disruption over Hanjin crisis
Government representatives from South Korea and the US have held a meeting in Seoul to seek ways to prevent cargo disruption in ports in North America over the deepening Hanjin crisis, officials said Friday. Korea’s Oceans and Fisheries Vice-Minister Yoon Hak-bae and US Department of Commerce’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Diane Farrell shared measures against the Hanjin aftermath amid widespread concerns that the near-bankrupt company could impede cargoes heading to the US ahead of the u
IndustrySept. 9, 2016
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Central bank freezes rate for 3rd straight month
South Korea’s central bank kept its key base rate unchanged at 1.25 percent for third straight month on Friday, as largely expected by market analysts, citing high household debt and uncertainties concerning the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.The decision to freeze its September rate was unanimous, as the Bank of Korea already noted in its minutes of last month’s policy committee meeting that a rapid increase in household debt was posing a risk to the economy.Also, the difficulty in foreca
Sept. 9, 2016
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HHI receives 2nd approval for SkyBench
Hyundai Heavy Industries received the second approval in principle from global certification institution Det Norske Veritas und Germanic Lloyd for its unique design concept SkyBench, the company said Friday. At SSM, the leading international maritime trade fair held in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday, the shipbuilder received the second approval from DNV GL for its innovative design SkyBench which allows for maximization of the loading capacity of containerships by utilizing void space under the sl
IndustrySept. 9, 2016
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NK nuke test may have longer impact on market: regulator
The fifth nuclear test by the North Korean regime had a slight impact on the South Korean stock market Friday, but it might affect the market longer than in the past as the North is getting more unpredictable, said the country’s financial regulator. The Kospi closed at 2,037.87, down 1.25 percent from Thursday. Seoul’s main bourse Kospi opened lower due to disappointment at the inaction of the European Central Bank overnight. It continued to fall below the 2,040 mark throughout the morning
Sept. 9, 2016
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[News Analysis] Nuke test to further complicate China’s NK policy
In the wake of North Korea’s fifth underground blast, China is poised to face ever-intricate challenges in handling its defiant neighbor, with Seoul, Washington and other world powers moving to slap a stifling punishment to contain further advances of its nuclear capabilities. The test dealt a fresh blow to Beijing which, as Pyongyang’s economic lifeline and sole major ally, has seen growing accusations of not doing enough to curb its nuclear and missile programs as well as military provocations
North KoreaSept. 9, 2016
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[Weekender] Making full use of Chuseok leftovers
Chuseok is usually a time of gluttony. Meals during the Korean Thanksgiving holiday typically include copious amounts of the following: “jeon,” slices of vegetables, fish, or meat thinly coated in batter and grilled; “namul” or seasoned vegetables; “japchae,” vermicelli noodles with assorted vegetables and meat; and songpyeon or a type of traditional rice cake. Overwhelmed with inevitable leftovers, Chuseok observers often let them go to waste by forgetting about them in the fridge, or even wors
FoodSept. 9, 2016