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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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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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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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National museums to open daily starting October
Three major national museums in Korea -- the National Museum of Korea, the National Folk Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea -- will open every day starting October, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday. Currently, the NMK and the MMCA close Mondays, while the NFMK closes Tuesdays. The MMCA is located near Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, a popular tourist site, while the NFK is located inside the palace. “Opening museums without holidays will offer more days for ci
CultureSept. 6, 2016
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[Photo News] Hyundai Chief visits US design center
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo (right) talks with Tom Kearns, chief designer of Kia Motors’ design center in California, during his visit to the US on Monday. (Hyundai Motor)
MobilitySept. 6, 2016
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[Editorial] Hanjin fiasco
Fallouts from the collapse of a big company usually reach far beyond its own shareholders, employees, business partners and customers. The case of Hanjin Shipping Co. offers a good example. The shipper, the No. 1 in the nation and the No. 7 in the world, went into court receivership last week under heavy debt amounting to 6 trillion won ($5.37 billion). It touched off a storm not only in the shipping industry but also the entire economy. Now more than half of Hanjin’s 141-strong fleet are strand
EditorialSept. 6, 2016
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[Editorial] Cold War mentality
Type “Xi Jinping” — the name of the Chinese president — and “Cold War mentality” into Google and you will get a long list of results. Most prominently among them are results that mention how Xi said nations should abandon the Cold War mentality when he addressed the UN General Assembly about one year ago. He made the same remark last week when he addressed a business forum at the G20 summit he was hosting in Hangzhou. He apparently had in mind his country’s biggest rival, the US, which it believ
EditorialSept. 6, 2016
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Minjoo Party leader emphasizes economy in address to Assembly
The newly elected leader of the main opposition party urged the government to take strong measures to jumpstart the nation’s sluggish economy, blasting what President Park Geun-hye has suggested as the nation’s growth strategy.In her debut speech as a party leader at the National Assembly, The Minjoo Party of Korea’s Chairwoman Rep. Choo Mi-ae said South Korea should move beyond a conglomerate-dominated, export-driven economy toward a “fair economy” by revamping the tax code and increasing the c
PoliticsSept. 6, 2016
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Korean-Americans favor Clinton
Korean-American voters in the US appear to strongly favor Hilary Clinton over Donald Trump for their next president, regardless of their political inclination, a recent survey by a US-based scholar revealed.The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California’s Network of Korean-American Leaders, showed that 70.25 percent of the respondents are planning to vote for Clinton in the upcoming US presidential election in November.Another 4.96 percent expressed support for Trum
InternationalSept. 6, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Chief justice apologizes for corruption scandal
Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae on Tuesday offered a public apology over an incumbent senior judge who was arrested last week on suspicions of taking bribes from a scandal-ridden businessman. “I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize on behalf of the judiciary for causing concern to the people. I promise to take stern measures following what comes to light,” Yang said during an opening speech at an emergency meeting of local court chiefs. Yang Sung-tae, chief justi
Social AffairsSept. 6, 2016
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World defense officials to gather at Seoul forum
High-ranking defense officials from 33 countries and five international organizations will gather Wednesday in Seoul to discuss ways to address global security issues, such as growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. The fifth annual Seoul Defense Dialogue, hosted by the Defense Ministry under the theme “Complex Security Crisis: Challenges and Solutions,” is to run from Sept.7-9 at the Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. Vice-ministerial talks will be held between South Korea’s Vice Defe
DefenseSept. 6, 2016
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NK claims to have tested upgraded Rodong missiles
North Korea claimed Tuesday to have used an upgraded model of its mid-range Rodong projectiles during their test fire one day earlier in a fresh display of its unbridled ambition to shore up its nuclear and missile programs. State media said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed the liftoff in which three ballistic missiles flew some 1,000 kilometers above the East Sea toward Japan, expressing “great satisfaction” and calling for sustained efforts to develop the country’s nuclear capabiliti
North KoreaSept. 6, 2016
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[Kim Seong-kon] Feeling guilty and taking moral responsibility
In the epigraph of his novel, “The Victim,” Saul Bellow poses a problem of moral responsibility and reckoning. Borrowing from “Arabian Nights,” the Nobel Laureate asks a question: If a merchant threw date stones after eating the dates and accidentally killed the son of an Ifrit, would the merchant be responsible for it? Since the Ifrit and his son were invisible, the merchants did not know they were around. Still, however, the Ifrit wanted retribution for his son’s death and the merchant should
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016
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[Noah Feldman] Judicial Watch‘s pursuit of Clinton goes too far
The Clintons have been subject to fishing expeditions before, but why is a federal court making Hillary Clinton give sworn responses now to questions about her use of a private e-mail server back when she was secretary of state? This all stems from a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by a conservative group seeking State Department information about Clinton’s aide Huma Abedin. With a series of permissive rulings, the judge has allowed the suit to get out of hand. It’s now an inquiry int
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016
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[Jake Blumgart] 50 years on, ‘Star Trek’ endures
As Gene Roddenberry‘s “Star Trek” boldly passes the 50-year mark Thursday, the series is in impressive shape.The latest movie -- “Star Trek Beyond” -- made about $250 million at the domestic box office and received an 83 percent “Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is far better than most of this summer’s hideously awful blockbusters. A new series, “Discovery” -- No. 7 in the franchise -- makes its debut on CBS in early 2017, seemingly in a serialized fashion where the characters and plotlin
ViewpointsSept. 6, 2016