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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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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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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Newsmaker] Saenuri chief seeks to appease Honam
South Korea’s conservative Saenuri Party on Monday tried to appease the progressive-leaning southwestern Honam region, claiming the party is open to establishing closer political ties. “I would like to make an apology to (the Honam people) for any wrongdoing by the party, as well as its predecessors, for discrimination and hurting the dignity of the people of the region, both intentionally and inadvertently,” Lee Jung-hyun, who heads the Saenuri, said during a parliamentary speech. Rep. Lee Jung
PoliticsSept. 5, 2016
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Opposition slams appointment of controversial ministers
Opposition parties on Monday agreed to seek the removal of the new agriculture minister, lashing out against President Park Geun-hye for pushing ahead with the appointment despite actions by the legislature to block it. Agriculture Minister Kim Jae-soo came under fire for engaging in dubiously lucrative land-purchasing deals and for writing down his mother’s assets o profit from the government’s social security subsidies. The move came a day after President Park Geun-hye, currently in Hangzhou,
PoliticsSept. 5, 2016
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Nat'l Assembly confirms 35 cases of faulty Galaxy Note 7
South Korea's National Assembly said Monday Samsung Electronics Co. has produced 490,000 units of the Galaxy Note 7 phablet since last month in the country, adding it has identified only 35 devices with faulty batteries worldwide so far.The announcement came after Samsung announced a global recall of the Note 7 smartphones on Friday as some of their batteries caught fire while being charged. Samsung also decided to replace all Note 7 smartphones sold to customers with new ones.The Trade, Industr
TechnologySept. 5, 2016
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Martin Smith signs with V Entertainment
Martin Smith, one of the top five contestant groups from the last season of Mnet’s popular music competition show “Superstar K,” has been signed by V Entertainment, according to the management agency Monday. “Martin Smith will be kicking off official promotional activities under the company’s management,” said V Entertainment. “The group will be unveiling its new, diverse content on both broadcast and online outlets,” it added.Founded in 2012 by Korean rock band Schizo’s lead guitarist Joo Sung
PerformanceSept. 5, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Puer Kim, the eccentric model student
Singer-songwriter Puer Kim’s moody crooning has often been described as seductive, enchanting. She previously grabbed attention with her gothic getup in the 2014 release “Manyo Maash”; her provocative 2012 album “Mom & Sex” includes songs with such titles as “It’s Hard to be a Daughter of a Woman Loved by God.” Despite her eccentric musical persona, however, the 30-year-old Berklee College of Music graduate says she has always been a well-behaved “model student” adored by teachers. Even now, she
PerformanceSept. 5, 2016
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[News Analysis] Despite summit, THAAD tension likely to persist
Despite Seoul’s attempts to contain the rows with China over its plan to host a US anti-missile system, tension is expected to endure for the time being given the stark differences between the two countries’ positions, observers said Monday. President Park Geun-hye held a summit with her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the margins of the Group of 20 conference in Hangzhou. The face-to-face meeting was their first since Seoul unveiled its decision last July to station a Terminal High Altitude A
Foreign AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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Navy kicks off field exercise for cadets
The South Korean Navy on Monday commenced its 107-day international training mission for cadets set to take place in 12 countries, officials said.The 63rd annual “cruise training,” as the Navy calls it, is designed to give officers-in-training field experience before being commissioned. The exercises began in 1954, and have expanded since in terms of countries involved.The crew consisting of 600 seamen will include 130 cadets from the 71th class of the Republic of Korea Naval Academy, onboard th
DefenseSept. 5, 2016
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Youth employment worse in provinces than Seoul-Gyeonggi
The latest youth employment rate was significantly lower in nonmetropolitan regions than in the central Seoul-Gyeonggi Province area, data showed Monday.According to the National Assembly Budget Office and Statistics Korea, the employment rate for those aged 15-29 in nonmetropolitan areas as of the second quarter stood at 39.6 percent.Though slightly up from the previous quarter’s 38.7 percent, this figure remained 5.7 percentage points lower than the Seoul-Gyeonggi area’s 45.3 percent.The lowes
Social AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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Senior prosecutor under inspection over alleged corruption
The prosecution said Monday that it has launched an inspection into allegations that an incumbent prosecutor received kickbacks from a businessman, in the latest blow to the scandal-marred justice system. The senior prosecutor, identified only by his surname Kim, is suspected of taking a total of 15 million won ($13,564) in bribes from a businessman, also surnamed Kim, in exchange for dismissing a case about his alleged embezzlement and fraud. The two attended the same middle and high schools.
Social AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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NK fires 3 ballistic missiles into East Sea
North Korea on Monday fired three medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles into the East Sea at around 12:43 p.m. to protest against the international leaders’ meeting in China and commemorate its government’s foundation, said South Korean military. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missiles were fired from the country’s western region of Hwangju, North Hwanghae Province, and later fell in Japan’s air defense identification zone. The missiles were assessed to have flown some 1,000 kilome
DefenseSept. 5, 2016
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Posco expands business in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam -- Korea’s top steelmaker Posco is expanding its business in Vietnam in various fields, especially in steel-processing and new city projects. Since the steelmaker entered Vietnam in 1991, one year before Seoul and Hanoi established an official diplomatic channel, Posco has established 12 corporations and two offices in Vietnam, mostly in steel-making, steel-processing and construction. The view of Splendora in An Khanh, Vietnam (Posco)The steelmaker has run its Vietnam Ha Noi Pro
IndustrySept. 5, 2016
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Former Aramco Korea director appointed as new S-Oil CEO
Korea’s oil refiner S-Oil has appointed Othman Al-Ghamdi, the former Aramco Asia Korea’s representative director, as the new CEO, the company said Monday.The Saudi-born CEO will succeed Nasser Al-Mahasher who headed S-Oil for four and half years. (S-Oil CEO Othman Al-Ghamdi)Building career as an engineer at Saudi Aramco from 1990, he worked for Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Company in China, the joint venture that Saudi Aramco established with Exxon Mobil and Sinopec, from 2004 to 2008. Al-
IndustrySept. 5, 2016