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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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Seoul to allow unprofitable firms to go public
South Korea’s financial regulator said Monday it will revise the stock market listing requirements to allow unprofitable but promising companies to go public. Calling it the “Tesla qualification,” Yim Jong-yong, chairman of the Financial Services Commission, said the regulator will add a new qualification gauging the growth potential of unlisted firms, besides looking at existing financial qualifications including sales and profits. “The global electric vehicle maker Tesla could finance funds th
Sept. 5, 2016
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LG to unveil quantum dot TVs next year
BERLIN -- LG Electronics will introduce its own version of quantum dot TVs next year, and consolidate its dominance in the top end market by its TVs powered by organic light emitting diodes.Competition over OLED TVs will intensify starting next year with around 10 electronics companies taking the next-generation display technology as key products for the premium segment.Expressing confidence, Kwon Bong-suk, executive vice president and CEO of LG Home Entertainment Company, said that LG will cont
TechnologySept. 5, 2016
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EU aims to help animated films take on US giants
VENICE (AFP) -- Can Shaun the Sheep take on Kung Fu Panda? Europe’s mostly low-key animated film industry needs a helping hand in taking on US goliaths like Pixar and DreamWorks -- and EU regulators say they are ready to join battle.“We would like to concentrate on the European animation sector,” EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told journalists Sunday on the sidelines of the world’s oldest film festival in Venice.“We will launch a dialogue with the major European animation studios to identify
FilmSept. 5, 2016
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The exhibition of Reading Gaol: Wilde's prison opens doors
READING, United Kingdom (AFP) - Reading Gaol broke Oscar Wilde during his two-year incarceration but 120 years later, the prison is welcoming the Irish writer back -- this time through his works, in an exhibition on isolation.Her Majesty's Prison Reading, west of London, is also hosting works from the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and British visual artist Steve McQueen for the exhibition entitled “Inside.”It would be hard to find a better place to discuss separation, deprivation and despair than wit
PerformanceSept. 5, 2016
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'My GoldStar phone' wins Soorim literary award
A novel about a young aspiring writer has won a literary prize co-awarded by Yonhap News Agency and the Soorim Cultural Foundation, the news agency said Monday.“My GoldStar phone” by Kim Hena tells the story of a 25-year-old university research assistant who strives to become a writer after growing up as a rebellious and financially-strapped teenager.“Had the story taken place in the real world, it would have been a series of trivial and humble monologues that drew little attention, but all of a
BooksSept. 5, 2016
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[Urgent] NK fires 3 ballistic missiles to East Sea
North Korea on Monday fired three ballistic missiles into the East Sea around 12:14 p.m., military said. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missiles were fired from the country’s western region of Hwangju, North Hwanghae Province. It is yet unclear what type of missiles had been fired.Some military officials have told local media that Pyongyang may carry out some form of armed protests -- including launch of a ballistic missile -- to commemorate the day North Korean government was found
DefenseSept. 5, 2016