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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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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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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Japan’s aid to Africa
The sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development was held in Nairobi, with the leaders of Japan and about 50 African nations attending, among others. They adopted the Nairobi Declaration, calling for economic structural reforms and reinforcing measures against communicable diseases as its main pillars.In a keynote speech, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged a total of $30 billion in investments from the public and private sectors over a period of three years through 2018, and to dev
ViewpointsSept. 1, 2016
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[Jose Ma. Montelibano] The Duterte effect on 91% approval ratings
Would you believe it has only been two months into the Duterte presidency? From the fast, furious, loud and graphic news and exchanges that have captured our attention, you would think the Duterte government had been in place for a few years. This tells us of the ripeness of the moment for change, not the usual kind that we take for granted, but change that needs to erupt from almost nowhere. This also speaks of the character of a man handpicked by destiny more than by personal ambition.Destined
ViewpointsSept. 1, 2016
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[Tulsathit Taptim] Can Thai reporters bite Soros’ hand?
Journalistic ethics used to be simple. Though not necessarily easy to observe, the lines were clear. You couldn’t take gifts of any kind from current or potential sponsors. You mustn’t own their stocks or play golf with their executives. You needed corporate money, in other words advertising, but you balanced that out with monetized public trust, in other words subscriptions. This way, you didn’t need to rely that much on the former, which you knew could lead to all kinds of problems.When people
ViewpointsSept. 1, 2016
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Deradicalizing the radicals
Whatever the motive and whoever was behind the attack on a Medan church on Sunday, Indonesia could be facing a new security threat in the form of people, particularly youth, who sympathize with the terrorist Islamic State group and are willing to manifest its creed of violence in this country.Failure to anticipate similar attacks may stretch religious harmony and the state’s commitment to protect religious minorities in this diverse nation to the limit, despite the fact that terrorism knows no r
ViewpointsSept. 1, 2016
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[Cass R. Sunstein] In praise of radical transparency
Almost immediately after a new administration takes office, it must decide on its approach to releasing information. In early 2017, incoming officials should mount an unprecedentedly aggressive transparency initiative -- above all, to disclose online, promptly and even automatically, the final products of their own fact-finding and policy-making processes.If you are skeptical about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, you will think that such an initiative is unlikely. But hear me out. It could wel
ViewpointsSept. 1, 2016
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Senior citizens slapped with prison terms for sex-related crimes
The Seoul High Court on Wednesday convicted an 80-year-old man with a six-year prison term for the attempted rape of a 92-year-old woman. The man was indicted in March for breaking into the house of his neighbor and trying to rape her. He was given six years in the first trial, but later appealed for a lighter term. The High Court dismissed his appeal and upheld the original verdict. The man was also sentenced to undergo 40 hours of a rehabilitation program against sexual violence. In February,
Social AffairsSept. 1, 2016
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[David Ignatius] US campaign against IS on shaky ground
WASHINGTON -- The US military campaign to seize the Islamic State group’s capital of Raqqa may be delayed because of a nasty fight between Turkey and the Syrian Kurdish militia known as the YPG. Sadly, it is a classic Middle East moment, when regional players’ mistrust for each other overwhelms their common interest in fighting the terrorist Islamic State group. And, equally sadly, it is a moment that illustrates the frailty of the US’ Syrian policy, which has built its military plans on the tre
ViewpointsSept. 1, 2016
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Man burgles school to fulfill urge to sniff female shoes
A 33-year-old man obsessed with sniffing female shoes has reportedly burgled an elementary school in search of more shoes, police said on Thursday. Gwangju Bukbu Police in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, confirmed that they arrested a man, known only by his surname Park, on July 28 for allegedly breaking into an elementary school in northern Gwangju to steal six pairs of slippers belonging to female teachers. Stolen shoes belonging to female teachers are displayed in Gwangju Bukbu Police Statio
Social AffairsSept. 1, 2016
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Gov't to lower public firms' debt ratio to 150% by 2020
The South Korean government will reduce the debt ratio of public corporations to around 150 percent by 2020 as part of its efforts to improve the balance sheets of state-funded agencies, the finance ministry said Thursday.Under a long-term financial management plan, 39 public firms, including the Korea Gas Corp. and the Korea Electric Power Corp., are required to maintain their debt-to-total asset ratio at an average 151 percent from the current 194 percent in the coming five years, with their t
Sept. 1, 2016