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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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‘Tackling inequality, partnerships key to new development era’
The international community should continue to capitalize on political will and diversify funding sources through partnerships to achieve inclusive growth going forward, experts said Wednesday. Some 400 policymakers, academics and relief workers from around the world gathered for the Seoul ODA International Conference hosted by the Foreign Ministry and the Korea International Cooperation Agency. Under the theme “Looking Back and Moving Forward,” the two-day event sought to explore better ways to
Foreign AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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Budget bill feud holds back hearing
The political parties’ feuding over the government’s supplementary budget bill posed setbacks for a series of key parliamentary agendas Wednesday, including a ministerial confirmation hearing.The parliamentary committee for education, culture, sports and tourism was forced to adjourn its confirmation hearing on Culture Minister nominee Cho Yoon-sun, due to a verbal battle triggered by the ruling Saenuri members.Culture Minister nominee Cho Yoon-sun heads to her seat as the committee for educatio
PoliticsAug. 31, 2016
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Most dementia patients are non-drinkers
Heavy drinking has long been considered a major risk factor for dementia, but a new local study has found that almost 90 percent of South Korea’s elderly patients with the disease do not have a history of heavy drinking.The study, compiled by Konkuk University Medical Center’s department of neurology, conducted research on 554 patients with severe dementia and aged 65 or older. Among them, 81.9 percent were women, while 89.9 percent were nondrinkers. Only 9.1 percent were either drinking heavily
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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Why some men choose to enlist
PFC Park Ju-won, 31, recalls the day he suited up to serve as a private second class in the Army. His superior had just scolded him for yawning in front of him.“I thought to myself, ‘this guy’s far younger than me and he tells me off just because he enlisted a bit earlier?’ These are the moments I have conflicting feelings (about the military),” he said. He immediately then thought, he did not even have to join the military.All able-bodied Korean men are mandated by law to serve in the military
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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[Editorial] Budget focus
Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho has stressed that policymakers will put job creation on the front burner in managing the 2017 budget, which features a 10.7 percent growth in allocation for the job creation segment.The budget for boosting employment is 17.5 trillion won ($15.6 billion), aimed at creating 240,000 jobs for young people next year, compared with 210,000 this year. The rise is noteworthy when the budget growth is compared by sector -- 6.9 percent increase for tourism, 6.1 percent for educa
EditorialAug. 31, 2016
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[Editorial] Owner’s retreat
Creditors have decided not to bail out the debt-saddled Hanjin Shipping, a main unit of Hanjin Group. In the wake of the banking sector’s rejection of the rescue fund, the nation’s largest container shipping firm will be pressured by the financial regulator to dispose of its viable assets to the second-largest Hyundai Merchant Marine.Market insiders allege that Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho had a lack of resolve to normalize the shipping firm, compared to a similar solution by Hyundai Group,
EditorialAug. 31, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Google to expand Waze carpooling service
Google is preparing to expand a San Francisco carpooling program in a move that could that could set up a showdown with its one-time ally, the popular ride-hailing service Uber.The plans will build upon a test service that Google's navigation app Waze launched three months ago in the San Francisco Bay Area. The program allows anyone using the Waze app to offer a ride to a limited pool of people trying to get to work or home.Now, only people working at six companies, including Google, Wal-Mart St
BusinessAug. 31, 2016
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[Leonid Bershidsky] US-EU trade deal gets hung up on politics
Germany’s vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, says talks about a major trade deal between the European Union and the US have failed, though “nobody is really admitting it.” That statement should be taken with a grain of salt, but the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership appears to be doomed, at least until after elections in the US and major European countries. Gabriel’s Economy Ministry is not involved in the TTIP negotiations. He also is the leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party,
ViewpointsAug. 31, 2016
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[Kim Myong-sik] SLBM, THAAD and yellow jumpers around the table
The hottest summer in everyone’s living memory has finally receded. Electricity consumption soared for cooling, but, thankfully, the nation avoided a feared “blackout” situation as most power stations, including nuclear plants, were in normal operation and people minimized the use of air conditioners in fear of bloated energy bills. So, in the area of power demand and supply, we achieved balance between individual needs and national capacity. It primarily was the steeply progressive utility rate
ViewpointsAug. 31, 2016
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‘The Age of Shadows’ selected as 2017 Oscars contender
Upcoming historical thriller “The Age of Shadows” has been selected as a contender for the 89th Academy Awards for best foreign language film, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) on Tuesday. “‘The Age of Shadows’ was selected not only for its aesthetic achievement, but also in recognition of the director and cast, and global distribution and marketing efforts,” said KOFIC in a statement. Starring big-name actors including Song Kang-ho from the 2013 dystopian film “Snowpiercer” and Gong
FilmAug. 31, 2016
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[Ana Palacio] Reason in age of Trump
In the classical Greek tragedy The Bacchae, the god Dionysus, powered by a thirst for vengeance, battles the inflexible and closed-minded King Pentheus for the soul of Thebes. Ultimately, Pentheus’s rigidity -- his attempt to suppress, rather than understand or adapt to, the emotions inflamed by the passionate and unconventional Dionysus -- proves to be his undoing. Dionysus emerges victorious, and Pentheus is ripped to shreds.Today, the emotional and mercurial Donald Trump is challenging the US
ViewpointsAug. 31, 2016
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Actor Cha Seung-won plays Joseon era cartographer in new film
One of the most famous maps in Korean history is the 1861 Daedongyeojido, meaning “the great map of the east land.” Measuring 6.7 by 3.8 meters and depicting the entire Korean Peninsula, it has long been lauded by historians for being astonishingly accurate, detailed and advanced for its time.In “The Map Against the World,” a new historical drama flick set for release on Sept. 7, actor Cha Seung-won takes up the role of Kim Jeong-ho, a late Joseon era geographer, cartographer and maker of the hi
FilmAug. 31, 2016
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[Jeffrey D. Sachs] America’s true role in Syria
Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet. Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died; around 10 million Syrians have been displaced; Europe has been convulsed with Islamic State group terror and the political fallout of refugees; and the United States and its NATO allies have more than once come perilously close to direct confrontation with Russia.Unfortunately, President Barack Obama has greatly compounded the dangers by hiding the US role in Syria fro
ViewpointsAug. 31, 2016