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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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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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LG Display doubles 65-inch OLED panel production in Q2
[THE INVESTOR] LG Display, the display-making unit of LG Group, has almost doubled production of its 65-inch organic light-emitting diode panels in the second quarter as more TV manufacturers are adopting the larger OLED display. According to UBI Research, a local research firm specialized in OLED, the company shipped a combined140,000 OLED panels in the April-June period. Of them, the 65-inch panel made up 28,000 units, doubling from some 14,000 units in the first quarter. The increased shipmen
TechnologyJuly 20, 2016
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U.S. pledges to put unrelenting pressure on N. Korea after missile launches
The United States pledged Tuesday to put unrelenting pressure on the "leadership of North Korea" after the communist nation carried out banned ballistic missile launches in defiance of international pressure. The North fired the three missiles -- two of them short-range Scud and the third an intermediate-range Rodong -- earlier Tuesday in what was seen as a show of force against the planned deployment in South Korea of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system."This is just another in a series of pr
North KoreaJuly 20, 2016
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N. Korean missile launches 'deeply troubling': U.N. spokesman
North Korea's latest firing of three ballistic missiles is "deeply troubling" and runs counter to efforts to reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.The communist nation fired the missiles -- two of them short-range Scud and the third an intermediate-range Rodong -- earlier Tuesday in what was seen as a show of force against the planned deployment in South Korea of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system."The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's firing of missiles
North KoreaJuly 20, 2016
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Republican Party platform calls N. Korea 'Kim family's slave state'
The U.S. Republican Party has adopted its new policy platform, calling for change in North Korea that it denounced as the "Kim family's slave state" and pledging to work toward ending the communist nation's nuclear weapons program.North Korea was the first issue mentioned in the Asia Pacific part of the platform adopted on Monday, the opening day of the party's national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in an indication of the significance the party attaches to the problem."We are a Pacific nation
North KoreaJuly 20, 2016
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Gov't disciplinary body recommends toughest penalty for official over controversial comments
The government's disciplinary body on Tuesday recommended the toughest penalty on public servants for an ex-education ministry official over controversial comments.The Central Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of Personnel Management decided to depose Na Hyang-wook, who was relieved of his duties as the head of the ministry's policy planning bureau last week. On July 9, vernacular daily Kyunghyang Shinmun quoted Na as calling the Korean people "dogs and pigs" during his dinner with the pape
Social AffairsJuly 19, 2016
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Authorities seek to freeze assets of prosecutor arrested on bribery charges
Authorities are seeking to freeze the assets of a senior prosecutor arrested on charges of taking bribes from a major online game maker.An ad hoc team investigating the case on Tuesday filed for a court order to freeze some 14 billion won ($12.3 million) worth of assets of Jin Kyung-joon. The 49-year-old was put behind bars Sunday on charges of accepting bribes from Nexon Co. and using them for shady stock transactions.The move comes a day after both Justice Minister Kim Hyun-woong and Prosecuto
Social AffairsJuly 19, 2016
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Korean football's oldest player retires at 46
Goalkeeper Kim Byung-ji, the oldest player ever in South Korean professional football, will finally hang up his boots.Kim, 46, announced his retirement via Facebook on Tuesday, saying he wants to put his 35-year playing career into his memory bank."I was really a happy player," Kim wrote. "Yes! I'm retiring. This is for another start (of my life)."Kim has been searching for a club after his contract with the Jeonnam Dragons in the top-flight K League Classic ended last year.He failed to sign wit
SoccerJuly 19, 2016