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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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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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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
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110 Koreans return home after Turkey coup attempt
Some 110 South Korean nationals safely returned home Sunday morning after being held up for around 10 hours at Turkey’s Ataturk Airport due to flight delays caused by the attempted military coup. (Yonhap)The coup by soldiers seeking to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke out late Friday, resulting in around 250 casualties. The coup was suppressed Saturday, with President Erdogan returning to the capital to contain the situation and Turkish citizens taking to the streets in an
Social AffairsJuly 17, 2016
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Increased activity monitored at N. Korea nuke test site: allies
South Korean and U.S. intelligence sources on Sunday said they have detected increased activity at the North Korean nuclear test site in Punggye-ri and have beefed up surveillance.The allies said there has been an increase in activity particularly after Seoul and Washington on July 8 announced they planned to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea."There has been a noticeable increase in truck and personnel movement around the site in Kilju county," said an insider,
North KoreaJuly 17, 2016
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Mongolian version of Park's autobiography republished
President Park Geun-hye's autobiography has hit book stands in Mongolia again with renewed public interest, local media reported over the weekend, as she began her first official visit to Ulaanbaatar on Sunday.The Mongolian version of her autobiography, titled "Steeled by Despair, Motivated by Hope," was republished by the Mongolian Association of Graduates in Korea, a group of Mongolians who once studied in South Korea, on Tuesday last week. Her autobiography is now on display in major book sto
PoliticsJuly 17, 2016
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Intraday won-dollar volatility narrows in Q2
The volatility in the won-dollar exchange rate continued to remain high in the second quarter, but the average gap between daily highs and lows narrowed from three months earlier, central bank data showed Sunday.The average gap between the daily high and low of the won-dollar exchange rate came to 7.7 won in the three months ending June 30, compared with the average 8.2 won in the previous quarter, according to the data from the Bank of Korea.The intra-day gap narrowed to an average 6 won in May
July 17, 2016
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Korea, Mongolia agree to seek free trade deal
South Korea and Mongolia on Sunday agreed to seek a bilateral free trade pact, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said, a move to build an institutional framework to bolster mutual trade and investment.The agreement was reached during a summit between President Park Geun-hye and her Mongolian counterpart Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.Park is currently in Ulaanbaatar for a two-day official visit after attending the Asia-Europe Meeting that ended Saturday.During the summit, the two sides also agree
July 17, 2016
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N. Korean media praise Kim on anniversary of 'marshal' title
North Korean media praised the country's leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday as they marked the fourth anniversary of his appointment as marshal.On July 17, 2012, Kim, who was then in his late 20s, was awarded the rank of marshal of the DPRK, in a move seen as consolidating his grip on power.The DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the communist country's official name. In North Korea, marshal is the second-highest position in the military after grand marshal, a title shared by it
North KoreaJuly 17, 2016
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U.S. to reveal Guam THAAD battery to S. Korean media
The United States will reveal its advanced anti-ballistic missile battery in Guam to South Korean media as part of an effort to alleviate fears about the health risks associated with the system's powerful X-band radar, the military said Sunday.The tour by reporters planned for Monday comes after Seoul and Washington, following months of deliberation, agreed to station the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea on July 8 and picked Seongju as the location for the weapons system
DefenseJuly 17, 2016
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ICC launches #JusticeMatters social media campaign
The International Criminal Court is launching a new #JusticeMatters social media campaign from 1 to 17 July, the Day of International Criminal Justice, including a Facebook photo contest. Participants are invited to submit photos, to ask their networks to like and share them, and to challenge their friends to add a little justice to their world view. (ICC)Photos of the scales of justice will be submitted on the ICC 17 July Facebook page transforming a monument, city skyline or a natural landscap
World NewsJuly 17, 2016
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Preventing crimes and suffering through justice
Inside the courtrooms of the International Criminal Court and in local communities, we are hearing the voices of those who have survived some of the world’s most heinous crimes. Stories of tremendous loss. Stories of human suffering that could have – and should have – been prevented. “I lost my entire family.” “I have lost my dignity.” “The only hope I have left is for justice.” New ICC President Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi (Argentina) ©ICC-CPI In our own lifetimes, in conflicts unfoldin
ViewpointsJuly 17, 2016
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Koreans' trading of foreign shares dips 16% in H1
(123rf)South Koreans' direct trading of foreign stocks fell considerably in the first half of the year due to a sharp drop in investment in the Chinese market, data showed Sunday.The total transaction volume of foreign shares by South Koreans came to $6.23 billion, or around 7 trillion won, during the January-June period. It marks a 15.96 percent decline from $7.41 billion recorded a year earlier and 7.74 percent decrease from $6.75 billion in the latter half of 2015.In particular, the trade vo
July 17, 2016
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Samsung Heavy close to winning $2.5 bln deal for offshore LNG facility
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a financially troubled South Korean shipyard, has virtually secured a $2.5 billion deal to build a floating liquefied natural gas facility abroad, industry sources said Sunday.The shipbuilder, a unit of Samsung Group, is leading a consortium made up of French multinational Technip and Japan's JGC in the project, valued at a total of $5.4 billion. The order has been placed by the Italian hydrocarbon company ENI."It's safe to say that Samsung Heavy has virtually won t
IndustryJuly 17, 2016
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N. Korea removed all photos of ruling Kim family from textbooks: report
North Korea may have removed all photos of the ruling Kim family from its textbooks out of fear that school children will scribble on them, a U.S.-based media outlet said Sunday.Radio Free Asia, citing a report carried by Asia Press International, said it recently acquired 75 North Korean primary, middle school and high school textbooks but found no photos of incumbent leader Kim Jong-un or those of his late father and grandfather.Kim inherited power after the sudden death of his father Kim Jong
North KoreaJuly 17, 2016
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Senior prosecutor arrested over bribe-taking
A senior prosecutor was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of taking bribes from the country's leading online game maker and using them for stock investments.Jin Kyung-joon, 49, is accused of amassing massive amounts of wealth through shady stock transactions involving Nexon Co. The game maker allegedly gave some 400 million won ($348,000) to Jin in 2005, helping him make some 12 billion won in profits through stock transactions by 2015.The Seoul Central District Court issued the arrest warrant,
Social AffairsJuly 17, 2016
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Korea, U.S. to go all out to verify THAAD radar safety
South Korea and the United States will go all out to verify that the powerful radar used in the advanced anti-ballistic missile shield poses no health risks, the military said Sunday.Last week the allies picked Seongju county in North Gyeongsang Province, as the location for the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.Seoul and Washington said the location, 296 kilometers southeast of Seoul, is an ideal spot to guard key South Korean and U.S. military installations from evolving North Ko
DefenseJuly 17, 2016
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Nice attack: What we know so far
Eighty-four people were killed after a truck ploughed through crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice.Here is what we know so far about the attack that the Islamic State group claims was carried out by one of its “soldiers.”How did the attack unfold?A white 19-tonne rented refrigerator truck slammed into the crowd on Nice's seafront around 10:45 pm (2045 GMT) Thursday.Some 30,000 people had gathered on the glitzy beachfront avenue, the Promenade des Anglais,
World NewsJuly 17, 2016
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Turkey regains control after deadly anti-Erdogan coup bid
Turkish authorities wrested back control of the country Saturday, after crushing a military coup by discontented soldiers seeking to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that claimed more than 250 lives.After facing down the bloodiest challenge to his 13-year rule, Erdogan triumphantly addressed thousands of supporters in his home Istanbul district after urging people to take to the streets following Friday's chaos in the strategic NATO member of 80 million people.The authorities blam
World NewsJuly 17, 2016
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ASEM leaders condemn N.K. nuke, missile programs
The Asia-Europe Meeting summit on Saturday adopted its chair's statement condemning North Korea's nuclear and missile programs "in the strongest terms," Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. "The chair's statement includes content strongly condemning North Korea's development of nuclear arms and missiles, and calling for the full-scale enforcement of U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions (against the North)," Kim Kyou-hyun, senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs, told
Social AffairsJuly 16, 2016
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Estimated 1m Koreans download 'Pokemon Go' app
An estimated 1 million South Koreans have downloaded "Pokemon Go," the popular augmented reality game not yet available in the country, an app analytics company said Saturday. WiseApp said about 1.03 million people are estimated to have downloaded the Nintendo mobile game, which has quickly become a global sensation since its release last week.The company said the figure was reached based on a survey of 14,439 users of Android-based phones from July 7-15. The survey has a margin of error of plu
Social AffairsJuly 16, 2016