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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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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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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
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Seoul seeks to improve foreign nanny program after two abscond
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Olympic weightlifting champ ordered to pay fines for assault charges
Former Olympic weightlifting champion Sa Jae-hyouk was ordered to pay fines on Thursday for assaulting a fellow weightlifter last year.The Chuncheon District Court ordered the 31-year-old to pay a fine of 10 million won ($8,600) for punching Hwang Woo-man in the face at a local pub in December. Hwang, who is 10 years Sa's junior, was hospitalized with serious facial injuries.The court said it took into consideration that Sa was deprived of his qualification as an athlete following the decision m
SportsJuly 7, 2016
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Le Cordon Bleu-Sookmyung brings taste of Thai to Korea
With the popularity of Thai food on the rise, Le Cordon Bleu-Sookmyung Academy is hosting “Thai Cuisine Week” from July 11 to 16 to promote authentic Thai gastronomy in Korea.The week-long lecture series will educate and provide participants with opportunities to prepare and try Thai recipes. From globally recognized dishes, such as pad Thai (stir-fried rice noodles), som tam (green papaya salad) and tom yum goong (hot and sour soup with shrimp), to the intricacies of fruit carving and arrangeme
FoodJuly 7, 2016
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Golden Blue ranks No. 2 in Korean whisky market
Golden Blue, a Korean whisky with a low alcohol content, maintained its No. 2 spot in the nation's whisky market in the first half of the year as it enjoyed popularity among younger customers, the company said Thursday.Golden Blue, a homegrown whisky released in 2009 by a fledgling Korean distiller based in the southeastern port city of Busan, has been increasingly widening its base among whisky lovers who prefer a mild taste and affordable price tag.Golden Blue said its sales first surpassed Pe
Social AffairsJuly 7, 2016
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Veritas releases first album
Veritas, a Christian music group of Kwangshin University, has released its first full-length album “Psalm 95.” Famed veteran singer Yoon Bock-hee, who debuted in 1967 and was one of the first Korean singers to perform abroad in Vietnam and the U.S., has expressed her strong support for the album. Yoon praised the album, describing the tracks as “God’s will” and a “hymn of youth’s grace that will awaken all the spirits of Korea and the world.”“Psalm 95” contains 11 songs that depict each of the g
PeopleJuly 7, 2016
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Google to create virtual tours of Loire Valley chateaux
PARIS (AFP) - Google has signed up with 18 Loire Valley chateaux to create virtual tours of the former royal dwellings, the Internet giant’s Cultural Institute said Tuesday.“Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to travel to the Loire Valley to see these wonders with their own eyes,” the Paris-based institute said in a statement.Thanks to Street View image capture technology, people can take virtual tours of Chenonceau, Chambord, Azay-le-Rideau and 15 other of the national treasures strung
CultureJuly 7, 2016
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Paris couture reaches creative climax in Valentino, Saab
PARIS (AP) - Paris couture week reached a creative climax Wednesday with strong showings from Maison Margiela, Valentino and Elie Saab.Here are some of the highlights of the last of the fall-winter 2016 collections.Maison MargielaJohn Galliano continues to raise the profile of Maison Margiela. In Wednesday’s ever-creative show, the Gibraltar-born Briton went one step further in stamping the unique brand of Galliano Romanticism on the once-minimalist house. These styles and artistry have been sor
Arts & DesignJuly 7, 2016
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Consumers to sue Coway over defective water purifiers
Consumers in South Korea are reportedly preparing to file civil and criminal suits against local water purifier rental company Coway over its cover-up of defective ice water purifiers containing nickel.Thousands of Coway customers have formed legal action groups through online communities and are getting in touch with lawyers to determine further actions, according to local news reports.One online community against Coway has already amassed 2,700 members in just two days, with more than 400 peop
IndustryJuly 7, 2016
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27 arrested for smuggling luxury goods to Korea
Korea's customs authorities said Thursday they have arrested 27 suspects on smuggling charges for sneaking foreign luxury items worth a total 17 billion won ($14 million) into the country.Incheon Main Customs said the suspects, from four different groups, are accused of illegally importing 588 luxury watches and 48 handbags through Incheon and Gimpo airports from January 2013 to last month.After purchasing the items from local airport duty-free shops or from overseas stores, including outlets in
Social AffairsJuly 7, 2016
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[Super Rich] Number of ultra-rich on the rise
[Super Rich] Number of ultra-rich on the riseBillionaires up 16%, their combined wealth rise 17% By Lee Sun-youngKorea is now home to 211,000 people whose financial assets exceed 1 billion won ($860,000) as of the end of 2015, a 16 percent increase from the previous year, a new study finds. According to the Korea Wealth Report 2016, released by KB Financial Group on Wednesday, these billionaires, while taking up 0.41 percent of Korea’s population, control 15.3 percent of the country’s total hous
July 7, 2016
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Korean volleyball coach to enter Hall of Fame
Korean volleyball coach Park Man-bok will be inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame, officials in Seoul said Thursday. The Korea Volleyball Association said Park, former head coach of the Peruvian women's national volleyball team, is among five members of the 2016 International Volleyball Hall of Fame class. The KVA added Park will be the first Korean to join the honorable ranks. (Yonhap)The other four inductees are indoor volleyball player Nikola Grbic of Serbia, female indoor volleyball player
SportsJuly 7, 2016
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Nexon to release mobile game in 140 nations
Nexon Co., a leading South Korean online game maker, said Thursday it will release its new flagship game in 140 countries.The action RPG HIT for mobile platforms recorded more than 5 million downloads in South Korea as of April. (Nexon)Riding on that popularity, Nexon said it will offer the game in 140 nations worldwide in 10 languages including English, Chinese, German and French.Nexon said it will step up marketing efforts through ads on TV, YouTube and the internet. (Yonhap)
IndustryJuly 7, 2016
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Health concerns plague CJ Group’s leadership
South Korea’s largest food and entertainment conglomerateCJ Group said Thursday that its incumbent chairman has undergone a surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his lung, raising fresh concerns of potential instability in the group’s top management.CJ Group chairman Sohn Kyung-shik, 76, received surgery at Seoul National University Hospital in central Seoul on Tuesday, and is now in a stable condition and recovering, CJ Group spokeswoman Yoon Yeo-jin said. CJ Group co-chairman Sohn Kyung-shi
IndustryJuly 7, 2016
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AIIB to start looking for replacement for South Korean exec this month
[THE INVESTOR] The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is expected to start searching for a replacement for Hong Kyttack, one of its chief risk officers, as soon as the bank president Jin Liqun returns from an overseas business trip this month. Hong had been serving as chief risk officer for just a few months before he came under fire in Korea for exposing the inadequacy of state-run Korea Development Bank, at which he had previously served as president. AIIB was not available for comment. Hong
July 7, 2016
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CJ Group chairman recovering from surgery for lung cancer
[THE INVESTOR] CJ Group chief Sohn Kyung-shik is recovering from surgery to treat lung cancer, according to company sources. Sohn, who was diagnosed with the cancer this May, is said to be in a stable condition.The CJ chairman is uncle to Lee Jay-hyun, the CJ group heir. CJ Group chairman Sohn Kyung-shikSohn has been heading Korea’s largest food and entertainment company since 1995 when CJ split from Samsung. After spending some time outside the company in early 2000s, he made a comeback at CJ w
CompaniesJuly 7, 2016
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Samsung Heavy workers stage strike for 4 hours
Workers at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major Korean shipyard, went on a partial strike Thursday, demanding the company nix its tough restructuring plan, marking the first time that a troubled Korean shipbuilder has faced a labor dispute.Earlier this week, the group of workers at the company's shipyard in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, voted to launch the strike for four hours till 5 p.m. Some 5,400 members of the so-called "labor council," joined the strike. Samsung Heavy, a unit of the c
IndustryJuly 7, 2016
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Gov’t eyes annual 200,000 EV exports by 2020
[THE INVESTOR] The government will roll out measures to help local carmakers’ electric vehicle exports to hit 200,000 units in 2020, and raise domestic sales to 80,000 units by the same year, plans revealed on July 7 show. According to the plans, the government will raise EV subsidy to 14 million won in order to boost sales. The government will launch a project for developing EV batteries that will raise the driving range to over 400 kilometers during the second half of the year. Hyundai Motor E
MobilityJuly 7, 2016