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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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Super Junior's Kangin summarily indicted over drunk driving
Kangin, a member of K-pop boy band Super Junior, has been summarily indicted on charges of causing a traffic accident while under the influence of alcohol, prosecutors said Thursday.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said the 31-year-old is suspected of running away after crashing into a street lamp in southern Seoul while driving intoxicated in late May.Prosecutors said they summarily indicted him, seeking 7 million won ($6,000) in fines. Kangin already has a record of drunk driving
EntertainmentJuly 7, 2016
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Consumers moving to take legal action against Coway
Consumers are banding together for civil and criminal suits against Coway, South Korea's leading maker of water purifiers, after nickel was discovered mixed in the water when using certain company models, industry officials said Thursday.Some consumers are claiming the same defect in products from other companies, raising the possibility that the latest public outcry could hit the entire industry, they said.Nickel coating was found in dispensed water in three ice maker/water purifier models by C
IndustryJuly 7, 2016
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Head of Lotte Foundation arrested amid bribery scandal
Seoul prosecutors arrested the head of Lotte Foundation and daughter of the Lotte Group founder on Thursday for bribery as they widened their probe into the country's fifth-largest conglomerate. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to formally detain Shin Young-ja, 73, over suspicions she received bribes from the former chief of a local cosmetics brand who is at the center of a lobbying scandal that is rocking the country's legal sector."There are considerable reasons to suspect she
IndustryJuly 7, 2016
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N.K. sends security agents to China to monitor its workers: activist
North Korea has sent about 300 security agents to China in a bid to strengthen monitoring on the North's overseas workers following a high-profile defection by over a dozen North Korean restaurant staffers, an activist claimed Thursday.In late June, the North dispatched security agents in their 30s and 40s to the neighboring country in an effort to step up supervision on North Korean workers, according to North Korean defector Kim Yong-hwa, head of the NK Refugees Human Rights Associations of Ko
North KoreaJuly 7, 2016
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Presidential office says Park has received invitation to attend U.N. transport forum
President Park Geun-hye has received an invitation by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to attend a U.N. transport forum, slated for November, her office Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.But the presidential office said that no decision has been made yet over whether Park will attend the Global Sustainable Transport Conference scheduled to take place from Nov. 26-27 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan."I understand that the invitation under the name of Secretary-General Ban has been received (by the president
PoliticsJuly 7, 2016
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S. Korea welcomes U.S. sanctions on N. Korean human rights violators
Korea on Thursday "welcomed" the United States' move to impose sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other high ranking officials for human rights violations, expressing hopes that the move will help the world better recognize the deplorable way the reclusive country treats its people. On Wednesday (local time), the U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted 23 officials and entities, including Kim, for their roles in the North's human rights abuses. Their assets in the U.S. will be frozen
Diplomatic CircuitJuly 7, 2016
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Korean stocks open higher on tech rally
Korean shares opened higher Thursday as an earnings surprise from tech giant Samsung Electronics boosted investor sentiment here.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 16.65 points, or 0.85 percent, to 1,969.77 in the first 15 minutes of trading.The sharp increase came as Samsung said its Q2 operating income was estimated at 8.1 trillion won ($6.99 billion), greatly surpassing the earlier market consensus of 7.32 trillion won.On Wednesday, the local stock market plunged 1.85 perce
July 7, 2016
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Samsung Electronics estimates Q2 operating profit at 8.1 tln won
Korea's top tech firm Samsung Electronics Co. estimated Thursday that its second-quarter operating income increased more than 17 percent from a year earlier on the back of robust sales of its flagship smartphones, such as the Galaxy S7 series.Operating profit is estimated at 8.1 trillion won ($6.98 billion) in the April-June period, up 17.39 percent from the 6.9 trillion won posted a year earlier, the world's top smartphone maker said in a regulatory filing.The estimate breaches the 8 trillion-w
IndustryJuly 7, 2016
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No. 2 diplomats from U.S., S. Korea, Japan to hold talks next week
The No. 2 diplomats from the United States, South Korea and Japan will hold trilateral talks in Hawaii next week, the State Department announced Wednesday.The July 14 meeting will involve U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama, the department said in a statement."The meeting will be the fourth round of deputy-level trilateral consultations and will continue our close coordination wi
Diplomatic CircuitJuly 7, 2016
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[URGENT] Samsung Electronics posts US$7b operating profits in Q2
[THE INVESTOR] Samsung Electronics estimated in its earnings guidance for the April-June period on July 7 that it would post approximately 8.1 trillion won (US$7 billion) in operating profit in the second quarter while its revenue would come in at 50 trillion won.The estimated operating income and revenue for the second quarter increased from 6.9 trillion won and 48.5 trillion won, respectively, in the same period last year. Samsung Electronics president and mobile chief Koh Dong-jin poses at th
TechnologyJuly 7, 2016
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U.S. imposes sanctions on N. Korean leader over human rights abuses
The United States imposed sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over human rights abuses on Wednesday in an unprecedented, highly symbolic measure underscoring Washington's determination to ramp up pressure on Pyongyang.Ten other top officials as well as five state agencies, including the National Defense Commission, which has recently been replaced with the newly created State Affairs Commission, were also blacklisted by the Treasury Department for "their ties to North Korea's notorious
North KoreaJuly 7, 2016
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Window blinds pose fatal risks to children
A 4-year-old toddler died from being entangled in the cords of window blinds in an apartment in Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi Province on Monday.The child was discovered unconscious by her mother who had briefly left her unattended to use the bathroom. The toddler was taken to the hospital but did not survive. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)According to the Korea Consumer Agency, Koreans should be mindful of the potential fatal accidents that can take place with the cords of window blinds.
Social AffairsJuly 7, 2016