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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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Seoul seeks to improve foreign nanny program after two abscond
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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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Smokey Robinson honored with national pop music prize
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Whether he was singing his own compositions or writing for other artists, Smokey Robinson was instrumental in shaping the Motown sound that changed American popular music in the 1960s. Now, his accomplishments have won him the pop music prize from the national library.The Library of Congress announced Tuesday that Robinson, 76, is this year's recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The lifetime achievement award is named for the duo of George and Ira Gershwin and was
PerformanceJuly 6, 2016
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222 indicted over unlawful legal service to personal bailout applicants
Prosecutors on Wednesday said some hundreds of people, including scores of brokers and lawyers, have been indicted on charges of providing unlawful legal service to people applying for personal bailout programs.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it arrested 225 suspects -- including 181 brokers and 41 lawyers and judicial scriveners -- on charges of violating the Attorney-at-Law Act, wrapping up its yearlong investigation. All, except three who have been put under a stay of pros
Social AffairsJuly 6, 2016
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Iran cinema conquers world despite restrictions
TEHRAN (AFP) -- The outpouring of tributes for Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who died Monday, has reminded the world of Iran’s huge impact on art-house cinema despite restrictions on its artists.“On the one hand, there is the state cinema, financed by the authorities ... then there is an independent sector that is flourishing,” Kiarostami told reporters at the Cannes Film Festival in May. A few days later, the point was underlined when “The Salesman,” by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, wa
FilmJuly 6, 2016
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Olympic football team donates money to ailing former coach
The Korean men's Olympic football team on Wednesday made a financial donation to their ailing former coach, the national football governing body said. The Korea Football Association said the men's team, which will make their eighth consecutive Olympic appearance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, donated 30 million won ($25,700) to Lee Kwang-jong, who is undergoing treatment for an acute form of leukemia.Lee, who had been coaching South Korean youth teams in different age groups since 2000, was appointe
SportsJuly 6, 2016
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Seventeen returns to spotlight with repackaged album
Two days after releasing the repackaged version of the group’s first album “Love & Letter,” 13-member K-pop boy band Seventeen is returning to the stage.Starting with a performance on MBC’s weekly music program “Show Champion” on Wednesday, the group is scheduled for more broadcast appearances, including Mnet’s “M Countdown,” KBS2’s “Music Bank,” MBC’s “Show! Music Core” and SBS’ “Inkigayo” in the coming weeks. The repackaged album includes five additional tracks: “Very Nice,” “No F.U.N,” “Heal
PerformanceJuly 6, 2016
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Snoop Dogg to play at Clinton convention party
NEW YORK (AFP) - Snoop Dogg, the rap superstar and outspoken marijuana aficionado, will perform in support of Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the Democratic Party convention later this month.Snoop Dogg will headline a “convention unity party” in Philadelphia on July 28, a day after Clinton is expected to accept the presidential nomination.Three so-called political action committees that spend on behalf of Democratic candidates -- Priorities USA Action, Senate Majority PAC and House Majority
PerformanceJuly 6, 2016
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Talese will promote new book, backs off earlier comments
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gay Talese has disavowed his disavowal.A day after saying the credibility of his upcoming book, “The Voyeur‘s Motel,” was “down the toilet” because he felt he had been deceived by the story’s primary source, the celebrated author and journalist said he will be promoting it.“I was upset and probably said some things I didn‘t, and don’t, mean,” Talese said in a statement issued July 1 through publisher Grove Atlantic. “Let me be clear: I am not disavowing the book and neither is m
BooksJuly 6, 2016
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Noah’s ark of biblical proportions ready to open in Kentucky
WILLIAMSTOWN, Kentucky (AP) -- A 155-meter-long, $100 million Noah’s ark attraction built by Christians who say the biblical story really happened is ready to open in Kentucky this week. Since its announcement in 2010, the ark project has rankled opponents who say the attraction will be detrimental to science education and shouldn’t have won state tax incentives. “I believe this is going to be one of the greatest Christian outreaches of this era in history,” said Ken Ham, president of Answers in
CultureJuly 6, 2016
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Saint-Exupery’s Spanish civil war press pass found
MADRID (AFP) -- An amateur historian has found the press pass issued to French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery when he covered Spain‘s 1936-39 civil war for several French newspapers, officials said Tuesday.The pass was lost because it was not stored with others given other reporters such as German photojournalist Gerda Taro, the partner of war photographer Robert Capa, Maria Jose Turrion, the assistant head of Spain’s Salamanca-based civil war archives told AFP.Dated April 16, 1937 th
BooksJuly 6, 2016
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Book probes Ohio’s role as national presidential bellwether
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Just in time for the Cleveland-hosted Republican National Convention this month and as the general election campaign heats up, a new book, “The Bellwether,” examines Ohio’s importance in picking the nation’s president.Every four years, Ohio becomes, to paraphrase its former tourism slogan, the heart of it all, with the candidates, their surrogates and news crews overrunning the state while a seemingly endless loop of campaign ads dominates its airwaves.The stakes couldn’t be h
BooksJuly 6, 2016
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‘The Birth of a Nation’ film inspires library lectures
NEW YORK (AP) - Nate Parker's “The Birth of a Nation” isn’t out until October, but some libraries will be teaching about the slave rebellion that it‘s based on later this summer.“The Birth of a Nation: Slavery, Resistance & Abolition” will be offered in libraries, museums and other institutions from Aug. 21 through Oct. 30. Those are the dates when Nat Turner began his bloody slave revolt in 1831 and when it ended, with his capture. He was convicted and hanged days later.Parker said he hopes the
CultureJuly 6, 2016
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S. Korea to double loudspeaker broadcasting against N. Korea
South Korea plans to double the number of anti-North Korean loudspeaker stations along the inter-Korean border in retaliation for the communist country's recent series of ballistic missile provocations, military officials said Wednesday. "We plan to add some 10 new anti-North loudspeaker broadcast facilities by the end of the year," a military official said. Currently, the military operates 11 static loudspeaker stations along the border to broadcast messages critical of North Korea's Kim Jong-u
North KoreaJuly 6, 2016
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Park visits Seoul welfare center
President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday visited a local welfare center as part of her on-site campaign to promote the government's policy efforts to enhance the well-being of citizens.Park met with public servants and citizens at the center in Myeonmok-dong, northeastern Seoul, and called on social service officials to ensure that citizens can actually benefit from various state welfare services. President Park Geun-hye (right) talks with a citizen at a welfare center in Myeonmok-dong, northeaster
PoliticsJuly 6, 2016
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Japan's Toray completes factory in Saemangeum
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc., a subsidiary of Japan's Toray Industries Inc., has completed the construction of a factory on reclaimed land in the southwestern coastal area of Saemangeum, officials said Wednesday.The company had a ceremony in the region located in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, earlier in the day to mark the end of two years of construction worth 190 billion won ($163 million), according to its spokesman Lee Jae-sun. It plans to make an additional investment of 110 billion
IndustryJuly 6, 2016
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Korean shares down 2.05% in late morning trade
Korean stocks plunged 2.05 percent late Wednesday morning as fears sparked by Britain's decision to leave the European Union spooked investors again, while some sought to cash in part of recent gains.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index plunged 40.89 points to 1,948.96 as of 11:20 a.m.Foreigners appeared to be exiting the local market with a fervor, dumping 236.9 billion won ($202.7 million) worth of local stocks. The decline also followed overnight losses on Wall Street.The Dow Jones
July 6, 2016
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Seoul to host 'Aesthetics and Mass Culture' gathering
Around 300 aestheticians will converge on Seoul later this month to share contemporary issues on the philosophy of beauty and present their fresh ideas, organizers said Wednesday.The 20th International Congress of Aesthetics will take place from July 25 to 29 on the campus of Seoul National University under the theme of "Aesthetics and Mass Culture." The International Association for Aesthetics, which consists of 29 members that represent a country and around 600 individual members, holds the co
Social AffairsJuly 6, 2016
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Netmarble Games seeks to buy Playtika
[THE INVESTOR] Netmarble Games, South Korea’s leading online game developer and publisher, has joined the race to buy Israel-based social casino game firm Playtika in a deal could worth over 4 trillion won (US$3.4 billion). It will be the largest acquisition deal made by a South Korean game company since No. 1 player Nexon and NCSoft jointly attempted to takeover Electronic Arts for 4 trillion won in 2012. According to a source on July 6, Netmarble Games submitted a letter of intent for the tran
TechnologyJuly 6, 2016
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Gold reaches record high in morning trading
[THE INVESTOR] Prices on Korea Exchange’s gold spot market rose to a record high on July 6, fanned by uncertainties in the international financial markets. At 10:10 a.m., gold was trading at 51,213.65 won (US$ 44) per gram. The previous high was 50,520 won per gram recorded on June 27, the first day of trading since UK’s referendum on leaving the European Union. By Choi He-suk (cheesuk@heraldcorp.com)
July 6, 2016
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Foreign auto sales in Korea slip 3.5 pct in June
Sales of foreign cars in Korea shed 3.5 percent on-year in June, weighed down by a slump of German automaker Volkswagen Group in the wake of a widening probe into its emissions scandal here, industry data showed Wednesday.A total of 23,435 units of imported cars were registered last month, down from 24,275 tallied in the previous year, according to the data compiled by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association.June sales, however, jumped 20.4 percent from a month earlier, the d
IndustryJuly 6, 2016