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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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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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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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Seoul seeks to improve foreign nanny program after two abscond
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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Samsung, top banks to create W2tr green growth fund for SMEs
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Malnutrition cases nearly triple in last 5 years
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KFA Chair denies unfair hiring of national coach
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What will Yoon, Han talk about at dinner?
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The year's first heat stroke death reported in Gimcheon
A 62-year-old man died of heatstroke last week in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, health authorities said Wednesday. This is the first time a heatstroke death has been reported in South Korea this year.Korea has endured unusually warm weather this year since spring. The average temperature in May was 18.6 degrees Celsius this year, making it the warmest May dating back to 1973. The highest temperature during the month was 32.4 degrees on May 19 in Ichon, Gyeonggi Province.(Yonhap)Last year,
Social AffairsJune 29, 2016
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[METRO] Hackathon shows how technology can solve urban issues
In a recent hackathon organized by Seoul City, 21-year-old Kim Do-kyoon, was one of those in charge of demonstrating how 3-D printers work. “I have never seen this many 3-D printers together in one place in my life. Maybe this could be an unprecedented scene in Seoul,” Kim told The Korea Herald as he participated in the event last weekend. “There are so many advantages of using 3-D printers especially at this kind of hackathon event, to create test products more articulate compared to ones made
Social AffairsJune 29, 2016
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Black Pink is newest YG girl group
YG Entertainment confirmed the launch of new four-member girl group Black Pink on Wednesday.YG released pictures of the new girl group via their official blog, confirming the identities of the members as Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo and Rose.Black Pink is the first girl group that YG has released since 2NE1 seven years ago. YG’s executive director and producer Yang Hyun-suk had initially attempted to sign a nine-member group, but a few years ago, he confirmed the creation of a four-member group instead.
June 29, 2016
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Minimum wage talks fail to meet legal deadline
Negotiations among employees, employers and laborers to set next year’s minimum wage fell through without an agreement Wednesday, failing to meet the June 28 legal deadline. The Minimum Wage Council was not able to reconcile differing views over the growth rate of the minimum wage, with business representatives calling for a freeze and labor counterparts demanding it be raised by 65.8 percent. Extra meetings are scheduled to be held for three consecutive days from July 4, with both sides set to
Social AffairsJune 29, 2016
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Park promotes flexible working hours
President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday visited a local air passenger service company to encourage and promote the flextime system, a crucial part of the government’s labor reform program aimed at improving work-family balance.She visited Incheon International Airport to meet with officials of Air Korea, an affiliate of conglomerate Hanjin Group in charge of boarding procedures and luggage management of 24 carriers, including Hanjin’s Korean Air. The company has been selected as a model example of
PoliticsJune 29, 2016
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Korea Consumer Agency urges recall of Ikea’s dresser
[THE INVESTOR] The Korea Consumer Agency said on June 29 that it has requested a recall of Ikea’s drawer that killed six children in the US.The advocacy group sent an official letter to the world’s largest furniture seller, demanding the firm recall the dresser called “Malm” whose sale in the US and Canada was halted after toddlers were crushed to death in tip-over accidents. Ikea recalled 29 million units of the furniture in the US and 66 million in Canada. But the company still sells the same
IndustryJune 29, 2016
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Police chief vows measure against officers' cover-up of sex with minors
South Korean police chief on Wednesday addressed the recent suspicion over Busan police’s attempt to cover up the case in which their officers had sex with underage girls, pledging to punish them.Kang Sin-myeong, the National Police Agency chief, admitted that high-ranking police officials were involved in the alleged cover-up of their officers’ irregularities during a parliamentary committee meeting. National Police Agency Commissioner General Kang Sin-myeong answers questions at the parliament
Social AffairsJune 29, 2016
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[Editorial] China’s choice
Early this year, a newspaper published by China’s ruling Communist Party, reported growing calls among Chinese citizens to put pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear program.The paper said that a growing number of Chinese, both elites and ordinary citizens, regard Pyongyang as a burden to Beijing rather than an old friend.It pointed out that “changes in public opinion are altering the external environment of China’s policy on North Korea and can be converted into pressure that pushes the
EditorialJune 29, 2016
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[Editorial] Still unequal game
From Thursday, local and foreign institutions will be obliged to make public their identity when they engage in a certain level of short selling on the local bourse.The new disclosure rule is applicable to stock investors whose short sale of a particular listed company is worth 1 billion won ($856,000) or more. In addition, irrespective of worth, investors whose short-sale balance sheet exceeds 0.5 percent of a particular company’s total stocks issued must go public.The disclosure items include
EditorialJune 29, 2016
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BigBang to highlight 10th anniversary with grand concert
Korean boy band BigBang will hold a special concert to celebrate its 10th anniversary in August, the group's agency said on Wednesday. The five-member hit K-pop group will stage "BigBang10 the Concert - 0.TO.10" at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Aug. 20, according to YG Entertainment. (YG Entertainment)The concert will revolve around the musical chronicle of BigBang, from its debut in 2006 to present. "The concert will be a special opportunity to enjoy BigBang's greatest hits, early to recent, o
PerformanceJune 29, 2016
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State-run energy firms to sell off loss-making overseas assets
Korea's state-run energy firms will offload their loss-making overseas assets to improve their balance sheets in the midst of low oil prices as the government pushes for sweeping restructuring and downsizing efforts, the trade ministry said Wednesday.The Korea National Oil Corp., the Korea Gas Corp. and the Korea Resources Corp. run a combined 91 exploring operations outside Korea as the former Lee Myung-bak administration put its policy priority on winning overseas resource development projects
IndustryJune 29, 2016
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N.K. parliament to consolidate Kim's power
North Korea was poised to open a meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament on Wednesday, seeking to consolidate Kim Jong-un’s leadership and set in motion follow-up measures in line with a fresh economic plan unveiled during last month’s party congress. While no agenda or detailed schedule was announced by state media, the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly’s fourth session was likely to restore the long-defunct Central People’s Committee and name Kim as its head, some experts say.Though the presumed c
North KoreaJune 29, 2016