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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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[Newsmaker] Ahn resigns amid party scandal
Reps. Ahn Cheol-soo and Chun Jung-bae, the two cochiefs of the opposition People’s Party, resigned from their posts Wednesday, assuming responsibility over the widening kickback scandal involving key party members.“I resign from (party) leadership, taking full political responsibility over this case,” said Ahn in an urgent briefing that followed a closed-door Supreme Council meeting.Reps. Ahn Cheol-soo (center) and Chun Jung-bae (left) announce their resignations as cochiefs of the People‘s Part
PoliticsJune 29, 2016
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[Noah Smith] The left and right stumble on globalization
In a recent article, I presented solid evidence that the global economy has been doing very well for the world’s poor during the past 25 to 35 years. China’s growth has been stellar, India’s has been solid and many smaller poor countries got a boost from demand for natural resources. Now developing-world growth has dipped, thanks to the China slowdown and the resulting slump in commodity prices. But the gains the poor countries made are unlikely to be reversed. And those decades of stellar growt
ViewpointsJune 29, 2016
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[J. Bradford DeLong] Which thinkers will define our future?
Several years ago, it occurred to me that social scientists today are all standing on the shoulders of giants like Niccolo Machiavelli, John Locke, Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim. One thing they all have in common is that their primary focus was on the social, political, and economic makeup of the Western European world between 1450 and 1900. Which is to say, they provide an intellectual toolkit for looking at, say, the Western world of 1840, but not necessarily
ViewpointsJune 29, 2016
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Prosecutors to summon ex-VW Korea chief on July 5
[THE INVESTOR] Prosecutors will summon Park Dong-hoon, former head of Audi Volkswagen Korea, on July 5, to question him over the automaker’s emission scandal. Seoul’s Central District Prosecutor’s Office on June 29 said it will bring Park as a key witness to the case over VW cheating pollution emissions test for defective units. During investigation, if prosecutors find out Park took part in the scandal or ordered others to manipulate documents of emission and noise level tests, his status could
MobilityJune 29, 2016
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[Albert R. Hunt] Never mind the confusing polls, Clinton is way ahead
Looking at reliable recent polls, you could come away with two contradictory conclusions: Donald Trump is cratering, allowing Hillary Clinton to run away with the presidential race. Or Trump has survived an awful month and is surprisingly competitive.I’m going presume to tell you what the state of play really is by looking at multiple surveys and extrapolating a bit.Clinton, though she remains an unpopular candidate, has an advantage of about 7 points, though it’s slightly less when third- and f
ViewpointsJune 29, 2016
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[David Ignatius] A brash bull in the House of Saud
The tensions festering in the Saudi royal family became clear in September, when Joseph Westphal, the U.S. ambassador to Riyadh, flew to Jeddah to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, nominally the heir to the throne. But when he arrived, he was told that the deputy crown prince, a brash 30-year-old named Mohammed bin Salman, wanted to see him urgently. The ambassador was redirected. The United States and the crown prince swallowed their embarrassment. Palace intrigue is a staple of monarchies,
ViewpointsJune 29, 2016
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New tech complex to be built in Ilsan by 2020
[THE INVESTOR] Gyeonggi Province on June 29 announced the construction of a new tech complex, tentatively called “North Gyeonggi Techno Valley,” in Ilsan, Goyang City, to attract some 1,900 tech companies from 2020. The new facility is the fourth of its kind to be built in the province, following two in Pangyo and one in Gwanggyo. “The Pangyo Techno Valley has exceeded 70 trillion won (US$60 billion) in revenue last year with some 72,000 jobs being created. Its success story will be revived at t
Latest NewsJune 29, 2016
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Immigration debacle continues in U.S.
Few topics have spawned more commentary in recent years than unauthorized immigration, and few have generated as much pressure for a solution. But in a decision last week, the U.S. Supreme Court provided a nine-word ruling -- “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided court,” it read in its entirety -- and no resolution. So a matter that has roiled American politics and government for years will go on roiling.The result of the Supreme Court action was to return the dispute over President Ba
ViewpointsJune 29, 2016
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N. Korea's key officials greet special envoy of Cuban President in Pyongyang
A key official of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party held talks on Tuesday with the visiting special envoy of Cuban President Raul Castro to boost their cooperative relations, the North's Central TV Station reported Wednesday.According to the state broadcaster, Choe Ryong-hae, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, met with Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes Mesa and his party at the Mansudae Assembly Hall. The delegation arrived in Pyongyang earlier in the day
North KoreaJune 29, 2016
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Korea expands travel warning in Kenya
Korea has imposed a travel warning on an expanded area in Kenya amid growing safety risks from terror attacks and crimes, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.In a press release, the ministry said that it has additionally designated some areas in Kenya bordering Somalia as subject to its "red" travel warning. A red alert is the third-highest of a four-tier travel warning system under which people are advised either not to travel to or to leave the country where the warning is imposed.A red alert
Social AffairsJune 29, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Busan-Jinhae FEZ closer to becoming global business hub
Once a wasteland, the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone in South Gyeongsang Province is now closer to its goal of becoming a global business and logistics hub, a top official said.With a land area of 51.2 square kilometers, Busan-Jinhae FEZ is a specially designated region to attract foreign investment in order to strengthen competition for businesses by supporting regional development and improving the business environment as well as living conditions. Busan-Jinhae FEZ Commissioner Jin Yang-hyun
June 29, 2016
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Brexit sparks concerns for Korean biopharma exporters
Brexit could become a headache for export-driven South Korean biopharmaceutical companies as they may be required to go through separate processes to obtain sales approvals and handle litigation issues both in Britain and Europe, regarded as their biggest overseas market destinations. According to local reports, industry watchers have suggested that Britain’s departure from the European Union could mean an exit from the European Medicines Agency, the European version of the U.S. Food and Drug Ad
IndustryJune 29, 2016
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Busan-Ulsan KEPCO vows regional development
Ha Hee-bong, the vice president of the Busan-Ulsan District Division of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp., recently spoke to The Korea Herald about the local office’s plans on future management.He said his office will promote various business strategies including improving old power facilities and investing in underground power lines. Ha Hee-bong, the vice president of the Busan-Ulsan District Division of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. KEPCOIf these projects are implemented with
IndustryJune 29, 2016
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PyeongChang signs agreement to utilize ICT
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics organizers on Wednesday signed an agreement with the state-run telecommunications research institute to make the best use of their information and communications technology at Korea's first Winter Games. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games said it has reached a memorandum of understanding with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. Under the deal, the POCOG and the ETRI will cooperate in five ar
SportsJune 29, 2016