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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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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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An increasing number of K-pop idols are breaking free from big agencies. Why?
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Couple welcoming quintuplets to receive over W170m in childbirth grants
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Korean automakers pressured to diversify supply chains as US bans Chinese tech
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[Herald Interview] Portraying a version of god for young people in 'Hadestown'
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N. Korea's sends 2nd passenger jet to Kuwait in June
North Korea's national carrier, Air Koryo, sent a second passenger plane to Kuwait in June after a two-month suspension, the U.S.-based Voice of America reported Wednesday.Air Koryo did not operate the Pyongyang-Kuwait route in March and April but resumed the route for one flight last month. Based on data from Flight Radar 24, a website that tracks flights around the world, VOA said Air Koryo flight JS161 heading for Kuwait from Pyongyang was spotted by radars flying above the North Korean city
North KoreaJune 29, 2016
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Sistar album tops K-pop charts
All-female K-pop quartet Sistar is garnering international popularity with their fourth EP, “Mol-a-ae,” released last Tuesday. As of Wednesday morning, Sistar was the only K-pop group to appear on the Billboard World Albums Chart, currently sitting at No. 7. The chart provides a weekly compilation of top-selling folk music albums in and out of the U.S. The group is also gaining attention from Chinese fans. The music video for lead track “I Like That” is topping K-pop charts this week on QQ Music
PerformanceJune 29, 2016
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Organica juices hit all Starbucks stores
Organica Day, the food and juice arm of the premium natural food brand Organica, will be featuring its juices in all 890 Starbucks stores in Korea, the company said Wednesday.The Organica products available at Starbucks include Just Juice Cleanse juices, the Bistro Box and Cleanse Salads. Organica’s Just Juice Cleanse juices, available at Starbucks (Organica)The three types of Just Juice Cleanse juices were first offered through a limited release at 100 Starbucks stores last October. Starbucks
IndustryJune 29, 2016
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China’s Neusoft chair seeks partnership with Korean EV battery makers
[THE INVESTOR] Neusoft Corp. chairman Liu Jiren is seeking partnerships with Korean battery makers as it renews commitment to the futuristic electric vehicle battery business as its growth engine. “We are looking at the EV battery business as one of our new growth engine businesses,” he said in a recent interview with local paper on June 28. Neusoft Corp. chairman Liu Jiren.He hinted the company could seek partnership with Korean battery makers such as Samsung SDI and LG Chem, the leading player
IndustryJune 29, 2016
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Calls rise for reworking tax breaks for foreign-invested firms
Questions are being raised about the relevance and effects of extensive tax breaks given to foreign-invested companies in the country.Critics say a wide range of tax benefits for foreign-invested enterprises have done little to help spur the Korean economy in recent years, causing local firms to be subject to what they call reverse discrimination.At a public hearing hosted by the Korea Institute of Public Finance in Seoul last week, participants called for changes in the current system of provid
June 29, 2016
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Kim Jong-un has photo session with people that helped launch Musudan missile
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a photo session with hundreds of people who contributed to the successful test-launching of the country's intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday.In a brief English dispatch, the KCNA said Kim congratulated the related personnel for their successful test-firing of the Musudan surface-to-surface IRBM that is called the Hwasong-10 by the North. The media outlet said the launch is of
North KoreaJune 29, 2016
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Pantech to launch first smartphone under new ownership
[THE INVESTOR] Pantech, the nation’s No. 3 handset-maker, will launch its latest smartphone IM-100 on June 30, the first launch since its Vega Pop-up Note phablet in November 2014. The new phone, whose price starts at 449,900 won (US$386), is a budget smartphone that boasts 7-millimeter thickness and weighs 130 grams. It features Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 430 processor and LG Display’s display screen. Pantech’s new budget smartphone IM-100 and the wireless charger Stone.One of the key features inclu
TechnologyJune 29, 2016
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Concerns grow for diesel-heavy Ssangyong
[THE INVESTOR] Ssangyong Motor is likely to be the most affected in sales by the increased public concern over diesel vehicle’s impact on air pollution, as well as the government’s push to curb diesel-fueled cars as part of measures to counter fine dust in the country, local news reported on June 28. From January to May this year, a total of 40,946 cars were sold by Ssangyong Motor, the Korean unit of Indian auto giant Mahindra & Mahindra. Among them, 31,237 units, or 76.3 percent, were diesel-f
MobilityJune 29, 2016
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‘Game of Thrones’ season finale scores record ratings
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Hit fantasy TV show “Game of Thrones” pulled in nearly nine million viewers Sunday, its highest one-day audience figures ever, for the season six finale broadcast on HBO.Nielsen said 8.9 million people watched the 10th and final episode of the latest season, either live or on playback on Sunday.The Emmy-winning show tells the story of noble families vying for control of the Iron Throne, all the while keeping one eye on the “White Walkers” leading hordes of the undead toward an
TelevisionJune 29, 2016
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Pernod Ricard Korea seeks major workforce reshuffle
[THE INVESTOR] Pernod Ricard Korea is conducting a voluntary redundancy program that could reshuffle its workforce by up to 15 percent, industry sources said on June 29. The company is offering voluntary redundancy program for all employees in mid-level management and higher positions, as it seeks to streamline itself in the face of deteriorating performance. Pernod Ricard Korea has been suffering from slipping market share for some years. The company’s share of the Korean whisky market dropped
IndustryJune 29, 2016
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Ancient temple of Mexican Otomi Indians damaged
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Assailants have damaged an ancient Otomi Indian religious site in Mexico, toppling stone structures used as altars, breaking carved stones and scattering offerings of flowers, fruit and paintings at the remote mountain shrine known as Mayonihka or Mexico Chiquito.The attack was unusual in a country where few ancient pre-Hispanic religious sites remain functioning.A researcher who interviewed some of the attackers said they identified themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses and view
CultureJune 29, 2016
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Korea, Japan fail to reach fisheries agreement
Bilateral talks between Korea and Japan to renew their fisheries agreement have fallen through, a failure that will keep the countries' fishing boats out of each other's exclusive waters for the time being, the Seoul government said Wednesday.Starting at the beginning of next month, Korean fishing ships will be prohibited from entering Japan's exclusive economic zone, with their Japanese counterparts also kept away from the Korean EEZ, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.Those curr
Social AffairsJune 29, 2016
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N.Y. installation takes visitors on tour of Italy
NEW YORK (AP) -- If visiting Italy isn’t on your agenda, a 360-degree video installation in New York City of the country’s magnificent landmarks may whet your appetite.Called "Panorama," the wrap-around screen went up in Grand Central Terminal this week.Visitors enter an oval room-like structure in the terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall where they’re enveloped by scenes of Italy. Drones were used to take images of more than 200 locations.The video takes visitors over the Roman Coliseum and through Italy
TravelJune 29, 2016