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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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NewJeans has few options after Ador rejects group's request to reinstate Min Hee-jin as CEO
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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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An increasing number of K-pop idols are breaking free from big agencies. Why?
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KFA Chair denies unfair hiring of national coach
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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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Chicken deliveryman runs off with money
A fried chicken deliveryman who ran off with money on his first day at work was arrested Wednesday by the Busan Youngdo Police. According to the police, the 32-year-old surnamed Kim signed up for the post with intentions to take the money collected from the day’s delivery. (123RF)Kim fled on the same motorbike he took out for the last delivery. He is being accused of stealing over 500,000 won ($430) across two counts of similar thefts.The police said they were able to track Kim down based on hi
Social AffairsJune 22, 2016
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Male workers in their 40s under most stress at work
Male workers in their 40s were under the most work-related stress among all age and gender groups in South Korea, while work itself was the largest source of their stress in 2014, a report showed Wednesday.According to the report based on a survey of 195,666 workers who underwent physical examinations at Seoul's Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, 68.1 percent of men in their 40s said they suffered from work-related stress, while 67.5 percent of those in their 30s also noted having similar problems. (123R
Social AffairsJune 22, 2016
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[Monitor] Households' share of insurance, pension assets hits record
Korea’s households saw their insurance and pension assets reach a new high in 2015, as they increased such assets to better prepare for old age amid low interest rates, central bank data showed Wednesday.
IndustryJune 22, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Korean conductor Park June-sung wins big at Aram Khachaturian
Germany-based Korean conductor Park June-sung is celebrating his multiple wins at this year’s 12th Aram Khachaturian International Competition, including a joint first place crown for conducting and three additional special prizes. Along with sharing his first place win with Miran Vaupotic of Croatia, Park was also awarded the Orchestra Award, Best Interpretation of Aram Khachaturian and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra Special Prizes during the international competition, which was held in Y
PerformanceJune 22, 2016
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Finance minister vows "sufficient" fiscal expansion
Korea's finance minister said Wednesday that the government will do "sufficient" fiscal reinforcement in the second half to prop up Asia's fourth-largest economy, reiterating his earlier hints that the government is considering drawing up an extra budget."We are in grave danger as the economic conditions will likely be worse in the second half. The government has to move more aggressively to deal with it," Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho said in an economy-related ministers' meeting in Seoul."The gov
June 22, 2016
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Winners of 2016 Young Architects Award unveiled
The Culture Ministry announced five winners of the 2016 Korean Young Architects Award on Wednesday. The winners were Kim Hyun-seok of June Architects and architect duos Shin Min-jae and Ahn Kee-hyun of AnLstudio as well as Lee Seung-taek and Lim Mi-jeong of STPMJ Architecture. Lim Mi-jeong (left) and Lee Seung-taek of STPMJ Architecture (Korea Architects Institute) Shin Min-jae (left) and Ahn Kee-hyun of AnLstudio (Korea Architects Institute) The prestigious architect award established in 2008
PeopleJune 22, 2016
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[DECODED] Probe casts suspicions on decades of Lotte actions
[THE INVESTOR] The probe into Lotte Group has churned up suspicions old and new. The main suspicions surround the Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul. The group had failed to receive government approval for the plans from the early 1990s to the late 2000s due to resistance from the military over safety concerns about Seongnam Airbase, a military installation south of Seoul.During the Lee Myung-bak administration, however, the project was given the green light, with Lotte Group footing the bill t
IndustryJune 22, 2016
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[팟캐스트](150) 로마 첫 여성시장 탄생 외 1건
진행자: 이현정, Julie Jackson1. 로마, 첫 여성시장 탄생기사요약: 2500여년 로마 역사상 최초의 여성시장이 탄생했다. 변호사 출신 비르지니아 라지(37) 오성운동 후보는 지난19일 67%에 달하는 압도적인 지지를 받아 이탈리아 수도 로마의 새 시장으로 당선됐다. 이번 당선은 좌·우 진영을 가릴 것 없이 기성 정치권에 대한 유권자들의 환멸이 얼마나 큰 지를 단적으로 보여준 일대 정치적 사건으로 받아들여지고 있다. 라지는 교통 시스템, 도로 인프라 개선, 쓰레기 수거 문제 해결, 빈약한 교육 시스템 개선 등 시민들이 일상생활에서 당장 체감할 수 있는 민생이슈를 꺼내들어 지지기반을 넓였다.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Lawyer elected as Rome’s
English EyeJune 22, 2016
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[Editorial] Risky idea
The main opposition The Minjoo Party of Korea is pushing to divert funds from the state-run National Pension Service to build low-cost rental apartments for young people and child care centers to boost the nation’s low birth rate.The party launched Monday a large-scale special committee to promote the scheme, showing its determination to tap into the 520 trillion won pension fund ($446 billion) to finance its welfare projects.The committee consists of 13 lawmakers and 10 experts invited from out
EditorialJune 22, 2016
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[Editorial] Repeated folly
The government has scrapped its plan to build a new international airport in the southeastern region, choosing instead to expand the existing airport in Busan.The decision, which is exactly the same as the one made five years ago, was reached Monday based on a feasibility study carried out by ADPi, a French airport architecture and engineering company. ADPi was expected to choose one of the two candidate sites for the new airport — Miryang, a town located between Busan and Daegu, and Gadeokdo Is
EditorialJune 22, 2016
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IP5 bolster cooperation to deal with new technologies
The world’s five biggest intellectual property offices have agreed to increase cooperation in response to the rapid change in the IP environment brought on by new technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.The heads of the “Intellectual Property 5” also reached an accord on their joint efforts to improve the patent application process.The representatives produced those and other agreements at the end of the ninth IP5 Heads Meeting from May 31 to June 2 in Tokyo, Japa
IndustryJune 22, 2016
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[Herald Interview] Poetry in a world with no answers
When Brother Anthony was teaching English literature at Sogang University in the 1980s, he would frequent bookstores on weekends -- bookstores that were filled with students of all ages sitting on the floor, reading poetry. “They expected to find sincerity in poetry,” he told The Korea Herald last Friday in an interview at his office in Seoul, filled to the brim with books and teapots -- Brother Anthony is a renowned Korean tea enthusiast. “If you’re searching for some kind of in-depth meaning i
BooksJune 22, 2016
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Seoul condemns Pyongyang's missile tests, warns of more pressure
Seoul "strongly" condemned Pyongyang's latest launch of intermediate-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, warning that the North will face toughened sanctions and more pressure from the world going forward."The North's missile launches are not only a clear violation of the U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban any launches using ballistic missile technology, but also a grave threat to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the international community," the foreign ministry sai
North KoreaJune 22, 2016