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Seoul, Tokyo reboot joint maritime resource talks after 40-year freeze
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Host of Miss Korea apologizes for 'inappropriate question' about deepfake
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Korea to face another massive shortfall in tax revenue
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Global drama stars gather for 2024 Seoul International Drama Awards
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SK hynix outpaces Samsung, Micron with more powerful AI chips
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[Contribution] Turkmenistan celebrates the 33rd anniversary of its Independence
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Power of nostalgia brings K-pop legends back together
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North Korea unveiling uranium enrichment site a US election-conscious move: NIS
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[Photo news] Faker Mercedes
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Boy's emergency medical treatment delayed 2 hours due to staff shortage
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Public School declares in off-calendar show: We need leaders
NEW YORK (AP) -- We need leaders. Beware false gods. Wear cool clothes.The design duo Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow opted out of the New York Fashion Week frenzy to present their latest ready-to-wear collection Tuesday -- instead of the usual February or September -- against a dystopian backdrop that served as an Orwellian wake-up call.Before their models race-walked down the runway, sirens blaring, workers stood silent in assembly lines, their faces covered in black mesh, hands hidden in yell
Arts & DesignJune 9, 2016
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An alphabet soup guide to confusing restaurant menu terms
NEW YORK (AP) -- Okonomiyaki, anyone? A survey released Tuesday for the restaurant reservation site OpenTable showed that the savory Japanese pancake is the No. 1 most befuddling term among 2,035 diners, with one in five saying they won’t order something they don’t understand on a menu.Foodies, stand down. Many of the Top 10 most confusing terms you’re likely familiar with. For the rest of us, as chefs in America have expanded their horizons, we bring you gochujang, piri piri, yuzu and bibimbap,
FoodJune 9, 2016
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Tickling palates pink, France wins war of the rose
PARIS (AFP) - Would sir and madam care for red or white with their meal to appeal to their exacting, traditionalist palates? After all, pink is surely plonk -- or is it?France’s winemakers are waging a low-level war to strike down such traditional snobbery in the face of intense global competition for market share.The industry has been on the back foot since Italy leapfrogged France to regain top spot in the global production rankings last year, according to latest data from the International Or
FoodJune 9, 2016
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Thousands flock to posh Paris flash mob picnic
PARIS (AFP) – It’s the world’s classiest flash mob, when a highly selective group of guerrilla gourmets armed with picnic baskets and linen napkins take over a famous landmark.The latest “Diner en Blanc” (Dinner in White) took place in Paris on Wednesday when some 7,000 people dressed in white from head to toe descended on the swanky Place Vendome to dine al fresco on fine food and wine in the heart of the capital’s luxury district.The venue of the annual event -- which has now spread across the
FoodJune 9, 2016
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Asiana Airlines, Kumho Industrial sell off landmark building in Vietnam
Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's No. 2 flag carrier, said Thursday it has sold a 50 percent stake in Kumho Asiana Plaza, a Vietnamese landmark building, to Saigon Boulevard Holdings Pte. Ltd as part of its efforts to improve its financial health.The $107.5 million deal was completed between the carrier and the affiliate of Singaporean property developer Mapletree Investments Pte earlier in the day, an official of Asiana Airlines said.Kumho Asiana Plaza built by Kumho Industrial Co., the const
CompaniesJune 9, 2016
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Institute develops new emission reduction tech for diesel cars
A state-funded research institute said Thursday that it has developed a new technology that helps diesel cars reduce soot emissions by nearly 95 percent and improves air quality.The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials said it has completed 60,000-kilometer on-road tests on a diesel car equipped with the newly developed diesel particulate filter and a plasma burner.The institute said the new system can be applied to vehicles around next year after winning government certification.A PDF is
IndustryJune 9, 2016
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[Editorial] Reining in North Korea
It is apparent that North Korea does not intend to give in to the international sanctions against its nuclear and missile provocations. The latest evidence of this is the intelligence reports that it is producing more weapons-grade plutonium. The latest report came from the U.S. State Department, in which officials were quoted by the news agency Reuters as saying that North Koreans were producing plutonium by reprocessing fuel spent at the 5-megawatt reactor in Yongbyon. It came one day after si
EditorialJune 9, 2016
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[Editorial] Good or bad role model?
Nexon Corp., South Korea’s biggest online game developer, is an up-and-coming information technology firm whose online and mobile games are highly popular worldwide. It is a workplace coveted by many young Korean job seekers. But a high-profile scandal involving its founder and a senior prosecutor -- the two went to the same university in the same year -- is threatening to inflict severe damage to the reputation of the company which has grown into one of the most successful and revered IT ventur
EditorialJune 9, 2016
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Allies drills against North Korea not always defensive: NNSC
The annual joint military drills by South Korea and the U.S. are not always assessed to be “100 percent defensive and deterrent” as the Seoul government has claimed, a Swiss delegation head stationed at the inter-Korea border said Wednesday.Major Gen. Urs Gerber, the Swiss delegation head of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission at Panmunjom truce village, told reporters that the NNSC has not always reached a decision that the drills are exclusively designed for defensive purposes against N
DefenseJune 9, 2016
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Yeongnam feuds over 10 trillion won airport site
Tension is escalating ahead of the government’s forthcoming announcement of the location of a new airport to be built in the southeast, not only between the two candidate cities, but also among lawmakers and officials seeking to appease their constituents.Most directly affected by the divide is the ruling conservative Saenuri Party, which has its political base in the region, referred to as Yeongnam.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is slated to announce on June 24 the site for
PoliticsJune 9, 2016
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Suspects plotted gang rape of female teacher: police
Police concluded Thursday that the gang rape of a female teacher in an island village was a premeditated crime, with the case expected to be transferred to the prosecution the next day.Two men, who were her students’ parents, and a villager are suspected of raping the temporary primary school teacher in Shinan County, South Jeolla Province, at her on-campus residence last month. The Mokpo Police Station said that it will ask prosecutors to indict the suspects in their 30s and 40s on charges of r
Social AffairsJune 9, 2016
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[Reporter’s column] Sex crime and the South Korean media
Back in 2014, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Journalists Association of Korea released a guideline for Korean journalists to use when reporting on sexual violence and interviewing the victims. The booklet was developed as a number of news reports allegedly inflicted secondary victimization upon sex crime victims here, including violation of privacy. Some even endorsed distortion of sexual assault – such as how the extent of a woman’s resistance should be the major factor in determining if a
Social AffairsJune 9, 2016
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Seoul to boost hanok subsidies
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that it would be providing more subsidies for those repairing or building “hanok” anywhere in the city.In accordance with the ordinance on preserving and promoting the Korean traditional houses, the subsidies that had previously been limited to areas concentrated with hanok will soon apply to any part of the capital.When building a new hanok, one will be eligible to receive up to 80 million won ($69,000) in subsidies for the exterior and an up to a
Social AffairsJune 9, 2016
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Firms raided in election funding probe
The prosecution on Thursday raided printing and advertising companies suspected of offering a rebate to a lawmaker as part of the probe into election law violations. The Western District Prosecutors’ Office did not specify which locations were searched and what items were seized through the raid. The raid came after the National Election Commission filed a complaint against Rep. Kim Soo-min of the third-largest People’s Party for alleged election law violations. Rep. Kim Soo-min Park Hae-mook/Th
Social AffairsJune 9, 2016
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Korea succeeds in 75-ton rocket engine thrust test
South Korea has succeeded in a ground combustion test for the first- and second-stage engines of its domestic space rocket, a related agency said Thursday.The 75-ton thrust engine test was conducted "smoothly" as planned a day earlier at the Naro Space Center located in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, according to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The 75-ton liquid engine is a core technology for the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV)-II."The duration of combustion was 75 seconds," it said.
TechnologyJune 9, 2016
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Former opposition party leader elected as new speaker
The National Assembly elected the main opposition party’s Rep. Chung Sye-kyun as its new speaker on Thursday, catapulting the sixth-term moderate lawmaker to the top parliamentary job in hopes of bridging partisan gaps in the opposition-controlled parliament. Of the 287 attending lawmakers out of the 300-member Assembly, 274 voted in approval of the motion to endorse Chung as the top lawmaker. Rep. Shim Jae-chul of the ruling Saenuri Party and Rep. Park Joo-sun of the third-biggest People’s Par
PoliticsJune 9, 2016
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Incentive tours boost Korean MICE industry
A growing number of foreigners have visited South Korea for travels related to meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions over the past year, having a ripple effect across the nation's tourism industry, the state-run Korea Tourism Organization said Thursday. South Korea has become a major incentive travel destination in Asia as its vibrant culture and advanced technology have attracted more travelers from various nations.The KTO said a series of big incentive tours by major Asian companie
IndustryJune 9, 2016
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[Nophakhun Limsamarnphun] Silicon Valley moguls heading to Southeast Asia
Tech start-ups in Southeast Asia and India are drawing venture capitalists from Silicon Valley in California who are heading there for a new round of investment in tech start-ups that are mushrooming thanks to the region’s youthful population and fast-growing number of Internet users. According to venture forum AVCJ of Hong Kong, the first quarter of this year saw a jump in start-up funds flowing into Singapore, the region’s start-up hub, to $199 million, compared with just $53 million in the sa
ViewpointsJune 9, 2016
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[Niaz Murtaza] Is Pakistan's democracy in danger again?
Coup options have reduced but resistance to them has grown.Islam and democracy are forever in danger in Pakistan. The danger to Islam is overblown by clerics, it being ensconced safely in millions of highly devoted hearts. Clerics may really be the main threat to it. The danger to democracy is real given past breaks. The Panama leaks suddenly threatened a democracy which was looking secure, though not delivering much. Critics say the real threat to it is from poorly performing politicians and po
ViewpointsJune 9, 2016
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[Raul Dancel] Dealing with a president like Duterte
With his ask-me-anything, expletives-laden news conferences, he is a wellspring of quotable quotes and click bait. But it can also be exasperating to sort through the muck and try to figure out when he’s being serious or just being theatrical.Rodrigo Duterte is not always a man of his word. He has said so himself, “If it’s preposterous, don’t believe me.” This makes the Philippines’ 16th president a tough nut to crack, especially for people who make a living out of weaving together words, like j
ViewpointsJune 9, 2016