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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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Who's lying? Hybe vs. Min conflict continues to intensify
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[Contribution] Turkmenistan celebrates the 33rd anniversary of its Independence
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[Photo news] Faker Mercedes
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SK hynix outpaces Samsung, Micron with more powerful AI chips
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Power of nostalgia brings K-pop legends back together
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Seoul should engage Kim Jong-un’s elites for change, ex-North Korean diplomat says
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North Korea unveiling uranium enrichment site a US election-conscious move: NIS
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Seoul, Tashkent PMs agree to expand ties
South Korea's Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn and his Uzbek counterpart agreed on Friday to expand ties to make the two countries strategic partners down the road. During the visit, the two countries decided to settle unpaid transactions to South Korean firms currently operating in Uzbekistan. "I am glad that the two countries' strategic alliance continues to develop," Hwang said in talks with the Uzbek's premier, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. "We hope that Uzbekistan will continue to help South Korean f
Foreign AffairsMay 21, 2016
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Trump says he will continue to defend S. Korea, but wants Seoul to pay up
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he will continue to defend South Korea, but wants the Asian ally to pay more for American defense support. Speaking on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Trump also said that he's willing to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but won't go to the communist nation. "As far as Japan and South Korea are concerned, all I'm saying is we defend them. They are paying us a tiny fraction of what it's costing. I want them to pay," Trump
InternationalMay 21, 2016
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S. Korean shares expected to suffer further setback next week
South Korean stocks will likely remain range-bound next week and in the lead up to the U.S. Fed's rate-setting meeting, but may suffer additional setbacks on appreciation of the U.S. dollar, local analysts said Saturday. On Friday, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 1,947.67, down nearly 1 percent from a week earlier. It also marked the fourth straight month of decline. A heightened possibility of a U.S. rate hike following better-than-anticipated U.S. indicato
May 21, 2016
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Sales of self-defense gadgets soar following Gangnam murder case
Sales of self-defense weapons increased dramatically in South Korea after a 23-year-old woman was brutally killed by a stranger in Seoul's affluent Gangnam district earlier this week, online marketplace operators said Saturday. Local internet shopping mall CJmall said its sales of self-defense gadgets between Tuesday and Friday jumped 700 percent from the same period last week. (TV Chosun Capture, original footage provided by Seocho police)Of the total, 86 percent of purchases were made by
IndustryMay 21, 2016
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Sales of top 10 biz groups suffer setback in Q1
Combined sales of South Korea's listed firms affiliated with the 10 largest business groups here continued to shrink from a year earlier in the first quarter, industry data showed Saturday, reflecting the difficulties facing local firms due to sluggish exports and domestic consumption. In the three months ended March 31, the combined sales of 69 listed firms affiliated with the top 10 business groups came to 945.09 trillion won (US$793.19 billion), down 0.34 percent from the same period last y
IndustryMay 21, 2016
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Top N. Korean diplomat Kang Sok-ju dies of cancer: state media
Kang Sok-ju, a top North Korean diplomat who negotiated a now-defunct 1994 nuclear deal with the United States, has died, Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday. Kang, a Workers' Party secretary in charge of international affairs, died of esophagus cancer at 4:10 p.m. on Friday at age 76, the Korean Central Broadcasting Station reported. Kang has long been a top foreign policy brain of the North and negotiated the Agreed Framework deal with the U.S. that defused the 1994 nuclear crisis.
North KoreaMay 21, 2016
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Global growth tops agenda as G7 meeting kicks off in Japan
SENDAI, Japan (AFP) - Divisions over reigniting global growth were set to surface at the G7 in Japan Friday, with US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew expected to stand firm over any action threatening a currency war.Two days of talks will see host Japan keen to win an endorsement for its position that fiscal stimulus is the way to kickstart the world economy, after a rally in the yen hit exporters and worsened a slowdown at home.But Tokyo's recent threat of a market intervention to reverse the rally
World NewsMay 20, 2016
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Taekwondo: Brother of Brussels bomber wins European title
MONTREUX, Switzerland (AFP) – Belgian Mourad Laachraoui, the younger brother of one of the Brussels airport bombers, has won gold in the European Taekwondo Championships and will compete in this summer's Olympics. Mourad Laachraoui, brother of Najim Laachraoui, beat Spaniard Jesus Tortosa 6-3 in the -54kg final in Montreux, Switzerland on Thursday night.A silver medalist at the Summer Universiades in 2015, the 21-year-old has qualified for the Rio Games in August.Najim Laachraoui, 24, was one of
More SportsMay 20, 2016
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Egypt army says plane wreckage found near Alexandria
CAIRO (AP) – Egyptian air and naval forces have found some of the passengers' ``personal belongings'' and debris of EgyptAir flight 804, which crashed while carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo, the army said Friday.The debris was found around 290 kilometers north of the port city of Alexandria, Egyptian army spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohammed Samir said in a statement posted on his Facebook page. Egyptian jets and naval vessels continued to search for further debris from the downed Ai
World NewsMay 20, 2016
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Mascot for PyeongChang Olympics to be unveiled in June
The mascot for 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics is likely to be unveiled in June after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting, an official from the event's organizing committee said Friday. The official, who asked not to be named, said that the mascot for South Korea's first ever Winter Games will be determined at the IOC's Executive Board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, which runs from June 1-3. Lee Hee-beom, newly elected president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2
Olympic GamesMay 20, 2016
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N.K. urges S. Korea to immediately accept its offer for military talks
North Korea urged South Korea Friday to accept its offer to hold military talks in its latest charm offensive toward Seoul after spiking tensions with its missile and nuclear weapons program.North Korea's National Defense Commission (NDC) called on South Korea to immediately accept the dialogue proposal made by the North's leader Kim Jong-un at the country's recently-concluded party congress."South Korea should respond to our proposal for the talks without delay in a bid to end the two Koreas' a
North KoreaMay 20, 2016
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[EYE] ‘Social diversity key to facing AI world’
As apprehension spreads among ordinary mortals over the rise of artificial intelligence to replace humans, social diversity would be the key for people to brace for the next AI generation, Korea’s renowned neuroscientist said.“Current rote-learning method that unilaterally crams knowledge into people’s brains is nothing but an attempt to train the ability that can be replaced by AI. People should come to think of the opposite question: ‘How can we have different experiences and viewpoints?’ Beca
TechnologyMay 20, 2016
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DSME plans more cuts of staff, wages
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering unveiled an additional self-restructuring plan Friday, pressed by the government and its creditors concerned about the worsening performance amid falling new orders.In the self-rescue plan submitted to its creditors, led by the state-run Korea Development Bank, the firm proposed a further cut in workforce and wages, as well as temporary closure of docks, industry sources said.YonhapA fresh idea in the plan is to transform its profitable marine defense-rel
May 20, 2016
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[Weekender] Seoul subway, an integral part of everyday life
When lost on the streets of Seoul, there is one foolproof way to find your way home: just keep walking in one direction on a main road until you hit a subway station. Sprawled underneath the mega city with over 300 stations on a dozen different lines in the metropolitan area, the subway system acts as a way to navigate the city with ease. There are no major destinations in Seoul that cannot be reached via subway, making it the prime mode of transportation for many Seoulites and tourists.(123rf)
Latest NewsMay 20, 2016
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[Weekender] Underground peacekeepers in Seoul
Wearing stab-proof vests over their uniform shirt, they patrol underground during duty hours. Their mission is to help secure safety of people and keep peace.Policemen? No, they are Subway Guards helping prevent crimes and incidents and establish order at more than 300 subway stations in Seoul. A Subway Guard patrols inside a train. (Jo He-rim/The Korea Herald)As Seoul’s metro system transports more than 7.5 million commuters a day, more and more security-related violations are taking place at s
Social AffairsMay 20, 2016
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[Weekender] Foreigners overall satisfied with Seoul subway
When 23-year-old Filipino Reyshenne Layug moved to Seoul in 2015, she was most worried about how to find her way around the city, especially since she could not speak Korean. But her concerns were soon eased by the subway, which she quickly found was easy to navigate. She said, “I was pleasantly surprised when I saw English signs in the stations. I thought that was very helpful and they put me at ease straightaway.”Layug, who studies at a language institute, was impressed by the subway’s extensi
Social AffairsMay 20, 2016
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[Weekender] Koreans read, rest, enjoy arts at subway stations
When Kim Yu-ri came back from her monthlong European trip last summer, the first thing that welcomed her was clean, speedy and comfortable subways.“I still cannot forget the combination of garbage and pee wafting up through the subway grates in Paris,” said Kim, adding she hadn’t realized how good Korean subways were. Besides the Korean subway’s cleanliness and reasonable cost, it is also evolving from simply being a place for transportation to one of multipurpose cultural venues."Book Stairs,"
Social AffairsMay 20, 2016
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Gangnam murder case triggers debate on misogyny and mental illness in Korea
The recent murder of a 23-year-old woman at the hands of a man with a history of schizophrenia in Seoul’s Gangnam district has triggered debate on misogyny and mental illness here. The 34-year-old suspect told the police earlier this week that he committed the crime because he had been “belittled by women” many times in the past. The victim and the suspect had no prior contact with each other prior to the incident that occurred Tuesday. While police announced Thursday that the case should not b
Social AffairsMay 20, 2016
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Morning-after pills to remain prescription drugs in South Korea
The South Korean government announced Friday that it will stick to its conventional measures on emergency contraception pills -- birth control measures used after sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy -- and continue to disallow over-the-counter sales at pharmacies. 123RF Since 2012, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has been considering the option of designating the “morning-after pill” an OTC drug. It is known to be effective up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. The requirement of a doct
Social AffairsMay 20, 2016
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Jang Keun-suk: ‘Jackpot’ is not a hit, but that’s okay
According to actors Jang Keun-suk and Yeo Jin-goo, the lackluster performance of their drama series “Jackpot” is disappointing, but not thoroughly disheartening. “The title of the series is ‘Jackpot,’ so there was a certain pressure for it to do well,” said Jang Keun-suk, who stars as the hotheaded hero Dae-gil in the period piece, at a group interview Friday at SBS’ headquarters in Tanhyeon, Gyeonggi Province. “Jackpot” depicts a fierce battle between Dae-gil, a prince who has been deprived of
TelevisionMay 20, 2016