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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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Seoul should engage Kim Jong-un’s elites for change, ex-North Korean diplomat says
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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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North Korea unveiling uranium enrichment site a US election-conscious move: NIS
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'Shaman says president will die,' caller warns
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Boy's emergency medical treatment delayed 2 hours due to staff shortage
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Seoul keeping close tabs on Pyongyang nuke test site
South Korea is carefully monitoring North Korea's nuclear test site to detect any signs of an imminent provocation, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday, reiterating that Pyongyang remains "ready" to detonate another atomic device at any time. "Our stance (that the North can conduct a nuclear test at any time) remains unchanged," ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun during a regular press briefing. "(The North) has completed preparations (for a test) at the Punggye-ri test site. We are co
DefenseMay 12, 2016
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Ex-commerce minister formally elected new head of PyeongChang 2018
Former Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom was elected the new head of the planning committee for the country's first Winter Olympics on Thursday.Lee's candidacy as the president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) was approved unanimously at the committee's general assembly in Seoul.His appointment will need the final stamp of approval by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, though it's considered a mere formality at this juncture.
Social AffairsMay 12, 2016
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Allies agree to explore various measures to curb N.K. provocations
South Korea and the United States have agreed to explore various measures to stave off potential North Korean provocations, the allies said Thursday, reaffirming that Pyongyang's saber-rattling poses a grave threat to their alliance.After the two-day Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD), a biannual high-level security meeting, in Washington D.C., the Ministry of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense issued a joint press statement that called for the North to renounce its n
Social AffairsMay 12, 2016
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Woody Allen opens Cannes; son resurrects sex abuse questions
CANNES, France (AP) – The 69th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday with stormy skies, heightened security, the premiere of a new Woody Allen film and resurrected sex abuse allegations against the 80-year-old director regarding his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow. Allen brought his 1930s Hollywood romance “Cafe Society,” along with stars Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, to Cannes to kick off the French Riviera festival. But just minutes before their press conference, a column by Allen’s so
FilmMay 12, 2016
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Pirates' Kang Jung-ho belts third homer of season
Kang Jung-ho of the Pittsburgh Pirates belted his third home run of the season against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday (local time), in just his fifth game back from serious leg injuries sustained last year.Batting sixth and playing third base, Kang hit a solo shot off right-hander Alfredo Simon in the top of the seventh at Great American Ball Park.Kang's blast cut the Reds' lead to 4-3, and the Pirates rallied to win 5-4 as Kang scored the decisive run in the top of the ninth.Kang went 2-for-3
BaseballMay 12, 2016
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N. Korea won't test nukes if peace treaty talks open: experts
North Korea will refrain from testing nuclear weapons if China and the United States engage Pyongyang in talks to improve ties and ultimately sign a peace treaty, experts said Thursday.Speculation has been rife over when North Korea will carry out another nuclear test following the fourth one in January that prompted stronger international sanctions against the regime.Many observers expected the fifth test to come ahead of this month's congress of the ruling Workers' Party, which was used as a v
North KoreaMay 12, 2016
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SNSD 's Taeyeon to hold solo concert
Taeyeon of K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation will kick off her first solo concert tour in July. She will begin the tour with performances at the Olympic Park Stadium in Seoul from July 9-10, and in Busan in August, according to local news reports. In April, the singer had canceled her solo concert “Taeyeon, Butterfly Kiss” which had been scheduled to take place at the Olympic Park Stadium. In March, the singer’s agency SM Entertainment had announced the delay, saying, “We’ve postponed the con
PerformanceMay 12, 2016
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Seoul pushes to deploy 100 more K2 tanks against Pyongyang
South Korea's military is pushing to field some 100 additional units of the locally built K2 Black Panther tanks to strengthen frontline defense against North Korea, a military official said Thursday."The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) submitted the request citing the need for 100 or so more K2 tanks in October and the Ministry of National Defense is carrying out a verification of the demand," the military official said. K2 is the South Korean Army's main battle tank (MBT) and has been produced sin
DefenseMay 12, 2016
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Batting cleanup is 'dream come true' for emerging slugger
After five years in the baseball netherworld, Kim Jae-hwan of the Doosan Bears is finally enjoying a breakout season.The 27-year-old is batting cleanup for the best team in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), and leads the team with 10 home runs and 27 RBIs in just 67 at-bats across 22 games. The home run and RBI totals are already career highs for Kim, who never played in more than 52 games in any of his five previous seasons. Kim is also slugging at a .910 clip, as 15 of his 26 hits have go
BaseballMay 12, 2016
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3.8m people drawing national pension
The National Pension Fund, on its 29th year of operation this year, is providing benefits to nearly 4 million people in South Korea, its records showed Thursday.The pension program was adopted in January 1988 to guarantee income for the elderly after retirement and to provide coverage for disabilities and surviving family members. The number of recipients totaled 3.77 million in October 2015. As of the end of last year, a 65-year-old resident of Gwangju, southwest of Seoul, was getting the large
May 12, 2016
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Korea’s export prices down 3.4 percent in April
South Korea’s export prices dropped from a month earlier in April, primarily due to the strengthening Korean won against the U.S. dollar, central bank data showed Thursday.The export price index reached 78.19 last month, down 3.4 percent from a revised 80.97 the previous month, according to preliminary data from the Bank of Korea. Goods wait to be shipped at Busan Port. (Yonhap)From a year earlier, the April reading marks a 5.7 percent decline. April marks the fourth consecutive month in which p
May 12, 2016
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Kakao’s Q1 net dips 65 percent
Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, said Thursday its first-quarter net profit plunged 64.5 percent on losses in its advertisement business and growing investment costs. Net profit reached 10.9 billion won ($9.3 million) in the January-March period, compared with 30.8 billion won the previous year, the company said in a regulatory filing. Operating income also dropped 47.7 percent on-year to 21 billion won, while sales rose 3.5 percent to 242.4 billion won.
IndustryMay 12, 2016
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Hyundai Motor’s subcontractors to hire 18,000 workers this year
Subcontractors of Hyundai Motor Group plan to employ about 18,000 new workers this year, providing a much-needed boost for the country’s slumping job market, industry sources and company officials said Thursday.The employment plan involving about 380 subcontractors supplying parts and other products to the group is similar to the level of recruitment they made last year, according to the sources.Hyundai Motor Group, which has Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors under its wing, earlier unveiled a plan t
IndustryMay 12, 2016
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Korea to adopt face recognition system for gov't offices
South Korea's government said Thursday it will beef up security at public buildings by adopting a face recognition system following a high-profile illegal entry into one of its offices earlier this year.The announcement by the Ministry of the Interior comes as Seoul took fire for lax security after a man broke into a government building in central Seoul to tamper with the results of the civil service exam he took.The man, identified only by his surname Song who was caught last month, illegally e
Social AffairsMay 12, 2016
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22 short track skaters and coaches charged with illegal gambling
A slew of short track speed skaters and coaches have been charged with allegedly placing illegal bets on sports games online, the police said Thursday.The Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency said they have booked without physical detention 18 short track speed skaters and four former national team coaches on charges of regularly betting on sports games on illegal websites from January 2011 to February this year. The bets totaled 1 billion won (US$858,000) over the period with one former coac
Social AffairsMay 12, 2016
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Actor Jang Keun-suk to attend int'l film festival as director
South Korean actor Jang Keun-suk has directed a film that will be featured in an international film festival opening in July, his publicist said Thursday."The Great Legacy" has been chosen as one of the short films to be showcased at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), Ytree Company said.The festival was launched in 1997 to promote fantasy, horror and sci-fi flicks and put Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province on the global film festival map.Jang has already made his directorial debut wi
FilmMay 12, 2016
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Korea creates new 'control tower' on sci-tech policy
South Korea launched a presidential council on science and technology Thursday to oversee the nation's efforts to overhaul the research and development (R&D) sector.The "strategic" panel, headed by President Park Geun-hye, will serve as a "control tower" and a "trouble shooter" for South Korea's overall science and technology policy, said the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.Park presided over the inaugural session of the council at her office Cheong Wa Dae, attended by 19 other stan
Social AffairsMay 12, 2016
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Veteran southpaw bothered by overuse controversy
For the second straight Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season, the Hanwha Eagles' left-hander Kwon Hyuk finds himself on the fine line between dedication and overuse.A year after leading all KBO relievers with a career-high 112 innings, the 14-year pro is at it again. He leads all relievers with 19 appearances, and is second with 23 2/3 innings out of the bullpen.As he did last year, manager Kim Sung-keun, long notorious for working his pitchers into the ground, is using the left-hander in al
BaseballMay 12, 2016
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Green Cross to issue bonds for U.S. expansion
Green Cross Corp., a listed Korean pharmaceutical company, said Thursday that it plans issue three and five-year bonds worth some 100 billion won ($86 million) to finance its expansion overseas.The company’s bond underwriter NH Investment & Securities will evaluate the value of the bonds graded AA minus through a book building process next week. Its bond issues mark the first time for the company to raise funds in the local capital market.“The proceeds will be used for its expansion in the advan
May 12, 2016
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National pension covering 3.77 million people
The National Pension Fund, on its 29th year of operation this year, is providing benefits to nearly 4 million people in South Korea, its records showed Thursday.The pension program was adopted in January 1988 to guarantee income for the elderly after retirement and to provide coverage for disabilities and surviving family members. The number of recipients totaled 3.77 million in October 2015. As of the end of last year, a 65-year-old resident of Gwangju, southwest of Seoul, was getting the large
May 12, 2016