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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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Most teen sex offenders get away with slap on wrist
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Ex-Trump official calls for S. Korea to raise defense spending to 3 or 3.5% of GDP
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Man sentenced to 1 year, 8 months for stealing from elementary school classrooms
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Same-sex couple denied insurance clearance despite landmark ruling
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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Panmunjom tours for select Korean nationals may resume in October
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Young Poong says no better offer for Korea Zinc
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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon resignation
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Korea in the 50s through a U.S. soldier’s eyes②
As we promised yesterday, here are more shots of Korea taken just after 1950-53 Korean War by a former U.S soldier who, at the age of 18, arrived in the country to help rebuild the war-ravaged country in the cities Busan and Susaek. The rustic scenes captured during this period lends valuable insight to how people of Korea lived some six decades ago. These photos have been made available online by his great-nephew Brendan Donley.Visit Donley‘s blog: www.paperluggage.com/2016/04/23/south-korea-19
Social AffairsApril 29, 2016
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Korean shares open lower on Wall Street losses
South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Friday following overnight losses on Wall Street.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 7.42 points, or 0.37 percent, to 1,993.51 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Seoul share prices are displayed at the Korea Exchange. (Yonhap)The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.17 percent overnight as sentiment was down after Japan‘s unexpected decision to maintain its monetary stimulus measures. A major drag on the Dow Jones were tech stocks inclu
April 29, 2016
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N. Korea heightens surveillance, crackdown ahead of party congress: source
North Korea has heightened surveillance along its border with China and beefed up monitoring of its people ahead of the ruling party's congress next week, a source familiar with North Korea affairs said Friday.With the North's rare party congress a week away, the country has moved to restrict the entry of people into its capital city of Pyongyang, according to the source, who declined to be identified.It has also ordered North Koreans not to conduct even key ceremonial events, such as weddings a
North KoreaApril 29, 2016
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KT’s Q1 net profit falls 23.3%
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. said Friday that its first-quarter net profit dropped 23.3 percent from a year earlier on increased costs and a slowdown in the fixed-line telephony business. KT Corp. headquarters in downtown Seoul. (Yonhap)Net profit stood at 215.14 billion won ($189.2 million) in the January-March period on a consolidated basis, down from the previous year’s 280.59 billion won, the company said in a regulatory filing. Operating profit, however, rose 22.8 percent on-year t
April 29, 2016
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Korea's industrial output down 1.5% in March
South Korea's industrial output fell from a year earlier in March due to a drop in the machinery and electronics parts sectors, while domestic consumption hit a four-month high, a government report showed Friday.Production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries fell 1.5 percent last month from a year ago, according to the report by Statistics Korea. From a month earlier, industrial output also retreated 2.2 percent.(Yonhap)The March figure backtracked to negative territory
April 29, 2016
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Mega-hit Korean drama creates huge economic effect
South Korean national broadcaster KBS's latest smash-hit TV series has created a huge economic impact by contributing to exports, luring more foreign tourists and creating new jobs, a report showed Friday.According to the report by the state-run Export-Import Bank of Korea, the direct and indirect economic effects of the KBS 2TV military-romance TV series "Descendants of the Sun" are estimated to hover above 1 trillion won ($880 million). "Descendants of the Sun" poster (Yonhap)Partly funded by
April 29, 2016
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Doctors widening use of VR devices to treat various mental disorders
Nam Min-ji (alias), a 22-year-old South Korean student, dropped out of college after suffering from social anxiety. Since leaving school, she had stayed only at home and refused to make contact with anyone, becoming a basement-dweller.While typical treatments for her would involve psychological consultations, Gangnam Severance Hospital offered a different approach in helping the patient return to everyday life. Nam was provided with a virtual-reality (VR) treatment to help her "practice" encount
Social AffairsApril 29, 2016
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U.N. Security Council discusses N.K. missile launches
The U.N. Security Council discussed North Korea's latest missile launches Thursday and plans to issue a statement condemning the launches, diplomatic sources said.The United States requested the informal consultations after the North launched two intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missiles earlier Thursday in violation of U.N. resolutions.Members of the council agreed to adopt a press statement denouncing the launches and urging the North to cease additional provocations, but the actual issuan
North KoreaApril 29, 2016
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Korea needs no nuclear weapons: Blinken
South Korea needs no nuclear weapons because the United States has "their back with the nuclear umbrella" and other means to defend the Asian ally from North Korea, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Thursday.Calls have risen in South Korea again for nuclear armament in the wake of the North's fourth nuclear test in January and a long-range rocket launch in February, with some leading members of the country's ruling party arguing that it makes no sense to rely on the U.S. "nuclear
Social AffairsApril 29, 2016
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U.S. strongly condemns N.K. missile launches, vows to raise concerns with U.N.
The United States strongly condemned North Korea's latest launches of the Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile, saying it would raise the issue with the United Nations to hold Pyongyang accountable for the provocation.The North conducted a launch of the mobile missile off its east coast early Thursday, but it crashed shortly after launch. The communist nation fired another Musudan missile later in the afternoon, but it exploded mid-air after flying several kilometers, according to South
North KoreaApril 29, 2016
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N. Korea's 2nd midrange missile test seen as failure: military
North Korea fired off what appeared to be a mid-range ballistic missile late Thursday, hours after it carried out a similar launch, but both attempts seem to have ended in failure, the South Korean military said.North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), presumed to be a Musudan, at around 7:26 p.m. near its eastern city of Wonsan, according to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff.It said the missile probably blew up midflight.The move came on the heels of the North launching
North KoreaApril 29, 2016
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S. Korea endorses revised ordinance to tighten travel bans for conflict-laden countries
South Korea on Thursday endorsed a revision to the enforcement ordinance of the Passport Act to further tighten its travel bans on several conflict-laden countries, including Iraq and Syria, a move aimed at ensuring the safety of its citizens.The revision was endorsed during a Cabinet meeting presided over by President Park Geun-hye.The previous ordinance carried a clause stipulating that South Korean citizens can enter those war-prone countries only when they have to conduct humanitarian activi
Foreign AffairsApril 28, 2016
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S. Korea condemns N.K. missile launch
South Korea strongly condemned North Korea for its botched launch of another intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday, vowing to further pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and missile programs.The communist state fired off the missile early Thursday, but the launch seems to have failed, according to military officials here. The launch came less than two weeks after the North's failed launch of a similar missile."We strongly condemn the launch, which is a provocative act that is a
North KoreaApril 28, 2016
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N. Korea's isolation to deepen if it conducts another nuke test: S. Korean FM
North Korea will be "further isolated and abandoned" by the international community if it goes ahead with its threat of conducting a fifth nuclear test, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se warned Thursday.Yun said the South Korean government is closely watching the latest developments in North Korea, including the possibility of another nuclear test, and putting its diplomatic resources to work with the international community to deter North Korea from advancing its nuclear capability and
North KoreaApril 28, 2016
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S. Korean TV programs win large contracts in France, Hong Kong fairs
South Korean companies have signed deals worth $11.16 million to export their broadcasting content at MIPTV 2016, the world's biggest TV and digital content market, early this month, the government said Thursday.The combined sales of South Korean broadcasting content were up 16 percent from last year's event according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliate the Korea Creative Content Agency.The KBS 2TV military-romance TV series "Descendants of the Sun" was sold to Israe
TelevisionApril 28, 2016
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[Graphic News] Half of salaried workers earn less than W2m a month
Nearly half of salaried workers in Korea take home less than 2 million won ($1,754) a month, with the proportion rising to over 80 percent in restaurant and hospitality businesses, data showed. According to Statistics Korea, the ratio of workers with monthly pay under 2 million won came in at 47.4 percent at the end of last year, continuing its steady decline from 50.7 percent in 2013 and 49.5 percent in 2014. Those earning less than 1 million won account for 12.4 percent, while 35 percent belon
April 28, 2016
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Pompidou Center to open first Asian branch in Seoul next year
The Pompidou Center in Paris will open an exhibition space in Seoul next year, the museum’s first outpost in Asia. “The Centre Pompidou has been for several months in negotiations with a Korean partner, Mr. Sounjou Seo, to open a branch in Seoul for five years, possibly renewable,” Denis Berthomier, executive director of the Centre Pompidou, confirmed in an email to The Korea Herald. The location of the Seoul branch hasn’t been decided yet, but Seo, who will serve as the director of the Centre
PerformanceApril 28, 2016
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‘Born to be Blue’ is not cliche musical biopic, director says
JEONJU, North Jeolla Province -- Director Robert Budreau said he wanted a fresh angle in “Born to be Blue,” the opening film for this year’s Jeonju International Film Festival. “We were tired of the cliche musical biopic,” he said Thursday afternoon at the Jeonju Cine Complex. A press screening of the movie took place there ahead of its official screening that evening at the festival's opening ceremony, set to take place at the outdoor theater on Jeonju’s Cinema Street.From left: festival execut
FilmApril 28, 2016
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‘Koreans need more color to housing’: Mendini says
Koreans who seek fulfillment in their lifestyle need to add more colors to their homes, said eminent Italian designer and architect Alessandro Mendini in an interview with The Korea Herald on Thursday. “Korean apartment buildings, which are stereotyped as gloomy gray and rectangle, have hardly changed since I first came here 15 years ago,” Mendini, who has visited Korea around 40 times during the period, said in an interview at POSCO Engineering & Construction’s headquarters in Songdo. The Itali
IndustryApril 28, 2016
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Parks orders thorough probe into disinfectant case
President Park Geun-hye on Thursday called for a thorough probe into the toxic humidifier disinfectant tragedy that is blamed for the death of more than 200 users. “It is heartbreaking that a large number of people suffered damage and most importantly for the young infants to have lost their lives from the humidifier sterilizer accident that occurred in 2011. ... Relevant organizations should thoroughly investigate the case and take necessary measures such as receiving additional reports of dama
Social AffairsApril 28, 2016