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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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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon resignation
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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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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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Same-sex couple denied insurance clearance despite landmark ruling
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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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Japan battles to care for 100,000 evacuees after quake
Japan on Monday enlisted US help to airlift supplies to some of the 100,000 people made homeless by earthquakes in the country's south, as rescuers struggled to find those still missing in a massive landslide.Many of those evacuated after their homes were damaged or destroyed have been forced to sleep in temporary accommodation or huddle in makeshift shelters, and media have reported problems in delivering food and other emergency supplies.The disaster-prone country's worst humanitarian challeng
World NewsApril 18, 2016
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Draft guideline urges institutional investors to speak up
Institutional investors holding equity stakes in Korea’s listed companies will be urged to speak out on key corporate decisions under a draft of new corporate governance guidelines unveiled Monday. The draft, presented by the bourse operator Korea Exchange and its think tank Korea Corporate Governance Service at a forum in Seoul, is envisioned to replace existing standards for publicly traded companies to follow in areas of shareholder rights, board composition and management, and various other
April 18, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Lawmakers OK Rousseff impeachment trial
Brazilian lawmakers authorized impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff in a rowdy, circus-like showdown that plunged Latin America's biggest country into profound political crisis and sparked claims that democracy was under threat.Opposition deputies in the lower house of Congress needed 342 of the 513 votes, or a two thirds majority, to send Rousseff to the Senate, which will now decide whether to open a trial. They got there near midnight on Sunday after five hours of voting.
World NewsApril 18, 2016
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Aid flows quake-hit Ecuador
Aid began to flow in Sunday to areas devastated by Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades and the death toll continued to rise as people left homeless hunkered down for another night outside in the dark. Officials said the quake killed at least 246 people and injured more than 2,500 along Ecuador's coast. Vice President Jorge Glas said the toll was likely to rise because a large number of people remained unaccounted for, though he declined to say how many. (AP-Yonhap)Much damage was reported
World NewsApril 18, 2016
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[Graphic News] Top 10 conglomerates‘ sales fall further than corporate average
Korea’s top 10 conglomerates saw their companies‘ sales decline at a sharper rate than the nation’s corporate average last year, according to data released Sunday.Market information provider FnGuide said in its report that combined sales at 68 of the top 10 business groups’ listed affiliates stood at 1,010.7 trillion won ($877.1 billion), a 3.31 percent drop from the previous year.Companies listed on the Korea Stock Composite Price Index fell by an average of 3.01 percent.By conglomerate, seven
IndustryApril 18, 2016
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[Editorial] Misdirected economy
Economic policymakers are poised to unveil a stimulus package after the weeks-long campaign for the 20th general election ended last Wednesday. Simultaneously, doubts in the market over the efficacy of the coming policy are also mounting, as the ruling Saenuri Party suffered a surprise rout in the election.As a result, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance is assumed to have become more prudent in fine-tuning its policy direction before unveiling it. An ineffective package or a stopgap measure to
EditorialApril 18, 2016
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FC Seoul to make change after exit of skillful midfielder
FC Seoul have been cruising this K League Classic football season thanks to their formidable offense, but they are now forced to make a change as skillful midfielder Sin Jin-ho bids adieu to the club for his mandatory military service.Sin, who joined Seoul this season from the Pohang Steelers in the top-flight competition, entered the military training center in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, on Monday to begin his service.The 27-year-old has been one of the instrumental players for Seoul's
SoccerApril 18, 2016
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Released dolphin confirmed to have given birth in wild, set new precedent
A team of South Korean researchers said Monday an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin released into the wild is confirmed to have successfully given birth, heralding the unprecedented birth.The marine mammal, called Sampal and believed to be aged between 13 and 15, is presumed to have delivered and raised a calf after being released into waters off the South Korean island of Jeju in 2013."We have spotted Sampal and her baby swimming in a parent-child posture many times during the recent three weeks,
Social AffairsApril 18, 2016
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Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung sends supportive letter to earthquake-struck Japan and Ecuador
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop of Seoul, sent a letter of condolences to Japan and Ecuador that have recently hit by a strong earthquake, the Seoul Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church said on Monday.In the letter, Cardinal Yeom said "we are deeply saddened by the news that the earthquake took many lives. We share your sorrow and pain and will continue our interest and prayer."The letter has been relayed to each archdiocese in Fukuoka in Japan and Esmeraldas in Ecuador, which cove
InternationalApril 18, 2016
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Injured LPGA star Park In-bee to take one month off from touring
Park In-bee, the world's No. 2-ranked female golfer from South Korea, will take one month from the LPGA Tour to rest and treat a hand injury, her agency announced Monday.Galaxia SM said Park has pulled out of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic scheduled for this week in San Francisco. She will also skip next week's Volunteers of America Texas Shootout in Irving, Texas, foregoing a chance to defend her title.Park wasn't planning to enter the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic from May 5-8 in Pratville, Ala
GolfApril 18, 2016
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Cha Bum-kun says he is ready to devote himself to 2017 U-20 World Cup
South Korean football legend Cha Bum-kun said on Monday he is ready to devote himself to the country's successful hosting of the FIFA U-20 World Cup next year.Cha was named the deputy chief of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Organizing Committee last Friday and officially started his work at the organizing committee's signboard unveiling ceremony in Seoul on Monday. This is the first administrative job for the 62-year-old, who has had a successful career as a player, a coach and a television analys
SoccerApril 18, 2016
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Park to make historic visit to Iran next month
President Park Geun-hye plans to make a historic visit to Tehran next month for talks with her Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, Cheong Wa Dae said Monday, a move that underscores South Korea's efforts to boost ties and tap into business opportunities in the resource-rich country.The trip -- set for May 1 to 3 -- comes as Iran has emerged as a lucrative business destination following the lifting of international sanctions earlier this year.The sanctions imposed on Iran over its disputed nuclea
Foreign AffairsApril 18, 2016
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Park Tae-hwan to return to pool after 18 months away
Disgraced former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan will soon return to competition after nearly 18 months away, having recently served his doping suspension, his agency said Monday.Team GMP said Park will race at the 88th Dong-A Swimming Competition starting next Monday in Gwangju, some 330 kilometers south of Seoul. He has registered to compete in the men's 100m, 200m, 400m and 1,500m freestyle races.It will be Park's first competitive appearance since the National Sports Festival in Nove
Olympic GamesApril 18, 2016
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Former, incumbent execs of Seoul taekwondo body indicted over corruption
Prosecutors indicted eight former and current executives of a Seoul-based taekwondo association and a former high-level official of a taekwondo association for the disabled on Monday on a string of charges related to corruption.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said former chief of the Seoul-based martial arts association, identified only by his surname Lim, is accused of helping his son-in-law, who had no experience with taekwondo, pass a belt test in March 2011. A former vice chie
Social AffairsApril 18, 2016
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No improvement in dire N.K. human rights situation despite global efforts: report
North Korea's dismal human rights situation has not improved in recent years, despite global efforts to push Pyongyang to mend its ways, a report showed Monday.North Korea's human rights records remain dire even after the U.N. Commission of Inquiry unveiled a landmark report in 2014 that accused Pyongyang of systematic violations of human rights, according to the report by a Seoul civic group.The report said that North Koreans' right to life is threatened, as North Korea has extensively violated
North KoreaApril 18, 2016
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Outgoing Assembly agrees final session
The outgoing ruling and opposition parties on Monday agreed to open an extraordinary session from this week in their last-ditch efforts to tend to pending bills, most of which are expected to be automatically discarded.The monthlong parliamentary session will be open from Thursday to May 20 with two plenary sessions to vote on the bills in early and mid-May, the parties and the Assembly secretariat said.The decision came after floor leaders of the three main parties had a meeting with Assembly S
PoliticsApril 18, 2016
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[Editorial] Fear of quakes
South Korea is not a haven from earthquakes. Though it is not located along the Pacific’s “Ring of Fire,” which covers Alaska, California, Mexico, Peru, Chile Japan and Indonesia, the nation is adjacent to the seismic belt.The earthquake damage in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan and the central coast of Ecuador over the past week point to the urgent need for taking what preemptive measures society can to minimize the number of victims in natural disasters. Kumamoto prefecture was reportedly able to r
EditorialApril 18, 2016
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[Helle Thorning-Schmidt] Children in drought-hit Ethiopia need assistance
Six million children in Ethiopia are hungry and without clean water. It is in all of our interests to help Ethiopia overcome the worst drought in 50 years. When 4-year-old Malou first arrived at the Save the Children stabilization center in the small community of Fedeto, she was severely underweight and limp, her feet swollen. But having been treated for the effects of malnutrition, and it seemed starting on the road to recovery, she now has a second battle on her hands -- to overcome pneumoni
ViewpointsApril 18, 2016
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[Matthew Shapiro] Dust in the wind, solutions in the lab
Spring is coming, but people living in Northeast Asia are encountering blooming respiratory illnesses as well as the cherry blossoms. Trade winds carry the fine yellow dust of the Mongolian deserts eastward to China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and, in much smaller amounts, the West Coast of the United States. It is an event that is particularly severe in the March-April months, accompanied by images of Asians wearing surgical masks, scarves and even respirators while going about their daily act
ViewpointsApril 18, 2016
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[Bernard-Henri Levy] Taking of moderates’ side in the war within Islam
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was right when he recently said that there is no good excuse for jihadism. Rejecting the culture of excuses, he said, also meant resisting the temptation to dwell on explanations of the jihadist impulse.And Valls was right again on April 4 when he warned against the danger of an ideological victory for Salafism, the doctrine underlying jihadism, which views Europe --and, within Europe, France -- as prime ground for proselytization.Successive French governments,
ViewpointsApril 18, 2016