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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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[Photo News] Korean telecom watchdog beefs up ties with U.S. counterpart
KOREAN TELECOM WATCHDOG BEEFS UP TIES WITH U.S. COUNTERPART -- Tom Wheeler (left), chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, and Choi Sung-joon, chairman of South Korea’s telecommunications regulator Korea Communications Commission pose at a meeting held at the FCC last week. They discussed a range of issues including mergers between telecom companies and broadcasting firms, privacy laws, net neutrality and spectrum auctions. (KCC)
TechnologyApril 17, 2016
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'Handmaiden' vies for Cannes prize
With director Park Chan-wook’s latest mystery-thriller “The Handmaiden” confirmed to screen in the Cannes Film Festival’s competition category, speculation abounds on whether the film will be able to bring a long-awaited win this year. The invitation, unveiled Thursday, was welcome news to the local film industry, as it marks the first time in four years that a Korean film has entered Cannes’ competition category. Hong Sang-soo’s “In Another Country” and Im Sang-soo’s “The Taste of Money” last
FilmApril 17, 2016
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Song Joong-ki kicks off Asia tour
Actor Song Joong-ki kicked off his Asia fan meeting tour with “Song Joong-ki the fifth fan meeting in Seoul: the day we meet again” at the Grand Peace Hall in Kyung Hee University on Sunday. It was attended by some 4,000 fans. Tickets for the fan meeting had almost immediately sold out when they went on sale on March 31. Song’s last fan meeting was on Aug. 17, 2013, 10 days before he enlisted in the military. Promotional image of actor Song Joong-ki’s fifth fan meeting at the Grand Peace Hall i
TelevisionApril 17, 2016
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N. Korea threatens 'revenge' on Cheong Wa Dae if defectors are not sent back
North Korea on Sunday called for the repatriation of North Koreans who defected from a North Korean-run restaurant in China to South Korea earlier this month, threatening that it will take "retaliative actions" on South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae if the demand is not met.The demand by North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea is the latest in the country's repeated calls for repatriation after the 13 North Koreans fled to South Korea in early April.North Kore
North KoreaApril 17, 2016
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'Descendant of the Sun' actor Song Joong-ki draws 4,000 in fan meeting
Actor Song Joong-ki, who became a household name through his recently-finished drama series 'The Descendants of the Sun,' drew some 4,000 fans in his first fan meeting held in about three years on Sunday.The concert hall inside Kyunghee University in eastern Seoul was packed with fans as Song took the stage for the event named "Song Joong-ki's fifth fan meeting: the day we met again" earlier in the day. It was the actor's first reunion with his fans since his previous fan meeting held in August
TelevisionApril 17, 2016
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Ahn gestures at moving onto presidential race
Ahn Cheol-soo, cochief of the minority opposition People’s Party and lawmaker-elect of the incoming National Assembly, on Sunday alluded to his candidacy in next year’s presidential election.“As stated in our party platform, a party leader who is to challenge the presidential race should resign from the post at least a year ahead of the election,” said Ahn during his postelection visit to the nation’s southwestern city of Gwangju.It was in this city and the surrounding Jeolla provinces -- the lo
PoliticsApril 17, 2016
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[Editorial] Saenuri in crisis
The April 13 general election has thrown the ruling Saenuri Party into a panic. The election defeat was so unexpected and devastating that the party appears to have lost its sense of direction.The first thing the party should do now is thoroughly analyze the factors that contributed to its humiliating rout. Then it needs to start reinventing itself based on the analysis to regain the public’s confidence in it. Yet the party is neither willing nor able to embark on such a project now. Its leaders
EditorialApril 17, 2016
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[Editorial] Collaborative politics
In the three-party system that emerged from the April 13 general election, no single party controls a majority of seats in the National Assembly. This means it takes two parties to pass a bill through the parliament. The message that Korean voters sought to convey through the election was unmistakably clear: Political parties should collaborate in handling state affairs. The message appears to have been successfully delivered. All parties now talk about the need to discard politics as usual and
EditorialApril 17, 2016
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Murky future for Sewol committee as deadline looms
Two years have passed since the sinking of the Sewol ferry left 304 dead or missing, but the special committee investigating the tragedy has covered little ground due to lack of time and cooperation from the government and the ruling party.With the government expected to cut funding after June, it is unclear whether the committee will be able to carry out its founding purposes of pinpointing and punishing those responsible for the tragedy. One of the worst maritime disasters in Korean history di
Social AffairsApril 17, 2016
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[Lewis W. Diuguid] Sprint, Verizon struggle to overcome public relations stumbles
Social media continues to teach its users that in this increasingly diverse, multicultural, multiethnic nation, people should deliberate long and hard -- and even get a second and third opinion -- before they say or post anything.For corporations, the senseless use of social media in the rush to one-up competitors could result in the loss of customers and a lot of too-real dollars and cents.Sprint Corp. CEO Marcelo Claure has made himself an object lesson for others after he posted a clip on Twi
ViewpointsApril 17, 2016
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[Joseph E. Stiglitz] What’s wrong with negative rates?
I wrote at the beginning of January that economic conditions this year were set to be as weak as in 2015, which was the worst year since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008. And, as has happened repeatedly over the last decade, a few months into the year, others’ more optimistic forecasts are being revised downward.The underlying problem — which has plagued the global economy since the crisis, but has worsened slightly — is lack of global aggregate demand. Now, in response, the European
ViewpointsApril 17, 2016
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Opposition elects troubled by election lawsuits
Several lawmakers-elect of the opposition camp are under probe for falsely claiming to have united with their rivals ahead of last Wednesday’s general election.According to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on Sunday, up to five opposition lawmakers-elect are facing prosecutorial investigation for using the term “unified opposition candidate” during campaigning. The parliamentary badge to be worn by the members of the incoming 20th National Assembly. YonhapThe list included former Incheon Mayor So
PoliticsApril 17, 2016
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[Jonathan Bernstein] How a ‘Plan C’ candidate can win the Republican crown
After House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that he would not seek the presidency in 2016 under any circumstances, Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money issued a challenge to those who think someone besides Donald Trump or Ted Cruz could be the Republicans’ nominee: Anybody who thinks this is a plausible scenario really needs to explain specifically how this is going to work.I think it is plausible and I can explain why. It’s a good excuse to run through the remaining possibilities on the Repu
ViewpointsApril 17, 2016
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[Jeffrey J. Selingo] Beyond the 4-year degree
The assumption that a college education should take four years is baked into American culture. Colleges in the colonial days were founded on the premise of a four-year degree, a concept imported from Europe. Harvard University experimented with a three-year degree when it was founded in 1636, but the test was short-lived, and the four-year degree has been the standard ever since. We expect students to enter college at 18 and leave when they turn 22, and we worry about those who take a more circu
ViewpointsApril 17, 2016
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[David Ignatius] Advice from foreign policy veteran
Bob Gates has unusual standing in the debate about the Obama administration’s foreign policy: He was defense secretary both for a hawkish President George W. Bush and then a wary President Obama. He understood Bush’s desire to project power and Obama’s skepticism. Gates characteristically finds a middle ground in the argument that has been swirling since Jeffrey Goldberg’s Atlantic magazine article examining Obama’s reluctance to use military force in Syria and the broader Middle East. Borrowing
ViewpointsApril 17, 2016
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Korea marks two years since Sewol ferry tragedy
ANSAN/SEOUL – Two years have passed since the Sewol ferry sank off South Korea’s southwest coast on April 16, but Kim Jeong-hee (not her real name) still cannot let go of her youngest son Jeon Chan-ho who drowned in the cold sea at the age of 18.“Before Chan-ho left home for the school trip to Jejudo Isalnd, he kissed me on my cheek asking me not to worry,” Kim told The Korea Herald outside the joint altar set up in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province.“My son usually texts or rings me a lot, but strangely,
Social AffairsApril 17, 2016
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Prosecution to probe SNU professor over disinfectant test
Prosecutors said Sunday that they would specifically investigate a professor at Seoul National University for allegedly receiving money from a disinfectant maker in exchange for overlooking toxicity test results. According to a group of researchers from SNU who were summoned for questioning earlier this month, several researchers had opposed the product test request by Oxy Reckitt Benckinser, claiming the given testing process would not be sufficient to deduce credible results.The toxicity test,
Social AffairsApril 17, 2016
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N.K. nuke test concerns grow as work continues
Work appears to be continuing at North Korea’s nuclear site, Seoul’s military officials said Sunday, prompting speculation that the communist state is counting down to a fresh underground blast to celebrate the birthday of its late founding father and a forthcoming party congress. The South Korean military has in recent weeks been bolstering surveillance as they had detected a sharp rise in the movement of labor, vehicles and other equipment in and out of the Punggye nuclear site in the country’
North KoreaApril 17, 2016
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Construction for new Japan Embassy resumes after suspension caused by relics
The construction work to build the new Japanese Embassy building in Seoul has resumed after construction was suspended with the discovery of Korean relics, the embassy and South Korea's cultural heritage administration said Sunday.The Japanese Embassy in Seoul began the construction work in July last year to rebuild its aging embassy building in central Seoul, but the recovery of relics from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) at the construction site had caused work to be suspended since January.A s
Social AffairsApril 17, 2016
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China may not defend N. Korea if nuke tensions spin out of control: experts
China is unlikely to protect its only treaty ally, North Korea, if tensions over the North's nuclear weapons program spin out of control, Chinese experts told a Hong Kong newspaper Sunday. North Korea was slapped with tougher international sanctions early last month over its fourth nuclear test in January and long-range rocket launch about a month later. While chiding North Korea over its nuclear program, China's ruling Communist Party has been trying to preserve its traditional friendship with
North KoreaApril 17, 2016