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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's resignation
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Most teen sex offenders get away with slap on wrist
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed in Beirut strike, Israel's military says
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Man sentenced to 1 year, 8 months for stealing from elementary school classrooms
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Suicide attempts spike among youth in Korea
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[Weekender] How Seongsu, once an industrial zone, has become ‘Seoul’s Brooklyn’
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Panmunjom tours for select Korean nationals may resume in October
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Delta Air Lines to launch new Incheon-Salt Lake City route in June next year
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Chun In-gee rises to qualification spot for Olympic women's golf
Fresh off a runner-up finish at the LPGA Tour's first major of the season, South Korean youngster Chun In-gee rose to the last qualification spot for the Olympics Monday.Chun finished second behind champion Lydia Ko at ANA Inspiration in California on Sunday, and moved up a notch on the latest women's world rankings to No. 8. She traded positions with fellow South Korean Amy Yang.Chun is now the fourth-highest South Korean on the rankings, behind No. 2 Park Im-bee, No. 5 Kim Sei-young and No. 6
GolfApril 4, 2016
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South Korean official in U.S. for talks on Pyongyang sanctions: source
A senior South Korean official is in Washington this week to coordinate the allies' implementation of sanctions on North Korea, a government source said Monday.Kim Gunn, director-general for North Korean nuclear affairs at the Foreign Ministry, left for Washington late Sunday to meet with State Department and Treasury officials involved in the implementation of sanctions on Pyongyang, the source said on the condition of anonymity.North Korea has come under a series of tough sanctions for its fou
North KoreaApril 4, 2016
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Backlash holding up S. Korea, Japan wartime sexual slavery deal
Some 100 days after South Korea and Japan agreed to settle the thorny issue of the latter's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, an unrelenting backlash from the victims and their supporters remains a stumbling block to the enforcement of the agreement, analysts here said Monday.From staging regular protests in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to filing a lawsuit to invalidate the Dec. 28 agreement, victims and civic groups have voiced their vociferous opposition to the deal, that S
Foreign AffairsApril 4, 2016
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Rival parties offer opposite remedies for ailing economy
Apparently true to their identities, South Korea's political parties are proposing different economic policies as part of their campaign pledges that are nearly opposite in about every aspect except what the cause of the problem is.Both the ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition Minjoo Party are pointing to sluggish consumer spending as a root cause of problems facing Asia's fourth-largest economy that include a record high unemployment rate for young adults.In 2015, the unemployment rate
PoliticsApril 4, 2016
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[Nicholas Carr] Let’s tap brakes on the Internet of everything
Americans live their lives on their phones now. So wrote 15 prominent technology companies, including Google, Facebook, Amazon and Snapchat, in a legal brief supporting Apple in its now-moot fight with the Justice Department over unlocking the San Bernardino killer’s iPhone. Our phones have become “an extension of our memories,” the companies argued, and “to access someone’s cellphone is to access their innermost thoughts and their most private affairs.”Although the companies are right, their ea
ViewpointsApril 4, 2016
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[Christina Seo] Millennials have own ways to access election info
I am a 24-year-old, Korean-American post-grad, and I have been reading about every turn of this year’s presidential campaign entirely on my phone, mostly right before bed. Yes, it is a bad habit, and yes, the blue light is suppressing my pineal gland from releasing delicious melatonin into my brain, but I wouldn’t want to get my news any other way.If in my late-night reading I am not being smothered in “Make America Great Again” Donald Trump Sauce, I am usually consuming article after article ab
ViewpointsApril 4, 2016
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[Jean Pisani-Ferry] Preparing for potential recession in Europe
If you do not understand what is happening to the eurozone economy, you are not alone. One day we are told that growth is definitely passe; the next that recovery is on track; and the third that the European Central Bank is considering sending checks to all citizens to boost output and revive inflation. Rarely has the economic picture been so confusing.Let’s start with medium-term growth. Since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, productivity has grown at a snail’s pace. Oddly, the smar
ViewpointsApril 4, 2016
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[Adam Minter] China wants to power the world
China’s State Grid Corporation, the world’s biggest power company, is on an impressive buying binge. As Bloomberg News reports, the company is “actively in bidding” for power assets in Australia, hoping to add them to a portfolio of Italian, Brazilian and Filipino companies. The goal isn’t simply to invest, however. State Grid’s Chairman Liu Zhenya has a plan that he believes will stall global warming, put millions of people to work and bring about world peace by 2050.The idea is to connect thes
ViewpointsApril 4, 2016
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Downside of the minimum wage fad
Raising wages by government fiat seems to be catching on. The lowest-paid workers in Britain and California — two of the world’s largest economies — are only the latest beneficiaries of plans to lift the minimum wage.The goal in every case is commendable, but the method is far from ideal. On Friday, Britain’s minimum wage will increase to 7.20 pounds ($10.36) an hour for workers age 25 and older, rising each year until it is expected to be above 9 pounds by 2020. California has agreed to set a $
ViewpointsApril 4, 2016
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The growing list of misbehaving ‘superrich’
Jeong Woo-hyun, the chairman of MPK group, came under fire Monday for allegedly slapping a building’s guard because he had sealed the front gates with Jeong still inside the building. Jeong Woo-hyun, the chairman of MPK Group (Yonhap)The incident has gone viral in Korea. It has become known as the “Mr. Pizza assault case,” named after MPK’s well-known pizza brand, Mr. Pizza.Although shocking, a businessperson mistreating others is nothing new in Korea. Here are some infamous incidents: Lee Hae
Social AffairsApril 4, 2016
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] Balanced education helps liberal arts students thrive
Located east of downtown Los Angeles -- widely considered a liberal stronghold -- Claremont Mckenna College is often considered more conservative than its neighbors, given its middle-of-the road faculty members and prominent alumni including politicians from the Republican Party. But the CMC president Hiram Chodosh highlighted that “the balance” in the breakdown of its faculty, staff and students allows for a more effective liberal arts education for graduates in challenging various transformati
Social AffairsApril 4, 2016
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Lotte E&C under tax investigation
Lotte Engineering & Construction, a construction arm of Lotte Group, confirmed Monday that it is being investigated by the National Tax Service. The tax authorities have been investigating the construction firm since March, reviewing its financial statements of the last three years. This is the company’s first tax probe since 2010 when it was imposed a fine of around 100 billion won ($87 million) for unfair business practices. A Lotte E&C official said, “This is just a regular tax audit.” But th
IndustryApril 4, 2016
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Probe digs into disinfectant-maker's report
Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office will investigate the safety data sheet of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, one of the toxic humidifier disinfectant makers blamed for the loss of 140 lives, on suspicions that it has fabricated the document. According to the special probe team, the prosecution summoned last week analysts from Seoul National University and Hoseo University -- who created Oxy humidifier disinfectant’s safety data sheet -- to investigate whether they manipulated the test results. Fa
Social AffairsApril 4, 2016
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20% of Seoul students still face corporal punishment: report
Two out of 10 teenage students in Seoul City still face corporal punishment at school, despite the punishment ban adopted a few years ago, a report showed Monday. According to report on student rights by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, about 19 percent of the surveyed students were found to have been physically punished in the past year. The survey was conducted on some 21,000 students in the city last year. 123rfMiddle schoolers reported the largest number of corporal punishment cas
Social AffairsApril 4, 2016
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Army conducts artillery exercise along east coast amid North Korean threats
South Korea's Army conducted a live-fire artillery exercise along the east coast on Monday amid continuous threats of attacks and missile and artillery launches by North Korea.The large-scale naval firing drill along the East Sea mobilized artillery units belonging to the three Army corps stationed along the eastern front of the inter-Korean border, according to the military. The drill simulated an artillery counter-attack against a supposed North Korean naval provocation, the Army noted.About 2
DefenseApril 4, 2016
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Korea takes aim at illegal immigration
The South Korean government on Monday announced plans to reduce the rate of illegally residing migrants to below 10 percent by 2018 by tightening prescreening.In a meeting on policies for foreign nationals chaired by Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, the government vowed to crack down on foreigners staying in Korea without legitimate visas and to take measures to help immigrants integrate into society more smoothly.As part of the efforts, the government will screen foreign nationals before airlines
Social AffairsApril 4, 2016
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[ELECTION 2016] Leaders turn casual to woo voters
The main parties’ leaders are seeking to adopt a casual approach on the campaign trail as part of last-ditch efforts to resonate with the general population and attract more supporters ahead of the parliamentary race. With the parties’ public debate and media appearances dedicated to elaboration on their election pledges and policy agendas, a less formal and easygoing approach appears to be the norm on the ground where the politicians meet with voters face-to-face. Saenuri chairman Rep. Kim Moo-
PoliticsApril 4, 2016
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[ELECTION 2016] Time runs out for opposition unity
Moves to form an opposition coalition effectively came to naught Monday, amplifying the challenges faced by The Minjoo Party of Korea in its battle with the ruling conservative Saenuri Party in the April 13 general election.With a little over a week remaining to polling day, the National Election Commission has started printing the ballot papers, including all registered candidates, officials said Monday.Candidates will henceforth be unable to strike their names from the ballot, even if they qui
PoliticsApril 4, 2016
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Residents protest U.S. Army's 'unscheduled' live fire drills
Residents from around the U.S. shooting range near the inter-Korean border continued a sit-in on Monday to protest against the U.S. military conducting what they said were “unscheduled” live-fire drills. Scores of villagers blockaded the front and the back gate of the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, with tractors and 1-ton freight trucks starting around 5 p.m. on Sunday. They called for an end to the military training and an apology from the U.S. Army. Rodriguez Live F
Social AffairsApril 4, 2016
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N. Korea blasts sanctions, mentions talks
North Korea on Monday reiterated its criticism of the U.N.-led sanctions, but its brief mention of a need for talks has sparked speculation the communist country may attempt to shift from its belligerent attitude toward South Korea and the U.S. The statement by the spokesman of Pyongyang’s powerful National Defense Commission came roughly a month after the U.N. passed what officials here called “the strongest sanctions ever” against the North in reaction to its Jan. 6 nuclear test and Feb. 7 lon
North KoreaApril 4, 2016