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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon's resignation
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed in Beirut strike, Israel's military says
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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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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Delta Air Lines to launch new Incheon-Salt Lake City route in June next year
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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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4 in 10 illegal aliens entered S. Korea without visas last year: data
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Korea, China, Japan vow to address yellow dust and climate change
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Trade ministers of S. Korea, China hold talks in Beijing
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PM vows to eradicate child abuse
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn vowed Tuesday that the government will make utmost efforts to root out child abuse after a series of high-profile cases involving violence against children made headlines."The government will set up a system to root out child abuse by focusing its resources on tackling child abuse cases," Hwang said during a government meeting.Participants at the meeting included the vice ministers of education, welfare and justice, as well as officials from relevant government agenc
Social AffairsMarch 29, 2016
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[Election 2016] Voters cynical ahead of general election
Kim Hyun-jin, a 34-year-old living in Seoul, finds himself at a loss as to who to vote for at the April 13 election to constitute the next four years of the National Assembly.“My first voting experience was the 2002 presidential election, which ended in the dramatic victory of the late President Roh Moo-hyun, and I have ever since taken part in every state election, even in the most disappointing situations,” Kim said.Saenuri Party members including floor leader Rep. Won Yoo-chul (front, center)
PoliticsMarch 29, 2016
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Seolhyun’s new commercial provokes controversy
The National Election Commission’s new advertisement starring singer-actress Seolhyun is under fire for allegedly “discriminating against female voters.”The advertisement was recently broadcast on TV to encourage voters, particularly those in younger age groups, to cast their ballot in the upcoming general election.The Korean Women’s Association United, however, called for its immediate withdrawal, insisting that it could “distort social and political recognition against women” and send out a fa
TelevisionMarch 29, 2016
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Korea in talks with U.S. presidential candidates over foreign policy
South Korea has been in talks with the campaign camp of key U.S. presidential candidates, including Republican front-runner Donald Trump, to improve each other's understanding of foreign policy issues, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.Concerns have grown in South Korea as Trump has made repeated claims that South Korea is getting a free ride on defense and paying little for the upkeep of U.S. troops on its soil. The real-estate mogul has also said he would allow South Korea and Japan to go nucl
DefenseMarch 29, 2016
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Korea renews calls on Japan to enforce security laws in peaceful manner
South Korea on Tuesday renewed its calls for Japan to enforce a new package of contentious security laws in a way that contributes to regional peace and stability, as the laws took effect at midnight.The effectuation of the laws marked a significant shift in Tokyo's exclusively defensive security policy as they enable its Self-Defense Forces to exercise the right to collective self-defense, or the use of force to support its ally under attack, which used to be banned under the country's war-reno
DefenseMarch 29, 2016
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[Super Rich] Hyundai Corp. latest Chung family group
Leading Korean trading company Hyundai Corp. has become the latest member of the so-called Chung Ju-yung family conglomerate groups -- which include Hyundai Motor Group, Hyundai Group, Hyundai Department and Hyundai Heavy Industries -- with the Fair Trade Commission approving its separation from HHI last week. The late business tycoon Chung founded Hyundai in 1947.The move was expected as Hyundai Corp. chairman Chung Mong-hyuck secured controlling stake in the company and Hyundai C&F, a wholesal
CompaniesMarch 29, 2016
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[Bryan Dean Wright] We must beware of job-killing robots
A viral video released in February showed Boston Dynamics’ new bipedal robot, Atlas, performing human-like tasks: opening doors, tromping about in the snow, lifting and stacking boxes. Tech geeks cheered and Silicon Valley investors salivated at the potential end to human manual labor. Shortly thereafter, White House economists released a forecast that calculated more precisely whom Atlas and other forms of automation are going to put out of work. Most occupations that pay less than $20 an hour
ViewpointsMarch 29, 2016
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Military prepared against possible N.K. provocations during Park's overseas trip
South Korea's military is ready to deal with any possible North Korean provocations during President Park Geun-hye's visit to the United States and Mexico later this week, the country's defense ministry said Tuesday.Park is scheduled to fly to Washington on Wednesday to take part in the Nuclear Security Summit and hold talks with her U.S., Chinese and Japanese counterparts. She is also expected to visit Mexico to further bilateral economic ties and return the next week.Asked whether the ministry
DefenseMarch 29, 2016
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[Robert J. Fouser] What makes Seoul?
What makes Seoul? Back in town after a 10-month absence, I have been obsessed with the question as I meet old friends and visit places that feel as familiar as the town I was born in. I have toyed with the question before, but the struggle to find an answer seems more intense this time. To answer the question, I have been working on the outlines of a “theory of Seoul” that can explain the past and present while offering a window into the future.I have always thought of Seoul as a jumble. The rap
ViewpointsMarch 29, 2016
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[Kim Seong-kon] Contingency plans in an irrational environment
Recently, North Korea threatened the South by carrying out military drills that involved simulated attacks on Seoul using more than 100 pieces of long-range artillery. The North insolently declared it would turn the South Korean capital into “a sea of flames.” Strangely, no one in the South seemed to care or be on alert. Clearly, this situation posed a serious threat to South Korea’s national security, and yet the people in the South seemed completely oblivious. But what if the North were to act
ViewpointsMarch 29, 2016
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Choking on India’s real tobacco problem
Starting next month, the government of India will require that cigarette packs be largely covered in graphic warning labels. That’s smart; in other countries, such warnings have effectively pushed smokers to quit. The trouble is that cigarettes aren’t India’s biggest tobacco problem. Most Indians who smoke, smoke a much cheaper, unfiltered product called a bidi: shredded tobacco wrapped in a “tendu,” or ebony, leaf and tied with a string. Popular among the poor -- a pack can cost as little as 10
ViewpointsMarch 29, 2016
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[Michael Smerconish] U.S. embargo froze Cuba, Castros in place
I recognized the setting immediately. The high ceilings, giant windows streaming natural light, marble floors, verdant plantings, and decoratively incorporated bedrock. I knew at once it was the Palacio de la Revolucion. And from what I saw of President Obama’s trip on television last week, the home to brothers Fidel and Raul Castro has changed little in the 14 years since I was there as a columnist, as part of a small delegation accompanying Sen. Arlen Specter. The 2002 trip was a return visit
ViewpointsMarch 29, 2016
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KTO ‘Hansik’ food guide wins Mercury Gold Award
The Korea Tourism Organization’s international food guide “Hansik,” about the history and culture of Korean cuisine, has received the Gold Award at the 2015-2016 Mercury Excellence Awards. The Mercury Awards are part of the American-based MerComm Inc. International Awards Programs, which has been honoring outstanding achievement in professional communications for 29 years. A page from the Korea Tourism Organization‘s Mercury Excellence Awards gold-winning book, “Hansik” (Korea Tourism Organiza
FoodMarch 29, 2016
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Marilynne Robinson wins Library of Congress fiction prize
NEW YORK (AP) -- Marilynne Robinson, the acclaimed author of novels such as "Gilead" and "Housekeeping," is this year's winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a lifetime achievement honor. In a statement released Tuesday, acting Librarian of Congress David S. Mao cited the "depth and resonance" of Robinson’s novels. The 72-year-old Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for "Gilead," the first of a trilogy of Iowa-based novels that also includes "Home" and "Lila." Previou
BooksMarch 29, 2016
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Saenuri's Daegu chapter protests defectors' use of Park's pictures
An unlikely debate has ensued in the ruling Saenuri Party this week over the use of a framed picture of President Park Geun-hye by the party’s former members running in the April general election.The party’s Daegu district sect has demanded the defectors running as independents in the constituency return the framed pictures of the president hanging on their office walls, saying they belong to the party.A framed photo of President Park Geun-hye hangs on the wall of the office of Rep. Yoo Seong-mi
PoliticsMarch 29, 2016
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Harper Lee hated Trump's Taj Mahal resort, letter reveals
LOS ANGELES(AFP) - Harper Lee, one of America's most celebrated novelists who died in February, thought Donald Trump’s infamous Taj Mahal casino was hell on Earth, a stash of her private correspondence revealed Monday. The “To Kill a Mockingbird” author, whose masterpiece about racial injustice was read by millions, slammed the billionaire presidential hopeful's boardwalk resort in New Jersey in a letter to a friend in 1990. “The worst punishment God can devise for this sinner is to make her spi
BooksMarch 29, 2016
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Korean shares up 0.62% ahead of Yellen's speech
Korean stocks closed 0.62 percent higher Tuesday as downbeat U.S. economic data raised questions over a near-term rate increase by the Federal Reserve, boosting appetite for riskier assets, analysts said. The local currency rose against the greenback.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 12.37 points to close at 1,994.91. Trade volume was slim at 377.9 million shares worth 4 trillion won ($3.43 billion), with gainers beating decliners 531 to 261.Foreigners turned to net
March 29, 2016
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Employees lie most about being sick: survey
Nine in 10 South Korean workers have lied to their bosses or colleagues at work, mostly about being sick, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey by job portal site Career on 756 workers, 90.7 percent of the respondents said that they have lied, with 22.6 percent of them being excuses like “I don’t feel well” to get out of social or work obligations.YonhapOther 21 percent said they lied about understanding orders from their boss although they failed to grasp what was being sought, while 1
Social AffairsMarch 29, 2016
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US museum returns 10th century Khmer statue to Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia on Monday welcomed home a 10th-century Khmer statue that was looted during the country's civil war before spending the past three decades at an American museum. The sandstone Torso of Rama statue, which stands 157 centimeters high and is missing its head, arms and feet, was formally handed over at a ceremony in Phnom Penh attended by government officials, the US ambassador and the director of the Denver Museum of Art. Christoph Heinrich, director of the Denv
CultureMarch 29, 2016
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Appeals court hears Itaewon murder case
An appeals court on Monday began to hear a case involving a Korean-American sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of killing a South Korean college student nearly two decades ago. Arthur John Patterson, 37, denied his involvement in what is known as the “Itaewon murder case,” saying that he was only a witness of an “unexpected” murder. His lawyer accused Edward Lee, 37, of killing Cho, citing the blood stains on his shirts. Arthur John Patterson’s attorney Oh Byung-joo heads
Social AffairsMarch 29, 2016