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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon's resignation
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Suicide attempts spike among youth in Korea
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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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[Weekender] How Seongsu, once an industrial zone, has become ‘Seoul’s Brooklyn’
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Opposition mulls delay of financial investment income tax
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Immigration policy must go beyond labor supply: experts
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‘Korea crossed the line too far’ disgraced singer’s lawyer cries foul after 3rd visa denial
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Korean American documentary ‘Free Chol Soo Lee' wins Emmy
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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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Inter-Korean ties barely hang by a thread
Relations between the two Koreas appear to be hanging by a thread as Pyongyang declared plans to abolish all bilateral exchange projects, confiscate all South Korean assets left in the North and stage military actions. The announcement was made Thursday by the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland in charge of cross-border affairs, which took issue with the South’s unilateral pullout from a joint factory park in the North Korean border city of Gaeseong last month and the hal
North KoreaMarch 10, 2016
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Four new consuls general appointed
The Foreign Ministry on Thursday introduced new consuls general for San Francisco, Sydney, Chicago and Frankfurt. As part of a regular reshuffle, it also appointed 10 directors general and four deputy directors general including those in charge of North American and Northeast Asian affairs and preparing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. Shin Chae-hyun (Yonhap)Shin Chae-hyun, director general for North American affairs, was tapped as the new head of the consulate general in San Francisco.
Foreign AffairsMarch 10, 2016
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North Korea unlikely to have thermonuclear arms: U.K. institute
North Korea’s claim to have miniaturized a nuclear weapon to fit a ballistic missile is likely to be false, a London-based defense information provider said Wednesday.The communist country had revealed a photo of its leader Kim Jong-un inspecting a silver sphere -- believed to be the device in question -- in front of the state’s KH-08 long-range missile. Kim directly stated that his engineers had succeeded in miniaturizing the nuclear warheads. (Yonhap)But Karl Dewey, a senior analyst at IHS Jan
North KoreaMarch 10, 2016
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Couple arrested for abusing 2-month-old daughter in South Korea
Police on Thursday arrested a couple in their 20s who are suspected of letting their 2-month-old daughter die by not taking her to the hospital after she suffered an injury at their home in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. According to the police, the 22-year-old father is suspected of pushing the baby off the bed and leaving the injured child on the floor for more than 10 hours without getting her necessary medical attention. The infant died early Wednesday morning. Police said the father had also
Social AffairsMarch 10, 2016
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N. Korea to liquidate Southern assets
North Korea on Thursday announced it would nullify all inter-Korea relations and dispose of all assets left behind by South Korean companies, dealing yet another blow to already precarious inter-Korea relations.The announcement came two days after Seoul declared a set of unilateral sanctions on the communist country, after the U.N. passed what officials have called the strongest sanctions in decades last week. The joint inter-Korean factory complex in Gaeseong, North Korea is seen in this photo
North KoreaMarch 10, 2016
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[Consumer This Week] Amway, Millet, The Body Shop, Nike, CU, Customellow, Lotte Foods
(Amway)Amway launches dietary supplement brand Amway launched its latest brand Truvivity in the Korean market Monday, to expand its presence in what it calls the “inner beauty” market Truvivity is a joint project between the teams of Amway’s dietary supplement brand Nutrilite and skin care brand Artistry. The first two Truvivity products to be released in Korea are moisturizers: The pill-form Aqua Supplement and the Aqua Powder Drink. The Aqua Supplement is taken before bed, while the Aqua Powd
IndustryMarch 10, 2016
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[Graphic News] Number of multicultural children reach more than 200,000
The number of multicultural children in South Korea has gone up more than eight fold from 2006 to 2015, showed a report released by the Gender Ministry and the Office for Government Policy Coordination. A multicultural child mainly refers to a child born in Korea to a Korean national and his or her foreign-born spouse. As of last year, more than 85 percent of all marriage migrants in Korea were women. The report showed that there are 208,000 individuals born to multicultural families living in
Social AffairsMarch 10, 2016
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Minjoo Party excludes five incumbents from nomination list
The main opposition party announced Thursday that it had excluded five incumbent lawmakers from its nominations, accelerating efforts to reinvigorate the party and reach out to moderates ahead of the April general election. Reps. Jung Chung-rae, Yoon Hu-duk, Kang Dong-won, Boo Jwa-hyun and Choi Kyu-sung were barred from running in their constituencies as The Minjoo Party of Korea decided to send out “more competitive” candidates on the campaign trail. The party said the excluded representa
PoliticsMarch 10, 2016
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Korea legalizes customized cosmetics
The Korean government said Wednesday that it plans to legalize customized cosmetics -- cosmetic products made on-the-spot by readily mixing various base ingredients, colors and scents according to preference. The introduction of this new cosmetics format -- previously banned for sales due to potential safety concerns -- is projected to further diversify and expand the country’s vibrant cosmetics industry. The legalized product categories include four types of perfumes, 10 types of skin care pro
IndustryMarch 10, 2016
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Korea takes on labor disparity
The South Korean government mapped out its plans to curb labor market duality to build a fairer business ecosystem and toughen security at the country’s major airports in a policy meeting held Thursday. In the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, the Employment and Labor Ministry unveiled measures to root out business practices that disadvantage smaller employers and non-regular workers under the dual structure of the country’s labor market. (Yonhap)The plans are a mix of financial
Social AffairsMarch 10, 2016
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Job seekers cram for new TOEIC
Cho Hyeon-jeong, a final year college student in Seoul, spends a couple of hours daily studying for TOEIC, while working as an intern at a media company. Her goal is to get a score of over 900 out of 990 before May. “I would like to discard the TOEIC stress before the format changes. Even a little change to the test template will add more burden to job seekers like me, when having one or two questions wrong affects the overall score,” the 24-year-old said. The Educational Testing Service, which
Social AffairsMarch 10, 2016
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Han Kang on list for Man Booker International Prize
Novelist Han Kang, 46, has become the first Korean writer to be on the long list for the Man Booker International Prize. The prestigious award body announced Thursday on its website 13 contenders for the 2016 prize, including Han’s 2004 novel “The Vegetarian,” translated by Deborah Smith. “The Vegetarian” was published in the U.K. in January 2015 and in the U.S. last month to both critical and popular acclaim. Novelist Han Kang (Literature Translation Institute of Korea) Nobel laureate Orhan
BooksMarch 10, 2016
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Zika virus fears lead to mass cancellation of flights
Growing fears about the spread of the Zika virus led to more than 1,000 people canceling their international flights in February, according to Korean airlines on Thursday.They said a total of 1,376 pregnant women and family members had canceled flights to countries where Zika virus infections had broken out. These flights had been booked with either Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Eastar or T’way Airlines. In this file photo from Feb. 12, passengers are checked for fever as they
IndustryMarch 10, 2016
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AMADAS Smart Door Lock draws keen interest from European and American corporations
The AMADAS (CEO Park Eun Min) smart door lock recently gained the attention of global companies from Europe and the United States at the ‘Mobile World Congress 2016’(MWC) held in Barcelona, Spain last February. At the MWC, European telecommunication service providers, IoT platform companies, door lock manufacturers, house rental companies, and even Apple Inc. of the United States requested special consultations to learn more about the highly developed functions and design of the AMADAS IoT Smart
IndustryMarch 10, 2016
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[Editorial] Iran summit needed
South Korea’s two major flag carriers have engaged in a tight rivalry to garner exclusive air traffic rights for the Incheon-Tehran route from the local Transportation Ministry amid exporters’ preparations to tap the lucrative Iranian market.The same sort of competition is seen in industrial sectors, such as oil refining, construction, shipbuilding, logistics, petrochemicals, mobile communications and automobiles. It is even fiercer when it comes to global businesses.A global rush to the Iranian
EditorialMarch 10, 2016
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‘Henry IV’ returns to Seoul stage after 14 years
In honor of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, the Seoul Metropolitan Theatre is opening its 2016 season with a production of “Henry IV: Part I and II.” “We are bringing back ‘Henry IV’ to the Seoul stage for the first time in 14 years,” said the play’s director Kim Gwang-bo, during a press conference at Sejong Arts Center in Seoul on Wednesday. “The plot is about having an unrelenting appetite for power. I think it is a story that still fits and can be related to in today’s
PerformanceMarch 10, 2016
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Hong Kong bans N. Korean freighter under U.N. sanctions
Hong Kong has banned a North Korean freighter, which is blacklisted by new U.N. sanctions over the North's latest nuclear test and rocket launch, from berthing at its port, a source with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. The North Korean freighter Gold Star 3 arrived at the Hong Kong port on Wednesday to get fuel and supplies for its crew, but Hong Kong authorities did not allow the ship to dock at the port, the source said on the condition of anonymity. The ship is among 31 vessels operate
North KoreaMarch 10, 2016
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The science of conservation
Since 1964, some 120 pottery pieces have been kept in national artifact storage with other relics excavated from Geumgangsa Temple in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province. For 46 years, they were filed under the label “unidentified artifact,” without any records pointing their original form, until Hwang Hyun-seong, conservator at the National Museum of Korea, started to put the pieces together in 2011. It took about a year to assemble the hundreds of pieces and discover that they formed a 1.5-mete
CultureMarch 10, 2016
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[Editorial] Pact with Putin
In November 2013, President Park Geun-hye held a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Seoul and agreed to cooperate on a Russian-led project to develop a North Korean border port. It was hoped this would set the basis for a railway link from South Korea to Siberia.At the summit, Seoul and Moscow signed a memorandum of understanding for South Korean businesses to participate in the “Rajin-Khasan project” established by North Korea and Russia in 2008 to modernize the 54-kilometer railw
EditorialMarch 10, 2016
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Saenuri outlines runners, sidesteps controversy
The ruling conservative Saenuri Party on Thursday outlined its list of candidates for the forthcoming April 13 general elections, but decided to shelve the qualification of controversial figures.In clear contrast to The Minjoo Party of Korea and its drastic housecleaning actions, none of the incumbent Saenuri lawmakers were eliminated in the preliminary round screening, though some will face a local primary.Rep. Lee Hahn-koo, chairman of the candidate recommendation committee, announced that the
PoliticsMarch 10, 2016