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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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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's Hezbollah penetration
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Park Zi-a, the actor who played 'The Glory' heroine's mother, dies
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Psy's touch or new trend in music? P Nation’s solo stars lose their shine
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Korean American documentary ‘Free Chol Soo Lee' wins Emmy
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KMA chief under pressure after surveyed doctors refuse to back him
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Meditation brings calm to Gwanghwamun
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South Korea, U.S. Marines to intensify amphibious drill
South Korea and the United States Marines Corps. will intensify their joint amphibious drill in March, an official familiar with the matter said Sunday, in what could be seen as a retaliation against the recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch by North Korea.The two Marines will strengthen their inland ground operations, which are conducted after landing in an amphibious vehicle, a South Korean military official told Yonhap News Agency on condition of anonymity.The two allies will try t
DefenseFeb. 21, 2016
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Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae wins Grand Prix silver
South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae has claimed a silver medal at the Grand Prix in Russia, showing promise for a podium finish at the upcoming Olympics.Son earned a combined 72.964 points in the individual all-around event at the Grand Prix 2016 in Moscow on Saturday (local time).Russia's Aleksandra Soldatova won gold with 74.066 points. The bronze went to Arina Averina of Russia, who scored 72.682 points.By apparatus, Son earned 18.366 points in clubs, 18.166 points in ribbon, 18.066 po
More SportsFeb. 21, 2016
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‘Youth Over Flowers -- Africa’ sets record
The first episode of “Youth Over Flowers – Africa,” which premiered Friday, set a record viewership of 12.7 percent, an all-time high for the reality travel series, according to CJ E&M which referenced TV rating figures from Nielsen Korea. “The show was also the most-watched show on the entire cable channel networks on Friday night, and widely viewed by audience of all ages, ranging from teenagers to those in 50s,” said an official of CJ E&M, which owns the channel. Poster for the “Youth Over
TelevisionFeb. 21, 2016
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China’s increasing presence in Korean entertainment
China is increasing its investments in joint film productions with Hollywood studios, from 3-D animations to drama and fantasy action movies. The world’s second largest economy, which also has the second biggest film market, has moved from being a promoter of local goods through product placements in American blockbusters to a key film investor. Audiences can easily see the Chinese influence in recent movies such as “Kung Fu Panda 3,” “Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation,” “Transformers: Age of
FilmFeb. 21, 2016
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UK design star Anderson mines influences to dazzle London
LONDON (AFP) - British design whiz kid Jonathan Anderson led the charge on the second day of London Fashion Week Saturday with a celebration of individualism that fused inspirations including the natural world, the military and Far-Eastern tradition. British fashion mainstays Jasper Conran and Julien McDonald had earlier set the tone with shows that mixed the spectacular with the sensible, but it was 2015 designer of the year Anderson who was the hottest ticket in town. The 30-year-old Northern
Arts & DesignFeb. 21, 2016
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AOMG returns to U.S. on tour
Record label AOMG will tour the U.S in April said an announcement on Saturday on its official Facebook page. Called the “Follow the Movement 2016 American Tour,” artistes from AOMG will perform over two weeks in eight U.S. cities -- Chicago, New York, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. Featuring singers Jay Park, Simon Dominic, Loco, Gray and DJ Pumkin, the label will kick off the tour with a concert at House of Blues, Chicago, on April 5.Poster for AOMG’s 2016
PerformanceFeb. 21, 2016
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Referral to ICC may cause N. Korea unrest: ex-chief
Referring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity may disrupt the country's leadership and destabilize the regime, a former ICC president says."The North Korean elite may start doubting Kim Jong-un's leadership and make plans by themselves, and this could fracture the North's power structure," said Song Sang-hyun, who served as ICC president from 2009 to 2015, in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on Friday.Still, Kim won'
World NewsFeb. 21, 2016
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[From the scene] Korean-only bars trigger controversy
On a chilly Friday night last month, 24-year-old U.S. citizen Megan Stuckey had one of her most hurtful experiences in Korea. She was denied entry to a bar in Hongdae, Seoul, because she was a foreigner. Ock Hyun-ju/The Korea HeraldThe bar named Green Light, infamous in the expat community for refusing foreign customers, is one of a rising number of Korean-style dating joints where people meet blind dates and one-night stands over beer and soju. “Only Koreans are allowed because our employees
Social AffairsFeb. 21, 2016
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Umberto Eco: from philosophy to best-sellers
MILAN (AFP) -- Italy’s Umberto Eco, whose death at 84 has been announced by the Italian media, leapt from being an internationally-renowned philosopher to become an author of best-selling novels. Best known for his 1980 historical mystery novel “The Name of the Rose,” which has been translated into more than 40 languages, Eco’s fiction bears all the hallmarks of his academic work as semiologist as he explores the link between fantasy and reality. Often called the study of signs, semiotics is a c
CultureFeb. 21, 2016
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Harper Lee leaves behind questions about her life and work
NEW YORK (AP) -- Harper Lee has died, but the conversation about the author’s life and work has only begun. “I think the retrospective will be more useful than what was said during her lifetime, because there are a lot of things we can get down to that were impossible before,” Lee’s friend Wayne Flynt, an Alabama-based historian, told the Associated Press. Lee’s death Friday at age 89 comes almost exactly a year after her publisher, HarperCollins, stunned the world by announcing that a second no
BooksFeb. 21, 2016
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Refugees documentary ‘Fire at Sea’ wins Berlin festival top prize
BERLIN (AFP) - Italian director Gianfranco Rosi's “Fire at Sea,” a harrowing documentary about Europe’s refugee crisis, clinched the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear top prize on Saturday from a jury led by Meryl Streep.As Europe grapples with its biggest migrant influx since World War II, the picture offers an unflinching look at life on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, where thousands of asylum seekers from Africa and the Middle East have arrived trying to reach the European Union ove
FilmFeb. 21, 2016
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North Korea's ex-security minister replaces executed military chief
A former security minister of North Korea has replaced the head of the North Korean military, who is presumed to have recently been executed, according to the North's state media on Sunday.Ri Myong-su, former People's Security Minister, was referred to as "chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff" in a Korean Central News Agency dispatch reporting on leader Kim Jong-un's observation of aerial maneuvers.He was again mentioned in another dispatch the same day in which he was reported to hav
North KoreaFeb. 21, 2016
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Police have rounded up hundreds of drug suspects since Nov.
Hundreds of people have been apprehended over suspicions of drug use since November, police said Sunday.A total of 1,512 drug suspects were arrested between Nov. 16 and Feb. 15, up 44 percent on-year, the National Police Agency said. Of them, 460 were detained.Methamphetamine was by far the most common type of drug, at 70.6 percent, followed by marijuana at 10.4 percent and psychoactive drugs at 9.3 percent.As in recent years, most of the meth is presumed to have come from China, although lately
Social AffairsFeb. 21, 2016
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Clinton wins Nevada caucus, Republicans vote in South Carolina
Hillary Clinton captured Nevada's Democratic caucuses Saturday, overcoming an unexpectedly strong surge by Bernie Sanders and potentially easing the anxiety of some of her supporters.Republicans were competing for votes in South Carolina, where Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio were in a tight, three-way contest as polls closed. Jeb Bush and other candidates were lagging behind, according to early exit polls. In Nevada, Clinton won the backing of voters who said electability and experience
World NewsFeb. 21, 2016
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Kim Jong-un observes flight drills amid tensions
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has watched aerial maneuvers conducted by the North's Air Force, North Korea's state media reported Sunday, in an apparent show of force amid tensions with the outside world over its nuclear and missile programs."Actual maneuvers for attack and defense between large combined units of the Korean People's Army (KPA) were staged in three directions at the same time," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported in an English dispatch, adding Kim guided these maneuv
North KoreaFeb. 21, 2016
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Britain's Cameron takes home 'special status' EU deal
LONDON -- Prime Minister David Cameron takes a deal giving Britain "special status" in the EU back to London on Saturday hoping it will be enough to keep his country in the bloc as campaigning begins for a crucial in-out referendum. The British premier is expected to announce a date for the vote, likely June 23, after sealing unanimous support for the agreement during two days and nights of intense negotiations in Brussels. Cameron will hold a cabinet meeting at 1000 GMT on Saturday, afte
World NewsFeb. 20, 2016
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Italian writer Umberto Eco dies aged 84: media
Italian author Umberto Eco, a philosopher who wrote best-selling novels including "The Name of the Rose", has died at 84, Italian media said Saturday, quoting his family. Eco, who had been suffering from cancer, passed away at his home late on Friday, La Repubblica said on its website. "The world has lost one of the most important men in contemporary culture," the daily said, while the Corriere della Sera said: "Umberto Eco, one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, is dead." Eco w
WorldFeb. 20, 2016
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Kaesong shutdown will not affect nuclear development: Pyongyang
The recent shutdown of an inter-Korean industrial complex will not affect Pyongyang's nuclear program, as it started before the opening of the zone, North Korea said Saturday. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the mouthpiece of Pyongyang, said its development of nuclear and "space" programs will remain intact after the shutdown, adding that South Korea's plan to cut the funding of such moves by closing the complex will be unsuccessful. The South Korean government decided to close the
DefenseFeb. 20, 2016
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China sinks deeper into 'mire' of N. Korea's nuke gambit: state media
North Korea's defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons has pulled China "deeper into the mire," a newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party said Saturday, as Beijing is under pressure to do more to curb Pyongyang's aggression. North Korea's Jan. 6 nuclear test and Feb. 7 launch of a long-range rocket have drawn international condemnations and fanned fears that the isolated country is moving ahead with the advance of its nuclear and missile programs. China is North Korea's top trading
DefenseFeb. 20, 2016
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Samsung Pay to reach more countries starting March
Samsung Electronics Co. said Saturday it plans to release its mobile payment system Samsung Pay in major markets, including China, next month, speeding up its efforts to expand the presence of the platform amid the rise of rivalry services. Samsung Pay, first released in South Korea and the United States last year, boasts around 5 million users. The South Korean tech giant said the service will kick off in China next month, adding that it is also preparing to launch in Australia, Brazil,
BusinessFeb. 20, 2016