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‘Korea crossed the line too far’ disgraced singer’s lawyer cries foul after 3rd visa denial
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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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Psy's touch or new trend in music? P Nation’s solo stars lose their shine
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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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Park Zi-a, the actor who played 'The Glory' heroine's mother, dies
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Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's Hezbollah penetration
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Korean American documentary ‘Free Chol Soo Lee' wins Emmy
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Seoul to hold grand military parade on Tuesday, disrupting major city routes
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KMA chief under pressure after surveyed doctors refuse to back him
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Seoul government to assist foreign community cultural events
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced it will continue to support its foreign community members by offering financial assistance for related activities.Subsidies will be offered for cultural events hosted by embassies and expat communities in 2016 for the eighth consecutive year, it said. Subsidies can cover up to 80 percent of total expenses for events, up to a maximum of 6 million won ($4,900). The government has reached out to a number of foreign communities through the support prog
Expat LivingFeb. 3, 2016
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Royal Asiatic Society offers excursion to Cheorwon
The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch is hosting an excursion to Cheorwon, a county in Gangwon Province, on Feb. 14. The excursion, hosted by Robert Koehler, will offer an opportunity to explore the “new” Cheorwon, a city that was reconstructed kilometers away from the original, following its destruction during the Korean War. Commencing at 9 a.m. from Yongsan Post Office, the excursion will also take participants along the Civilian Control Zone -- a limited-access area just south of the DMZ --
Expat LivingFeb. 3, 2016
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Busan begins preparations for Global Gathering festival
The organizers of Busan’s Global Gathering festival are looking for exhibitors and performers to take part in the city’s largest annual multicultural event on May 21. Busan Metropolitan City Government, Busan Foundation for International Cooperation and Busan Immigration Office are recruiting local and foreign participants interested in exhibiting food or arts and crafts, as well as those interested in performing at the festival. Global Gathering 2016, the eleventh festival to date, will be held
Expat LivingFeb. 3, 2016
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Embroidery artist brings nature’s patterns to vivid life
An electric blue bird, a pair of purple- and green-faced owls and a multicolored pigeon, the work of embroidery artist Leela Bear is certainly vivid.But look beyond the brilliant colors and you will find an intricate study of patterns. Made in circles -- a rejection of the “mass-produced” feel of standard rectangular frames -- her work looks at the Mandelbrot patterns found in natural subjects.Birds commonly appear in the work of Bear, who exhibited at galleries and the Absa KKNK art festival in
Expat LivingFeb. 3, 2016
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Daegu V-Day event to help KUMFA
V-Day is returning to Daegu.Daegu Theatre Troupe will be staging Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues” on Feb. 13 and Feb. 14 to raise money for the Korea Unwed Mothers and Families Association.V-Day is an event held each year to campaign to end violence against women and raise funds in aid of women’s causes, featuring Ensler’s play and other approved fund-raising performances. It has been marked by expats in several cities, but Daegu hasn’t had one in recent years. DTT’s new artistic director Caitli
Expat LivingFeb. 3, 2016
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More seek counseling on domestic violence in South Korea
The number of people seeking domestic violence counseling in South Korea soared by 1.7 times since 2012, data showed Wednesday. 123rfAccording to the Women’s Human Rights Commission of Korea, domestic violence accounted for 58 percent or 159,081 out of 274,226 cases of emergency phone counseling last year. The corresponding figure was 42.6 percent or 94,985 cases in 2012. A majority of the calls involved physical abuse, with 127,565 cases, or 80.2 percent of the total, and was followed by emoti
Social AffairsFeb. 3, 2016
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Innisfree overtakes Face Shop
Innisfree, a subsidiary of AmorePacific, became the number one road shop cosmetics brand in sales for the first time last year, overtaking The Face Shop which has fallen to second place, industry sources said. “Road shops” refer to a market segment in Korea made up of stores which sell only one brand of products. According to the 2015 earnings of AmorePacific, released Tuesday, sales of Innisfree products jumped 30 percent to 592.1 billion won ($485.3 million).At first glance, Innisfree’s sales
Latest NewsFeb. 3, 2016
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Seoul to roll out W21tr in Q1 stimulus
Korea will pump an additional 21 trillion won ($17.4 billion) of fiscal stimulus into the economy until March to combat sagging exports and revitalize growth, the government said Wednesday. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said that public spending in the January-March period would rise by 6 trillion won to 144 trillion won, with 2 trillion won of the amount to come from the central government. The government’s total budget for 2016 stays unchanged at 386.4 trillion won. Containers are seen
Feb. 3, 2016
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Mobile apps make Lunar New Year traveling convenient
Traveling during the Lunar New Year, or Seollal in Korean, is often a big hassle because it usually involves being stuck in traffic for long hours. Hence a range of technology has been launched to help ease the pain, including mobile applications and sensors, to help travelers have a smooth trip as well as to put their minds at ease about leaving their homes unattended. For instance, LG Uplus’ Internet of Things services platform -- dubbed IoT@home -- allows users to manage and control their ho
TechnologyFeb. 3, 2016
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Samsung SDS to build new data center in Chuncheon
Information technology solutions developer Samsung SDS has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chuncheon City Government to build a data center in the city, some 100 kilometers east of Seoul, officials said Wednesday.The data center will focus on providing services for Samsung Group’s financial business affiliates. Construction of the facility will be completed in the second half of 2019, said Samsung SDS. Chuncheon mayor Choi Dong-yong (left) and Samsung SDS CEO Chung Yoo-sung pose at
TechnologyFeb. 3, 2016
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[Kim Ji-hyun] Courtesy makes for a pleasant life
It’s pretty common knowledge that Japanese people are polite. But it’s not just that. Not just the gestures. It’s more about the way people interact. The basis is rather simple. It’s actually not just a blind avoidance of making a nuisance for anyone, as non-Japanese people are often taught to believe. It’s based on the universally approved assumption that the other person would like to be treated the way you would also like to be treated. But this not always easy, as those of you have tried
ViewpointsFeb. 3, 2016
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[Kim Myong-sik] Fragmented Korean partisan politics
It appears that North Koreans are ready to launch another rocket to demonstrate that they can send a nuclear warhead to any target in the world. American and Japanese security officials have been trying to devise countermeasures to this grave threat ever since the North’s fourth nuclear test early last month. South Korea’s dauntless politicians, on the other hand, seem least perturbed. For months, the governing and opposition parties have been haggling with one another over proportional repres
ViewpointsFeb. 3, 2016
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SK Innovation posts second-best performance in 2015
SK Innovation, South Korea’s top oil refiner, said Wednesday it posted its second best performance to date in 2015 thanks to high refining margins on the back of heightened global demand for oil products and reduced inventory losses. The company logged an operating profit of 1.98 trillion won ($1.62 billion) and net sales of 48.36 trillion won last year, swinging to recovery after falling into the red for the first time in 2014. Though its sales plunged by around 26.6 percent in 2015 compared to
IndustryFeb. 3, 2016
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CrucialTec to host first FIDO interoperability testing events in Korea
Korean fingerprint module-maker CrucialTec said Wednesday that it will host the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance interoperability testing events for the first time in Korea in March.The FIDO Alliance is a global consortium for bio authentication technology standards, and the events have been held every year in the U.S. to validate members’ identification technologies. CrucialTec CEO Charles Ahn poses with fingerprint modules of the firm at the MWC trade show in Barcelona in March last year.(
TechnologyFeb. 3, 2016
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[Editorial] Enemy within
On Tuesday, Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo and his supporters officially launched the People’s Party, a breakaway group from The Minjoo Party of Korea, the main opposition party. The party put forward many nice words -- like political reform, politics for the people and a healthy and strong third party. But one undeniable fact is that the party is the consequence of a severe factional strife between two rival factions in the predecessor of the Minjoo Party -- one which was close to the late President Roh M
EditorialFeb. 3, 2016
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[Editorial] Caviar bill
It is not rare for our public officials and executives of commercial firms to use their corporate cards for wrong purposes. Yet the case of the former CEO of Arirang TV-Radio channel leaves us speechless. Bang Suk-ho stepped down as CEO of the nation’s sole English-language channel after a series of allegations that he misappropriated company funds during overseas trips. Bang visited New York in September last year, leading a team of Arirang staff who were assigned to broadcast President Park
EditorialFeb. 3, 2016
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Dongbu Daewoo launches refrigerators, washing machines in Spain
Korea’s third-largest home appliance maker Dongbu Daewoo Electronics has been stepping up efforts in global markets.The Korean firm held a launch event for its latest home appliances, including refrigerators and front-load washers, in Madrid, Spain last month. Spanish buyers look at Dongbu Daewoo Electronics’ refrigerator at the firm’s launch event held last month in Madrid, Spain. (Dongbu Daewoo)A fridge with a freezer on the top and a refrigeration compartment on the bottom especially attracte
TechnologyFeb. 3, 2016
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Ex-Interior Minister quits SNU professorship amid reproach
Former Interior Minister Chong Jong-sup, who announced his candidacy for the April parliamentary elections, came under fire Wednesday for having resumed his position at Seoul National University Law School. Faced by criticism that this may infringe upon students‘ rights, however, he immediately announced his resignation. Chong, who had taken a leave of absence upon taking his ministerial post in July 2014, was reinstated as a constitutional law professor on Jan. 13, the school’s officials said W
PoliticsFeb. 3, 2016
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Father suspected in death of girl found as skeleton corpse
The skeleton corpse of a 14-year-old girl was found Wednesday in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. The prime suspect is her father, with her stepmother as a possible abetting aide, police said. The Bucheon police discovered the blanket-covered body that had been left unattended in the house for almost a year, officials said. The middle school student had been missing since March last year. The victim’s 47-year-old father and 40-year-old stepmother were arrested on charges of accidental homicide. The f
Social AffairsFeb. 3, 2016
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Korea steps up Zika monitoring
The South Korean government on Wednesday released a set of measures to prevent the Zika virus, including plans to strengthen inspection of animal and plant imports as well as to research all mosquito species in the country.Following a set of preventive measures released on Tuesday, including a plan to limit blood donations from travelers returning from Zika-affected regions, Korean authorities announced that all animal and plant imports will be inspected more thoroughly. In particular, all lumbe
Social AffairsFeb. 3, 2016