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Psy's touch or new trend in music? P Nation’s solo stars lose their shine
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Seoul to hold grand military parade on Tuesday, disrupting major city routes
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Park Zi-a, the actor who played 'The Glory' heroine's mother, dies
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Shut up and dance
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NewJeans fans corner Hybe amid PR backlash, looming National Assembly audit
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Israel targets Palestinian group in first strike on Beirut center
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Brit pop legend Oasis to perform in Seoul next year
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BTS’ Suga fined W15m for e-scooter DUI
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[KH Explains] Is Hyundai-GM partnership win-win to beat Tesla, Chinese rivals?
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Court rules Itaewon tragedy was 'foreseeable'
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Doosan Bears sign ex-big leaguer Nick Evans
The reigning South Korean baseball champion Doosan Bears said Monday they've signed a former major leaguer Nick Evans to a one-year deal worth $550,000.The 29-year-old will join the 2015 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) champion at their training camp in Australia on Thursday.With the acquisition, the Bears have filled their foreign player quota. They've retained right-hander Dustin Nippert for his sixth KBO season and added right-hander Michael Bowden to the staff last November.Evans played pa
BaseballJan. 25, 2016
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YG Entertainment invests in Korean remake of 'Scarlet Heart'
YG Entertainment said Monday it will invest in the upcoming South Korean remake of the Chinese soap opera "Scarlet Heart," starring actor Lee Joon-gi and singer-songwriter IU.The South Korean entertainment agency will join NBCUniversal and a local production company in financing and producing the show, which will air simultaneously in South Korea and China in the latter half of this year.The South Korean version, titled "Scarlet Heart: Ryeo," is the first Asian soap opera to be financed by NBCUn
TelevisionJan. 25, 2016
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Stock market turnover ratio hits 3-year high in 2015
The turnover ratio of South Korean stocks soared to a three-year high in 2015 as market volatility increased amid unfavorable external conditions and a protracted economic downturn, the bourse operator said Monday.The turnover ratio of shares listed on the main bourse, the KOSPI, came to 319.13 percent, up from 199.84 percent the previous year according to data by the Korea Exchange (KRX).The corresponding ratio for shares in the tech-heavy KOSDAQ market was tallied at 637.23 percent in 2015, wh
Jan. 25, 2016
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Korea opens center to support exports to Iran
South Korea launched a business center to support local firms exporting to Iran on Monday as the former reclusive country is opening its market following the recent lifting of international sanctions, the finance ministry said.Located in downtown Seoul, the support center, backed by related government agencies including the finance and trade ministries, the Korea Trade Insurance Corp. and the Korea Export-Import Bank, will provide information and consulting services on trade and investment with
Jan. 25, 2016
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Cable networks top terrestrial in ad prices
Advertising on cable TV has become pricier than doing so on terrestrial networks for the first time, industry sources said Monday.A 15-second spot during breaks for tvN reality shows "Three Meals a Day" and "Youth Over Flowers" now fetches 25 million won ($21,000), according to sources in the advertising industry.That's 65 percent more expensive than KBS 2TV's "All about My Mom," the priciest show on a terrestrial network."Reply 1988," a popular tvN soap opera that concluded on Jan.16, charged 2
TelevisionJan. 25, 2016
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Korea to clash with Qatar in search for Olympic football berth
South Korea will try to put their defensive headaches behind them as they take on Qatar on Tuesday in search for a berth in the Olympic men's football tournament.The semifinals showdown at the Asian Football Confederation(AFC) U-23 Championship will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha. It will be 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in South Korea.This competition is also the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, and only the top three nations will punch th
SoccerJan. 25, 2016
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There is difference between abuse and discipline: health minister
Health and Welfare Minister Chung Chin-youb on Monday stressed the importance of society acknowledging the difference between abuse and discipline when raising kids, during his meeting on ways to combat violence against children.“We need to change the general perception that often mistakes abusing our children as disciplining them,” Chung said at the meeting with police officers and health professionals in Seoul.Health and Welfare Minister Chung Chin-youb (Yonhap)Following high profile child abu
Social AffairsJan. 25, 2016
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Jeju airport resumes operations
Jeju International Airport resumed operations at noon on Monday after a 42–hour closure due to heavy snow and high winds. (Yonhap)Nearly 86,000 people were stranded and some 1,100 flights were canceled on the southern resort island over the weekend and early Monday. The island recorded its biggest snowfall in three decades at 11 centimeters as of Sunday, with more than 1 meter of snow in mountain areas. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
Social AffairsJan. 25, 2016
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S. Korea’s ICT exports slipped on weak demand
South Korea’s exports of information communication technology products dropped 1.9 percent in 2015 from a year earlier on slow global demand, government data showed Monday. A worker makes an examination at a local semiconductor factor. (Yonhap)Outbound shipments of ICT products hit $172.89 billion in 2015, compared to $176.23 billion in the year before, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.This marked the first on-year decline since 2012 when it fell 0.9 perce
IndustryJan. 25, 2016
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SK Planet steps up efforts to support SMEs
IT solutions developer SK Planet said Monday it has supported around 250 small and medium enterprises to tap into global markets through its e-commerce platform 11st in the second half of last year. The logo of SK Planet, the operator of e-commerce platform 11st. (SK Planet)The SK Group affiliate has been running its e-commerce platform 11st with different names in global markets -- n11 in Turkey, Elevenia in Indonesia, and 11Street in Malaysia.The company ran a Korean zone on the e-commerce web
TechnologyJan. 25, 2016
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Income grew at slower pace for part-timers
Part-time workers in South Korea saw their income grow at a slower pace in 2015 than the previous year, data showed on Monday. The average monthly salaries for part-time workers stood at 653,391 won ($544.95) last year, up 2.7 percent from 635,996 won a year earlier, according to data compiled by job search portal Alba.co.kr. The figures were based on a survey conducted on 17,829 local workers who earned a living through part-time work for every month last year. Last year’s growth rate was belo
Jan. 25, 2016
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Hyundai, Kia’s hit models logged robust sales in 2015
More than a dozen of the best-selling models produced by Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth-largest automotive group, showed robust global sales in 2015, data showed Monday. Hyundai’s Accent compact vehicle. (Yonhap)A total of 19 models released by Hyundai Motor and its sister company Kia Motors logged sales exceeding 100,000 units last year in six nations, including the United States, China, India, Brazil and Russia, according to the data compiled by the Korea International Trade Associati
IndustryJan. 25, 2016
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Samsung SDI shareholders agree to spin-off
Samsung SDI shareholders on Monday agreed to spin off the company’s chemicals business into a new affiliate called SDI Chemical, that will be sold to Lotte Chemical within the first half of this year. Samsung SDI CEO Cho Nam-seongThe battery-making unit of Samsung Group said it will focus more on its flagship business to cater to electric vehicles. Samsung SDI CEO Cho Nam-seong told shareholders the company would invest 3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) into the electric vehicle battery business ov
TechnologyJan. 25, 2016
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Hybrid car sales in Korea peaked in 2015
A record-breaking number of hybrid cars were sold in South Korea in 2015, according to industry data Monday. Hyundai Motor‘s Ioniq hybrid (Yonhap)Sales of hybrid cars in the country reached 38,978 units in 2015, up 7 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association and Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association.The figure broke the previous record of 38,343 units logged in 2012. In 2008, South Korea’s market for hybrid ca
IndustryJan. 25, 2016
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[포커스] 비극적이고 특별한 한국 영재들의 이야기
Tragic and extraordinary stories of Korean prodigiesWhen Heo Nanseolheon (1563-1589) was just 8 years old, she wrote her iconic piece “Inscriptions on the Ridge Pole of the White Jade Pavilion in Kwanghan Palace,” a poem filled with a unique imagination about the world of spiritual beings. Today, the piece is still considered as the work of a poetic genius -- who later died at age of 27, after suffering an unhappy marriage and the deaths of her two children.Heo is one of very few women writers f
영어뉴스따라잡기Jan. 25, 2016
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[테마회화] 힘들게 알아냈죠!
He found out the hard way!힘들게 알아냈죠!Andi : Jieun, have you ever made a pronunciation mistake while speaking English?Andi : 지은씨는 영어로 말하면서 발음 실수한 적 있어요?Jieun: Sure! All the time, actually. Why do you ask?Jieun: 그럼요! 사실 항상 그래요. 왜요?Andi : Well, I have a friend who found out that pronunciation is very important while speaking Korean.Andi: 음, 한국말을 할 때 발음이 얼마나 중요한지를 깨달은 친구가 한 명 있거든요. Jieun: What happened?Jieun: 무슨 일이 있었는데요?Andi : My friend has been here for 3 weeks and he doesn’t speak Korean. Last Frid
영어뉴스따라잡기Jan. 25, 2016
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[사설] 동북아 개발 은행
Northeast Asia bank동북아 개발 은행<11월19일자 사설>President Park Geun-hye is pushing hard for her plan to set up a multilateral development bank to finance infrastructure construction in North Korea and other parts of Northeast Asia. Park first proposed the idea for the Northeast Asia Development Bank during her visit to Germany in March last year, pledging to help North Korea develop its economy if it gave up its nuclear ambitions. 박근혜 대통령이 북한 및 그 외 동북아 지역 인프라 건설에 자금을 조달할 다국적 개발은행을 설립하는 계획을 강력히 추진하고 있다.
영어뉴스따라잡기Jan. 25, 2016
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[에니즈] 아내의 벌
Closed-legged punishmentDear Annie: I’m 48 and have been married to my beautiful wife for 21 years. Lately, whenever we argue, she will withhold sex. This could be anywhere from a week to three months. And she won’t talk about it. This is putting a huge strain on our relationship. We’ve been to counseling for a year, but it hasn’t helped. She tells me that men my age don’t really need sex and that my libido is too high. Every fight we have brings back arguments from 10 or 15 years ago. It’s like
영어뉴스따라잡기Jan. 25, 2016
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Chicken soup exports grew for first time in 4 years
Korean traditional ginseng chicken soup -- samgyetang -- showed positive growth for the first time in four years in 2015, according to data from a local trade association Monday. A dish of samgyetang. (Yonhap)Outbound shipments of samgyetang stood at 2,196 tons worth $9.85 million in 2015, up 27.8 percent from a year ago, said the Korea International Trade Association. Overseas samgyetang sales peaked at 2,888 tons in 2011 before steadily decreasing from 2012 to 2014 due to slipping sales in Jap
IndustryJan. 25, 2016
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Seoul shares open higher on oil price recovery
South Korean share prices opened higher on Monday after oil prices recovered from last week’s multiyear lows. Traders monitor share prices on screens at a local bank. (Yonhap)A rebound on Wall Street also boosted investor sentiment, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 7.13 points, or 0.38 percent, to 1,886.56 in the first 15 minutes of trading.The index was trading at 1894.61, up 0.81 percent, as of 10:13 a.m. On Friday, oil prices rebounded from 13-year lows on
Jan. 25, 2016