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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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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
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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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[KH Explains] Is Hyundai-GM partnership win-win to beat Tesla, Chinese rivals?
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BTS’ Suga fined W15m for e-scooter DUI
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KRX sets up task force to lure Asian blue chip firms
South Korea's bourse operator said Tuesday it launched a task force to get Asian blue chip companies to go public here. The task force involving financial and legal experts is comprised of two teams -- one to attract firms in Vietnam and the other specialized for Indonesian companies, the Korea Exchange said. The two nations have the largest markets in Southeast Asia and, with their solid economic growth, have many companies that can make successful stock market debuts in South Korea, the KRX sa
IndustryJan. 19, 2016
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Park warns of more N.K. tests without strict sanctions
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday called for “strong and substantive” measures to punish North Korea’s fourth nuclear test, saying it would otherwise press ahead with additional experiments without facing the due consequences. Presiding over a Cabinet meeting, she instructed her top foreign and security policy aides to make utmost efforts to convince the U.N. Security Council to draw powerful sanctions.“If strong and substantive steps are not taken again this time, the international community w
North KoreaJan. 19, 2016
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[News Focus] Hallyu seeks opportunities in Iran after sanctions relief
The South Korean pop culture industry expects to spread the Korean culture wave of "hallyu" in the Middle East with the recent lifting of sanctions on Iran, industry sources said Tuesday.The U.N. nuclear agency on Saturday certified that Iran has met all of its commitments under last summer's landmark nuclear deal to crimp Teheran's ability to make atomic weapons. For Iran, the move lifts Western economic sanctions that have been in place for years, unlocking access to frozen assets and resuming
EntertainmentJan. 19, 2016
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Korea shuts down nuclear reactor due to warning signal alert
South Korea shut down one of its nuclear reactors on the east coast Tuesday after a warning signal went off indicating a possible problem, the country's atomic energy operator said.The Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp. said the 950,000 kilowatt Hanul No. 1 was shut down at 11:39 a.m. after a "reactor warning light" went off at the plant located in Uljin, some 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul.It said preliminary checks showed no radioactive contamination near the reactor and that there is no imm
Social AffairsJan. 19, 2016
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Schoolboy‘s death raises alarm over child protection system
Last week’s arrest of a man who mutilated his dead son‘s body divulged gaping holes in Korea’s child protection system, as officials took belated measures to investigate the cases of children who have missed school for prolonged periods.The ruling Saenuri Party on Tuesday said that it is pushing to conduct an investigation into all 220 elementary school students who have missed school for three months or more without a specific reason given.This comes in response to a case uncovered last week of
Social AffairsJan. 19, 2016
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Ministry files suit against Volkswagen Korea
South Korea’s Environment Ministry filed a criminal suit with the prosecution Tuesday against the local unit of Volkswagen over the global automaker’s emissions rigging scandal. The suit was filed against Johannes Thammer, managing director of Audi Volkswagen Korea, after the world’s largest automaker failed to satisfy the nation's legal requirements in its recall plan, the ministry said. Thammer was accused of violating the Clean Air Conservation Act, which can carry a prison term of up to five
Social AffairsJan. 19, 2016
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Hyundai, Kia sales in Europe hit all-time high
Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. logged the largest annual sales ever in Europe last year with their combined market share topping 6 percent, industry data showed Tuesday.According to data by a European automobile association, the two South Korean carmakers sold 854,920 cars in Europe last year, up 9.9 percent from a year earlier. This marked the first time that their combined sales have surpassed the 800,000 mark there. Hyundai saw its sales grow 10.9 percent on-year
MobilityJan. 19, 2016
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Korea provides US$81.37 mln to six international financial bodies
South Korea provided a combined US$81.37 million to 10 trust funds created by six international financial organizations last year in a bid to expand its presence on the world stage, the financial ministry said Tuesday.The organizations, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Asia Development Bank , are carrying out 98 projects worth $50 million based on South Korea's contributions, according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.South Korea participates in four trust
InternationalJan. 19, 2016
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Moon to quit ‘soon’
Main opposition party leader Rep. Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that he would promptly step down as chairman before the April general elections, pledging to hand over power to the committee dealing with the election campaign. While reiterating that he would forgo his bid for the upcoming elections, the chairman of the Minjoo Party of Korea urged scattered opposition groups to merge into one liberal party, highlighting that a coalition could prevent the ruling Saenuri Party from seizing the legislat
PoliticsJan. 19, 2016
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Park advocates petition campaign on labor bills
Stepping up the pressure upon the National Assembly to pass the pending labor reform bills, President Park Geun-hye repeated her calls for the nation on Tuesday to participate in a petition campaign led by economic organizations.In response to the growing criticism that her participation infringed upon the legislature’s independence, the president claimed that the petition was the last resort to save the economy and to boost employment.President Park Geun-hye presides over the Cabinet meeting at
PoliticsJan. 19, 2016
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Sex abuse makes up half of female health workers’ complaints
Park Hyun-ju (not her real name), a 30-year-old medical resident at a general hospital, is used to patients calling her “agassi” -- a Korean term commonly used when addressing a young woman of unknown age -- instead of a doctor. “But they never call a male doctor ‘chongak’ (the male equivalent for Agassi). My male colleagues are always referred to as doctors,” she said. “And many older male patients don’t take me seriously. Once I told a senior male patient to stop calling me agassi. He said,
Social AffairsJan. 19, 2016
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KOCCA eyes overseas with ‘big killer content’
Song Sung-gak, president and CEO of the Korea Creative Content Agency, said the agency will seek to discover and enter new overseas markets this year with “new big killer content” created through the convergence of emerging technologies and other content from areas such as health care and tourism. “In this new era, which I call the ‘multi avant-garde age,’ where everything changes very fast and things are converging, we cannot create new things the way we used to,” Song said at a press conferenc
CultureJan. 19, 2016
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Sanctions on Pyongyang should focus on limiting non-goods trade: report
'The international community should come up with sanctions against North Korea's trade of non-goods such as exports of the North's workers to cut off its source of hard currency, a report showed Tuesday.Possible stronger sanctions against the North need to focus on how to restrict the North's trades of non-goods beyond the current sanctions banning the North's trades of specified goods, according to the report by South Korea's state-run Korea Development Institute.The report said that even witho
North KoreaJan. 19, 2016
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Korea's economic growth to miss gov't goal: think tank
South Korea's economic growth will likely undershoot the government target this year due to sluggish exports and domestic consumption, a private think tank said Tuesday.In its latest economic report, the LG Economic Research Institute said domestic and external conditions are unlikely to turn for the better this year although there are high expectations of a growth of at least 3 percent.The government has forecast that the economy will likely grow3.1 percent on-year in 2016 thanks to improving e
Jan. 19, 2016
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Korea's IoT market soars 28% in 2015
South Korea's market for the Internet of Things products and services surged 28 percent on-year in 2015, data showed Tuesday, indicating more local firms are jumping on the IoT bandwagon.The country's IoT market was estimated at 4.8 trillion won for 2015, compared with 3.75 trillion won posted a year earlier, the data compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning showed.The IoT is a concept in which all tangible objects are connected to the Internet and can identify themselves to
TechnologyJan. 19, 2016
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Psy's 'Daddy' music video surpasses 100 million YouTube views
Psy continues to reign supreme on YouTube.The hot-shot Korean rapper's recent single, "Daddy," has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube in less than two months of its release, his management company, YG Entertainment, said Tuesday.The video for the single, featuring CL of 2NE1, attracted just over 100 million visits as of Tuesday morning, making Psy the first South Korean recording artist to reach that milestone with four consecutive music videos.His international breakthrough, "Gangnam Style,
PerformanceJan. 19, 2016
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Korea seeks criminal probe into Volkswagen's recall plan
South Korea's environment ministry requested the prosecution Tuesday to investigate the local unit of Volkswagen over its plan to recall diesel-powered vehicles sold here, claiming the measure is insufficient.The ministry said that it took the action after determining that Volkswagen's recall plan submitted on the government-set deadline of Jan. 6 is "insufficient." In November, the ministry ordered Volkswagen to recall about125,000 vehicles whose emissions were found to be faked through the so-
MobilityJan. 19, 2016
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Park worries about sending wrong signal to Pyongyang
President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that the international community could send a wrong signal to North Korea if it fails to take strong and comprehensive measures against the communist country over its nuclear test earlier this month.The U.N. Security Council has been working on a new resolution to further tighten sanctions on North Korea. South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have agreed to push for a strong and comprehensive response to North Korea's nuclear test, though it remains unclear whether
North KoreaJan. 19, 2016
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No radioactive substances found in tap water following North Korea's nuke test
The metropolitan government said Tuesday it has not detected any radioactive substances in its tap water following North Korea's fourth nuclear bomb test conducted Jan. 6.The Office of Waterworks under the Seoul municipal government said the tap water for 10 million Seoul citizens has been confirmed safe as a result of its examination of artificial radioactive elements, such as cesium-134.Conducted from Jan. 6 through Jan. 12, the city government tested Han River water collected at four water in
Social AffairsJan. 19, 2016
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SBS to air idol survival ‘Watching you’
An Idol competition show tentatively titled “Watching You” will air as a Lunar New Year special on SBS. Unlike other programs featuring only the entertainers, the program will feature both the stars and the CEOs of their agencies. The idols will demonstrate their talents and passion, while their CEOs will give real-time advice on the show, according to the network broadcaster. About 20 idol groups -- roughly 100 idol stars in total -- will be on the show. The CEOs of agencies, both large and sm
TelevisionJan. 19, 2016