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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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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
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Park Zi-a, the actor who played 'The Glory' heroine's mother, dies
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Miss Universe Korea names 80-year-old model 'best dressed'
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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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Seoul mayor suggests shift in immigration policy
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Brit pop legend Oasis to perform in Seoul next year
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Doosan Heavy bags 670 bln won power plant order
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., South Korea's top power equipment maker, said Monday that it has clinched a 670 billion won ($566 million) order to build a power plant in Vietnam.Under a deal with Hanoi-based Vietnam Electricity, Doosan Heavy will construct the 600-MW power plant in Binh Thuan, some 230 kilometers east of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's economic capital, by August 2019, the company said in a statement.Doosan Heavy will take charge of the entire process, including the eng
IndustryJan. 4, 2016
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[Photo News] LGD shows off futuristic displays at CES
LGD SHOWS OFF FUTURISTIC DISPLAYS AT CES -- LG Display unveils on Monday state-of-the-art display technologies including a rollable organic light-emitting display, which will be on display at the International CES from Wednesday through Saturday in Las Vegas. (LGD)
TechnologyJan. 4, 2016
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S. Korea, Japan should open new future: Japan envoy
South Korea and Japan should strive to open a new future by working to develop areas of mutual interest, Tokyo's top envoy to Seoul said Monday.Ambassador Koro Bessho published his wishes for the new year in a monthly newsletter released by the Japanese Embassy, saying that last year was a "monumental" year in bilateral ties. Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the two countries' relations following Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula."I believe Japan
Foreign AffairsJan. 4, 2016
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[번역스쿨] 발명가와 발명품
[예제 232] ① Before developing invention designs, inventors likely first identify the intended function of the invention. When the inventor then generates initial invention designs, he often constrains the form of the invention through implicit analogies to components of nature or existing products whose function matches or approximates that of the intended invention. ② For example, early airplane inventors frequently imitated the form of animals capable of flight, modeling their flying craft afte
영어뉴스따라잡기Jan. 4, 2016
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[에니즈] '험담하는' 남편
Badmouthing hubbyDear Annie: I am in a painful position with my mother-in-law. I was pretty sure my husband was talking poorly about me to her, so I asked him whether he had badmouthed me to his mother. He totally denied it, saying, “Absolutely not!” Well, she was visiting recently, and I walked into the room and overheard them both talking negatively about me. I innocently asked what they were discussing and my husband lied outright, saying they were discussing a purchase. My mother-in-law look
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[포커스] 우리나라 최초의 다문화 도서관
Korea’s first-ever multicultural libraryOn the second floor of an old building in Dongdaemun-gu, eastern Seoul, children sit scattered around the floor of a small library, reading. Behind them are walls of bookshelves filled with colorful books. In the next room, others play board games, while in the third room a small group of children intently watch volunteer teachers instructing them how to make creative objects out of large board papers using scissors and glue.“I come here every day after sc
영어뉴스따라잡기Jan. 4, 2016
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Is the worst over for Japan?
TOKYO -- All eyes are on the Japanese economy -- singled out by experts and execs alike as the only bright spot on this side of the Pacific -- whether it can make a full-bodied recovery this year. The good news is that the world’s third-largest economy posted some solid gross domestic product figures in 2015 -- the 1.6 percent average growth rate seen in the first three quarters was about twice the pace over the past two decades. Corporate earnings were robust, wages climbed and the stock market
Jan. 4, 2016
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Oil prices rise after Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran
Oil prices rose in Asia Monday after crude kingpin Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran following a row over Tehran's execution of a Shiite cleric.Saudi Arabia announced the decision Sunday, a day after protesters ransacked its embassy in Tehran over the execution of a Shiite cleric.Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Iranian diplomats had 48 hours to leave the kingdom and Iran's supreme leader said Saudi Arabia would face "quick consequences" for executing the cleric.Fearing furthe
Jan. 4, 2016
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[사설] 어리석음의 되풀이
Repeated follies어리석음의 되풀이<11월06일자 사설>As the South Korean leader, President Park Geun-hye faces some perennial, but tough foreign policy challenges, just as her predecessors did. There is the constant troublemaker North Korea, and she has to deal with Japan, which often turns out to be a close neighbor only in terms of geographical distance. The growing rivalry between the U.S. and China is posing new, but no less serious challenges. 한국 정상으로서 박근혜 대통령은 선대 대통령들처럼 계속되지만 힘겨운 몇 가지 외교 과제에 봉착했다. 끊임없는 말썽
영어뉴스따라잡기Jan. 4, 2016
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SK head makes public appearance amid divorce scandal
Chey Tae-won, who heads South Korea's No. 3 conglomerate SK Group, made his first public appearance on Monday at a New Year's ceremony, a week after he admitted to having an extramarital child and going through divorce procedures with his wife, the daughter of a former South Korean president.Last week, Chey made an official statement by writing a letter to a local daily that he was suffering discord with his wife, adding that they both were going through divorce proceedings. He also admitted to
IndustryJan. 4, 2016
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Korea battles ‘consumption cliff’ concerns
In a meeting of economy-related ministers last week, outgoing Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan went out of the way to defend his handling of the Korean economy, which is estimated to have grown by 2.7 percent last year.Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan (Yonhap)Choi, who concurrently serves as deputy prime minister for economic affairs, said the 2015 growth rate, down from 3.3 percent in 2014, was still the third highest among major countries with a per capita income of more than $20,000.His remar
Jan. 4, 2016
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Asia stocks, currencies sink but oil surges on Mideast woes
HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian stock markets tumbled while safe haven assets and oil prices jumped Monday in the first full day's trade of 2016 as a flare-up in tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia raised concerns about the volatile Middle East.Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with its old foe Iran Sunday after protesters ransacked its embassy in Tehran in response to the execution of a Shiite cleric.Riyadh gave Iranian diplomats two days to leave the kingdom, while the supreme leader in Tehran s
Jan. 4, 2016
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Ex-Olympic weightlifting champion questioned over assault charges
Former Olympic weightlifting champion Sa Jae-hyouk received a 10-year suspension from the sport's national federation on Monday over assault charges.The Korea Weightlifting Federation handed down the penalty a day after Sa was questioned by police in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, over allegations that he'd punched fellow weightlifter, Hwang Woo-man, in the face on New Year's Eve.The suspension effectively spells the end of a roller-coaster career for Sa, who turns 31 later this month. He was the
Social AffairsJan. 4, 2016
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Samsung heir seeking quiet start to new year
Lee Jae-yong, the heir apparent of South Korea's No. 1 conglomerate Samsung Group, is seeking to take a low-key stance for the new year and to continue efforts to streamline and reorganize the group's operations, industry watchers said Monday.A Samsung Group official said that like in 2015, there will be no group-wide New Year's ceremony chaired by Jae-yong, but the crown prince will instead hold meetings with executives from each affiliate to set yearly business plans.Lee Kun-hee, the Samsung G
IndustryJan. 4, 2016
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Top Chinese official due in Pyongyang: report
A top Chinese communist party official is expected to visit Pyongyang this month amid the possibility of Kim Jong-un's first trip to Beijing as North Korea's leader, a Japanese newspaper reported Monday.North Korea and China are in consultations over the visit by Song Tao, head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department, to Pyongyang, according to the Tokyo Shimbun. Song became the powerful Chinese party's point man on North Korea and other diplomatic affairs in late 2015, succeed
North KoreaJan. 4, 2016
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Camping operator to compensate for negligence over death of drowned student
A local court has ordered a company that runs camping tours to a deserted island to compensate an insurance firm for negligence over the drowning death of a student off the country's southwestern coast.The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of the insurance company that filed a suit against the camping operator seeking compensation for 120 million won ($102,000) it paid to the bereaved family.In 2012, the bodies of two students who participated in a camping tour at Shinan County, South
Social AffairsJan. 4, 2016
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Hyundai Heavy cuts new order target for 2016
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, said Monday that it is targeting $19.5 billion worth of orders for the year, $3.4 billion less than the previous year's target.In a regulatory filing, the shipyard also slashed its annual sales target to 21.64 trillion won ($18.4 billion) from 24.34 trillion won the previous year.Hyundai Heavy and local rivals, such as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., are struggling with increased costs stemming from a delay in the cons
IndustryJan. 4, 2016
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Finance minister calls for sweeping structural reform
South Korea's finance minister said Monday that it is necessary to push for sweeping reforms in all sectors in order to succeed in a tough environment in the new year and achieve its economic goal."We will face a more difficult environment in the new year. Global uncertainties are high due to low oil prices, higher U.S. interest rates and a slowdown in emerging economies," Minister of Strategy and Finance Choi Kyung-hwan said in his New Year's message. "Weak global demand and technological devel
Jan. 4, 2016
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Samsung chalks up weaker operating profit in Q4: analysts
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. probably posted a weaker operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2015 than three months earlier due mainly to sluggish chip, display and mobile businesses, a market tracker said Monday.According to FnGuide, 25 local brokerages put Samsung's operating profit at an average of 6.68 trillion won ($5.67 billion) for the October-December period, down 9.7 percent from 7.39 trillion won the previous quarter. Their average estimate of Samsung's top line f
IndustryJan. 4, 2016
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Firms' dividend payouts hit all-time high in 2015: data
South Korean listed companies paid out a record amount of dividends in 2015 to meet growing demand from shareholders and go with the government's investor-friendly policy, market watchers said Monday. According to the data compiled by KDB Daewoo Securities Co., listed companies' combined dividend payouts were estimated at 22.29 trillion won ($18.96 billion) last year, up 35 percent from the previous year's 16.5 trillion won. An estimate by the Eugene Investment & Securities Co. also put the 2015
IndustryJan. 4, 2016