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Psy's touch or new trend in music? P Nation’s solo stars lose their shine
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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
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Seoul to hold grand military parade on Tuesday, disrupting major city routes
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81-year-old model awarded ‘best dressed’ in Miss Universe Korea
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Shut up and dance
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Seoul mayor suggests shift in immigration policy
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NewJeans fans corner Hybe amid PR backlash, looming National Assembly audit
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'Smart pill'? ADHD treatment prescriptions spike this year
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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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Nike’s Air Huarache Ultra rolls out in Korea
Nike Sportswear will launch the Nike Air Huarache Ultra, combining elements of the 1991 iconic Huarache with a modern touch and Nike’s technology for extra comfort, in Korea on Saturday. The shoe is designed to focus on comfort, flexibility, fit and ease of entry, as a lighter shoe that “hugs” the foot, according to the company. It is priced around 130,000 won ($110). “We wanted to reimagine the Huarache in a fresh and modern way for the way our female consumer maneuvers today,” said Nike footwe
IndustryDec. 24, 2015
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Aritaum opens flagship store in Gangnam
South Korean cosmetic store franchise Aritaum has opened a new flagship store in the heart of Gangnam, near Gangnam Station in southern Seoul. As the biggest Aritaum branch in the country, the new store stands at 450 square meters. Under a “shop-in-shop” concept, three leading AmorePacific brands Iope, Laneige and Mamonde are housed inside the store. Iope’s Bio-lab offers a skin checkup program while the Laneige Beauty Mirror space offers premium makeup services. Mamonde offers customers a chanc
IndustryDec. 24, 2015
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LG Household introduces Veilment fragrance brand
LG Household and Healthcare has launched a new fragrance, Veilment, named by combining “veil” with “moment” to suggest it can recreate past memories through scent. Veilment’s scents, available in 10 types, have been made under four general concepts — “Exotic Asia,” “Fresh,” “Sweet” and “Sensual.” Ten types of candles, 10 types of diffusers, three types of body care products and one type of hand cream have been launched under the Veilment brand, according to LG. Prices range from 45,000 won ($40
IndustryDec. 24, 2015
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VIPS launches winter menu
CJ Foodville’s flagship steakhouse VIPS has launched a seasonal menu in celebration of the winter holidays. Under a “red and white” theme, the new dishes are cooked with ingredients like lobster, cranberries, wine and a number of cheeses. The sampler menu has been upgraded to include a heightened variety of steak and seafood. A melted cheese fondue will come with any sampler menu order. Seasonal desserts including a red velvet cake with snow sprinkles, cocoa snow banana cake and Christmas Santa
IndustryDec. 24, 2015
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Hollywood celebrities speak out on migrant crisis
As Europe grapples with its biggest migrant crisis in recent history, Hollywood celebrities are rallying to raise awareness about the issue and lashing out at calls to turn away refugees.Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon this month became the latest star to arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos, a frontline for the crisis, where she is spending the Christmas holiday helping new arrivals and writing about her experience for the Huffington Post and RYOT.org, a virtual reality news company.The 69
World NewsDec. 24, 2015
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Indonesian police arrest 2 more suspected militants
Indonesian police said they have arrested two more suspected militants including a member of China's ethnic Uighur minority who was allegedly preparing to be a suicide bomber. National Police spokesman Maj. Gen. Anton Charliyan says the suspects were captured in two separate places Wednesday in Bekasi, a West Java town bordering with eastern Jakarta. The arrests of Arif Hidayatullah, alias Abu Mush'ab, and Alli, the Uighur who used a fake identity card, came as security has been stepped up after
World NewsDec. 24, 2015
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Park hopes more people donate
President Park Geun-hye expressed hopes on Thursday that more people will donate, citing her email conversation with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg."I have recently exchanged an email with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about sharing and the spirit of donation," Park wrote in her Facebook post. "I hope that there will be more people in our country who are sharing and donating."Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced that they would donate 99 percent of their Faceboo
Social AffairsDec. 24, 2015
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S. Korea warns Japan against revisionist history review
South Korea warned Thursday Japan will face an angry backlash from neighbors and the international communist if the country rewrites its modern history with a revisionist view.A controversial history review office of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party held its first meeting on Tuesday as it reportedly seeks to review an array of modern historical events.The move is raising concerns that Japan may rewrite its modern history of World War II aggression and atrocities as the meeting will report
PoliticsDec. 24, 2015
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Rival parties again fail to agree on electoral map
Rival parties once again failed Thursday to agree on redrawing electoral districts for next year's general elections.Ruling Saenuri Party Chairman Kim Moo-sung, main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy Chairman Moon Jae-in and the parties' floor leaders sat together over the demarcation of constituencies earlier in the day, but the meeting fell through without an outcome, according to party officials. It was their seventh negotiation held on the issue this month as the parties gear up
PoliticsDec. 24, 2015
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'TPP will spur erosion of China’s manufacturing edge’
This is the 11th and last installment in a series of interviews with scholars and experts on China as a resurgent Asian power that is changing the regional order. This installment looks into China’s economic issues. -- Ed. If the Trans-Pacific Partnership is ratified, it will spur the movement of the world’s manufacturing center from China to countries in Southeast Asia where the labor cost is cheaper and investments will flow in, China expert Jee Man-soo said. Jee Man-sooJee, a research fellow
Foreign AffairsDec. 24, 2015
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Buzz grows around urban beehives
Amid the well-being trend and the rise of conscious consumerism, urban apiaries have started mushrooming in Korea as people seek different and eco-friendly ways of spending. Instead of buying branded honey which is rich in sugar ― business insiders secretly admit that some bees are fed sugar for cost efficiency ― Koreans have started installing beehives on rooftops to attract wandering bees in the bustling city center and give them some honey.Park Jin, head of Urban Bees Seoul, and Fraser Dohert
IndustryDec. 24, 2015
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Emerging market slump threatens Korea's exporters
Last week’s hike in U.S. interest rates, the first in nearly a decade, has ended an era of ultraeasy money in the world’s largest economy that is now deemed to have gone beyond the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.Emerging market countries, many of which have been considered particularly vulnerable to the impact of a U.S. rate rise, seemed barely rattled by the widely expected move.The initial response, however, cannot be allowed to ease concerns about the threat to be posed by a tightenin
Dec. 24, 2015
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[Herald Review] ‘The Magician’ lays thick on teen romance
This has not been a kind year for romance movies at the Korean box office. There is not a single romance film -- Korean or foreign -- that has made it to the top 20 box-office hits. In fact, “The Beauty Inside,” the star-studded high-profile romance film of the year, came in at No. 30. Kim Dai-seung’s new period feature “The Magician” hopes to change this trend at the very end of the year with spectacular visuals, a story that follows the typical tormented love narrative, with two fail-proof tee
FilmDec. 24, 2015
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[Newsmaker] Hyundai Motor, union set to end wage dispute
After marathon 11-hour negotiations representatives of labor and the management of Hyundai Motor reached a tentative deal on wages Wednesday, ending months of internal conflicts that wobbled the nation’s largest automaker already facing lower-than-expected sales this year. Hyundai Motor president Yoon Gap-han (right) and labor union leader Park Yoo-ki leave after reaching a tentative agreement on wage and other labor issues in Ulsan, Thursday. (Yonhap)The two sides agreed to raise 85,000 won in
IndustryDec. 24, 2015
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Korea to probe VW fuel efficiency
An analysis of test data suggests that the defeat device to manipulate emission levels could have an impact on the fuel efficiency of Volkswagen’s diesel vehicles sold in Korea, the government said Thursday.(AP-Yonhap)While the data provided by the Environment Ministry and the Transport Ministry shows a high likelihood, more driving tests need to be conducted to conclusively prove it, an official told Yonhap news agency.“We have concluded that there is a correlation,” the official was quoted as
IndustryDec. 24, 2015
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Korea resumes kimchi export to China
Korea has resumed exporting kimchi to mainland China after five years, South Korea’s Agriculture Ministry said Thursday. The first 890-kilogram batch of “Jongga” kimchi, a kimchi brand of Daesang FNF, left Korean waters on Dec. 6 and passed the Chinese customs on Dec. 18, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Upon obtaining the sanitary certificate, the Korean-made kimchi is now on sale at eight branches of Lotte Mart in China. The Korean-made kimchi is packaged in sm
IndustryDec. 24, 2015
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[Editorial] Growing debt bomb
The Bank of Korea has once again warned of household and corporate debt growth. In its latest Financial Stability Report, the central bank said financial stability risks rose compared with six months ago due to a decline in the financial soundness of the household and corporate sectors. Policymakers should heed the bank’s repeated warnings. The report showed household debt rose by 10.4 percent on-year to total 1.17 trillion won at end-September. It notes that the pace of debt increase has contin
EditorialDec. 24, 2015
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[Editorial] A new growth engine
Until the mid-1990s, major Korean conglomerates had pursued an aggressive diversification strategy, often muscling into fields that were not related to their core businesses. These days, they seldom make the headlines with large-scale investments aimed at foraying into new business areas. This is partly because Korean conglomerates have become more cautious after a debt meltdown during the 1997-98 financial crisis. Another reason may be there are not many new business areas left they have not y
EditorialDec. 24, 2015
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Dispute rises over child care budget in South Korea
The Education Ministry on Thursday threatened to file a lawsuit against municipal education offices that have been refusing to allocate their budget on next year’s child care allowance for children aged 3-5 with the claim that the central government must fully finance the program. Backing the ministry’s stance, Choo Kyung-ho, head of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, also announced that the central government would take “every possible disciplinary measure” -- be it legal, administr
Social AffairsDec. 24, 2015