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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
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81-year-old model awarded ‘best dressed’ in Miss Universe Korea
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Seoul mayor suggests shift in immigration policy
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'Smart pill'? ADHD treatment prescriptions spike this year
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[KH Explains] Korea pursues ‘fire-free’ batteries amid EV fears
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Man calls 119, found dead 1 week later because officials went to wrong place
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[Herald Review] One of Netflix's most expensive Korean originals returns, but at what cost?
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AI textbook bubble could burst, expert warns
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Fights, complaints, stalker fans among reasons passengers exit planes before takeoff
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[Photo News] Armed Forces Day
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[Editorial] Bad bet
Ahn Cheol-soo’s decision to leave the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy and create his own political party is bad for himself, the opposition and Korean politics as a whole. Ahn’s desertion from the NPAD, of which he once was a joint leader, is another typical case of the opportunism that he is now famous for. He said he was leaving the party because he was short on capability and power to change the minds of those with vested interests and those who were content with the stat
EditorialDec. 14, 2015
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[Peter Singer] Should we honor racists?
In the midst of my Practical Ethics class last month, several students stood up and walked out. They were joining hundreds of others in a protest led by the Black Justice League, one of many student groups that have emerged across the United States in response to the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014, and subsequent police killings of unarmed African Americans. Later that day, members of the BJL occupied the office of Princeton University president Christophe
ViewpointsDec. 14, 2015
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[Trudy Rubin] Trump will not triumph
People, aren’t we better than this? Have we really become the Republic of Fear?Listening to Donald Trump, you’d certainly think so. His proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the country was only the latest of an endless series of ugly and bigoted tirades meant to stoke fear and anger. Yet adoring thousands still flock to his rallies. The New York Times, after analyzing every public Trump utterance for a week, noted several powerful patterns of speech common to demagogues of the past century.
ViewpointsDec. 14, 2015
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New Hampshire will weed Republican field
The New Hampshire presidential primary vote usually breaks late. This time, not unusually, it will break a few candidates. Eight weeks before the Feb. 9 primary, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Chris Christie and probably Marco Rubio are in a wide-open contest to be the non-right wing, non-Donald Trump Republican contender. Two or three of them may be dead after the vote. Among Democrats, if Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont, loses to Hillary Clinton in his neighboring state, he’s probably toast. If
ViewpointsDec. 14, 2015
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Obama’s cautious IS strategy may not work
The Republican presidential candidates’ responses to President Barack Obama’s Dec. 6 speech on his strategy to defeat the Islamic State group were uniformly negative. Donald Trump said, “Is that all there is? We need a new president — fast!” Marco Rubio said the president’s anti-Islamic State coalition is “absurd.” Jeb Bush called his address “weak.” George Pataki called the president’s strategy “pathetic.” Carly Fiorina tweeted: “Vintage Obama: No strategy, no leadership. Politics as usual.” An
ViewpointsDec. 14, 2015
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Rare ray of sunshine at Paris climate summit
Tony Seba, a Stanford University expert on renewable energy, made headlines at last week’s climate-change conference in Paris with an optimistic shrug. According to the entrepreneur, thinker and lecturer, the world is fast approaching the “tipping point” at which the world will very soon be forced to use solar energy more than the much-deplored fossil fuels. Conspiracy theorists surely welcomed one aspect of his presentation, but his vision offers great hope to all of us. Certainly the dispute
ViewpointsDec. 14, 2015
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‘Airpocalypse’ an opportunity for China, India
Even as negotiators were completing a new global accord on climate change last week, a lung-burning haze choked two major world capitals, infuriating residents and reigniting debate about the costs of headlong development. As China and India rush to clean their cities’ hazardous air, they can take this opportunity to make progress against climate change as well. Responding to previous bouts of public anger over air quality in Beijing and Delhi, leaders in both nations have laid down stiffer st
ViewpointsDec. 14, 2015
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Biggest-ever Rubens collection at National Museum
A special exhibition titled “Rubens and Other Masters” at the National Museum of Korea is showcasing for the first time in Korea a collection of pieces from the Liechtenstein Museum, including major works by the acclaimed 17th century artist Rubens.The collection includes some 120 paintings, sculptures, crafts and tapestries from the Renaissance, Baroque and Biedermeier eras, carefully curated and brought in from one of the largest royal museums in Europe. “Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens” by
PerformanceDec. 14, 2015
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Prosecutors indict Indonesian follower of al-Qaida affiliate
Prosecutors said Monday that they have indicted an Indonesian illegal immigrant, who follows a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaida. The 32-year-old, suspected of supporting the Syrian branch of al-Qaida known as al-Nusra Front, is charged with forging documents, as well as violating South Korea's immigration control act and control of firearms, swords, explosives, etc. act. The man had been arrested about a month ago in South Chungcheong Province, where he has been working in a small manu
Social AffairsDec. 14, 2015
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Seoul shares sink 1% on deepening oil rout
South Korean stocks tumbled 1.07 percent Monday as investors shunned risky assets out of fears that plunging crude oil prices will protract the global economic slowdown. The local currency sharply fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index lost 20.80 points to 1,927.82. Trade volume was moderate at 425.67 million shares worth 4.02 trillion won ($3.39 billion), with losers far outnumbering winners 697 to 150. "Investors view the sharp fall in prices of oil and
Dec. 14, 2015
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KEPCO wins $510m wind power plant deal in Jordan
South Korea's state-controlled electric utility company on Monday said it has inked a deal to build and operate a wind power plant in Jordan. The $510 million agreement calls for Korea Electric Power Corp. to build the 89.1 megawatt Fujeij wind farm in the Middle Eastern country. The agreement also includes a power purchase agreement that outlines the details of the utility company operating the plant and selling the power generated to Jordan. The build, own and operate arrangement gives KEPCO
IndustryDec. 14, 2015
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Seoul, Beijing to hold talks on overlapping EEZs
South Korea and China will hold talks next week aimed at resolving the issue of their overlapping exclusive economic zones, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Monday. The talks, led by Second Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin, will be held in Seoul next Tuesday, the ministry said in a release. In July 2014, President Park Geun-hye and her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed to launch negotiations this year on the demarcation of their maritime bounda
InternationalDec. 14, 2015
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Pyongyang may continue provocations after canceled concert in China
Strained relations between North Korea and China as seen in the abrupt cancellation of a North Korean concert in China may spur Pyongyang to keep launching military provocations down the road, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday. "Under the possibility that the North Korea-China relations may become alienated following the sudden cancellation of the Moranbong Band's concert, our military will pay special attention to the likelihood of North Korea's strategic and tactical provocations,"
North KoreaDec. 14, 2015
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Pyongyang seen rebuffing Chinese efforts before canceling concert
Key Chinese party officials visited a hotel where an all-female band formed by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was staying on Saturday, in apparent last-minute efforts to prevent the North from canceling a well publicized concert in Beijing, a diplomatic source with knowledge of the situation said Monday. Organized by the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, North Korea's Moranbong Band had been scheduled to perform in Beijing on Saturday in what was see
North KoreaDec. 14, 2015
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Ahn vows to put priority on improving people‘s livelihoods
Ahn Cheol-soo, former leader of the main opposition party who announced his defection earlier this week, said Monday that he will do politics centered around improving people's livelihoods. Ahn, who co-led the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy last year, had been calling for the resignation of incumbent Chairman Moon Jae-in to reform the party following NPAD's crushing defeat in the parliamentary by-elections in April. "I will do politics centered around people's livelihoods
PoliticsDec. 14, 2015
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Asian stocks fall as investors await Fed rate hike decision
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Monday following Wall Street's losses as investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision this week on raising interest rates for the first time the financial crisis. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo's Nikkei 225 sank 1.9 percent to 18,869.25 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.8 percent to 21,285.92 The Shanghai Composite Index bucked the regional trend, rising 0.5 percent to 3,453.29. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 retreated 1.4 percent to 4,957.80 and South Korea's Kospi
Dec. 14, 2015
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Samsung expands share in chip market: data
South Korea's top tech firm Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to further expand its presence in the chip segment this year, data showed Monday, with its sales estimated to reach a record level. The South Korean chipmaker is anticipated to log a market share of 11.6 percent this year, up 0.9 percentage point from 2014, the data compiled by market tracker IHS showed. Its sales are also expected to advance 6.9 percent to a record US$40.7 billion over the cited period. Intel Corp. is expected to
IndustryDec. 14, 2015
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Seoul shares down 1% in late morning trade
South Korean stocks tumbled 1.02 percent late Monday morning as a further slump in oil prices dampened investor sentiment here. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 19.91 points to 1,928.71 as of 11:20 a.m. On Friday, benchmark U.S. crude fell more than 3 percent to a fresh seven-year low after the International Energy Agency warned that the supply glut will continue well into next year. The news also sent the Dow Jones industrial average skidding 1.76 percent and the Nasdaq tu
Dec. 14, 2015
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Pyongyang hosts 1st bankers' meeting in 25 yrs
North Korea held its third conference of financial and banking officials over the weekend, resuming the rare event after a 25-year hiatus in what could be an emerging sign that the country's economy has climbed out of the level of subsistence and is gearing up for financial reform. The Third National Conference of Financial and Banking Officials held on Sunday at the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang was reported by the (North) Korean Central News Agency and Korean Central TV, monitored i
North KoreaDec. 14, 2015
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Korean banks to tighten home loan standards
Korean banks are expected to tighten credit standards for home loans starting from February next year, amid concerns over the country’s record-high household debt. The Korean Association of Lenders and the watchdog Financial Services Commission jointly announced new lending guidelines Monday, which will be introduced in Seoul in February and the rest of the country in May. The industry-led guidelines call for lenders to require new borrowers to prove their income and repayment ability, a depart
Dec. 14, 2015