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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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AI textbook bubble could burst, expert warns
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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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Fights, complaints, stalker fans among reasons passengers exit planes before takeoff
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SF Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo back home after injury-shortened rookie season
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[Weekender] Speed, convenience are behind Incheon Airport’s service crown
Long queues of people, unpleasant hours of waiting for check-in and later sprinting to the gate to clear immigration in time for the flight ― these are common bugbears of using a busy airport.Though bustling with some 134,000 travelers a day, check-in delays are rare on a regular day at South Korea’s award-winning Incheon International Airport, which prides itself on offering users the fastest and most convenient services in the world.The arrivals hall at Incheon International Airport (Incheon I
IndustryDec. 11, 2015
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Most South Koreans short on retirement savings
Shin Yu-hee (not her real name), a 29-year-old office worker, is worried whenever she thinks about her parents’ postretirement years. Having graduated from a private women’s colleges in Seoul, she currently makes about 2.5 million won ($2,120) a month working at a marketing firm. As she lives alone and supports herself in Seoul while her family is in Daejeon, she doesn’t have much opportunity to save. “I know my parents don’t have anything ready for their postretirement expenses,” she told The K
Social AffairsDec. 11, 2015
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Arrest warrant sought for labor union chief
Police on Friday requested the court issue an arrest warrant for Han Sang-kyun, chief of the nation’s second-largest umbrella labor union, a day after he was detained on charges of leading illegal rallies. Han, chief of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, was taken to Namdaemun Police Station for questioning Thursday as he voluntarily walked out of Jogyesa Temple in central Seoul, where he had been taking sanctuary to avoid arrest for 24 days. (Yonhap) Police questioned Han overnight for
Social AffairsDec. 11, 2015
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[Weekender] Race on to be Asia’s top air hub
Competition among Asian air hubs is heating up as countries in the region are scurrying to build new airports, add runways and expand passenger terminals to become the continent’s top gateway to the world.With surging air travel and burgeoning budget carriers, major airports in South Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, India and Thailand are increasing capacity to meet demand.“Asian countries are showing a significant growth in air travel, higher than the global average, amid their continued economi
IndustryDec. 11, 2015
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Shares of Hotel Shilla plunge on duty-free business woe
When it comes to duty-free business in Seoul, the winner doesn’t seem to take it all. Shares of Hotel Shilla, which clinched a high-profile bid to operate duty-free stores in downtown Seoul in July, have fallen sharply ever since on concerns over market overheating.Hotel Shilla’s common stock price took a nosedive to a 52-week low of 79,000 won ($66.90) on Friday, down 44.7 percent from when they hit their highest on July 13 at 143,000 won after the company won the business license for running a
IndustryDec. 11, 2015
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[Editorial] More than a seat
This week, South Korea was elected chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council for next year. Foreign Ministry officials boast about the fact that it will be the first time that Korea has assumed the leadership post of an international rights body since the establishment of the republic in 1948. As the officials say, taking the UNHRC chair may attest to the progress this country has achieved in human rights and civil liberties over the past decades. Indeed, things have changed much since 30 to 40 y
EditorialDec. 11, 2015
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[Editorial] No sanctuary
What happened at the head temple of the Jogye Order in Seoul over the past weeks offers many things to think about. Most of all, the case exposed some of the abnormalities this society has to overcome. The most ridiculous abnormality was that a fugitive could defy law enforcement for 25 days by using a religious facility as a shield. Where does the law stand? Don’t we live in a country where the law should be applied fairly and equally to all — labor activists, thieves, fraudsters or rapists —
EditorialDec. 11, 2015
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Weekend Box Office Guide: Dec. 12-13
Heading to the movies this weekend? The Korea Herald provides a guide to what's playing on the big screen.Legend (U.K.)Opened Dec. 10 Action. Directed by Brian Helgeland Tom Hardy plays Ronald and Reggie Kray, identical twin gangsters who ruled the East End of London during the 1960s. “Legend” shows how the two brothers built their criminal empire, touching upon their internal struggles as well as their run from the detective Nipper Read (Christopher Eccleston). Timing (Korea)Opened Dec. 10 Anim
FilmDec. 11, 2015
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[David Ignatius] Trump’s rhetoric will live in infamy
Nobody knows where Donald Trump will stand six months from now in this bizarre Republican presidential campaign. But you can predict with some confidence how his recent anti-Muslim diatribes will look in a decade or two, unless Trump manages to rewrite the Constitution itself. American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean. Self-proclaimed saviors and other outliers come and go throughout our political history. Occasionally they’re suc
ViewpointsDec. 11, 2015
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[Robert B. Reich] What to do about disloyal companies
Just like that, Pfizer has decided it’s no longer American. It plans to link up with Ireland’s Allergan and move its corporate headquarters from New York to Ireland.That way it will pay less in taxes. Ireland’s tax rate is less than half that of United States. Ian Read, Pfizer’s chief executive, told the Wall Street Journal the higher tax rate in the United States caused Pfizer to compete “with one hand tied behind our back.”Read said he’d tried to lobby the U.S. Congress to reduce the corporate
ViewpointsDec. 11, 2015
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Creditors to provide 450 bn won to STX Shipbuilding
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., a midsize local shipyard, will receive 450 billion won ($385 million) in financial aid from its creditors in return for thorough restructuring, industry sources said Friday.According to the sources, the creditors, led by the state-run Korea Development Bank, have decided to salvage the shipbuilder from a liquidity shortage.Local lenders' exposure to STX Offshore & Shipbuilding stood at 4.29 trillion won at the end of September, with KDB alone extending the larges
IndustryDec. 11, 2015
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Around the hotels
Verove appointed Hyatt Regency Jeju GMHyatt Regency Jeju announced the appointment of Patrick Verove as its new general manager. Verove will be in charge of the hotel’s operations and management, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the hotel industry.Before joining Hyatt Regency Jeju, he spent more than five years as the manager of Grand Hyatt Incheon. Verove started his career in 1989 at Grand Hyatt Melbourne, beginning his 27-year relationship with Hyatt. “I am committed to continuing
FoodDec. 11, 2015
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Coex eyes M&A, JV for global expansion
Byun Bo-kyungCoex, the management firm of the eponymous convention and exhibition complex in southern Seoul, is eyeing aggressive overseas expansion next year to become a global meetings, incentives, conferencing and exhibitions (MICE) operator, its president and CEO Byun Bo-kyung said Thursday. “We will start with three conventions in Vietnam, then move to Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar and other Indochina countries to hold conventions and trade shows there. We have mergers and acquisitions with loca
IndustryDec. 11, 2015
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Watchdog cracks down on covert paid reviews
Online advertorials for P&G Korea`s SK-II cosmetics that were cited for deceptive marketingFTCAlert to Web surfers searching for shopping tips: Product reviews you read may not always be genuine. The Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday fined Proctor & Gamble Korea ― the local distributor of cosmetics brand SK-II and household goods Febreze, Gillette, Oral-B, Whisper and Downy ― 108 million won ($100,000) for deceptive advertising. According to the antitrust watchdog, P&G violated a law requiring al
IndustryDec. 11, 2015
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Comfort food to soothe the winter-weary soul
Christine Cho, a Korean-American expat in Seoul, has been eating and cooking her way around the world the last 16 years as a private chef. -- Ed.Winter is upon us, and what better way to begin The Palate, a new column that celebrates food culture here in Seoul and beyond, than with a warming visit to the 76-year-old gomtang restaurant Hadongkwan.One of the most iconic eateries in the capital, Hadongkwan made its name with a long-history of making one single dish: gomtang, a thinly sliced beef so
FoodDec. 11, 2015
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Travel bits
Record tourists to GermanyThe German National Tourist Board said that it had a record number of days inbound tourists stayed in Germany as of the end of the third quarter.Statistics show a total of 62 million overnight stays at accommodation facilities of at least 10 beds from January-September, up about 5.3 percent from a year ago. In 2014, Koreans stayed in Germany for an average of 500,000 days, and the number is expected to grow to 600,000 days in 2020, the German tourism board noted.Germany
TravelDec. 11, 2015
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LG executive acquitted of vandalizing Samsung washers at German shops
A local court on Friday acquitted the president of LG's home appliance division on charges of wrecking washers of rival company Samsung Electronics Co. at German shops, citing a lack of evidence.The Seoul Central District Court found Jo Seong-jin not guilty of vandalizing three Samsung washers at two shops in Berlin in September 2014.Samsung has claimed that LG staff members were spotted breaking the doors of Samsung's washing machines at the shops and were reported to the local police by shop c
IndustryDec. 11, 2015
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FM Yun to meet Sierra Leone's vice president
Sierra Leone's Vice President Victor Foh will visit South Korea next week to explore ways to broaden bilateral ties in various sectors, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Friday.Foh is scheduled to arrive in Seoul this weekend for a four-day stay.South Korea's top diplomat, Yun Byung-se, plans to meet him on Monday to exchange views on how to promote the relations boosted by South Korea's aggressive support for the African nation in its fight again the Ebola virus.Sierra Leone was one of the worst Eb
Foreign AffairsDec. 11, 2015
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Banned swimmer Park Tae-hwan to return home from Japan training
Suspended former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan is scheduled to return home on Saturday from a Japanese training camp with hopes of competing in next year's Summer Games still up in the air, informed sources said Friday.Park, serving a doping ban, began training in Japan in September, after struggling to find proper facilities at home. In March, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the men's 400-meter freestyle received an 18-month ban from FINA, the international swimming governing body,
Olympic GamesDec. 11, 2015
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Seoul shares down 0.2% amid Fed rate hike woes
South Korean stocks fell 0.18 percent Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of the U.S. Fed's upcoming rate-setting meeting. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index lost 3.45 points to 1,948.62. Trade volume was thin at 375.12 million shares worth 4.08 trillion won ($3.46 billion), with losers outnumbering winners 467 to 343."The market did not move much with the absence of major players. Before next week's major events such as the Fe
Dec. 11, 2015