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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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Samsung is most-loved brand in Russia
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. was chosen as the most-loved brand in Russia for the fifth year in a row, a survey showed Sunday.In the survey by Russia-based Online Market Intelligence, Samsung Electronics garnered 20.1 percent of support from 1,500 respondents living in cities with over 1 million people in Russia. Japanese electronics company Sony followed with 9.6 percent, and U.S. tech behemoth Apple came next with 9.5 percent, OMI said. Germany sportswear company Adidas rank
IndustryDec. 6, 2015
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Korea's trade to pick up in 2016 after poor showing this year
South Korea's two-way trade is expected to again exceed the $1 trillion mark in 2016 thanks to a rebound in the global economy after a lackluster performance this year, a report showed Sunday.South Korea's trade volume will likely increase 4 percent on-year to $1.02 trillion next year on the back of the world economy's recovery, according to the report by Hyundai Research Institute. South Korea's exports are projected to expand 3.9 percent in 2016 from this year, with its imports climbing 4.1
Dec. 6, 2015
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IS claim of latest US gun massacre caps year of danger signs
The Islamic State group’s claim to have inspired this week’s San Bernardino massacre raises the question of what kind of threat it poses after a year which has seen record numbers of alleged jihadists arrested in the United States.Much is unclear about the motivation of the young Muslim couple who allegedly attacked the husband’s co-workers at a workplace holiday party in San Bernardino, California on Wednesday, killing 14.But the FBI is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism after find
World NewsDec. 6, 2015
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Korea mulls daylight saving time in 2016
The government is considering introducing daylight saving time next summer to kick-start domestic demand, officials said Sunday, in a move aimed at offsetting a drop in exports.Daylight saving time is the practice of setting clocks one hour earlier during the summer months so that there is an extra hour of daylight. "The government is contemplating a variety of measures to energize consumer spending, including the introduction of daylight saving time next year," a finance ministry official sai
PoliticsDec. 6, 2015
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Market cap of bio shares nearly triples in 4 years
The market value of bio shares has grown at the fastest clip on the Seoul bourse over the past four years, with Hanmi Pharmaceutical leading the rally on the back of mega license agreements, data showed Sunday. The market cap of bio shares on the KOSPI market came to 28.53 trillion won ($24.57 billion) as of Friday, up from 10.23 trillion won at end-2011 and more than double from a year ago, according to the data by the Korea Exchange.The ratio of bio and health care stocks on the KOSPI rose fro
Dec. 6, 2015
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OPEC offers no hope for end to oil slump
Photo by BloombergOPEC signaled no respite from the global oil glut that has driven prices to a six-year low.The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will keep pumping about 31.5 million barrels a day, the group’s President Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said Friday after a meeting of ministers in Vienna. Members set aside their previous daily output target of 30 million barrels, a ceiling breached for 18 months. OPEC will wait until June to decide on a new limit, Secretary General Abdalla El-Ba
WorldDec. 5, 2015
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Culture ministers from S. Korea, China, Japan to hold 3-way talks
The culture ministers from South Korea, China and Japan will hold three-way talks later this month aimed at promoting cultural exchanges among the three nations, a diplomatic source said Saturday. The two-day talks, set to start on Dec. 19 in China's northern port city of Qingdao, come as Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo revived a trilateral summit earlier last month after a three-year hiatus over history and territorial issues. Among the agenda of the Qingdao talks are a plan to name "culture
CommunityDec. 5, 2015
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FBI investigates California attack as act of terrorism
The FBI announced Friday that it is investigating the mass shooting at a Southern California office party as an act of terrorism, but the agency's director said there is no indication the husband and wife who killed 14 people were part of a larger plot or members of a terror cell.Police officers secure the scene where a mass shooting occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, on Dec. 2. BloombergIf the investigation confirms the massacre was inspired by Islamic extremi
WorldDec. 5, 2015
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Park returns home after two-nation visit for climate, regional summits
President Park Geun-hye returned home Saturday after a two-nation swing to attend the U.N. climate summit and a string of summits with the leaders of central European countries. In Paris, Park called for global efforts to launch a new deal on combating climate change and sought collaboration among countries to help make clean energy widely affordable. "We must marshal the collective will and capacities of the entire world and make absolutely sure that this climate change conference gives
NationalDec. 5, 2015
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Hyundai Motor executive to meet angry netizens
Hyundai Motor Group will host a face-to-face meeting between its executive responsible for domestic sales and local netizens who have are upset with its vehicles on Dec. 14 as part of its efforts to regain customer trust and improve brand image. Hyundai Motor vice chairman Kwon Moon-sik, who is responsible for the R&D function, hosts a Q&A session with invited students in November. Hyundai MotorThe rare move was revealed on Wednesday with an online banner inviting members of bobaedream.co.kr, on
MobilityDec. 5, 2015
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Samsung officials probed for insider trading before C&T deal
An Samsung C&T employee walks into the office building. YonhapSouth Korea’s financial regulator is investigating allegations of insider trading by officials at Samsung Group before the merger of two key affiliates by the country’s biggest conglomerate.The probe includes shares traded before Cheil Industries Inc. agreed to buy Samsung C&T Corp., Kim Hong-sik, an official at the Financial Services Commission, said by phone Friday. The all-stock merger was valued at $9.3 billion when it was announc
Latest NewsDec. 5, 2015
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Samsung agrees to pay Apple $548M in patent row
Samsung Electronics Co. agreed to pay Apple Inc. the $548 million a court ordered but that doesn’t mean they’ve come to a final resolution of their long-running patent battle over smartphones.Samsung said in a court filing Thursday that it’s only paying the money because an appeals court refused to block a judgment ordering it to pay. The South Korean device maker said it will pursue reimbursement for at least some of the money if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invalidates the patents and
BusinessDec. 5, 2015
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S. Korea to offer $3 mln in refugee aid
South Korea will offer a total of $3 million in aid to Greece, Serbia and Croatia to help them cope with the growing refugee crisis in the region, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The number of people fleeing to Europe from conflict-torn nations, such as Syria and Iraq, has reached 850,000 this year, according to the ministry. In 2012, that number was 330,000, while in 2013, it was 430,000. Last year, 620,000 refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. South Korea will provide Gree
InternationalDec. 4, 2015
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OPEC set to maintain output levels as oil glut worsens
VIENNA (Reuters) -- OPEC looked unlikely to take steps to cut oil production to lift languishing prices at a meeting on Friday, potentially worsening one of the worst crude gluts in history.Benchmark Brent oil futures LCOc1 are below $45 per barrel, just a few dollars off their 6-year lows. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) own basket of crude grades is below $38 per barrel - a fraction of what most members need to balance their budgets. OPEC’s poorer members have be
World BusinessDec. 4, 2015
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S. Korea, U.N. agree on anti-corruption effort
South Korea’s Anticorruption and Civil Rights Commission agreed to share its corruption-fighting know-how with developing countries, in an MOU signed with the United Nations Development Program on Friday. “With this MOU, we want to increase our strategic opportunities to help increase the anticorruption capacity of developing countries by combining the UNDP’s policy expertise and country-level presence, with ACRC’s anticorruption technical expertise and innovative tools, such as the Anticorrupt
Social AffairsDec. 4, 2015
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[Weekender] The police officer's daily grind
With the setting sun, darkness seeps into the harbor city of Incheon. As people unwind after a hectic day of work with bottles of soju, some beer and ample amounts of Korean barbecue in the local popular hangout, things start to get a little rough around a clearly-drunk 50-something man. Uniformed police officers arrive on the scene and attempt to calm things down, but are welcomed with a slap and violent behavior with rants of “How dare you lecture me when you’re just my son’s age!” Cops specia
Social AffairsDec. 4, 2015
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Backlash intensifies over bar exam retention
The government’s decision to delay the abolishment of the state-run bar exam has stoked vehement opposition, as students from 24 of 25 law schools in Korea agreed Friday to hand in dropout letters and refused to attend classes. The University of Seoul Law School, one institute which did not participate in the movement, held a general meeting later in the day to discuss the matter. “The Justice Ministry broke its promise in 2007 to abolish the bar exam, which is a nearsighted decision that is ag
Social AffairsDec. 4, 2015
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KAI seeks to boost foray into Indonesian defense market
Korea Aerospace Industries forged a strategic partnership Friday with PT Dirgantara Indonesia, a state-run plane developer, as it seeks to expand its foray into the Southeast Asian country’s defense market following the export of its trainer aircrafts. Under the agreement, the two firms will crank up cooperation in the areas of both military and civilian aviation and the development of unmanned aerial vehicles and other systems by creating a joint panel and holding two rounds of meetings every y
DefenseDec. 4, 2015
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[Eye] Being a responsible man
Men in uniform were the objects of pure admiration for Kang Sin-myeong, South Korea’s police chief, who now commands more than 140,000 police forces across the country. Recalling his childhood when money, not his grades, was an issue for him to enter prestigious universities in the capital city of Seoul, Kang said he may have been destined to become an officer. He was offered to study at the Korean National Police University, an elite school established to nurture young police officers with four
PeopleDec. 4, 2015
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[Weekender] Closer to the people
In light of the deadly terror attack in Paris last month and the fear it sparked around the globe, many in South Korea also began reconsidering everyday safety.Granted, amid the constant threat from the reclusive North Korea, coping with looming fear has become somewhat usual for Koreans for decades. And various global indexes, including the Better Life Index 2015 by OECD, placed South Korea as one of the safest places to live, at No. 6. Behind the unorthodox sense of security enjoyed by the pub
Social AffairsDec. 4, 2015