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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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AI textbook bubble could burst, expert warns
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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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Samsung tightens its belt amid crisis winds
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Food tycoon Paik Jong-won's Theborn Korea pushes toward IPO
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[Herald Review] One of Netflix's most expensive Korean originals returns, but at what cost?
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Man calls 119, found dead 1 week later because officials went to wrong place
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[Newsmaker] N.K. leader’s key aide said to be sent to re-education
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent his key confidant to the country’s top school for reeducation, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Thursday, in an apparent lenient punishment that could set the stage of his political comeback in the coming months, if not years.“Choe Ryong-hae is receiving education at Kim Il Sung Higher Party School,” an official said, referring to the top institution named after the country’s founder, Kim’s late grandfather.Choe Ryong-hae, a secretary of the Work
North KoreaNov. 13, 2015
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Will Korea close in on Japan?
A growth outlook report recently released by the International Monetary Fund forecast Korea’s nominal per capita gross domestic product would reach $36,750 in 2020, up 31.4 percent from last year’s $27,970, while the figure for Japan would increase just 6 percent from $36,222 to $38,174 over the same period. In terms of purchasing power parity, Korea’s per capita GDP was projected to amount to $41,966 by 2018, surpassing Japan’s $41,428.The weaker yen, which results in reducing Japan’s GDP estim
Nov. 13, 2015
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Around the hotels
Grand Hilton Seoul presents swellfish at MitsumomoJapanese restaurant Mitsumomo at the Grand Hilton Seoul will be presenting swellfish dishes until Dec. 31.Mitsumomo is offering set menus with the best quality swellfish from the clean waters of the Tongyeong Sea. The set menus include marinated swellfish skin with dropwort, swellfish sashimi, swellfish tempura, swellfish chiri or spicy swellfish stew.Swellfish is especially good for blood circulation and very effective for skin care, both for wo
FoodNov. 13, 2015
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[Travel Bits]
Dubai opens Korea tourism office Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing said that it has opened its Korean tourism office aimed at promoting tourism to the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates.In a launching event with the local media and tourism industries, Dubai Corporation said that the city aims to attract 20 million tourists by 2020 when Dubai will be holding the Expo 2020 under the theme of “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.”Its Korea office is its 21st oversea
TravelNov. 13, 2015
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Gov't sets up situation room to cope with heavy snow during winter
The government said Friday that it will operate a 24-hour situation room for the next four months to respond effectively to heavy snowfall that could cut off roads to traffic.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it will go on emergency standby footing from Nov. 15 through March 15, keep close track of the weather and check on road conditions across the country."Due to the country's geography and location there are heavy snowfalls that can swiftly make roads impassable," it sai
Social AffairsNov. 13, 2015
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South China Sea 'code of conduct' unlikely in upcoming ASEAN summits: Rice
Claimants to the South China Sea are unlikely to come up with a code of conduct for the disputed waters when they hold regional summits next week, U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice said Thursday.Rice made the remark during a White House briefing previewing President Barack Obama's trip to Turkey for a summit of the Group of 20 major economies, to the Philippines for a Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and to Malaysia for the East Asia Summit."Obviously, this will be a central issu
Nov. 13, 2015
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Rethinking pie at Pizzafication Jaha
Even though Pizzafication Jaha opened over a year ago in Seoul’s Seochon, chef Suh Ki-won is still trying to achieve his idea of perfect pizza. Pizzafication Jaha‘s tartufata pizza features slow-roasted oyster and shitake mushrooms, fresh mozzarella and white truffle oil. (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald)For Suh, the goal is not to create a transcendental Neopolitan or Roman or any specific regional type of pie per se. While the roots of his style of pizza are planted in Italy’s Napoli, Suh sees
FoodNov. 13, 2015
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U.S. expert calls for new form of North Korea nuclear talks with additional topic of arms control
South Korea and the U.S. should consider replacing the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program with a smaller group that also deals with arms control in addition to denuclearization, a U.S. expert said Thursday.Van Jackson, a former Pentagon strategist who currently serves as an associate professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, made the point in an email to Yonhap News Agency, stressing the top priority should be to first curb the progress in the North's nuclear progr
North KoreaNov. 13, 2015
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Korea beat Myanmar 4-0 to remain undefeated in World Cup qualifying
South Korea beat Myanmar 4-0 on Thursday at home to remain undefeated in the current Asian qualifying round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.South Korea scored two goals in each half, improving to a perfect 5-0-0 in Group G in the second round of the Asian World Cup qualification at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. South Korea have netted 18 goals and given up none.Overall, South Korea haven't lost in their past 12 matches, dating back to March 27. Their only loss of the year came
SoccerNov. 13, 2015
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Lotte founder's first son sues holding firm chief over family feud
The eldest son of the Lotte Group founder said Thursday he has sued the chief of Lotte Holdings Co. for the head's role in driving him out, waging a sideline attack against his younger brother as part of a long-running sibling power struggle. Lotte, South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate, is mired in a leadership dispute between group founder Shin Kyuk-ho's two sons -- Dong-joo and Dong-bin -- who had each controlled the company's operations in Japan and Korea until earlier this year. While Do
CompaniesNov. 13, 2015
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Hanjin chair, executives donate W3b to youth job fund
Hanjin Group chairman Cho Yang-ho and company executives donated 3 billion won ($2.6 million) to the Youth Hope Fund on Thursday, company officials said. Cho donated 2.2 billion won while the eight executives collectively donated 800 million won.The Youth Hope Fund, proposed by President Park Geun-hye in September, is a fund intended to create jobs and training programs for youths. Hanjin Group chairman Cho Yang-hoCompany officials said they decided to donate so that young people would not lose
IndustryNov. 13, 2015
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Spurned Lotte’s eldest son sues exec
Shin Dong-joo, the spurned eldest son of Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho on Thursday said he has sued an executive of Lotte Japan.Shin Dong-joo, currently the head of SDC Corp., held a press conference at Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo to announce that he has filed a damage suit against Takayaki Sukuda. SDJ chairman Shin Dong-joo Dong-joo said the executive had fed his father false or exaggerated facts about him to sully his reputation and ultimately cost him his job. “I cannot say the exact amount
IndustryNov. 12, 2015
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N. Korea bashes U.S.' terrorism-sponsor list move
North Korea lambasted the United States on Thursday for growing calls there to re-list the communist country as a sponsor of terrorism, vowing to bolster its nuclear deterrence.The U.S. conservatives "intend to brand the DPRK a 'sponsor of terrorism' though its nuclear issue is absolutely irrelevant to terrorism," an unidentified spokesman for the North's foreign ministry was quoted as saying by the country's official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA). The DPRK is the acronym of the North's offic
PoliticsNov. 12, 2015
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Court dismisses defunct party lawmakers' reinstatement request
A local court on Thursday dismissed the request of former lawmakers of a now-defunct minor opposition party to recover their parliamentary positions, saying the decision by the Constitutional Court cannot be overturned. The Seoul Administrative Court rejected the petition filed by five members of the Unified Progressive Party (UPP) who lost their seats in parliament upon the Constitutional Court's order in December 2014 to dissolve the entity for its pro-North Korean platform and activities."The
PoliticsNov. 12, 2015
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Top court upholds life sentence against Sewol captain
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the life sentence for Lee Joon-seok, 70, who was captain of the ferry Sewol that sank off the southwest coast in April last year killing 304 on board. He was among the first to be rescued, without giving evacuation orders to the passengers. The court made the full bench decision that Lee had committed murder by gross negligence in the appeal filed by Lee and 14 other crew members. “While he could have easily informed the passengers of the urgent situation and
PoliticsNov. 12, 2015
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Parties fail to agree on new constituencies
The rival parties on Thursday failed to negotiate the redrawing of a new electoral map, missing the legal deadline and further complicating the political and partisan strategies for next year’s general elections. Separate from the failed talks, the National Assembly passed a package of pending bills including a ban against large retailers doing business near traditional markets to jumpstart the parliamentary session, which has been stalled over the government’s push to reinstate state-authored
PoliticsNov. 12, 2015
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Nigerian artist Otobong Nkanga wins Yanghyun art prize
Nigerian artist Otobong Nkanga received the eighth Yanghyun Prize at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on Thursday. “I am happy to be here, honored and extremely overwhelmed to receive this prize. And I am very proud to represent my continent and my country Nigeria,” said Nkanga at the award ceremony. “It’s an amazing thing to imagine that my work is recognized in Korea, on the other side in the Eastern part of the world.” Artist Otobong NkangaNkanga, the first African-born artist to receiv
PerformanceNov. 12, 2015
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Test-takers embrace challenges of ‘Suneung’
Jo Myeong-ja, 79, has taken a long detour en route to higher education. As the oldest of some 630,000 students who took the annual college entrance exam Thursday morning, Jo stood outside the gates of Hongik University Girls’ High School, recounting her journey as youngsters chanted cheers and parents hugged their children in the background.“I want to go to college. As long as there’s still time, I will do as much as I can,” the elderly student of Ilsung Women’s High School told local media. Aft
Social AffairsNov. 12, 2015
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Adidas launches ClimaHeat down jackets
Leading sportswear brand Adidas has launched its ClimaHeat collection, an array of performance down jackets designed to trap heat and withstand the cold and wind.The ClimatHeat down jacket, Adidas’ latest ClimaHeat project, is made with high-quality goose down and manufactured in a way that minimizes the loss of heat. The Terrex ClimaHeat Techrock Jacket is also made with a special, stretchy material to enhance the jacket’s warmth and endurance. A number of similar jackets are now available in t
IndustryNov. 12, 2015
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WeMakePrice begins major cosmetics sale
WeMakePrice, one of South Korea’s biggest social commerce platforms, is holding its “9th Beauty Fair” until Monday, offering discounts of up to 84 percent on a range of cosmetics.A limited number of a select products will go on sale at a significantly low price at 10 a.m. every day. The e-commerce giant is also offering a buy one, get one free event on a number of skincare items.Meanwhile, “Got Box,” beauty boxes featuring a selection of popular cosmetics from brands including Maybelline, L’Orea
IndustryNov. 12, 2015