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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
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AI textbook bubble could burst, expert warns
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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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Prosecution closes 'Dior bag' case amid opposition uproar
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North Korean trash balloons cross border day after Seoul military parade
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SF Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo back home after injury-shortened rookie season
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Court confirms sentence for rapper who attempted to evade national service
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[Photo News] Armed Forces Day
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Korean chipmakers pad mobile DRAM market share in Q3
Korean companies' share of the global mobile dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip market hit an all-time high in the third quarter of the year, far outpacing their rivals, data showed Sunday.Samsung Electronics Co. accounted for 56.9 percent of global mobile DRAM sales in the July-September period, with Samsung's smaller domestic rival SK hynix Inc. taking up 26.4 percent, according to the data by industry tracker DRAMeXchange. The combined market share of Samsung and SK hynix was also 1.8 p
BusinessNov. 8, 2015
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Prosecutors arrest conman's son, mistress over alleged pyramid
South Korean prosecutors said Saturday they have arrested the son of the country's largest pyramid schemer and the conman's mistress for their alleged involvement in concealing huge profits from the investment fraud.Cho Hee-pal, who has been at large since 2008, is suspected of swindling about 4 trillion won (US$3.5 billion) from an estimated 50,000 people between 2004 and 2008, according to prosecutors. Cho is rumored to have died from cardiac arrest in China four years ago, but his death has n
Social AffairsNov. 7, 2015
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China says 'one family' at start of historic Taiwan summit
SINGAPORE, (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping told Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou that the two sides are "one family" and cannot be pulled apart, as they began a landmark summit on Saturday in Singapore."No force can pull us apart," Xi told Ma. "We are one family."Xi and Ma had earlier exchanged a historic handshake, smiling broadly and waving to a huge pack of assembled media before going behind closed doors. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou wave to journalists du
InternationalNov. 7, 2015
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Protests in Taiwan as Ma leaves for meet with Xi
TAIPEI, (AFP) - Angry protesters tried to storm parliament in Taiwan and 27 were arrested at the airport Saturday as leader Ma Ying-jeou headed to a historic summit in Singapore with Chinese President Xi Jinping.There were also reports that three members of the anti-China Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) were escorted by police from a hostel in Singapore -- it is not clear whether they are under arrest.Demonstrators say they will gather outside the presidential office in Taiwan Saturday afternoon a
InternationalNov. 7, 2015
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Two US officers arrested over death of six-year-old boy
CHICAGO, (AFP) -- Two law enforcement officers were arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder Friday over the fatal shooting of a six-year-old boy in the US state of Louisiana, authorities said.The death of Jeremy Mardis will add to growing criticism in some quarters about perceived brutality in US police forces after several high-profile incidents in the last year.Marshals Norris Greenhouse and Derrick Stafford were placed on administrative leave after the vehicle chase on Tuesday that
InternationalNov. 7, 2015
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China leader vows to respect free navigation in disputed sea
SINGAPORE (AP) -- China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday promised to safeguard freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, where tensions have flared over overlapping claims and the U.S. Navy's moves to challenge Beijing's massive island building. Speaking at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, Xi said that there has never been any problem with freedom of navigation and overflight and "nor will there ever be in the future."He said that China ne
InternationalNov. 7, 2015
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US Marines release findings on chopper crash in Nepal quake
TOKYO (AP) -- The crew's decision to use the most direct route to bring out the injured is the likely cause of a U.S. military helicopter crash that killed 13 people during earthquake rescue operations in May in Nepal, the U.S. Marine Corps said Saturday.The choice, which may have been made because one or more of the injured was in need of urgent treatment, took the UH-1Y ``Huey'' helicopter for a brief period over unfamiliar terrain in unstable weather, according to a news release from the 3rd
InternationalNov. 7, 2015
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S. Korea, China to hold talks on sea boundary next month
BEIJING, (Yonhap) -- South Korea and China will hold a fresh round of bilateral talks on the delimitation of sea boundaries next month, China's foreign ministry has said, an issue that has been a constant source of diplomatic tension between Seoul and Beijing.President Park Geun-hye and her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to launch a new round of talks on sea boundary demarcation this year during their summit last year.South Korea and China have long been at loggerheads over the submerged,
InternationalNov. 7, 2015
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S. Korea, EU reaffirms deeper strategic ties
South Korea and the European Union have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening their strategic partnership as their top diplomats discussed bilateral and regional issues including North Korea, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini held talks in Luxembourg on Thursday on the sidelines of a foreign ministers' session of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which ended a two-day session on Friday.ASEM brings together
InternationalNov. 7, 2015
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BMW appoints Korea sales chief as Malaysia CEO
Han Sang-yun, new CEO of BMW MalaysiaHan Sang-yun, head of sales at BMW Korea, will lead BMW Malaysia as the new managing director and CEO from January 2016, according to BMW AG on Friday. Han is the first Korean CEO to lead an overseas branch of the German luxury carmaker except the Korean market. The new head of BMW Malaysia has more than 20 years of work experience in different sectors of the auto industry from sales to marketing and product management and will be able to apply his experience
MobilityNov. 7, 2015
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U.S. sells arms, gains other benefits from alliance with S. Korea: expert
The United States gains benefits from its military alliance with South Korea, such as selling arms to the Asian ally, an American expert said Friday, rejecting Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's claims that the U.S. provides defense to the South for free.David Straub, a former State Department director for Korea and currently associate director for the Korean Studies Program at Stanford University, also said that South Korea is paying a sizable amount of money for the upkeep of
Social AffairsNov. 7, 2015
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Samsung faces probe over merger deal
Authorities are poised to slap sanctions on Samsung Group for violating equity investment regulations when it merged Samsung C&T with Cheil Industries in September. The Fair Trade Commission said Friday it was investigating whether the merger deal has created any new cross-shareholdings among Samsung affiliates or strengthened their existing cross-shareholding structure. (Yonhap)The current antitrust rules prohibit conglomerates from creating a new circular ownership among affiliates through eq
TechnologyNov. 6, 2015
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Suu Kyi eyes historic win in Myanmar elections
Myanmar's boisterous election campaign draws to a close Friday, two days before milestone polls that could finally propel Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party to power after a decades-long struggle against the military. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) is eyeing an outright majority at Sunday's general election, the first the party has contested since 1990.Myanmar was ruled for half a century by a brutal and isolationist junta which crushed pro-democracy movements through a combin
World NewsNov. 6, 2015
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Obama says bomb may have caused plane crash
US President Barack Obama and Britain's prime minister both believe a bomb may have downed a Russian plane in Egypt, with reports Friday suggesting their theory was based on intercepted communications.With concerns over security mounting, European airlines readied to bring home thousands of tourists from the Sinai peninsula resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from where the crashed Russian plane took off last Saturday.But there were angry scenes at the airport as thousands of anxious Britons who had hope
World NewsNov. 6, 2015
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China to restart IPOs as market stabilises: Xinhua
China will restart initial public offerings, state-run media reported Friday, after suspending them in July as part of a rescue package to rein in a rout that wiped trillions of dollars from market capitalisations.Chinese IPOs usually drain funds away from the stock market as the country's restrictive IPO system offers guaranteed profits for investors who are lucky enough to secure flotation shares.The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) suspended 28 already approved new issues in July
WorldNov. 6, 2015
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Park calls for success in 'Korea Visit Years'
President Park Geun-hye on Friday asked for national efforts to make the Korea Visit Years starting next year a success so it can propel the country to such heights in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang and make a great leap in the tourism industry."We need to upgrade the nation's tourism industry to make it a country where foreigners want to visit again," Park said in her speech to the ceremony to launch the 2016-2018 Korea Visit Years. (Yonhap)Noting that with only two years left before t
PoliticsNov. 6, 2015
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CJ-hosted K-pop convention kicks off in Jeju
A large K-pop festival created by South Korea's leading content and media company CJ E&M opened in South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju Friday.It is the first time the annual K-pop convention is taking place in its home country. KCON launched in 2012 and has quickly developed to be North America's largest annual Korean cultural festival that incorporates K-pop concerts with a marketplace showcasing a variety of Korean products and trends. In April, KCON was held in Saitama, Japan, making
Nov. 6, 2015
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Korea to ease tech, medical regulations
The South Korean government Friday unveiled plans to ease regulations on drones and self-driving cars, paving the way for the futuristic technologies to spur related industries. The plans were given in a brief when President Park Geun-hye presided over the fourth regulatory reform ministerial meeting at Cheong Wa Dae. “Deregulation is crucial to secure our future growth engines and to revitalize the economy,” said the president, calling for parliamentary support for the passage of related bills
TechnologyNov. 6, 2015
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NPAD withdraws Assembly boycott
The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy withdrew its boycott of the National Assembly on Friday, ending a four-day protest against the government and the ruling party’s push to introduce state-authored textbooks.The opposition lawmakers will return to parliamentary committees to resume the work of reviewing bills Monday, the NPAD said after a general meeting. New Politics Alliance for Democracy chairman Moon Jae-in (right) and floor leader Lee Jong-kul attend a general meeting wi
PoliticsNov. 6, 2015
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Textbook author quits amid sexual harassment claims
One of the government-appointed authors of the state-issued textbook for secondary education offered his resignation upon accusations of having sexually harassed a female reporter.Professor emeritus at Seoul National University Choi Mong-lyong, who was invited to participate in writing the textbook, told local media Friday he was leaving his post as an author, three days after the National Institute of Korean History announced his appointment. (Yonhap)“I will end it all. I‘ve sparked dispute co
PoliticsNov. 6, 2015