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Ex-presidential official’s leaked phone call rattles conservative bloc
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Pay debate plagues foreign nanny pilot
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K-pop star lip-syncing controversy flares up again
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35% of S. Koreans view unification 'unnecessary'
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Man escapes DUI charges by downing bottle of soju while pulled over
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Pianist Lim Yunchan double winner at Gramophone Awards
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[Reporter’s Notebook] Was Netflix film opening BIFF really a bad thing?
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N. Korean leader's sister derides Seoul's Hyunmoo-5 missile as 'useless'
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Yoon, Ishiba discuss cooperation on N. Korea in 1st phone talks
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Controversial cult leader’s sentence reduced to 17 years
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DMZ film festival opens in Camp Greaves
An annual documentary film festival themed on "peace, life and communication" opened in Camp Greaves, the former U.S. military camp near the Demilitarized Zone, Thursday. The seventh edition of the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival will run until next Thursday, featuring 102 documentary films from 43 countries around the world, including 43 from South Korea. It will open with "I am Sun Mu," an 87-minute film by American photographer and filmmaker Adam Sjoberg, which follows the def
North KoreaSept. 17, 2015
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Nepal at crossroads after new constitution is adopted
After a decade of political infighting and violent protests, the long-awaited passage of Nepal's constitution should be a reason to celebrate. But there are also signs that the Himalayan nation's first complete political framework since monarchy was abolished in 2006, could set the stage for prolonged conflict as some ethnic groups are protesting the charter. The government sees the new constitution as a much-needed success for the nation of 28 million, still recovering from a devastating A
World NewsSept. 17, 2015
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Hyundai's carmaking secrets allegedly leaked to Chinese firm
Prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted 10 people on charges of leaking component blueprints of Hyundai Motor Co., the country's top carmaker, for the development of a Chinese automobile.The Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office said a 30-year-old man, identified only by his surname Cho, is suspected of siphoning 71 component designs of Hyundai's car bumpers from its business partner, known by its initial D, while working there. Cho was on dispatched duty from another company to pa
IndustrySept. 17, 2015
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Anthropologist reveals new insight on Korea
“Way Back into Korea” By Choong Soon Kim(Ilchokak) Cover of “Way Back into Korea” (Ilchokak) There is always the danger, with introductory books into Asian culture, of stereotyping and the spraying of names, dates and footnotes that seem almost impossible to remember. Some of the earlier descriptions of Korea, such as the “hermit nation” and “land of morning calm,” fall short of portraying Korea’s fast-changing here-and-now. On top of that, the love-hate relationship between the flow and inform
BooksSept. 17, 2015
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KDB vows more support for SMEs
Korea Development Bank chairman Hong Ky-ttak takes a guided tour of Celltrion, a KOSDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical company supported by KDB’s program, in Incheon on Thursday. (KDB)Korea Development Bank chairman Hong Ky-ttak on Thursday pledged to carry out stronger support for small and medium-sized enterprises, asking them to reinforce creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship. “The Korean economy is facing challenges with low growth, which makes stronger support for the promising SMEs more
Sept. 17, 2015
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[Newsmaker] Makers of Budweiser, Miller eye global merger
Bottles of Budweiser (right) and Miller beer. (Bloomberg)The makers of Budweiser aren't satisfied with being the kings of beer. They want an empire.Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewing company and the owner of Budweiser, announced Wednesday it wants to buy SABMiller, the second-largest brewer — and the maker of long-time rival brand Miller Genuine Draft.The deal would create a multinational behemoth valued at around $275 billion with annual sales of $73.3 billion, more than three ti
World BusinessSept. 17, 2015
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Limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius ‘achievable’
Participants attend the DDPP conference in Paris on Monday. Attendants included SDSN executive director Guido Schmidt-Traub (from left), DDPP director Jim Williams, IDDRI scientific director Michel Colombier and IDDRI director Teresa Ribera. (Lee Hyun-jeong/The Korea Herald)PARIS ― Deeply reducing greenhouse gas emissions is technically and economically feasible in the world’s largest economies and developing countries, an international research consortium’s report showed Thursday. According to
Sept. 17, 2015
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Lawmakers slam FTC over portals’ dominance
A group of lawmakers said Thursday that the antitrust regulator has been negligent in curbing the oligopoly of the nation’s two major Internet portal giants.During a parliamentary audit on the Fair Trade Commission, some members of the National Policy Committee of the National Assembly claimed that Naver and Daum Kakao have expanded their business operations recklessly by exploiting their market dominance.“Naver has captured 70 percent of the online information market. It is not a portal but a b
Sept. 17, 2015
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Changing tides of Chuseok
With the Chuseok holiday approaching, a growing number of Koreans are opting for an easier, relaxed holiday over centuries-old rituals, reflecting the slowly changing tide of the national holiday customs. (Korea Herald)More people are choosing to travel abroad during the long holiday. For a holiday gift, some children give their parents a wrinkle reduction surgery or Botox injections. Many women order ready-made food for “jesa,” a memorial service for the family’s departed relatives, through an
CultureSept. 17, 2015
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‘Confusing’ state body names revised
The South Korean government said Thursday it will amend English names for 141 government organizations that have been deemed incorrect, unspecific, incongruous or just plain awkward for native speakers.The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs announced the guidelines for changing or setting English names of the state bodies, along with the new names of four ministries and agencies and 137 subsidiary organizations. It marks the first time the Korean government has ever rolled ou
Social AffairsSept. 17, 2015
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Former Korean sex slaves to sue Japan
Aging Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery have decided to file a lawsuit against Tokyo to seek financial compensation after the Japanese government refused to attend all mediation sessions at a Seoul court over the last two years, the women’s lawyer said Thursday. A total of 12 Korean victims in 2013 filed a mediation request to the Seoul Central District Court, asking Tokyo to pay 100 million won ($86,000) to each woman to compensate for the war atrocities. The court sent Tokyo its re
Latest NewsSept. 17, 2015
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Yuhan-Kimberly seeks new markets with ‘glocalization’ strategy
When competing global baby product companies made inroads into Korea, Yuhan-Kimberly outsmarted them with the so-called “glocalized” business strategy, whereby it adapted its international products around the peculiarities of the local culture.“Korean consumers are very picky and fussy about products. By meeting their requirements and feedback, we were able to produce high-quality diapers which now satisfy consumers from other countries,” Yuhan-Kimberly president and CEO Choe Kyoo-bok said in an
IndustrySept. 17, 2015
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Seoul buildings vulnerable to quakes: report
Three out of four buildings in Seoul that are required to be earthquake-proof do not have proper aseismic designs to prepare against such natural disasters, a report showed Thursday.A large number of public facilities, such as schools and public offices, also were not equipped with earthquake plans, making them vulnerable in the case of a disaster, according to the report submitted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government to Rep. Park Nam-choon of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy.As of June t
NationalSept. 17, 2015
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Korea to sell four T50 trainer jets to Thailand
By Shin Hyon-hee South Korea on Thursday secured a contract to export four T-50 trainer jets to Thailand in another coup that marks the local defense industry’s growing technological clout. The $110 million agreement was clinched between the Korea Aerospace Industries and the Thai government in Seoul. The supersonic aircraft, built with technical assistance from the American defense giant Lockheed Martin, is scheduled to be delivered by March 2018. The Thai Air Force has been pushing to replace
DefenseSept. 17, 2015
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State arms buyers grilled over graft
By Shin Hyon-heeThe country’s defense acquisition officials came under fire Thursday during a parliamentary audit for a string of fresh allegations of illicit participation of an arms broker, buying subquality supplies and other irregularities. According to Rep. Baek Kun-ki of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, a Korean weapons brokerage based in the U.S., was involved in the Defense Acquisition Program Administration’s 2012 bid to adopt new AW-159 Wildcat helicopters in br
DefenseSept. 17, 2015
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Will Mercedes mangling video lead to refund law revision?
The Korean government and politicians are moving to revise the law on car management so that consumers can get a full refund or an exchange when their new cars are defective.The moves came after a video of a man smashing up his $200,000 Mercedes-Benz car went viral online last week. The video shows the man hammering his S-class sedan with a golf club in front of the Gwangju branch of Shin Sung Motors, the German luxury carmaker’s local dealership. A captured image from a video of Yoo smashing hi
IndustrySept. 17, 2015
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International pressure builds against N.K.
The international community is ratcheting up pressure on North Korea to stop any additional provocations after it threatened to launch a long-range rocket next month, and said that it restarted all nuclear facilities in its Yongbyon complex. Seoul`s chief nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kuk (Yonhap)Seoul stepped up its diplomacy this week to secure international support to forestall Pyongyang’s rocket test, while Washington warned of “severe consequences” for any provocative decision by the communist r
Latest NewsSept. 17, 2015
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Kim Hyun-joong to ‘take responsibilty’ for baby from ex-girlfriend
Singer and actor Kim Hyun-joong on Thursday said he will take full responsibility for the newborn baby born to his ex-girlfriend if the paternity test shows he is the father, putting a fresh spin on the dragged-out legal dispute between the former couple. Lawyer Lee Jae-man represents Kim Hyun-joong at press conference held Thursday. (The Korea Herald/ Lim Jeong-yeo) Kim, who began his mandatory military service in mid-May, expressed his intention to uphold his personal responsibility through h
Sept. 17, 2015
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A tribute to handwriting, solitude and silence
The job is simple – write pages of a novel on a piece of paper for an hour. Participants, one by one, walk into a small white room, sit down and pick up a pencil. They check at the page left open and begin to move their hand to transcribe it. This is an art project by artist Ahn Kyu-chul. At his solo exhibition currently at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, the 60-year-old artist invites the audience to engage in his creative process of completing conceptual installatio
PerformanceSept. 17, 2015