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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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Controversial cult leader’s sentence reduced to 17 years
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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] Making art ‘accessible’ to everyone
The Affordable Art Fair arrived in Seoul for the first time, kicking off its three-day showcase of contemporary art on Friday. The Seoul fair offers a wide range of artworks such as paintings, sculptures, installations and media works that suit “every tasteful taste bud,” said Will Ramsay, founder of the art fair.“There is plenty of good-quality art in an affordable price range. We are the venue for finding it,” he said in an interview at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, the fair venue, in Seoul on Thur
PerformanceSept. 11, 2015
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S. Korea, Australia to boost defense cooperation
The foreign and defense ministers of South Korea and Australia pledged to jumpstart high-level strategic dialogue, logistics support and other bilateral and multilateral military partnerships as they unveiled their blueprint for defense and security cooperation in Sydney on Friday. Foreign ministers Yun Byung-se and Julie Bishop and defense ministers Han Min-koo and Kevin Andrews held the second round of their so-called two-plus-two meeting and explored ways to beef up their defense and security
Foreign AffairsSept. 11, 2015
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Around the hotels
Gourmet couture at W Hotel Seoul WalkerhillW Hotel Seoul Walkerhill presents a stylish collaboration between the hotel’s casual dining restaurant Kitchen and designer Munsoo Kwon, starting Oct. 2. The menu is inspired by and reflects the designs in Kwon’s 2015 Fall/Winter collection. The menu will include arugula juice, shrimp and black rice brioche salad, mantis crab, black sesame-crusted and grilled halibut with black sesame risotto and yellow saffron cream, prime beef striploin steak with blu
FoodSept. 11, 2015
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Grenade blast at boot camp kills 1, injures 2
A grenade exploded at an Army recruit training center in Daegu on Friday, killing one instructor and injuring two other soldiers. The incident took place at around 11 a.m. as a 20-year-old trainee, identified only by his surname Sohn, was gearing up to throw a K413 hand grenade right after removing its safety hook. A 27-year-old sergeant surnamed Kim who was giving guidelines in the same trench was immediately hospitalized to treat shrapnel wounds all over his body but died shortly before 1 p.m.
DefenseSept. 11, 2015
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[Travel Bits]
Miniature Garden at EverlandEverland, Samsung group’s amusement park and the biggest in Korea, is launching the new “Miniature Garden” theme zone on Sept. 11, featuring a miniaturized version of the park in a 330-square meter space. Nine popular rides including the T-Express, Lost Valley, Aesop Village and Sky Cruise will be available, scaled down from one-tenth to one-fiftieth their original size, alongside a display of over 191 miniature trees. Tiny versions of Everland’s symbolic cartoon cha
TravelSept. 11, 2015
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Civilian exchanges with NK possible despite May 24 sanctions: Seoul official
South Korea has enough room to encourage civilian inter-Korean exchanges despite its punitive sanctions against North Korea, Seoul's point man on inter-Korean affairs said Friday.Since May 2010, South Korea has banned most economic and cultural exchanges to punish the North for its deadly torpedoing of the South Korean warship Cheonan in March of that year.Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said that South Korea will leave the sanctions intact until the North makes a sincere apology for the inci
North KoreaSept. 11, 2015
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S. Korea to offer $500,000 in additional Yemen aid
South Korea will provide Yemen with $500,000 in additional assistance as it suffers a deepening humanitarian crisis caused by a drawn-out civil war, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.The aid will be delivered through the United Nation's World Food Programme. In April, South Korea also offered $500,000 to help the Yemeni people.About 80 percent of the 2.5 million people in the Arab country are in need of aid, according to the U.N., due to months of internal fighting and a blockade by a Saudi-led c
InternationalSept. 11, 2015
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S. Korea, Australia united against N. Korea's provocation
In high-level security talks, South Korea and Australia reaffirmed their unity Friday in pressing North Korea to halt provocative acts and return to the nuclear negotiations.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Defense Minister Han Min-koo had a 2+2 meeting with their Australian counterparts Julie Bishop and Kevin Andrews in Sydney."The ministers strongly deplored North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, which threaten peace and security of the region and undermine the global non-proli
InternationalSept. 11, 2015
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One soldier dead, 2 wounded in grenade accident in Daegu
One Army sergeant was killed and two recruits were wounded Friday when a hand grenade exploded during a training session in this southern city, military officials said.The accident took place at 11:13 a.m. at a drill camp of the South Korean Army in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province, some 300 kilometers southeast of the capital city.The explosion killed a 27-year-old instructor, Kim. He was rushed to a hospital but was later pronounced dead there at 12:53 p.m.It also blew off the right hand of a
Social AffairsSept. 11, 2015
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Global start-up pitch-off returning to Seoul
Seedstars World, a global network of start-up investors, is holding a local pitch-off for a chance to compete in Switzerland for $500,000 in funding.Up to 12 start-ups can compete in the third annual pitch-off in Seoul on Oct. 6 for a ticket to the Seedstars World final in Geneva, giving the winner a chance to meet investors and go head to head with over 50 other start-ups at the global event for the funding prize.With the aim of bringing investor awareness to start-ups from emerging markets, Se
IndustrySept. 11, 2015
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U.S. envoy attacker sentenced to 12-year jail term
A Seoul court Friday handed down a 12-year-prison term to the 55-year-old man who attacked the top U.S. envoy to South Korea earlier this year, but acquitted him of charges of violating the National Security Law.The Seoul Central District Court found Kim Ki-jong, who was accused of attacking Amb. Mark Lippert with a knife at a breakfast function in Seoul on March 5, guilty of attempted murder, violence against a foreign envoy and business obstruction. The attack left the ambassador with deep gas
Social AffairsSept. 11, 2015
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Chung Mong-joon renews call for 'fair' FIFA election
South Korean FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon Friday renewed his call for a fair election for the world's top football job, saying the sport's international governing body should step up its efforts to ensure transparent campaigns.Last week, Chung held a press conference in Seoul to accuse the Asian Football Confederation of violating rules to openly back his rival candidate, UEFA President Michel Platini. Chung provided a copy of form letters that he said the AFC had sent to its mem
SoccerSept. 11, 2015
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Mercedes-Benz opens Asia's 1st training center in Korea
Mercedes-Benz has opened a training center in South Korea to nurture quality technicians in order to provide improved customer service, its local unit said Friday.Built on a combined floor space of 5,274 square meters in Yongin, just south of Seoul, the three-story training center is the third of its kind for the German automaker in the world and the first one in the Asian region, Mercedes-Benz Korea said.Mercedes-Benz said that around 300 people can participate in its training programs at the c
MobilitySept. 11, 2015
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Hotel Lotte picks 3 lead managers for IPO
Hotel Lotte, Lotte Group's hotel unit, said Friday it has chosen three brokerages houses for its initial public offering, accelerating the group's move to improve its murky governance structure and transparency.Seoul-based KDB Daewoo Securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Merrill Lynch International & Co and Citigroup were selected to lead the listing process. Korea Investment & Securities, Mirae Asset Securities of South Korea, Goldman Sachs and Nomura will advise the listing, the firm sai
IndustrySept. 11, 2015
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S. Korea, Vietnam to deepen partnerships on PKO
South Korea and Vietnam agreed Friday to reinforce bilateral cooperation on international peacekeeping operations, capitalizing on their deepening security ties, the Defense Ministry said Friday.The two sides signed a related memorandum of understanding at a meeting between Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung-joo and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Chi Vinh.It calls for the strengthening of "substantial cooperation' in the education, workshop, and dispatch of experts in connection with PKO, accor
InternationalSept. 11, 2015
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Full text of BOK's statement on monetary policy decision for Sept.
Following is a translation of the full text of the Bank of Korea's statement on its monetary policy decision for September. The central bank's monetary policy committee voted Friday to freeze the base rate at 1.5 percent.The Monetary Policy Board of the Bank of Korea decided today to leave the Base Rate unchanged at 1.50% for the intermeeting period.Based on currently available information the Board considers that the trend of economic recovery in the US has been sustained, and that the improvem
Sept. 11, 2015
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Samsung to hold Tizen conference in China with Baidu, Tencent
Global smartphone leader Samsung Electronics Co. will hold a two-day gathering of developers on its own Tizen operating system in China next week, partnered with Chinese Internet firms Baidu Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., a company official said Friday. Samsung unveiled its first Tizen-based smartphone in India earlier this year, as part of its years-long push to build its own mobile-phone ecosystem, like Google Inc.'s Android and Apple Inc's iOS. It would be the first time that Samsung holds s
IndustrySept. 11, 2015
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S. Korean firm completes Asia's biggest biomass plant
GS EPS Co., a South Korean utility firm, announced Friday the completion of a power plant that consumes agricultural byproducts for power generation just southwest of the capital.The company has spent 300 billion won ($254 million) over the past three years on building the biomass plant in Dangjin, some 110 kilometers south of Seoul, claiming it is the largest of its kind in Asia.The plant is around 80 percent fueled by palm kernel shells.The plant generates up to 105 megawatts of electricity, t
IndustrySept. 11, 2015
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S. Korea to boost int'l cooperation in drug crackdown
In efforts to clamp down on drug trafficking, South Korea will expand its overall detection capabilities and strengthen cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies, the government said Friday.The Korea Customs Service said in a meeting of senior officials that there is growing urgency to cope with an influx of illegal substances with the methods being used becoming more diverse and difficult to detect.Last year, the KCS and local law enforcement agencies caught 308 shipments of illegal dru
Social AffairsSept. 11, 2015
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S. Korea's chief nuclear envoy to visit U.S. next week
South Korea's chief nuclear envoy will visit the United States next week for talks with his U.S. counterpart and other officials, an official said Friday, amid renewed momentum to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons program.Hwang Joon-kook, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, will fly to New York Sunday for meetings with delegates of U.N. Security Council member states.From New York, the chief envoy to the stalled six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear
DefenseSept. 11, 2015