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Ex-presidential official’s leaked phone call rattles conservative bloc
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Man escapes DUI charges by downing bottle of soju while pulled over
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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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Slew of top K-pop stars ready to return from military
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Pianist Lim Yunchan double winner at Gramophone Awards
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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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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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Peugeot rental service takes Jeju by storm
The New Peugeot 2008Hanbul Motors, the official Korean importer of Peugeot and Citroen cars, on Sunday announced that it would offer three-day package tours of Jejudo Island to all people who buy Peugeot cars by the end of month, as part of the French carmaker’s celebration of the successful launch of a rent-a-car service on the island. Those who buy a Peugeot, Citroen C4 Picasso or Grand C4 Picasso will be rewarded with a two-night stay on Jeju along with a 48-hour voucher for a Peugeot car ren
MobilityAug. 23, 2015
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Sonata's Car2Car collison
Two Sonatas collided head-on at the Hyundai Motor Street Circuit in the Songdo International Business District of Incheon on Saturday, as part of Hyundai Motor’s efforts to demonstrate the safety and security of the company’s flagship sedan. Both cars -– one manufactured in Korea and the other in the U.S. — bore minimum damage after clashing at a speed of 56 kilometers per hour. Hyundai said the rather “dangerous” experiment was held to assure that all Sonatas are powerful and safe regardless o
MobilityAug. 23, 2015
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Woman acquitted of attempted rape
A woman charged with attempted rape for the first time in Korea has been acquitted, court officials said Sunday. Seoul Central District Court ruled the 45-year-old was innocent based on a unanimous jury decision. Under the law, the jury’s decision is not legally binding but the court is required to respect it. Jeon was suspected of attempting to rape her lover after he ended the relationship by drugging him and tying up his legs and arms last year. She was the first woman to be charged with atte
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2015
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N.K. beefs up frontline forces
The Koreas’ cross-border standoff showed more signs of flaring up on Sunday as the North Korean military sharply beefed up its frontline artillery forces and forward-deployed a majority of its submarines and other offensive assets despite the high-level talks over the weekend. With negotiations between top Seoul and Pyongyang officials stretching into the second day, the number of North Korean gunners spotted in ready position nearly doubled from Friday, according to military authorities here. T
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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50 N. Korean submarines away from base
More than 50 North Korean submarines are apparently away from their bases for operations, a sign that the North is gearing up for combat while participating in high-level talks aimed at easing tension, an official here said Sunday."Seventy percent of North Korea's submarines left their bases, and their locations are not confirmed," the South Korean military official told reporters.The North is known to have around 70 submarines.The unpredictable communist nation has also doubled the number of it
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Commemorative stone placed to mark papal visit
A stone was placed in a ceremonial plaza in downtown Seoul on Sunday to commemorate Pope Francis' visit to South Korea last year.The floor tile was put at the northern tip of Gwanghwamun Plaza, where the pope led a mass to beatify Korean martyrs a year ago.The tile, which is 1.7 meters wide and 1 meter long, is inscribed with the words, "We lay this stone to mark Pope Francis' beatification of Paul Yun Ji-chung and his 123 companions in proclamation of this to the entire world on Aug. 16, 2014,
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2015
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S. Korea-China biz ties should be fortified via FTA, AIIB: FKI head
The head of South Korea's largest business lobby on Sunday called for further cooperation with China via the upcoming implementation of the two nations' bilateral free trade pact, as well as through their alliance in a China-led regional bank. "The South Korea-China free trade agreement will help extend our ties into a new source of growth and step up our level of economic cooperation," Huh Chang-soo, head of the Federation of Korean Industries, said during a meeting of business officials from t
Aug. 23, 2015
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Around the Hotels
Barbecue party at Sheraton Grande WalkerhillSheraton Grande Walkerhill’s Korean barbecue restaurant Myongwolgwan is offering unlimited barbecue, salad, dessert and beer on upcoming Saturdays -- Aug. 22, Sept. 5, Sept. 19, Oct. 3, and Oct. 10 -- from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Guests will be able to enjoy Myongwolgan’s high-quality, charbroiled beef prepared with premium hardwood charcoal at the restaurant’s outdoor garden, which boasts a panoramic view of the Hangang River against the backdrop of Achas
FoodAug. 23, 2015
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SG Wannabe returns with characteristic Korean R&B
Korean R&B trio SG Wannabe has returned after a four-year hiatus with brand new EP “The Voice.” The two title tracks “Love You” and “Good Memory” have been topping major online music charts since their release on Wednesday.“Love You” exemplifies the distinctive SG Wannabe style, said member Kim Yong-jun at a showcase for the new album’s release in Hongdae, Seoul, on Thursday. The song is the brainchild of composer Cho Young-soo, who has previously written a number of the trio’s previous hits suc
PerformanceAug. 23, 2015
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Finance ministry operating on emergency footing ahead of cross-border talks
The finance ministry is operating on an emergency footing ahead of the second round of high-level inter-Korean talks aimed at diffusing the spike in tension, ministry officials said Sunday.The ministry in charge of managing economic affairs said the marathon negotiations late Saturday and early Sunday at the neutral border village of Panmunjom, and the next meeting slated to kickoff later in the day may ease geopolitical risks triggered by the exchange of artillery fire Thursday. The artillery d
PoliticsAug. 23, 2015
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S. Korean stock rich suffers asset decline
South Korea's stock-rich tycoons were hit by a loss in their assets as the country's stock market fell to a two-year low last week amid continued jitters from China's currency devaluation, data showed Sunday. The combined securities assets of the country's 22 richest shareholders came to 64.64 trillion won ($54.14 billion) after the trading session closed Friday, down 7.6 percent from the 69.89 trillion won tallied a week earlier, on Aug. 13, according to the data compiled by market tracker Chae
Aug. 23, 2015
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Lotte declined FTC's overseas affiliates data requests 4 times: lawmaker
Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth largest family-run conglomerate, repeatedly declined official requests to submit ownership data of its overseas affiliates this year, an opposition lawmaker said Sunday.Rep. Shin Hak-yong's office said the Fair Trade Commission, the country's antitrust watchdog, asked Lotte on four separate occasions, between January and early July, to provide shareholding records of affiliates outside the country, but the retail giant intentionally dodged the requests. In partic
IndustryAug. 23, 2015
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Pyongyang in 'calm mood' despite military tension
In spite of sharp military tension on the peninsula, it appeared to be business as usual for North Koreans in Pyongyang.Citizens were seen in a relatively calm mood, some walking busily across the plaza in front of the Pyongyang Station and others warmly chatting.Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's largest news outlet, was allowed to look around the downtown area on Saturday, along with other foreign reporters. They were visiting the North's capital to cover international youth football games.Inte
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Police say 7 dead after jet in UK airshow crashes into road
A military jet taking part in a British airshow crashed into a busy main road Saturday, killing seven people and injuring more than a dozen others, police said.The Hawker Hunter fighter jet, which was participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton in southern England, hit several vehicles on a nearby road as it crashed Saturday afternoon. Witnesses told local TV that the jet appeared to have crashed when it failed to pull out of a loop maneuver. West Sussex Police said seven people died at
InternationalAug. 23, 2015
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Daelim wins U.S. deal to supply petrochemical technology
Daelim Corp., one of South Korea's major petrochemical firms, said Sunday it has clinched a deal to supply its patented technology to a U.S. chemical company, marking the first time for a local business here to win a licensing agreement in the world's No. 1 economy. Under the agreement, Daelim will grant Lubrizol Corp. the rights to use its technology for producing both commodity polybutene and high reactivity polybutene at a single plant, according to the South Korean firm. Polybutene is used i
TechnologyAug. 23, 2015
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'Chances of agreement from inter-Korean talks not high'
Chances of an agreement from high-level crisis talks between South and North Korea are not high as long as South Korea insists that the North apologize for burying land mines that maimed two South Korean soldiers, a U.S. expert said Saturday.The two Koreas held 10 hours of marathon talks at the border village of Panmunjom to find ways to defuse heightened tensions that had sparked fears of a major military clash along one of the world's most heavily fortified border.The sides failed to produce a
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Obama kept up-to-date on Korean Peninsula situation
U.S. President Barack Obama has been kept abreast of the situation on the Korean Peninsula even as he's on vacation, a White House official said Saturday."The president has been kept up-to-date on developments on the Korean Peninsula," a White House official said, according to a pool report. "As the State Department has said, we remain steadfast in our commitment to our alliance with South Korea, with whom we will continue to coordinate closely."Obama, who has been on vacation since early this m
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Koreas to resume high-level talks on easing tension
South and North Korea were to resume rare high-level talks Sunday aimed at resolving the ongoing military crisis, with both sides maintaining full combat readiness along the border.The Koreas had nightlong negotiations at the truce village of Panmunjom through early Sunday morning on "how to resolve the situation that was recently created, and how to improve inter-Korean relations," South Korea's presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters.The South's National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-
North KoreaAug. 23, 2015
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Koreas to hold high-level talks amid tensions: Cheong Wa Dae
South and North Korea will hold high-level talks at the border village of Panmunjom later Saturday, Cheong Wa Dae said, in a move to try to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.South Korea's National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-jin and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo will meet with Kim Yang-gon, the top official in charge of South Korea affairs, and Hwang Pyong-so, director of the general political department of North Korea's military, at 6 p.m., said Kim Kyou-hyun, deputy chief of the presi
North KoreaAug. 22, 2015
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S. Korea on high alert over N. Korea's possible provocations
South Korea is on high alert Saturday to retaliate against North Korea for any possible provocations amid a looming deadline to defuse the latest tensions on the Korean Peninsula.North Korea has set 5 p.m. Saturday as the deadline for South Korea to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts along the heavily fortified border and dismantle all loudspeakers.The North has threatened to launch "a strong military action" if South Korea defies its ultimatum. North Korea also warned late Friday that it
North KoreaAug. 22, 2015