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Slew of top K-pop stars ready to return from military
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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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Military aircraft evacuating S. Koreans in Lebanon returns home
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Concerns raised over chronic labor shortage at state-run center for digital sex crime victims
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BTS-themed moon jar to be unveiled on Hangeul Day
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Market uncertain on Korea's October rate cut despite slowed inflation
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Samsung unveils 'personalized AI' for all devices
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1,430 minors investigated for drug offenses from 2018 to 2023: police
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[Robert Fouser] Why the US election looks so close
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[Editorial] Brace for trouble
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U.S. imposes sanctions on Singapore-based firm for supporting
The United States imposed sanctions on a Singapore-based shipping company and its president Thursday, accusing them of providing support for North Korea's illicit imports of arms and related materials. The Treasury Department said Senat Shipping Company provided extensive support to the North's Ocean Maritime Management Company that has already been under sanctions for attempting to import a concealed shipment of arms and related materials to the communist nation. The department also sanctione
North KoreaJuly 24, 2015
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Kerry says Iran nuclear deal grew out of failure with N. Korea
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the recent landmark deal on Iran's nuclear program grew out of "the failure of the North Korea experience." Kerry also said that Iran and North Korea are different, defending the Iranian deal during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing as Republican senators raised concern the Iranian deal could fall apart like the 1994 nuclear deal with North Korea. "Iran has also agreed to accept the additional protocol, and the additional protocol is
World NewsJuly 24, 2015
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Park to take summer vacation next week
President Park Geun-hye will take a five-day summer vacation next week at the official residence, an official said Friday. She plans to stay at Cheong Wa Dae, South Korea's presidential office and residence, during the vacation that is set to begin Monday, presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters. He did not provide any further details. Last year, Park also spent her summer vacation at Cheong Wa Dae following April's deadly ferry sinking that killed more than 300 people. (Yonhap)
PoliticsJuly 24, 2015
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U.S. calls shipment of live anthrax sample 'inexcusable mistake'
The United States said Thursday it was an "inexcusable mistake" to ship a live anthrax sample to an American military base in South Korea, promising to consult the Asian ally in case of a similar shipment in the future. "This was a mistake. As the secretary said, it was a serious mistake. It should never have happened. It's an inexcusable mistake. We're taking the actions to correct it," Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall told reporters. Kendall m
InternationalJuly 24, 2015
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K-pop concert aims to revive tourism
A K-pop concert will be held next month as part of the government‘s efforts to attract foreign tourists after the outbreak of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, an infectious disease that claimed dozens of lives here, but is nearing its eradication, the tourism ministry said Thursday.The K-pop festival will take place at Seoul Plaza on Aug. 4, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Thursday. South Korea has reported no additional cases of MERS for the past 18 days, with the death to
TelevisionJuly 23, 2015
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Rival parties agree to pass extra budget Friday
Rival parties, after nearly three weeks of parliamentary impasse, agreed Thursday to pass an extra budget plan at the National Assembly's regular session later this week.Floor leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party and the opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy agreed to pass the 11.2 trillion-won ($10.3 billion) supplementary budget plan through the regular session on Friday.The government submitted the budget plan to the parliament for approval on July 6 to boost the troubled economy, wit
PoliticsJuly 23, 2015
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KFC launches Hawaiian Burger
U.S.-based fast food chain KFC launched the new Hawaiian Burger in South Korea on Wednesday in celebration of the summer season.The new burger features a spicy chicken filet, a thick slice of canned pineapple and fresh lettuce, topped with white pine sauce for a zesty taste.To celebrate the launch of the new product, KFC is holding a number of promotional events for customers who purchase the new Hawaiian Burger.Customers who buy the burger will receive one Petitzel, a watery jelly dessert made
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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Electrolux launches Masterpiece home appliance line
Sweden-based home appliances manufacturer Electrolux launched its new premium small home appliances lineup in Korea on Wednesday.Electrolux’s Masterpiece Collection features an immersion blender, food processor and jug blender. The three-piece collection comes after three years of development and was inspired by the company’s professional appliance lineup. The collection’s three products have been equipped with the so-called “power tilt” technology, which “uses the forces of gravity to shift the
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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Caffe Bene launches colorful, fruity menus
South Korean coffee chain Caffe Bene has launched a number of new seasonal drinks and cakes to meet the public’s increasing demands for colorful, eye-catching products made with fresh fruits.The coffee chain has introduced seven types of new fruit juices as part of its so-called rainbow drinks lineup. The red-colored Cherry Shower mixes fresh cherries with carbonated water. The orange-colored Grapefruit Sunset combines grapefruit extract with orange juice.The yellow-colored mango juice is made w
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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Promise seen for drug in patients with early Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A new kind of drug to fight Alzheimer’s has shown promise when given to people in the early stages of the disease, drug-maker Eli Lilly said Wednesday.Known as solanezumab, the drug is a monoclonal antibody that helps the brain clear amyloid-beta before it clumps together to form plaques that are implicated in Alzheimer’s, which affects 44 million people living with dementia worldwide, and has no effective treatment.In 2012, solanezumab was shown to be no better than a sugar p
World NewsJuly 23, 2015
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Military service conundrum for overseas Korean athletes
A recent legal battle over the military duties of golfer Bae Sang-moon here brought back to surface years-old debate about how much consideration should be given to South Korean athletes playing overseas postponing the mandatary services for the sake of their careers.Early Wednesday, the Daegu District Court backed the Military Manpower Administration, the local conscription agency, on its decision not to extend an overseas travel permit for Bae, currently staying in Canada to participate in the
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2015
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Medical data of 44m Koreans leaked overseas
Medical records of some 44 million people in South Korea were illegally collected and leaked outside of the country, prosecutors said Thursday.The pangovernmental investigative team on personal information crimes said they summarily indicted 24 people on charges of leaking personal data to a U.S.-based company, including patients’ resident registration number, names of their diseases and their prescription records.The accused include the head of the Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center, which
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2015
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GDP growth stays below 1% for 5th quarter
South Korea posted economic growth of less than 1 percent for the fifth consecutive quarter amid the protracted slump in private consumption and exports, data from the Bank of Korea showed Thursday.The BOK said the nation’s gross domestic product expanded 0.3 percent in the second quarter, compared to the previous quarter.After peaking at 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2014, the quarter-to-quarter growth stayed below 1 percent last year ― 0.5 percent in the second quarter, 0.8 percent in th
July 23, 2015
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[Jawed Naqvi] Verbal incontinence, foreign policy
A country that was shouting “death to America” in its daily prayers for decades is shaking hands with its former foes. A hemisphere removed from Iran, the tiny Cuban state, which suffered untold privations as the global symbol of opposition to American imperialism, has adjusted its stance, not in surrender but in the hope that a detente would lead to a more peaceful world order. We can count other hopeless examples of states that have resolved their differences. Or at least they offer a discer
ViewpointsJuly 23, 2015
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[Newsmaker]Rivals scramble to adjust to ‘Trumpism’
AIKEN, South Carolina -- Donald Trump was on his way to the Mexican border Thursday, the latest event in a presidential campaign some of his Republican rivals would like to dismiss as a sideshow -- a “carnival act,” as one puts it. But the billionaire developer and reality TV host has been stealing their thunder for days and left them scrambling to adjust to a race dominated by a bombastic longshot.From party heavyweights like Jeb Bush to recently announced candidates like Wisconsin Gov. Scott W
WorldJuly 23, 2015
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Mystic, Afreeca TV team up for new venture
Music label Mystic Entertainment, home to artists such as Lim Kim, Eddy Kim and Jane Jang, and peer-to-peer content streaming site Afreeca TV have joined to create a new content company, the companies announced Thursday. Afreeca TV Seo Soo-kiel (left) and Mystic Entertainment CEO Yoon Jong-shin pose for press at CGV Apgujeong Thursday. (Mystic Entertainment)The joint venture, called Freec, will be used to create and share content in a way that integrates and maximizes the advantages of new and o
PerformanceJuly 23, 2015
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International forum to ignite discussion of Korean culture
An international cultural forum in Seoul in late summer will assemble the world’s creative opinion leaders to experience, discuss and globalize Korean culture. The Culture Communication Forum, organized by the Corea Image Communications Institute, will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, inviting 14 influential figures, including a festival director, dance director, museum director, performance producer, policy advisor, architect, curator, journalist, former broadcaster, cartoonist, musician, singe
CultureJuly 23, 2015
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[Chon Shi-yong] Ridding NIS of shameful legacy
In the late 1970s, it was not hard to locate intelligence agents and police officers in plain clothes on campus. Hardly disturbed, they hung around the campus and, in their free time, read newspapers and magazines on the lawn and benches. Their job was to monitor student activists and crack down on antigovernment demonstrations. They made sure prodemocracy protests were thwarted or put under immediate clampdown. That was a time when the military dictatorship was free to mobilize security and
ViewpointsJuly 23, 2015
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Hyundai to pay first interim dividend
Hyundai Motor decided Thursday to pay out 269 billion won ($231 million) to shareholders as its first-ever interim dividend in a move to raise its dividend payment to global standards.The carmaker said in a regulatory filing that it will pay a cash dividend of 1,000 won per share. It paid 3,000 won per share in dividends to individual shareholders late last year, which was 54 percent higher than the previous year.Hyundai has been struggling to adopt shareholder-friendly policies since its stock
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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N. Korea strives to develop tourism zone
North Korea is striving to develop an international tourism zone linking its eastern coastal city of Wonsan and Mount Geumgang, pledging “various preferential treatments” for foreign investors.Oh Eung-gil, head of the committee to develop the zone, told the North’s Korean Central News Agency that the North had already signed a number of contracts with many companies in Asia and Europe, after they expressed their intention to join the project.Oh added that the firms will participate in designing
North KoreaJuly 23, 2015