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Heavy snow alerts issued in greater Seoul area, Gangwon Province; over 20 cm of snow seen in Seoul
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Seoul blanketed by heaviest Nov. snow, with more expected
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NewJeans to terminate contract with Ador
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Seoul snowfall now third heaviest on record
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Samsung shakes up management, commits to reviving chip business
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Heavy snow of up to 40 cm blankets Seoul for 2nd day
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How $70 funeral wreaths became symbol of protest in S. Korea
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Hybe consolidates chairman Bang Si-hyuk’s regime with leadership changes
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Why cynical, 'memeified' makeovers of kids' characters are so appealing
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BOK makes surprise 2nd rate cut to boost growth
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U.S. declines comment on Japan's bid for UNESCO recognition of wartime facilities
The United States on Thursday declined comment on Japan's bid to list some of its 19th century industrial complexes as UNESCO World Heritage sites despite strong opposition from South Korea and China.Japan's pursuit of world heritage status for 23 industrial sites is yet another source of historical tension in the region because some of the facilities are where a number of Korean slave laborers toiled during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule.The bid is seen as an attempt to beautify Japan's wartime
May 8, 2015
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Fukuyama stands by Western liberal democracy
In 1989, witnessing the fall of the Iron Curtain, U.S. political scientist Francis Fukuyama declared that history had ended, with Western liberal democracy representing the final form of government and mankind’s ideological evolution. The next 25 years proved to be more complicated than he anticipated: a plethora of regimes and ideologies have swept across the globe toward authoritarianism, away from his optimistic outlook. The pioneering thinker at Stanford University said he still resolutely s
May 6, 2015
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[Lee Joo-hee] Let’s not sugarcoat the truth
It was sad to see U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe in Washington last week sashaying into a banquet wearing tuxedoes, alongside gracefully dressed first ladies. It was almost like a kid watching his best friend enter a party with the school bully.As melodramatic as it sounds, the resentment that prevailed South Korea during the eight-day-long Abe visit to the U.S. was very real.It was not about feeling left out. It was more about feeling let down, but not because the U
May 6, 2015
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Japan’s UNESCO bid puts Korea’s diplomacy to test
Japan said Monday it has secured a UNESCO advisory panel’s endorsement for the listing of major wartime industrial facilities as World Heritage sites, posing a threat to Seoul’s efforts to keep the move at bay amid unabated historical spats. The International Council on Monuments and Sites, or ICOMOS, has recommended the registration of 23 sites of “Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution,” built in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. They were credited with contributing to Japan’s rapid industri
May 5, 2015
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Seoul to issue report on nuke victims in Japan
Seoul will release a report on Korean victims of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan to raise awareness about the damage suffered by those who were forced into slave labor during World War II, officials said Tuesday.In December 2010, a committee under the Prime Minister’s Office in charge of investigating forced conscription during Japanese colonial rule issued a paper detailing the victims’ sufferings for the first time at the state level. It will translate the document into Ja
May 5, 2015
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Abe missed his chance on history: Park
President Park Geun-hye on Monday said that Japan failed to “face up to history,” with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe coming under international fire for not apologizing to Korean women who suffered from sexual enslavement by the Japanese military during the World War II.“Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been under fire in the United States over his remarks on historic disputes,” Park said. “He lost a chance to build trust with neighboring countries by apologizing on their shared histo
May 4, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘Pyroprocessing not answer to spent fuel problem’
Though the recent revision to an atomic energy pact with the U.S. allows South Korea’s study of pyroprocessing, the nascent technology will likely increase electricity costs while failing to reduce the stockpile of spent fuel here, a leading nuclear scientist has said. Under the amendment, Seoul secured Washington’s consent to carry out electroreduction, the first stage of pyroprocessing, which Korean experts have touted as a possible solution to deal with its mountain of used fuel rods. The tec
May 3, 2015
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Dominican Republic promotes carnival, beach
The Dominican Republic is a tourist paradise to those itching to escape an uptight life and heal their body and soul.The nation of tropical islands in the Caribbean Sea has 1,600 kilometers of coastlines and 400 kilometers of picturesque beaches. It also has a treasure trove of ecological attractions: national parks, mountain ranges, green fairways, waterfalls and rivers.Over five centuries of Caribbean, Latin American and African heritage have produced a melting pot of cultures, best represente
May 3, 2015
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Costa Rican pianist dazzles Korean crowd
Classical music buffs in Korea had a rare opportunity to listen to a world-class performance by a Costa Rican pianist on Wednesday. Pianist Manuel Obregon, former Costa Rican culture and youth minister (2010-14), played his compositions as well as those of his countrymen ― Cesar Alceo, Ulpiano Duarte, Ray Tico and Justo Santos. The performance, at a traditional Korean house in Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, took place with the backdrop of the sunset. The combination of a unique stage, music and
May 3, 2015
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Indonesian artist shows passionate brushstrokes
Up-and-coming Indonesian artist Christine Tjoe is showcasing religion-motivated works in Korea. Tjoe has been carving out an international presence with her intense colors and brushstrokes, with nearly 100 exhibitions in Asia since debuting in 1999. The exhibition, “Perfect Imperfection,” at the SongEun Art Space gallery in Seoul from April 28-June 20, displays some 50 paintings, sculptures and installation art pieces. Tjoe has used diverse methods, such as acrylic, oil painting, etching, sculpt
May 3, 2015
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Nordic electric mobility technology shown at KINTEX
A joint delegation of Nordic companies specializing in electric mobility will showcase their technologies at the 28th Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, from May 3-6.Fourteen companies from Denmark, Sweden and Finland ― AC2SG Software Oy, EcoMove, Eltronic, Ensto Chago, Fortum, Future Electric, Insero E-mobility, SHC, TankTwo, Virta Ltd., Visedo, Volvo Construction Equipment, VTT, Funding Partners ― are participating. The electric vehicle symposium
May 3, 2015
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S. Koreans raise issue of A-bomb victims at U.N. meeting
South Korean activists and victims demanded at a U.N. meeting on Friday that Japan should apologize to and compensate Koreans who were taken to Japan as forced laborers and fell victim to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The demand was made at the Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. It was the first time that the issue of Korean A-bomb victims has been raised at a U.N. meeting.Previous conferences have dealt only with the issue of Japanese victims.The Hiro
May 2, 2015
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Korean nuclear envoy to visit U.S., China
South Korea's chief nuclear envoy will visit Washington and Beijing next week for talks with his counterparts on how to restart long-stalled negotiations with North Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.Hwang Joon-kook, special representative for Korean peninsula affairs, will meet with his U.S. counterpart, Amb. Sung Kim, in Washington on Monday before visiting Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wu Dawei, on Wednesday, the ministry said in a statement also released in Washing
May 2, 2015
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FM Yun expresses regret over Abe speech
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se expressed regret Friday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe failed to acknowledge Japan's wartime wrongdoing in his congressional speech earlier this week.Abe, in his speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, acknowledged the suffering his country brought to other Asian nations during World War II but offered no apology for its wartime crimes.South Korea and other members of the international community had demanded an apology, especially o
May 1, 2015
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[News Focus] Abe dims prospects for Korea-Japan ties
South Korea on Thursday expressed deep regrets over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s refusal to apologize for his country’s wartime atrocities, including the sexual enslavement of Asian women, during his speech at a joint session of U.S. Congress on Wednesday.Much to the chagrin of Seoul and Beijing that have demanded Tokyo’s sincere contrition, Abe did not include any apology in the unprecedented speech. He expressed “feelings of deep remorse” over the war, saying Japan’s actions brought “s
April 30, 2015
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S. Korea, China to launch joint research in Yellow Sea
South Korea and China have agreed to conduct a joint environment research in the Yellow Sea as part of efforts to help develop and protect marine resources in the waters shared by the countries, the Seoul government said Thursday.The research will mark a resumption of joint efforts to better understand the environment of waters between the two countries that had lasted for 12 years since 1997, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries."Through the joint research that will be resumed this
April 30, 2015
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Abe offers condolences for WWII dead in U.S. speech
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring ``history is harsh,'' Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan offered solemn condolences Wednesday for the Americans who died in World War II as he became the first Japanese leader to address a joint meeting of Congress.``My dear friends, on behalf of Japan and the Japanese people, I offer with profound respect my eternal condolences to the souls of all American people that were lost during World War II,'' said Abe.But as he did at a news conference Tuesday with President
April 30, 2015
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‘U.S.-Japan cooperation takes aim at China’s assertiveness’
The U.S.’ and Japan’s stepped-up moves to keep an assertive China in check are expected to pose fresh regional tensions and delicate diplomatic tasks among the neighboring countries, analysts said Wednesday.
김종훈 의원, 미 의사당 앞서 아베 규탄 (워싱턴=연합뉴스) 심인성 특파원 = 새누리당 국제위원장인 김종훈 의원이 28일(현지시간) 워싱턴 정신대대책위원회 주관으로 미 의사당 앞에서 열린 시위에 참석, 아베 신조 총리의 과거사 왜곡을 규탄하고 있다. 김 의원은 이날 아베 총리가 2013년 5월 일본의 생체실험 부대인 731부대를 연상케 하는 731 편명의 전투기 조종석에 앉아 엄지손가락을 치켜들며 찍은 기념사진이 담긴 플래카드를 들어보이며 아베 총리의 그릇된 역사관을 비판했다. 20 April 29, 2015
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S. Korean ambassador says deeper 'emotional solidarity' with China
South Korean Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo said Wednesday that an "emotional solidarity" between Seoul and Beijing is deepening as more people visit each other's country. Kim made the remarks at a meeting with about 100 Chinese bloggers after naming them civilian delegates to promote South Korea's image in China. "An emotional solidarity between the people of the two countries has been deeper than ever before as the number of the two nations' visitors to each other's country surpassed 10 m
April 29, 2015
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S. Korea bans labor unions' visit to N. Korea for football match
South Korea Wednesday rejected an application by the two local umbrella labor unions to visit North Korea to discuss a football friendly in Pyongyang, citing its political nature. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions are seeking to hold a football game between workers of the two Koreas in May, hoping that the event could help promote peace on the divided peninsula. The Unification Ministry said that it has decided not to allow the heads of the two
April 29, 2015
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