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Kakao to provide news services late this year
Kakao Corp., South Korea's biggest mobile messenger service provider, said Thursday it plans to start its news services late this year in the country, issuing a challenge to Naver Corp., which dominates online media contents.To that end, Kakao has been expanding ties with news providers to distribute their contents through its new platform, and will kick off a test-run version of the application next week, the company said. It aims to start a full-fledged service by the end of the year."The app
Industry Sept. 18, 2014
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KB Financial board dismisses chairman
The board of KB Financial Group Inc. decided Wednesday to sack the group's chairman accused of a series of management lapses, clashing head-on with the chief who said he has no intention to step down. The board's move came after KB Financial chairman Lim Young-rok refused to accept its recommendation Monday that he voluntarily resign to allow the banking group to get past recent controversies over his conduct and resume normal business operations.Lim denies any wrongdoing and rejected the board'
Sept. 18, 2014
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Samsung, Hyundai Motor bid for KEPCO land
Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Group submitted bids Wednesday to buy the site of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO)'s Seoul headquarters, a closely-watched real estate deal estimated at trillions of won, inside sources said.The property, the last sizable piece of land available for development in Seoul's affluent Gangnam district, is estimated to be worth over 3.33 trillion won ($3.22 billion), but the bidding prices were not immediately known. KEPCO will announce the wi
Industry Sept. 17, 2014
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Girls' Generation unit tops iTunes albums charts in nine Asian regions
The latest album by an official subgroup of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation topped iTunes albums charts in nine Asian regions on Wednesday after being released online a day ago, the group's management agency said."Holler," the second mini-album by Girls' Generation-TTS, also known as TaeTiseo, was uploaded on major music websites Tuesday at noon and rose to the top of iTunes albums charts in nine regions -- Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia
Sept. 17, 2014
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(URGENT) 7.1-magnitude quake strikes off Guam: USGS
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the Pacific island of Guam Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but no tsunami warning was issued as the tremor was too deep.The quake struck in the sea at a depth of 133 kilometres (82 miles) some 48 kilometres northwest of the US territory's capital Hagatna."A destructive tsunami was not generated because this earthquake is located too deep inside the earth," the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.Guam, the largest island in Micronesia with a pop
World News Sept. 17, 2014
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Korea to become global renminbi hub: HSBC Korea chief
The head of HSBC's Korean unit on Wednesday highlighted the country's prospect as a renminbi hub as the British banking giant focuses on its corporate finance business after shutting down its retail units here."We believe that given its geographical proximity to China and the importance of its economic and trade links with China, Korea can become one of the most successful renminbi centers in Asia and globally," HSBC Korea President Martin Tricaud told reporters in a news conference.Earlier this
Sept. 17, 2014
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S. Korea, Japan to hold talks on cultural exchange
South Korea and Japan plan to hold a director-general level meeting on cultural exchange in Tokyo this week for the first time in four years despite strained bilateral ties, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.Kim Dong-gi, director-general of the cultural affairs bureau at Seoul's foreign ministry, will meet with his Japanese counterpart Jun Shimmi on Thursday to assess the current state of cultural exchanges as well as the future direction of people-to-people exchanges, it said.The two side
Foreign Affairs Sept. 17, 2014
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Key opposition lawmaker drops plan to leave party
A key opposition lawmaker at the center of a political firestorm on Wednesday dropped her plan to leave the party as she vowed to make efforts to strike a deal on a controversial bill regarding the investigation of April's ferry disaster.Park Young-sun, floor leader of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, had suggested that she could quit her leadership post and even leave the party due to infighting over the formation of its interim leadership."I am sorry for causing much co
Politics Sept. 17, 2014
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Merkel named this year's Seoul Peace Prize winner
Peace Prize for her repeated, heartfelt apologies for Germany's past war atrocities, the prize's judging committee said Wednesday."The 12th Seoul Peace Prize goes to German Chancellor Angela Merkel," Lee Chul-seung, the chairman of the judging committee said in a press conference. "Her apology over Germany's past affairs has reminded the international community of the importance of human dignity and human rights, and this again set off an alarm about the harmful consequences of war and highlight
Foreign Affairs Sept. 17, 2014
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쌍둥이 같은 네살배기 둘, 알고보니 이모-조카 지간
쌍둥이처럼 닮은 네살배기 두 아이가 있다. 태어난 날짜도 같고, 다니는 학교도 같다. 둘 도 없는 사이인 이들은 가족이다. 하지만 놀랍게도 이들은 쌍둥이 자매가 아닌 이모 조카 지간이다. 영국에 사는 데이지 윌슨과 루비 스테픈슨의 혈연지간은 다음과 같다. 데이지의 어머니가 다른 네살배기인 루비의 외할머니인 것. 2010년 4월 외할머니인 43세 알리슨 윌슨이 아이를 출산한 지 72시간이 지나지 않은 시각에 그녀의 딸인 25세 애슐리 스태픈슨이 아이를 출산했다. 금주부터 학교를 같이 다니기 시작한 데이지와 루비는 서로에게 그 누구보다 특별한 존재다. 애슐리는 “학교에서 아무도 이모-조카 지간일 것이라고 상상하는 사람이 없다”며 “사실을 알게 되면 놀라워 한다”고 전했다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
한국어판 Sept. 17, 2014
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미국인 남성 1명 한강 헤엄쳐 월북 시도하다 붙잡혀
미국 국적의 한 남성이 경기도 김포지역 에서 월북을 시도하다가 우리 군 초병에 붙잡힌 것으로 알려졌다. (연합)정부의 한 소식통은 17일 "어제 오후 11시55분께 김포 지역에서 아랍계 미국인 남성 1명이 한강을 헤엄쳐 월북을 시도하다가 해병대 매복조에 체포됐다"면서 "현재 국가정보원 등 관계당국에서 월북 시도 경위 등을 조사하고 있다"고 밝혔다.20대 후반에서 30대 초반인 이 남성은 체포된 후 "북한의 최고 지도자 김정은을 만나기 위해 북한으로 가려했다"고 진술한 것으로 알려졌다.소식통은 "미국인 남성이 조류를 따라 북쪽으로 헤엄치다가 지쳐서 강기슭 지역 에 엎드려 있는 것을 해병 매복조가 발견한 것으로 안다"면서 "김포 지역에서 미국 인이 월북을 시도한 사례는 처음인 것 같다"고 전했다.(연합)<관련 영문 기사>U.S. man caught trying to swim to N.K.A U.S. citizen was caught trying to cross a river borde
한국어판 Sept. 17, 2014
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N. Korea sends protest letter over propaganda leaflets
North Korea sent a protest letter to South Korea's presidential office demanding measures to stop the cross-border spread of anti-Pyongyang leaflets by civic groups in the South, the Unification Ministry said Tuesday.The North's National Defense Commission (NDC), chaired by the country's top leader, Kim Jong-un, delivered two fax messages to Cheong Wa Dae's National Security Council on Saturday and Monday, respectively, the ministry said.It is unusual for the North's commission to deliver messag
North Korea Sept. 16, 2014
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교과서 표지, 알고 보니 포르노 영화 일부분..충격
태국의 대학 교과서 표지에 실린 사진이 알고 보니 포르노물의 일부분인 것으로 알려져 논란이 일고 있다. 16일 외신에 따르면, 태국의 한 수학 교과서 표지에는 선생님이 수업을 진행하는 모습이 담겨져 있는데 이는 “역할 놀이 전문 여성”이라는 에로물의 스틸컷으로 밝혀졌다. 사진의 주인공은 마노 아오키라는 포르노 배우라고 외신은 덧붙였다. 논란이 일자 출판사측은 교과서를 즉시 리콜했다. 3천 권 이상의 문제의 교과서가 배포됐다고 외신은 전했다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
한국어판 Sept. 16, 2014
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Strong quake hits Japan
Buildings in Tokyo shook Tuesday as a strong quake hit Japan, AFP reporters in the city said, but there was no immediate risk of a tsunami and no damage was reported.Seismologists said the epicentre was around 44 kilometres north-northeast of the Japanese capital and was located around 50 kilometres (30 miles) below the surface.The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 5.6. Their Japanese counterparts said there was no danger of a tsunami from the tremor, the effects of which co
World News Sept. 16, 2014
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3 Marines wounded by grenade explosion in Pohang
Three Marines were injured Tuesday as a hand grenade exploded during a training session at a Marine unit in this southeastern port city, military sources said. The accident took place around 10:20 a.m. at a drill camp of the South Korean Marine Corps as a hand grenade suddenly exploded, cutting off the wrist of one Marine with shrapnel wounding two others, they said. The injured Marines were all were taken to a hospital and they were listed in stable condition, the sources said. The military is
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