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'현대판 안네 프랑크’ 시리아의 7세 소녀
내전의 고통을 앓고 있는 시리아 알레포 지역의 한 소녀가 지구촌 화제가 되고 있다. 지난 9월 사회공유망서비스 (SNS) 트위터에 나타난 바나 알라베드 (7)는 ‘엄마와 나는 이곳에서 일어나는 폭발에 대해 알리고 싶다’고 말한다. '전쟁을 잊기 위해 책을 읽어요' (바나 알레바드 인스타그램)바나는 매일 ‘산 채로 아침을 맞이하는 기적’에 대해 트위터에 글을 올리고 있다. 바나의 영상에는 생생한 폭발음과 아이들의 울음 소리가 담겨 지구 반대편 사람들의 마음까지도 가슴을 졸이게 만든다. sleeping as you can hear the bombs fall, I will tweet tomorrow if we are alive". - Fatemah #Aleppo pic.twitter.com/HfFvig9cct— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) October 3, 2016한달만에 바나의 트위터 계정은 2만 4천명이 넘는 ‘팔로워’를 모았고 시리아 전쟁에 반대하는 여론에 불을

한국어판 Oct. 4, 2016
'One-stop' reporting system introduced for lost credit cards
South Korea said Tuesday it will introduce a new system to enable reporting multiple credit cards lost or stolen with just a single phone call.So far, card holders have been required to report separately to each card issuer.South Korean adults have an average of 3.4 credit cards, according to government data.Under the measure to take effect on Wednesday, they can make a single phone call to any of the eight credit card firms and 11 banks joining the initiative to report credit cards lost or stol

Oct. 4, 2016
Korea, Peru co-host APEC's future education forum
South Korea, along with Peru, hosted a two-day meeting of education officials and teachers from Asia-Pacific countries in Lima this week to discuss how education should be provided in the future, the education ministry said Tuesday.South Korean Education Minister Lee Joon-sik took part in this year's future education forum of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) that was opened on Monday. Initiated by South Korea in 2005, the forum is a gathering of teachers, researchers and policymakers

Social Affairs Oct. 4, 2016
Korea welcomes 11.5 mln travelers through Aug.
A total of 11.5 million foreigners visited South Korea in the first eight months of this year, up 21.7 percent from two years ago, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Wednesday. The number of Chinese travelers was tallied at 5.61 million through August, surging 36.1 percent from 2014, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan increased 23.7 percent to 1.07 million over the period, the ministry said. The ministry said it expects to see a rising influx of travelers during China's national

Oct. 4, 2016
This year's growth target of 2.8% likely to be attained: vice minister
The South Korean economy is expected to attain its 2016 growth target of 2.8 percent in the end despite some downside pressures ahead in the remainder of the year, a vice finance minister said Tuesday."Our earlier growth forecast was set at 2.8 percent and the economy has been well following the path for the first three quarters as we've anticipated," Vice Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok said in a luncheon meeting with local media. "Despite many lingering downside risks in the fourth quarter, we

Oct. 4, 2016
7 Chinese tourists indicted for assaulting Korean restaurant owner
Prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted seven Chinese tourists on charges of beating up a South Korean restaurant owner on Jeju Island last month. The Jeju District Prosecutors' Office said the defendants are suspected of assaulting the 53-year-old owner of the restaurant, identified only by her last name Ahn, on the southern resort island on Sept. 9, causing a brain hemorrhage. They are also accused of beating three others who were attempting to stop the violence. (Jeju District Police)The

Social Affairs Oct. 4, 2016
Online sales soar 27.3% in Aug. on scorching heat
Online shopping in South Korea soared at the fastest clip in more than four years in August as the scorching heat in the summer encouraged more people to enjoy internet and mobile shopping, a government report showed Tuesday.Total online transactions reached 5.58 trillion won ($5.01 billion) in August, up 27.3 percent from 4.38 trillion won a year earlier, according to the report compiled by Statistics Korea.It marked the steepest on-year gain since February 2012, when it posted a 30.1-percent j

Industry Oct. 4, 2016
28 firms subject to strict antitrust rules in September
The number of South Korean business groups subject to strict restrictions on mutual investments and loan guarantees fell by more than half last month on the implementation of the revised antitrust law that raises the asset ceiling for its conglomerate watch list, the watchdog said Tuesday.The Fair Trade Commission said 28 groups and their 1,141 affiliates are on its monthly watch list, down from 65 and 1,769 from a month earlier, respectively.The sharp decrease came as the revised antitrust law

Oct. 4, 2016
NK human rights law can apply to N. Koreans staying in 3rd countries: official
North Koreans staying temporarily in third countries such as overseas workers are subject to South Korea's new law aimed at improving the North's human rights situation, a government official said Tuesday.The law which took effect last month will be applicable to such North Koreans, making it possible for Seoul to conduct investigations into such people, said the official at Seoul's unification ministry. (Yonhap)Article 3 of the law only stipulated that North Koreans are defined as those who liv

North Korea Oct. 4, 2016
Hyundai Heavy inks MOU with Saudi Electricity
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, said Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the state-run utility Saudi Electricity Co. to expand their partnership in the Middle Eastern country's growing electricity market.Saudi Arabia is seeking to spend a total of $89.3 billion by 2021 to expand its electricity output to 105 GW from the current 65 GW in order to meet growing electricity demand.Hyundai Heavy has been providing power transformers and gas-in

Industry Oct. 4, 2016
New FDI in S. Korea hits new record high in first 9 months of 2016
New foreign direct investment pledged to South Korea hit a new record high in the first nine months of the year despite rising business uncertainties at home and abroad, the government said Tuesday.Fresh FDI committed to the country in the January-September period came to $15.05 billion, up 13.4 percent from $13.27 billion a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.It marked the largest amount of FDI pledged in history for a nine-month period, surpassing the earlier

Oct. 4, 2016
Savings banks see surge in large deposits
South Korean savings banks have seen their "large-sum" deposits nearly double over the past two years, data showed Tuesday, as people become more risk-prone amid ultra-low interest rates.According to the data by the Korea Deposit Insurance Corp., deposits of more than 50 million won ($45,300) per account at local savings banks totaled 5.08 trillion won as of end-June, up 87.3 percent from two years ago and 14.5 percent from the previous quarter.The portion of large-sum deposits to the total also

Oct. 4, 2016
프랑스 美소녀, 밝혀진 진실
두 달 만에 무려 44만명이 넘는 팔로워를 기록한 사회공유망서비스(SNS) 계정이 화제다. 　　지난 8월 1일, 파리지앵 루이즈 드라쥐 (25)는 자신의 인스타그램 계정에 미녀 사진을 연달아 게재하면서 두 달 만에 40만명이 넘는 팔로워를 끌어 모았다. 　 (사진=인스타그램 louise.delage)　150장이 넘는 공개된 사진에는 수려한 미모를 자랑하는 여성들이 비키니 차림으로 와인 또는 맥주 잔을 들고 파티를 즐기고 있다. 　　그러나 해당 계정에는 9월 22일을 마지막으로 더 이상 새로운 콘텐츠가 올라오지 않고 있다. 　　마지막으로 게재된 동영상을 보면 이유를 알 수 있다. 　　 Like my addictionLouise Delage(@louise.delage)님이 게시한 동영상님, 2016 9월 22 오전 2:07 PDT　　‘루이즈 드라쥐’는 바로 알코올, 담배, 마약에 대한 중독 문제를 돕는 프랑스 단체 addictaide.fr이 만든 가짜 계정이었던 것이다. 　　이 단체는

한국어판 Oct. 4, 2016
대만女 시구, 머슬매니아 최설화와 비교해보면?
이번엔 ‘요가 시구’다. 　　머슬매니아 세계 대회 우승자 최설화의 야구 시구가 최근 국내외 관심을 끈 가운데, 온라인 유머 사이트 9gag TV는 과거 대만을 달구었던 시구를 다시금 소개했다. 　 (유튜브)　지난 14년 7월 6일 대만의 한 요가 강사는 선정적인 의상과 동작으로 시구를 해 화제가 된 바 있다. 　 (유튜브)　그는 ‘나인틴’이라는 별칭으로 강사 일을 하고 있으며 중국 프로 야구 리그에서 공을 던졌다.　　배경 음악이 한국 가요라는 재미도 있다.　　시구 보기 => 　　　　그의 현황은 알려진 바 없다.　　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)　　

한국어판 Oct. 4, 2016
Samsung registers patent for bendable display in US
Samsung Display Co., an affiliate of Samsung Electronics Co., has registered for a patent on technology to develop bendable displays in the United States, industry sources said Tuesday, implying a possible launch of foldable smartphones sometime soon.The panel-making affiliate of the South Korean tech giant filed a patent application for the technology to manufacture flexible displays with the US Patent and Trademark Office on Sept. 27, they said.The technology would allow the organic light-emit

Technology Oct. 4, 2016

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