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Trump says North Korean ICBM 'won't happen'
The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):6:30 p.m.Donald Trump insists North Korea won't develop a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States.Trump addressed the issue Monday evening on Twitter. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Sunday in his annual New Year's address that preparations for launching an ICBM have “reached the final stage.” He did not explicitly say a test was imminent.Trump tweeted: “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developi
North Korea Jan. 3, 2017
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34% of Korean descendants living in Central Asia can't speak Korean: report
More than 30 percent of Goryeoin, which refers to the Korean diaspora in Russia and Central Asia, can't speak Korean, a recent report revealed.In the report on the living conditions of Korean descendants in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), several Korean academics including Professor Sohn Young-hoon of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies conducted a survey in July and August on 673 Goryeoin living in countries including Russia and Kazakhstan.The survey found that 34 perc
Social Affairs Jan. 2, 2017
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Samsung, gov't to announce Galaxy Note 7 probe outcome: sources
Samsung Electronics Co. and the South Korean government will soon release the outcome of their investigation into what caused Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire, industry sources said Monday.The South Korean tech giant has asked the US-based safety organization UL to find the root cause of phablets catching fire after the firm halted its sales over recurring battery problems. Kwon Oh-hyun, vice chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks to employees at the company's headquarters on
Technology Jan. 2, 2017
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Online shopping hits record high in November
Online shopping in South Korea reached a fresh record high in November, a government report showed Monday, in the latest sign that a growing number of South Koreans are using computers or mobile devices to buy goods.Total online transactions reached a record 6 trillion won ($4.9 billion) in November, up 23 percent from a year earlier, according to the report compiled by Statistics Korea.Purchases made through smartphones, tablets and other mobile gadgets also soared 40.5 percent on-year to a rec
Industry Jan. 2, 2017
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전문가들, "로봇과 관계시 죽을 수도..."
온라인 과학 저널 기즈모도 (GIZMODO)는 지난 달 19일 ‘리얼돌’ 로봇과의 성관계가 인간을 종말로 치닫게 할 가능성에 대해 보도했다.기즈모도 보도에 따르면 제 2차 “로봇의 사랑과 성” 학회에 참가한 한 연구학자가 “성역할을 수행하는 로봇이 인간 사이의 유대관계를 망가뜨릴 수 있다”는 내용의 발표를 했다.스위스 연구학자 올리버 벤델 (Oliver Bendel)은 “로봇은 지치는 일이 없으니 사람 간 성관계보다 만족도가 높을 수 있다”며 “이로 인해 사람 사이 성관계가 전무 해질 수도 있다”고 주장했다. 벤델은 “로봇과 관계하다 지쳐 죽을 수도” 있으며, 나아가 “인간 사이의 사랑이 사라질 수도 있다”고 발언했다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
한국어판 Jan. 2, 2017
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Samsung head's stock value jumps 28 pct in 2016
The head of Samsung Electronics Co. saw the value of his stock holdings surpass 14 trillion won ($12 billion) last year, rising by 28 percent, as the flagship unit of the country's top conglomerate Samsung has continued to rally, industry data showed Monday.According to the data compiled by industry tracker Chaebul.com, the value of stocks held by Chairman Lee Kun-hee was tallied at 14.35 trillion won as of Thursday, the last day of last year's stock market trading, compared with 11.2 trillion w
Industry Jan. 2, 2017
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50 lawmakers expected to join new conservative party: floor leader
Some 50 lawmakers are expected to join the New Conservative Party for Reform, a splinter from the ruling Saenuri Party, when it officially sets sail later this month, its floor leader said Monday.A group of 30 former Saenuri lawmakers established a separate negotiation body at the National Assembly last week after departing from the ruling party amid the factional feud with loyalists of President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached by the parliament in December for corruption."Around Jan. 8, up to
Politics Jan. 2, 2017
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Korean banks cut nearly 3,000 jobs in 2016
South Korean banks cut almost 3,000 jobs last year, many through lay-offs, data showed Monday, with the job-reduction trend expected to continue this year amid an economic slowdown and growing risk management pressure from U.S. rate hikes and massive household debt at home.The number of employees at banks here totaled 115,516 at the end of September, down 1,507 from nine months earlier, according to the Financial Supervisory Service's financial data information system.That of KB Kookmin Bank fel
Jan. 2, 2017
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Two-thirds of new businesses shuttered after one year: tax agency report
Some 3,000 people started their own business per day in 2014, but two-thirds of them had closed down a year later, statistics from the National Tax Service showed Monday.Based on the number of new businesses who filed value-added taxes for the first time in 2015, close to 1.07 million people became self-employed on a daily average in 2014. But by the following year, 739,000 people had closed down their shops, an average of 2,000 per day, the tally showed.The kinds of new businesses were heavily
Jan. 2, 2017
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Chung Yoo-ra arrested in Denmark
Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the central figure in a scandal that led to the president’s impeachment, has been arrested in Denmark, South Korean authorities confirmed Monday. The Justice Ministry in Seoul said it was taking steps to bring her to South Korea without delay as part of the ongoing investigation into the scandal. According to the National Police Agency, Denmark has notified the South Korean government of her arrest in the northern Danish city of Aalborg on Sunday for
Social Affairs Jan. 2, 2017
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Petrochemicals exports estimated to hit record high in 2016
South Korea's petrochemicals exports are estimated to have reached an all-time high last year largely due to a rise in demand in their biggest export destination, China, and other newly emerged markets, industry data showed Monday.Exports of petrochemicals produced by South Korea's four oil refiners were tallied at 445 million barrels in the first 11 months of the year, according to the data.When figures from December are included in the tally, last year's exports of petrochemical products are e
Industry Jan. 2, 2017
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Acting president reiterates need for 'bold, swift' actions to contain bird flu
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday reiterated the need for "bold, preemptive and swift" actions to contain the avian influenza that has spread across the country since mid-November.During a daily meeting on AI, Hwang also noted a recent decrease in the daily number of suspected cases, while directing quarantine officials to maintain the principle of culling poultry within 24 hours in an area where an infection is detected."In accordance with the principle of slaughtering
Politics Jan. 2, 2017
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Ex-Saenuri head departs on party feud
Rep. Lee Jung-hyun, former head of the ruling Saenuri Party, left the party on Monday, bowing to pressure from a new interim leader on allies to President Park Geun-hye to clear the deck to refurbish the conservative party."As a former chief, I will take all responsibility and leave the party," Lee said.Saenuri faces its biggest crisis with the president impeached by parliament on Dec. 9 over a raft of corruption and influence-peddling allegations. A group of 29 lawmakers left Saenuri last month
Politics Jan. 2, 2017
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US says NK ballistic missile launches unacceptable
The United States said Sunday that North Korea's ballistic missile launches are unacceptable and vowed to show Pyongyang consequences in the event of such firings after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un strongly hinted the country is close to test-firing a long-range missile.Kim said in his New Year's Day address that the communist nation has reached the final stage of preparations to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile in a veiled threat that it's about to develop a nuclear missile ca
North Korea Jan. 2, 2017
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Ban finishes 10-year term as UN chief
Ban Ki-moon has finished his 10-year term as secretary-general of the United Nations, putting the responsibility of tackling global challenges behind him, and is now eyeing a new dream of becoming South Korea's president.Ban's second five-year term expired at the turn of the new year, and the reins of the UN were officially handed over to former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, who was elected as Ban's successor in October.Ban first took office as the UN chief on Jan. 1, 2007, and was
Politics Jan. 2, 2017
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