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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Korea enters full election mode
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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[Weekender] High hopes for Pope Francis
Father You Heung-sik, bishop of the southern diocese of Daejeon, couldn’t believe his ears when he heard that Pope Francis, the leader of the 1.2 billion Roman Catholics worldwide, would be traveling to his diocese to attend a gathering of some 2,000 young believers. “This is a miracle. What else can I say?” said the priest who wrote to the pontiff several times to invite him to the sixth Asian Youth Day. No pope has ever attended the event. He believes that it was God’s will that the pope, reve
CultureAug. 8, 2014
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[Weekender] Seosomun Martyrs’ Shrine birthplace of Korean Catholics
Pope Francis is to visit Seosomun Martyrs’ Shrine before presiding over the beatification Mass in Gwanghwamun Square on Aug. 16. Seosomun Martyrs’ Shrine occupies a central place in the history of Catholicism in Korea. During the 19th century, an estimated 10,000 Catholics were martyred across the country as a crackdown on Catholicism intensified amid power struggles, foreign intervention, and ideological conflict that put the converts at odds with the reigning Joseon state. Many Catholics who w
CultureAug. 8, 2014
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[Weekender] In search of the roots of Korean Catholicism
DANGJIN, South Chungcheong Province ― Excitement over the pope’s visit prevails in South Chungcheong Province, with welcome placards hung at entrances of rural towns. Nestled in South Korea’s central region along the west coast, the province is usually not the most-visited tourist destination for Korean or foreign tourists. “We’ve never had a VIP guest like Pope Francis visit the region and I don’t think we ever will in the future,” said Kim Jeong-gyum, director of the culture and tourism divisi
TravelAug. 8, 2014
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[Weekender] Korea awaits ‘people’s pope’
Last year, a 6-year-old boy in a yellow shirt wandered up on the stage during Pope Francis’ address to the large crowd at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. The boy sat on the pope’s chair and hung out on the stage. He then clung onto the pope’s legs and refused to leave, even after promises of candy or cardinals’ other efforts to escort him away. The pope patted the boy’s head and gave him a generous smile as he delivered his speech. It was just another account of what Pope Francis is known fo
CultureAug. 8, 2014
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[Weekender] Police tighten security ahead of papal visit
Korea is beefing up security ahead of next week’s visit by Pope Francis, as it prepares to escort the Catholic leader while tens of thousands of people are expected to tail his every move. But the pope’s insistence on keeping the distance between him and ordinary people as small as possible will prove challenging for security officials.Despite being one of the most high-profile religious leaders in the world, the famously frugal pope has rejected the use of a bulletproof car, opting instead for
CultureAug. 8, 2014
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A tuneful campaign for unification
On Aug. 14, one day before Koreans mark their independence from Japanese colonial rule, Lee Seung-chul will embark on a tuneful campaign for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. With a group of young North Korean defectors, the singer-songwriter will travel to the easternmost islets of Dokdo, where they will together sing his “unification song” and “Arirang,” an iconic folk song loved by Koreans on both sides of the border. The performance will be primarily symbolic with hardly any audienc
CultureAug. 8, 2014
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Calendar
Dance“Prince Hodong”: The Korean National Ballet is slated to restage its production of “Prince Hodong,” an original work based on the traditional Korean tale “Princess Nakrang and Prince Hodong” ― a dramatic cultural tale of love, war and death. The ballet is a modernized retelling of the classic tale, combining elements of Western artistic culture with traditional Korean culture. “Prince Hodong” will be staged on Aug. 29 and 30 at the Sungnam Arts Center in Seoul. For more information, call (0
CultureAug. 8, 2014
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Chef in ‘Hundred-Foot Journey’ serves up feast for the eyes
When chef Floyd Cardoz arrived in France last year, he knew he’d spend most of his time cooking. What he didn’t expect was a quest for the perfect Hollywood shot that would force him to roast a wild bird artfully stuffed with truffles ― 12 times.“I asked someone, ‘Do you really need this amount of food?’” Cardoz said. “There were takes and retakes, and a lot of the food just gets thrown out. For me, that was a learning experience.”Cardoz spent five days working elbow-to-elbow with eight other ch
FilmAug. 8, 2014
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Eyelike: Ra.D returns with groovy beats
Ra.D returns with groovy beats“Soundz” Ra.D (LOEN Entertainment)Ra.D is back at last with his signature mellow tunes and relaxing beats. And it seems that the singer has been busy over the last six years, for his third studio album features 12 tracks, all written and produced by the artist himself. Ra.D brings many variations of love-inspired music on his new album, which overall is best described as calm yet groovy. The lead single “For Me” is a light and funky R&B track featuring pronounced ba
PerformanceAug. 8, 2014
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Box Office
The Fault in our Stars (U.S.)Opening August 13Drama, Romance. Directed by Josh BooneBased on John Green’s best-selling novel of the same name, “The Fault in our Stars” centers on a 16-year-old thyroid cancer patient Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) who attends a cancer support group because her parents insist that she make some friends. It is at the group that she serendipitously meets Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort), an 18-year-old teen whose basketball career was cut short when he lost
FilmAug. 8, 2014
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Craving peace on the DMZ train
As the train pulls out of Seoul Station and begins moving down the tracks, the scenery seems all wrong. Instead of crossing the Hangang River, we’re passing the Severance Hospital. It’s a strange sensation, after years of departing on southbound trains for Daejeon or Busan, to be heading northward now to the DMZ.Launched in May, the DMZ Peace Train runs twice a day to Dorasan Station, across from the North Korean city of Gaeseong. Now South Korea’s northernmost train station, the $40 million fac
TravelAug. 8, 2014
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Greek isles: Views, beaches, sunsets and crowds
SANTORINI, Greece (AP) ― Whitewashed houses stacked like sugar cubes on the cliffs. Colorful sunsets and black-sand beaches. Donkeys, windmills and a local winemaking tradition that goes back to ancient times. These are some of the things that stood out on a visit to the Cyclades, a Greek island chain in the Aegean Sea. Little wonder the place draws gaggles of visitors ― enough to make even crowd-loving extroverts long for a peaceful island paradise. Oh, wait ― that’s why we were there. And that
TravelAug. 8, 2014
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Summer fruit crumble at Canvas Cake
There is a method to Canvas Cake pastry chef Choi Yoon-young’s nectarine crumble, a dish that appears deceptively messy at first glance but, after that first bite, proves to be a studied interplay of textures and flavors. The veteran baker keeps the skins on the summer fruit to give the dessert a “pinkish hue.” Heaps of brown and white sugar and plenty of butter are used unsparingly to give the topping sprinkled over the juicy nectarines its crisp sweetness, while toasted almonds and Tahitian va
FoodAug. 8, 2014
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Spain’s largest hotel chain joins shark fin ban
MADRID (AFP) ― Spain’s biggest hotel chain Melia Hotels International said Monday it has removed shark fin from the menu of all of its restaurants around the world, joining a growing global campaign against the popular delicacy in Asia.“With the removal of shark fin as an ingredient, Melia contributes to the protection of the important role sharks have in maintaining balance in marine ecosystems,” the company said in a statement.“As predators, sharks are a key species in the food chain and also
TravelAug. 8, 2014
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U.S. airfares on the rise, outpacing inflation
NEW YORK (AP) ― The average roundtrip ticket within the U.S., including taxes, reached $509.15 in the first six months of this year, up nearly $14 from the same period last year. Domestic airfare continues to outpace local inflation, rising 2.7 percent compared to the 2.1 percent gain in the Consumer Price Index.Airfare has gone up 10.7 percent in the past five years ― after adjusting for inflation ― according to an Associated Press analysis of data from the Airlines Reporting Corp., which proce
TravelAug. 8, 2014
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Around the hotels
Seafood Night at Conrad Seoul Conrad Seoul’s buffet restaurant Zest is holding a seafood night every Tuesday during the month of August. Zest’s open kitchen and live cooking stations will showcase seafood dishes from around the world. Highlights include marinated chili crab in the Korean section, a tuna-carving table at the Japanese corner, and fresh seafood ingredients cooked to order at the Teppanyaki station. In addition, guests can sample steamed snow crab and grilled scallops, to name just
TravelAug. 8, 2014
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Hobak buchim (zucchini pancakes)
Hobak buchim (zucchini pancakes) (Korean Bapsang)One of my favorite things to make with summer zucchinis is hobak buchim. Like pajeon and kimchijeon, hobak buchim (also called buchimgae) is a variation of savory Korean pancakes. You can make this recipe simply with zucchini, or add some other vegetables such as perilla leaves, chili peppers, scallions or onions to complement. I added sliced sweet onions in this recipe. Salt the julienned zucchinis and squeeze out the liquid for a crunchy texture
FoodAug. 8, 2014
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Psy filming ‘Daddy’ music video
PsyRapper Psy is currently shooting the music video for his upcoming track “Daddy” around major cities in Korea, local news outlets reported.Filming for the music video kicked off in Seoul on Aug. 3 and took place mainly in the capital and Busan.News about the filming went viral after some Busan residents posted what they saw on social networking sites. Psy was seen making monkey-like dance moves for an hour with an electric sign that read “Psy in the sky” and a slew of skyscrapers in the backgr
Aug. 8, 2014
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2PM to come back with self-composed song
South Korean boy band 2PM will make a grand return to the K-pop scene in September, the group’s agency JYP Entertainment announced Friday. The six-member band plans to drop the fourth studio album and EP in Korea and Japan, respectively, more than a year after it released the third studio album “Grown.” The soon-to-be-released albums will include different songs apart from the title track. The upcoming album is attracting a bigger spotlight than ever as its title song was written by 2PM’s memb
Aug. 8, 2014
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Park Gun-hyung to marry noncelebrity 11 years younger
Actor Park Gun-hyung and a female model appear on the photo editorial for fashion magazine Gentleman.Actor Park Gun-hyung will tie the knot in October with her noncelebrity fiancee, NAMOOACTORS Co. confirmed on Friday.Park, 37, and his fiancee have been dating for two years, the agency said. The bride-to-be is 11 years younger than Park. The marriage on Oct. 20 will be a private affair, inviting only family and close friends.“He has commenced a new life as a man. We ask for your support with Par
Aug. 8, 2014