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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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Independence activist to become honorary Yonsei graduate
Ahn Chang-ho, a late independence activist, will be honored with a posthumous certificate of graduation from Yonsei University.The award comes 118 years after he entered the forerunner of Yonsei.The school will award Ahn with a certificate of honorary graduation in a ceremony at Yonsei-Samsung Library on the Sinchon campus in Seoul on Nov. 8, a day before his birthday. His grandson, Philip Cuddy, 58, is scheduled to attend the event.Yonsei will also hold a commemorative exhibition for Ahn in a m
Oct. 27, 2013
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ASEAN celebrated
The “5th Bravo! ASEAN in Korea 2013” showcased Southeast Asian traditional music and dance, as well as pop music performances, at the Millennium Hall of Konkuk University in Seoul on Saturday.The theme of the fifth installment of “Bravo ASEAN” was “diversity in harmony” to highlight the enormous diversity of ethnicities, language and most of all cultural heritage of the 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, organizers from the ASEAN-Korea Centre said. The event ha
Oct. 27, 2013
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South Korean official dies in Peru river accident
LIMA (AP) ― South Korean officials say that a government worker has died in a river accident in Peru. South Korean Consul Lee Hwang-roh says 44-year-old Kim Yoon-ho was on a vessel that overturned Thursday on the Itaya river in Peru’s Amazon region. His body was taken to a morgue in the city of Iquitos in northern Peru. He worked for the South Korean ministry of oceans and fisheries.Officials gave no further details on Friday.
Oct. 27, 2013
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Footballers need support, says Prince William
LONDON (AFP) ― Footballers need support to help them handle the pressure that comes with their high-profile, Britain’s Prince William said Saturday.William, president of the Football Association, the game’s governing body in England, said players needed training in how to cope with being role models.The prince, second in line to the throne, was speaking at a gala dinner to mark the FA’s 150th anniversary.“Our national players are role models for millions of young people and I think we need to gi
Oct. 27, 2013
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Singer launches W10b Dokdo fundraising drive online
Kim Jang-hoon, a pop singer well known for promoting Korea overseas, has launched a campaign to create a 10 billion won ($941,000) Dokdo fund online.The launch also marks the Oct. 25 Dokdo Day.According to his agency Concert World, Kim kicked off the drive to collect donations from internet users through Daum, a local internet portal, and GoodbuySelly, a website run by singer-turned-businessman Kim Tae-wook.“I set the target amount at 10 billion won as an expression of strong will,” Kim said. “N
Oct. 25, 2013
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Singer Hwanhee discharged from military service
Singer Hwanhee, a member of Fly to the Sky, was discharged from his two-year military service Friday.“I came back to you after a long break. Thank you very much for greeting me,” the 31-year-old said to his fans who gathered at the Seongdong district office where he fulfilled his military duty. “I will try to sing good songs.”He debuted as a member of the duo in 1999 and released his first solo album in 2009.(swchun@heraldcorp.com)
Oct. 25, 2013
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ASEAN-Korea Center to host cultural performances
A festival aimed to promote the cultural diversity of 10 Southeast Asian countries is to be held in Konkuk University’s Millennium Hall in Seoul on Saturday.Hosted by the ASEAN-Korea Center, the fifth “Bravo! ASEAN in Korea” will feature traditional and modern music performances by those from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Out of 42 teams that vied for spots in preliminary sessions held in Hongdae in Seoul and Ansan in Gyeonggi Province, 10 teams were selected to
Oct. 24, 2013
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Korean-designed Uruguay statue reproduced in Yanggu
A Korean sculptor who made “The Greeting Man” in Montevideo, Uruguay has reproduced the art work in a village located in Yanggu, Gangwon Province.Yoo Young-ho, 48, will unveil a copy of the six-meter sculpture in front of the Yanggu Unification Hall near the Demilitarized Zone on Saturday, the office of Haeanmyeon in Yanggu said.He installed “The Greeting Man” on Oct. 25, 2012 in the capital of Urugugay. He donated it to the Latin American country as part of his project to link cultures and peop
Oct. 24, 2013
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Chubby Prince George shown off at royal christening
LONDON (AFP) ― Britain’s baby Prince George was christened in a private ceremony on Wednesday, with his proud parents Prince William and Catherine giving the world a rare glimpse of the chubby three-month-old boy.Wearing a frilly cream lace gown, the third in line to the throne was carried into the Chapel Royal of St James’s palace by his father, his mother Kate close by, elegant in a cream Alexander McQueen outfit.Queen Elizabeth II and the couple’s parents and siblings, including William’s you
Oct. 24, 2013
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Zuckerberg paid record $2.2 billion: survey
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg set a new record for corporate compensation in 2012 with a package worth more than $2.278 billion, according to a survey by a corporate governance firm.The report by GMI Ratings showed Zuckerberg’s salary of $503,000 and bonus of $266,000 were eclipsed by stock options worth some $2.27 billion.This was the first year the survey found any chief executive collected more than $1 billion, according to the GMI report released Tuesday.One other CEO’s c
Oct. 24, 2013
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YFU Korea builds a bridge between Korea and Japan
The Youth for Understanding in Korea, a nonprofit student-exchange organization, is on a mission to build a bridge between Korea and Japan, according to its president.Shin Chung-ha, 73, the president of YFU International Korea, has been leading the organization since its foundation in 1989.He said YFU Korea’s program first started between Korea and Japan with the goal of “raising youth awareness and decreasing historical hostility between the two nations.”In the past 24 years, more than 500 stu
Oct. 24, 2013
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Suu Kyi finally gets EU Sakharov rights prize
STRASBOURG (AFP) ― Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday finally received the EU’s Sakharov rights prize she won in 1990 at the height of a brutal military crackdown, but said her work was not yet done.Members of the European Parliament gave Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi a standing ovation as she accepted the award from the parliament’s president Martin Schulz.“You demonstrate that people who fight for democracy will triumph in the end,” Schulz said. “I congratulate you. ... You a
Oct. 23, 2013
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First Korean astronaut addresses controversy over MBA study in U.S.
Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon refuted Wednesday a lawmaker's claims that taxpayers' money spent on her has been a waste since she is pursuing a seemingly unrelated degree in business, saying that still her ultimate goal is to help advance Korean space technology."It was a decision I made after realizing that I can't live the rest of my life talking about what I did in space for 11 days. I chose to pursue an MBA because I want to be someone who connects science with investors," Yi told Yonha
Oct. 23, 2013
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Shin Hye-won wins young architect award
Six young Korean architects received awards for their work at a ceremony held at Dongdaemun History Culture Park in Seoul on Tuesday.The 2013 Young Architect Awards winners were Shin Hye-won, chief of lokaldesign; Cho Jang-hee, Won Yoo-min and Ahn Hyun-hee, co-chiefs of JYArchitects; and Kim Ju-kyung and Choi Kyo-shik of Owujae Architects. The prize winners, selected by the Korea Architects Institute, had been dedicated to redesigning neighborhoods or communal space into resident-friendly places
Oct. 22, 2013
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[Photo News] Korean Red Cross bazaar
Oct. 22, 2013
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Strauss-Kahn to visit South Korea
Former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be visiting South Korea next week to attend an economic forum, the organizing think tank said Tuesday. The French economist is scheduled to appear at an economic forum to be hosted by the Institute for Global Economics on Oct. 30 and will give a speech on global economic trends and governance overall, the institute said. His visit to Seoul is only to attend the conference, and he will return to Paris as soon as the
Oct. 22, 2013
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Walesa wants new ‘Ten Commandments’
WARSAW (AFP) ― Polish Nobel peace laureate Lech Walesa on Monday called for a new “secular Ten Commandments” to underpin universal values, addressing a summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Warsaw. “We need to agree on common values for all religions as soon as possible, a kind of secular Ten Commandments on which we will build the world of tomorrow,” he said in an opening speech kicking off the three-day summit. Walesa won the Nobel 30 years ago for leading Poland’s Solidarity trade union, whi
Oct. 22, 2013
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Ulsan family crosses Eurasia in minibus
A five-member family from Ulsan has crossed Eurasia by driving their minibus from Cape Ganjeol in the southeastern city to Europe’s westernmost point Cape Roca in Portugal. Choi Dong-ik, 51, his wife Park Mi-jin, 45, daughter Da-yoon, 19, son Jin-young, 17, and son Jin-woo, 16, arrived at Cabo da Roca or Cape Roca on Sunday, Yonhap News reported. Cape Roca is a well-known European tourist spot where the land ends and the sea begins.They departed from Cape Ganjeol on June 3, took a boat from Kore
Oct. 22, 2013
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Strauss-Kahn to visit Korea next week
Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be visiting Korea next week to attend an economic forum, the organizing think tank said Tuesday. The French economist is scheduled to appear at an economic forum to be hosted by the Institute for Global Economics on Oct. 30 and will give a speech on global economic trends and governance overall, the institute said. His visit to Seoul is only to attend the conference, and he will return to Paris as soon as the
Oct. 22, 2013
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Bae Yong-joon wins grand prize at Japan’s hallyu awards
Bae Yong-joon, as known as “Yonsama” in Japan for his huge popularity among Korean drama fans, received the grand prize at the Korean Entertainment 10th Anniversary Awards in Japan on Saturday, his agency KEYEAST said Sunday. Bae also won the best actor award in the category of Korean drama. At the ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the airing of “Winter Sonata” ― a KBS TV show that fueled the “Bae Yong-joon syndrome” in Japan ― Bae expressed gratitude. “This is a meaningful event, being a
Oct. 21, 2013