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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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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
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Tito’s widow Jovanka Broz, from glory to isolation
BELGRADE (AFP) ― Jovanka Broz, once a symbol of elegance as the wife of Yugoslav communist strongman Tito, lived the last three decades of her life as an outcast.For Broz, who died in Belgrade on Sunday aged 88, the glory days ended shortly before Josip Broz Tito’s death in 1980 when his allies accused her of plotting a coup.“They chased me out ... in my nightgown, without anything, not allowing me even to take a photo of the two of us, or a letter, a book,” Broz said in a rare interview in 2009
Oct. 21, 2013
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N.K. leader enjoys opulent lifestyle, Rodman says
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un enjoys a luxurious life with seven-star accommodations, parties and a yacht, U.K. media reported. Rodman, who made his second visit to the communist country for seven days in September, provided a glimpse of the private island where he and his “friend” Kim spent most of their time horse-riding, jet skiing and drinking on a 60-meter yacht.“It’s like going to Hawaii or Ibiza, but he’s the only one that lives there,” the 52-year-old
Oct. 20, 2013
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Yogurt entrepreneur looks to expand 16 Handles franchise
From helping managing his parent’s Japanese restaurant in San Diego, California, to establishing one of the most successful frozen yogurt franchises in the U.S., 16 Handles founder Solomon Choi stands by his belief that staying within the reach of one’s customers is the key ingredient to a thriving franchise.The 33-year-old Korean-American entrepreneur has his sights set on revamping the culture of the frozen yogurt industry and creating a new lifestyle when it comes to desserts. “I had that ent
Oct. 20, 2013
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Skywalk with glass floor dedicated at Busan coast
A skywalk was dedicated in Busan on Friday as an open-air attraction that gives strollers an exhilarating sense of walking above the sea.Situated on the side of a 30-meter coastal cliff, the glass floor viewing platform offers visitors a view of Oryukdo Island, a rock island designated as the national cultural heritage scenic spot No. 24. Authorities in the Namgu district opened the Orukydo Skywalk and its information center to the public on Friday. The center has been set up within the existing
Oct. 18, 2013
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Netizens seek to change English name for ‘Palman Daejanggyeong’
A group of South Korean netizens are campaigning to change the official English name for a Korean collection of Buddhist texts carved on more than 80,000 wooden blocks.Tripitaka Koreana, or Palman Daejanggyeong in Korean, is considered the most comprehensive set of Buddhist scriptures found to date. The Haein Temple, where the texts are kept in Hapcheon, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The netizens filed a petition on the “Agora” bulletin board of the local Internet portal Daum with the Cultura
Oct. 18, 2013
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Yoko Ono scoops German peace prize
BERLIN (AFP) ― Yoko Ono, the Japanese artist and widow of John Lennon, on Thursday won a prestigious German prize “for her lasting artistic and peace-promoting political work.” Receiving the prize near Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate watched by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, Ono, 80, said: “This prize is a message to me from you that what I’ve been doing was understood by you.“Now is time for action and action is peace. Think peace, act peace, spread peace, and let’s make it all tog
Oct. 18, 2013
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Albright to receive West Point award for service
WEST POINT, New York (AP) ― Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will receive the U.S. Military Academy’s annual Thayer Award on Thursday, joining other citizens whose service to the nation illustrates the academy’s motto of “Duty, Honor, Country.”The academy’s announcement of the award, named for former West Point Superintendent Col. Sylvanus Thayer, describes Albright as a leader on policy and international affairs.Albright, who served under President Bill Clinton, was the first woman
Oct. 18, 2013
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Grace Park hopes to share fond memories with fans in last LPGA tournament
INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― Ahead of her last professional event, South Korean LPGA golfer Grace Park said Thursday she is looking forward to sharing her final memories on the links with home fans.Park, whose Korean given name is Ji-eun, retired from the LPGA Tour in June of last year, but will briefly come out of retirement this week to play at the LPGA KEB·HanaBank Championship, which starts on Friday at the Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon, west of Seoul.At a press conference at the golf club, Park, a
Oct. 17, 2013
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Canadian charity delivers 220 tons of soybeans to N.K.
Canadian charity group First Steps has sent 220 tons of beans to North Korea to be used to make soy milk for malnourished children, a media report said Thursday.According to Radio Free Asia, the Christian nongovernmental organization sent the beans to orphanages and day care centers in Gangwon and South Pyongan provinces and will send supervisors to the communist country this week to oversee distribution.The three-person monitoring team plans to visit cities such as Wonsan, Tongchon, Nampo and D
Oct. 17, 2013
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InterContinental Seoul COEX names its first female general manager
InterContinental Seoul COEX appointed longtime hotelier Kim Yeon-sun as its first female general manager. The 52-year-old Kim also became the first female board member of Parnas Corp., which operates Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas and InterContinental Seoul COEX and Nine Tree Hotel Myeong-dong, the hotel said Wednesday. The veteran hotelier started her career at the front desk of Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas in 1988 and worked her way up to guest relations manager in 1994, first fema
Oct. 16, 2013
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Seoul deploys tourist police
A special police unit will patrol tourist hotspots in Seoul to take care of petty crimes targeting foreign tourists in one of the rising tourist destinations in Asia. The tourism police, launched Wednesday, will be in charge of handling fraud targeting foreign tourists such as pickpockets, overcharging by taxi drivers and shopkeepers, and many other complaints reported by tourists in the streets of Myeong-dong, Insa-dong, Itaewon, Dongdaemun and Hongdae, according to the Ministry of Culture, Spo
Oct. 16, 2013
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AP taps veteran journalist to head bureau in Pyongyang
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The Associated Press on Tuesday announced the replacement of its Pyongyang bureau chief as part of a Korea team reshuffle.Eric Talmadge, who has long covered Asia issues, has been named to lead the U.S. news agency’s office in North Korea, launched in 2006, which was later expanded to provide photo and video news services as well as text.The 51-year-old joined the AP in 1989 after working for the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper in Tokyo. He has covered a broad range of issu
Oct. 16, 2013
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Research universities to push tech transfers
Leaders of top research-oriented universities in 28 countries agreed to work together for sharing knowledge and transferring technologies for development during an annual forum in Seoul on Tuesday.More than 120 participants representing 57 universities attended the International Presidential Forum on Global Research Universities hosted by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.A series of presentations and discussions dealt with how to accelerate innovative research and creative idea
Oct. 15, 2013
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French first lady meets S. African gay rights groups
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) ― France’s First Lady Valerie Trierweiler met with South African gay rights groups on Monday to assess the grim reality for homosexuals in the country despite some of the world’s best legal protection. As French President Francois Hollande signed business deals on the first of a two-day state visit, his partner held talks with a lesbian couple after having lunch with campaign groups, according to activist Anthony Manion who attended the group talks. She wanted “to talk about t
Oct. 15, 2013
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U.N. Green Climate Fund to hire 48 professionals
A new United Nations climate finance body to be headquartered in South Korea plans to hire dozens of professionals by next year, the South Korean government said Monday. “The GCF secretariat plans to hire 48 professionals by the first half of next year,” said South Korea’s Finance Minister Hyun Oh-seok.The announcement came as South Korea’s Songdo District in Incheon, west of Seoul, was selected last year to host its secretariat, raising hopes that the country will play a bigger role on the inte
Oct. 15, 2013
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German priest, 46-year Korea resident, dies
Sebastian Heinrich Rothler, a German priest who did missionary work in Korea for more than four decades, died on Sunday, the Order of St. Benedict Waegwan Abbey in North Gyeongsang Province said. Rothler died of an undisclosed chronic illness, aged 78, at Muensterschwarzach Abbey in Germany. Born in Nuremberg in 1935, he entered Muensterschwarzach Abbey in 1955, became a Roman Catholic priest in 1956 and studied the psychology of religion at the University of Munich. He was ordained in April 196
Oct. 15, 2013
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Zimbabwean baby with congential heart defect recovers health in Korea
A Zimbabwean infant with a congenital heart defect has received life-altering treatment in Korea.Seo Dong-man, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Konkuk University Medical Center in Seoul, recently performed an operation on Success Kudzaishe Zingombe, a one-year-old girl who suffered from severe respiratory distress due to a ventricular septal defect.The defect is located in the ventricular septum, the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart. The baby weighed about 2 kilograms when she
Oct. 14, 2013
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U.N. chief wins alumni award from Seoul National University
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received an alumni award from his alma mater in Seoul Monday for his contribution to world peace, the university said.Seoul National University (SNU) conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award on Ban “for his decades of service to his home country and his contribution to global peace and the welfare of all mankind as the U.N. chief,” it said. The award ceremony was held Monday to mark the school’s foundation day. Ban did not attend the ceremony due to his tight
Oct. 14, 2013
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Lee Chun-soo accused of assault
South Korean soccer player Lee Chun-soo is suspected of assaulting a man at a bar and will be summoned for questioning later this week, Incheon Namdong Police Station said Monday.According to police officials, Lee got into a quarrel with a 30-year-old man surnamed Kim at 12:45 a.m. Monday at a bar in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul. Lee allegedly slapped Kim twice in the face and threw a bottle of beer at a table. The alleged victim said that he and Lee’s party ― Lee, his wife and two of hi
Oct. 14, 2013