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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Chung Mong-koo Foundation to donate W20b for arts, culture
Chung Mong-koo Foundation will provide 20 billion won ($17.9 million) for five years in the fields of arts and culture in the country.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the foundation signed an agreement at the ministry in Seoul on Monday to cooperate in the promotion of arts and culture.Under the agreement, both sides will expand arts and cultural programs for children and teenagers, and also push various regional projects jointly. One of the first projects to be pushed is increasi
Aug. 12, 2013
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Professor slams Japanese politicians in online ad
Sungshin Women’s University professor Seo Kyoung-duk posted an ad on the Internet edition of the Wall Street Journal on Monday, criticizing Japanese politicians’ attitude to history.Titled “Making Peace With History,” the advertising compares Japanese politicians with German politicians by placing their photos and captions side by side. The photo of German politicians shows former German Chancellor Willy Brandt kneeling before a monument to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and current German Chancello
Aug. 12, 2013
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Son seeks real identity after DNA testing
CHICAGO ― In April 1964, Paul Joseph Fronczak, less than two days old, was kidnapped from a Chicago hospital by a woman posing as a nurse.A few months ago, in a way, he vanished again. Because of a DNA test taken this April, Paul Fronczak learned that he is a Fronczak only in name.After getting the test result, he realized “I didn’t know my birthday. I didn’t know anything about me,” he said.The mystery over Fronczak’s identity began 49 years ago in hospital room 418B at the former Michael Reese
Aug. 9, 2013
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Guitarist apologizes to Korean Air over false accusation
A renowned U.S. guitarist has offered an apology to Korean Air Lines Co. on Thursday for his false accusation that the carrier damaged his guitar.Steve Vai said in a message posted on Facebook that the broken neck of his guitar was discovered at a rock festival in South Korea. The music event came before the guitarist took the Korean Air flight.Korean Air “was not the airline that damaged my guitar,” Vai said. “My apologies to Korean Airlines for this misinformation.”He said the largest South Ko
Aug. 9, 2013
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Monroe hoped to marry JFK
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Marilyn Monroe, who notoriously had an affair with John F. Kennedy, apparently believed she was going to marry the president, even phoning the White House to tell his wife.The story, reported in a new book out Tuesday by journalist Christopher Andersen, asserts that Jackie Kennedy even told Monroe that the screen siren was welcome to take over her role as first lady.“And you’ll move into the White House and you’ll assume the responsibilities of first lady, and I’ll move out a
Aug. 8, 2013
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Korean-American diplomat to start work in Foreign Ministry
A Korean-American diplomat will start her one-year stint at the Foreign Ministry this month as part of a Seoul-Washington diplomat exchange program, officials said Thursday.The 37-year-old diplomat, Booyeon Lee Allen, will replace Dewey Moore, who was dispatched to the Seoul ministry a year ago as the first U.S. diplomat working in the local Foreign Ministry under the joint program. “It has yet to be determined which department she will be placed in,” a ministry official said. Allen previously s
Aug. 8, 2013
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Former U.S. 8th Army chief improperly accepted gifts in South Korea: report
Joseph F. Fil Jr., the former commander of the U.S. Eighth Army in South Korea, was found to have improperly accepted gifts while commanding U.S. troops here, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a confidential investigative report by the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General. According to a redacted version of the undated report, obtained by the Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, he improperly accepted a $1,500 gift of Montblanc Meisterstuck Classique roller-bal
Aug. 8, 2013
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‘Just Juice Cleanse’ chefs talk healthy, tasty liquid detox
Christine Cho, a Korea-American raw cook chef from New York City, and Kim Yong-hui, an internationally trained pastry chef, have joined forces with Herald Ecofarm, a sister company of The Korea Herald, to create “Just Juice Cleanse.” “Just Juice Cleanse” is Korea’s very first brand of detox juices created to promote a healthier lifestyle by naturally ridding the body of unwanted chemicals and waste. “Detox programs get rid of toxins in your body very quickly,” said Kim. “Compared to just eating
Aug. 8, 2013
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Kim Yu-na No. 6 on Forbes rich list of female athletes
Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na has earned the sixth most among female athletes in the world in the past year.The Internet edition of Forbes business magazine on Tuesday ranked Kim as sixth on the list of the world’s best-paid female athletes between June 2012 and June this year.Forbes estimated Kim’s yearly earnings at $14 million. Russia’s Maria Sharapova topped the list, earning a total of $29 million. Tennis took the top four positions. World No. 1 Serena Williams of the United Sta
Aug. 7, 2013
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Joe Yun set for post as U.S. envoy to Malaysia
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― Joseph Yun, a Korean-American diplomat, plans to begin his work as the new top U.S. envoy in Malaysia in late August or early September, a diplomatic source said Tuesday.Yun, principal deputy assistant secretary of state handling Southeast Asian affairs, underwent a Senate confirmation hearing last week for his nomination as ambassador to Malaysia.“He was confirmed by the Senate last week. He is expected to start his work in late August or early September,” the source
Aug. 7, 2013
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George W. Bush has heart surgery
Former U.S. President George W. Bush successfully underwent a heart procedure in Dallas on Tuesday after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery during his annual physical, Bush spokesman Freddy Ford said. Bush, 67, was expected to be discharged Wednesday and resume his normal schedule the following day. “At the recommendation of his doctors, President Bush agreed to have a stent placed to open the blockage,” Ford said. “The procedure was performed successfully this morning, without complicat
Aug. 7, 2013
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Scholar discloses diary by manager of WWII Japanese military brothels
New evidence showing that the Japanese military methodically mobilized so-called comfort women, or sex slaves during World War II, has been revealed. It also shows that frontline Japanese units had brothels as part of their organization and that they took comfort women as well as set up brothels whenever they moved. Ahn Byong-jick, a Seoul National University honorary professor, on Tuesday disclosed a diary kept by a Korean who had managed comfort stations, or de facto brothels, for Japanese sol
Aug. 7, 2013
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Former KT chief executive takes office as head of Daelim University College
Nam Joong-soo, former chief executive of KT, one of the nation’s major telephone and Internet operators, took office as the new president of Daelim University College in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. His term is four years. The 58-year-old Seoul native graduated from the business administration department of Seoul National University in 1979, acquired a Ph.D. in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. in 1990, and served as president of KTF and KT from 2003
Aug. 6, 2013
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Kim Jang-hoon to hold concert in Toronto Oct. 11-12
Pop singer Kim Jang-hoon, famous for activities and donations to promote Korea, is expanding his U.S. concert tour beyond the country. According to his agency Concert World on Tuesday, 5,000-seat concerts have been scheduled for Oct. 11 and 12 in Toronto, Canada. Kim also has been in contact with concert agencies and the Korean communities in Chile, Italy and Britain. He held concerts in Los Angeles, Seattle and New York in May, then returned to Korea to direct the DMZ World Peace Concert, which
Aug. 6, 2013
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Swimming, granny’s remedies ‘keep Putin young’
MOSCOW (AFP) ― The secrets of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s buff physique and youthful appearance are the result of herbal health remedies and swimming regularly to combat stress, his doctor revealed Monday.Putin “doesn’t look his age,” the Kremlin’s top doctor Sergei Mironov told Russian weekly Itogui, chiefly because the 60-year-old is “skeptical about medication.”Russia’s strongman “prefers grandmother’s remedies: tea with honey, the sauna or massage” to keep him looking young, complemen
Aug. 6, 2013
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Lee to mark 1993 initiative with dinner with Samsung staff
Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee will host a dinner at the Shilla hotel on Aug. 16 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his declaration of the “New Management Initiative.” According to the group on Tuesday, Lee will invite the chief executives and vice presidential-level officials of all its subsidiary companies to the dinner.He will join them at a get-together for the first time in about seven months after his birthday dinner on Jan. 9. During the dinner, Lee will likely look back over the
Aug. 6, 2013
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Obama turns 52 at Camp David
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Happy Birthday, Mr. President. Barack Obama turns 52 on Sunday and is spending part of the day at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. The White House said little about how he’s celebrating. He played golf Saturday with friends from his days in Hawaii and Chicago. Some of them joined him at Camp David. Obama is scheduled to return to the White House on Sunday afternoon. His week ahead includes travel to the West Coast to discuss plans to help homeowners, appear on “
Aug. 5, 2013
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Britain’s Prince Philip to return to work after operation: Palace
LONDON (AFP) ― Queen Elizabeth II’s 92-year-old husband Prince Philip is to appear in public this month for the first time since having surgery on his abdomen in June, Buckingham Palace has announced.The Duke of Edinburgh will travel to Scotland to hand out medals at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, an educational charity, on Aug. 12, the palace said late Saturday.Philip spent 11 nights in June at the private London Clinic, where he had “exploratory” abdominal surgery.He has since been recuperati
Aug. 5, 2013
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KOTRA donates goods to former Korean miners, nurses in Germany
The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency on Sunday donated goods worth 17,000 euros ($22,600) to Koreans who worked as miners and nurses in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s to make money to send home, the agency said. KOTRA prepared 100 boxes of Korean foods, blood glucose monitors and other items with sponsorship from several companies in Germany.The goods were donated to the World Federation of Korean Guest Workers in Germany.The donation ceremony was held at the Korean Cultural Center in Ess
Aug. 5, 2013
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U.S. civil rights leader Julius Chambers dies at 76
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) ― Julius Chambers, a Charlotte attorney whose practice was in the forefront of the civil rights movement in North Carolina, has died, his law firm said Saturday. He was 76. A statement issued by his law firm, Ferguson Chambers & Sumter, said Chambers died Friday after months of declining health. A specific cause of death wasn‘t given. “Mr. Chambers was not the first lawyer of color to try to address the issues of equality,” firm partner Geraldine Sumter said Saturd
Aug. 5, 2013