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AI textbook bubble could burst, expert warns
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Samsung tightens its belt amid crisis winds
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Food tycoon Paik Jong-won's Theborn Korea pushes toward IPO
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North Korean trash balloons cross border day after Seoul military parade
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Prosecution closes 'Dior bag' case amid opposition uproar
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Ex-presidential official’s leaked phone call rattles conservative bloc
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Court confirms sentence for rapper who attempted to evade national service
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N. Korea may revoke 1991 Inter-Korean Basic Agreement in parliament: Seoul
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[Kim Seong-kon] Understanding uniquely American things
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Ministry confirms irregularities in national soccer coach hiring
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Danish hotel flouts the law, reserves floor for women
COPENHAGEN, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) - A Copenhagen hotel will continue reserving a whole floor for women, despite a recent ruling that doing so is discriminatory and illegal, the hotel director said Tuesday.Last May, the Bella Sky Hotel in central Copenhagen opened a floor dubbed the Bella Donna with 20
Nov. 23, 2011
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Flying has never been so good for those who spend
NEW YORK (AP) ― Flying has never been so good ― for those able to splurge.While most holiday travelers will fight for overhead bins and go hours without a snack or room to stretch their legs, life in first class is stress free. It’s always been a special place on the other side of the curtain. Now, it’s getting even cushier.U.S. airlines, profitable again after a disastrous decade, are spending almost $2 billion to upgrade amenities for their highest-paying customers. On the most profitable inte
Nov. 21, 2011
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Contemplating Jongno the quiet way
Foreign envoys visit select places in Bukchon as city promotes ‘responsible tourism’Despite the cold weather, a group of ambassadors to Korea gathered at Jongno-gu Office, excited to start their first group tour in central Seoul.The cultural tour was organized by Jongno-gu and the Korea Tourism Organization to promote “responsible tourism,” which the district office newly introduced to tap sustainable tourism.“Jongno district, one out of 24 districts in Seoul, is home to major palaces. You’re g
Nov. 18, 2011
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Millennium Seoul Hilton to fire up Christmas train
Keeping its 16-year tradition, the Millennium Seoul Hilton will unveil its Christmas tree and ever-popular Christmas train on Nov. 23. Every year, a grand 10-meter Christmas tree is placed in the center of the main lobby. The highlight, for both children and adults who are young at heart, is the Christmas Train, a collection of more than 120 exquisitely handcrafted locomotives and railroad cars that will chug their way through the little village. The spirit of Christmas is also remembered as dom
Nov. 18, 2011
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Air Busan celebrates third anniversary
Air Busan celebrates its third anniversary this month, having flown some 55,000 times carrying about 5.6 million passengers. Launching international flights to Fukuoka, Osaka, Hong Kong, Tokyo and other nearby foreign cities, the carrier has been expanding into a “smart, practical” airline. Purchasing two new planes next year, Air Busan plans to expand its flights further into Japan, China and Southeast Asia and increase its number of planes to 12 by 2015. The airline currently has seven aircraf
Nov. 18, 2011
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Wedding parties in December
The InterContinental Seoul COEX offers a chance to make your wedding an unforgettable party during December. The package is for couples who prefer to forgo the post-wedding party and have more relaxed weddings. To satisfy couples’ diverse tastes, the hotel will be providing white, navy and even black wedding decorations as well as assorted flower arrangements. The wedding package, available only in December on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, will include wedding cake, champagne, rental of faci
Nov. 18, 2011
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Hotels.com offers limited 101 hour Japan sale
Hotels.com, the global hotel specialist affiliated with the Expedia, Inc., is offering a short trip to Japan with a 50 percent discount on Japanese hotels in popular destinations for a limited 101 hours through this weekend. Those planning to travel to popular spots in Japan such as Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto until April 30 can also book hotels with affordable prices among Hotels.com recommendations. The Prince Park Tower Tokyo is offering 240,000 won per night, Hotel Gracery Tamachi 107,000 per nig
Nov. 18, 2011
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Baja bound? Party down in safe, happy La Paz
LA PAZ, Mexico ― As traffic stalled along the palm-lined street, we peered from our taxi and spied the cause. A little parade came our way: boys in crimson church robes, young women balancing flower baskets on their heads, and a flatbed truck carrying a raucous band. Crackling fireworks zipped every which way.A local festival? We asked the cabdriver.He shrugged. No idea.Maybe a wedding? Perhaps a girl’s 15th birthday ― they call it Fiesta de Quinceanera. Who knew? It was just one of many little
Nov. 18, 2011
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Tanzania on safari: a ‘unique, amazing place’
SELOUS NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania ― The hot African sun was unrelenting, the sky broken only by an occasional wisp of cloud. My guide, Mtambo, and I were alone in the Land Rover for an early morning game drive.As he drove through Selous National Park, gazing at the verdant treetops for an elusive leopard, I glanced at him. Mtambo, of the Ndengereko tribe, was of an indeterminate age. He could have been 40 or 70, but this much is known: He can identify every African critter or bird that crosses his
Nov. 18, 2011
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Ghost alps of Antarctica reveal their secret
For more than half a century, geologists have wrangled over the origins of an astonishing range of mountains found beneath ice up to three kilometers (two miles) thick in East Antarctica.Named after the Soviet geophysicist who detected them in 1958 during the first International Polar Year explorati
Nov. 18, 2011
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S. Korean tourist killed in boat crash in Philippines
A South Korean tourist was killed this week in a boat crash off the eastern coast of the Philippine island of Cebu, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.A banana boat carrying three South Korean tourists, including a 50-year-old woman identified only by her surname Ji, collided with an outrigger can
Nov. 14, 2011
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Jeju Island makes ‘New7Wonders’ list
The Jusangjeolli Cliff on Jeju Island. (Jeju Special Self Governing Province)Jeju Island has been named as one of the new seven natural wonders of the world on Saturday, 300 days after the nation launched an online voting campaign.Jeju Island was one of the final 28 global candidates for “New7Wonder
Nov. 13, 2011
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S. Korea, Taiwan agree to expand flights
South Korea has reached an agreement with Taiwan to further expand air travel between the two countries, the government said Friday. The agreement reached in Seoul involves opening new flight services and increasing the number of seats available on existing routes that have been cited f
Nov. 11, 2011
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Discover yourself in a maze of trails
A lazybones finds hiking Jeju’s scenic Olle trails awakens the sensesJEJU ― It’s a rainy November day on Jeju Island and the leaves have turned yellow and red. The top of Aloreum, on Olle trail route No.1, is difficult to make out. Fog drifts over it like mist at the base of a waterfall. One of Olle’s most famous spots, Aloreum is one of Jeju’s many oreums ― volcanic cones that look like small mountains or hills. The spot is usually filled with visitors determined to enjoy its fabled panoramic
Nov. 11, 2011
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Pierre Gagnaire on Top 20 Asian restaurants list
Lotte Hotel Seoul said Pierre Gagnaire Soul, a French restaurant by three-Michelin star chef Pierre Gagnaire located on the 35th floor of the hotel, ranked at No. 8 on Asia’s Top 20 Restaurants list and was chosen as Korea’s best restaurant in the 2011/2012 edition of the Miele Guide, a regional guide book to restaurants in Asia. The hotel said it is the first restaurant in Korea to be listed on Miele’s Top 20 Restaurants in Asia. The Miele Guide was established in 2008 to better recognize and c
Nov. 11, 2011
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Hawaiian Airlines offers promotion
Hawaiian Airlines said it will offer the Early Bird Promotion I and II. Promotion I offers an Incheon to Honolulu flight for 819,000 won until Dec. 10. After making a reservation, the ticket purchase should be made within seven days and an up to one month stay in Hawaii is possible. It includes one free roundtrip ticket within Hawaii. Promotion II offers a free transfer at Honolulu to 10 cities in the western U.S. A ticket to Las Vegas via Honolulu is 923,100 won and Los Angeles is 1,029,400 won
Nov. 11, 2011
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Malaysia to offer year-end sale
Tourism Malaysia said the Southeast Asian country will hold the Malaysia Year End Sale from Nov. 15 to Jan. 1, offering up to 70 percent discounts at major department stores and local brands. The recommended shopping area is Suria KLCC, located at the landmark Petronas Twin Towers. It is linked with large department stores such as Isetan and Parkson and it also offers food courts, a cinema, a science house, an aquarium and bookstore Kinokuniya.(yoonmi@heraldm.com)
Nov. 11, 2011
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Benikea gives away free accommodation
The Korea Tourism Organization said Benikea, the mid- to low-priced hotel chain, will hold an online event “What is YOUR Best Night in Korea?” on its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/benikea through Dec. 6. At the site, participants can upload their best picture of the night scenery in Korea and leave comments on why it is the best. Those who win first prize will receive a roundtrip flight to Korea and accommodations at a hotel affiliated with Benikea. Five second-prize winners will get hotel a
Nov. 11, 2011
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Amid flood catastrophe, Thais begin festival
BANGKOK (AP) ― Every year when the moon is full and the rainy season draws to an end, Thailand’s waterways fill with millions of floating lotus-shaped lanterns ― a symbolic, centuries-old gesture once meant to placate the country’s goddess of water.Today, many Thais still believe the candlelit boats launched during Loy Krathong can carry misfortune away with them, allowing past sins to be cleansed and life to begin anew.This year, flood-ravaged Thailand has plenty of reason to pray for rebirth ―
Nov. 11, 2011
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Arches National Park an overlooked winter escape
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, Utah ― I spent six hours scrambling across the frosted red rock, eyeing the endless blue above and surrendering to the quiet that commands this place in late January, when the obvious was finally put to me.“What are you doing out here ― in winter?”The question came from Kenna Chandler, 31, whom I encountered in the midst of a seven-mile hike through Devils Garden. I’d passed nearly a dozen of the park’s 2,000 red sandstone arches, carved from hundreds of thousands of years
Nov. 11, 2011