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N. Korea says it tested super-large multiple rocket launcher under leader's guidance
North Korea said Friday it successfully tested a super-large multiple rocket launcher's successive firing system under leader Kim Jong-un's guidance in the launch of two projectiles the previous day.On Thursday, South Korea's military said the North fired two projectiles from what is presumed to be a super-large multiple rocket launcher from Yeonpo in the country's eastern South Hamgyong Province toward the East Sea.The North's official Korean Central News Agency said the Academy of Defence Scie
North Korea Nov. 29, 2019
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전지현, 넷플릭스 '킹덤2' 깜짝 출연 예고
배우 전지현이 넷플릭스 오리지널 드라마 '킹덤' 시즌2에 출연한다.28일 방송가에 따르면 전지현은 '킹덤2' 촬영에 참여했으며, 이 촬영은 기존 배우들 촬영과는 별개로 비밀리에 이뤄졌다. 그러나 어느 시점에 어느 정도 분량으로 등장하는지는 여전히 비공개다.전지현의 소속사 역시 출연한 건 맞지만 그 이상은 말하기 어렵다는 입장이다.전지현의 '킹덤2' 출연은 첫 정통 사극 도전이자 4년 만의 작품 복귀로 관심을 끈다. 그는 2015년 영화 '암살' 이후 연기 활동을 중단하고 지난해 1월 둘째 아들을 출산했다.한편, 조선판 좀비 사극 '킹덤2'는 내년 3월 공개된다. 시즌3 제작은 결정되지 않았다. (연합뉴스)
한국어판 Nov. 29, 2019
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워너원 낳은 '프듀2' 제작진도 시청자가 고소·고발
엠넷 오디션 예능 '프로듀스 101' 시리즈 중 그룹 워너원을 낳으며 가장 히트한 시즌2 제작진도 시청자들에 의해 고소·고발됐다.'프로듀스 101' 시즌2 시청자들로 구성된 진상규명위원회 법률대리인인 마스트 법률사무소는 28일 서울중앙지검에 제작진과 소속사 관계자들을 사기 혐의로 고소하고, 위계에 의한 업무방해와 배임수증재 혐의로 고발했다고 28일 밝혔다.법률대리인은 '프로듀스 48'(시즌3) 제작진을 고소·고발했을 때와 마찬가지로 투표 조작 논란과 관련한 원 데이터(득표수)를 공개할 것을 요구하며 수사기관의 철저한 수사와 처벌을 촉구했다.국민 프로듀서(시청자)들로 구성된 진상위가 제작진을 고소·고발하는 것은 '프로듀스 엑스(X) 101'(시즌4)과 '프로듀스 48', '아이돌 학교'에 이어 네 번째다.다만 '프로듀스 X 101', '프로듀스 48'과 달리 시즌2로 탄생한 워너원의 경우 활동 기간이 끝나 엑스원, 아이즈원처럼 그룹 활동 여부를 둘
한국어판 Nov. 29, 2019
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NSC discusses strategy on defense cost talks with US
South Korea's National Security Council on Thursday discussed how to cope with pressure from the United States to sharply raise Seoul's financial burden for the presence of American troops here.In the weekly session of the NSC's standing committee, its members also reviewed the situation following South Korea's decision to suspend the efficacy of its Aug. 22 decision to terminate a pact with Japan on sharing military intelligence.They then "discussed ways to resolve pending issues between S
Foreign Affairs Nov. 28, 2019
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N. Korea fires 2 unidentified projectiles into East Sea: JCS
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, in the latest in a series of military moves amid stalled denuclearization talks with the United States. The projectiles were fired from areas of Yeonpo in the country's eastern South Hamgyong Proince into the waters off the east coast at around 4:59 p.m., the JCS said in a release. No other details were immediately available, including the projectiles' type and flight range.&qu
North Korea Nov. 28, 2019
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TWICE tops Japan's Oricon weekly chart for 5th time
A new Japanese album by South Korean girl group TWICE has risen to the top of Japan's leading music chart soon after its release, its management agency said Thursday.According to JYP Entertainment, "&TWICE," the second full Japanese album by TWICE, topped the Oricon weekly albums chart for the third week of this month.With the feat, TWICE has climbed to the top of the Oricon weekly chart for the fifth time. Earlier, the girl group's first Japanese album "BDZ," sixth Korea
Performance Nov. 28, 2019
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JYJ's Kim Jae-joong to drop first new album in 4 years
Singer Kim Jae-joong will drop a new album early next year, returning to the Korean music business after a near four-year hiatus, his agency said Thursday.Kim, a member of the Korean pop group JYJ, will also start a concert tour across Asia starting in Seoul in January, according to C-Jes Entertainment.The detailed schedule of the Asian concerts will be determined later, it added. It is Kim's first Korean album in four years since he released his last studio album "No.X" in 2016.His la
Performance Nov. 28, 2019
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New EXO album tops iTunes charts across globe
K-pop boy band EXO took iTunes music charts by storm Thursday with its latest album, "Obsession."The sixth full-length album by EXO, released on Wednesday, had topped iTunes' Top Album charts in 60 countries by Thursday morning, according to SM Entertainment, the band's management agency. The 60 countries include Canada, France, Denmark, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil, Peru and Taiwan. At home, "Obsession" also came atop daily album sales charts by online book stores and music di
Performance Nov. 28, 2019
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NK merchant ship driven out of S. Korean waters: JCS
South Korea has completed an operation to drive a North Korean merchant ship out of its waters after the vessel strayed across the Yellow Sea border due to an engine problem, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday. The ship was detected crossing the Northern Limit Line, the de facto sea border in the Yellow Sea, early Wednesday. South Korea's military later confirmed it to be a merchant ship from the North and broadcast warnings and fired warning shots according to procedure. North Korean sailo
North Korea Nov. 28, 2019
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Vice minister to visit Kaesong liaison office, no weekly meeting planned
Vice Unification Minister Suh Ho will visit the inter-Korean liaison office in North Korea's border town of Kaesong this week, though there will be no meeting with his North Korean counterpart, a ministry official said Thursday.Suh's trip to the office on Friday comes at a time when inter-Korean relations remain stalled, with Pyongyang threatening to end their joint tour program to Mount Kumgang on the North's east coast. But the vice minister, who serves as the South Korean head of the of
North Korea Nov. 28, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Supreme Court orders retrial of former President Park in NIS fund case
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a retrial of former President Park Geun-hye for acceptance of off-the-books funds from the National Intelligence Service, saying her acquittals by lower courts on bribery and state fund loss charges should be reversed.The top court instructed the Seoul High Court to retry Park's case, raising legal questions about the appellate court's decision in July to reduce her prison sentence in the NIS fund scandal by one year to five years.Besides the commutation of
Social Affairs Nov. 28, 2019
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US flies three spy planes over S. Korea after NK coastal gun firing
Three US reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Korean Peninsula in succession for two days this week in an apparent sign of ramped-up surveillance of North Korea following its test-firing of coastal artillery. A plane believed to be an EP-3E of the US Navy, was spotted in skies above the Korean Peninsula at an altitude of 7,010 meters, Aircraft Spots, an aviation tracker, said on its Twitter account. The aviation tracker said earlier it detected two US Air Force spy planes -- the RC-135V a
Defense Nov. 28, 2019
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Opposition leader conscious again after hospitalization over hunger strike
The chief of South Korea's main opposition party regained consciousness Thursday after he was taken to a hospital a day earlier following eight days of hunger strike, officials said.Liberty Korea Party chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn lost consciousness on Wednesday night while fasting in protest of controversial bills on election reform and a corruption probe unit.He was immediately sent to Severance Hospital in west Seoul, according to party officials."His vital signs such as breathing and pulse ha
Politics Nov. 28, 2019
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Pentagon budget estimate suggests why Trump seeks $5b from S. Korea
WASHINGTON -- The US Defense Department has estimated it will cost nearly $4.5 billion to station troops in South Korea in fiscal year 2020, suggesting why President Donald Trump reportedly seeks $5 billion from Seoul next year.According to the Pentagon's budget estimate drawn up in March, the total payment toward military personnel, operations, maintenance and family housing in South Korea amounts to $4.46 billion in the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, 2020.In fiscal year 2019, the number was $
Foreign Affairs Nov. 28, 2019
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'홍대앞 폭행' 일본인 피해자 법정 출석…"처벌 원해"
"사건 당일 '같이 놀자'며 따라오다 거절하자 돌변"…후유증 호소홍대입구역 인근 번화가에서 길을 가던 일본인 여성을 모욕하고 폭행한 혐의로 기소된 30대 남성의 재판에 피해자와 일행 등이 증인으로 출석했다.27일 서울서부지법 형사9단독 박수현 판사 심리로 열린 방모(33)씨의 공판에 증인으로 출석한 일본인 여성 A(19)씨는 "피고인 처벌을 원하느냐"는 판사의 질문에 "네"라고 답했다. 방씨는 지난 8월 23일 오전 6시께 서울 마포구 지하철 2호선 홍대입구역 인근을 지나가던 A씨를 모욕하고 폭행한 혐의(상해·모욕)로 구속기소 됐다.방씨는 A씨의 머리카락을 잡아당기는 등 폭행하고, 성인 비디오 배우에 빗대 욕을 하거나 일본인을 비하하는 단어도 사용한 것으로 조사됐다. 이 사건으로 A씨는 뇌진탕 등으로 전치 2주의 진단을 받았다.이날 증인석에 선 A씨와 일행 B씨는 폭행 당시 상황을 상세하게 설명했다.A씨는
한국어판 Nov. 28, 2019
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