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• International

  

  Missing Korean student found dead on Wapping Beach in London

  The body of the 21-year-old Korean woman, surnamed Chang, was recovered on Wapping Beach along the River Thames, British news outlet East London Lines reported Saturday. There was no evidence of foul play, according to British police.An inquest will be carried out to determine the cause and circumstances of her death.Chang, who was studying fine art and art history at Goldsmiths, University of London, was last seen Nov. 2 near the Deptford Bridge in Lewisham. Worried after not hearing from Chang

• Television

  

  Hong Jin-young’s sister exudes joyful energy on TV

  Korean trot singer Hong Jin-young appeared on a TV show with her sister, Hong Sun-young, Sunday night, and the sibling soon captivated Korean viewers with her joyful energy. The singer had talked about her sister several times on TV, but it was the first time for the older sister to actually show up herself.  Hong Sun-young (SBS)The two revealed their daily life via SBS reality show “My Little Old Boy,” featuring a pork belly meokbang, or eating broadcast, as well as mini-concerts. The Hong sist

• Industry

  

  Nationwide survey opens for new license plates

  The Transport Ministry said Monday it has begun a nationwide survey on the preferred format for new vehicle license plates. The one selected would be applied from September next year.  Transport Ministry officials show five different designs for new vehicle license plates for the nationwide survey, during a press briefing last week. (Yonhap)In July, the ministry decided to adopt a new license plate with seven digits, adding one to the current six. Such a change would allow for 210 million new ca

• Film

  

  ‘Drug King’ to bring out gritty side of Song Kang-ho

  Song Kang-ho, arguably the best actor in Korean cinema today, is definitely an artist of range. But many of his iconic roles are as the everyman caught up in extraordinary situations, which is why upcoming crime drama “Drug King” will be an intriguing change of pace.“The audience is used to seeing (me portray) characters that look like an everyday man, the guy next door, so I think ‘Drug King’ will feel different,” Song said, during a press conference for the film in Seoul on Monday. “It is an u

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  Foreign Policy

  S. Korea, Japan urged to seek wisdom of past leaders to improve ties

  South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Monday called for Seoul and Tokyo to look to the wisdom of past leaders to improve bilateral relations. 　Lee made the remarks at a meeting with a group of Japanese politicians that included Hideo Watanabe, acting head of a Japanese parliamentary committee on cooperation with South Korea.  (Yonhap)　  Lee told the meeting that relations between South Korea and Japan reached a high point in 1998, when the then South Korean president, Kim Dae-jung, and Keiz

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  Diplomatic Circuit

  French, foreign envoys honor comrades of WWI

  French Ambassador to Korea Fabien Penone honors fallen comrades and active-duty servicepersons at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul on Nov. 11. (Yonhap)Marking the centenary of the end of World War I, French diplomats, veterans and their international colleagues paid homage to fallen comrades and active-duty servicepersons at a commemorative ceremony at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul on Nov. 11.Veterans of the French Batt

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  Diplomatic Circuit

  ‘Latvia, Korea kindred spirits in self-determination, multilateralism’

  “Our survival depends on the liberal, rules-based international order and cooperation in multilateral frameworks.”

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  Finance

  Korea's finance minister meets senior Chinese politician

  　SEJONG (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon held a meeting with a senior Chinese politician Monday during which they discussed ways to promote economic ties between the two nations, Kim‘s ministry said. 　Kim met Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong, who is on a visit to Seoul to attend an economic forum. Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon (Yonhap)　China unofficially imposed retaliatory measures against South Korean firms after Seoul agreed to install the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense

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  Diplomatic Circuit

  How Hungary brought knowledge of Korea to socialist Europe

  The tomb of King Kija in Pyongyang is photographed by Hungarian scholar Aladar Soveny in 1955. (Hungarian Embassy in Seoul)By Hungarian Ambassador to Korea Mozes CsomaImproving relations between the two Koreas cannot be done in the absence of cultural collaboration.In this regard, the two Koreas’ joint compilation of the Korean-language Gyeoremal Comprehensive Dictionary and exploration of the palace of Manwoldaegung in the North’s Kaesong -- the royal seat of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) -- re

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  Nissan chief Ghosn arrested over financial misconduct: reports

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was reportedly under arrest in Tokyo on Monday, as his firm accused him of “significant acts of misconduct” and said it would seek to oust him.　Japan's public broadcaster NHK and other media outlets said Ghosn had been arrested after being questioned by Japanese prosecutors for various improprieties including underreporting his income.　“The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office arrested Nissan chairman Ghosn on suspicion of violation of the F

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  Social affairs

  No risk of radiation leak after fire at nuclear research institute

  　A fire broke out at a state-run nuclear energy research institute in central South Korea, but there was no risk of a radiation leak, the institute said Monday. 　The fire broke out at a laboratory in the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, as of 2:28 p.m. It was confirmed to have been extinguished at 4:01 p.m.  (Yonhap)　There was no danger of a radiation leak and nobody was injured, the institute said.　The institute added that it was investigating th

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  Social affairs

  Judges’ council favors impeachment of senior justices involved in power abuse scandal

  　A council of representative judges from district courts agreed Monday that it is necessary to seek impeachment of sitting judges implicated in a ballooning power abuse scandal involving the previous Supreme Court chief justice.　“We agree that the alleged acts (of the judges under probe) are a serious breach of the Constitution, which calls for impeachment procedures as well as disciplinary action,” the council said in a statement adopted at the end of a regular meeting.　The council’s decision c

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  Social affairs

  Teenager arrested in death of father, alleged attack on mother

  The police on Monday arrested a teenager on allegations that he strangled his father to death and stabbed his mother.The Daegu Dalseo Police Station said an 18-year-old had been arrested at the scene on Monday and will be charged in the death of his father and the alleged attack on his mother. (Yonhap)Police allege that the boy stabbed his father once in the neck and then strangled him to death around midnight before stabbing his mother in the stomach six times.The police say they arrived on the

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  Music

  Wanna One makes its ‘bittersweet’ return with first -- and last -- EP

  　K-pop boy group Wanna One returned with its new -- and probably last -- album on Monday, eliciting a mix of excitement and sadness among its fans.　The project boy group, comprised of 11 winners of music channel Mnet‘s idol competition show “Produce 101,” started its group activities in August 2017 for a limited time, with its deadline set at the end of this year.　The new album, “1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny),” is the group’s first full-length album. It has so far dropped two EPs, “1×1=1 (To Be One)”

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OPINION

• Columnists

  

  China’s rules on genes are too tight

  China caused consternation in the tech world by walling off its internet, blocking foreign cloud-computing firms and forcing companies to store data locally if they want to operate on the mainland: Many fear a full-fledged balkanization of the internet. The worry now is that something similar may be happening in cutting-edge gene research.Late last month, in a move that’s largely been overlooked outside the scientific community, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology announced it had sanctio

• Columnists

  

  China’s future weapon vs. America: Its growing middle class

  They shop in malls and high-end supermarkets, buy condos by the seaside, attend wine tastings, vacation abroad, and push their kids to apply to Harvard. But they aren’t American suburbanites; they are China’s huge and growing urban middle class, which Beijing hopes will eventually consume enough to lower the country’s dependence on exports.Whatever the outcome of the US-China trade war -- and any tete-a-tete between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping at the upcoming G-20 meeting in Argentina -- Chi

THE INVESTOR

• Samsung

  

  FSC’s suspension order puts brakes on Samsung heir’s leadership succession

  The latest decision by Korea’s financial authority, which suspended trading of Samsung BioLogics shares on the stock market last week, not only deals a blow to the biotech company but also puts off a high-profile succession scheme for the conglomerate, controlled by descendants of the founder, industry watchers said Nov. 18.On Nov. 14, the Financial Service Commission concluded that Samsung BioLogics had “arbitrarily interpreted the accounting rules and intentionally breached them

• Startups & Investors

  

  The Investor’s Choice 2018 to crown top startups on Nov. 28

  The Investor’s Choice 2018, an awards ceremony focused on promising startups hosted by The Korea Herald’s investment news platform The Investor, will be held on Nov. 28.The one-day event aims to celebrate startups that have demonstrated the highest level of innovation this year and seeks to encourage open discussions about startups that are breaking new ground here. The ceremony will kick off with opening remarks by Herald Corp. Chairman Jungwook Hong. Fleur Pellerin, co-founder a

• Samsung

  

  Samsung family cherishes memory of late founder

  Samsung Group commemorated the 31st anniversary of the death of Lee Byung-chul, founder of Korea’s largest conglomerate on Nov. 19.Lee, who established trucking business Samsung Trading, forerunner of Korea’s largest conglomerate, in 1938, passed away in 1987. For the first two decades since his death, the memorial service was held jointly by the family and close relatives, which include the owners of Korea’s large conglomerates CJ Group, Shinsegae Group and Hansol Group. Some of

• Samsung

  

  Samsung companies lost combined 56 trillion won in market cap

  Korea's No. 1 conglomerate, Samsung, saw its market capitalization fall nearly 12 percent this year due to losses in tech and bio shares, a corporate tracker said on Nov. 18The combined market value of its 16 listed companies came to 418.33 trillion won (US$369.5 billion) as of Nov. 14, compared to 475. 12 trillion won in the end of last year, down 11.95 percent, according to FnGuide.Samsung Electronics, the largest firm in terms of market capitalization, dropped 13.94 percent to

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• Television

  

  How Blair Williams ended up hosting family on South Korean TV

• Industry

  

  TMON envisions creating ‘online malling’ experience

• Foreign Policy

  

  ASEAN important for Korea’s peace as well as prosperity: ambassador

• Diplomatic Circuit

  

  Tapping Korean experience to tackle world’s development challenges

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• Culture

  

  Chefs awarded for ‘modern’ Korean food creations

  Three young Korean cuisine chefs were awarded Monday by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, for their innovative dishes using local ingredients. An event the same day invited a panel of judges to taste and evaluate 10 up-and-coming Korean chefs’ new creations at the Korean Cuisine Cultural Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs)(Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs)The contesting restaurants were selected at the start of this year a

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• Technology

  

  Meet 'Faker': Korean League of Legends talent extraordinaire

• Television

  

  K-pop stars rock red carpet looks at 2018 MGA

• Music

  

  BTS on red carpet at 2018 MGA

• Social affairs

  

  Modernized hanbok setting trend, reinterpreting tradition

FEATURES

• Economy

  

  BOK chief calls for resilience against external risks

  South Korea’s central bank chief on Monday urged Asia-Pacific economies to reinforce their resilience against potential external risk factors amid a fluctuating global financial environment.“We must enhance the general resilience of the regional economy so that drastic changes in capital flows stemming from external risks do not lead to systematic risks,” Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol said in a conference jointly held at Seoul’s Plaza Hotel by the BOK and the Bank for International Settlements.

• Industry

  

  US FDA greenlights Celltrion’s chemical combination drug for HIV-1

  South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion said Monday that its first-ever chemical combination drug for use by patients with HIV-1 infection has been approved by the US Food and drug Administration.　Developed by Celltrion, Temixys is a tablet-type drug that targets HIV-1, short for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. It is a next-generation modified drug combining the properties of GSK’s Zeffix (lamivudine) and Gilead Sciences’ Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate).The newly-approved ta

• Automode

  

  Racing drivers clean up at WTCR with Hyundai’s i30 N

  Hyundai’s own racing team ranked second in WRC

• Industry

  

  Poor preparation or clickbait? Korean Black Friday draws criticism

  For Kim Yo-han, a 32-year-old office worker in Seoul, November has always been the month to shop for products with big discounts offered on e-commerce websites. From high-tech gadgets to designer clothes from luxury brands, Korean e-commerce companies run up to 80 percent discount promotions this month, mimicking Black Friday in US and Singles Day in China. Limited price flash deals usually lead to a huge increase in sales and traffic, creating buzz among online shoppers. Korean e-commerce giant