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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Protect your teeth from gum disease
Periodontal disease, or gum disease, is chronic inflammatory disease which leads to the destruction of the supporting bone around natural teeth. According to Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, about 75 percent of Korean adults aged between 35 and 44 have suffered from chronic periodontal disease. This figure is higher than that in the United States. Even though there are ethni
Arts & DesignJan. 13, 2011
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Major retailers gear up for online shopping boom
Lotte, Shinsegae, Hyundai speed up expansion of Internet, mobile businessesKorea’s large retailers are gearing up for intensifying competition online as virtual marketplaces grow on the back of popular mobile computing and social media.Lotte Shopping, Shinsegae Group and Hyundai Department Store are strengthening their Internet and mobile business operations with plans to open new shops, broaden p
IndustryJan. 13, 2011
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Japanese manga vilifies KARA, Girls’ Generation
A Japanese manga comic has sparked anger among Korean netizens for its depiction of lewd scenes of women clad in the signature clothes of Girls’ Generation and KARA’s butt dance.Korean fans of the two famous girl groups claimed that the manga titled, “An Analysis on the K-Pop Boom Lies” is intended to vilify the groups who have made successful debuts in Japan.The manga shows former Korean girl gro
PerformanceJan. 13, 2011
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Lawyer advises young to turn eyes abroad
Chun fights U.S. visa discrimination, publishes books on immigration“Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.”So said the famous man of letters Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773).And when describing men of unwearied industry, Chun Jong-joon,
PeopleJan. 13, 2011
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SK Telecom chief to spur network evolution
Ha focuses on speed, openness and collaborationSK Telecom Co., the nation’s top mobile carrier, will speed up its transition to the next-generation network and boost cooperation with application developers and suppliers, its new chief executive said on Wednesday.In his first news conference since taking office on Jan. 1, Ha Sung-min, 54, unveiled a new management strategy focused on speed, opennes
IndustryJan. 13, 2011
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KARA makes debut in Japanese drama
CJ Media said Wednesday it has invested in the production of a Japanese drama in which five-member Korean girl group KARA is featured as the main cast.The operator of local cable and satellite TV channels such as Mnet and tvN said it has invested in the production of the 12-episode drama “URAKARA” (Inner side of KARA), which will be aired on major Japanese broadcaster TV Tokyo every Friday from Ja
TelevisionJan. 13, 2011
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BOK unexpectedly hikes key rate to 2.75 pct
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank unexpectedly raised the key interest rate by a quarter percentage point on Thursday in an apparent bid to contain growing inflationary pressure.Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo and his fellow policymakers hiked the benchmark seven-day repo rate, dubbed the base rate, to 2.75 percent. It marked the third rate increase since the onset of t
Jan. 13, 2011
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Two hours of TV-watching boosts heart risk
WASHINGTON -- People who spend more than two hours per day of leisure time watching television or sitting in front of a screen face double the risk of heart disease and higher risk of dying, said a study Monday.Researchers said the effect was seen regardless of how much people exercised, indicating that how we choose to spend our free time away from work has a huge impact on our overall health."It
Social AffairsJan. 13, 2011
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Deaf boys grow up through baseball
Kang’s new movie ‘Glove’ tells true story of hopeLike many other sports, baseball is a game of communication. Catchers are yelling which base to go, the crowd screams when someone hits a home run, and coaches constantly shout what to do when the players are at their bases. It’s also a sport of accumulated team effort. Having one great pitcher cannot make a strong team.Director Kang Woo-suk’s new f
FilmJan. 13, 2011
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LG Uplus launches social networking services
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's smallest mobile carrier, said Thursday that it has made inroads into the fast-growing mobile social networking market in South Korea in an effort to find new revenue sources. The wireless and fixed-line operator introduced beta versions of two mobile-based social networking services last month that are available to all mobile phone users, it said in a statement.
TechnologyJan. 13, 2011
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S. African police fine 'no pants' train passengers
JOHANNESBURG - Dozens of men and women who tried to emulate New York's "No pants Subway Ride" on South Africa's first high-speed train were arrested and fined, the rail operator said on Tuesday.Gautrain said 34 people were detained after they dropped their trousers and skirts and took a pantless ride from Rhodesfield, east of Johannesburg to Sandton in the city's north."They were fined 700 rands (
InternationalJan. 13, 2011
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‘Korea, Japan research demands different’
Shin Eun-hee has a unique duty in her role as a top executive. She not only supervises Korean operations of the Nielsen Company, a global information and media firm, but also Japanese operations, assuming the role of managing director for the two crucial markets in East Asia simultaneously. What’s more unusual is that Shin does most of her business here in Seoul. The convention is that regional CE
CompaniesJan. 13, 2011
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Torrential rain, mudslides in Brazil kill 257
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) _ Summer rains sent tons of red mud and torrents of water rushing down mountainsides in towns outside Rio, enveloping homes of rich and poor alike and killing at least 257 people in 24 hours. Some survivors clung to trees to escape the water and landslides.Rescuers used heavy machinery, shovels and bare hands to dig through debris in a search for survivors Wednesday. It was not
InternationalJan. 13, 2011
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Ski jumper Pungertar wins FIS Continental Cup title in PyeongChang
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Matjaz Pungertar of Slovenia beat fellow countryman Zima Rok and Germany’s Julian Musiol to claim his first career title at the PyeongChang FIS Continental Cup title Wednesday.The 20-year-old had the day’s longest effort of 134.5 meters on the K-125 hill and followed up with a 128-meter leap to win the title with a total of 249.5 points at the Alpensia ski jump sta
More SportsJan. 12, 2011
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Ski jumpers take off in PyeongChang
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― Korea is still in its early days of ski jumping, but national team coach Kim Heung-soo says they are progressing rapidly through a newly built jumping slope. Some of the world’s top level ski jumpers on Wednesday had their first taste of the snow-covered Alpensia ski jumping slopes for the FIS Continental Cup, slated for Jan. 12-13.PyeongChang is holding the two-day
More SportsJan. 12, 2011
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Top auditor nominee bows out
Chief state auditor nominee Chung Tong-ki withdrew Wednesday, two days after the ruling party turned its back on him amid rising public antipathy toward the privileges he was granted for his former job as a prosecutor.“I decided to step down today from the post as chairman nominee of the Board of Audit and Inspection,” Chung said in a press conference.Chung read out a lengthy statement about his s
PoliticsJan. 12, 2011
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Half of new lawyers still out of work
Lawy has always been regarded as one of the most prestigious occupations in Korea but the legal market has already turned into a red ocean and nearly half of new attorneys remain unemployed. Of the 970 people who completed a two-year mandatory training program Wednesday at the Judicial Research and Training Institute after passing the bar exam, 343 have yet to be employed, with 189 to join the mil
Social AffairsJan. 12, 2011
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Real estate market may be better off in 2011
Expectations are rising that the domestic real estate market hit bottom last year and began to recover in the last quarter.The Land & Housing Institute said Wednesday home transaction volume and prices rose for the sixth consecutive week during the fourth quarter of last year after seeing minus 0.1 percent growth in July.“In particular, it is noteworthy that the pace of growth has been accelerated
Jan. 12, 2011
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Legal adult age reduced to 19
The age of legal adulthood is to be lowered from the current 20 to 19 under a revised civil law bill, officials said Wednesday.The bill, which was passed by the parliamentary Legislation and Judiciary Committee last month, is expected to be approved at a plenary session of the National Assembly next month, they said.When the revision takes effect in July 2013, young adults the age of 19 will be ab
Social AffairsJan. 12, 2011
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Air Force, Navy to get more ministry, JCS representation
General-level officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force are expected to equally share key decision-making posts at the Defense Ministry and the Joint Chiefs of Staff by the end of next year, a government source said Wednesday.The move is aimed at enhancing interoperability among the three armed services and addressing the Army’s dominance in the military’s decision-making processes, which has lon
PoliticsJan. 12, 2011