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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Korea, U.S. enter talks on mutual recognition of airworthiness assessment
South Korea has entered talks with the United States to forge an agreement to mutually recognize each other's airworthiness assessment of military aircraft, Seoul's military procurement agency said Tuesday.The negotiations began after the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) signed a deal with the U.S.' National Airworthiness Council on March 23. Under the deal, the allies will have a six-month assessment of each other's airworthiness approval process before deciding in late Septemb
April 12, 2016
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Korea calls U.N. attention to N. Korea's GPS jamming
South Korea has called the attention of the U.N. Security Council to North Korea's recent attempts to jam GPS signals in the South, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.In a letter addressed to China, the council's rotating president, Seoul said North Korea has been "generating electronic jamming signals that dangerously affect" GPS in South Korea."The GPS jamming by the DPRK is an act of provocation that poses a threat to the security of the Republic of Korea and undermines the safety of civil tra
April 12, 2016
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Japanese boycott McDonald's for Korean-style bow in commercial
Some Japanese consumers are boycotting McDonald’s for a commercial that depicts a Korean-style bow, a Japan-based English-language online publication said Friday. (YouTube capture)The commercial in question shows a McDonald’s employee politely bowing to customers before attending to their orders. While the commercial obviously intends to portray polite service, some Japanese viewers have found fault with the way the employee bows, with her hands clasped in front of her stomach, saying it appears
April 12, 2016
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A sibling fight leads to murder
A middle-aged woman was taken into police custody Tuesday on suspicion of murdering her younger brother. Gyeonggi Suwon Nambu police said that the 52-year-old is suspected of stabbing her brother aged 47 during an altercation, which led to his death. (123RF)The woman, surnamed Kim, had been staying with her younger brother’s family for a number of months. At the time of the alleged attack, Kim is said to have been under the influence of alcohol and angry at her brother’s usual disdainful attitu
April 12, 2016
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Park asks people to cast ballots for new parliament
President Park Geun-hye encouraged people on Tuesday to cast their ballots this week to ensure that the new parliament can serve the people and do its job."A new National Assembly should be born," Park said in a Cabinet meeting, adding the new parliament should devote itself to stabilizing the people's livelihoods and revitalizing the national economy.The chief executive's comments came a day before South Koreans go to polls to elect new lawmakers.Park has repeatedly accused the outgoing Nationa
April 12, 2016
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[Interview] Vitaliy Raskalov on his Lotte World Tower climb
Vitaliy Raskalov, 21, and Vadim Makhorov, 25, are the first -- and probably the only -- people to scale the 555 meter-tall Lotte World Tower, Korea’s tallest skyscraper, without permission. In a written interview with The Korea Herald on Monday, Raskalov, the more responsive of the duo, said that “Security at the Lotte Tower is very, very good” and that “It was complicated” to break through. A 7-minute-long YouTube video by the two shows exactly how they avoided the security. On the day of the
April 12, 2016
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Int'l presidential forum kicks off in Seoul
Representatives of universities around the world began discussions on social responsibilities of higher education and global partnerships among academia Tuesday, the second day of the international presidential forum, organizers said.The 2016 International Presidential Forum on Global Research Universities (IPFGRU), hosted by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), held an opening ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in central Seoul.On the second day of the three-day event,
April 12, 2016
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Seoul, Washington committed to democracy in elections: Lippert
U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippert said Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are firmly committed to democracy through elections, as South Koreans are set to cast their ballots to elect new lawmakers this week."One of our key issues in bilateral relationship is our shared commitment to democracy in the elections," Lippert said in a congratulatory speech to mark the start of the 2016 Seoul International Forum on Elections held in Seoul.South Koreans go to the polls Wednesday to elect 300 lawmaker
April 12, 2016
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Korea, U.S. to hold first nuclear energy committee meeting Thursday
South Korea and the U.S. will hold the first general meeting of their high-level committee, charged with enforcing a bilateral nuclear energy partnership accord, this week in Seoul, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.The inaugural session of the High Level Bilateral Commission will be held on Thursday, led by Second Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall. Some 80 officials and experts on atomic energy policy from each side will attend the
April 12, 2016
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Religion-affiliated parties want to ‘protect’ country from Islam, homosexuality
Granted everyone has their political freedom in a democratic country, but extremist views of any kind never fail to appall. Extreme views, mixed with a large helping of ignorance, flogged in the name of “religion” and “politics” may be the worst combination for bigotry. (Christianity Party)Korea’s Christianity Party recently pushed forth inflammatory policies to ostracize homosexual and Muslim population in Korea, disgruntling those in favor of diversity and freedom of expression. In the part
April 11, 2016
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College chiefs explore future of innovation
More than 120 university leaders from around the world gathered for an annual forum in Seoul on Monday to promote better mutual cooperation on research and to look for new innovative roles of educational institutions in new-generation industries.Hosted by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the 2016 International Presidential Forum on Global Research Universities kicked off with about 120 presidents and vice presidents of 65 research universities from 36 countries, including thre
April 11, 2016
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Court suspends BIFF's new advisory committee members from coming into force
A local court on Monday ordered the executive committee of Asia's largest film festival to suspend appointments of its new advisory committee members amid its deepening feud with the sponsoring city.The Busan District Court approved the injunction filed by the Busan Metropolitan Government against the executive committee of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), seeking suspension of 68 new members of the advisory committee from coming into force.The new members were appointed by former e
April 11, 2016
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Fewer married Korean women choosing to stay at home
Officer worker Kim Dong-min, 34, who tied the knot in January, had long dreamed of mornings with his wife. He imagined that she would wake him up with a cup of coffee, prepare breakfast and pack him a box of fruits for a snack. In reality, his wife wakes up, grabs juice from the refrigerator and rushes to the office while touching up her makeup on the subway.“I think it would be too boring to stay at home as a housewife,” his wife had said to him.Kim’s ideal morning is becoming less conventional
April 11, 2016
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Speculation grows over China's role in mass defection
Following the en-masse defection last week of 13 North Koreans who reportedly worked at a state-run restaurant in China, speculation is growing over whether Beijing played any role in facilitating their perilous journey to South Korea.Given the traditional ties with its ally Pyongyang, Beijing could not have publicly or actively supported the defection, observers said, noting that they might have knowingly condoned the defectors' attempts to head to the South via a third country in Southeast Asi
April 11, 2016
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Park: 'Descendants of the Sun' exemplary case of cultural enhancement
President Park Geun-hye on Monday praised "Descendants of the Sun," a popular South Korean soap opera, as an exemplary case of the positive effects of cultural content on the manufacturing industry.The drama -- which tells the story of a South Korean army captain sent on a U.N. peacekeeping mission to a distant fictional country -- has gained immense popularity not only in South Korea but China and other countries as well.Park said the KBS drama has been sold to about 30 countries and has been e
April 11, 2016
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Korea, U.S., Japan to hold vice ministerial talks next week
South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold vice-ministerial talks next week in Seoul to discuss North Korea's denuclearization and other regional and global issues, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Monday.South Korean First Vice Minister Lim Sung-nam and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts Tony Blinken and Akitaka Saiki will meet here next Tuesday for the third trilateral diplomatic consultations. The three-way meeting was last held in Tokyo in January.The three countries are also coordinati
April 11, 2016
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Online adult community members to be punished
The police is cracking down on online adult community Sora.net.Kang Shin-myung, chief commissioner of the Korean police, said Monday that not only the page administrators but also community members who participated in illegal acts will be held responsible. (Yonhap)While browsing adult content is not a criminal act, Kang said, “Those who create or distribute child pornography, heavy uploaders who circulate a large number of obscene content and distributors of revenge pornography are all punishabl
April 11, 2016
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Ticket prices for 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games announced
The organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games on Monday announced the ticket prices for the quadrennial event with the average price reaching 140,000 won ($121).The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) said that a total of 1.17 million tickets will be issued to the public. The organizers expect 90 percent will be sold, generating 174 billion won in revenue. The POCOG said that 70 percent of the tickets will be sold in South Korea."
April 11, 2016
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Police to stay on high alert during general elections
Police said Monday they will be on high alert during this week's general elections.A total of 84,995 officers will be dispatched to polling stations and ballot counting offices across the country from when the voting kicks off at 6 a.m. on Wednesday until the vote-counting officially ends, the National Police Agency (NPA) said. The number is equivalent to around 60 percent of the total police force in South Korea.Police officers will be on hourly patrol duties at 13,837 polling stations in the c
April 11, 2016
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Korean teens fight for rights to birth control, sex life
In 2012, when Kang Min-jin was 17 years old, she decided to go public about her sex life. Back then, in a rally focusing on youth rights in Seoul, she held a banner which she thought was both deeply personal and political. It said: “I’m not a virgin (and I’m a teenager).”“Yes, it was a political statement,” she said in an interview with The Korea Herald. “When you live in a country where you can be punished at school for dating a fellow student, where you need to be 19 or older to get informatio
April 11, 2016