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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Korea enters full election mode
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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London K-blogger returns for another taste of Korea
She loves films by Hang Sang-soo, grooves to Wonder Girls, and makes “kimchijeon” and “doenjang jjigae” when throwing house parties in her native U.K. Meet Anne-Maria Cole, a popular K-blogger in London.“I don’t want to go back!” the bubbly British blogger told The Korea Herald during an Interview in Seoul on Monday. She was scheduled to go to the airport to catch her flight back to London right after the interview. “Everything has been so amazing here.”Cole was one of the seven foreign bloggers
Oct. 25, 2011
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Bikes’ revival provokes tension in Germany
BERLIN (AFP) ― Germany might still be known for its high-speed autobahns, but in cities, bicycles are now so popular that a war of words has broken out between drivers and cyclists over who rules the road.In Berlin, more than 500,000 of the 3.5 million inhabitants get on their bikes daily to move about the city, twice as many as a decade ago, making the most of an extensive network of cycle paths.On Unter den Linden, the capital’s celebrated, tree-lined central boulevard, cyclists zoom up and do
Oct. 24, 2011
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KTO holds kayaking event at newly restored four rivers
About 100 people on Saturday paddled their kayaks on the Han River, to celebrate the opening of four major weirs created by the nation’s large-scale four-rivers restoration project. The event was also hosted to attract more foreign visitors to the newly transformed riversides. The government opened
Oct. 23, 2011
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Archaeologists find Viking burial site in Scotland
LONDON (AP) -- Archaeologists said Tuesday they have discovered the remains of a Viking chief buried with his boat, ax, sword and spear on a remote Scottish peninsula _ one of the most significant Norse finds ever uncovered in Britain.The 16-foot-long (5-meter-long) grave is the first intact site of
Oct. 20, 2011
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Royal books returned from Japan are invaluable historical record
The five copies of Korean royal books that Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda returned during his visit to Seoul on Wednesday are historically significant as they are records of the royal rituals of kings Gojong and Sunjong, the last two emperors of the Joseon Dynasty and Daehan Empire before the
Oct. 19, 2011
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Friends in mind: Facebook network shows in brain structure
PARIS, Oct 19, 2011 (AFP) - Does Facebook alter the brain?That's the question which flows from an unusual investigation into the online social network used by 800 million people.Volunteers placed in a 3-D scanner had bigger, denser structures in three areas of the brain if they had a big list of Fac
Oct. 19, 2011
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U.S. exhibition of ‘Lost and Found’ Archimedes text
BALTIMORE (AP) ― After more than a decade of restoration and study, the public is getting a glimpse at the oldest surviving copy of works by an ancient Greek mathematical genius at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.The exhibition, “Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes,” which opened Sunday, t
Oct. 18, 2011
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Gwangju can recreate Edinburgh’s success, says ‘Creative City’ author
The author of “The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators,” Charles Landry, said Gwangju could become like Edinburgh in Scotland if the government encourages self-organized movements to make the city a hub for Asian culture.Landry was on his way to Gimpo International Airport for a flight to
Oct. 17, 2011
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Iranian, Filipino films win top awards at Busan film festival
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), one of Asia's largest cinematic events, wrapped up its nine-day run in this southern port city of Busan on Friday with Iranian director Morteza Farshbaf's "Mourning" and Filipino director Loy Arcenas' "Nino" winning the festival's main prizes.The directo
Oct. 14, 2011
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Ancient art supplies found in South African cave
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers in South Africa have discovered what may have been the world's earliest artist's studio. A 100,000-year-old workshop used to mix and store the reddish pigment ochre has been discovered in Blombos Cave on the rugged southern coast near Cape Town. At the same site,
Oct. 14, 2011
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Huffington Post launches first non-anglophone edition
PARIS (AFP) ― The U.S. news and opinion portal Huffington Post will next month launch a French-language edition, its first foray into non-anglophone Europe with plans for similar sites in Spain, Italy or Germany, its co-founder said Monday.“We see this as our first foray into (the) euro zone,” Arian
Oct. 11, 2011
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Americans Sargent, Sims share economics Nobel
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and policy instruments such as interest rates and government spending. Thomas Sargent (right) and Christ
Oct. 10, 2011
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Forum discusses global role of tourism
UNWTO chief says center of world tourism has shifted from West to EastGYEONGJU ― Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik said Korea’s hosting of a ministerial meeting during the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s general assembly signifies the nation’s role as a global leader in fighting poverty.T
Oct. 10, 2011
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S. Korea's video game market grows 13 percent in 2010
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's video game market reached over 7 trillion won (US$6 billion) for the first time in its history last year on strong growth of its online game market, a government report said Monday.According to the report by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the co
Oct. 10, 2011
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Korea to establish 30 more Korean language institutes overseas
The Korean government will increase the number of state-run “Sejong Hakdang” Korean language institutes overseas to 90 next year from the current 60, as interest in Korean soars thanks to the growing popularity of Korean pop culture. Sejong Hakdang, or the King Sejong Institute, is named after the f
Oct. 6, 2011
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Sondheim, dinosaurs combine for N.Y. charity gala
NEW YORK (AP) ― A treasure hunt devised by composer Stephen Sondheim prompted hundreds of people, including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, to scamper through the dinosaur section of the American Museum of Natural History on Monday night.“That was a blast,” said Tony Award-winning actor
Oct. 4, 2011
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French feminists fight to give ‘mademoiselle’ a miss
PARIS (AFP) ― French feminists have launched a campaign to abolish the use of “mademoiselle,“ a term for an unmarried woman still used on official papers which they say demeans and enshrines sexism.France has no equivalent to the ambiguous “Ms” used in English, and French feminists do not see the ne
Sept. 29, 2011
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Culture Ministry to honor contributors to Korean writing
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is to present an order of cultural merit to Nam Gi-sim, former chairman of the Korean Language Deliberation Council, and Vladimir Pucek, Korean language and literature professor at Charles University in Prague, in celebration of the upcoming Hangeul Day on
Sept. 28, 2011
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Israeli book artist creates wonders
For Israeli artist Ido Agassi, creating works of art using materials generally used for books is a journey.Agassi is in town showcasing his book art as part of a special exhibition marking the millennial anniversary of the Tripitaka Koreana.Until Nov. 6, Haeinsa Temple in Hapcheon County, South Gyeo
Sept. 27, 2011
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Blowing the cobwebs off Korean heritage
Korea’s history offers it all ― kingdoms rise and fall, wars smolder and blaze, religions wax and wane, orthodoxies are established and questioned. Across this colorful tapestry royals strut, heroes ride, rebels plot and villains scuttle.Why then, is English language presentation of so many traditio
Sept. 26, 2011