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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Photo News] Police request arrest warrant for passenger who opened emergency exit door before landing
Police filed an arrest warrant request for a male passenger in his 30s who opened the emergency exit door on a plane before landing on Sunday. The man is accused of opening an emergency exit door on an Asiana Airlines flight from Jeju Island to Daegu on Friday. He has been detained by police. He told officials he wanted to get off the plane quickly because he felt suffocated. On Sunday, Asiana Airlines decided it will ban the sales of a seat on the emergency exit aisle of aircraft model A321-200
Social AffairsMay 28, 2023
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[Photo News] Rain and more water hit Chuncheon Mime Festival
While heavy downpours hit Korea over the weekend, the 35th Chuncheon Mime Festival kicked off Sunday. The festival is held from Sunday to June 4 across the city of Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. It is the first time in four years for the festival to fully take place following the COVID-19 pandemic, along with water fights -- a major feature of the outdoor festival. The photos show participants enjoying water fights on the streets amid the heavy rain. The festival is accounted to be one of the thr
TravelMay 28, 2023
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[Photo News] New ASM facility in Korea
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASM held a groundbreaking ceremony for its second Korean manufacturing research innovation center, which will consist of an additional production line and expanded research and development facilities, in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday. ASM President and CEO Benjamin Loh (eighth from left), ASM Korea CEO Kim Yong-gil (first from right) and Pauline Van der Meer Mohr (sixth from left), ASM's supervisory board chair, attended the event.
IndustryMay 24, 2023
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[Photo News] Peugeot 408 makes Asian debut in Seoul
Stellantis Korea on Wednesday unveiled the new Peugeot 408, a cross between a sedan and an SUV. The car’s Asian debut shows the nation’s strategic importance of Korea's fast-evolving car market, according to Peugeot brand CEO Linda Jackson during a press conference in Seoul. “Leading the trends automotive business, Korean market undoubtedly has a halo effect for global markets,” she said.
MobilityMay 24, 2023
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[Photo News] Slide and swing
Hyundai Motor Group has developed a new technology that allows cargo trucks to have doors with both swing and slide mechanisms, the Korean auto giant said Tuesday. Based on consultations with courier drivers, the new technology will undergo durability and performance tests for potential mass production.
MobilityMay 23, 2023
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[Photo News] The art of spacing out
The annual Hangang Space-out Competition returned Sunday, with a total of 70 teams showing off their art of zoning out. On Jamsoo Bridge over Seoul's Han River, the participants – some of them dressed in costumes -- turned off their phones and sat with blank expressions, while their heart rates were checked every 15 minutes. Anyone who laughs, talks or dozes off was eliminated. A player dressed in a tuxedo took the first prize after successfully spacing out for 90 minutes. The winner
Social AffairsMay 22, 2023
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[Photo News] Dondeokjeon resurrected
Guests unveil the signboard of Dondeokjeon during an unveiling ceremony on Monday at Dondeokjeon in Deoksugung Palace in central Seoul on Monday. Originally constructed as an event hall to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Emperor Gojong, Dondeokjeon later served primarily as a reception hall and guesthouse for foreign visitors before it was destroyed by Japan in the 1920s. After five years of reconstruction that began in 2017, the building was finally completed in November, almost a century a
Social AffairsMay 22, 2023
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[Photo News] Passion for space
Hanwha Aerospace has unveiled its new uniform with two new emblems that show the Korean company's passion for space. The company said the emblems also represent hope for a successful result in Nuri rocket's upcoming launch set for Wednesday. The circular and shield-shaped emblems were created by Song Ja-in, a Korean designer who headed the costume designs for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
TechnologyMay 22, 2023
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[Photo News] Pony-inspired N Vision 74
Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun (center) stands next to the N Vision 74 hydrogen hybrid electric vehicle, inspired by the carmaker’s first-ever car model, the Pony coupe, at the prestigious Concorso d’ Eleganza Villa d’Este classic car show held in Lake Como, Italy, Saturday. During the annual event, the carmaker unveiled its recently revived Pony Coupe Concept 49 years after the car made its debut in 1974 at the Turin Motor Show. The N Vision 74 is a test ca
MobilityMay 21, 2023
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[Photo News] Market sentiment
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who doubles as chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, talks with “global supporters” for Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo at a traditional market in central Seoul on Wednesday. A total of 120 young people, including 50 foreign nationals, are serving as supporters for Busan’s Expo bid as they carry out promotional activities throughout the world.
IndustryMay 18, 2023
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[Photo News] Display of the Year
Samsung Display said Wednesday its quantum-dot OLED or QD-OLED has been named Display of the Year by the Society for Information Display, one of the industry’s top honors. QD-OLED is a hybrid technology that improves the brightness and color of OLED panels by using self-emitting quantum dots as the light source.
IndustryMay 17, 2023
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[Photo News] Hana chief tests Line Bank
Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo (front left) tests a loan-linked payment service on the Line Bank app using a Samsung Electronics smartphone during the “Line Bank X Samsung” event held at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday. Line Bank is a digital banking service jointly launched by Hana Bank and Line, the messenger platform, in Indonesia in 2021.
IndustryMay 14, 2023
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[Photo News] Twins homecoming day
TWINS HOMECOMING DAY -- Quadruplets stood side by side, holding hands at the "Twins Plus Homecoming Day" event held at the Seoul National University playground on Saturday. The Seoul National University Medical Research Center invited families with multiple pregnancies, including twins or more, who were delivered at the hospital, and opened a one-day amusement park. Professor Jeon Jong-kwan of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology explained that the purpose of the event was to ha
Social AffairsMay 13, 2023
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[Photo News] Google chatbot Bard launched in Korean and Japanese
Google chose Korean and Japanese as the first service languages for its artificial intelligence-based chatbot, Bard, to expand its presence to compete with ChatGPT, which is backed by Google’s rival Microsoft. “They're incredibly dynamic and exciting regions, which are at the cutting edge of an opting technology,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday, explaining the reason for launching Bard services in Korean and Japanese in advance of the 40 other most spoken langua
Social AffairsMay 12, 2023
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[Photo news] Napoleon in Seoul
CultureMay 12, 2023
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[Photo News] Reinventing LG brand
LG Electronics’ promotional videos, featuring the company’s refurbished “Life’s Good” slogan, are displayed on billboards in the bustling Hongdae district in western Seoul on Tuesday. The tech giant is starting a two-month campaign to promote its renewed brand identity across 17 key areas in the city.
IndustryMay 10, 2023
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[Photo News] LX Hausys' Europe push
LX Hausys’ exhibition booth is set up at the Interzum 2023, the world’s largest gathering of the building materials industry that kicked off in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday. In its renewed push for expansion in Europe, the company plans to showcase some 70 types of eco-friendly and high-performance furniture films during the four-day trade show.
IndustryMay 10, 2023
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[Photo News] Portable green energy
BMW Korea Future Fund will offer an opportunity to check out the German automaker's green energy technology at the upcoming Seoul Safety Festival taking place from Thursday through Saturday in Yeouido Park, the nonprofit organization said Wednesday. The nonprofit will display its Next Green To-Go mobile energy storage system, which uses electric vehicle batteries, to show the importance and different ways of using eco-friendly energy. The German luxury carmaker set up the fund in 2011 to
MobilityMay 10, 2023
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[Photo News] Smiling young monks at Jogyesa
Children shave their heads and participate in five precept ceremonies Tuesday before entering a 21-day training experience at the Buddhist Jogyesa Temple in central Seoul. In the ceremonies, the children train as monks by swearing to follow the lessons of Buddha and renouncing themselves of worldly possessions by cutting their hair. The temple headquarters of South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, the Jogye Order, holds a religious education camp for children between the ages of 5 and 6 ever
Social AffairsMay 9, 2023
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[Photo News] Burger-making Hanwha heir
Kim Dong-seon, head of strategic management at Hanwha Galleria and the third son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn, participates in an on-site cooking training session held at a Five Guys store in Hong Kong. Under the leadership of the Hanwha heir, Hanwha Galleria, the retail arm of the nation’s seventh-largest conglomerate, is launching the first Five Guys outlet next month in Gangnam, southern Seoul.
IndustryMay 9, 2023