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Heechul, Kangin, Taeyeon throw ramen party
K-pop boy group Super Junior’s Heechul posted a photo taken with Kangin and Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon on his Instagram on Saturday. The idols, all under the management of SM Entertainment, pose for camera with Japanese ramen noodles on the table. Super Junior kicked off a world tour concert in Tokyo on Saturday. (laeticia.ock@heraldcorp.com)
Oct. 5, 2014
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Miss A‘s Suzy shows off doll-like appearance
Miss A’s Suzy showed off a doll-like appearance in a selfie posted on Sunday on her Instagram. In the picture taken while filming for a commercial shoot, Suzy wears a green tank top with matching ruby red lipstick. Separately, Suzy is shooting for the film “Dorihwaga” to be screened next year. (laeticia.ock@heraldcorp.com)
Oct. 5, 2014
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Hyundai, Kia see cumulative sales in China top 9 mln units
South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Sunday their cumulative sales in China have exceeded 9 million units in 12 years since their entry into the fast-growing market.In the first nine months of this year, Hyundai and Kia sold a combined 1.28 million units in the Chinese market, up 9.5 percent from the same period a year earlier.The January-September figure raised the two companies' cumulative sales in China to more than 9 million vehicles,
Industry Oct. 5, 2014
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N. Korea says leader has 'no problems' with health: Seoul minister
North Korea insists its leader Kim Jong-un has "no problems" with his health, South Korea's unification minister said Sunday, one day after a rare visit by North Korean high-ranking officials to the South.Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae made the remarks after he met a delegation headed by Hwang Pyong-so, believed to be the second-most powerful man in the communist regime, on Saturday in the western port city of Incheon.The delegation, which also included Choe Ryong-hae, the Workers' Party of
North Korea Oct. 5, 2014
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[팟캐스트](62) 홍콩 우산혁명 확산 외 2건
진행자: 윤민식, Julie Jackson 1. 홍콩 행정장관 선거 개편 두고 민주화 시위 확대 기사요약: 최근 중국 당국이 “간선제인 홍콩장관 선거제도를 직선제로 바꾸겠다”고 하며 내놓은 새로운 선거제도가 사실은 친중국 인사들만 입후보할 수 있는 제도라는 지적이 일자 홍콩 시민들이 대규모 시위에 나섰다. 시민들은 후보를 선정하는 후보추천위원회을 직접 시민들이 선택하는 등 보다 민주적인 방식으로 선거제를 개편할 것을 주장하고 있다. 팟캐스트: https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵: http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Pro-democracy protests expand in Hong Kong [1] Pro-democracy protesters wearing surgical masks an
Podcast Oct. 1, 2014
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Hyundai Motor agrees on tentative pay raise with union
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker, said Tuesday it has reached a tentative agreement with its labor union on this year's pay increase 119 days after the start of negotiations. On Wednesday, the labor union plans to hold a vote on whether to approve the agreement signed late Monday at the carmaker's main production plant in Ulsan, located 414 kilometers southeast of Seoul. Under the agreement, unionized workers and management will set up a special pay system and standard wage ref
Business Sept. 30, 2014
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S. Korea notifies WTO of plan to liberalize rice market via tarrification
South Korea on Tuesday formally notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday it will open its rice market starting next year with a 513 percent tariff rate."The government has submitted to the WTO secretariat its plan to revise the country's tariff rate on rice imports ahead of market opening through tarrification that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2015," the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a press release.The move comes as a special agreement with the WTO that allowed the
Foreign Affairs Sept. 30, 2014
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Democracy protestors ignore HK leader's call to end demo
Hong Kong's embattled leader called Tuesday for an immediate end to street demonstrations that have drawn tens of thousands and paralysed the city, but protesters refused to move until Beijing grants the financial hub genuine democracy.In his first public comments since demonstrators were tear gassed by riot police on Sunday evening, chief executive Leung Chun-ying said protests organised by the pro-democracy Occupy Central group had got "out of control"."Occupy Central founders had said repeate
World News Sept. 30, 2014
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Fears over fresh eruption halt Japan volcano search
Volcanic tremors and fears over a fresh eruption forced rescuers with gas masks to halt operations to recover bodies from a Japanese mountain on Tuesday, 72 hours after its eruption.Vulcanologists warned of the possibility of another major explosion at the 3,067-metre (10,121-foot) Mount Ontake, noting tremors have become larger.At least 36 people are known to have died in the eruption, with the bodies of 24 of them still on the volcano. About 60 people suffered injuries."Ground search operation
World News Sept. 30, 2014
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Hong Kong leader demands protests end 'immediately'
Hong Kong's chief executive Leung Chun-ying Tuesday called on protest leaders to "immediately" withdraw their followers from the streets in his first public comments since demonstrators were tear gassed by police."Occupy Central founders had said repeatedly that if the movement is getting out of control, they would call for it to stop. I'm now asking them to fulfil the promise they made to society, and stop this campaign immediately," Leung said.Occupy Central is the main grassroots group behind
World News Sept. 30, 2014
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Park calls for efforts to improve lives of N. Koreans
President Park Geun-hye called on officials Tuesday to make aggressive efforts to help improve the lives of North Koreans as she made clear that North Korea's human rights issue is a top priority in dealing with the communist country.The issue of the North's human rights had long been placed on the back burner in South Korea where many people, mostly liberals, have shied away from the issue out of fear that it could strain inter-Korean relations.The issue was also pushed back on the priority lis
Politics Sept. 30, 2014
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N. Korea's political instability worsened in 2013: World Bank
North Korea's political instability took a turn for the worse in 2013 from a year earlier, the World Bank said Tuesday, apparently due to the execution of its leader's uncle. The bank's annual World Governance Indicators (WGI) data showed the aggregate indicator of "political stability and absence of violence (PV)" for the communist nation dropped to minus 0.53 in 2013 from minus 0.11 a year earlier.It marks the lowest PV figure for North Korea since the bank launched the WGI program in 1996. Th
North Korea Sept. 30, 2014
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Girls’ Generation leaves for China without Jessica
K-pop idol group Girls’ Generation left for China on Tuesday without Jessica, backing up claims that she was forced out of the group by her label SM Entertainment. Eight members of the group -- Taeyeon, Tiffany, Seohyun, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung and Yoona -- turned up at Incheon International Airport on Tuesday morning before flying to Shenzhen, China, to attend a fan meeting. Jessica, however, was not sighted at the airport. (OSEN)The other girls did not respond to any of the questions f
Sept. 30, 2014
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Cruise ship runs aground off southwest coast, passengers rescued
A cruise ship carrying 104 passengers and five crew members ran aground in waters off a southwestern island on Tuesday but all people on board were rescued, the Coast Guard said.The accident took place around 9:14 a.m. when the 171-ton vessel Vacance hit a submerged rock in waters not far from Hongdo Island, South Jeolla Province.Coast Guard officers rushed to the scene upon receiving a distress call and rescued all of those aboard the ship in 30 minutes with the help of nearby fishing boats, ac
Social Affairs Sept. 30, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korean Cho Gwang-hee wins gold in 200m individual kayak sprint
South Korean paddler Cho Gwang-hee picked up gold in the K-1 (kayak single) 200-meter race in the men's sprint event on Monday at the Incheon Asian Games. The 20-year-old came home in first place in a time of 35.464 seconds, seizing the first Asiad gold medal in the discipline for the host country since its last win at the 1990 Asian Games. Uzbekistan's Ernest Irnazarov came in second place in 36.531 seconds, while Japan's Seiji Komatsu secured the bronze with a time of 36.754 seconds. The South
Sports Sept. 29, 2014
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