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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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Anonymous person donates W100m to Salvation Army for third straight year
A citizen donated 100 million won ($94,250) to a Salvation Army red kettle for the third year in a row.The Salvation Army Korea Territory headquarters in Seoul said it received a 100 million won check through one of its charity kettles at the entrance to Myeong-dong, Seoul.At around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, a man who looked to be in his 50s to 60s delivered an envelope with tears in his eyes to a Salvation Army cadet ringing a bell near a kettle.On the envelope was written simply “From a resident of
Dec. 24, 2013
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Widow gets remains of soldier lost in Korean War
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went off to war 63 years ago, leaving behind a wife who never gave up on his return. On Friday, 94-year-old Clara Gantt stood up from her wheelchair and wept in the cold before the flag-draped casket. Sgt. Gantt was finally home. “He told me if anything happened to him he wanted me to remarry. I told him no, no. Here I am, still his wife,” she told reporters at Los Angeles International Airport, where his remains were carried from a jet
Dec. 23, 2013
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Archive discloses Christmas cards received by former presidents
The National Archives of Korea on Monday disclosed Christmas cards received by former presidents through its Web portal (www.pa.go.kr).The archives also released six photos and 10 records related to Christmas as well as 14 Christmas cards sent by kindergartners, elementary and middle school students.Presidents receive Christmas cards from people of all walks of life, including members of the public and ethnic Koreans living overseas, not to mention heads of state and political and business leade
Dec. 23, 2013
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[Photo News] Let them eat Kimchi
Dec. 22, 2013
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British TV chef Nigella Lawson faces drugs probe
LONDON (AFP) ― British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson faces a police investigation into claims of cocaine use which emerged during her personal assistants’ fraud trial after a U-turn by Scotland Yard, the Sunday Telegraph reported.Italian sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo were cleared Friday of fraudulently spending 685,000 pounds ($1.12 million) on a company credit card owned by Lawson’s then-husband, the millionaire art collector Charles Saatchi.The assistants claimed Lawson had allowed t
Dec. 22, 2013
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Positive comments on Sunfull website tops 5m
The Sunfull Movement, which promotes a positive online culture, said Saturday that the total number of encouraging comments posted on its website topped 5 million on Dec. 9.Sunfull is currently driving a campaign urging young students to leave encouraging messages on its online bulletin board in a bid to prevent school violence and help with their personal development. The number of postings exceeded 4 million in April.The group plans to include parents and other members of the public across the
Dec. 22, 2013
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Founder of anti-inheritance campaign contemplates roots of personal wealth
Very few people manage to do it. The richer they are, the more difficult it is, they say. But more people are vowing to leave no inheritance for their children and donate everything to society when they die, carrying out the concept of “noblesse oblige” in Korea, where inheriting wealth is still regarded as a natural way of showing one’s love and passing down tradition to the next generation. “It is pretty tough at the beginning but once you understand that everything you have in fact came from
Dec. 20, 2013
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Jury says portrait of Fawcett belongs to O’Neal
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― An Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett belongs to actor Ryan O’Neal, a jury determined Thursday.The ownership of the artwork has been fiercely contested during a three-week trial in which Fawcett’s final wishes and her relationship with O’Neal were dissected.The verdict will allow O’Neal to keep the portrait in his beachside home, where he has said it remains a powerful reminder of his decades-long relationship with Fawcett.The “Charlie’s Angels’’ star died in June 2009 and
Dec. 20, 2013
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Jackpot nets one ticket seller $1m
ATLANTA (AP) ― Two lucky winning tickets have been sold in the near-record $636 million U.S. Mega Millions drawing: one at a tiny newsstand in Atlanta, and the other at a gift shop in California. A Georgia woman, Ira Curry, of Stone Mountain, bought just one ticket and used family birthdays and lucky No. 7 to choose her numbers in the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history, lottery officials said. “She has not decided how she’ll spend those winnings,” Georgia Lottery chief executive Debbie Alfor
Dec. 19, 2013
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[Photo News] Deal on medical tourism
Dec. 19, 2013
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Baucus to be named ambassador to China
WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama intends to nominate Sen. Max Baucus as ambassador to China, Democratic officials said Wednesday, turning to a lawmaker well-versed in trade issues to fill one of the nation’s most sensitive diplomatic posts. If confirmed by the Senate, Baucus would replace Ambassador Gary Locke, who announced last month he was stepping down. The Montanan’s departure from the Senate would have an instant impact on one of Congress’ most powerful committees and on the 2014 e
Dec. 19, 2013
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‘Great Train Robber’ Ronnie Biggs dies
LONDON (AFP) ― Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, whose audacious escape from jail and decades spent on the run made him one of Britain’s most notorious criminals, died on Wednesday aged 84.Biggs, who was unable to speak and could barely walk after a series of strokes, was being cared for at a nursing home in north London at the time of his death, reports said.He was part of the gang that robbed a night mail train traveling from Glasgow to London on Aug. 8, 1963, seizing 2.6 million pounds ― a rec
Dec. 19, 2013
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Pentagon's key man on Asia quitting next month: source
The Pentagon is searching for a new key policymaker on Asia, as Peter Lavoy, acting assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, will step down from the post next month, a source said Wednesday.Lavoy is leaving the Pentagon in the first or second week of January after more than two years of service at the department amid the Obama administration's stated policy of rebalancing toward the Asia-Pacific region, according to the source.It remains uncertain when a new assista
Dec. 19, 2013
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Ryu to join charity fan event Sunday
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin will join a charity event for baseball fans Sunday.Nicknamed “a monster pitcher” by Korean fans, Ryu will take part in “Monster Show” at Korea University’s Tiger Dome in Seoul. The event consists of two parts ― a baseball clinic and a concert.The baseball clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for 30 underprivileged children, 60 child and adolescent baseball players and 30 others.Kim Hyun-soo, who plays for the Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organ
Dec. 18, 2013
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Park donates porcelain to Saenuri bazaar
President Park Geun-hye donated a porcelain bowl to a charity bazaar held by the ruling Saenuri Party.The party organized the event to help those in need and at the same time celebrate the first year of Kim’s term as president. She was elected president on Dec. 18, 2012.The bowl that Park donated was used to hold quince fruits, according to a Saenuri official. It is brown, round and large enough for six or seven fruits. The piece was auctioned off.The party held the bazaar on a yard in front of
Dec. 18, 2013
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Sweepers donate 18 million won from disposal of recyclables
Nine cleaners for a Seoul district office have donated 18 million won ($17,100) they raised by selling recyclables over four years.Though their lives are financially difficult ― four of them work just 120 hours a month, making 800,000 won ― they gave all the money they raised by separating recyclables from garbage and selling them, the Jung-gu District office said. Kim Yong-hwa, 44, who leads a sanitation team working for the office, led the initiative for the charity drive. Ever since he was hi
Dec. 17, 2013
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Public donates to parents who stole to feed their baby
After a news report about a poor young couple caught stealing in a large store in order to feed their 3-year-old toddler and scrape a living, many people from all walks of life are sending donations. A 33-year-old husband and his 26-year-old wife, who have struggled to survive after losing their jobs and becoming credit delinquents, wrote letters of gratitude to their kind-hearted donors. They were booked without detention on Dec. 9 on charges of stealing a total of 3.5 million won worth of good
Dec. 17, 2013
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Singapore Airlines holds event for charter flights
Singapore Airlines held a fashion show in Busan on Sunday to commemorate its non-scheduled flights from Busan to Singapore. The show was staged twice in the Gwangbok branch of Lotte Department Store, with a photo session in between. The air carrier has operated non-scheduled flights on the route every year since 2011. This year, it will operate a total of seven charter flights departing from Busan from Dec. 21 to Jan. 15.By Chun Sung-woo (swchun@heraldcorp.com)
Dec. 17, 2013
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‘Cartoon street’ opens in Seoul
The Seoul city government has created a street devoted to cartoons in the central part of the capital to promote the creative industry and boost tourism, officials said Tuesday.The 450-meter-long street, stretching from Seoul’s Myeong-dong Station to the Seoul Animation Center on the hillside of Mount Namsan, has been transformed into a huge open-air cartoon gallery, featuring graffiti-like paintings of famous characters, comic quotes and short stories.Along the street, named “Zaemiro” ― or the
Dec. 17, 2013
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Influential country singer Ray Price dead at 87
Ray Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits and was one of the last living connections to Hank Williams, died Monday. He was 87.Price died Monday afternoon at his ranch outside Mount Pleasant, Texas, said Billy Mack Jr., who was acting as a family spokesman. Billie Perryman, the wife of family friend and spokesman Tom Perryman, a DJ with KKUS-FM in Tyler, also confirmed his death.Price was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2
Dec. 17, 2013