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Qoo10 liquidity crisis sparks massive complaints, fears of wider damage
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Yoon urges municipalities to embrace foreigners
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What is happening at Hybe?
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S. Korea to consent to Japan's Sado mines gaining World Heritage status: official
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Korea unveils tax reform bill to spur economy
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Actor’s excessive airport security sparks probe into human rights violations
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Actor Yoo Ah-in accused of sexual attack
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Man who let his father die due to financial difficulties to be released on parole
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S. Korea, China shifting from tensions to cooperation: Seoul
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LG Electronics achieves record earnings in Q2
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Curious seek destiny in New Year
The man wrote down the birth date and searched through his books. A little later, he scribbled down some Chinese characters and murmured a few words.“So, it seems like you’ve had a tough year,” he said. “Your life has been led by other people’s noses. Your health hasn’t been too good and you have the urge to drop everything and run away only to be stopped by the harsh reality.” The visitor, listening to every word, nodded.“But I don’t think you should quit your job,” the man went on. “You fortun
Dec. 28, 2012
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What’s Korea’s fortune for the New Year?
The presidential election is over, and the year 2012 is reaching its end. Korea is heading into a new year with its newly-elected, first female president. So what’s Korea’s fortune for the year 2013?According to fortune teller Kim Deok-young, a nation’s fortune is inseparable from the “saju,” or four pillars of destiny, of its president. The term saju describes the four components creating a person’s destiny or fate: the year, month, date, and hour of one’s birth.Kim posted a video-clip on his w
Dec. 28, 2012
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In search of original hallyu stars
Before Korean pop stars became the most welcomed Koreans in Japan, there were Tongsinsa, or diplomatic envoys to Japan, in the Joseon era (1392-1910). These people were more like the rock stars of today as they transmitted to Japan some of the latest international trends from China, the Orient and elsewhere including Joseon itself. Composed of government officials such as diplomats, as well as scholars, artists and others, the group toured Japan ― from Tsushima Island near Joseon to Edo, today’s
Dec. 27, 2012
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Play ‘hard-to-get’ works for serious love
Playing “hard to get” works for women who want a long-term relationship, but not for those looking for casual sex, researchers in Australia say. Study author Peter Jonason, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Western Sydney in Australia, and colleagues said playing “hard to get” is a mating tactic in which people give the impression they are ostensibly uninterested to get others to desire them more. The researchers conducted four experiments using a supply-side economics mo
Dec. 27, 2012
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Hero dog getting closer to surgery
Veterinarians in California said a dog credited with saving two girls from being struck by a motorcycle is getting closer to receiving reconstructive surgery.University of California-Davis veterinarians said Kabang, a 2-year-old dog who lost her muzzle in last year‘s motorcycle crash, successfully underwent chemotherapy for the tumors that delayed her facial surgery, The Sacramento Bee reported Wednesday.The vets said Kabang is now undergoing heartworm treatment before the reconstructive efforts
Dec. 27, 2012
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Korea National Opera in heavy debt over 2007 fire
Concerns are growing over the Korea National Opera’s struggle to pay over 7 billion won ($6.5 million) in compensation to the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance for a fire that broke out during a performance five years ago. According to industry insiders, the KNO has yet to pay any of the 4.8 billion won in principal and 2.2 billion won in interest to the insurance firm 10 months after the Supreme Court ruling that ordered the opera company to pay its insurer. The money exceeds this year’s governme
Dec. 26, 2012
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Poster couple
“It took us a long-list of nearly 500 names to arrive at Zia,” Sheikh Imtiaz Ali says about the naming of his newborn daughter while making his way on a cold Saturday afternoon to his apartment in Dokbawi in northern Seoul. What’s so special about that? Well, Ali, 34, a Muslim-Bengali from India’s West Bengal, is married to Yun Sue-kyung, 31, a Korean. “Our baby’s name had to have a ‘Muslim sound’ according to my parents, a touch of Korean according to hers, and be fashionable yet short for our
Dec. 26, 2012
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Oakwood Premier COEX Center offers home away from home
The Oakwood Premier COEX Center Seoul is the first of its kind, providing luxurious total living spaces and hotel amenities to make guests feel at home. The serviced residence offers 280 furnished apartments including studio and one to four-bedroom apartments ― which range in size from 47 square meters to 228 square meters ― along with 397-square-meter regal penthouses. All apartments have separate living, dining and sleeping areas, as well as a fully equipped kitchen. Each residence includes a
Dec. 25, 2012
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Lights here, lights there, lights everywhere
Following is part of a series exploring unique museums, collections and the passionate collectors behind them. ― Ed.One of the men responsible for illuminating the world, Thomas Edison, was an American inventor who transformed the way people live their daily lives by inventing the first practical use light bulb in 1879. From having to solely rely on the sun and the moon as a source of light, to rubbing sticks of wood together to spark flames, mankind can now turn on the light with a simple flick
Dec. 25, 2012
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How to cope with holiday blues
It may be the best time of the year for many, but for some, the holidays are the most depressing time of the year, Canadian researchers say.Colleen Carney, a sleep and depression expert and psychology professor at Ryerson University in Toronto, says when people feel down, they often avoid being around others, which increases the likelihood their depression will worsen.Instead, she says, be sure to be around people this holiday season, but don‘t put up with acquaintances, friends or family member
Dec. 25, 2012
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Park draws unlikely support from arts community
Following is the third in a series of articles on President-elect Park Geun-hye’s key advisers and close associates. ― Ed.Cultural figures and celebrities across various fields voiced their support for President-elect Park Geun-hye, contributing to her winning the presidential race last week. Those who publicly supported Park include some prominent figures in the literary circuit such as poet Kim Ji-ha, writers, producers, veteran actors and comedians. As the culture industry in general shows st
Dec. 24, 2012
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Mayan temple damaged in ‘apocalypse’ frenzy
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) ―Tourists flocking to Guatemala for “end of the world” parties have damaged an ancient stone temple at Tikal, the largest archeological site and urban center of the Mayan civilization.“Sadly, many tourists climbed Temple II and caused damage,” said Osvaldo Gomez, a technical adviser at the site, which is located some 550 kilometers north of Guatemala City.“We are fine with the celebration, but (the tourists) should be more aware because this is a (UNESCO) World Heritage Site
Dec. 24, 2012
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‘Santa may have been mushroom-intoxicated shaman’
As the world embraces the most celebrated Christian holiday, U.S. scholars have presented an unusual theory about the legend of Santa Claus, according to a report on Livescience.com.“Santa is a modern counterpart of a shaman, who consumed mind-altering plants and fungi to commune with the spirit world,” said John Rush, an anthropologist at Sierra College in Rocklin, California. Hundreds of years ago, the shamans in the Siberian and Arctic regions would collect Amanita muscaria -- hallucinogenic
Dec. 24, 2012
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Better to get a 'bad gift' than gift card
Those ready to wrap up Christmas shopping by getting gift cards, a U.S. philosophy professor suggests reconsidering and buying a gift instead.Steven Gimbel of Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania discourages last-minute shoppers from purchasing gift cards because they primarily serve as an easy way out for the shopper."To avoid giving bad gifts, people have turned more and more to gift cards," Gimbel said in a statement.Gimbel said people need to remember why they are giving a gift. People are oft
Dec. 24, 2012
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Louvre cements spot as world’s most-visited museum
PARIS (AFP) ― The Louvre said Thursday its new Islamic art wing helped cement its position as the world’s most-visited museum with nearly 10 million visitors in 2012, over a million more than last year.The exact figures will be released early next year, but in the meantime the Paris museum said there was a “remarkable progression in Chinese visitors, who now figure in the top three groups (of non-French visitors) alongside Americans and Brazilians.”Next came Italians and Germans, it said in a st
Dec. 23, 2012
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Violence, gunplay baked into U.S. popular culture
NEW YORK (AP) ― The Showtime network aired a disclaimer warning audiences of violent content in the season finales of its dramas “Homeland’’ and “Dexter’’ last weekend, just two days after a gunman killed 26 people in a U.S. school.The political thriller “Homeland’’ featured the burial of a bullet-ridden body at sea. “Dexter,’’ about a serial killer, had a couple of murders.Viewer sensitivity, it seems, was not an issue. “Homeland’’ became the highest-rated episode in the two years the series ha
Dec. 23, 2012
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Better to get a 'bad gift' than gift card
Those ready to wrap up Christmas shopping by getting gift cards, a U.S. philosophy professor suggests reconsidering and buying a gift instead. Steven Gimbel of Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania discourages last-minute shoppers from purchasing gift cards because they primarily serve as an easy way out for the shopper."To avoid giving bad gifts, people have turned more and more to gift cards," Gimbel said in a statement. Gimbel said people need to remember why they are giving a gift. People are o
Dec. 23, 2012
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New options available for Santa-tracking
Anyone who wants to take part in the time-honored custom of track Santa‘s progress on Christmas Eve choose from multiple Santa-tracking services this year.Longtime Santa-tracking partners North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, and Google parted ways and each is offering a tracking service, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.NORAD, based in Colorado Springs, has paired up with Bing Maps for a 2-D Santa-tracking display, as well as Cesium to show a 3-D version of Santa’s progress
Dec. 23, 2012
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English names for cultural heritage fixed
The Cultural Heritage Administration on Friday announced a set of guidelines for the Romanization of the names of cultural assets that will kick off from New Year’s Day. The authorities decided to Romanize the whole Korean name then add the English meaning, despite the inevitable overlapping. For instance, Gyeongbokgung will be noted as Gyeongbokgung Palace even though “gung” means “palace” in Korean. Bukhansan also will be written as Bukhansan Mountain though “san” overlaps with the word “mount
Dec. 21, 2012
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Juice it up!
“Freshly-squeezed” juice is very “in” at the moment. According to insiders, the ready-made juice market here is worth around 800 billion won. The so-called “premium juice” focusing on organic and healthy juice takes up around 15 percent of this, but is marking some 30 percent annual growth. Market leaders such as Pulmuone and CJ have presented their “I’m Real” and “SQUEEZE” products that feature a wide range of flavors, from apples to mango and tropical fruits at the price at between 3,500-3,6
Dec. 21, 2012