Articles by 안성미
안성미
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Suwon eliminated from AFC Champions League despite win over Shanghai
South Korean club Suwon Samsung Bluewings were eliminated from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Tuesday despite a 3-0 victory over Shanghai SIPG in their final group match. In rainy and windy conditions at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, south of Seoul, the hosts routed group winners Shanghai, thanks to a double by forward Kim Gun-hee. The K League Classic club finished their Group G campaign at nine points with two wins, three draws and a loss, tied with Melbourne Vi
Soccer May 3, 2016
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S. Korea big 'potential market' for Hollywood
Hollywood is banking on the Korean film industry since it has big potential with abundant stories derived from the nation's "incredibly rich" history and many talented people, the head of a Hollywood film studio said Tuesday. "The modern Korean filmmaking probably in 1999 saw the first big superhits happening in Korea. And it's still growing every year, which is phenomenal," Tomas Jegeus, president of Fox International Productions, said during a press conference to promote "Goksung," the lates
Film May 3, 2016
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U.N. office chief calls for strong response to N.K. human rights abuses
The head of a U.N. office on North Korean human rights urged the international community Tuesday to take strong action against what she said amounts to crimes against humanity in the communist country. Signe Poulsen, representative of the Seoul office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, made the appeal in a forum here, saying the international community cannot overlook what it has already recognized as serious human rights abuses in the North. She was referring to a U.N. Commissi
North Korea May 3, 2016
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Top officials of S. Korea, Japan, China vow joint efforts to ensure financial stability
Top financial officials and central bank governors from South Korea, Japan and China agreed Tuesday to make joint efforts in battling economic and financial uncertainties at both the national and regional levels. The agreement came at a three-way meeting of the countries' finance ministers and central bank governors held in Frankfurt, Germany, where the top financial and monetary policymakers were attending the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank. Korean Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho (le
May 3, 2016
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Ex-commerce minister nominated to lead PyeongChang Olympics organizing committee
Former Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom has been nominated to lead preparations for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the event's organizers said Tuesday.The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) announced it listened to a wide range of opinions before tapping Lee to fill the vacancy at the top. Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom (Yonhap)Lee, 67, is in line to replace Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, who resigned earlier Tuesday. Cho cited t
May 3, 2016
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괴물 물고기 포획…. 지진 때문에?
5미터 길이의 거대 산갈치가 대만에서 발견돼 화제를 낫고 있다. (유튜브)갈치과의 은색 물고기가 대만 중동부 해안에 있는 화롄시에서 발견됐다고 외신이 보도했다. 주민들은 4월 19일에 대만 해안가에서 두 차례의 지진이 발생한 이후 물고기가 나타난 것으로 추측하고 있다. 이 거대 산갈치는 열대지방의 깊은 바닷가에서 서생 하지만, 최근 지진 때문에 해안지역으로 밀려온 것으로 보고 있다고 외신이 보도했다. 어부들은 전에도 이와 비슷한 종의 산갈치를 잡은 적은 있지만, 이렇게 큰 것은 처음이라고 밝혔다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
한국어판 April 22, 2016
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Korea to maintain expansionary fiscal policy through 2020
South Korea plans to maintain its expansionary fiscal policy mode for the next five years to prop up the economy with efforts to cut unnecessary outlays, the finance minister said Friday. In the 2016 national fiscal strategy meeting chaired by President Park Geun-hye, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said it will raise the government's spending growth rate next year, given that the country is facing daunting challenges at home and abroad. (Yonhap)The ministry maintained the budget spend
April 22, 2016
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최첨단 침대....바람피는것도 감지?
스페인에 한 매트리스 회사가 최첨단의 신제품을 개발했다. “스마트레스” (Smartress) 라는 이 제품에는 센서가 달렸어 매트리스가 흔들리는 것을 감지해 핸드폰으로 알림 서비스를 제공한다. 따라서 사용자의 침대에서 배우자가 다른 상대와 부적절한 관계를 맺을 시 핸드폰으로 알림이 온다고 알려졌다. (123rf) 매트리스에는 총 24개의 센서가 부착되어 있어, 예상 밖의 진동과 움직임이 발견될 때 사용자의 핸드폰으로 알림 서비스가 간다. 이 제품이 침대 위에 있는 사람의 신원은 감지하지 못하지만, 성관계를 하고 있는지 아니면, 강아지가 매트리스 위에서 뛰는 등의 성관계 이외의 행동을 하고 있는지의 차이는 감지할 수 있다고 전해졌다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
한국어판 April 21, 2016
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N.K. might conduct underground nuke warhead test: Seoul
The Defense Ministry said Monday that North Korea’s next provocation is likely to involve an underground nuclear warhead test in the near future. “We are closely watching the situation with the possibility of North Korea carrying out an underground nuclear test given the present circumstances,” said ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun during a regular press briefing. It will be Pyongyang’s fifth nuclear test, and the first since U.N. Security Council’s strongest-ever sanctions against the previous
National April 18, 2016
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남편 불륜에 ‘그곳’에 총을 쏴…. ‘결국’
남편의 불륜 사실을 알고 화가 난 한 여성이 총으로 남편의 성기를 쏜 것이 발각돼 체포됐다고 여러 외신이 보도했다. (유튜브)경찰 조사에 따르면 미국 플로리다에 사는 빅토리아 레이드 (60세) 는 남편이 퇴근하고 집에 들어오자 총을 들고 기다리고 있었다. 레이드는 남편에게 불륜에 대해서 솔직하게 얘기하라고 다그쳤고, 그 과정에서 총을 겨누었다. 원래는 왼쪽 다리를 겨냥했으나, 총알이 빗나가서 허벅지를 지나 남성의 성기를 쏜 것으로 알려졌다. 이 여성은 특수폭행 외 여러 혐의를 받고 있으며 구치소에서 수감 중이다. 남편의 건강 상태는 아직 알려지지 않았다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
한국어판 April 17, 2016
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새 18마리를 몸에 지니다가…. ‘결국’
한 남성이 자신의 옷 속에 18마리 새를 자신의 몸에 소지한 채 공항에서 밀수하려다가 적발돼서 체포됐다고 외신이 보도했다. (유튜브)베트남 경찰에 따르면 신원이 공개되지 않은 이 남성은 새들을 직접 제작한 주머니 속에다 넣어 자신의 바지 속에 넣고 일부 몸에 부착한 것으로 알려졌다. 18마리 중 11마리는 멸종위기에 처해 보호종에 속해 있는 것으로 알려졌다. 이 남성은 베트남 호치민에 있는 탄손누트 국제공항에서 대만으로 가는 중이었다고 밝혀졌다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
한국어판 April 17, 2016
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Scores trapped as Japan quakes toll hits 41
Scores of people were feared buried alive Saturday after two powerful quakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 41 people, as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides. Homes, roads and railway lines were swept away when huge hillsides collapsed as thousands of tonnes of mud were dislodged by the thunderous seismic tremors. Buildings were reduced to rubble, including a university dormitory and apartment complexes, with dozens of people unaccounted for over a wide
World News April 17, 2016
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LG Chem's takeover deal to be finalized next week
LG Chem Co., South Korea's top chemicals company, said Friday that it has agreed to take over a local pesticides and fertilizer maker for 425 billion won (US$369 million). Previously, LG Chem signed a deal to buy Dongbu Farm Hannong for 515 billion won and sought to complete it by March this year. In a regulatory filing, LG Chem said it will wrap up the deal by April 15. The takeover push comes as LG Chem faces a growing challenge from Chinese rivals in its flagship chemicals and electric
Industry April 8, 2016
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China says 'no comment' on envoy's remarks on N. Korea's nuclear progress
China's foreign ministry on Friday declined to comment on published remarks by its point man on North Korea that the North has made significant progress in its pursuit of a hydrogen bomb. China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs Wu Dawei made the remarks on Thursday in Japan during a meeting with Sadakazu Tanigaki, the secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, according to a report by Japan's Kyodo news agency. During the meeting, Wu told Tanigaki that N
International April 8, 2016
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Group defection by N. Koreans points to impact of U.N. sanctions: experts
Group defection by N. Koreans points to impact of U.N. sanctions: expertsThe latest defection by North Koreans working at an overseas restaurant may indicate that toughened international sanctions have begun to generate an impact by cutting off a source of hard currency for Pyongyang, experts said. A group of 13 North Koreans from a restaurant in an unidentified nation made an unusual defection to South Korea en masse this week, Seoul's unification ministry said Friday. The latest case came
North Korea April 8, 2016
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