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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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Poet Ko Un receives Golden Wreath Award
Renowned South Korean poet Ko Un has won this year’s Golden Wreath, one of the world’s most authoritative awards for poets, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO said Monday.Ko received the award at the end of an annual poetry festival in the southern Macedonian town of Struga on Sunday for his overall body of work, the commission said.The 53rd edition of the Struga Poetry Evenings, an international poetry festival that has been held annually since 1962, was held on Aug. 21-24. This photo pr
Aug. 25, 2014
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Korean pro-baseball fan gets hero’s welcome in Kansas City
Lee Sung-woo, a 38-year-old South Korean office worker, has become an online sensation after visiting Kansas City in the U.S. at the invitation of its pro baseball team the Royals early this month.He was given a hero’s welcome in the city and drew a great deal of attention from citizens and Royals’ officials, players and fans.The club invited him as he has been an ardent fan of the Royals for nearly two decades despite having no connection with the U.S. pro baseball team or the city. Lee Sung-wo
Aug. 19, 2014
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Korean teens win silver in world culinary cup
Korean participants pose in Incheon International Airport before leaving for the Philippine Culinary Cup in Manila on Aug. 3.A group of Korean teenagers aged 15 to 19 won silver medals in the world culinary cup in Manila, Philippines, last week.Six students ― Kim Min-seung, Kim Ji-young, Kim Tae-gyeom, Baek Jang-sun, Jang Hong-chang and Hong Ji-young ― were awarded 10 silver medals in four sections in the 2014 Philippine Culinary Cup. The four sections included pasta, poultry, plated desserts an
Aug. 11, 2014
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Older Americans take ‘encore’ jobs
After Fred Wallace was laid off from a high-paying job in 2011, the 56-year-old knew the odds of landing a comparable position were slim.He polished his LinkedIn profile and networked like crazy. But his yearlong job search yielded only a handful of interviews and no offers.So he shifted gears, embarking on an “encore” career by working part time at a child and family services organization in San Bernardino, California.Wallace is among millions of older Americans launching professional second ac
July 16, 2014
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U.S. workers encountered man left in cell for days
SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Four U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration employees saw or heard a handcuffed San Diego student locked in a cell for five days without food or water, but did nothing because they assumed someone else was responsible, investigators said Tuesday.The U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general faulted several DEA employees for their handling of the April 2012 incident that left Daniel Chong in grave physical health, cost the agency a $4.1 million settlement and led to nationwide ch
July 10, 2014
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(Photo News) 15th anniversary of Beyond Donga
Kwon Chung-won, CEO of Beyond Donga, a cable TV channel of Herald Corporation, speaks at the 15th anniversary of the opening of Beyond Donga (formerly Donga TV) at La Vie Douce in Jung-gu, Seoul, Wednesday. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)
June 26, 2014
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Documenting Asian Games history through photography
For over 30 years, South Korean sports photographer Kim Min-jae has taken pictures at major international sports events, including the Olympics and the Asian Games, capturing iconic moments in sporting history.As Korea undertakes the final preparations to host the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Kim seeks to document, for the first time, the decades-long history of the biggest global sports event in Asia through a photography exhibition to be held in Incheon during the upcoming games.“The exhibit s
June 26, 2014
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Sheraton Seoul D Cube City appoints new general manager
Matthias Sutter, general manager of Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel. (Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel)Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel has appointed a Swiss veteran hotelier as its new general manager. Matthias Sutter has built up a career in the hospitality business for 15 years, mainly in Asia and North America. Prior to joining the Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel, Sutter served as a hotel manager at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in Bangkok. Sutter also worked in Korea at Park Hyatt Seoul and H
June 25, 2014
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Pontiff to meet Sewol families
Pope Francis will visit South Korea on Aug. 14 to attend a Catholic youth festival and preside over a ceremony to beatify 124 Korean Catholic martyrs, the Vatican and the local preparation committee for the visit said Wednesday.During the five-day state visit, the pope will conduct four Masses, including one for the beatification ceremony and another for the closing ceremony of Asian Youth Day. He will attend an official welcoming ceremony at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae and pay a visit
June 18, 2014
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French-Korean Golf Tournament
FRIENDSHIP GOLF -- Participants pose at the opening of the third edition of the French Korean Golf Tournament held at Gapyeong Benest Golf Course in Gyeonggi Province on Friday. The event was co-organized by the French tourism development agency of Atout France and the French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry to promote friendship between businesspeople from the two countries. (Photo: Atout France)
June 17, 2014
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No six-party talks without progress: Korean diplomat
South Korea has not given up on the six-party talks, but there must be tangible progress before talks can be resumed, a senior diplomat said Monday at the World Journalists Conference in Seoul.“The history of the six-party talks has seen far more failure than success. North Korea should be more responsible with its actions and words,” South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong told journalists from around the world at a special lecture during the second World Journalists Conference, hosted
June 16, 2014
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Artist has her first show ― at age 82
PHILADELPHIA ― Patricia Ray Guckes’ husband never wanted her to work. So she painted.Up at 5 every morning, before her husband and two daughters, Guckes sat on a stool facing her easel in the kitchen of her Lower Moreland, Pennsylvania, home.She imagined pretty pictures and painted them, many smaller than a playing card. Then the chaos of the morning took over.For decades, Patty Ray Guckes’ routine yielded portraits, ocean scenes, and paintings of delicately rendered birds, but only recently did
June 11, 2014
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(Photo News) Walk to donate
Participants in the third Charity Walkathon, organized by the Korean Association of Foreign Languages Academies, stroll the streets of Bukchon, a village in Seoul replete with traditional Korean houses, or hanok, Sunday. Proceeds from this year’s event, which drew over 1,000 participants, will go to a nursing college to be built in Nepal, organizers said. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)
June 1, 2014
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Seo Se-won booked for assaulting wife
Comedian-turned-clergyman Seo Se-won has been booked without physical detention for allegedly assaulting his wife Seo Jung-hee, police said Sunday. According to officials at Gangnam Police Station, the husband is accused of pushing the wife, a former actress, to the ground during an altercation on Saturday evening at a building in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul. The building’s security personnel called the police at the request of the wife. Seo was arrested at the scene but was later released, a
May 11, 2014
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Kim named CEO of Lotte Hall
Kim Eui-joon, former chief of the Korea National Opera, took office Wednesday as CEO of Lotte Hall, a classical concert hall being built in Jamsil, Seoul, by the eponymous conglomerate. Kim, 64, filled a seat left vacated for nearly a year by the death of Kim Joo-ho last May. “On May 7, Kim officially began his term as CEO of Lotte Hall,” Lotte Group said in a statement.“Lotte Group will set up a non-profit cultural foundation which will be tasked with the hall’s management,” it said. Kim has 30
May 7, 2014
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Former photo editor of Herald dies
Kim In-su, a longtime photo editor of The Korea Herald and The Herald Business, died Monday in Bangkok, Thailand. He was 58. He died of a heart attack in the Thai capital, where he was visiting family who live in the country. He had a chronic heart problem and had undergone heart surgery a few years ago. A native of Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Kim joined Herald Corp., publisher of The Korea Herald and vernacular daily Herald Business, in 1989 as a photo journalist. For nearly a decade fro
May 7, 2014
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Celebrities boycotting Brunei-run hotels over Shariah laws
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Hollywood is responding to harsh new laws in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of Brunei by boycotting the Beverly Hills Hotel.The Motion Picture & Television Fund joined a growing list of organizations and individuals Monday refusing to do business with hotels owned by the sultan or government of Brunei. They’re protesting the country’s new Islamic Shariah criminal law that calls for punishing adultery, abortions and same-sex relationships with flogging and stoning.The Motion P
May 6, 2014
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Overseas cultural heritage agency gets new chief
The Cultural Heritage Administration on Thursday named O Soo-dong, former PR chief at the Korean Embassy in the United States, the new secretary-general of its affiliate body tasked with retrieving stolen national treasures from overseas. “O Soo-dong has been appointed secretary-general of the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation. His term is three years untill April 2017,” the state-run CHA said in a press release. O, 64, is a veteran cultural administrator and diplomat with more than t
May 1, 2014
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Former foreign minister Hong dies at age 77
Hong Soon-young, a retired diplomat who served as South Korea's foreign minister, unification minister and ambassador to five countries, died Wednesday at age 77, officials said.Hong, who was the foreign minister from 1998-2000, was considered one of the best known diplomats in South Korea. He entered the foreign service in 1961 and served in various other posts, including ambassador to Pakistan, Malaysia, Russia, Germany and China.Hong served as unification minister from 2001-2002. (Yonhap)
April 30, 2014
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[Weekender] Taking pause from 30 years in top gear
After working nonstop for 30 years, Sohn Ji-ae, former president and CEO of Arirang TV and Radio, who left her post at the end of February after two and a half years, is relishing what she calls her “mid-life time out.” “March 1 marks my independence from institutions,” said Sohn on Wednesday in an interview with The Korea Herald.“My career has been so fast, in top gear,” she said of her whirlwind career that started at Business Korea, a monthly magazine, saw her as a correspondent for the New Y
April 25, 2014