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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Bae Doo-na shares portraying Korean identity in Hollywood's 'Rebel Moon'
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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[From the Scene] Monks, Buddhists hail return of remains of Buddhas
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Medical schools granted enrollment quota flexibility for next year
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Yoon offers first one-on-one meeting with opposition leader next week
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France rejects opening Paris flight routes to T'way Air, deals blow to Korean Air merger
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Chinese man behind drug scam targeting teens nabbed in Cambodia
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Iran fires air defense batteries in provinces as sound of explosions heard near Isfahan
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[Graphic News] French bulldog most popular breed in US, Maltese most popular in Korea
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Three places in Seoul to experience first flush green tea
The first flush, or the very first plucking of a tea plant’s harvest season, yields tea of the highest quality. In Korea, green tea made with the first pluckings is known as "ujeon nokcha," highly prized for its sweet, soft and subtle flavor. When the tea leaves are harvested indicates the quality of the tea, among other factors. The first pluckings of the year are of the highest quality because the nutrients stored in the plants are highly concentrated by the time spring arrives
FoodApril 18, 2024
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[팟캐스트] (576) 학령인구 절벽 영향 본격화로 교사 수 줄인다
진행자: 홍유, Elise Youn Korea to cut no. of teachers amid diminishing student numbers 기사 요약: 출생에 따른 학령인구 감소가 본격화하면서 신규교사 채용 규모가 축소된 데 이어 '예비 교사'를 길러내는 교육대학교 정원까지 줄어들게 됐다. [1] Amid administrative efforts to increase the annual enrollment quota for medical schools that sparked the mass walk-out of doctors across the country, the government said it would reduce the number of school teachers going forward, citing a decline in student numbers. *administrative: 관리(행정)상의 *enrollment: 입학; 등록 *
PodcastApril 18, 2024
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Fugitive facing W3b fraud charges extradited from Kuwait after 12 years
A South Korean man has been extradited home from Kuwait this week, 12 years after he fled to the Middle Eastern nation to avoid arrest on charges of fraud amounting to some 3 billion won ($2.17 million), officials said Thursday. The suspect, 58, was brought home through Incheon International Airport on Wednesday afternoon to face charges that he defrauded the victim after fabricating a company document ordering construction materials in May 2011, according to police. After he fled to Kuwait in S
Social AffairsApril 18, 2024
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Regulator calls for collaboration of shareholders, firms
The head of the financial regulator on Thursday stressed the need for businesses and their shareholders to work together to ensure joint development, saying the government will work to create a virtuous cycle between shareholder activities and business growth. Lee Bok-hyun, chief of the Financial Supervisory Service, noted that shareholder activism will only continue to grow, but said efforts by shareholders may end in vain unless they are sound and reasonable enough to be supported by other sha
EconomyApril 18, 2024
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[해커스 TOEIC] 토익 점수 Up 단어, Part 5 문제
2) 파트 5 3문제 1. Despite the intermittent rain, a majority of the runners participating in the annual marathon ------- to run the course until they reached the finish line. (A) continued (B) preserved (C) emerged (D) prolonged 해석 간간이 내리는 비에도 불구하고, 연례 마라톤에 참가한 다수의 주자들은 결승선에 다다를 때까지 계속해서 코스를 달렸다. 해설 동사 어휘 문제 ‘다수의 주자들은 결승선에 다다를 때까지 계속해서 코스를 달렸다’라는 문맥이 되어야 하므로 ‘계속하다, 계속되다’의 뜻을 지닌 동사의 과거형인 (A) continued가 정답이다. 참고로 (B)의 preserve는 ‘보존하다, 지키다’, (C)의 emerge는 &lsquo
English EyeApril 18, 2024
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S. Korea to build F-35 maintenance facility at Cheongju Air Base
South Korea will build its own maintenance facility for its F-35A stealth jets by 2027, a move that would enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday. South Korea's Air Force operates a fleet of 39 F-35As at an air base in Cheongju, 112 kilometers south of Seoul, after one jet retired last year due to damage from a bird strike. In December, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration signed a letter of acceptance with the US government
DefenseApril 18, 2024
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Seoul shares open higher amid woes over rate cut delay
South Korean stocks started higher Thursday as investors hunted for bargains following a recent decline amid speculations over a potential delay in US interest rate cuts this year. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 26.08 points, or 1.01 percent, to 2,610.26 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.12 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 1.15 percent. The Federal Reserve said in the Beige Book that the economy has expanded s
MarketApril 18, 2024
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Vice FM visits Mauritius to seek support for South Korea-Africa summit
First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun has visited Mauritius as a special envoy for an upcoming summit with African nations, his office said Thursday. Kim paid a courtesy call on Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Wednesday and discussed cooperation in the areas of infrastructure and high-level exchanges, according to the ministry. He asked for Mauritius's support and attendance at the South Korea-Africa summit, to be held on June 4-5 in Seoul, saying the meeting will ser
Foreign AffairsApril 18, 2024
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S. Korean envoy discusses upcoming Africa summit, climate change with Algerian officials
South Korea's envoy for climate met with top government officials in Algeria earlier this week and discussed an upcoming summit with African nations and other environmental issues, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Kim Hyo-eun, ambassador and deputy foreign minister on climate change, met with Lounes Magramane, the secretary general of Algeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, on Wednesday. Kim invited Algeria to the South Korea-Africa summit, set for June
Foreign AffairsApril 18, 2024
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Senior trade officials from S. Korea, US discuss 3-way talks with Japan
Senior trade officials from South Korea and the United States discussed preparations for the upcoming three-way talks of industry chiefs with Japan, Seoul's industry ministry said Thursday. The discussion was made as Deputy Minister for Trade Yang Byeong-nae met with officials from the US Department of Commerce and the Office of the US Trade Representative during his three-day visit to Washington this week, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Seoul and Washington also d
Foreign AffairsApril 18, 2024
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S. Korean parliamentary chief calls for stronger S. Korea-US efforts to address NK threats
South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo stressed the need Wednesday to beef up joint deterrence efforts by Seoul and Washington to address evolving North Korean military capabilities, which he said pose a "direct" threat to the continental United States. Kim made the remarks during a forum hosted by the Institute for Korean Studies at George Washington University, urging Pyongyang to cease its nuclear threats and return to the "path of denuclearization." &quo
North KoreaApril 18, 2024
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
Long-distance travel will be more active this year than before, and many will leave for North America or Europe. A local online tourist agency, yeogi.com, surveyed its 233 mobile app users in March, and 62.2 percent of respondents said they are planning long-distance travel to destinations including the US, Canada, France and the UK. These results show a change from recent preferences for short trips to countries nearby such as Japan and Vietnam. North America was named the most preferred dest
Social AffairsApril 18, 2024
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[Editorial] Act like a union
The trainee doctors who walked off the job two months ago in protest of the government’s plan to increase medical school enrollment are now demanding shorter mandatory military service among other things. Ryu Ok Hada, a resident who tendered his resignation on Feb. 16, said Tuesday he interviewed 150 interns and residents, and they said they would return to work if they are guaranteed the right to organize unions and to strike. “It appears that about half of the trainee doctors are w
EditorialApril 18, 2024
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With 10-year-old classic festival as catalyst, Gyechon evolves into art village
When the Gyechon Music Festival was being considered over a decade ago, residents of the village Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, expressed a preference for popular music genres like trot, rather than classical music -- or at least a mix of the two. Ten years on, no one is talking about a pop music festival. Rather, the village hopes to solidify its identity as an art village, with the rare outdoor classic music festival as the catalyst, according to Lee Dong-yeun, director of the festival and p
CultureApril 17, 2024
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[Herald Interview] International Booker-shortlisted Hwang Sok-yong says literary journey continues
One of the finalists for this year’s International Booker Prize, Hwang Sok-yong has vowed to continue until the end, asserting his commitment to the art of writing. Speaking at a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday, a week after named to the International Booker shortlist with his novel “Mater 2-10” on April 10, the 81-year-old writer revealed his plan to write three to four more novels by the time he turns 90, in addition to completing his book project of completing a 50-vo
BooksApril 17, 2024
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
The manager of a K-pop boy band was dismissed on suspicion of installing a hidden camera in a theater dressing room, the band’s label WM Entertainment announced Wednesday. The camera was reportedly spotted by an actor who was starring in the musical “Next to Normal,” in a dressing room located on the sixth floor of the Kwanglim Art Center in southern Seoul on April 9. The actor immediately reported the camera to the police. According to local media reports, the dismissed employ
Social AffairsApril 17, 2024
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Procurement experts flock to Korea for IPPW 2024
South Korea’s Public Procurement Service said Wednesday it is hosting the International Public Procurement Workshop 2024, an international gathering of procurement experts from around the world, this week in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. Under the title of “Gaining New Insight on Public Procurement,” the two-day event will kick off Thursday at the Kintex convention center. This year, the event will be co-hosted with the Inter-American Development Bank or IDB in order for Korea to b
IndustryApril 17, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] BTS pop-up event to come to Seoul
A pop-up event for fans of BTS will run in Seoul from April 26 to May 12, according to an announcement by Big Hit Music on Tuesday. The news for the event “Monochrome” came with posters, one of which used a never-seen-before black-and-white photograph of the seven members, shot before they enlisted. Another showed boxes moving along a conveyor belt hinting that the temporary occasion will be theme after “memory clouds” which was the main concept from its fan meetup held
K-popApril 17, 2024
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
In March 2023, Apple Pay made a grand entrance into the South Korean market, amassing 1 million users on its debut day alone and doubling that figure within three weeks. But a year later, the initial fervor surrounding the mobile payment service of the iPhone maker appears to have dwindled considerably amid the lack of widespread availability. With Hyundai Card's exclusive partnership set to expire in September, no other card companies have followed suit in integrating the service. Speculat
IndustryApril 17, 2024
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[Herald Interview] Pearl Lam Galleries looks to boost its presence in Korea
Pearl Lam Galleries has established its name primarily in Greater China, working with artists from around the world for the past 20 years. The gallery is now embarking on a move to expand its presence to South Korea, which has grabbed global recognition as another art hub in Asia. “Seoul is an important center of not only contemporary culture but also strong traditional tastes and aesthetics,” said Pearl Lam, founder of the gallery, in a recent email interview with The Korea Herald.
Arts & DesignApril 17, 2024