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Seoul shares open tad higher on Wall Street gains
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Ex-Trump official calls for S. Korea to raise defense spending to 3 or 3.5% of GDP
[Well-curated] Movies and art in hanok, superior sound at Listening Room
'City View' shines light on urban shadows
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea
[Box office] Movies in theaters this week
[Lee Byung-jong] Big tech vs. nation-states
[Editorial] Big tech, small taxes
LG Twins breaks KBO single-season attendance record
“Wellness: A Strategic Overview of Well Aging”
Biden announces $8 billion in military aid for Ukraine
LG Display sells its China plant to TCL subsidiary for 2 tln won
Assembly rejects 6 bills vetoed by Yoon in revote
Seon meditation practitioners emphasize conflict resolution
Assembly passes bills to toughen punishment for deepfake sex crimes
Host of Miss Korea apologizes for 'inappropriate question' about deepfake
Kang Ik-joong's monumental 'Hangeul Wall' unveiled at Korean Cultural Center New York
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‘One Night in Paris’ and ‘Disney in Concert’ offer a late-summer treat after heat wave
Music
Aug 16, 2018
Seoulites suffering from “cabin fever” after spending weeks indoors with their air conditioners on full blast might find some relief at Olympic Park 88 Grass Yard, where “Disney in Concert” and soprano Jo Su-mi’s concert “One Night in Paris” are scheduled to run Sept. 8 and Sept. 9, respectively. Jo and the Ditto Orchestra, conducted by Lorenzo Passerini, will perform a variety of songs thematically tied to Paris, ranging from opera arias to genre-crossing pieces, chosen to appeal to opera buffs
Uber-fresh, housemade mozzarella at Slowwcheese
Food&Beverage
Aug 16, 2018
New shop specializes in Italian stretch-curd cheese
Korea set to name Paulo Bento as new nat'l football team head coach
Soccer
Aug 16, 2018
Korea is set to name former Portugal boss Paulo Bento as the new head coach for the men's national football team, an official with the country's football governing body said Thursday. A Korea Football Association official said Bento will sign a contract to lead the Taeguk Warriors through the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. If confirmed, the 49-year-old Portuguese will succeed Shin Tae-yong for the top coaching job. (Yonhap)The KFA later announced that Kim Pan-gon, who leads the national team coac
Posco Energy likely to ditch fuel cell biz: report
Industry
Aug 16, 2018
Posco Energy, an affiliate of South Korean steel giant Posco, appears to be in the process of ditching its money-losing fuel cell business by establishing a new joint venture with a third party, a lawmaker claimed Thursday.According to documents compiled by Rep. Kim Kyu-hwan of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, the company has been seeking ways to spin off its fuel cell manufacturing unit first and then turning it into a joint venture with new investors. The plan is widely expected to mea
[Therese Raphael] Erdogan makes some worrying friends
Viewpoints
Aug 16, 2018
Relations between the US and Turkey have been deteriorating almost as fast as the Turkish lira. In a speech on the Black Sea coast Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the ultimate dig against an ally: He threatened to switch teams. “Before it is too late, Washington must give up the misguided notion that our relationship can be asymmetrical and come to terms with the fact that Turkey has alternatives,” he told the crowd. If the “disrespect” continues, his government will seek “
[Tyler Cowen] Trump hurts US exports in the marketplace of ideas
Viewpoints
Aug 16, 2018
If you are a believer in free markets, you might be tempted to be pleased by some of the more positive policies of the Trump administration: Lxower corporate tax rates, more market-friendly judges, a greater emphasis on deregulation. Resist (the temptation, if not the administration). When it comes to ideas, the lifeblood of capitalism, the influence of President Donald Trump isn’t nearly so benign. In fact, even without considering its policy on free trade, advocates of dynamic capitalism shoul
[Editorial] Not enough time
Editorial
Aug 16, 2018
Special prosecutor should be given enough time to probe online opinion-rigging case
Blue House, parties agree to seek closer cooperation
Politics
Aug 16, 2018
The major political parties and the presidential office agreed to cooperate in policy negotiations, and to work together to hold a successful inter-Korean summit, the parties announced Thursday. The agreement came after a meeting among President Moon Jae-in and the floor leaders of the five major political parties at Cheong Wa Dae. President Moon Jae-in and floor leaders discuss issues at the presidential office on Thursday. From left: Party for Democracy and Peace`s Chang Byoung-wan, Bareunmir
Samsung Electronics pulls along H1 growth in Kospi earnings
Markets
Aug 16, 2018
South Korea’s listed companies experienced lackluster earnings in the second quarter despite on-year growth in the first half of the year largely driven by Samsung Electronics, data showed Thursday. The combined first-half operating profit of 641 companies trading on the Kospi, including Samsung Electronics, jumped 18.6 percent on-year, while combined net profit surged 7.6 percent. However, if the data excludes Samsung Electronics, the figures significantly slid. The combined operating pro
A mix of fun and challenge at ‘scariest’ escape room in Seoul
Travel
Aug 16, 2018
More and more Koreans are participating in escape rooms, where they are given a set amount of time to solve puzzles using clues scattered around rooms in order to break out of the place. With various themes and different amounts of time, there are escape room experiences that suit a wide range of ages.Nestled in the side streets of the Apgujeong Rodeo area is Holic Room Escape, where three Korea Herald summer interns attempted the “Fall of Mankind” zombie-themed escape room. Touted as “the scari
[Newsmaker] Investigators request warrant for Gov. Kim Kyung-soo
Social affairs
Aug 16, 2018
The special prosecutor’s team looking into a massive opinion-rigging scandal requested an arrest warrant for South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo late Wednesday over allegations that he colluded with a power blogger to manipulate online comments in order to sway public opinion on political issues. The independent counsel team led by Huh Ik-bum requested an arrest warrant for Gov. Kim around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on suspicions of obstruction of business. The prosecutors view Gov. Kim, Pres
Assembly abolishes ‘special activities’ funds
Politics
Aug 16, 2018
The National Assembly on Thursday abolished the controversial “special activities” funds given to lawmakers as to support their political activities, leaving a small budget for foreign-related work.“As of today, the National Assembly abolishes the special activities funds allotted to all parliamentary committees, with the exceptions of the foreign affairs, national security and trade committees,” Yoo In-tae, the parliament’s secretary-general said in a briefing. National Assembly Secretary-Gene
Seoul seeks exemptions from Trump’s Iran sanctions
Industry
Aug 16, 2018
Petrochemical and construction companies to be hit hardest by sanctions
Owners demand government to conduct extensive tests on BMW cars
Transport
Aug 16, 2018
BMW owners, who have filed a criminal suit against the German luxury carmaker over fire-prone vehicles, on Thursday urged authorities to conduct simulations and stress tests on models subject for recall, citing their psychological damage and the need for an acceptable explanation.They also downplayed recent speculations by some experts that the fires may be caused by software manipulation, instead stressing they believe the problem lies with a defective exhaust gas recirculation module.Speaking
SKT adopts Xilinx’s neural processing unit to boost AI
Technology
Aug 16, 2018
SK Telecom, South Korea’s biggest mobile carrier, has deployed US chipmaker Xilinx’s neural processing units to accelerate its artificial intelligence processing speed and performance by fivefold, the two companies announced Thursday. Known as FPGAs or field-programmable gate arrays, the integrated circuits based on latest deep learning techniques are now deployed at the mobile carrier’s data center and are running its automatic speech-recognition application to accelerate AI speaker NUGU. SKT s
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