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Foreign affairs
Dec 14, 2017
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North Korea
Dec 14, 2017
A North Korean defector interrupted a United Nations human rights press conference in Seoul on Thursday to plead tearfully to be allowed to go back to her relatives in Pyongyang.More than 30,000 North Koreans have fled poverty and repression in their isolated homeland to move to the South. But they often struggle to make a living in the capitalist South and sometimes fail to adjust to their new lives.Dressmaker Kim Ryon-Hui arrived seven years ago but has since has made several desperate attempt
SK Incheon Petrochem forecasts another record-breaking year
Industry
Dec 14, 2017
SK Incheon Petrochem, the petrochemicals unit of the nation‘s top refiner SK Innovation, is expected to post record-high operating profits this year, largely backed by swift sales of the company’s paraxylene products used to produce polyester textiles and plastic bottles. SK Incheon Petrochem's plants in Incheon (SK Incheon Petrochem)SK Incheon Petrochem expects to log operating profit that could surpass the record number achieved last year, the company‘s officials said. The petrochemicals unit
Korean student speaks up against racism in California
Social affairs
Dec 14, 2017
A video catching a scene of raw racism against Koreans in California has catapulted Annie An, a community college student in Walnut Creek, in the East Bay area of California, to immediate online stardom. The shocking incident took place Sunday at a local Starbucks, where Annie was having a conversation with her friend in Korean. Her Korean-American tutor, Sean Lee, was also at the scene.Breaking off the two Korean women’s chat, a middle-aged white woman, unprovoked, suddenly told the two, “Don’t
Korean proficiency test-takers top 2 million
Education
Dec 14, 2017
Over 2 million people have taken the Korean proficiency test since it was first introduced in 1997, showing the growing interest in learning the language across the globe. YonhapAccording to the National Institute for International Education on Thursday, the accumulated number of takers of the Test of Proficiency in Korean, or TOPIK, stood at 2.12 million after the most recent test in November. The number of countries where the test is taken was 73, up from just four in 1997. TOPIK scores are a
Lotte in disarray over its head's possible jail term
Social affairs
Dec 14, 2017
South Korean retail giant Lotte is in disarray as its head is facing two possible jail terms in coming weeks over bribery and other charges, industry watchers said Thursday.Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is accused of giving 7 billion won ($6.43 million) in bribes to a foundation run by ex-President Park Geun-hye's friend Choi Soon-il as he sought favors in winning a government license to run a duty-free business in Seoul.Earlier in the day, prosecutors demanded a four-year jail term for Shi
[Photo News] Korea Importers Association celebrates 47th anniversary
Industry
Dec 14, 2017
CELEBRATING IMPORT -- Participants attend a ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Korea Importers Association at Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday. From front row fifth from left are Ghana Ambassador to Korea Difie Agyarko Kusi, Canadian Ambassador Eric Walsh, KOIMA Chairman Shin Myoung-jin, wife of Chairman Shin Lee Kyung-hee, Czech Ambassador Tomas HUSAK and South African Ambassador Nozuko Gloria Bam. (KOIMA)
S-Oil rewards heroic firefighters
Industry
Dec 14, 2017
S-Oil has presented awards and prizes worth 90 million won ($82,700) to eight heroic firefighters at a ceremony held at the Yeongdeungpo fire department in Seoul on Thursday, the company said. S-Oil CEO Othman al-Ghamdi (left) poses with firefighter Kim Mee-hee during an award ceremony at Yeongdeungpo fire department in Seoul on Thursday. (S-Oil)After receiving nominations from the National Fire Agency and the Korea National Council on Social Welfare, the company decided to reward firefighter Ki
SK-Sinopec JV highlighted amid Moon‘s visit to China
Industry
Dec 14, 2017
Wuhan Petrochemical, the SK-Sinopec joint venture, has been highlighted as a successful case of a cooperative project between the two countries during President Moon Jae-in’s state visit to China this week.The Korea-China petrochemical joint venture was forged by SK Global Chemical and Sinopec, China‘s largest petrochemical firm in 2013 with the two investing 3.3 trillion won ($2.91 billion) with the ratio of 35 percent to 65 percent, largely backed by SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won’s vision to
Korea's annual trade volume tops $1tr
Economy
Dec 14, 2017
South Korea's annual trade volume surpassed the $1 trillion mark for the first time in three years, driven by upbeat exports of memory chips and petrochemical products, the government said Thursday.The total amount of trades by Asia's fourth-largest economy reached the threshold as of Thursday afternoon, according to the data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Customs Service.Annual trade volume surpassed the $1 trillion mark for four consecutive years from 2011, but i
College employee faces probe over cryptocurrency mining
Social affairs
Dec 14, 2017
A college employee is facing investigation after installing a host of cryptocurrency mining hardware in an empty classroom, a local media outlet reported Tuesday.According to Hankook Ilbo, a photo of the mining hardware was posted Monday on a community Facebook page for members of a national university in Gangwon Province where the employee works.In response, the employee placed a post on the Facebook page on Tuesday, claiming that the hardware has been used not for generating private profits bu
[Graphic News] NK threats energize S. Korean arms market
North Korea
Dec 14, 2017
Faced with constant missile and nuclear threats from its belligerent northern neighbor, South Korea is boosting its arms sales and aims to become a major exporter, a study said. South Korea‘s arms industry accounted for 2.2 percent of the global top 100 producers’ sales in 2016, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report listing the world‘s “top 100” military services. South Korean arms-producing companies’ combined sales totaled $8.4 billion the same year with a 20.6
UN rapporteur urges UNSC to refer N. Korean human rights violations to ICC
North Korea
Dec 14, 2017
United Nations Special Rapporteur on North Korea's human rights situation Tomas Ojea Quintana renewed Thursday a call on the UN Security Council to consider referring North Korean human rights abusers to the International Criminal Court, adding that the UN office for human rights is taking steps to back up a potential referral."The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is currently recruiting legal experts who will be tasked with setting up a repository of cases of human rights violat
[Herald Review] Night is darkest just before dawn
Film
Dec 14, 2017
‘1987’ takes viewers to fateful year when Korea saw democracy at its lowest and highest points
[Herald Interview] ‘Intellectual property is strategic tool for fast-changing modern world'
Industry
Dec 14, 2017
SINGAPORE -- At the presence of the “fourth industrial revolution,” governments are pressed to come up with a comprehensive technological and economic blueprint to survive in the hectic modern world -- and this is where intellectual property comes into spotlight, according to the chief of a leading international authority group.“One of the core strategies for individual governments is to create a business environment which allows an easy influx and acquisition of advanced foreign technology,” Fr
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