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HyunA stuns in make-up free selfie

Jun 30, 2014

Sexy diva HyunA disclosed a no make-up selfie Sunday on her Instagram. In the photo, she shows off her fair skin, big eyes and pink lips without thick make-up on. HyunA will start solo activities in July, one year and nine months after she released her album “Ice Cream” in 2012. 　(laeticia.ock@heraldcorp.com)
EXO’s Chanyeol in talks with Korean director for film debut

Jun 27, 2014

Chanyeol of K-pop megahit group EXO is in talks with a Korean film director about making a big-screen debut, local news outlets reported Friday. EXO's Chanyeol (OSEN)According to film insiders, Chanyeol was offered a role in a film tentatively named “The Last First Love,” to be directed by Kang Je-kyu. An official from SM Entertainment, Chanyeol’s label, said that the idol is positively reviewing the suggestion to debut as an actor. Chanyeol would play an innocent high school student though the
K-pop idols applaud Korean soccer players

Jun 27, 2014

Despite Korea’s defeat in the Group H finale match during the Brazil World Cup, K-pop idol stars expressed their appreciation of the Korean players’ efforts on the football grounds. South Korea crashed out of the World Cup with a 1-0 loss to a 10-man Belgium squad on Friday, Korean time. Right after the match ended early Friday morning, several stars sent messages for the football players to a local news outlet. Yoon Doo-joon of K-pop boy band B2ST said, “Team Korea, You have done really hard. T
Lawmakers to adopt resolution to condemn Japan's review of sex-slave apology

PoliticsJun 27, 2014

A special parliamentary committee on Northeast Asian history said Friday it plans to adopt a resolution next week to denounce Japan for reviewing its 1993 key statement admitting to its wartime sexual enslavement of women.At a closed-door meeting, members of the committee agreed that Japan's review of the Kono statement was seen as being aimed at undermining the credibility of its own apology.A panel of experts appointed by the Japanese government said last Friday that Seoul and Tokyo officials
Defense chief apologizes over draftee's shooting spree

DefenseJun 27, 2014

Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin apologized Friday over last week's shooting spree by an enlisted soldier who killed five of his comrades, and vowed to come up with fundamental preventive measures."I sincerely apologize to the people and the bereaved families for such a regretful incident in the eastern front-line general outpost that killed five and wounded seven," Kim said in a statement to the public.Expressing deep condolences to the fallen soldiers, the defense chief said he will "strive to he
[World Cup] S. Korea gutsy without polish in loss to Belgium

SoccerJun 27, 2014

In their 1-0 loss to Belgium that knocked them out of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil on Thursday, the South Koreans did everything offensively but to score a goal.Statistically and aesthetically, there was little question about which was the superior offensive side at Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo. South Korea outshot Belgium, 18-16, and also held the edge in shots on goal, 12-11. South Korea also attempted more passes than Belgium, 501-421, and was more accurate, with a 73 percent success rate c
[World Cup] S. Korean coach blames himself for World Cup exit

SoccerJun 27, 2014

After his team was eliminated from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil with a 1-0 loss to Belgium, South Korean head coach Hong Myung-bo on Thursday blamed no one but himself. Hong Myeong-bo (Yonhap)"I think our players did the best they could," he said at the post-match press conference. "More than anyone else, I had the most shortcomings. I have no problem with our players."He declined to grade either himself or the team after South Korea went winless in matches in Group H. South Korea opened wi
N. Korean leader Kim guides test-launch of new missile

North KoreaJun 27, 2014

North Korea said Friday that it has successfully launched a newly developed tactical guided missile, threatening high-precision attacks on those who challenge Pyongyang's sovereignty.The report carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) came a day after the communist country test-fired three short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Thursday.North Korea did not disclose when the reported test-firing took place, but it mostly likely refers to Thursday's firing.North Kore
Trilateral committee agrees to raise minimum wage for 2015

PoliticsJun 27, 2014

A trilateral committee of government, labor and management representatives agreed Friday to raise the country's minimum hourly wage by about 7.1 percent to 5,580 won (US$5.50) per hour for next year, officials said.The Minimum Wage Council reached the deal after an intensive overnight discussion on compromise plans, marking the first time in six years that a minimum wage has been set within a legal deadline.The hourly wage translates to 44,640 won a day for those who work eight hours a day and 1
[팟캐스트](48) GOP 총기난사 사건

PodcastJun 25, 2014

기사요약: 21일 동부전선 전방 22사단 부대에서 총기를 난사한 임모 병장은 자살 기도 직전 메모를 작성해 자신의 가족과 유가족에게 사과했다. 현재 군 수사관들이 임 병장의 총기난사 동기에 대해 수사 중인 가운데 임 병장이 선임병과 후임병으로부터 따돌림을 당했다는 추측이 나오고 있다. 군 내의 후진적인 병영문화에 대한 비판도 함께 나오는 시점이다.[1] The captured sergeant apologized to his family and the families of the five soldiers who were killed in a shooting rampage last Saturday in a note he wrote right before he attempted suicide on Monday, the Defense Ministry said.*apologize: 사과하다. (apology 사과, apologetic: 미안해하는, 사과하는)*capture: 잡다 (=nab,
EXO’s ex-member Kris to shoot for Chinese film from June 24

Jun 23, 2014

EXO-M former leader Kris is to start shooting a Chinese film in the Czech Republic from June 24.According to news reports by Chinese media outlets, Kris is staying in Prague to participate in the Chinese rom-com “Somewhere Only We Know,” directed by Xu Jinglei. 　There has been speculation that Kris might make a comeback with Xu Jinglei’s film after the famous director posted a comment in support of Kris on her Weibo in the wake of the lawsuit. 　Kris was spotted on June 6 by a fan at Moscow Airpo
Parliament to receive gov't reports on deadly ferry disaster

Social affairsJun 20, 2014

A special parliamentary committee plans to begin its investigation into a deadly ferry disaster later this month by receiving reports from related government departments, a committee official said Friday.The committee will be briefed by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Coast Guard on Thursday and Friday, the first step of the parliamentary probe, said Rep. Kim Hyun-mi, a key opposition member of the committee.Kim, a lawmaker of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy,
Navy holds firing drill against N. Korean subs in East Sea

DefenseJun 20, 2014

The South Korean Navy carried out a firing exercise off the country's east coast Friday to strengthen its capability against a possible invasion by North Korean submarines, officers here said.Flatly rejecting Japan's call a day earlier to cancel the drill, the Navy held the one-day exercise in the East Sea, some 50 kilometers away from the country's eastern port of Jukbyeon, North Gyeongsang Province, as scheduled.On Wednesday, Tokyo urged Seoul to cancel the exercise, claiming that the venue in
Abe must not undercut 1993 apology on wartime sex slavery: China

Foreign affairsJun 20, 2014

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be further alienated from his neighbors if Tokyo undermines the credibility of its 1993 apology over wartime sexual enslavement of women during World War II, China's state-run media warned Friday. The China Daily made the comments in its editorial hours before the Japanese government was set to announce the results of its "review" on the 1993 statement issued by then-Japanese cabinet secretary Yohei Kono that acknowledged its forced recruitment of women in
No headway in search for missing in ferry disaster for 12th day

Social affairsJun 20, 2014

No progress was made in an underwater search for those still missing in April's deadly ferry sinking for the 12th straight day on Friday, officials said.Navy, Coast Guard and civilian divers took shifts to search the submerged hull to find 12 people, including six high school students, still unaccounted for more than two months after the boat sank off the country's southwestern coast, according to officials of the government crisis center.The officials said the divers combed the front of the thi