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Kim Soo-hyun grabs grand prize at KBS drama awards
Actor Kim Soo-hyun attends the KBS Drama Awards 2015 on Friday. (Yonhap)Actor Kim Soo-hyun has received the top prize at the KBS Drama Awards 2015 for his excellent role in "Producers," a workplace drama set in the entertainment department of a fictional KBS. Kim, who played rookie producer Baek Seung-chan in the 15-part series drama, which ended in June, also grabbed two other awards -- International Netizens' Award and Best Couple Award. Kim rose to stardom by appearing in the fantasy-roma
Television Jan. 1, 2016
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Park extends words of encouragement to military
Park delivers a video message to the country's 650,000-strong military on New Year's Day. (Yonhap)President Park Geun-hye said Friday she has "full confidence" in the country's military, vowing to provide full support to improve soldiers' mission capabilities. "(I) have full trust in our strong and manly soldiers, and will provide full support for the execution of your mission," Park said in a video message to the country's 650,000-strong military on New Year's Day. "Our military should be r
Politics Jan. 1, 2016
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N.K. leader vows to improve ties with S. Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed efforts Friday to improve ties with South Korea, saying that he is open to talks with Seoul in an open-minded manner for unification. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers his New Year`s message live on the North`s television on Friday. (Yonhap) In his New Year's message delivered live on the North's television, Kim said North Korea is open to having candid dialogue with the South. He did not mention the North's nuclear weapons program. "We will make
North Korea Jan. 1, 2016
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Retail investors' presence hits 6-year high in 2015
Retail investors' turnover in South Korea's stock market reached a six-year high in 2015, apparently boosted by low interest rates and efforts to search for high-yield investment tools, data showed Friday. The investors took up 67.6 percent of the daily turnover of 8.88 trillion won ($7.54 billion) on the main bourse and the secondary Kosdaq market last year, the highest since 67.7 percent tallied in 2009, the Korea Exchange data showed. Their portion has been on a constant decline, reaching
Jan. 1, 2016
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Authorities in China arrest 11 in deadly landslide
Authorities in southern China have formally arrested 11 people for their role in a landslide unleashed at construction waste dump last month that killed 12 people and left 62 others missing and presumed dead. Prosecutors in the southern city of Shenzhen said in a statement late Thursday that a dispatcher and supervisor of the landfill, the chief and deputy manager of a company in charge of the landfill, and seven other people were arrested. In the Dec. 20 disaster, a mountain of constructi
World News Jan. 1, 2016
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[Photo News] N.K. leader visits the mortuary of Kim Yang-gon to pay homage
A handout picture provided by North Korea`s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper on 31 December 2015 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, touching the body of Kim Yang-gon, a secretary of the ruling Workers` Party of Korea and one of his key aides handling inter-Korean affairs, as he visits the mortuary of Kim to pay homage in Pyongyang, North Korea, 30 December 2015. Kim, one of the two ranking North Korean officials who attended the rare inter-Korean high-level talks in August, died in a car ac
North Korea Jan. 1, 2016
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Police in Munich warn of 'imminent threat' of attack
Police in Munich warned of a "serious, imminent threat'" by Islamic State group suicide bombers wanting to commit an attack on New Year's Eve and asked people to stay away from the city's main train station and a second train station in the city's Pasing neighborhood. Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told reporters Friday night at Munich's police headquarters authorities had received information that the militant group Islamic State was behind the threat. Munich police president
World News Jan. 1, 2016
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JYJ Junsu, EXID member in love
JYJ Junsu(left) and EXID Hani (Yonhap)Kim Jun-su, a member of the popular boy band JYJ, has been dating a member of the South Korean girl group EXID since last summer, their agencies said Friday. The 28-year-old beloved singer and the 23-year-old Hani began interacting with music and have been in a relationship to date, they said. JYJ, a K-pop boy band, was formed in 2010 with three members -- Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu. Hani is a lead vocal of the five-member girl group. (Yonhap)
Performance Jan. 1, 2016
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World welcomes New Year despite terror fears
Europe welcomed in the New Year on high security alert, with Munich stations evacuated over an imminent terror threat and fireworks cancelled in Paris and Brussels, while a huge fire ripped through a Dubai hotel. German police warned people to stay away from two of Munich's railway stations and avoid large gatherings after "indications that a terror attack" was being planned by Islamists in the southern German city. Authorities said early Friday the threat involved a suspected suicide bomb a
World News Jan. 1, 2016
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IS suspected of planning suicide attack in Munich: German authorities
German officials said Friday they had information indicating the Islamic State group was planning a suicide bomb attack on New Year's Eve in the southern city of Munich. "The Federal Criminal Authority informed Bavarian police... of indications provided by a friendly intelligence service that the IS was planning an attack tonight at midnight at Munich main rail station and/or Pasing station," interior minister for the southern state of Bavaria Joachim Herrmann said. Munich police chief Hube
World News Jan. 1, 2016
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China manufacturing picks up but activity still shrinking: data
A gauge of Chinese factory activity ticked up slightly in December but continued to indicate contraction for a fifth straight month, official data showed Friday, underlining weakness in the world's second-largest economy. China is a key driver of global growth and investors closely watch the Purchasing Managers' Index -- which tracks activity in the factories and workshops sector -- as a barometer of the country's economic health. The mild improvement follows a string of stimulus measures
World Business Jan. 1, 2016
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North Korean leader to deliver New Year’s address in the afternoon
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to deliver his New Year’s address at 12:30 p.m., later than in previous years, Pyongyang's state media said Friday. Kim's New Year’s message will be announced at noon (Pyongyang Time), the North's Korean Central Television said without elaborating. Usually, the North’s leader delivers his message early in the morning on the first day of the new year. It also did not clarify whether Kim will deliver a verbal message. Since 2013, Kim has issued a verbal
North Korea Jan. 1, 2016
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South Korea's December exports worse than expected
South Korean exports were worse than expected in December, bearing the brunt of slowdowns in China and other key trading partners, as well as an extended slump in oil prices, government data showed Friday. The country's outbound shipments sank 13.8 percent last month from a year earlier to $42.64 billion, smaller than the market estimate of $44.75 billion. The December figure also marks an on-year drop for the 12th straight month. Its imports also sank 19.2 percent on-year to $35.47 billion
Jan. 1, 2016
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Korean-American group to campaign for 'comfort women' issue's
An organization of Korean Americans in Los Angeles plans to stage a campaign to send emails to California's government in support of new school curriculum guidelines calling for teaching students about Japan's wartime sexual slavery, an official said Thursday. California's Department of Education has been collecting comments from the public on the 2014-2016 Draft History-Social Science Framework that includes the so-called "comfort women" issue in the world history curriculum for grade 10. "
Defense Jan. 1, 2016
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Major shift in N.K. policy on Seoul could point to other causes of top official's death: U.S. expert
A major shift in North Korea's policy toward South Korea could suggest that Pyongyang's top negotiator with Seoul, Kim Yang-gon, could have died by causes other than a car crash, a U.S. expert said Thursday. The North announced Wednesday that the 73-year-old Kim died in a traffic accident, a cause that immediately raised doubts as some other top officials have died similar deaths in a nation known for scant traffic, including the 2003 death of Kim Yong-sun, who was also in charge of inter-Kore
Defense Jan. 1, 2016
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