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East Asia
Largest Apple Store In Asia To Open On Wangfujing Street In Beijing
A cameraman shoots the indoor scene of the new store of Apple Inc. on Wangfujing Street in Beijing, China’s capital, Oct. 18, 2012. The new store, which will reportedly be the largest Apple store in Asia, is expected to open on Oct. 20. Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2012 shows…
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Lifestyle
What did you dream about last night?
What comes to mind when you think about dreams? Do they remind you of something impalpable, unrealistic and fanciful? Do you think it is when or where you release your repressed unconscious, as taught by Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychology? Or do you just consider them absurd and…
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Lifestyle
Contemplating on trails of Jeju
The most popular walking trail in the world is perhaps the one in Spain known as Camino de Santiago. This trail which stretches across Spain is also called the “pilgrimage trail” because it was the route Saint James, one of Jesus’ 12 disciples, took to travel to Spain for worship.…
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Lifestyle
‘All I wanted was to quit my job’
Playing protagonist Ji Hyeong-do, So Ji-sup doesn’t actually utter these words, but all his actions and body language amounts to that one sentence that puts in a nutshell the toils and agonies of any salaried worker in Korea Inc. But heartthrob So plays no ordinary salaried worker. As Ji in…
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People
Kang tells about realities of coffee shop jungle
How one owner fell into financial abyss and lived to tell about it A fatigued Korea is about to round out its 15th year of economic ugliness dating back to the crippling foreign currency crisis of the late-1990s. The legacy of these dismal times is represented in the ubiquity of…
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Pakistanis probed for illegal money transfers
Police have apprehended a Pakistani man for helping his compatriots working in South Korea illegally transfer money to their families in Pakistan. Some 400 Pakistani migrant workers sent a total of 22.7 billion won ($20.5 million) over the past three years through the 32-year-old, surnamed Ikram. Thirteen other Pakistanis and…
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N. Korea hikes taxes at Gaeseong complex
North Korea is squeezing South Korean companies working at the joint Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North with new taxes and a demand for more severance pay, officials said Thursday. The move, which observers say is the North’s latest attempt to draw cash into its beleaguered economy, came after it…
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S. Korea upbraids Tokyo on Yasukuni
Seoul expressed displeasure Thursday over visits by Japanese politicians to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, calling the act “extremely regrettable” and demanding its neighbor face up to its past atrocities. Two Japanese Cabinet members — Transport Minister Yuichiro Hata and Postal Reform Minister Mikio Shimoji — visited the Yasukuni…
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Business
Psy most sought-after model for advertisers
Psy, a 35-year-old chubby rapper and also a father of twin baby girls, has become the country’s most sought-after model for corporate advertisers these days, with his global hit “Gangnam Style’’ and comical horseback riding dance sweeping the planet. Companies that have signed Psy to promote their products have hit…
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