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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Run with the bulls on Terceira island
VILA NOVA, TERCEIRA, Azores -- There are ways to look nonchalant when you stand on a street with nothing between you and an over 900-kilogram bull but a few skinny guys with a rope.Strike a vigorous stance with hands on your hips, for one. That projects machismo. Hands in your pockets can make you look fairly unruffled, too. Talking loudly and unconcernedly with friends shows you’re fine with a little danger.Crossing your arms, however, isn’t recommended. That might stray just a little into nerv
Sept. 23, 2016
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[Travel Bits] Travel news from around the world
Seoul International Fireworks Festival The Seoul International Fireworks Festival is an annual event of extravagant firework displays by firework masters from home and abroad. It attracts more than a million spectators every year. Celebrating its 16th year, one of the most anticipated autumn festivals in Seoul is taking place outside the Yeouinaru Station at the Han River Park.Prior to the firework show, visitors will also be able to enjoy various live performances and hands-on cultural programs
Sept. 23, 2016
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[Around the Hotels] Roundup of hotel events and news
Park Hyatt Seoul’s Autumn at the Park Park Hyatt Seoul is presenting the Autumn at the Park package until Nov. 30. It comes in two options, either basic or gourmet, and aims to provide a refuge for guests in the comfort of the city. Starting at 340,000 won, the basic package includes a one-night stay in a Park King room, and a skincare set from Aesop. The gourmet option includes everything in the basic package as well as a full-course dinner for two at the hotel’s Italian restaurant Cornerstone.
Sept. 23, 2016
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Japan choosing 88 animation travel spots to boost tourism
TOKYO (AP) -- Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated as “animation spots” to encourage tourism, using train stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday places where the characters of popular “manga,” or Japanese comics, are depicted. Such landmarks number in the tens of thousands, given the popularity and volume of manga in Japan. But this is being billed as the official list for any fan’s animation “pilgrimage,” as the places are known as “seichi,” or “sa
Sept. 18, 2016
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[Around the Hotels] Roundup of hotel events and news
Chuseok Package at Park Hyatt SeoulPark Hyatt Seoul will be offering the Chuseok Package for guests staying at the hotel from Sept. 1-18.The main component of the package is the Evening Chill-out promotion, which includes a late 2 p.m. checkout time, a discounted breakfast price of 30,000 per person as well as free access to the hotel’s sauna, pool and fitness studio. There is also happy hour for two from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Timber House, which has a wide selection of drinks and Japanese dis
Sept. 9, 2016
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Where ghosts are guests
It was a dark and stormy night when I arrived at Nottoway Plantation, eager to get to my room, unaware of the ghosts.Western Louisiana was flooding. Roads were washed out, hotels in short supply. I had pointed my rented jeep toward one of the few places with a room, a mansion by the Great Mississippi River Road, 48 kilometers south of Baton Rouge that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.It was about 1 a.m. when I finally passed sugar cane fields surrounding the plantation on Ba
Sept. 9, 2016
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[Travel Bits] Travel news from around the world
Seoul International Fireworks Festival The Seoul International Fireworks Festival is an annual event of extravagant firework displays by firework masters from home and abroad, attracting more than 1 million spectators every year. Celebrating its 16th year, one of the most anticipated autumn festivals in Seoul is taking place outside Yeouinaru Station at the Han River Park.Prior to the firework show, visitors will also be able to enjoy live performances and cultural programs.The 16th annual Seoul
Sept. 9, 2016
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[Travel Bits] Round up of travel news from around the world
Seoul International Fireworks FestivalSeoul International Fireworks Festival is an annual event of extravagant firework displays by firework masters from home and abroad, attracting more than a million spectators every year. Celebrating its 16th year, one of the most anticipated autumn festivals in Seoul is taking place outside the Yeouinaru Station at the Han River Park.Prior to the firework show, visitors will also be able to enjoy various live performances and hands-on cultural programs.The 1
Sept. 2, 2016
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Follow Beatrix Potter through Britain’s Lake District
When I was a little girl, my grandparents gifted me with a beautiful set of Beatrix Potter books for Christmas one year. I could barely wait for everyone to finish unwrapping presents so that I could sneak off to my room with my treasure. The first Potter story I read on that long ago Christmas Day was “The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher,” about a determined frog whose fishing trip turned out to be not quite what he expected.Now, all these years later, here I was wandering through the rooms of Hill T
Sept. 2, 2016
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[Around the hotels] Round up of hotel events and news
Chuseok Package at Park Hyatt SeoulPark Hyatt Seoul will be offering the Chuseok Package for guests staying at the hotel from Sept. 1-18.The main component of the package is the Evening Chill-out promotion, which includes a late 2 p.m. checkout time, a discounted breakfast price of 30,000 per person as well as free access to the hotel’s sauna, pool and fitness studio. There is also happy hour for two from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Timber House, which has a wide selection of drinks and Japanese dis
Sept. 2, 2016
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Lower Manhattan reborn 15 years after 9/11
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Lower Manhattan has been reborn. The revitalization of the city’s downtown, powered by $30 billion in government and private investments, includes not just the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site, but also two new malls filled with upscale retailers, thousands of new hotel rooms and dozens of eateries ranging from the new Italian marketplace Eataly to a French food hall, Le District. The statistics alone are stunning. There are
Sept. 1, 2016
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[Travel Bits] Round up of travel news from around the world
Water splash parade at EverlandEverland is hosting the Summer Splash and Fantastic Summer Night festival, which is packed with programs such as splash parades, fireworks and a 3-D mapping show every night. During the day, guests can enjoy Jack’s Splash Parade, which sprays 84 tons of water from 40 water cannons and six floats, three times a day. At night when the heat dies down, the park’s Rose Garden will be turned into a midsummer night’s dream paradise as the garden is transformed into a fest
Aug. 26, 2016
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Surfer heaven: Kauai’s north shore
The surf instructor Rick, sitting next to us, points out to vast ocean as we sit in the crystal-clear water, where he’s pushing a few beginners into waves.“A few months ago, there were 60-foot (18-meter) waves crashing right here,” he said, gazing out to where it looked more like a lake on a recent day in May. “This past winter was one of the best we’ve had for waves.”As summer started this year, locals were still feeling a hangover from their epic El Nino-driven winter. Stories flowed of how wi
Aug. 26, 2016
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[Around the hotels] Round up of hotel events and news
Relaxing Chuseok Package at Banyan Tree Club & Spa SeoulIn celebration of Chuseok, Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul will be offering the Relaxing Chuseok Package for those staying at the hotel from Sept. 9-18. Starting at 590,000 won per night, guests who choose to stay at the Banyan Full Deluxe Room, Namsan Full Deluxe Room, Namsan Full Premier Room, Namsan Full Suite or the Namsan Full Premier Suite will be offered free breakfast for two at the Granum Dining Lounge, discount coupons to the Banyan
Aug. 26, 2016
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Giant cruise ship heads to Arctic on pioneering journey
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- It is a voyage explorers only dreamed of not so long ago.But thanks to climate change, a luxury cruise ship has undertaken a pioneering journey that will see it sail through the once impassable Northwest Passage during a monthlong trip that is drawing much excitement but also criticism from environmentalists.The Crystal Serenity, which set off from Seward, Alaska on Aug. 16 with nearly 1,000 passengers, is scheduled to dock in New York on Sept. 17.The ship made its last Alas
Aug. 25, 2016
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Some vacation spots quietly benefit as travelers avoid Zika
NEW YORK (AP) -- With government officials now warning pregnant women to avoid Miami Beach in addition to Puerto Rico, some sun seekers are desperately scrambling for a Zika-free vacation.And that has left other tourist destinations to capitalize -- quietly.Travel experts say families worried about Zika are now looking to Arizona and Southern California to get some sun, along with cooler weather locales such as New England and Canada.The Zika virus is transmitted by mosquitoes or through sex wit
Aug. 25, 2016
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Samsung and Mexico's Yucatan to promote tourism
Samsung Electronics Co. signed a business pact with the tourism board of Mexico's Yucatan state to implement a project that will utilize the South Korean electronics giant's virtual reality technologies to help develop the Mexican state's tourism industry, the Mexican unit of Samsung said Monday.It marks the first time for the Yucatan state government to use VR technologies to promote the tourism of the region, home to the Mayan civilization.Under the pact, Samsung plans to link the tourism proj
Aug. 23, 2016
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[Travel Bits] Round up of travel news from around the world
Water splash parade at Everland Everland is paying tribute to the days of summer this year as the amusement park and resort play host to the Summer Splash and Fantastic Summer Night festival. The festival is jam-packed with various programs like splash parades, fireworks and a 3-D mapping show held every night. During the day, guests can enjoy Jack’s Splash Parade, which sprays 84 tons of water from 40 water cannons and six floats, three times a day. Then later at night when the heat dies down
Aug. 19, 2016
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Largest-ever incentive tour group from Japan due in S. Korea
Over 10,000 employees of a major Japanese funeral service company will visit South Korea between this fall and next spring, the state-run Korea Tourism Organization said Wednesday.The unprecedented group of Japanese visitors will arrive in Seoul and Busan in a period spanning six months starting from October, KTO said. The KTO and Busan Tourism Organization said they jointly attracted the largest number of travelers on the incentive tour program from Japan, with the first group scheduled to begi
Aug. 17, 2016
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Chinese video site promotes tourism attractions in Korea
Major Chinese video site Youku will air a travel show introducing hot tourism spots in South Korea, featuring top celebrities from the two nations, the state-run Korea Tourism Organization said Wednesday. Liai, a top Chinese model and MC, visited major sightseeing sites here from July 25-28 for the third annual series of the program to be aired on Thursday. The program, which introduces Korean fashion, beauty and lifestyle for young urban women, drew 20 million and 40 million views for the 2014
Aug. 16, 2016