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[Album review] ‘Love Yourself Seung Her’ mirrors past, future of BTS

BTS“Love Yourself Seung Her”Loen Entertainment When most media outlets put this K-pop group on a pedestal earlier this year for its impressive feats -- a Billboard award and several releases on the Billboard albums chart -- many wondered what would come next. And the result was “Love Yourself Seung Her,” which has become the group’s most successful release to date, as well as a mirror of BTS’ past, present and future. The nine-track album opens with “Intro: Serendipity,” a rather smooth preview

[William Magnuson] Next crisis will start in Silicon Valley

It has been 10 years since the last financial crisis, and some have already started to predict that the next one is near. But when it comes, it will likely have its roots in Silicon Valley, not Wall Street.The world of finance looks very different today than it did 10 years ago. In 2007, our biggest concern was “too big to fail.” Wall Street banks had grown to such staggering sizes, and had become so central to the health of the financial system, that no rational government could let them fail.

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[David Ignatius] Trump’s welcome flirtation with the UN

When you discount the rhetorical overkill, the most surprising thing about Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations Tuesday was how conventional it was. He supported human rights and democracy; he opposed rogue regimes; he espoused a global community of strong, sovereign nations. Pretty shocking stuff.Because he’s Trump, the zingers got the headlines: He repeated his childish, snarky (but sort of funny) playground denunciation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “Rocket Man is on a suicide m

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[Editorial] Security team discord

Defense minister should not be pressured to avoid offending North

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[James Stavridis] Naval blockade is best option to cut off North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is fixated on obtaining a serious nuclear arsenal, and continues to thumb his nose at the US and other world powers. The latest round of United Nations Security Council sanctions approved on Sept. 11 are not going to change that. But one aspect of them -- new measures to interdict ships breaking trade embargoes against Pyongyang -- could be baby steps toward much stronger sanctions enforcement.The new resolution gives the US and other countries the power to inspec

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[Christopher Balding] Why China is so confident

If you only read the headlines -- or, say, my columns -- you might be pessimistic about China’s economy. Recent news has been dominated by a crackdown on capital outflows, worries about rapid debt growth, and efforts to rein in a risky overseas investment binge.Yet ordinary Chinese are highly optimistic: The China Consumer Confidence Index hit 114.6 in July, a level not seen since 1996. This is a logical reaction to some significant improvements in China’s economic outlook. And for the governmen

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[Baltimore Sun] Who’s the madman, Kim or Trump?

President Donald Trump has hurled plenty of harsh words at North Korea before, but nothing approaches his promise at the United Nations today that if forced to defend itself or its allies, the United States would “totally destroy” the country. He did not promise a military response of unprecedented size and strength, as he has before. He did not even threaten “fire and fury,” as he had in some previous, ad libbed remarks. Speaking from a prepared speech in front of leaders and diplomats from mor

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Top sports body reduced punishments on convicted swimming execs: lawmaker

South Korea's top sports body has reduced lifetime bans on swimming executives convicted of bribery, apparently thanks to their connection with the head of the organization, a lawmaker claimed Thursday.Rep. Noh Woong-rae of the ruling Democratic Party, who works on the Education, Culture, Sports, and Tourism Committee of the National Assembly, said the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee in April amended its code to allow for commuting of the sentences of officials convicted of any of four major of

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Politics
Seoul OKs $8m aid to North Korea

The South Korean government on Thursday announced it will proceed with the plan to send $8 million in humanitarian aid via UN agencies amid the international community’s efforts to maximize economic pressure on North Korea.This is set to mark the Moon Jae-in administration’s first state-backed aid to the reclusive state. (Yonhap)The Unification Ministry here has approved the aid plan, reconfirming the current administration’s basic stance that humanitarian assistance should continue regardless

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Smaller firms lag far behind big counterparts in debt service capability: BOK

Smaller South Korean firms lagged far behind their larger counterparts in debt service capability, the country's central bank said Thursday, in the latest sign of a deepening polarization of corporate performance.The interest coverage ratio of all South Korean firms stood at 9 in the first half of this year, up from 6.8 from a year earlier, the Bank of Korea said in a report, citing data compiled by credit appraiser NICE Information Service.The ratio -- a firm's operating profit divided by its i

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Economy
[ITU 2017] ITU Telecom World 2017: exploring smart digital transformation

Artificial intelligence can crunch the numbers on inconceivably large volumes of data, predicting trends, mitigating problems, driving a revolution in socio-economic development. Smart machines can learn, understand, develop and, in many areas, out-perform humans. But what will be the impact on our jobs, our economies and our societies? Do we need an international code of AI ethics now, before it is too late? Digital financial services over mobile broadband can bring the millions of unbanked int

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Technology
LG takes pride in camera of V30 smartphone

Industry’s first F1.6 glass-added dual camera to empower V30

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Technology
[Reshaping Semicon Map] Reasons why Korea trumps memory chip world

New opportunities to propel Korean players to catch up with western SoC makers in Industry 4.0

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Technology
Korean colleges alert about ‘spy cam’ on campus

The recent rise in the number of “spy cam” cases on campus is pushing colleges to come up with measures to protect students and make sure their policies keep up with the reality of campus life.According to The Herald Business on Thursday, a growing number of universities, including top-rated Seoul National University, are grappling with the reports of spy cams on campus.(Yonhap)At College of Natural Sciences building in Seoul National University last month, a male student was reportedly caught i

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Social affairs
PM appeals for support for construction of schools for handicapped students

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon appealed to the public Thursday to put aside selfish interests and support the construction of schools for handicapped students wherever they are necessary following a sensational photo showing parents of students with disabilities kneeling before opponents and begging for support.It was the scene of a meeting of residents held in a western Seoul neighborhood early this month to discuss a proposal to build a school for handicapped students in their neighborhood. As man

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