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Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar , a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most-wanted man. Israeli leaders celebrated his killing as a settling of scores just over a year after Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others in an attack tha
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Men in 50s, 60s account for 54% of 'lonely deaths': report
South Korea saw a continuing rise in "godoksa," or lonely deaths, in 2022 and 2023, respectively, with men in their 60s and 50s accounting for over half of them, according to a government report on Thursday. The Health Ministry defines "lonely death" as those living alone, disconnected from their family, relatives, friends and neighbors, who died alone from suicide, illness or other causes. There were 3,559 and 3,661 lonely death cases in 2022 and 2023, respectively, the mini
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NK leader calls S. Korea 'foreign country,' 'hostile country,' warns of using physical force
Oct. 18, 2024
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Seoul envoy calls for stronger defense industry cooperation, cautions against protectionism
Oct. 18, 2024
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Zelenskyy says N. Korea is preparing 10,000 troops to help Russia
Oct. 17, 2024
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Foreign ministry strongly urges missionaries in Lebanon, Israel to leave
Oct. 17, 2024
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Seoul Design 2024 set to demonstrate impact of AI on design
Oct. 17, 2024
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[Community Discovery] Songpa-gu rides Korean food wave with cooking classes for foreigners
Oct. 17, 2024
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Business
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Samsung to debut advanced DRAM chip for AI next year
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has developed the industry’s first 24-gigabit GDDR7 DRAM, set for a market debut early next year. Compared to the previous 16Gb GDDR7 DRAM, the new chip has improved capacity, performance and power efficiency, the company said. Samsung applied 12 nanometer-class processing technology to increase cell density within the same package size, achieving a 50 percent increase in capacity compared to the predecessor.
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Domestic demand shows signs of recovery despite gaps among sectors: finance ministry
Oct. 18, 2024
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Seoul shares open higher on Wall Street gains
Oct. 18, 2024
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Central bank chiefs from S. Korea, China, Japan meet over economic, financial issues
Oct. 17, 2024
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Samsung to launch slimmer foldable phone next week
Oct. 17, 2024
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Seoul shares close tad lower on foreign selling
Oct. 17, 2024
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Hanwha Securities acquires Indonesian brokerage house
Oct. 17, 2024
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Life&Culture
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Experts urge revitalization of domestic market for a second Han Kang
The revitalization of the domestic literary market and critics' activities are prerequisites for Korea to achieve its next major literary milestone, according to experts in literature Wednesday. Less than a week after Han Kang was announced the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism gathered experts -- ranging from writers to translators -- at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea in southeastern Seoul to brainstorm ways to sus
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[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea
Oct. 18, 2024
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[Well-curated] Pokemon, 'Wes Anderson' photos and farm flowers
Oct. 18, 2024
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[Box office] Movies in theaters this week
Oct. 18, 2024
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[Around the Hotels] Promotions and packages
Oct. 18, 2024
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Nobel laureate Han Kang's first outing
Oct. 17, 2024
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[Herald Interview] Go Jun likens end of 'Snow White Must Die – Black Out' to breakup
Oct. 17, 2024
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