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30% of Hanjin ships unloaded
About one third of the container ships operated by near-bankrupt Hanjin Shipping Co. have completed their cargo unloading at ports around the globe as of Sunday, the troubled shipper said Monday, with 34 container ships still stranded at sea.Of the 97 container ships operated by the financially shaky shipper, 28 have unloaded goods. Hanjin Shipping said it is also in negotiations to begin unloading in New York, Singapore and Mexico next week.Hanjin Shipping is also set to return a total of 17 sh
IndustrySept. 19, 2016
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Former chief of KDB summoned over corruption allegations
A former head of the Korea Development Bank was summoned Monday as state prosecutors accelerated their investigation into a high-profile corruption case involving a local shipbuilder.Kang Man-soo, 71, appeared before the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office as a suspect on charges of illegally exerting influence on Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. to invest in a local biotech firm run by his acquaintance. Daewoo Shipbuilding provided some 4.4 billion won ($3.9 million) for the firm's rese
Social AffairsSept. 19, 2016
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Korea finishes 20th with seven gold in Rio Paralympics
South Korea has finished 20th in the gold medal tally at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games. At the quadrennial event for athletes with disabilities, which came to an end in Brazil on Sunday (local time), South Korean Paralympians won a total of 35 medals -- seven gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze. A total of 139 athletes and officials from South Korea participated in 11 sports at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, which ran from Sept. 7-18, with a goal of winning 11 gold medals and finishing inside the
Olympic GamesSept. 19, 2016
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Business closures by self-employed increasing for those with hired workers
Business shutdowns by the self-employed with hired workers went up for the 10th consecutive month in August, national statistics showed Monday, another sign of an economic slowdown.The number of self-operating businesses with hired hands decreased by 1,000 last month compared with a year ago, according to Statistics Korea. The self-employed are categorized in two different groups -- those that have hired workers and those that do not. Business closures by the latter have been declining steadily
Sept. 19, 2016