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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Obama: China should rein in N. Korea if it doesn't like THAAD
US President Barack Obama said he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing should work harder to change Pyongyang's behavior if it doesn't want to see the THAAD missile defense system deployed to South Korea."China continues to object to the THAAD deployment in the Republic of Korea, one of our treaty allies. And what I've said to President Xi directly is that we cannot have a situation where we're unable to defend either ourselves or our treaty allies against increasingly provocative beha
North KoreaSept. 9, 2016
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Accounting firms' revenues jump 10% in 2015: FSS
Accounting companies operating in South Korea saw their combined revenues climb 10.1 percent on-year to 2.46 trillion won ($2.25 billion) in fiscal 2015, data showed Friday.Their profits increased in major fields such as audit, consulting and tax-related services during the period, according to the data compiled by the Financial Supervisory Service.The proportion of sales by the so-called Big Four firms fell to 51.2 percent from 53.3 percent a year earlier, as more than a dozen new companies wer
IndustrySept. 9, 2016
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Trump reiterates call for Korea to pay more
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will "respectfully" ask South Korea and other allies to pay more for American defense support if elected to the White House.Trump made the remark during a campaign speech in Philadelphia, once again reaffirming one of the key points of his foreign policy: that allies take US defense support for granted and don't pay their fair shares."I will be respectfully asking countries such as Germany, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia to pay more for t
DefenseSept. 9, 2016
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US expert claims latest NK missile launches Scud-ER
The ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired earlier this week are believed to be a longer-range version of the Scud missile, not the medium-range Rodong missile as determined by South Korea, a US expert said Thursday.Jeffrey Lewis, a North Korea missile expert at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told the Diplomat magazine that based on analysis of pictures released by the North, he believes that they are the Scud-ER (extended range) missiles.Lewis was quoted as saying that accordi
North KoreaSept. 9, 2016
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Scientists develop new material to block electromagnetic waves
A group of South Korean scientists has developed a new material to effectively block electromagnetic waves emitting from electronic gadgets and appliances, a state-run science laboratory said Friday.The team led by Gu Jong-min of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and a research team of Drexel University successfully manufactured the material made out of MXene.Mxene is a class of two-dimensional inorganic compounds made out of titanium and carbon and a single layer is only about 1 nan
TechnologySept. 9, 2016
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Park pledges to support South Korean firms operating in Laos
President Park Geun-hye on Thursday pledged to strengthen government support for South Korean firms operating in Laos, expressing expectations that it can help deepen economic ties between the two countries.During a meeting with South Korean residents in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, Park also expressed her appreciation for their contribution to the development of the relations between Laos and South Korea -- the Southeast Asian state's fourth largest trading partner."South Korean companies
IndustrySept. 9, 2016
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EAS adopts non-proliferation statement urging NK to drop nukes, missiles
The East Asia Summit, a regional strategic forum, adopted a statement on non-proliferation Thursday, urging North Korea to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in a "complete, verifiable and irreversible" manner.The statement, signed by the leaders of the 18 EAS member countries, follows Pyongyang's continued provocations, including the launch of three mid-range ballistic missiles on Monday and a test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile last month.It is the first time the for
Foreign AffairsSept. 9, 2016
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Korea, India share views on accelerating CEPA improvement talks
The leaders of South Korea and India on Thursday shared the need to accelerate negotiations to improve their bilateral free trade agreement as they seek to deepen economic ties, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.During a summit in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, President Park Geun-hye and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi agreed on the need to advance improvements talks on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement -- a type of FTA that emphasizes two-way economic cooper
Foreign AffairsSept. 9, 2016