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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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N. Korea calls for loyalty to leader on founding anniversary
North Korea on Thursday called on the citizens to show strong allegiance to leader Kim Jong-un as the reclusive country marks its 68th founding anniversary this week.The Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, said in an article that as the country gets ready to mark its founding on Friday, it stands tall and proud as a nuclear power."As the respected marshal (Kim Jong-un) lives, our republic will shed light brilliantly to all over the world as the fatherland of the sun forever," the newspape
North KoreaSept. 8, 2016
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Korea's money supply up 6.9% in July: BOK
The money supply in South Korea grew nearly 7 percent on-year in July due to increased deposits, both in local and foreign currencies, by households and companies, the central bank said Thursday.The nation's "M2" totaled 2,348.3 trillion won ($2,147 billion) in July, up 6.9 percent from a year earlier, according to the Bank of Korea. It marks a 0.7 percent rise from June.M2 is a measure of the money supply counting the currency in circulation, including bank debentures and deposits with a maturi
Sept. 8, 2016
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Prosecutors to question Lotte founder at his office
Prosecutors said Thursday they will question Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho at his office later in the day over a string of corruption allegations raised against the conglomerate.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said because of Shin's health issues, its officials will carry out the questioning of the 93-year-old business tycoon at his office in Hotel Lotte in Seoul, starting at 3:30 p.m.Prosecutors met with Shin the day before to examine his overall health. Shin, citing poor heal
Social AffairsSept. 8, 2016
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Korea, US, Japan discussing trilateral talks of top diplomats this month
South Korea, the United States and Japan are in talks to hold a trilateral meeting of their top diplomats on the sidelines of a United Nations plenary session scheduled for later this month in New York, official sources said Thursday.The trilateral meeting, if held, will bring together South Korean Foreign Ministry Yun Byung-se, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida when they gather for the UN plenary high-level meetings slated from Sept. 19-26, diplomatic
Foreign AffairsSept. 8, 2016
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Economy still hindered by weak consumption, exports: gov't report
The South Korean economy has hardly shown clear signs of recovery in recent months, as a slight upturn in exports was counterbalanced by slowing private consumption, coupled with rising uncertainties in the face of an imminent US rate hike, a government report said Thursday."Recently, the economy is experiencing a slowdown in domestic demand due to the expiration of a tax-cut program, with exports posting a rebound on one-off factors," the finance ministry said in its monthly economy assessment
Sept. 8, 2016
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Mobile stock trade soars amid market rally
"Thumb-using" stock trading has sharply increased in South Korea, spurred by the recent market rally and brokerage firms' marketing for smartphone users, data showed Thursday.According to the Korea Exchange, the daily average of 254.7 million shares were traded via the mobile trading system in the nation's secondary KOSDAQ market this year.It marks a 39.94-percent increase from 181.2 million recorded last year, accounting for 35.5 percent of this year's entire stock trading in the market.Mobile
Sept. 8, 2016
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Companies encouraging employees to make full use of extended holiday
Companies are encouraging their employees to use next week's Chuseok (harvest moon) holiday to its fullest, taking advantage of the holiday that's extended by a following weekend, officials said Thursday.This year's three-day Chuseok period falls on Sept. 14-16 and is followed by a weekend. Taking vacation days on Sept. 12-13 will extend the holiday to nine days with the preceding weekend added on.Officials at business groups LG and Hanwha said they have recommended their employees to use their
Social AffairsSept. 8, 2016
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Kia Motors marks construction of new facility in Mexico
South Korea's No. 2 automaker Kia Motors Corp. marked the construction of its new production facility in Mexico Thursday, saying it will serve as a forward base for its advance into North and South American markets.A ceremony was also held in Mexico on Wednesday (Mexico time) with some 500 company and local government officials taking part, including Chung Mong-koo, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, the parent company of Kia Motors and its bigger affiliate Hyundai Motor Co."The Mexico plant will
MobilitySept. 8, 2016
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Gallery Duty Free selects 3 part-timers for $20,000 weekly pay
Galleria Duty Free 63, a duty-free store run by Hanwha Galleria, said Thursday it has picked three part-timers who will get paid $20,000 for one week of marketing and brand-advertising activities.Galleria Duty Free 63 put out the ad for the high-paid part-timers after fully opening its outlet in the gold-tinted 63 Building skyscraper in Yeouido in July following a partial opening in December. One Korean and two Chinese promoters were selected through an online vote based on their self-instructio
IndustrySept. 8, 2016