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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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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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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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Gov't projects cigarette sales to increase in 2017
A government report on Wednesday predicted a second straight year of cigarette sales increase in 2017 despite a price hike meant to discourage smoking, giving the state more revenue from taxes levied on each pack.In the report submitted to the parliament by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the government projected a 5.4-percent increase in cigarette sales next year to approximately 3.65 billion packs. This would mean a 5.4-percent increase, or 320 billion won ($289 million), in the money th
IndustrySept. 7, 2016
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GM Korea strikes tentative deal on wage hike
GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of US automaker General Motors Co., said Wednesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with labor union leaders on their pay increase this year.The agreement will soon be put to a vote by unionized workers, with the exact date of the vote expected to be decided later in the day, company officials said.The agreement follows 30 long rounds of negotiations that began late April, as well as partial walkouts since mid-August.The company did not disclose the d
MobilitySept. 7, 2016
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Park, Abe hold summit over NK provocations, bilateral issues
President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday called for closer cooperation with Japan in countering North Korea's provocations and bringing about its denuclearization, saying the communist state's evolving nuclear and missile programs pose a "serious" threat to both countries. South Korean President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe ahead of a bilateral summit in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on Wednesday. (Yonhap)During a bilateral summit with Park, Japanese Prime M
Foreign AffairsSept. 7, 2016
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Investor-owned hospitals can create 19,000 jobs: report
A think tank here on Wednesday urged the revision of government regulations that prohibit private investment in large hospitals, claiming investor-owned hospitals could help create up to 19,000 new jobs.In a report, the Korea Economic Research Institute also argued investor-owned hospitals will generate up to 10 times more in taxes than non-profit hospitals while lowering the average medical costs of patients."Tax revenue from hospitals open to private investment will reach 475,000 won ($430) pe
IndustrySept. 7, 2016
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Electric charging point at gas station starts operation in Jeju
An electric car charging facility installed at a gas station started operation on Wednesday for the first time in South Korea as part of the government's efforts to expand the use of the green energy vehicles, the trade ministry said.Recently, the South Korean government revised related laws to allow filling station operators to set up an electric vehicle charger without the need to install explosion prevention facilities, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.A filling station
MobilitySept. 7, 2016
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Obama unlikely to adopt nuclear 'no first use' policy: NYT
US President Barack Obama is unlikely to forswear first use of nuclear weapons, the New York Times reported Tuesday, as the so-called nuclear "no first use" proposal sparked concerns among allies and senior officials alike.Obama has considered adopting the new nuclear doctrine in his final months in office in an effort to bolster his legacy as champion of a world without nuclear weapons. The proposal has, however, unnerved allies relying on US nuclear weapons for their security. US President Bar
InternationalSept. 7, 2016
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Minor opposition party demands THAAD discussion at parliament
The deployment of a US missile defense system in the country should be discussed at the National Assembly, urged the minor opposition People’s Party Wednesday, adding that President Park Geun-hye should make more efforts to listen to the opposition bloc on the issue."Every conflict taking place in the country converges in parliament. Even today, the National Assembly is always noisy, but that is how it is supposed to be," Park Jie-won, the interim leader of the minor party said in a parliamentar
North KoreaSept. 7, 2016
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Number of NK defectors up 15% on-year in first 8 months of this year
The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea rose 15 percent on-year in the first eight months of 2016, government data showed Wednesday, as the North's leader is tightening his iron-fisted rule on the country.In the January-August period, 894 North Koreans escaped and arrived in South Korea, compared with 777 the previous year, according to the data by the Ministry of Unification.As of end-August, the total number of North Korean defectors reached 29,688 it showed, with the tally
North KoreaSept. 7, 2016
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US welcomes S. Korea's law on N. Korea's human rights
The US State Department said Tuesday it welcomes South Korea's law aimed at improving North Korea's human rights situation, declaring that the North's human rights record "has no parallels in the modern world."The landmark law, which passed through the National Assembly in March, went into effect on Sunday. The enactment came 11 years after the law was first introduced in the National Assembly in 2005. The legislation has since been a target of political bickering amid ideological differences o
North KoreaSept. 7, 2016
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UN Security Council adopts statement condemning NK missile launches
The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile tests as a "grave violation" of UN resolutions in an unusually swift move underlining the seriousness the international community attaches to the provocations.The council adopted the press statement after holding an urgent meeting to discuss the North's launches of three medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles on Monday. The statement's adoption means that even China and Russia have agreed to condemn the
InternationalSept. 7, 2016