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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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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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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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5-year-old boy found dead in Olympic Park lake
A 5-year-old autistic boy was found dead in a lake in Seoul Olympic Park one day after disappearing from a children’s play cafe in the park on Saturday. Internet users have lashed out at the lack of security cameras in the park. According to the Seoul Songpa Police Sunday, the boy was reported missing around 2:20 p.m. on Saturday by his mother who had accompanied him to the kids’ cafe. The mother realized the boy was missing 30 minutes after she last saw him. The last record of him, recorded on
Social AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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4 found dead in apparent ‘group suicide’ in Ansan
Three men and one woman were found dead in Ansan city, Gyeonggi Province on Monday in an apparent group suicide by nitrogen gas inhalation. They were found at around 8:20 a.m. in an office on the second floor of a multipurpose building in Danwon-gu, Ansan. Their faces were covered with plastic bags with a hose attached to two nitrogen gas containers. (Yonhap) The four were not linked by their age, occupation or residence. Their ages varied from 26 to 44, and each were from Jecheon, Seongnam,
Social AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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2-month-old puppy dragged to death behind car
Horrific footage has emerged online showing a driver in South Korea dragging a pet dog on a leash behind a sedan. An animal rights activist group reported the incident to the police, calling for strong punishment and tougher animal protection laws, police said. According to Sunchang Police on Sunday, a 50-year-old male driver was accused of driving downtown of Sunchang, North Jeolla Province, with his pet attached to the back of his sedan by a leash. It was killed by being dragged to death along
Social AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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Gov't provides 74% of earmarked support to Kaesong complex firms
South Korea said Monday it has provided 74 percent of earmarked support funds to local firms that operated factories at the now-shuttered joint industrial park in North Korea to help cover their financial losses.The government has offered 376.7 billion won ($340.1 million) out of about 500 billion won in state funds to South Korean companies that have factories inside the Kaesong Industrial Complex, according to Seoul's unification ministry.Seoul shut down the factory zone in the North's border
Social AffairsSept. 5, 2016
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Homegrown hedge funds amass over 6 tln won
South Korea's hedge funds have rapidly grown to see their assets under management exceed 6 trillion won ($5.4 billion), industry data showed Monday.Local hedge funds' assets under management came to 6.2 trillion won as of end-August, according to the data.The volume of South Korea's hedge funds, introduced in late 2011, continued to grow fast from 800 billion won in September 2012 to over 3 trillion won in January this year.Market watchers said hedge funds have emerged as an attractive investmen
Sept. 5, 2016
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Hyundai Motor chairman urges development of luxury, clean vehicles
The chief of South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Monday called for stepped-up efforts to develop new luxury and environmentally friendly cars to meet future demands, saying the future is already here.Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo also stressed the importance of the US market as he headed to the world's second-largest auto market."Good performance in the US, the fiercest battleground for global carmakers, is very important. But what is more important are the changes the auto indust
MobilitySept. 5, 2016