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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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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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Yoon's Prague visit sets stage for W24tr nuclear power plant deal
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Korea's business sentiment climbs to 4-month high for Sept.
South Korean companies' business sentiment for the upcoming month rose sharply from a month earlier, but a majority of local firms continued to hold a negative outlook due to weak demand at home and abroad, a survey showed Wednesday.The business survey index for September came to 95, the highest level since 102.3 registered in April for the following month, according to the Federation of Korean Industries.The monthly index is based on a survey of 600 largest companies here. A reading below 100 m
IndustryAug. 31, 2016
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Korea's manufacturing sentiment to improve next month
South Korean manufacturers' business sentiment will improve next month as they expect a slight recovery in domestic demand and exports, central bank data showed Wednesday.The business survey index of manufacturing firms here came to 74 for the upcoming month, up from 71 for August, according to the Bank of Korea.A reading above 100 means optimists outnumber pessimists, while a reading below the benchmark means the opposite.An index measuring local firms' sentiment toward exports came to 87 for S
IndustryAug. 31, 2016
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N. Korean prison camp expands detention facility for women: report
A North Korean prison on the border with China has expanded detention facilities for female inmates in an indication that a growing number of women are forcibly repatriated from the neighboring nation, a U.S.-based human rights group said Tuesday.Satellite imagery confirms the expansion of the Jongori reeducation camp, also known as reeducation camp No. 12, in the North's northern city of Hoeryong, bordering China, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea said in a joint report with AllSour
North KoreaAug. 31, 2016
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Obama to express strong security support for S. Korea if he meets with Park: White House
US President Barack Obama will express his strong support for South Korea's security if he has a chance to meet with South Korean President Park Geun-hye on the sidelines of the upcoming summit of Group of 20 nations, the White House said Tuesday.Both Park and Obama are scheduled to attend the G20 summit in the southeastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sept. 4-5. The summit comes as tensions on the Korean Peninsula are running high in the wake of North Korea's successful submarine missile test."I
DefenseAug. 31, 2016
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23 countries host N. Korean laborers: State Department report
Nearly two dozen countries around the world host North Korean laborers that the communist regime is accused of forcing into harsh working conditions to earn hard currency for its nuclear and missile programs, a US State Department report showed Tuesday.The list of 23 countries, including China, Russia, Singapore and Thailand, was included in the department's recent report to Congress that details US strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and address the human right
North KoreaAug. 31, 2016
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Ikea threatens to cut investments in Russia after losing court battle
MOSCOW, (AFP) -- Swedish flatpack giant IKEA on Tuesday warned it could reduce its investment in Russia after a court ordered it to pay more than $7.8 million in damages in a long-running legal dispute.IKEA said it had plans to invest more than 100 bllion rubles ($1.54 billion) in Russia but "recent activities aimed at the IKEA Group related to old legal cases could slow down these investment plans."It issued the statement after a court in the western Russian city of Smolensk ordered IKEA to pa
InternationalAug. 30, 2016
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UN health revises advice for 3 infections transmitted by sex
GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N health agency says three common infections transmitted by sex are increasingly resisting antibiotics, and is calling on doctors and patients to make sure the right drugs and doses are used.The World Health Organization on Tuesday updated its treatment guidelines for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, which together infect more than 200 million people every year. It's the first such WHO update since 2003, partly due to low past budgets and priority levels, and growing scie
InternationalAug. 30, 2016
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Tensions mount as record numbers crowd French migrant camp
CALAIS, France (AP) -- Tempers are rising among migrants squeezed in record numbers into a shrinking slum camp in France's port city of Calais, where they spend hours in line waiting for food and showers.For the increasingly desperate and weary travelers in the camp known as "the jungle," the path to Britain -- where most hope to go -- appears blocked.Two migrants have died in fights within a month, and the future of the sprawling makeshift camp looks increasingly precarious. It was drastically
InternationalAug. 30, 2016
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Millions at risk from rising water pollution: UN
PARIS, (AFP) -- Increasingly polluted rivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America pose a disease risk to more than 300 million people and threaten fisheries and farming in many countries, a UN report warned Tuesday.Already, some 3.4 million people die every year from water-borne ailments such as cholera, typhoid, some types of hepatitis and diarrhoeal diseases, said the United Nations Environment Programme."Many of these diseases are due to the presence of human waste in water," it said in a statem
InternationalAug. 30, 2016
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North Korea using THAAD to incite antagonism toward S. Korea: report
North Korea is using Seoul's decision to deploy an advanced antimissile system on its soil to intensify hostility toward South Korea, a media report citing sources in the reclusive country said Tuesday.A source in North Hamgyong Province told Radio Free Asia (RFA) that North Korea's propaganda machine has harshly criticized Seoul's decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.According to the RFA, the source said lectures to the public include the claim that the deve
North KoreaAug. 30, 2016
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Korea's vice foreign minister pays respects to victims of Italian earthquake
South Korea's vice foreign minister visited the Italian Embassy in Seoul Tuesday to offer his condolences to the victims of the 6.2-magnitude quake that rocked the European country last week, the ministry said.The death toll from the earthquake, which hit central Italy on Aug. 24, reached about 290, with the number expected to rise as more bodies are being found in the rubble.The disaster also left thousands of people homeless.Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam expressed his deepest sorrow for t
Social AffairsAug. 30, 2016
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Herald adopts cloud system, eyes digital era
Herald Corp. CEO Lee Young-man (right) poses with Lee Han-joo, CEO of Hostway IDC, Inc. at Herald‘s headquarters in Yongsan, Seoul, Tuesday. Lee Sang-sub/The Korea HeraldHerald Corp. said Tuesday it will adopt a cloud computing system to better serve mobile users. As well as benefiting from stable management of corporate networks and servers, the company plans to use the system to analyze big data and create quality news, it added. “As the cloud system greatly enhances data expandability, we exp
IndustryAug. 30, 2016
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[Monitor] Tax revenues from alcohol top 3 trillion won
Tax revenues from alcohol surpassed 3 trillion won in 2015 for the first time, according to the Finance Ministry and the National Tax Service. The government said it collected a total of 3.227 trillion won in the year, a 13. 2 percent increase from a year earlier.
Aug. 30, 2016
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[News Focus] Korean economy braces for US rate hike impact
All eyes and ears are on the US Federal Reserve -- will the world’s most influential central bank raise its interest rate twice this year?Analysts are scrambling trying to decode what Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said at a recent symposium in Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, followed by Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer’s televised interview.“Looking ahead, the Federal Open Market Committee expects moderate growth in real gross domestic product, additional strengthening in the labor market, an
Aug. 30, 2016
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Ceremony marks end of Korea-France Year
A yearlong celebration of Korean culture in France came to an end Tuesday with an awards ceremony in Paris that recognized more than 80 French and Korean cultural figures who took part in the cultural exchanges between the two countries. Korean Culture Minister Kim Jong-deok awarded a total of 88 cultural figures, including Didier Deschamps, head of the Chaillot National Theater.Korea organized more than 200 cultural events at 120 cultural institutions in some 60 cities throughout France from Se
CultureAug. 30, 2016
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KT reaches out to young people with music and talk show
KT Corp., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, will host an event for young people on Sept. 24 as part of the company’s efforts to encourage South Korea’s frustrated youth, the company said Tuesday. The KT Youth Energy UP Talk Concert, an event that features both a music concert and a talk show, is part of KT’s attempts to reach out to South Korea’s young people, who face a high unemployment rate and student loans, the company said. The band The Solutions poses for photographs. It will appear
TechnologyAug. 30, 2016