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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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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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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Yoon's Prague visit sets stage for W24tr nuclear power plant deal
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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US nominates Kim for World Bank second term
The United States on Thursday threw its support behind World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim for a second term at the helm of the multilateral development lender."I am proud to announce that today the United States has nominated World Bank President Jim Kim for a second term," said US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in a statement."President Kim has used his first term to focus the World Bank on effectively addressing today's most pressing global development challenges in innovative ways, from ending extr
World NewsAug. 25, 2016
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Habitable planet found in solar system next door
Scientists Wednesday announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star nearest our Sun, opening up the glittering prospect of a habitable world that may one day be explored by robots.Named Proxima b, the planet is in a “temperate” zone compatible with the presence of liquid water -- a key ingredient for life. The findings, based on data collected over 16 years, were reported in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.“We have finally succeeded in showing that a small-mass planet, most
World NewsAug. 25, 2016
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Migrant fishermen vulnerable to abuse
Foreign and local experts, as well as government officials addressed Thursday human rights abuses faced by migrant workers in South Korea’s fishing industry and exchanged suggestions to improve the situation. Hosted by the National Assembly Human Rights Forum, Advocates for Public Interest Law and International Organization for Migration’s Korea office, scores of human rights lawyers, activists and government officials came together for a regional conference in Seoul on ethical recruitment and p
Social AffairsAug. 25, 2016
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Parties agree to hold hearing on activist in coma
Rival parties on Thursday agreed to hold a parliamentary hearing on the alleged excessive use of force by police during a massive protest last year that led to Baek Nam-gi, a 69-year-old farmer, falling into a coma after being knocked down by a water cannon. The ruling Saenuri Party and opposition parties agreed to hold the hearing on a date between Sep. 5 and 7. The agreed-upon witness list includes former National Police Agency Chief Kang Sin-myeong, who has been under criticism for instructi
PoliticsAug. 25, 2016
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50% of Koreans stressed by family holiday commitments
Half of Koreans have at least once thought about taking an alternative trip to avoid the “holiday stress” that comes with family holidays such as “Chuseok,” a survey by Expedia has revealed. According to the survey “holiday stress,” such as nagging family members, cooking for an enormous crowd and driving long hours back to remote hometowns, makes for restless few days.The online travel agency targeted more than 1,000 Korean men and women between ages 20 and 50 on Aug. 19 and found that 50 perce
Social AffairsAug. 25, 2016
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[Graphic News] The deadliest earthquakes since 2000
A magnitude 6 earthquake shook central Italy early on Wednesday, followed hours later by a magnitude 6.8 temblor in Myanmar. The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday and an earthquake struck central Myanmar on Wednesday, killing at least four people and damaging buildings and ancient monuments, authorities said.Here is a list of some of the world‘s deadliest earthquakes since 2000
World NewsAug. 25, 2016
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Hanjin Shipping submits new self-rescue plan to creditors
Cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping Co., under growing pressure from its creditors to secure more money to tide over a deepening cash shortage, submitted a stronger self-rescue plan, which may include the sales of more assets and a capital infusion by its major shareholders, industry sources said Thursday.But details of the self-rescue scheme were not immediately known.According to the sources, Hanjin Shipping, the country's No. 1 shipping line, initially proposed raising some 400 billion won ($353 mi
IndustryAug. 25, 2016
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Korea's urban population continues to rise in 2015
South Korea's urban population continued to increase last year with more than 90 percent of the total population living in less than 17 percent of the total land here, a government report showed Thursday.According to the report from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the number of people living in urban areas came to just short of 47.73 million as of end-2015, up nearly250,000 from the previous year and accounting for 91.79 percent of the total population.The total size of land
Social AffairsAug. 25, 2016
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Sex slavery survivors each offered W100m
The fund for the victims of Japan’s sex slavery during World War II plans to offer each of its survivors some 100 million won ($89,500) and the families of the deceased victims 20 million won in cash benefits, Seoul officials said Thursday. The decision came one day after Japan’s Cabinet approved the transfer of 1 billion yen ($9.9 million) pledged under the two countries’ Dec. 28 settlement intended to end the disputes. Seoul has since set up the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation, a public-
Foreign AffairsAug. 25, 2016
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Kim calls SLBM test ‘greatest success’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hailed the latest test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as the “success of all successes,” state media said Thursday, as the UN gears up to condemn the event that would likely beef up the country’s nuclear capabilities. The young ruler observed Wednesday’s liftoff during which the projectile flew about 500 kilometers before falling into Japan’s air defense zone, marking the weapon’s longest flight and signaling sweeping technological advances. The experim
North KoreaAug. 25, 2016
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Korea to sell 6.5 tln won worth of state bonds in September
South Korea plans to sell 6.5 trillion won ($5.8 billion) worth of state bonds next month, the finance ministry said Thursday.The government will issue 1.6 trillion won worth of bonds with a maturity of three years and 1.4 trillion won worth of five-year bonds.It also plans to sell 1.8 trillion won worth of 10-year bonds and a combined 1.7 trillion won of bonds with a maturity of between20 and 30 years.The finance ministry said the government will repay state debt worth a combined 1.95 trillion
Aug. 25, 2016
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Park meets WIPO chief
President Park Geun-hye on Thursday met with a UN intellectual property agency chief to discuss cooperation between South Korea and the international agency, her office Cheong Wa Dae said.During their talks, Park and Francis Gurry, the director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, exchanged views on cooperative projects, including one to support developing countries in the realm of intellectual property, the presidential office said.Park used the meeting with Gurry to highlig
PoliticsAug. 25, 2016