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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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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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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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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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Samsung and Mexico's Yucatan to promote tourism
Samsung Electronics Co. signed a business pact with the tourism board of Mexico's Yucatan state to implement a project that will utilize the South Korean electronics giant's virtual reality technologies to help develop the Mexican state's tourism industry, the Mexican unit of Samsung said Monday.It marks the first time for the Yucatan state government to use VR technologies to promote the tourism of the region, home to the Mayan civilization.Under the pact, Samsung plans to link the tourism proj
TravelAug. 23, 2016
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Fewer disabled face discrimination in job market: survey
Fewer disabled people say they feel discrimination from employers but more from schools, a survey showed Tuesday.The survey, conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, reported that 35.8 percent of the respondents with a disability said in 2014 they were discriminated against while seeking a job, compared to 39.1 percent in 2005.However, the number of disabled people saying they have experienced discrimination in school increased during the cited period, according to the sur
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2016
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[Lee Jae-min] In case of doubt, let competition prevail
The digital age has complicated conventional rules of national jurisdiction. National jurisdiction under international law is drawn along the physical boundaries of a state, and looks at who or what is located inside the boundaries. The “borderless” nature of cyber activities has made this traditional rule outdated and detached from reality. Cyber activities have virtually no relevance to national boundaries. But the law is the law, and states have to find a territorial hook to exercise jurisdic
ViewpointsAug. 23, 2016
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Majority of Koreans support THAAD, worry about impact on ties with China: survey
A majority of South Koreans are in favor of the government's recent decision to place a US missile defense system on its soil, saying it is necessary to counter North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, a survey showed Tuesday.In July, South Korea and the United States unveiled a plan to station a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery on the peninsula by end-2017. China has strongly objected to the plan on worries that it would undermine its strategic security interests, while Seo
InternationalAug. 23, 2016
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Korea to inspect all large buses, trucks for safety
All new commercial trucks and buses will be required to have an automatic braking system starting next year, while all existing large vehicles and their operators will be checked for safety, the government said Tuesday.The government plans to inspect all 819 shipping and transportation service companies with more than 50 trucks or buses before the year's end, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.An additional 2,030 such firms with more than 20 but fewer than 50 vehicle
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2016
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Korea, China need to deepen rather than widen cooperation: report
Economic and trade relations between South Korea and China have expanded at an incredible rate since the countries normalized ties 24 years ago, but they must now focus on improving the quality of bilateral cooperation, a report suggested Tuesday.According to the report from Hyundai Research Institute, a private think tank run by Hyundai Group, the countries' relations have continuously improved, both in terms of size and meaning, since they established diplomatic ties on Aug. 24, 1992.Such impr
Aug. 23, 2016