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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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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Park presides over NSC, Cabinet meetings amid annual military drills
President Park Geun-hye on Monday presided over a National Security Council session to check the country's readiness posture amid continuing military threats posed by North Korea.The NSC session at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae coincided with the start of the two-week Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, an annual war game jointly carried out by the South Korean and U.S. troops across the nation.Following the NSC meeting, Park is set to hold a Cabinet meeting."During the meetings, President
PoliticsAug. 22, 2016
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Food franchises galvanize Korean M&A market
Several food and coffee franchises in South Korea have been put up for sale this year, giving the sluggish local mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market a shot in the arm, industry watchers said Monday.Early this year, South Korea's leading buyout fund VIG Partners sold the local chain of Burger King to a Hong Kong-based private equity fund, heralding the start of M&A activity in the local food franchise sector.In the latest case, Hollys F&B, which operates Hollys Coffee Co., is pushing to sell th
IndustryAug. 22, 2016
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Rio de Janeiro celebrates athletic feats with Brazilian music as Olympic Games end
Olympics closing ceremony (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics drew to a conclusion Sunday with a closing ceremony celebrating great athletic feats with Brazilian music.At the iconic Maracana Stadium, the Olympic Flame was extinguished and Rio de Janeiro handed over the Olympic Flag to Tokyo, host of the next Summer Games in 2020, as the Brazilian city wrapped up the first Olympics in South America.The show's creative minds ended the Games by paying tribute to the hos
Olympic GamesAug. 22, 2016
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Korean archers, pistol shooter make Olympic history
South Korean archers and a veteran pistol shooter were on target at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, as they made their way into the record books.South Korea completed an unprecedented title sweep in archery.It all started with the men's team victory, followed by the women's team gold.Chang Hye-jin overcame some disastrous scores in windy conditions to take the women's individual gold. Ku Bon-chan capped off the historic run by capturing the men's individual title.In the process, Ku became the f
Olympic GamesAug. 22, 2016
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Korea comes up short of gold medal target in Rio
With a combination of a slow start and underachieving athletes, South Korea came short of its gold medal target at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.The Rio Games drew to a conclusion Sunday, with 306 gold medals handed out in 28 sports.Nine of those gold medals were won by South Koreans -- four in archery, two in taekwondo and one each in fencing, shooting and golf.The country had set out to capture at least 10 gold medals and place inside the top 10 in the gold medal count for its fourth consecutive
Olympic GamesAug. 22, 2016
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New stars emerge, veterans fall in Rio
At every Olympics, new stars will emerge, while others will fade away. South Korea saw fresh faces step up as heroes at the Rio de Janeiro Games, but former Olympic champions failed to deliver on their promise of medals. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Epee fencer Park Sang-young came out of nowhere to win the men's individual gold. In a memorable final against Geza Imre of Hungary, Park overcame a 14-10 deficit -- one point from defeat -- with under three minutes remaining, scoring five unansw
Olympic GamesAug. 22, 2016
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North Korea disappoints in Rio
Before the start of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Yun Yong-bok, a senior North Korean sports official, offered a bold prediction on his country's performance."We didn't come all the way here to win a meager five gold medals," Yun said on July 28, when the North Korean athletes landed in Rio.Yun talked the talk, but his athletes couldn't walk the walk.North Korea ended its Rio campaign with two golds, three silvers and two bronzes. At the 2012 London Olympics, the country had won four golds, three
Olympic GamesAug. 22, 2016
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PyeongChang impressed with 'low-cost, high-efficiency'
The chief organizer of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Sunday singled out the "low-cost, high-efficiency" opening ceremony as the most impressive moment of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games. construction for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics (Yonhap)Lee Hee-beom, who heads PyeongChang's organizing committee, has been in Rio to promote the first Winter Games in South Korea. The Rio Olympics will draw to a conclusion with a closing ceremony later Sunday."The time has now come for the Pyeo
Olympic GamesAug. 22, 2016
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Koreans finish well out of contention in marathon
South Koreans Son Myeong-jun and Shim Jung-sub finished well out of medal contention in the men's marathon at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Son came in 131st among 140 runners, finishing the race at 2:36:21, nearly 24 minutes slower than his personal best.Shim was 138th at 2:42:42, almost 30 minutes behind his personal record.Fifteen runners didn't finish the race.Eluid Kipchoge of Kenya won the gold medal at 2:08:44, followed by Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia
Olympic GamesAug. 22, 2016
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Korea to present road map for new energy business in global conferences
Since the Paris Climate Agreement last year, Korea has been sparing no effort to take preemptive policy action to brace for a low-carbon economy. The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy has been formulating policies to develop new energy businesses and putting them into practice with the aim of not only fighting climate change, but also nurturing the nation‘s new growth engine. In September, it will have a chance to present its roadmap for the new energy industry development to the world thro
Aug. 22, 2016