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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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600 evacuated as heavy rain floods roads, homes in southern regions
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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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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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Jeju's solo traveler-friendly spots offer solitude as well as camaraderie
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Doctors defend colleague accused of blacklisting non-strikers
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U.S. pledges 'credible deterrent' for allies amid concern about nuclear 'no first use' policy
The United States will maintain a "credible deterrent" for friends and allies even though the administration is looking for additional ways to move President Barack Obama's vision for a nuclear-free world forward, the State Department said Tuesday.The Obama administration is reportedly considering renouncing the preemptive nuclear strike option to bolster his legacy as champion of a world without nuclear weapons. The so-called "no first use" policy has unnerved allies depending on U.S. nuclear w
Diplomatic CircuitAug. 17, 2016
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Korean women's badminton doubles team loses in semis
Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldThe last South Korean badminton doubles team in play at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics lost its knockout match on Tuesday.Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan were eliminated in the semifinals of the women's doubles, as the No. 1-ranked Misaki Matsumoto and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan beat them 2-0 (21-16, 21-15).The No. 5-ranked tandem from South Korea was the last remaining doubles pair for the country in Rio. On Monday, two men's doubles teams, including the top-ranked d
Olympic GamesAug. 17, 2016
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U.S. Army chief: THAAD is 'not a threat in any way to China'
The U.S. Army chief of staff told his Chinese counterpart Tuesday that the THAAD missile defense system the U.S. plans to deploy to South Korea is "not a threat in any way to China," the Army said in a statement.Gen. Mark A. Milley made the remark during a two-hour meeting with People's Liberation Army Gen. Li Zuocheng in Beijing, stressing the missile defense system is aimed only at defending against North Korean threats, according to the Army statement."He told his counterpart that the U.S.-Re
Diplomatic CircuitAug. 17, 2016
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Proactive handling of North Korean threats, U.S. security assurances key to preventing nuclear-armed South Korea: experts
The United States should focus on curbing North Korea's nuclear and missile threats and reaffirm nuclear protection of South Korea, including giving Seoul a greater say in its nuclear contingency planning, if it wants to keep the Asian ally away from a nuclear path, a former senior U.S. official said.Robert Einhorn, who served as a top State Department nonproliferation official, made the point in a lengthy article to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, stressing that recent calls in South Kor
Diplomatic CircuitAug. 17, 2016
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DJI’s first drone arena opens in Korea
The world’s biggest drone maker DJI is slated to open its first indoor drone arena on Thursday in South Korea. The 1,395-square-meter arena is to open in Yongin, a city in the south of Seoul’s greater metropolitan area, the company said. “We hope this place would be a venue where anyone can enjoy their drones with safety and ease,” said Moon Tae-hyun, DJI‘s manager in South Korea, at the media briefing held on Tuesday. “The diverse programs of DJI arena will help expand the base of drone and est
TechnologyAug. 17, 2016
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High-ranking North Korean official in DR Congo for talks
A high-ranking North Korean official has returned from a rare visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the two sides discussed the North's defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, the North's official media reported on Tuesday. Ri Su-yong, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea and former foreign minister, held talks with Henri Mova Sakanyi, secretary general of the People's Party for the Reconstruction and the Democracy of DR Congo, on Sunday, the North's Korean Cen
North KoreaAug. 17, 2016
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North Korean restaurant workers resettle in South Korea after April mass defection
A group of 13 North Korean defectors who worked at a restaurant in China have recently begun to resettle in South Korea after undergoing Seoul's probe into what caused their massive defection in April, Seoul's unification ministry said Tuesday.In early April, one male manager and 12 female workers who worked at a Pyongyang-run restaurant in the Chinese eastern port city of Ningbo defected to South Korea en masse.The Ministry of Unification said that it is true that they have begun to resettle in
North KoreaAug. 17, 2016
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Bolt shines bright
Usain Bolt sauntered onto the track, stretched out his arms and waved his hands, signaling for more applause. He knew exactly how this night was going to go.The sprinter-turned-showman‘s swan song in the Olympic 100 meters Sunday night was a no-doubter -- a pedestrian-by-his-standards 9.81-second sprint down the straightaway, but not so slow that he couldn’t take time to point at his own chest with his thumb a step before he crossed the finish line. “It was brilliant,” Bolt said. “I didn’t go so
Olympic GamesAug. 17, 2016