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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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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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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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Park urges N.K. people to join efforts for reunification
President Park Geun-hye on Monday urged North Korean officials and ordinary people to join Seoul’s efforts for reunification, while reiterating her calls for Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambition.During her address for the 71st Liberation Day, Park also defended Seoul’s decision to station the U.S.’ advanced missile defense assets here as a necessary step to counter Pyongyang’s “reckless threats.”“Officials of the regime and all North Koreans, a unification will offer a fresh chance for all
PoliticsAug. 15, 2016
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Mirae Asset’s customized asset program under spotlight
Mirae Asset Securities’ customized asset management program is currently in the spotlight for its successful performance in high investment earnings rate stability, company officials said last week.Since it was first launched in 2012, Mirae Asset’s special account for investment has been greatly welcomed by investors as economic uncertainties have mounted for years. A model holds a placard to promote Mirae Asset Securities’ Premier Multi Wrap. (Mirae Asset Securities)The account, known as Premi
IndustryAug. 15, 2016
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Twizy may be launched in October
Renault Samsung’s mini electric car Twizy may be rolled out in South Korea as early as October, according to a local news report Monday. The compact electric car has a top speed of 80 kilometers per hour and is able to drive at a maximum of 100 kilometers on a single charge. Twizy (Renault Samsung)Twizy was not able to hit the road in the nation because of regulation issues on compact electric cars. In May, the Transport Ministry lifted these barriers amid rising demand for such cars and growing
MobilityAug. 15, 2016
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Hyundai Card expands cultural venue in Itaewon
Hyundai Card, a Korean credit card company which recently opened a cultural venue in Seoul’s district of Itaewon, said Monday that it has expanded its cultural complex while intensifying efforts for coexistence with small music stores in the neighborhood. The enlarged cultural complex consists of the Music Library and Understage that opened in May last year, and next door stands the latest two-story record shop Vinyl and Plastic that opened in June this year.Record shop Vinyl & Plastic located
IndustryAug. 15, 2016
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North Korean media cranks up rhetoric for unification
North Korea's state media on Monday cranked up their rhetoric for reunification, calling it the "greatest undertaking" for all Koreans, while urging loyalty toward its leader Kim Jong-un.Marking the 71st anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule, the North's media outlets also intensified their offensive against "hostile forces," berating them for isolating their country and undermining unification efforts."Unification is the most urgent, life-or-death, greatest undert
North KoreaAug. 15, 2016
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Korea pushes to build 'smart city' in Cambodia
South Korea will push to build a highly efficient and eco-friendly city in Cambodia using its latest information technology, and support the Southeast Asian nation's public housing program, the government said Monday. South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, and its Cambodian counterpart will sign a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday in Seoul to develop a "smart city" in Sihanoukville province, home to Cambodia's main deep-sea port on the southwestern coast.A smart
InternationalAug. 15, 2016
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Group of Korean lawmakers visits Dokdo
A group of South Korean lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties visited their country's easternmost islets of Dokdo on Monday as the nation celebrated the 71st anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule.The group of 10 lawmakers, led by Saenuri Party Rep. Na Kyung-won, said the trip was intended to reassert South Korea's sovereignty of the islets and was an "inherent" part of their parliamentary activities.It is the first such trip by South Korean lawmakers sin
Social AffairsAug. 15, 2016
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[Endy Bayuni] Asean has ‘One China policy’ in the South China Sea
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has survived its first serious test as a new community, one could even say with flying colours. Against all odds and predictions, the regional group this week came up with a common response to the ongoing maritime and territorial disputes that four of its members have with China in the South China Sea.The wording of a joint statement by their foreign ministers meeting in Vientiane on July 25 may not carry much weight to change the situation on t
ViewpointsAug. 15, 2016
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[Qasim Moini] Transnational terrorism and the IS brand
Many of the militias that were formed in Pakistan during this period, which drew recruits from Afghanistan itself as well as from Pakistan and across the Muslim world, spawned ‘jihadi’ successors after the Afghan campaign itself was over. Some of these were anti-India and Kashmir-centric, while others were virulently sectarian, taking aim at Pakistan’s sizeable Shia Muslim minority. The vast majority of the groups adhered to the Salafi/Wahhabi or Deobandi creeds.During the 1990s and beyond, thes
ViewpointsAug. 15, 2016
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[Mahfuz Anam] The challenge before Bangladesh
The Indian subcontinent was partitioned in 1947 into India and Pakistan on the basis of religion. Bangladesh was born 31 years later, in 1971, on the basis of nationalism, democracy and secularism. Democracy we lost first, in the mid-seventies and then in the early eighties, and are yet to recover fully. Secularism, which was on a gradual decline, now faces its most severe threat.As a freedom fighter, I remember, as I we sat glued to a one-band radio, on the evening of Dec 16, 1971, along with o
ViewpointsAug. 15, 2016
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Korean badminton duo eliminated in mixed doubles quarters
The South Korean mixed doubles badminton duo of Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-na got knocked out in the quarterfinals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday.Xu Chen and Ma Jin of China, ranked sixth in the world, defeated the No. 2-ranked South Koreans 2-0 (21-17, 21-18) to reach the final four at Riocentro-Pavilion 4. Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldKo and Kim had been 4-2 in their career against Xu and Ma before Sunday.The South Koreans were sloppy from the get-go as the Chinese charged out to an 8-
Olympic GamesAug. 15, 2016
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KATUSA celebrates 66th anniversary, as further augmented roles expected
The Korean Augmentation Troops to the U.S. Army, or KATUSA, celebrated the 66th anniversary of its foundation Monday, according to the KATUSA Veterans Association. Some 400 U.S. military officials, KATUSA war veterans, KATUSA reservists and active-duty KATUSA soldiers participated in the event at Camp Jackson, a U.S. military base, in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul.KATUSA Veterans Association Chairman Kim Jong-wook and 2nd Infantry Division Commander Theodore D. Martin were among the participants. Ch
DefenseAug. 15, 2016
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Park renews calls for N.K. to stop nuke development, provocations
President Park Geun-hye on Monday renewed her calls for North Korea to "immediately" cease its nuclear program and threats of provocations, saying its saber-rattling would only aggravate its isolation and economic travails.During a speech to mark Liberation Day, Park also defended the planned deployment of an advanced U.S. antimissile system as a "self-defense" measure to protect the nation from Pyongyang's "reckless" provocations, stressing that the plan must not be politicized."I urge (North K
Diplomatic CircuitAug. 15, 2016
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Prosecutors indict two South Koreans on charges of aiding N.K. operatives
State prosecutors have indicted two South Koreans on charges of aiding North Korean operatives who attempted to smuggle a large number of second-hand tires for military vehicles into the reclusive state, officials said Monday.According to the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office, the two people allegedly helped the operatives of the North's Reconnaissance General Bureau, the North's top military intelligence agency, in the smuggling scheme between November 2014 and June last year, in breach of the
Social AffairsAug. 15, 2016
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North Korean weightlifter wins silver
North Korean weightlifter Kim Kuk-hyang grabbed a silver medal in the women's +75 kilograms weight class at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday.Kim lifted 131 kg to lead the field in snatch, and hoisted 175 kg in clean and jerk for 306 kg total. She finished 1 kg behind Meng Suping of China, who finished 1 kg behind Kim in snatch but lifted 177 kg in her final clean and jerk attempt for the gold. Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldSarah Elizabeth Robles was a distant third at 286 kg.Two South Korea
Olympic GamesAug. 15, 2016
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Lone Korean boxer loses in competition's 2nd round
Ham Sang-myeong, the lone South Korean boxer in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, lost in the second round of the men's bantamweight (56kg) class on Sunday.Ham lost to Zhang Jiawei of China in a unanimous decision. The score was 3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) for the Chinese. Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldHam initially came up short in the Olympic qualifying event but got his spot at the last minute when another boxer withdrew from the Rio Games.The South Korean boxer had defeated Zhang for the gold medal
Olympic GamesAug. 15, 2016
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Taekwondo title favorite says he's in peak form
The Olympic taekwondo title favorite Lee Dae-hoon on Sunday said he's never been in better form in his career.Lee and the rest of the South Korean taekwondo team arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, three days before the start of their competition at the ongoing Summer Games. They had been training in Sao Paulo for two weeks. Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldLee, a gold medal favorite in the 68kg, sounded confident ahead of his second Olympics."I am sure I can get better as I keep training, but I t
Olympic GamesAug. 15, 2016
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Korean wrestler Kim Hyeon-woo overcomes judging controversy to win bronze
South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler Kim Hyeon-woo grabbed bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday, overcoming a judging controversy in his first round defeat.Kim, the 2012 Olympic champion in 66kg, beat Bozo Starcevic of Croatia 6-4 in the 75kg bronze medal match. Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldKim had lost to Roman Vlasov of Russia in the round of 16, his first match of Sunday, by 7-5.Down 6-3 in the dying moments, Kim executed a move that he thought was worth four points. The referee inst
Olympic GamesAug. 15, 2016
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Korean men's golf coach glad he didn't have to play
Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldSouth Korean Olympic men's golf coach Choi Kyoung-ju once wished he could have played for the country himself in Rio de Janeiro.But after watching his two players battle through the windy conditions for four days, Choi said he's glad he didn't have to."Earlier in the season, I kept trying to make the team because I wanted to play in the Olympics myself," Choi told reporters at Olympic Golf Course, after An Byeong-hun and Wang Jeung-hun wrapped up their days. "There
Olympic GamesAug. 15, 2016