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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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600 evacuated as heavy rain floods roads, homes in southern regions
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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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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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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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. issues latest travel warning for N. Korea
The U.S. State Department issued a new warning against traveling to North Korea on Thursday, saying the communist regime threatens to treat detained American citizens according to its "wartime law."Pyongyang made the threat after the U.S. imposed sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for his roles in the country's human rights abuses. U.S. officials say the North has also been refusing to grant consulate access to two American citizens detained in the country."The State Department strongl
North KoreaAug. 12, 2016
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N. Korea's nuclear test site shows continued activity: 38 North
Recent satellite imagery shows continued activity at North Korea's nuclear test site, a U.S. website monitoring the North said Thursday.The Aug. 4 imagery of the North's Punggye-ri underground test site shows a large net erected immediately south of the support building at the North Portal, the site of the North's fourth nuclear test in January, 38 North said. This satellite imagery dated Aug. 4, 2016, shows continuing activities at the site of North Korea`s fourth nuclear test, including the se
North KoreaAug. 12, 2016
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Kerry says U.S.-Korea alliance brings peace in Northeast Asia
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the "critical security alliance" with South Korea is key to peace and stability in Northeast Asia, as he issued a congratulatory message ahead of South Korea's Liberation Day."Our bilateral partnership continues to thrive based on our shared values of freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Our enduring relationship brings opportunities and prosperity to our two countries, and our critical security alliance brings peace and stabilit
Foreign AffairsAug. 12, 2016
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Korea to confer state media on Japanese diplomat
South Korea will confer a state medal on Japan's U.N. ambassador, Koro Bessho, for his contribution to relations between the two countries.South Korean Ambassador Oh Joon will award the Gwanghwa Medal of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit to the Japanese envoy in a ceremony at the South's mission to the U.N. in New York on Friday, the office said.The medal is the highest honor in the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit.Before taking office as U.N. ambassador in June, Bessho served as Japan's to
Foreign AffairsAug. 12, 2016
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Beating up on Korea not proper response from China to THAAD: U.S. expert
Beating up on South Korea is not the right response from China to Seoul's decision to host the U.S. THAAD missile defense system because the agreement does not reflect hostility toward Beijing, a U.S. expert said Thursday.Instead, China should focus on reining in North Korea as Pyongyang's provocations not only provided justification for the deployment, but are endangering important Chinese security interests as well, Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, said."There is no
DefenseAug. 12, 2016
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Trump accuses Obama of being the 'founder of ISIS'
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -- Donald Trump is now accusing President Barack Obama of founding the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities."In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama,'' Trump said Wednesday during a raucous campaign rally outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "He is the founder of ISIS."He repeated the allegation three more times for emphasis.Trump also pointedly referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama.The
InternationalAug. 11, 2016
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Arianna Huffington is leaving The Huffington Post
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Huffington Post is going to be without a Huffington. Arianna Huffington says she is stepping down as editor-in-chief to focus on a new health startup. She founded The Huffington Post in 2005, and it grew to become one of the biggest online media players. It is currently owned by Verizon Communications Inc.The departure comes several weeks after Verizon said it was buying the media properties of Yahoo Inc. for about $4.8 billion.The Huffington Post is known for its celebrity
InternationalAug. 11, 2016
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'Sexual' British children's book seized from Uganda school
KAMPALA (AFP) -- Ugandan officials raided a prestigious private school on Thursday to seize copies of British children's author Jacqueline Wilson's "Love Lessons" on the orders of a minister who has led several crackdowns on "obscene" conduct.Minister for ethics and integrity Simon Lokodo said the book exposed children attending the exclusive Greenhill Academy to sex at too young an age. The school in the capital Kampala is popular with Uganda's elite and Western expatriates, and admits pupils b
InternationalAug. 11, 2016
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Arrest warrant sought for Nexen Heroes owner
Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Thursday against the owner of the South Korean baseball club Nexen Heroes for his alleged fraud and embezzlement.The move came a few days after the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office summoned Lee Chang-suk, who is alleged to have reneged on a 2008 promise to hand over his stake of the ball club to a Korean-American businessman in return for 2 billion won (US$1.7 million).Hong Sung-eun, chairman of the Atlanta-based real estate developer Rainier Group,
Social AffairsAug. 11, 2016
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Korean man shot dead in Cambodia: gov't official
South Korea has requested Cambodian police to thoroughly investigate the killing of a South Korean man there earlier this week, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.The man in his 50s was shot dead in a region some 30km south of Phnom Penh on Wednesday, according to the official.The victim is believed to be a resident in Cambodia, but more details of the incident are still unknown. Local police are looking into the case."The South Korean Embassy in Cambodia dispatched a consular official to
InternationalAug. 11, 2016