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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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[Editorial] Vested rights
The nation’s two major opposition parties have jointly proposed a bill on setting up a new state agency that would specialize in investigating corruption cases involving senior government officials.While the probe targets include former presidents, incumbent prime ministers, lawmakers, ministers and judges, the bill on launching an independent entity has come after a series of scandals involving incumbent and former prosecutors.As the Justice Ministry and prosecutors’ office had not been active
EditorialAug. 10, 2016
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[Editorial] Intensifying trade war
The U.S. government continues to impose heavy penalties on Korean steel exporters.Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it would impose duties of a staggering 61 percent on hot-rolled flat steel products from South Korea’s POSCO.The penalties broke down into 3.89 percent in anti-dumping duties and 57.04 percent in countervailing duties. If the department’s decision is endorsed by the U.S. International Trade Commission, it will deal a harsh blow to Korea’s leading steel exporter
EditorialAug. 10, 2016
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[David Ignatius] Foreign policy elite in a time of anti-elitism
For 32 years, a group of Republican and Democratic foreign-policy experts has gathered here each summer to debate strategic issues facing the country. This year the bipartisan group had a strange imbalance: None of the Republicans was prepared to argue the case of the GOP nominee, Donald Trump. Trump would probably be pleased to know that he failed to muster support from the Aspen Strategy Group, as this gathering is known. In a sense, he’s running against the elite foreign policy establishment
ViewpointsAug. 10, 2016
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[Adam Minter] China just wants K-pop, soaps
South Korean soap stars are unlikely geopolitical pawns. But with the Chinese government furious over South Korea’s decision to host a U.S. anti-missile battery on its soil, that’s exactly what they’re becoming. In the past week, public appearances by Korean television and music stars have been postponed and even canceled in China, while shares in some of South Korea’s biggest entertainment companies have sunk over fears that the country’s cultural exports are now in the line of fire.The threat
ViewpointsAug. 10, 2016
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Beauty start-up Memebox scores $66m investment
South Korean online beauty retailer Memebox on Wednesday said it secured some $66 million in new funding from global venture capital funds Formation 8, Goodwater Capital and Pejman Mar Ventures. The latest round of funding drives up the total investment raised by Memebox to about $100 million, the biggest ever for a Korean beauty start-up, the company said. It plans to use the new capital to finance its service upgrades and global expansion.A person opens the Memebox mobile app on a smartphone (
TechnologyAug. 10, 2016