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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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Daunting challenges lie ahead for new Saenuri leadership
Fresh from its election victory on Tuesday, the new leadership of the ruling Saenuri Party faces an array of daunting challenges, including shoring up public trust and fostering unity in a party long beset by factional feuds that have hurt it in the eyes of voters, analysts said.At a national convention in Seoul the party elected Rep. Lee Jung-hyun, a third-term lawmaker loyal to President Park Geun-hye, as its new leader, and chose five new members of the party’s decision-making Supreme Council
PoliticsAug. 9, 2016
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S. Korea, Japan make 'significant' progress in followup talks on comfort women foundation
South Korea and Japan made "significant" progress in their talks to draw up followup measures related to a foundation recently launched to help the Korean women sexually enslaved by Japanese troops during its colonial rule decades ago, a government source said Tuesday. The headway was made during a meeting held in Seoul between Chung Byung-won, director-general of the South Korean foreign ministry’s Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau, and his Japanese counterpart, Kenji Kanasugi, according to the so
Foreign AffairsAug. 9, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Lee 1st Saenuri party leader from Jeolla
The ruling Saenuri Party’s new leader Rep. Lee Jung-hyun began his political career in 1985 by joining the Democratic Justice Party, South Korea’s ruling party, where he was a rank-and-file member from 1980 to 1988. He then joined the Saenuri Party’s precursor Grand National Party and won his first lawmaker’s seat in 2008 through proportional representation. Rep. Lee Jung-hyun, the newly-elected leader of Saenuri Party, speaks while campaigning for the ruling party leadership last Wednesday in
PoliticsAug. 9, 2016
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Park ally takes helm of Saenuri
Rep. Lee Jung-hyun, a standout loyalist of President Park Geun-hye, was elected Tuesday as the new chairman to lead the ruling Saenuri Party, reconfirming the formidable grip of the president, despite her looming lame-duck period, and paving the way for her faction to lead the party through next year’s presidential election.Lee’s rise to leadership also marked the conservative party’s first-ever chairman to be born and based in the nation’s progressive-leaning southwestern region.With Lee at the
PoliticsAug. 9, 2016
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Rep. Lee Jung-hyun elected as new ruling party chief
The ruling Saenuri Party on Tuesday elected Rep. Lee Jung-hyun as its new leader, marking the first time for a politician from the country's liberal-leaning southwestern Honam region to take the helm of the conservative party.The third-term lawmaker was elected at the party's national convention in Seoul that also picked five members of the decision-making Supreme Council.Lee, who represents Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, is one of the only two Saenuri Party lawmakers from the Honam region whe
PoliticsAug. 9, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Phelps bids for astonishing 20th gold
Michael Phelps will set his sights on a record-extending 20th Olympic swimming gold on Tuesday when he tries to wrest back the 200m butterfly title from Chad le Clos.Katie Ledecky will also be battling for another key swimming title on an Olympic day in which 14 golds will be up for grabs.Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time has already topped the podium in Rio after the USA's 4x100m win, and will now go for individual glory at the age of 31. United States` Michael Phelps competes in
Olympic GamesAug. 9, 2016
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Korea reels from shock Rio defeats
Monday was barren day for South Korea at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with a handful of medal contenders unable to deliver on expectations.With no medals won Monday, South Korea remained stuck at two gold, two silver and one bronze. The country has set out to grab at least 10 gold medals and finish in the top 10 in the medals table for the fourth consecutive Olympics.South Korea is now eighth in the medal standings. The U.S. led the medal standings for the second straight day with five golds, se
Olympic GamesAug. 9, 2016
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[Graphic News] Korea shows heavy industrial use of electricity
South Korea showed a much higher share of business electricity consumption in total power spending than other member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.In the ministry’s report Monday, power consumption for industrial use in Korea accounted for 56.6 percent of total electricity use in 2015, with just 13.6 percent for household use. But according to the International Energy Association, OECD member countr
Aug. 9, 2016
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Korea strongly condemns suicide bombing in Pakistan
South Korea Tuesday strongly condemned a recent suicide bombing in Pakistan that left over 70 people dead, vowing to maintain its global cooperation in eradicating terrorism.On Monday, a man wearing a bomb jacket blew himself up among people who gathered outside a hospital at Quetta located in the southwestern part of Pakistan. Local media reports said that 71 people have been confirmed dead with over 100 others injured."We cannot but express our shock and concern over the terror attack that hap
Foreign AffairsAug. 9, 2016
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Arirang satellite to be launched via Russian vehicle in 2020
South Korea is set to launch a multipurpose satellite using a Russian launch vehicle in 2020, Seoul's aerospace research institute said Tuesday.The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said it inked a deal to load its Korea Multipurpose Satellite 6, known as KOMPSAT-6, on the Angara 1.2 vehicle developed by Russia's International Launch Services.The satellite, also known as the Arirang 6, will be launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia in 2020, the KARI added."The ILS Angara 1
InternationalAug. 9, 2016
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Unionized pilots of Korean Air urge tax probe into management
A labor union of pilots at the country's major flag carrier Korean Air on Tuesday accused their company and its leaders of evading taxes Tuesday, also calling for a probe by the national tax office.A group of some 150 Korean Air pilots gathered in front of the Seoul regional office of the National Tax Service and demanded the launch of an official tax investigation."As change from within seems impossible now, we hope to correct the immoral managerial behaviors of the company through a strict pro
Aug. 9, 2016
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Monorail service for elderly, disabled being considered for Mt. Halla
At 9:33 a.m. last Thursday, two electric monorail vehicles departed from the entrance of the Eorimok Trail on Mount Halla on South Korea's largest island of Jeju to ferry a group of passengers up one of the country's iconic slopes. The train ride was part of a test run of what the local park hopes will be a service that can help elderly and physically challenged visitors better take in the sights of the resort island's most notable landmarks.Five minutes into the ride, the vehicles suddenly skii
Social AffairsAug. 9, 2016