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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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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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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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600 evacuated as heavy rain floods roads, homes in southern regions
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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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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Reduced penalty for selling alcohol to minors
Business owners who sell alcohol to minors might now face lighter penalties, with the previous 60-day suspension of their operations reduced to six days, provided they prove it was an honest mistake, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday. (123RF)The previous penalty for illegal sale of alcohol to minors was the suspension of the offender’s business for 60 days, for first-timers. For those who flout the rules a second time, the suspension is 180 days and on the third count, the offe
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2016
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HUFS hosts general assembly of Silk Road Universities Network
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and North Gyeongsang Province are hosting the second General Assembly of the Silk Road Universities Network from Monday to Friday next week.Launched in August last year, the network is an alliance of universities in countries located along the routes of the Silk Road to foster academic and cultural exchanges. It aims to promote peace and prosperity between east and west. The event will be held under the theme “mutual understanding and respect along the Silk R
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2016
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[팟캐스트](156) 포켓몬고 열풍 외 1건
진행자: 이현정, Julie Jackson 1. 포켓몬고 열풍 기사요약: 닌텐도 자회사 ‘포켓몬컴퍼니’와 미국 증강현실 소프트웨어 개발사 ‘나이어닉’이 공동 제작한 증강현실 모바일 게임 포켓몬고의 열풍이 뜨겁다. 게임이 이미 출시된 미국, 호주, 뉴질랜드 등에서는 포켓몬고 사용자들의 안전 사고까지 발생하면서 규제가 만들어지고 있는 상황이다. 우리나라의 경우, 구글지도에 대한 데이터 반출이 허용되지 않아, 게임이 출시되더라도 실질적으로 게임을 즐기기 어렵다. 정부가 곧 반출 여부를 결정할 것으로 알려진 가운데 조만간 포켓몬 캐릭터들을 길거리에서 만날 수 있을 지 대중의 관심이 모아지고 있다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Will ‘Pokemon Go’ launch in
PodcastAug. 4, 2016
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Concerns rise over ‘lenient’ driving tests
An accident caused by a driver with a neurological disorder killed four and injured a dozen pedestrians in Busan on Sunday, raising concerns over whether the process of getting a driver’s license is too easy.Police said Monday that the 53-year-old driver had renewed his driver’s license in July, without notifying authorities that he was suffering from epilepsy. Authorities said there were no legal methods to discover the driver’s condition in advance.There has been constant debate over oversimpl
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2016
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Slow digitization of birth records hinders adoptees’ searches
The number of Korean adoptees who requested to see their birth records increased dramatically from 2012-15, since the revision of the adoption law here, but a lack of digitization is slowing access to the information.Only 35 percent of the some 230,000 relevant documents have been digitized and archived by the government.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of adoptees who asked to see their birth records increased from 258 in 2012 to 1,324 last year. In total, 4,790 adopt
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2016