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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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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Park to meet ruling party lawmakers for talks over THAAD
President Park Geun-hye will meet nearly a dozen lawmakers of the ruling Saenuri Party on Thursday morning to solicit their views on the planned deployment of an advanced U.S. antimissile system to the peninsula, her office Cheong Wa Dae said.The meeting is part of her efforts to address continued opposition by some politicians and citizens to the plan to station a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery in the southern town of Seongju by end-2017. The president will meet 11 lawmakers from D
PoliticsAug. 4, 2016
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Tesla Motor to open first dealership in Korea
Tesla Motors Inc., a U.S. electric vehicle producer, is set to open its first dealership in South Korea and possibly begin offering its globally famous electric car models to local customers before the end of the year, sources said Thursday.The U.S. automaker has agreed to open a shop in a new shopping mall in Hanam, just southeast of Seoul, which will open next month, according to officials from Shinsegae, a major retailer and owner of the new mall.Tesla and the South Korean retailer "have fina
MobilityAug. 4, 2016
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Foreign IBs cast gloomy outlook on Korea's H2 exports
Foreign investment banks (IBs) predict South Korea's slumping exports are unlikely make a rebound in the second half of this year due to a slew of unfavorable external conditions, a report showed Thursday.The report, based on foreign IBs' forecasts and compiled by the Korea Center for International Finance, comes as overseas shipments of Asia's fourth-largest economy have been on the decline for more than one and a half years amid weak global demand.South Korea's exports sank 10.2 percent in Jul
Aug. 4, 2016
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U.N. Security Council hold emergency meeting on N. Korean missile launches
Members of the U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches as the group held an emergency meeting Wednesday but stopped short of adopting a formal statement, the U.S., Japan and South Korean ambassadors said."What we heard was ... encouraging, strong condemnations across the board from individual member states. So we have every reason to believe that the council will be able to come together in a swift and united way to condemn this, again, just the latest lau
North KoreaAug. 4, 2016
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U.S. deploys dozen F-16 jets to S. Korea amid N. Korea tensions
A dozen U.S. F-16 fighter jets and hundreds of airmen have arrived in South Korea to help beef up defense of the Asian ally, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces said, as North Korea keeps ratcheting up tensions with a series of missile launches.The South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing arrived at South Korea's Osan Air Base with more than "300 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons, ready to demonstrate the commitment to always be ready to 'fight tonight,'" PACAF said in a statement Tuesda
DefenseAug. 4, 2016
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Hollande says Trump comments sometimes make his stomach turn
PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande has strongly criticized U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying some of the things the Republican does make him sick."Some excesses make your stomach turn, even in the United States, especially when _ as did Donald Trump _ he speaks ill of a soldier, of the memory of a soldier," Hollande said, according to three people present at a meeting Tuesday with members of the French Presidential Press Association. Hollande was referring to Trump's
World NewsAug. 3, 2016
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American archers 'respect' S. Koreans, but fear no one
RIO DE JANEIRO (Yonhap) -- In South Korea's bid for an archery gold medal sweep at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the U.S. men's team may just provide the stiffest challenge.And the three members of this year's American team say, while they reserve respect for the South Koreans, they fear no one.At the 2012 London Olympics, the Americans defeated the South Koreans in the semifinals of the men's team event, preventing their Asian rivals from winning their fourth straight gold. With two carryovers f
Olympic GamesAug. 3, 2016
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Samsung said in talks to buy assets of Fiat auto parts unit
Samsung Electronics Co. is in advanced talks to buy some or all of the operations of auto-parts maker Magneti Marelli from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, according to people familiar with the matter.Samsung is particularly interested in Magneti Marelli’s lighting, in-car entertainment and telematics business and could consider an acquisition of the whole company, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are private. The deal could be worth more than $3 billion with a goal o
TechnologyAug. 3, 2016
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Syrian regime forces roll back rebel gains in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AFP) -- Syrian regime forces bolstered by Russian air strikes recaptured territory overnight in the southwest suburbs of the battleground city of Aleppo, rolling back the short-lived gains of a rebel offensive. Rebels and their jihadists allies launched an assault Sunday in a bid to ease a more than two-week government siege of opposition-held districts of the city. But regime fighters have put up a fierce fightback, retaking several positions from beleaguered rebel forces, a monitor sai
World NewsAug. 3, 2016
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China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover dies in blaze of online glory
BEIJING (AFP) -- China's troubled but beloved Jade Rabbit lunar rover has whirred its last, state media said Wednesday, after it bid humanity farewell on social media.The device, designed for a lifespan of a mere three months, surveyed the moon's surface for 31 months, the official Xinhua new service said, overcoming numerous technical problems and design flaws to become a national icon.But the machine has stopped operations, Xinhua cited the State Administration for Science, Technology and Indu
Aug. 3, 2016