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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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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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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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[Newsmaker] Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 7 in New York
[THE INVESTOR] NEW YORK -- Samsung Electronics took the wraps off the much-anticipated Galaxy Note 7 smartphone at its annual Samsung Galaxy Unpack event in New York on Tuesday.Although the latest large-size smartphone -- often called a “phablet,” a combination of phone and tablet -- is the sixth in the Note lineup, it has been dubbed the Note 7 to align the numbering with the Galaxy S lineup.It comes with a slew of new features that will probably provide reason enough for those currently using
TechnologyAug. 3, 2016
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Korea to hold food fair in China
South Korea will hold a food fair in the Chinese city of Chengdu later this week to promote the country's agricultural products and foodstuffs in the neighboring country, the ministry here said Wednesday.The 2016 Chengdu K-Food Fair will kick off on Thursday and run through Wednesday, with 28 South Korean food and dairy firms to present their products, according to the Ministry Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.During the four-day event, South Korean firms including Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co.
IndustryAug. 3, 2016
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Excessive red tape forces local firms to remain small: report
Despite years of government efforts to remove regulations that hinder investment and employment, too many old and new regulations continue to discourage business activities in South Korea, some even discouraging local firms from expanding their size, a report said Wednesday.According to the report from the Federation of Korean Industries, a business lobby that represents the country's top 600 companies, large firms were currently subject to 81 separate regulations under 39 laws as of end-July.Th
IndustryAug. 3, 2016
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KDB: Korea's major industries likely to post negative growth
The Korea Development Bank on Wednesday said the country's major industries could post negative growth in the second half of the year.The South Korean policy lender said the prospects of shipping lines and shipbuilding are "very bad," while describing those for the car, steel, machinery and construction industries as "a bit bad" in a new report.South Korean shipbuilders have been under severe financial strain in the face of declining new orders amid a protracted slump in the world's economy.The
Aug. 3, 2016