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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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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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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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Air Seoul takes off smoothly
Air Seoul, a budget airline operated by Korea’s second-largest carrier Asiana Airlines, is off to a good start, filling on average 97 percent of seats on its flights, officials said Tuesday.Its route from Gimpo to Jeju saw an average of 96 percent filled seats and its Jeju-Gimpo route saw 98 percent of seats filled between July 11 and 17.Air Seoul (Air Seoul)It currently operates four flights daily between Gimpo International Airport in Seoul and Jeju Airport.The airline also said that 95 percen
IndustryJuly 19, 2016
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Finance ministry to hold global financial stability conference
The finance ministry on Tuesday said it will hold an international conference on global financial stability next week amid rising uncertainties stemming from the British vote to leave the European Union, or Brexit.The Global Financial Stability Conference will take place on July 26 in Seoul, with the attendance of some 180 economic and financial experts from governments and international and regional organizations, including Shin Hyun-song, an economic adviser at the Bank for International Settl
July 19, 2016
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N. Korean smugglers making money through illegal pork exports to China: report
North Korean smugglers are making money through illegal export of pork to China, the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia said Tuesday, citing sources from the reclusive country.A North Korean source in Ryanggang Province told RFA that some North Koreans living in the border area with China are making a profit through pork smuggling.The informer said smugglers are making money because the price of pork in the North is only a third of the price in China. A kilogram of pork costs around 1,690 won ($1.50), w
North KoreaJuly 19, 2016
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CJ chairman drops reappeals in hopes of Park's pardon
Insisting on right to life, CJ Group chairman Lee Jay-hyun on Tuesday dropped appeals to the Supreme Court and requested the prosecution to postpone his imprisonment citing difficulties of continuing treatments in jail.“Chairman Lee’s health condition has deteriorated to an extreme level that put him in a difficult situation both physically and mentally to continue trials,” the group said in a statement. “We have submitted documents to the Supreme Court that he would withdraw appeals today.”CJ G
IndustryJuly 19, 2016
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Daycare center employee indicted for abuse
A caretaker at nursery in Seoul was indicted for habitual abuse of children under her care, Dongbu District Prosecutors said Tuesday. The 31-year-old surnamed Shin is accused of hitting seven children around the age of four multiple times between March and May, according to the prosecutors.The youngest victim was two years old. (123RF)Shin allegedly used her hands, a wooden stick, toys and a food tray to hit the children who did not follow her instructions to take a nap or have a meal.She was r
Social AffairsJuly 19, 2016
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N. Korea resumes encrypted number broadcasting
North Korea has resumed the broadcasting of encrypted numbers, a method used in the past to send messages to spies operating in South Korea, a government source said Tuesday.The source said that propaganda radio station Radio Pyongyang aired a 12-minute shortwave segment last week during which a female announcer read out numbers on what seemed to be from a book. The broadcast started in the early hours of Friday morning and marks the first time Seoul picked up on such communication from the Nort
North KoreaJuly 19, 2016
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DSME signs new Navy submarine project
[THE INVESTOR] Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on July 19 signed a contract for exploratory development stage of South Korea’s new submarine development. Under the 70.5 billion won (US$61.99 million) contract, DSME will draw up the basic requirements for the 3,000-ton submarine until the end of 2018. DSME’s tasks include calculating the specifications for the submarine, and determining the materials. The project is part of a larger pr
IndustryJuly 19, 2016
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Hyundai dealers in China demand compensation
[THE INVESTOR] Dealers of imported Hyundai Motor vehicles in China are seeking compensation from the South Korean carmaker over alleged unfair treatment, China Daily reported on July 18. According to the newspaper, some of the 41 car dealers selling Hyundai Motor vehicles shipped from South Korea to China established a working group to “safeguard their rights” earlier this month.Hyundai Motor’s vehicles are marketed through two channels in China. Vehicles produced by Beijing Hyundai and fully as
MobilityJuly 19, 2016
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Park In-bee to warm up for Rio Games in Jeju
Korean golfer Park In-bee will fine-tune her preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games by competing in an event on home soil, her Seoul-based agency said Tuesday. Galaxia SM said Park will enter a Korean LPGA event on Jeju Island that starts on Aug. 5. The women's Olympic golf competition is set for Aug. 17-20. "For Park In-bee, the Jeju Samdasoo Masters will be her warm-up event for the Rio Games," an official from Galaxia SM said. "She has started her swing practice and her injury is ge
SportsJuly 19, 2016
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Financial guidebooks issued for Filipino, Cambodian residents
Korea's financial watchdog on Tuesday published special guidebooks on daily financial services for Filipino and Cambodian residents here, in a bid to help foreign workers and spouses suffering language barriers and cultural differences.There were around 1.74 million foreigners living in Korea as of last year, 54.7 percent of whom were from China, 11.5 percent Vietnam, 4.2 percent the United States, 4.1 percent the Philippines, 2.7 percent Cambodia and 2.3 percent Indonesia, according to the Fina
July 19, 2016
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Bus driver blamed for pileup in Yeongdong Expressway
A bus driver is being held responsible for an accident Sunday on the Yeongdong Expressway that claimed four lives and injured 37 people. Police in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, said Tuesday that the driver, aged 57, is presumed to have driven past the regulated maximum speed level. (YTN News Capture)Blackbox recordings showed that the bus sped at 105 kph while the traffic law regulates vehicles on expressways to keep to a maximum speed of 100 kph and safety distance of 100 meters. Bang is also
Social AffairsJuly 19, 2016