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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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Seoul seeks to improve foreign nanny program after two abscond
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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Samsung, top banks to create W2tr green growth fund for SMEs
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Malnutrition cases nearly triple in last 5 years
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KFA Chair denies unfair hiring of national coach
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An increasing number of K-pop idols are breaking free from big agencies. Why?
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NewJeans has few options after Ador rejects group's request to reinstate Min Hee-jin as CEO
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Couple welcoming quintuplets to receive over W170m in childbirth grants
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Korean automakers pressured to diversify supply chains as US bans Chinese tech
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State insurance to cover more infertility treatments
More infertility treatments, including medical examinations, will be covered by national health insurance in Korea starting next year, as part of the government’s measures to boost the nation’s low fertility rate, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday.According to the ministry, the number of Korean couples who sought medical help for infertility increased from 178,000 in 2006 to 215,000 in 2015. Every year, some 200,000 Koreans are newly diagnosed with the condition, which is defined as not be
Social AffairsJune 26, 2016
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Brexit to have limited impact on Korean legal market: experts
While South Korea scrambled to assess the impact of Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union over the weekend, little impact will be made on its domestic legal market, experts said Sunday.The “Brexit” decision came amid the U.K. law firms’ ongoing efforts to cement their standing in South Korea, with the final stage of opening the local legal industry to come into effect on July 1 under the Korea-EU free trade deal.Experts and government officials noted that Brexit would not affect B
Social AffairsJune 26, 2016
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Kindergartens to go on strike for subsidy
South Korea’s private kindergartens said Sunday that they will stage a strike and hold a rally this week in protest against the government’s funding program.According to the Education Ministry and the Korea Kindergarten Association, about 3,500 private kindergartens -- 83.3 percent of private kindergartens nationwide -- and some 30,000 industry workers and parents have agreed to participate in closing down their kindergartens on Thursday to join the rally at Seoul Plaza.Children in a kindergarte
Social AffairsJune 26, 2016
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Nutritional support not reaching Crohn's patients
About 65 percent of South Korean parents with children with Crohn’s disease are either unaware of or unfamiliar with the application process for the government’s nutritional support program for young patients with the condition, a study showed Sunday. Crohn’s disease is a type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes abdominal pain, poor appetite and diarrhea. It is often caused by an abnormal immune response in which the body attacks the cells in the digestive tract in addition to harm
Social AffairsJune 26, 2016
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Operator to remove subway turnstiles for young children
State-run subway operator Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit said Sunday that it will remove subway turnstiles specially designed for children, in order to curb the increasing number of adult fare dodgers.SMRT has been operating the “child only” subway turnstiles since 2009, at about 10 subway stations around Seoul on subway lines 5 to 8.Hanging lower than regular turnstiles and decorated with colorful paintings, these facilities were built to make it more convenient for subway passengers accompan
Social AffairsJune 26, 2016
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[Editorial] Transient shock
South Korea’s financial market has faced widening uncertainty from Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Its stocks and currency, which suffered a sharp drop in value on Friday, are likely to show extraordinary volatility over the next few trading sessions.There is a possibility that the two main indexes will be further hit by Britons’ majority vote for Brexit.However, simultaneously, chances are the benchmark KOSPI will bounce back rapidly in the coming weeks. Despite the big external
EditorialJune 26, 2016
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[Alex Rodriguez] For America, Brexit should serve as a potent warning sign
Britain has Brexited, choosing populism and over pragmatism, insularity over inclusion -- and leaving the world transformed and deeply worried.The rising tide against immigration has Trumped integration (pun intended, of course). It’s a script that Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, easily could have penned, were it not for the U.K.’s own version of nationalistic bombast and one of the standard bearers for Brexit -- former London Mayor Boris Johnson. Johnson and other Brexit leade
ViewpointsJune 26, 2016
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[Megan McArdle] ‘Citizens of the world’? Nice thought, but ...
I didn’t think it would actually happen.Sitting in an airport with middle-class Britons last week, I heard far more support for leaving the European Union than for staying in. But heading into Thursday’s voting, I couldn’t quite believe it.I didn’t think it would happen simply because things like this usually don’t. The status quo is a powerful totem. People don’t like jumping off into the unknown. As polls moved toward Remain in the waning days of the campaign, I assumed that we were seeing the
ViewpointsJune 26, 2016
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[Robert B. Reich] A big election idea for Hillary
If Donald Trump continues to implode, Hillary Clinton will win simply by being the presidential candidate who isn’t Trump.But the prospect of a President Trump is so terrifying that Clinton shouldn’t take any chances. The latest matchup polls show her about six points ahead — a comfortable but not surefire margin.What else can Clinton offer other than that she’s also experienced and would be the first woman to hold the job? So far, she’s put forth a bunch of respectable policy ideas. But they’re
ViewpointsJune 26, 2016
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[Michael Schuman] Who wins from Brexit? China
The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union is creating a lot of losers: London’s finance industry. British Prime Minister David Cameron. The pound. The grand cause of European integration. But out of all of the market turmoil and uncertainty will emerge at least one big winner: China. In the short term, of course, China’s struggling economy may take a hit from the chaos in the EU, its second-largest trading partner. A smaller, less-stable European market and more cash-strapped consumers a
ViewpointsJune 26, 2016
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[Adam Minter] China’s dog meat image problem
I ate dog just once, and it was an accident. A Chinese scrap metal dealer with whom I’m friendly invited me to a fancy hot pot restaurant in Chongqing. As the waitress delivered bowl after bowl of dunkable vegetables and raw meats for cooking at our table, I pointed to one and asked: “What’s this?” My friend’s answer, in heavily accented English, sounded like “duck.” It tasted like a meaty hair ball.As the magnitude of my mistake sank in, I thought of Yulin, the southern Chinese town infamous fo
ViewpointsJune 26, 2016
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Local gov't sees more female hiring, higher average age of employees: data
The average age of civil servants at the local government level rose, and the number of female employees nearly doubled, data showed Sunday.According to data released by the Ministry of the Interior on the general statistics of civil servants in the country's provincial governments, their average age in 2015 stood at 43.4, up 4.8 years from 38.6 in 1995. The percentage of people below 30 decreased to 9.9 percent of the total from 25.5 percent in 1995, while those for people over 50 increased to
Social AffairsJune 26, 2016
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Hyundai, Kia gear up to make splash in global green car markets
South Korea's major automobile manufacturers are all set to make a big splash in global eco-friendly vehicle markets in the coming months, local industry sources said Sunday.Hyundai Motor Co. plans to begin the sale of the Ioniq hybrid in the United States and Europe in the latter half of this year.It boasts a combined fuel economy rating of 22.4 kmpl. Many expect fierce competition with Toyota's top-selling Prius hybrid.Hyundai will also put its Ioniq pure-electric vehicle on sale in foreign ma
MobilityJune 26, 2016
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Korea, China, Japan set for FTA talks this week
South Korea will hold another round of trilateral talks with China and Japan this week on their planned free trade agreement, a related government ministry here said Sunday.The two-day working-level negotiations are scheduled to open in Seoul on Monday, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The upcoming session will mark the 10th round of its kind.The leading Northeast Asian economies launched the talks in 2012 to forge a "comprehensive and high-quality" agreement that can pro
Foreign AffairsJune 26, 2016
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Parliamentary speaker calls on president to make known her views on Constitution
South Korea's parliamentary speaker on Sunday called on President Park Geun-hye to make known her views on amending the Constitution, stressing that the process to have serious debate is at hand.In an interview with Yonhap News Agency at his office in the National Assembly, Chung Sye-kyun made clear that the Constitution is something that affects the entire country and all people, and as such, Park needs to pay attention to the ongoing debate."It is only right that the president outlines her vie
PoliticsJune 26, 2016
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Korea to review FTA with EU over Brexit: trade ministry
Striving to cope with the Brexit aftermath, the South Korean government on Sunday said it will prepare for new trade talks with the European Union and Britain.Seoul signed a bilateral free trade agreement with the EU in 2009. The accord took effect two years later. (123rf)"The effect of the South Korea-EU FTA on Britain will automatically become void at the time of its official withdrawal from the EU. But a revision to the FTA is deemed necessary to reflect it," the Ministry of Trade, Industry a
June 26, 2016
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High quality counterfeit U.S. notes circulating in N. Korea: sources
High quality U.S. counterfeit notes are circulating in North Korea, raising speculation that the reclusive country may be manufacturing them and handing them off to unsuspecting visitors, sources in Hong Kong said Sunday.Sources who are familiar with the North said a Hong Kong businessmen who visited Pyongyang recently tried to deposit a $100 note with a local bank but was told that it was a counterfeit bill.The entrepreneur, who was not identified, claimed he got the bill just as he was checkin
North KoreaJune 26, 2016