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Slew of top K-pop stars ready to return from military
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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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Military aircraft evacuating S. Koreans in Lebanon returns home
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Concerns raised over chronic labor shortage at state-run center for digital sex crime victims
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BTS-themed moon jar to be unveiled on Hangeul Day
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Market uncertain on Korea's October rate cut despite slowed inflation
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Samsung unveils 'personalized AI' for all devices
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1,430 minors investigated for drug offenses from 2018 to 2023: police
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[Robert Fouser] Why the US election looks so close
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[Editorial] Brace for trouble
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Seoul to push China to exert more influence on N.Korea
South Korea plans to ask China to exercise more leverage to get North Korea to change its course on its nuclear weapons program and return to the negotiating table when the top nuclear envoys from Seoul and Beijing meet late Thursday, a South Korean diplomat said. Hwang Joon-kook, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, is set to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wu Dawei, in Beijing. The talks between Hwang and Wu come as North Korea appea
North KoreaJuly 23, 2015
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Ruling party to fundraise for Korean War memorial in U.S.
The ruling Saenuri Party said Thursday it will collect funds to erect a Korean War memorial in the United States. "Our party will take the lead in collecting funds to build a memorial for the Changjin Lake Campaign in Quantico, Virginia," Kim Moo-sung said in a meeting with senior party members. The Changjin Lake Campaign, also known as the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, was one of the fiercest battles in the Korean War. In the battle, the 1st U.S. Marine Division fought against seven Chin
PoliticsJuly 23, 2015
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Park to meet business leaders on creative economy
President Park Geun-hye will hold a meeting with business leaders representing the nation’s 17 conglomerates to discuss ways to expand her creative economy vision on Friday, the presidential office said Thursday.The meeting was planned as she wrapped up her on-site visits Wednesday to 17 technology innovation centers across the country, a policy mission carried out over nearly two years. The centers are the centerpiece of her mantra of the creative economy aimed at nurturing venture companies in
July 23, 2015
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Commas in em wins hearts of male customers with unique fashion
Men’s online clothing store Commas in em (www.commasinem.com) has been gaining attention for its fast growth since opening in May. The chief executive, Park Hae-nal, attributes this success to the knowledge she gained from a professional course provided by Korea’s leading e-commerce solution provider cafe24 (www.cafe24.com).During college, Park took a “How to Start an Online Business” course by cafe24 which provided helpful resources on how to become a CEO, as well as the actual process of build
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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China starts anti-dumping probe into electrical steel imports
China's commerce ministry said Thursday that it has started an anti-dumping investigation into imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from South Korea, Japan and the European Union. The Chinese authorities will investigate whether the imports of grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel from the three economies hurt the Chinese local industry, the ministry said in a brief notice. Electrical steel is used to make transformers, reactors, small electric precision motors, magnetic switches
World BusinessJuly 23, 2015
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Childbirths in Korea rise 2.5% on-year in May
The number of childbirths in South Korea rose for the third consecutive month in May, a government report showed Thursday, a positive development for the country struggling with the problem of an aging population. In May, some 36,600 babies were born here, up 2.5 percent from the same month last year, according to the report from Statistics Korea. The increase follows a 2.4 percent on-year gain in the previous month. However, the May tally marks a nearly 4 percent drop from about 38,100 new ba
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2015
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Ruling party leader asserts labor market reform needed
The leader of the ruling Saenuri Party emphasized the importance of reforming the country's rigid labor market to overcome protracted low growth and a lack of jobs for the next generations. "We should be aware that all the countries in the world are fiercely struggling to find a way out from job shortages," Kim Moo-sung said in a meeting with senior party members. "While reform could bring hardships in the short term, it is for everyone's benefit in the long term." The remarks came as Presiden
PoliticsJuly 23, 2015
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S. Korean civic group visits N.K. for talks on joint anniversary
A South Korean civic group visited North Korea on Thursday to discuss preparations for a joint event for the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule. The North's preparatory group for the joint anniversary sent an invitation to the South on Monday that the two sides meet in the North's border city of Kaesong on Thursday to talk about preparations for a joint anniversary event on Liberation Day, which falls on Aug. 15. The Unification Ministry approved the civ
North KoreaJuly 23, 2015
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Korea, Japan in talks to resume working-level defense dialogue channel
South Korea is in talks with Japan to resume the regular working-level dialogue channel between the countries' defense ministries, which was suspended last year amid worsening history disputes, diplomatic sources said Thursday. "Both countries are in discussion with an aim to hold regular directorial working-level talks between the South Korean and Japanese defense ministries in early August as far as I know," one of the diplomatic sources noted. Referring to the agenda items of the expected
InternationalJuly 23, 2015
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Construction permits for new homes rise to 12-year high in H1
The number of construction permits issued for new homes climbed to the highest level for the first half in 12 years, the government said Thursday, reflecting a recovery in the local housing market. In the first six months of the year, the number of new home permits issued came to 300,080, up 36.4 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The figure marks the highest level since the first half of 2003, when 321,000 new home permits
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2015
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Biz lobby urges defenses against activist shareholders
South Korea's top business lobby on Thursday stressed the need for the introduction of teh so-called poison pill and other defensive measures against shareholders seeking to make changes in the companies in which they own a stake. The call by the Federation of Korean Industries, the lobby group for the country's family-controlled conglomerates, came following a recent controversy over U.S. hedge fund Elliott Associates' opposition to a merger between two key units of Samsung Group. "We need
July 23, 2015
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S. Korea to actively support civilian inter-Korean exchanges
South Korea will seek to improve strained inter-Korean ties by further encouraging its civilian groups to increase exchanges with North Korea, a Unification Ministry official said Thursday. Seoul has said that it will promote civilian inter-Korean exchanges in the landmark year of 2015 in non-political areas such as cultural activities and sports if they can help promote national unity. "South Korea is making efforts to open the gate for better inter-Korean relations by promoting more civilian
North KoreaJuly 23, 2015
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SK hynix net soars 64.5% in Q2
South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Thursday its net profit jumped 64.5 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier on robust demand for chips used in servers and mobile products. Net profit came to 1.1 trillion won ($954 million) in the April-June period, compared with 673.5 billion won a year earlier, the company said in its regulatory filing. Revenue gained 18.2 percent on-year to 4.63 trillion won in the second quarter, and operating profit also jumped 26.9 percent to 1.
IndustryJuly 23, 2015
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N.K. leader visits museum to mark atrocities by U.S. during Korean War
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a newly rebuilt museum to mark atrocities committed by U.S. forces during the 1950-53 Korean War, the North's media said Thursday, a visit made ahead of the 62nd anniversary of the signing of an armistice. Kim went to Sinchon Museum, which exhibits relics and data of what the North calls the brutal crimes committed by the U.S., including the killing of some 35,000 North Koreans during the conflict, according to the Korean Central News Agency. It did n
North KoreaJuly 23, 2015
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Korea's MERS cases, fatalities remain flat
The number of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome patients in South Korea remained unchanged at 186 on Thursday as the country reported no additional cases of the disease for the past 18 days. The country also reported no additional fatalities from the potentially deadly disease, with the death toll remaining flat at 36 for the 13th consecutive day, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The number of remaining patients has dropped to 12, down one from the previous day. The rest have b
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2015
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Trump criticizes Korea for relying on U.S. for defense
U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has apparently criticized South Korea for relying on the U.S. for its defense while making a lot of money. Trump made the remark during a campaign speech in South Carolina on Tuesday, mentioning South Korea apparently as a nation similar to Saudi Arabia that he accused of enjoying a security free ride on U.S. taxpayers' money while giving "nothing" in return. "I like the Saudis ... They buy all sorts of my stuff, all kinds of toys from Trump.
InternationalJuly 23, 2015
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Korea's economic growth slows on MERS, drought fallout
South Korea's economic growth slowed in the second quarter as the country was hit hard by the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and the worst drought in a century, central bank data showed Thursday. The economy grew 0.3 percent in the April-June period, decelerating from a 0.8 percent on-quarter expansion three months earlier, according to the preliminary data by the Bank of Korea. The figure is lower than a 0.4 percent estimate suggested by BOK Gov. Lee Ju-yeol earlier this month b
July 23, 2015
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U.S. woman found dead in jail after confrontation with police
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) - Authorities have released dashcam video of a white Texas police officer stopping a black motorist later found dead in a jail cell in what has become the latest case to cast national attention on the interactions between police and minorities in the United States.Authorities say Sandra Bland, 28, hanged herself in her cell three days after her arrest, a contention her family and supporters dispute. The video doesn't reveal what happened while she was in custody, but it dep
World NewsJuly 22, 2015
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Turkey briefly blocks access to Twitter over bombing images
ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey briefly blocked access to Twitter on Wednesday to prevent images of Monday's deadly bombing from being broadcast and to stop Twitter users from calling for protests against the government, which they blamed for not doing enough to prevent the attack, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.Access was restored a few hours later. A government official said Turkey had asked Twitter to remove 107 URLs with images of the aftermath of the bombing Monday in southeast Turkey, which
World NewsJuly 22, 2015
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One of 'world's oldest' Koran manuscripts found in UK
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) - A Koran manuscript has been carbon dated to close to the time of the Prophet Mohammed, making it one of the oldest in the world, a British university said Wednesday.The two leaves of parchment, filled with "surprisingly legible" text from Islam's holy book, have been dated to around the early seventh century, the University of Birmingham said."The tests carried out on the parchment of the Birmingham folios yield the strong probability that the animal from which
World NewsJuly 22, 2015