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After opposition U-turn, Korea to repeal plan for financial capital gains tax
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles hours before US Election Day
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Gangnam Station ramming suspect to face detention
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Amid record-low approval rating, Yoon forgoes Assembly budget address
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Harris, Trump face off as North Korea tests US on Election Day
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Local food festivals enjoy unexpected popularity as snacks go viral
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South Korea and Central Asia set stage for first summit
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[Out of the Shadows] Seoul room clubs offer drugs to compete for clientele
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Ruling party leader condemns North Korea troop dispatch as crime against humanity
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SK chief vows to tackle AI bottleneck along with Nvidia, TSMC
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US to decide missile deployment locations in consultation with allies: Esper
The United States will consult allies and partners to decide where to deploy intermediate-range missiles in Asia and elsewhere to maintain deterrence after withdrawing from an anti-missile treaty with Russia, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has said.The comments came after the US pledged to begin testing new missiles and deploy them around the world, including in Asia, after it formally pulled out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia last week."Our exit from the
InternationalAug. 5, 2019
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Summer nights at Seoul’s rooftops
The night can hold a beauty unseen in the daytime, especially in Seoul. Though the capital city is often defined by its towering skyscrapers and busily rushing people, the atmosphere abruptly changes as darkness descends on a summer evening.And when the mercury does not fall even after the sun does, a visit to a hip rooftop bar can help beat the heat.Though rooftop bars have long been the thing for cities with warmer climates -- Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong -- more spots in Seoul are now embrac
FoodAug. 5, 2019
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S. Korea to invest in 100 key strategic items for stable supply
South Korea said Monday it will invest 7.8 trillion won ($6.47 billion) in 100 key strategic items to create a stable supply by 2024, in the latest move to cope with Japan's economic retaliation. "We will upgrade the competitiveness of the materials, parts and equipment industries," Hong Nam-ki, minister of economy and finance, said in a meeting with officials in Seoul.Last week, Japan decided to remove South Korea from a list of countries subject to preferential trade status in appare
IndustryAug. 5, 2019
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S. Korean An Byeong-hun finishes 2 shots short of 1st PGA win
Hurt by wayward tee shots down the stretch, South Korean An Byeong-hun has come up two strokes short of his first PGA Tour title.An finished alone in third place at the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday (local time), after a final round of 67 at the par-70 course. He shot a 20-under 260 for four days, two behind the champion, JT Poston.An led after each of the first three rounds, and took a one-stroke advantage over Webb Simpson and Brice Ga
GolfAug. 5, 2019
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Japan issues travel advice for citizens traveling to S. Korea
Japan on Sunday asked its nationals traveling to South Korea to exercise caution, citing anti-Japanese protests in South Korea.Japan's foreign ministry also advised its nationals not to get involved in any trouble by staying away from protest sites.The advice came after bilateral relations plunged to their lowest levels in recent decades over a trade row stemming from Japan's wartime use of Koreans as forced labor during its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. Last week, Japan's Cabin
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2019
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S. Korea affirms next year's minimum wage as earlier set
The government announced Monday that the 2020 minimum wage will be set at 8,590 won ($7.16) per hour as earlier decided as it has rejected a call for more deliberation by the labor sector.The labor ministry posted next year's minimum wage in a publication in the government's official gazette, adding the hourly pay will be uniformly applied to all workplaces starting Jan. 1.In July, the Minimum Wage Commission, involving labor and business representatives and experts, decided to raise the minimum
PoliticsAug. 5, 2019
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German museum removes wartime sex slave statue on Japan's pressure
Japan has allegedly pressured a German museum to remove a statue of a girl representing victims of Japan's World War II-era sexual slavery from display, a South Korean civic group said Sunday amid escalating political and trade tensions between the two neighboring countries.According to Korea Verband, a nonprofit association based in Berlin, its chairperson Han Jung-hwa donated a small statue of a girl to Ravensbruck Memorial, located in Brandenburg, northern Germany, in 2017. The German museum,
PoliticsAug. 4, 2019
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Govt. vows to support local industries amid Japan's economic retaliation
South Korea's industry minister on Sunday vowed to provide any necessary support to local firms to help them cope with Japan's economic retaliation and export restrictions on key industrial materials."The government will utilize all necessary assets and capabilities to ease local firms' burdens," Industry Minister Sung Yun-mo said during a meeting with representatives from different industries. The remark came after Japan announced the removal of South Korea from its list of trusted tr
PoliticsAug. 4, 2019
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New US defense chief to visit S. Korea this week
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper will visit South Korea this week for talks with his South Korean counterpart, the South Korean defense ministry said Sunday.The trip comes as North Korea continues its military provocations against South Korea's joint military exercises with the United States and as Washington reportedly wants Seoul to increase its contribution to the cost of stationing 28,500 American troops in its Asian ally's territory. During his stay in Seoul, Esper will meet with South Korea
DefenseAug. 4, 2019
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S. Korea to set aside W1tr to deal with Japanese trade restrictions next year
South Korea said Sunday that it will set aside more than 1 trillion won ($833 million) in next year's budget to cope with Japan's unilateral economic restrictions.In a senior-level tripartite meeting of the government, the ruling party and the presidential office, officials agreed to do their best to minimize the fallout from Tokyo's decision on Friday to remove South Korea from its list of preferred trading partners."Placing a top priority on strengthening competitiveness of the materials,
EconomyAug. 4, 2019
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Credit demanded for search dog who found missing girl on Cheongju mountain
Calls are mounting for an official commendation for a military service dog who played a key role in finding a missing 14-year-old on Friday in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.The 7-year-old Dalgwan found the missing child at around 2:40 p.m. Friday on a mountain where she had first been reported missing 10 days prior on July 23.“Dalgwan made gestures at me during a search around the area that day, and there I found the child, about 3 meters away,” said senior military officer Pa
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2019
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Japanese tweets with ‘I like Korea’ hashtag offer message of goodwill
Despite the worsening diplomatic and economic relationship between Korea and Japan, some from the two countries continue to promote goodwill-based ties via social media.Thousands of tweets from Japanese users have been posted with a hashtag written in Korean meaning “I like Korea” on Twitter, much to the surprise of Korean users of the site, who have expressed gratitude for the positive posts. Emoji resembling South Korean and Japanese flags, accompanied by heart and crying fac
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2019
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[Graphic News] Huawei still No. 2 smartphone seller despite US sanctions, Samsung No. 1
Huawei Technologies remained the No. 2 global smartphone vendor in the past quarter despite tough US sanctions imposed on the Chinese technology giant, market trackers said. The Chinese firm managed to boost its sales even as the overall market declined, remaining on the heels of sector leader Samsung and ahead of US-based Apple. According to Strategy Analytics, overall global smartphone sales fell 2.6 percent to 341 million units in the April-June period. Samsung increased its market share to
World BusinessAug. 4, 2019
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9 killed, at least 16 injured in Ohio shooting
DAYTON, Ohio — Nine people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the US in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said.Dayton police tweeted that an active shooter situation began in the Oregon District at 1:22 a.m., but that officers nearby were able to "put an end to it quickly." At least 16 others were taken to local hospitals with injuries, police said.The suspected shooter's identity has not been released.Miami Valley Hospita
World NewsAug. 4, 2019
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[Jean Pisani-Ferry] The upcoming clash between climate and trade
The incoming president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has laid out a highly ambitious climate agenda. In her first 100 days in office, she intends to propose a European Green Deal, as well as legislation that would commit the European Union to becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Her immediate priority will be to step up efforts to reduce the EU’s greenhouse-gas emissions, with the aggressive new goal of halving them (relative to 1990 levels) by 2030. The issue now is how to
ViewpointsAug. 4, 2019
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[David Ignatius] Debaters seemed eerily like “America First” Democrats
Last week’s Democratic presidential debates included little substantive discussion of foreign policy -- even about an imminent troop-withdrawal agreement for Afghanistan -- and most of the candidates seemed as eager to retreat from the world as President Trump. The debaters looked eerily like “America First” Democrats, with scant concern about how the United States should protect its interests abroad. Their eagerness to withdraw from Afghanistan matches that of Trump, who wants
ViewpointsAug. 4, 2019
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[Editorial] Economic war
The unprecedented economic war Japan started against South Korea has taken relations between the two countries to the worst level since 1965, when they normalized official ties in an agreement to put the 1910-45 colonial period behind them. It is highly likely that the war may still escalate and continue for some time. All considered, the Japanese government must be condemned for starting the war by putting export curbs on materials needed for chips and displays last month, and then deciding to
EditorialAug. 4, 2019
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Seoul crafts Japan countermeasures
Korea is gearing up to fire back at Japan after the neighboring country removed its fast-track export status, while seeking ways to mitigate the economic impact of the trading restrictions as the two Asian countries’ bilateral relations sink to a recent rock bottom. The government plans to announce measures to strengthen the competitiveness of the materials and parts industries this week that will come under tighter rules for export approval, following the Tokyo’s cabinet’s dec
Foreign AffairsAug. 4, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Sex slavery statue closed off from view at Aichi Triennale 2019
An exhibition of a statue representing victims of wartime sexual slavery by the Japanese military has been shut off to the public following pressure from the Japanese government and right-wing civic groups.Organizers of the Aichi Triennale 2018, a Japanese international art show, have closed off the area displaying the statue created by two South Korean artists. It was the first-ever museum exhibition of the “Statue of a Girl of Peace” in Japan. Similar statues are displayed in Seoul
Foreign AffairsAug. 4, 2019
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New US defense chief to visit S. Korea this week
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper will visit South Korea this week for talks with his South Korean counterpart, the South Korean defense ministry said Sunday.The trip comes as North Korea continues its military provocations against South Korea's joint military exercises with the United States and as Washington reportedly wants Seoul to increase its contribution to the cost of stationing 28,500 American troops in its Asian ally's territory.During his stay in Seoul, Esper will meet with South Korean
Foreign AffairsAug. 4, 2019