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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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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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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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PM to hold NSC session on possible nuke test by Pyongyang
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn is set to hold an emergency National Security Council meeting later in the day, the presidential office said Friday, amid rising speculation that Pyongyang conducted its fifth nuclear test.Jung Youn-kuk, presidential spokesman, said the meeting will be held at Cheong Wa Dae after a magnitude 5 earthquake was detected at North Korea's nuclear site in the country's northeastern region earlier in the day."After being notified of the possibility of a nuclear test, Presid
North KoreaSept. 9, 2016
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Quake detected near NK nuke test site: South Korean military
A magnitude 5 earthquake was detected near North Korea's nuclear site in its northeastern region on Friday, the South Korean military said, raising speculation that the North conducted a nuclear test.(Yonhap)"An artificial quake was detected near North Korea's Punggye-ri at around 9:30 a.m.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, adding that it is analyzing whether the country carried out a nuclear test.A government source said there is a high possibility that Pyongyang conducted a nuclear t
North KoreaSept. 9, 2016
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BOK holds key rate steady at 1.25% in Sept.
South Korea's central bank on Friday held its policy rate steady for September, extending its wait-and-see mode for three straight months after sending the key rate to a record low level to strengthen growth for Asia's fourth-largest economy.In a widely expected move, the monetary policy board of the Bank of Korea voted to keep the key rate at 1.25 percent, as central bank officials have recently cited concerns about snowballing household debts and a possible rate hike in the United States.In Ju
Sept. 9, 2016
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NK warns S. Korea will pay 'dear' price for military provocation
North Korea threatened South Korea on Friday, saying it will pay a "dear" price if its Navy speedboats continue to violate the western sea border.North Korea claimed that the South's military made a reckless military provocation repeatedly in September as its patrol boats intruded into the North's territorial waters, according to the Korean Central News Agency.It said that on Tuesday alone, a boat belonging to the South Korean Navy's 2nd fleet went more than 4 kilometers across the sea border, a
North KoreaSept. 9, 2016
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Stocks open lower on US losses
South Korean stocks opened lower on Friday on overnight losses in Wall Street.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 17.57 points, or 0.85 percent, to 2,046.16 in the first 15 minutes of trading. US stocks closed lower on Thursday on a slump in tech stocks, with the Dow Jones industrial average losing 0.3 percent to 18,479.91 points in the face of a dip in Apple Inc.Apple Inc. fell some 2.5 percent as its latest iPhone 7 failed to appeal to Wall Street.Most large caps traded mixed
Sept. 9, 2016
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Top 30 biz groups to pay nearly 8 tln won in advance ahead of Chuseok
Displaying their holiday spirits and goodwill, South Korea's top 30 business groups will pay nearly 8 trillion won ($7.28 billion) in advance to their suppliers ahead of the upcoming traditional harvest holiday Chuseok, a survey showed Friday.In the survey conducted by the Federation of Korean Industries, the 30 largest business groups here said they planned to pay 7.94 trillion won in advance to their suppliers before the start of the three-day Chuseok holiday on Wednesday.The amount marks a 31
IndustrySept. 9, 2016
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Park wraps up summit diplomacy on higher note
Saddled with North Korea's escalating saber-rattling and tension with China and Russia over the planned deployment of a US anti-missile system to South Korea, President Park Geun-hye began her overseas trip last week apparently on a low note.But the mood has turned mostly positive as Park reaffirmed international unity against Pyongyang's evolving nuclear and missile programs, and agreed to strengthen "strategic communication" with Beijing and Moscow during her trip to Russia, China and Laos, ob
Foreign AffairsSept. 9, 2016