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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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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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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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[NEWSMAKER] Colombian cease-fire to end half-century war
A historic midnight cease-fire on Sunday is set to end a 52-year-old war between the Colombian state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebels.Hundreds of thousands of Colombians have died since 1964 as rebel armies and gangs battled in the jungles in what is considered Latin America's last major civil armed conflict. FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, better known as Timochenko talks to the press in Havana,Cuba, Sunday. (AP-Yonhap)FARC on Sunday issued the order for its fighters to
World NewsAug. 31, 2016
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2 arrested for falsely outing sex workers on Instagram
Two women were arrested by police Tuesday for falsely exposing ordinary women and men as sex workers on social media. The Seoul Suseo police said that two women who were behind Instagram accounts Gangnam Patch and Hannam Patch had been arrested for online defamation. The now-defunct account of Gangnam Patch. (Instagram capture)The 24-year-old Gangnam Patch operator, surnamed Jeong, and the 28-year-old Hannam Patch operator surnamed Yang knew each other through online correspondence but were not
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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Seoul to focus on inclusiveness, innovation in achieving UN development goals
South Korea will focus on seeking inclusive growth of fragile countries and innovative partnerships with the private sector as Seoul joins the international community's implementation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, a vice foreign minister said Wednesday."The ratio of people living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 per day vis-a-vis the overall population of the globe fell from 36 percent in 1990 to 12 percent in 2015," Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said during the
InternationalAug. 31, 2016
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N. Korea building railway long-range missile launchers on railroad: report
North Korea is building a mobile long-range missile launcher system that can move along the country's railroad tracks, the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday, citing sources in the communist country.A North Korean resident in Kangwon Province told RFA that North Korean engineers have been working on the mobile missile system since May at a state-run motor vehicle factory. The plant is under the supervision of the North's Second Economic Commission that is in charge of the ammunition i
North KoreaAug. 31, 2016
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Court again rejects Korean A-bomb victims' suit against gov't
A Seoul court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the government and dismissed a compensation suit filed by South Koreans who survived the 1945 US atomic bombings in Japan.The Seoul Northern District Court turned down the suit filed by 141 victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, seeking 10 million won ($9,000) in compensation for each victim.They said the government neglected its duty to take active measures against Japan to settle the issue by referring the matter to an arbitration c
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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Senior judge summoned over alleged bribery
Prosecutors on Wednesday summoned an incumbent judge over allegations he received kickbacks from a local businessman who is at the center of a lobbying scandal that is rocking the country's legal sector.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it called in the judge, identified only by his surname Kim, to ask questions over suspicions that he bought a used car owned by Jung Woon-ho, former chief of local cosmetics brand Nature Republic, at a below market price, and even got back some
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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Gov't to open financial information portal
South Korea's state financial watchdog said Wednesday it will open a portal this week to offer "all necessary information" for financial transactions in the country.The Financial Information Network, http://fine.fss.or.kr, will start operations at 9 a.m. Thursday after months of preparations, the Financial Supervisory Service said.It's part of efforts to bridge the information divide under the broader goal of reforming the nation's financial sector, added the FSS."The FINE is a portal to provide
Aug. 31, 2016
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Lottery sales rise 6.9% on-year in H1
Sales of lottery tickets in South Korea rose 6.9 percent in the first six months of 2016 from a year earlier, on rising demand for chance games amid a prolonged economic slump, government data showed Wednesday.Lottery sales stood at 1.89 trillion won ($1.69 billion) in the January-June period, up from the previous year's 1.77 trillion won, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.The first-half amount accounted for 50.3 percent of the 2016 sales target of 3.76 trillion
Aug. 31, 2016
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Seoul to resume policing operations to protect Han River waters
South Korea will resume its policing operations next month to prevent Chinese fishermen from illegally entering neutral waters of the Han River estuary ahead of the peak season for crab fishing, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday. In June, the joint military police unit composed of the Marine Corps personnel and police forces under the approval of the UNC Military armistice commission successfully completed its first round of operations near the Han River to expel Chinese fishermen, th
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016