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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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Another mass infection of hepatitis C reported in Sunchang
About 200 people have been infected with hepatitis C in southern South Korea, an official said Wednesday, prompting health authorities to conduct an epidemiological investigation.Some of the people had received dental treatment from unlicensed dentists in Sunchang, some 360 kilometers south of Seoul. The local official said this could be to blame for the outbreak.Repeated calls to South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeking comment went unanswered.The latest outbreak came si
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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France finishes celebrating 130th year of ties with Korea
The France-based leg of the yearlong South Korea-France cultural exchange project has drawn the curtains with a colorful flourish, celebratory of the 130th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties.As of the end of August, the events of the "Years 2015-2016 of Korea-France Bilateral Exchanges" have hailed about 2.26 million visitors in France, which ran from September 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Tuesday.Being the largest cultural project between the
Foreign AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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Korea's vice foreign minister leaves for China, possibly to arrange summit
A senior South Korean diplomat will leave for China on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, raising expectations that Seoul is seeking to arrange a summit between the leaders of the two countries.Lim Sung-nam, vice foreign minister, will be in Beijing until Thursday during which he will meet with his Chinese counterpart, Liu Zhenmin, according to the ministry. His trip is just days before leaders of the group of 20 industrialized and emerging countries are to gather in China early next month. E
Foreign AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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Gov't vows to limit impact from Hanjin Shipping crisis
South Korea's financial authorities on Wednesday assured the market that they will take timely measures against potential fallout from the crisis surrounding the nation's largest shipping line."(We) will cope comprehensively with the situation to prevent turmoil in the financial market," Jeong Eun-bo, vice chairman of the Financial Services Commission, said as he presided over an emergency meeting of related government agencies.The remark came after Hanjin Shipping Co., the world's seventh-large
Aug. 31, 2016
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DSME head visits Europe to calm shipowners' concerns
Cash-strapped Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. on Wednesday said its president is visiting Europe in a bid to help dispel shipowning firms' concerns over its financial health.Daewoo Shipbuilding said CEO Jung Sung-leep left Seoul for northern Europe on Monday to hold meetings with major shipowners, during which he will brief them on the company's current state and assure them that vessels and offshore platforms will be delivered without delay."Concern is growing among shipowners on n
IndustryAug. 31, 2016
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Korea confirms 3rd cholera infection
South Korea has confirmed an additional case of cholera, raising the number of people infected with the waterborne disease here to three, officials said Wednesday.A 64-year-old man residing on the southern island of Geoje is presumed to have contracted the disease from eating seafood earlier this month, the South Gyeongsang Provincial Government said.The regional government said the man received treatment at an intensive unit of a hospital in the southern port city of Busan after complaining of
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016
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Hanjin Shipping to file for receivership
Cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping Co. said Wednesday that its board has decided to file for court protection later in the day as its creditors decided not to extend an additional support.On Tuesday, the creditors, led by the state-run Korea Development Bank, reached a consensus that they would not infuse additional cash into the country's No.1 shipping line.A creditor-led restructuring scheme for the largest South Korean shipper is set to end Sept. 4.The creditors have been ratcheting up pressure on
Aug. 31, 2016
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China's hard landing not likely, but still possible: report
The Chinese economy is showing signs of improvements centered around growth in its domestic consumption, but the possibility of a hard landing still lingers due to growing corporate debts, a South Korean think tank said Wednesday.In a report, the Korea Economic Research Institute noted the possibility of China's hard landing has been somewhat reduced on a rise in local spending."Initially, there had been concerns that China's economic restructuring might create a hindrance to its growth, but suc
Aug. 31, 2016
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N. Korea executed vice premier in July: Seoul official
North Korea has carried out the execution of a vice premier, a Seoul government official said Wednesday, as the North's leader moves to further strengthen his reign of terror.The official said North Korea executed the 63-year-old Kim Yong-jin by firing squad last month after he was accused of showing a bad attitude when attending a key parliamentary meeting held in late June.He was shot after being branded an anti-revolutionary element.He was interrogated by the North's ministry on state securit
North KoreaAug. 31, 2016
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Asiatic black bear from N. Korea on 1st animal exchange program dies
The female of an Asiatic black bear pair brought to the South from North Korea on the first inter-Korean animal exchange program in 1999 has died of old age, Seoul Grand Park said Wednesday.Eutteumi, believed to be 20 years old, died Tuesday, according to the park. The Central Zoo in Pyongyang sent the animal, also known as "half-moon bear," along with tigers, red foxes and silver foxes, to the South Korean park under the program aimed at conserving animals indigenous to the Korean Peninsula.Thi
North KoreaAug. 31, 2016
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Presidential official summoned over suspicions of orchestrating rally
State prosecutors said Wednesday they have summoned a presidential official earlier this week to investigate allegations he ordered a local civic group to hold a rally in favor of the government.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it questioned Heo Hyun-joon on Tuesday over suspicions he ordered the right-wing Korea Parent Federation to hold a rally in January, supporting a landmark deal reached by Seoul and Tokyo in December.In April, a local weekly newsmagazine said Heo sent a
Social AffairsAug. 31, 2016