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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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Over 82,000 Korean young people unemployed, not searching for job long-term
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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600 evacuated as heavy rain floods roads, homes in southern regions
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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US Navy secretary to meet S. Korea's defense chief over N. Korean issues
The secretary of the U.S. Navy will meet with South Korea's defense minister on Friday to discuss measures to better counter threats from North Korea, the military said. US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is set to meet Han Min-koo in Seoul, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement. "The US naval official and South Korea's top defense policymaker will discuss measures to strengthen the bilateral alliance against growing (nuclear and missile) threats from the North and to cooperate on
North KoreaAug. 19, 2016
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Seoul city brings dispute over allowance for jobseekers to top court
The Seoul city government filed a petition with the nation's top court Friday to foil the central government's move to halt the city's program of providing cash allowances to thousands of young jobseekers.Earlier this month, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said it had selected a total of 3,000 applicants and would provide them with 500,000 won ($448) per month, for up to six months, to help them maintain basic living standards, while they find work.stock iamge(123rf)The next day, however, the
Social AffairsAug. 19, 2016
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Coway faces another suit over faulty water purifiers
A group of local consumers was to file a 2.8 billion won ($2.53 million) class action suit Friday against Coway, South Korea's leading water purifier maker, over its water purifier models coated with nickel that they claim taints the water and poses a health hazard.Nickel from the inner coating was found in dispensed water from three ice maker-water models installed from April 2014 to December 2015 by Coway, with the number of users involved estimated at about 87,000. Coway has vowed to take res
IndustryAug. 19, 2016
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Exports of instant noodles soar 18% in H1
South Korean exports of instant noodles jumped more than 18 percent in the first half of 2016 from a year ago, data showed Friday, due apparently to the popularity of Korean pop music and dramas overseas.Overseas shipments of instant noodles, called ramyeon here, came to $123 million in the January-June period, up 18.3 percent from $104 million a year earlier, according to the data by the state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp.By volume, exports stood at up to 33,300 tons in the six-mo
IndustryAug. 19, 2016
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Inspector's alleged info leak would be legal violation: Cheong Wa Dae
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday said a special inspector's alleged leak of information over his probe into a presidential aide would constitute a "grave violation of the law," if it turns out to be true.The remarks came a day after Lee Seok-su, a special inspector looking into the allegations of corruption involving Woo Byung-woo, senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, submitted a petition with the state prosecutors' office to seek a formal investigation.Lee himself has
Social AffairsAug. 19, 2016
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Seoul stocks start tad lower
South Korean shares opened slightly lower Friday as investors opted to cash in part of recent gains.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 1.33 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,054.14 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Large caps gained with market kingpin Samsung Electronics inching up 0.12 percent. Major chipmaker SK hynix gained 0.88 percent. Auto shares traded were mixed across the board. Top automaker Hyundai Motor remained unchanged and its affiliate Kia Motors inched down 0.12
Aug. 19, 2016
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Korean coach of Japanese badminton says Rio medals 'only beginning'
After guiding Japan to its first Olympic badminton gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the team's South Korean-born coach, Park Joo-bong, said Thursday it's "only the beginning."Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi captured the women's doubles gold medal Thursday, defeating Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark 2-1 (18-21, 21-9, 21-19). (Yonhap)In the decisive third game, the No. 1-ranked team from Japan rallied from a 19-16 deficit to clinch the country's first Olympic b
Olympic GamesAug. 19, 2016
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Nearly 4,500 Jaguar, Land Rover cars to be recalled in Korea
Nearly 4,500 cars imported by Jaguar Land Rover Korea, the local importer of the luxury brand cars, will be recalled due to problems that include a possible fuel leak that could cause a fire, the transportation ministry said Friday.Due to a defect in the design of the engine cover in certain models of Land Rover cars, the engine cover may rub against the car's fuel hose, possibly causing a puncture in the hose, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.The recall affects 4,
MobilityAug. 19, 2016
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Overseas card spending up 5.2% in Q2
Overseas card spending by South Koreans expanded more than 5 percent in the second quarter of 2016 despite a decline in the number of outbound travelers, central bank data showed Friday.Their credit, check and debit card purchases abroad rose 5.2 percent on-quarter to $3.47 billion during the April-June period, according to the Bank of Korea.It marks a 4.5-percent increase from the $3.32 billion recorded a year earlier.The rise came in spite of a fall in the number of people traveling abroad. It
Aug. 19, 2016
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Producer prices drop in July
South Korea's producer prices dropped slightly from a year earlier in July on a large cut in prices of coal and petroleum products, central bank data showed Friday.The producer price index for July came to 98.95, down 2.4 percent from the same month last year, according to preliminary data from the Bank of Korea.Producer prices serve as an indicator of future consumer inflation.The July index marked a slight decrease from a revised 99.02 in the previous month.Prices of manufactured goods lost 0.
Aug. 19, 2016
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NK diplomat's defection could lead to even more defections: CSIS
The defection of North Korea's No. 2 diplomat in London will likely prompt the regime in Pyongyang to take oppressive measures to prevent similar cases, which could in return encourage even more defections, a US think tank said Thursday.Thae Yong-ho, 55, minister at the North's mission in London, recently arrived in South Korea with his family, Seoul's Ministry of Unification announced earlier this week without unveiling further details. He is one of the highest-ranking North Korean diplomats to
North KoreaAug. 19, 2016
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Obama to visit China amid tensions over THAAD, South China Sea
US President Barack Obama will visit China early next month for a summit of the Group of 20 countries and bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said Thursday.The trip, set to begin on Sept. 2, comes as the US and China are at odds over maritime disputes in the South China Sea and the US plan to deploy the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.Obama will "conduct in-depth meetings with President Xi Jinping of China in Hangzhou, where the two leaders will discuss
InternationalAug. 19, 2016
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Korean title favorite loses in taekwondo quarterfinals
South Korean taekwondo title hopeful Lee Dae-hoon lost in the quarterfinals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday.Lee lost to Ahmad Abughaush of Jordan 11-8 in the men's -68kg competition at Carioca Arena 3. Lee won the 2012 Olympic silver in the -58kg and was going for his first Olympic gold in the new weight class.While Abughaush is only No. 40 on the World Taekwondo Federation's Olympic rankings, 38 spots below Lee, the South Korean had considered him a dark horse.Lee led 5-2 after two r
Olympic GamesAug. 19, 2016
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Ex-Olympic table tennis champion gains IOC membership
Former South Korean Olympic table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min has won his bid for International Olympic Committee membership, an impressive career transition for the former teen prodigy.Among 23 candidates, Ryu finished second in the voting by 5,185 of 11,245 participating athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to earn one of four seats available on the IOC's Athletes' Commission. (Yonhap)Ryu earned 1,544 votes, while the winner, former German fencer Britta Heidemann, had 1,603 votes. Hungari
Olympic GamesAug. 19, 2016