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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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Prosecutors clear former Arirang TV CEO of embezzlement allegations
Prosecutors said Thursday that the former chief of South Korea's English-language television channel, Arirang TV, has been cleared of allegations that he embezzled company assets.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it could not find anything suspicious regarding Bang Suk-ho using company assets for his own profit.The 58-year-old was embroiled in a scandal earlier this year as he was suspected of spending some millions of won on business trips and forging documents to use company
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2016
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Samsung Electronics closes at all-time high
Samsung Electronics’ Samsung Electronics shares soared to an all-time high Thursday on expectations of the better performance of the Korean electronics giant for the rest of the year, not only in smartphones, but also in chips and display panels. The shares closed at 1.64 million won ($1,481) apiece on Seoul’s main stock exchange, up 4.73 percent from the previous day. It was the highest closing price for the stock since Jan. 3, 2013 when it recorded 1,576,000 won. The market bellwether opened h
Aug. 18, 2016
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Moon hopes opposition parties join forces to win next year's presidential election
Rep. Moon Jae-in, a former leader of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea and presidential aspirant, voiced hopes on Thursday that opposition parties would join forces to win next year's presidential election.Attending a ceremony to mark the seventh anniversary of the death of former President Kim Dae-jung, Moon said that although the opposition parties competed against each other in the parliamentary elections in April, the presidential race would bring them together so as to prevail over
PoliticsAug. 18, 2016
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Sewol victims’ families go on hunger strike
Family members of the victims of the Sewol ferry sinking started Thursday a hunger strike to last for an indefinite period in protest against the government’s decision to dissolve the Sewol Special Committee tasked with investigating the 2014 maritime disaster. Yoo Kyeong-geun, the father of the deceased student Ye-eun and the spokesperson for the families of Sewol victims, began the strike at 4 p.m. at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, calling for the extension of the Sewol Special Committee
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2016
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President to attend G-20 meeting in China, ASEAN in Laos
President Park Geun-hye will attend the Group of 20 summit in China, followed by forums with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Laos early next month, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.The president’s eight-day trip is to start on Sept. 2 with the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostock, Russia, and a bilateral summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the following day.Park will then fly to Hangzhou on Sept. 4 for the two-day multilateral summit, an event the
PoliticsAug. 18, 2016
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[FEATURE] Seoul struggles to stamp out bad summer smells
This is the first installment of a three-part series on Seoul’s battle against three types of urban pollution: smell, noise and light. --Ed.For Kim Ok-jin, 56, summer is the season of the year when her anxiety peaks, especially when she tries to open her windows. Her main concern is not the scorching weather, but the food smell that wafts over to her house from a “galbi” (Korean barbequed ribs) restaurant across the street.Kim has been living in Seoul’s southeastern town Jamsil in Songpa-gu for
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2016
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Most single Koreans want state support in getting married
Almost 90 percent of single Koreans think the government should provide special policies for those who wish to get married, and the largest proportion of them think the measures should tackle limited job security among young employees, a survey showed Thursday.According to the study by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 86.3 percent of the surveyed single men and 87.7 percent of surveyed single women said there should be government policies so those who would like to get married
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2016
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Heat wave set to end this weekend
South Korea’s abnormal heat wave that has been ongoing since July will come to an end this weekend, the state weather agency said Thursday. The Korea Meteorological Administration said that the heat will subside at the end of the week and the tropical night phenomena will also diminish.The temperatures are expected to cool off as sporadic rain is set to hit central regions such as Gangwon Province, with some parts of the peninsula expected to get as much as 50 millimeters of precipitation over t
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2016