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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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[Editorial] Time for restructuring
The Korean business community is abuzz with talk of corporate restructuring, as a special law took effect last week to help companies suffering from an oversupply in their industrial sectors reorganize their businesses.The Special Act on Corporate Revitalization, commonly called the “one-shot act,” is designed to encourage companies to make voluntary and pre-emptive restructuring efforts before their businesses go from bad to worse.It provides a wide range of benefits to companies whose restruct
EditorialAug. 18, 2016
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[Editorial] Unstable regime
North Korea’s deputy ambassador in London has defected to South Korea with his family, suggesting the growing instability of the North’s regime under a ruthless and reckless young leader.The Unification Ministry on Wednesday confirmed domestic and British media reports that Thae Yong-ho, a minister at the North’s embassy in London, has defected. The ministry said Thae and his family arrived in Seoul, denying media reports that they were seeking asylum in a third country. Thae is one of the highe
EditorialAug. 18, 2016
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NK diplomat’s defection blow to Kim regime
A high-ranking North Korean diplomat’s recent defection to the South is expected to have a substantial impact on the Kim Jong-un leadership, but local experts said it may be a stretch to see it as an omen of Pyongyang’s downfall.Seoul’s Unification Ministry on Wednesday announced Thae Yong-ho, a minister based in London, has come to South Korea with his family and is under protection. Thae’s defection is the latest in the recent string of defections by the North’s elite group. The North Korean E
North KoreaAug. 18, 2016
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Marine found shot to death on island bordering N. Korea
A non-commissioned officer was found dead on Thursday with an apparently self-inflicted bullet wound in his head at a Marine Corps unit on a western border island near North Korea, military investigators said.The body of the 23-year-old staff sergeant, whose name was withheld, was discovered about 5:43 a.m. near the unit's gym by his comrade, who left the barracks to patrol the coast of Yeonpyeong Island.When the comrade found the soldier dead, the staff sergeant had a K-1 rifle in his left hand
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2016
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Korea confirms 35 additional victims of toxic humidifier sterilizers
South Korea's government said Thursday it has confirmed 35 additional victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants, including 17 deaths, as a series of trials is under way against the manufacturers of the product and company executives.Following the Ministry of Environment's announcement, the total number of victims confirmed by the government rose to 256.The ministry has been reviewing the cases after receiving 752 applications last year. It was the third time for the ministry to go through the vi
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2016
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Numbers overrated in Thai politics
Playing with numbers will never end the Thai crisis. While most critics of the draft charter, which sailed through the referendum on Aug. 7, are accepting the outcome gracefully, a few have zeroed in on the relatively low voter turnout. Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan suggested that heads must roll among election commissioners because the turnout of just over 50 percent was a far cry from the pre-referendum “boasting” that targeted 80 percent.The undertone of the criticism from the never-say-d
ViewpointsAug. 18, 2016
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President must punish people behind fires
The devastating impact of forest and peatland fires on humans last year went beyond our tolerance. Dozens were killed, more than 500,000 others suffered from respiratory infections and 43 million people across Indonesia and neighboring states had to brave smog, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).With the fires recurring in Riau and Aceh, two of the regular hotspots in the country, last week, it is very much understandable that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo immediately c
ViewpointsAug. 18, 2016
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[Ravi Velloor] ASEAN should not drop the ball on integration
This is the seventh article in a series of columns on global affairs written by top editors from members of the Asia News Network and published in newspapers across the region. A few days ago, I sat down with Mr. Dwight Hutchins, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore, to discuss the chamber’s 2017 ASEAN Business Outlook Survey.Published in collaboration with the US Chamber of Commerce and conducted on behalf of companies from a nation that is the largest investor in
ViewpointsAug. 18, 2016
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[David Ignatius] How to deter Russia and China
The fight against the Islamic State group may get the headlines. But it is the military threats from Russia and China that most worry top Pentagon officials -- and are driving a new arms race to deter these great-power rivals. This question of how to deal with Russian and Chinese military advances has gotten almost no attention in the 2016 presidential campaign. But it deserves a careful look. The programs that begun in the waning days of the Obama administration could potentially change the fac
ViewpointsAug. 18, 2016
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[Noah Feldman] Go ahead and lie, Donald. You’re protected.
If only those First Amendment people could do something about Donald Trump. His latest attack on their sacred cow is the assertion that “It is not ‘freedom of the press’ when newspapers and others are allowed to say and write whatever they want even if it is completely false!”That’s wrong as a matter of constitutional law. But it’s not crazy. In fact, the US Supreme Court has recently accorded a high degree of protection to falsehoods. And the kinds of justices that the Republican presidential n
ViewpointsAug. 18, 2016
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Seoul stocks hit this year's new high on foreign buying
South Korean shares ended higher on Thursday helped by increased buying by foreigners and pension funds. The local currency climbed against the US dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 11.72 points, or 0.57 percent, to 2,055.47.The rise followed overnight gains on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.12 percent, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index climbing 0.03 percent."Robust earnings of Samsung Electronics Co. also helped the main index, and eas
Aug. 18, 2016
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FIAP’s congress to gather world’s leading photographers
The biennial congress of the International Federation of Photographic Art will be held in Korea from Aug. 22-28. The UNESCO-registered body of professional photographers, known as FIAP, an acronym of its French name, will bring together some 400 photographers from 87 member countries to network and showcase major photographs selected from each member country. “The 33th FIAP Congress unites photographers around the world to one place to celebrate photography. I hope the event highlights the impor
PerformanceAug. 18, 2016
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Moynat comes to Korea
French bag and travel trunk brand Moynat, owned by the Louis Vuitton Moet-Hennessy group, is launching its first store in Korea on Aug. 26, according to the brand Thursday.The store will be on the first floor of the Shilla Hotel in Seoul. Moynat Gallery Shilla (Moynat Korea)This will be the brand’s fourth boutique in Asia, following stores in Beijing, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The Moynat Gallery Shilla boutique will feature men’s and women’s lines as well as exclusive designs created for the Seoul br
IndustryAug. 18, 2016
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Samsung shed 5,700 employees in H1
More than 5,700 employees left Samsung Group in the first half after its five affiliates -- Samsung SDI, Samsung Electro-mechanics, Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T Corporation -- launched voluntary retirement schemes. According to their semi-annual reports released on Thursday, the number of total employees of the five firms has reduced around 10 percent from 54,988 in December to 49,259 in June, this year. By affiliate, Samsung SDI, which has recently separated its
IndustryAug. 18, 2016