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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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Former Navy chief acquitted of corruption allegations
A local court on Thursday acquitted a former Navy chief who was indicted on charges of unlawfully granting favors to a local firm in the process of supplying parts to the country's indigenous salvage ship, citing a lack of evidence. The Seoul Central District Court found the former Navy chief Jung Ok-keun, not guilty of allegations that he pressured his subordinates to forge a document to help the firm win the contract.Jung held the top naval post from 2008 to 2010, The 3,500-ton Tongyeong was f
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2016
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Lotte Cinema runs theater exclusively for Chinese films
Lotte Cinema, one of the biggest multi-screen cinema chains in South Korea, opened a theater on Thursday that exclusively screens old and new Chinese films.The chain will use one of the 12 screens in the World Tower venue in Songpa, southeastern Seoul, to show Chinese flicks for the next year. In June, Lotte Cinema signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea China Culture Center for the project.The Silk Road Theater will mainly show Chinese film classics starting with "King Of The Childr
FilmAug. 18, 2016
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Pharmaceutical firms boosted by brisk overseas sales of botox, fillers
Increasing demand of botox and fillers from overseas markets have contributed to the rapid growth of South Korean pharmaceutical companies, industry sources here said Thursday.Medytox Inc. and Huge Inc. logged record performances in the second quarter on the back of robust overseas sales of botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid fillers used for cosmetic purpose, they said.Botulium toxin, more commonly known as botox, is used to fill wrinkles by temporarily relaxing facial muscles that cause lines,
IndustryAug. 18, 2016
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Korea to decide on Google's request for map data next week
South Korea will decide next week whether to allow Google to export government-supplied map data outside the country, officials said Thursday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which supervises mapping policy, will hold a meeting with officials from foreign, defense and other-related ministries next Wednesday and make a decision after the meeting, according to them.On June 1, Google requested the Korean government to export the map data, and the government must make a decision
TechnologyAug. 18, 2016