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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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600 evacuated as heavy rain floods roads, homes in southern regions
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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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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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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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Jeju's solo traveler-friendly spots offer solitude as well as camaraderie
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Doctors defend colleague accused of blacklisting non-strikers
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After silver in Rio, young judoka turns eye to Tokyo in 2020
Having bagged his first Olympic silver medal in Rio de Janeiro, South Korean judoka An Ba-ul said Monday he'll try to do one better at the next Olympics in Tokyo."My lifelong goal has been to win back-to-back gold medals in Rio and Tokyo," An said at a press conference at the Korea House for South Korean journalists. "I'll try to win gold in Tokyo four years later."Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldAn lost in the final of the men's 66kg event Sunday, with Fabio Basile of Italy upsetting the world No
Olympic GamesAug. 9, 2016
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Nuclear 'no-first use' policy 'deeply destabilizing': expert
U.S. renunciation of the preemptive nuclear strike option would be "deeply destabilizing" at a time when Russia is flexing its military muscles, China is building up its nuclear forces and North Korea is bent on developing nuclear missiles, a top security expert said Monday.Andrew Shearer, senior Asia Pacific security adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, raised the concern as the administration of President Barack Obama is reportedly considering adopting a nuclear "no f
InternationalAug. 9, 2016
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Defending Olympic fencing champ upset in 3rd round
Defending Olympic fencing champion Kim Ji-yeon suffered a shocking third-round loss at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Monday.Kim, the women's individual sabre gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics, lost to Loreta Gulotta of Italy 15-13 in the round of 16 at Carioca Arena 3.Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldKim went down 2-0 early in the bout before going ahead 9-5.Gulotta, though, ate into the deficit and made it an 11-11 tie.Then Gulotta scored three unanswered points to take a 14-11 lead. With
Olympic GamesAug. 9, 2016
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Top-ranked archer suffers stunning defeat in individual event
Kim Woo-jin, the No. 1-ranked male archer from South Korea, was upset in the second round of the individual event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics Monday.Kim fell to Riau Ega Agatha of Indonesia by the set score of 6-2 (27-29, 28-27, 27-24, 28-27). In the set system, each set consists of three arrows. A set win is worth two points and a draw is worth one point. The first archer to reach six points wins the match.Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldKim helped South Korea win the men's team gold medal in
Olympic GamesAug. 9, 2016
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Two South Korean judokas knocked out early
Two South Korean judokas in action on Monday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics suffered early elimination.An Chang-rim, the world No. 1 in the men's 73kg, lost in the round of 16 to Dirk van Tichelt of Belgium by waza-ari (half a point).Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldAn, regarded as a gold medal favorite here, had been 2-0 against the 18th-ranked van Tichelt before Monday's loss.The Belgian picked up his half point 2:47 into the taut contest, and held his ground for the narrow victory.In the women's
Olympic GamesAug. 9, 2016
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In tough, windy conditions, South Korean talent rises to top in archery
In benign conditions with little breeze, archers good enough to qualify for the Olympics will more often than not hit high scores.It's when the going gets tough, with wind blowing in from every which way, that true talent rises to the top.Park Hae-mook/The Korea HeraldSuch has been the case in the two days of the archery competition so far at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. South Korea won both the men's and women's team gold medals over the weekend, as their archers stayed on the mark desp
Olympic GamesAug. 9, 2016
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North Korean defector couple holds second wedding in South Korea
Walking down the aisle in a white wedding dress on Saturday evening, Lee Jin-young (alias) seemed like any other South Korean bride on her very special day in life.Except this was the second wedding ceremony for her with her husband; the first was in North Korea more than a decade ago."At that time, my family could not afford a formal ceremony, so we just had an informal one," she told Yonhap News Agency. "Since I arrived here, I have always dreamed of wearing a white wedding gown."Before fleein
North KoreaAug. 9, 2016
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Comfort women foundation chief calls for Abe to meet victims
Japan's prime minister should meet South Korean women who were sexually enslaved during the colonial rule period, which will help cap the long-festering wound that has weighed down bilateral relations for the past seven decades, the head of a local foundation tasked with helping victims said."The establishment of the foundation can lay to rest the 'sexual slavery' issue, but it is not the end of the agenda," Kim Tae-hyun, the first board director of the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation, sai
Foreign AffairsAug. 9, 2016
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Ticket Monster sells Jaguars on online mall
Ticket Monster, South Korea's major e-commerce site, said Monday it started sales of British luxury car brand Jaguar, marking the first time for new cars to be sold on a local online shopping mall. Ticket Monster put on sales of 20 Jaguar XE Portfolios and R-Sports on Monday morning, marking them down 7 million won ($6,317) from the regular retail prices to 48.1 million won and 46 million won, respectively. The two models were sold out in three hours, the company said. Ticket Monster said it cou
MobilityAug. 9, 2016
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North Korean soldiers given 70 grams of food per meal: report
An increasing number of ordinary North Korean soldiers are being rationed a mere 70 grams of food for each meal, which is 30 percent of what is officially recommended by the country, a Seoul-based news media outlet said Monday, citing an inside source.According to the Daily NK, the North Korean military is providing soldiers with far less food than its regulation 250 grams per meal, although the amount of rations varies depending on the unit."Some units provide upwards of 150 grams, others 100 g
North KoreaAug. 9, 2016
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North Korea orders diplomatic missions to use THAAD to drive wedge between South Korea and China
North Korea has ordered the country's diplomatic missions to capitalize on a regional row over South Korea's deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in order to drive a wedge between Beijing and Seoul, a source said Monday.The source well informed of North Korea's internal affairs said the regime issued the guidelines recently, telling its overseas diplomatic missions to maximize the China-South Korea and China-U.S. conflicts over the deployment so North Korean can benefit from the
North KoreaAug. 9, 2016
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Korea, Japan to discuss follow-up measures to comfort women foundation this week
South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting this week to discuss follow-up measures related to a foundation launched to help Korean women sexually abused by Japan during its colonial rule of the peninsula decades ago, the foreign ministry said Monday.The meeting will be held in Seoul on Tuesday between Chung Byung-won, director-general of the South Korean foreign ministry's Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau, and his Japanese counterpart, Kenji Kanasugi, according to the ministry. The meeting will mar
Foreign AffairsAug. 9, 2016