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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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Opposition lawmakers' plan to visit China over THAAD stirs up disputes
Disputes escalated further on Sunday as some lawmakers seek to visit China this week in an apparent protest against Seoul’s plan to station a U.S. anti-missile system here.Six first-termers of The Minjoo Party of Korea pledged to push ahead with their plan to meet with Chinese academics and South Korean residents there starting Tuesday. The delegation has been openly displaying resistance to the government‘s decision to install a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense deployment battery in the sout
PoliticsAug. 7, 2016
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Saenuri starts leadership vote amid factional divide
The ruling conservative Saenuri Party on Sunday kicked off its nationwide electorate vote to constitute a new leadership that will replace the current interim system and set the stage for next year’s presidential election.While those close to President Park Geun-hye remain divided, with each of the three candidates vowing to make the bid, the relatively reformist non-Park group merged their candidacies for the sake of in-party restructuring.The electoral vote, involving some 347,000 party member
PoliticsAug. 7, 2016
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Seoul to take legal action against ministry over youth program
Seoul City is to take legal action late this week against the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s decision to ban its program to support unemployed and underemployed young people with monthly cash support, the city government said Sunday.Also, the metropolitan government is set to establish countermeasures, such as nonmonetary support plans, in case the court dismisses the petition.“Seoul City will file for a provisional injunction, asking that the government‘s cancellation (of the program) be susp
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2016
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Concerns rise over possible TB spread
Another health care worker at a pediatric unit at a general hospital has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, just days after the nation’s second case was reported at a different hospital, raising concerns over the current preventive measures against the infectious disease.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 23-year-old nurse was reported to the authorities after she was diagnosed with TB through a regular health examination last month. The health care worker, wh
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2016
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Cosmic Girls’ upcoming music video sparks controversy
Rookie K-pop group Cosmic Girls and its management agency Starship Entertainment are under fire after reports that the group trespassed into a natural monument to film an upcoming music video. Channel A reported on Aug. 6 that an unnamed girl group and its production staff illegally entered the Sinduri Coastal Sand Dune, despite the many warnings from the property manager over a loudspeaker. According to the broadcast report, the group eventually left after police arrived at the scene. It was
PerformanceAug. 7, 2016
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Volkswagen dealers bite the dust amid emission scandal
Inside a sprawling three-story Volkswagen showroom in the affluent Gangnam area of Seoul, just two cars - the CC 2.0 TSI and Touareg - were on display. These are the only two cars that were permitted to be sold here following a government sales ban and decertification move that affected a wide array of Volkswagen cars. Volkswagen showroom in Seoul. (Park Hyun-koo/The Investor)“We hardly have visitors these days,” one salesman at the dealership said, declining to be identified. “For now, these a
MobilityAug. 7, 2016
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Technology, creativity converge in digital art show
Just in time for peak summer heat, a new digital art installation at Lotte World in Songpa-gu, Seoul aims to provide visitors a cooling place of refuge. Co-organized by teamLab and PCA Kids Korea, the exhibition titled “teamLab World: Dance! Art Museum, Learn & Play Future Park” offers interactive activities designed for people of all ages. Set in a spacious 1,700-sqare-meter underground venue, the exhibition is the brainchild of teamLab, a five-year-old Japanese art collective run by graphic
PerformanceAug. 7, 2016
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DSME all out to ease liquidity crunch
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering is going all out to secure cash amid growing concerns over a possible liquidity crisis and a widening probe into accounting fraud. The shipbuilder, currently under a creditor-led corporate rehab, plans to submit later this week a detailed plan to secure funds to its creditors. According to local reports, the plan may include an earlier than scheduled spinoff and initial public offering of its special-purpose ship business. The shipbuilder had initially
IndustryAug. 7, 2016
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Political circles in tug-of-war over tax hikes on rich
South Korea’s political circles are once again engaged in a tug-of-war over the most sensitive issue -- taxes -- with the progressives locking horns with the government and the conservatives over the proposal of tax hikes on the rich and conglomerates ahead of the National Assembly’s regular session next month. With Korea’s tax burden among the lowest in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the progressive Minjoo Party of Korea is making a case with its own set of tax code
Aug. 7, 2016
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Netmarble seeks W2tr stock debut on KOSPI
South Korea’s No. 1 mobile game developer Netmarble Games is seeking to go public on the nation’s benchmark stock exchange KOSPI in the coming months. The company has long gauged its initial public offering in Korea or the U.S. as part of its push for global expansion. A NASDAQ debut could help it elevate its presence in overseas markets but there was risk of being undervalued as compared to KOSPI. Netmarble founder Bang Joon-hyuk (Netmarble)Sources say its recent failed attempt to acquire Playt
TechnologyAug. 7, 2016
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[KOREAN LUXURY] Prouna, creating art for the table
This is the third installment of a series of articles on companies in Korea striving to enter the world’s luxury market. -- Ed.CHEONGJU, North Chungcheong Province -- A middle-aged woman sits in a quiet room, porcelain napkin ring in one hand and a set of tweezers delicately holding a Swarovski crystal in the other. She carefully glues the crystal down, the first of dozens that will decorate the ring.She is one of just eight employees who are trusted to the task of decorating napkin rings, tea s
IndustryAug. 7, 2016
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Kim Kardashian West to BlogHer: I'm not a feminist
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kim Kardashian West is many things. It's just, feminist isn’t one of them. “I don't think that I am,” she said Friday at the BlogHer conference of bloggers. “I don’t like labels. I just think I do what makes me happy and I want women to be confident and I'm so supportive of women.” So, exactly, how would the reality star, queen of social media, Kanye West wife, and mom of two define feminism? “I love to support other women, but I’m not the free-the-nipple type girl. ... Just
TelevisionAug. 7, 2016
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Samsung adds touch of technology to Meatpacking District in New York
NEW YORK -- Sprawling roughly between West 16 Street and Hudson Street in Manhattan, the Meatpacking District was where meat factories were up and running in the early 1900s. The blocks in the area, currently filled with upscale restaurants and bars and fashion boutiques, have since become the gem of New York City, attracting millions of tourists, partygoers and locals every year.Samsung Electronics opened its marketing center, dubbed Samsung 837, in the heart of the district at Washington Stree
TechnologyAug. 7, 2016
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Cast of ‘Infinite Challenge’ addresses member’s departure
After MBC officially announced comedian Jung Hyung-don’s withdrawal from the popular variety show “Infinite Challenge” last month, the remaining cast members formally addressed the matter on the show’s latest episode which aired on Aug. 6. The broadcast network cited “health-related issues” as the reason for Jung’s departure after a 9-month-long hiatus, adding “(Jung) decided that it would be difficult to return as the pressure of coming back to ‘Infinite Challenge’ was unlikely to go away.” Th
TelevisionAug. 7, 2016
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42 hurt when railing collapses at Snoop Dogg concert
CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP) - Upcoming concerts will go on as scheduled at an amphitheater where a railing collapsed during a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert, injuring 42 people, promoters said Saturday.Engineers were trying to figure out what happened at Camden's BB&T Pavilion, an outdoor venue with an indoor seating section and open lawn seating.A partition separating the lawn from a secondary stage set up at the rear of the seating section collapsed around 10:30 p.m. Friday, causing people to
PerformanceAug. 7, 2016
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Samsung hints at streamlining flagship Galaxy S lineup
NEW YORK -- When Samsung Electronics first launched the Galaxy S6 Edge featuring a curved display in 2015, it caught the eyes of many thanks to its stunning, unprecedented design.However, Samsung fell short of gaining traction in sales as it failed to catch up with the demand for the S7 Edge due to glitches in producing the display curved on both sides.Now having achieved a rather satisfactory level of production yields for the Edge display, Samsung said it would put more focus on smartphone mod
TechnologyAug. 7, 2016