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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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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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40% of Korea's workers who reported bullying faced retaliation: survey
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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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[Photo News] Olympic marketing
Samba dancers pose in front of Hyundai Department Store’s Sinchon branch in Seoul on Friday as part of the Samba Carnival Parade commemorating the Rio Summer Games. Hyundai Department Store will be showcasing the parade at 14 different branches through Aug. 21. (Yonhap)
IndustryAug. 5, 2016
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[Photo News] Korea building Uzbek airport terminal
Representatives from Incheon International Airport and the Uzbek government meet at the final report for a feasibility study Wednesday at Uzbek Airways. Incheon International Airport Corp. said Thursday it completed a feasibility test for a new passenger terminal in Tashkent International Airport as part of an aid project. The $454 million terminal is expected to open in 2020. Pictured: Kim Dong-chul, director of Incheon International Airport (front row, far left), Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbek
IndustryAug. 5, 2016
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Lotte founder Shin accused of W600b tax evasion
Prosecutors raided additional offices of Lotte Group’s policy headquarters Thursday in order to gain evidence regarding alleged tax evasion by Lotte founder Shin Kyuk-ho, prosecutors said Friday.Shin is now suspected of evading roughly 600 billion won ($540 million) of gift taxes while transferring assets to his common-law wife Seo Mi-kyung and their daughter Shin Yoo-mi. Shin Kyuk-hoProsecutors have collected preliminary evidence from a law firm that counseled Shin during the 2005 transfer, wh
IndustryAug. 5, 2016
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Star designers back Apple in patent dispute
Star designers sided with Apple in a longstanding court battle with Samsung Electronics, according to news reports. More than 100 design experts told the U.S. Supreme Court that Samsung should pay the hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to Apple for infringing the patented designs of iPhone, in a brief filed with the court on Thursday. The big names include Calvin Klein, Paul Smith and Alexander Wang and Lord Norman Foster, who is the designer behind Apple’s Campus 2 project.The Supreme C
TechnologyAug. 5, 2016
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[Weekender] Korean firms use Olympics as sales booster
The Summer Olympic Games that kicked off Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are a bonanza for major Korean businesses that have suffered from sluggish domestic consumption for years. Companies across industries are aggressively rolling out marketing events to appeal to consumers around the world during the 17-day international sports event. Models pose with gold medals to promote a giveaway event dubbed “Lovely Korea Festival” at the Lotte Department Store headquarters in Sogong-dong, central Se
IndustryAug. 5, 2016
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Hallyu-related industries fear fallout from THAAD row
South Korean firms in entertainment, tourism, cosmetics and other sectors that rely on the Korean Wave could suffer from growing anti-Korean sentiment in China over Seoul’s decision to deploy the U.S.-led Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, analysts and insiders here said Friday.The possibility of China imposing trade sanctions against Korean firms officially is quite low, considering the country’s status as the world’s second-largest economy, they said. This Aug. 1 photo shows Chinese
IndustryAug. 5, 2016