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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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[Gareth Evans] Australia’s puerile politics on the global stage
For students of incomprehensible behavior by otherwise apparently intelligent leaders, Australian politics is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest example is the decision by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government, just re-elected by a razor-thin margin, to deny former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd the formal nomination he needed to join the race to be the next U.N. secretary-general.The decision defies not only the merits of the case and well-established precedent, bu
ViewpointsAug. 5, 2016
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[Martin Schram] How a new leader’s dream became a Grand Old Party’s ‘scary’ reality
Back in 2014, Christmas came a bit early for the McConnells of Louisville, Ky. In November, America’s voters gave Republicans control of the U.S. Senate, which meant Mitch McConnell would be getting the one gift he had always wanted: the title of Senate Majority Leader. After a few days of jubilation, in which the perpetually turtlesque McConnell was actually documented smiling, the Senate’s soon-to-be leader had a very Washingtonian power epiphany. “I don’t want the American people to think tha
ViewpointsAug. 5, 2016
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N.K. bans popular unification anthem: report
A decades-old popular Korean song about wishing reunification of the Koreas has been banned in North Korea, Radio Free Asia reported Friday, citing sources from the reclusive country.According to the sources, the song “Our wish,” known in the North as “Our Wish is Unification” has been banned under orders from its leader Kim Jong-un.Kim’s orders reportedly described the reason behind the ban as “Our (country’s) wish is no longer unification, but to become a military power.” (Yonhap)“Kim regime h
North KoreaAug. 5, 2016
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Seoul denies reports of China’s ‘retaliatory actions’
The South Korean government Friday vowed to work towards improving relations with China in light of escalating concerns of fraying relations on political, economic and cultural fronts due to an advanced missile defense system deployment here. They also denied news reports that China was possibly taking “retaliatory actions.”“The government is keeping a keen eye on the Chinese media’s reaction and various measures carried out (by the Chinese government). We (the government) will work toward resol
Foreign AffairsAug. 5, 2016
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[EYE] Korean cyber peace movement spreads to China
South Korea is one of the most wired countries in the world, with the world’s fastest average Internet connection speed. About 47 million people, or 92 percent of the population, are Internet users, indicating the nation’s inseparable relationship with their digital space.In an ever so connected society, words spread faster than ever before. So do the malicious comments.In an effort to fight online negativity, professor Min Byoung-chul has been pioneering a campaign for peace on the Internet, fi
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2016
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Sweltering heat influenced by hot air from China
Sweltering heat continues to grip the nation while the state weather agency said the record-breaking hot summer weather had been influenced by weather systems in northern China.The Korea Meteorological Agency said Thursday that heated air that was created in northern China had risen to a high altitude and moved across southern Russia and the Korean Peninsula, before descending on South Korea. The migration happened at the same time as a high pressure system formed over South Korea, preventing th
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2016
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Cheong Wa Dea tries to contain fallout from shift on THAAD
South Korea’s presidential office Friday reiterated that the U.S. advanced missile system would be deployed by the end of next year as backlash continued after President Park Geun-hye suggested the day before that she was open to considering changing the deployment location. Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Jeong Yeon-guk told reporters the president’s remarks were intended “to respond to the request for a review” from the protesting residents. He added that the government would “look into other are
PoliticsAug. 5, 2016