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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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U.S. court rejects Japanese right-wing group's demand for removal of 'comfort women' statue
A U.S. court on Thursday rejected a demand from a right-wing Japanese group that a girl's statue symbolizing victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery be removed from the city of Glendale, a Korean-American activist group said.The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals issued the verdict, upholding a lower-court ruling that also dismissed the demand from the Japanese group Global Alliance for Historical Truth, according to the Korean American Forum of California.Thursday's ruling means that there will be no
InternationalAug. 5, 2016
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U.N. chief has no plan to meet N. Korean officials in Rio
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he hasn't set any plan to meet with North Korean officials during the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.Ban arrived in the Brazilian Olympic host city earlier Thursday to visit the athletes' village and take part in the torch relay.Also on the same day, Choe Ryong-hae, North Korea's No. 2 man, landed in Rio to attend the opening ceremony.Choe's arrival fueled speculation about a possible meeting with South Korean-born Ban. Their trip to Rio comes on
North KoreaAug. 5, 2016
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Rio Olympics all about 'joy' for swimmer Park Tae-hwan
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan would be the first to tell you he shouldn't be the one in the spotlight at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and that suits him just fine.He does bring impressive credentials -- with four Olympic medals and two world championships -- but in his main event, the 400m freestyle, Park is ranked only sixth this year. His time of 3:44.26 is nearly three seconds behind the leader, Mack Horton of Australia."I am only sixth in the world and people aren't probably all that in
Olympic GamesAug. 5, 2016
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Korean ships safe from pirates amid worldwide drop in piracy in H1
No South Korean ships were attacked by pirates in the first six months of the year, while piracy on the whole dropped from a year earlier, the government said Friday."There have been no reports of a pirate attack on a South Korean ship in the first half," said the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.The number of incidents of piracy came to 98 in the January-June period, down 26.9 percent from a year earlier, while that of ships hijacked by pirates more than halved to five from 13 over the cited pe
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2016
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PyeongChang has much to learn about Olympic preparations from Rio: chief organizer
The chief organizer for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games said Thursday the main purpose of his visit to Rio de Janeiro is to learn about Olympic preparations.With Rio hosting South America's first Summer Games, Lee Hee-beom, president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, said he will be picking Rio's collective brain."We still have many things to learn and one of our main purposes to be in Rio is to learn from the experience in the Olympic Ga
Olympic GamesAug. 5, 2016
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Korean, U.S. navies agree to bolster cooperation in anti-submarine warfare
The navies of South Korea and the United States agreed Thursday to bolster cooperation and information sharing, especially in anti-submarine warfare, in order to address threats across the region, the U.S. Navy said Thursday.Adm. Jung Ho-sub, South Korea's chief of naval operations, reached the agreement when he held talks with his U.S. counterpart, Adm. John Richardson, at the Pentagon, the Navy said in a release. "It's extremely important as we work together -- as our two navies work together
DefenseAug. 5, 2016
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Latest U.N. sanctions having little impact on N. Korea yet: U.S. expert
The latest U.N. Security Council sanctions on North Korea are having little impact on the country's economy, a U.S. expert said, citing trade data between the North and its biggest economic partner, China.William Brown, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and non-resident fellow at the Korea Economic Institute in Washington, also said in a recent report that the sanctions do not appear to be affecting the North's domestic economy.The latest sanctions, which were adopted on March 2 in r
North KoreaAug. 5, 2016
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N. Korea’s No. 2 man arrives in Rio for Olympics
North Korea’s No. 2 man arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday to attend the Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Choe Ryong-hae, vice chairman of North Korea‘s State Affairs Commission, landed at Galeao International Airport Thursday morning. He’d flown through China and Cuba and arrived in Sao Paulo before taking a short flight to Rio. (Yonhap) The 31st Summer Games will open Friday. Choe is expected to stay here for about a week. North Korea will be represented by 31 athletes in nine sports in Ri
North KoreaAug. 4, 2016
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JCS chief visits northwest sea border area amid tensions
South Korea‘s top general said Thursday North Korea will face strong retaliation that could severely undermine its regime if it stages another provocation.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Lee Sun-jin made the remarks during his visit to a marine unit and naval patrol boat detachment in Yeonpyeong Island and other front-line islands. The four-star general checked the units' preparedness to counter military provocations along the Northern Limit Line (NLL), an official statem
DefenseAug. 4, 2016
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[Graphic News] Korea’s automobile exports drop in H1
Exports of Korea’s automobiles in the first half of this year dropped 13.5 percent on-year on lower demand in global emerging markets, data showed Thursday.The nation exported 1.33 million cars in the first half of this year, down from 1.54 million units in the same period last year, according to data released by the Korea Automobile Manufacturer’s Association. The value of total exported cars was $19.01 billion, a 14.4 percent fall from last year’s $22.21 billion. “Sluggish economic growth in e
IndustryAug. 4, 2016