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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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[팟캐스트](156) 포켓몬고 열풍 외 1건
진행자: 이현정, Julie Jackson 1. 포켓몬고 열풍 기사요약: 닌텐도 자회사 ‘포켓몬컴퍼니’와 미국 증강현실 소프트웨어 개발사 ‘나이어닉’이 공동 제작한 증강현실 모바일 게임 포켓몬고의 열풍이 뜨겁다. 게임이 이미 출시된 미국, 호주, 뉴질랜드 등에서는 포켓몬고 사용자들의 안전 사고까지 발생하면서 규제가 만들어지고 있는 상황이다. 우리나라의 경우, 구글지도에 대한 데이터 반출이 허용되지 않아, 게임이 출시되더라도 실질적으로 게임을 즐기기 어렵다. 정부가 곧 반출 여부를 결정할 것으로 알려진 가운데 조만간 포켓몬 캐릭터들을 길거리에서 만날 수 있을 지 대중의 관심이 모아지고 있다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Will ‘Pokemon Go’ launch in
PodcastAug. 4, 2016
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Concerns rise over ‘lenient’ driving tests
An accident caused by a driver with a neurological disorder killed four and injured a dozen pedestrians in Busan on Sunday, raising concerns over whether the process of getting a driver’s license is too easy.Police said Monday that the 53-year-old driver had renewed his driver’s license in July, without notifying authorities that he was suffering from epilepsy. Authorities said there were no legal methods to discover the driver’s condition in advance.There has been constant debate over oversimpl
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2016
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Slow digitization of birth records hinders adoptees’ searches
The number of Korean adoptees who requested to see their birth records increased dramatically from 2012-15, since the revision of the adoption law here, but a lack of digitization is slowing access to the information.Only 35 percent of the some 230,000 relevant documents have been digitized and archived by the government.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of adoptees who asked to see their birth records increased from 258 in 2012 to 1,324 last year. In total, 4,790 adopt
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2016
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New law to boost public diplomacy
Korea’s first-ever public diplomacy act took effect Thursday, laying the legal and institutional groundwork for activities aimed to raise awareness among foreign citizens of its policies and interests.The legislation and its enforcement decree, respectively enacted last February and May, are designed to facilitate the central government’s coordination with municipalities, private entities and other stakeholders, streamlining the planning process and minimizing overlaps.The landmark law comes as
Foreign AffairsAug. 4, 2016
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Defense Ministry to review other sites for THAAD
The South Korean Defense Ministry said Thursday that it may revise its plan to deploy the advanced U.S. missile defense system in Seongsan-ri, Seongju-gun, North Gyeongsang Province.The ministry’s statement followed President Park Geun-hye’s remarks earlier in the day that she will consider stationing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in other places in Seongju.“If the local government requests so, the ministry will review other places within the Seongju area for THAAD deployment, b
DefenseAug. 4, 2016
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THAAD friction derails U.N. reaction to N.K. missiles
Signs of discord have emerged in international collaboration on North Korea’s nuclear and missile provocations in the face of China’s opposition to installing a U.S.’ antimissile system in South Korea. The allies faced Beijing’s resistance as they pushed to issue a condemnation by the U.N. Security Council over Pyongyang’s latest firing of two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, one of which fell into the Japanese waters for the first time. The 15-member council met behind closed doors for an emer
North KoreaAug. 4, 2016