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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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Kakao to launch selfie app this month
Kakao, the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messaging app KakaoTalk, on Thursday said it will launch a new mobile selfie application called KakaoTalk Cheez this month. The app will allow users to take photos and videos, and decorate them with various moving stickers, filters as well as Kakao’s flagship Kakao Friends characters. (Kakao)Some standout features will include a function which digitally decorates a user’s face to resemble a Kakao Friends character and an option through which a use
TechnologyAug. 4, 2016
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Weak economic outlook calls for another rate cut: analysts
Exports, South Korea’s main growth driver, dropped more than 10 percent in July, with imports decreasing faster than outbound shipments by 14 percent.Low inflation below the 1.1 percent target on falling oil prices and slow industrial production driven by decreasing global demand continue to drag Asia’s fourth-largest economy.With key statistical data pointing south, socioeconomic outlooks showing negative signs and doubts over the impact of the government’s stimulus proposal, market analysts ar
Aug. 4, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Tesla may have limited effect on Korean market
Despite anticipation that Tesla Motors might make inroads in South Korea this year, the American electric vehicle maker might fail to capture significant market share due to its high prices, industry watchers said Thursday. Tesla will reportedly open flagship stores in Korea, with one in shopping mall Starfield in Hanam, a southeastern satellite city of Seoul, and the other possibly in Gangnam, southern Seoul. “Tesla’s presence in Starfield Hanam is confirmed. It may open the store at the end of
MobilityAug. 4, 2016
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HMM set for new management
Korea’s second-largest shipper Hyundai Merchant Marine will be off to a fresh start as a subsidiary of the Korea Development Bank, ending the 40-year-long ties with conglomerate Hyundai Group after struggling the restructuring plan. Having the largest shareholder change from Hyundai Group to the state-run policy bank, the shipper will list the new stocks on Friday, after wrapping up the months-long restructuring plans. Last month, Hyundai Group lost control over the shipper as the shareholders a
IndustryAug. 4, 2016
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POSCO Daewoo to supply $150m in materials to Indonesian dockyard
POSCO Daewoo, a subsidiary of steelmaker POSCO, will supply materials and equipment worth $150 million to a state-run Indonesian dockyard to build large vessels, the company said Thursday. POSCO Daewoo and Indonesia’s largest state-run shipyard PT Penataran Angkatan Laut inked a memorandum of understanding Wednesday over providing equipment needed for building 10 patrol ships and one logistics support ship. The 11 ships will be taken over by the Indonesian government once they are built. Since 2
IndustryAug. 4, 2016