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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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Net lending of public sector up 94% in 2015
The net lending of South Korea's public sector jumped 94 percent on-year in 2015, posting a surplus for the second straight year, the country's central bank said Thursday.Net lending -- which refers to total revenue minus total expenditures -- came to 33.8 trillion won ($30 billion) in 2015, compared with 17.4 trillion won from a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the Bank of Korea. The bank said total revenue of the general government sector and public corporations reached a recor
Aug. 4, 2016
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Korea's custom agency uses QR code for exports
The customs agency on Thursday said it has begun to use QR codes for South Korean goods cleared for e-commerce exports in the latest move to enhance the credibility of the goods and prevent the spread of knockoffs.The Korea Customs Service said it began to provide QR codes to logistics companies via their computer network earlier in the day so that logistics companies can print out commercial invoices with QR codes and stick them on packages.Foreign buyers can scan QR codes -- a type of matrix b
IndustryAug. 4, 2016
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Park visits nursing home to promote telemedicine
President Park Geun-hye on Thursday visited a provincial nursing home to promote a pilot telemedicine program designed to offer the elderly and others in hard-to-reach areas easier access to quality medical services, her office Cheong Wa Dae said.Her visit to the nursing home in Seosan, a city 151 kilometers south of Seoul, was the latest in the recent series of on-site tours to promote various government policies and evaluate whether they have been properly implemented.Park met with those who r
TechnologyAug. 4, 2016
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Hyundai Motor chief urges additional efforts to develop overseas markets
The head of South Korea's leading automotive conglomerate Hyundai Motor Group called for stepped up efforts to develop and further explore overseas markets, Thursday, calling it the only viable way to overcome a prolonged slump in the South Korean market."Just as Hyundai and Kia have maintain their growth by exploring overseas markets, we must work to boost overseas sales as a way of overcoming current uncertainties," group chairman Chung Mong-koo was quoted as saying while visiting a production
IndustryAug. 4, 2016
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Gov't bans Seoul city from providing allowances to young jobseekers
South Korea's government on Thursday halted the Seoul city's controversial program of providing cash allowances to thousands of young jobseekers, which kicked off earlier this week.On Wednesday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said it had selected a total of 3,000 applicants and would provide them with 500,000 won ($448) per month, for up to six months, to help them maintain basic living standards, while they try to find work.The Ministry of Health and Welfare, however, prohibited the municipa
Aug. 4, 2016
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Korean-Chinese dayworker found dead in waste crusher
A Korean-Chinese dayworker at an industrial waste disposal house was found dead in a waste crusher Wednesday, the Gyeonggi Ilsan police said.According to the police, the 53-year-old man, surnamed Park, died on the first day of the job at the disposal house in Ilsan, Goyang-si around 5:20 p.m. He was discovered with part of his head caught under the crushing roller. (Yonhap)The witness, who had also instructed Park on how to use the machine, said he was making his way out when he turned around an
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2016
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Sinan gang rapists reenact crime scene
Three men from Sinan County accused of gang raping a school teacher in May, reenacted the day of their crime for a court inspection on Wednesday. The usual media attention was absent from the scene, with Mokpo branch of Gwangju District Court specially restricting media access citing protection of the victim’s privacy and prevention of secondary suffering. The three suspects. (YouTube capture)Two judges and prosecutors were present, along with some 20 police. The village onlookers were asked to
Social AffairsAug. 4, 2016
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K-ITC Born2Global Center and its Members ⑦ KukuDocs
On July 28, the cloud office company KukuDocs (CEO: Lee YuHo) announced that, with the recent elimination of ActiveX programs, demand for a cloud-based HTML5 viewer is increasing rapidly. “Until now, ActiveX had served as an impediment to the introduction of a cloud environment. But now that the government, financial institutions, and corporations are all removing ActiveX, the demand for a cloud-based office system, of which an HTML5 viewer is a major part, has increased significantly,” KukuDocs
TechnologyAug. 4, 2016