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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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[Weekender] Young Koreans more open to Japanese cultural products
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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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More passengers complaining about budget carriers
Complaints filed against low-cost carriers greatly outnumbered those against full-service carriers, data showed Wednesday.According to data submitted by the Korea Consumer Agency to a lawmaker Wednesday, the agency took corrective measures for a total of 337 complaints filed against airlines last year, with just 136 of them related to full-service carriers Asiana Airlines and Korean Air.Between October 2015 and March 2016, 60.3 percent of the 446 complaints filed in relation to airline services
IndustryAug. 3, 2016
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Samsung SDS steps up mobile security business in Europe
Samsung SDS, the IT solutions affiliate of Samsung Group, is expanding its mobile security solution business into the European market, company officials said on Wednesday. The tech firm recently partnered with the U.K. banking and financial services company Barclays to back the development of digital banking services together with Samsung Electronics. Under the partnership, Samsung Electronics is set to provide its mobile security platform KNOX while Samsung SDS plans to offer its mobile authent
TechnologyAug. 3, 2016
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[Photo News] LG promotes Korea in Time Square
LG Electronics started this week to run promotion videos of Korean cultural heritage in Times Square, New York. The company said the 60 second video ad that portrays 11 cultural heritages and Bulguksa Temple will be displayed throughout August. Cultural Heritage Administration.
TechnologyAug. 3, 2016
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Samsung expands biosimilars business with new affiliate
South Korean tech giant Samsung Group is working to expand its biosimilars business beyond Samsung Bioepis, the group’s drug developing unit specializing in making biosimilar drugs, according to industry sources on Wednesday. Archigen Biotech Ltd., a joint venture between Samsung BioLogics and U.K.-based AstraZeneca, on June 20 applied for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval to initiate phase 3 clinical trials for SAIT101, a biosimilar drug referencing Biogen’s Rituxan (rituximab).
TechnologyAug. 3, 2016
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Korea selects 5 consortiums for VR projects
South Korea's science ministry on Wednesday said it has selected five consortiums, including the one led by the country's largest fixed-line and broadband operator KT Corp., to carry out various virtual reality projects.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said it will invest 3.78 billion won ($3.39 million) in the projects and another 4 billion won will be funded by the private firms.The government earlier announced a package of measures to foster the VR industry, saying that the se
TechnologyAug. 3, 2016
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Banks to introduce iris recognition system for mobile banking
Two of South Korea's major banks on Wednesday said they will use iris recognition as a biometric identification system for those who use mobile banking in the latest move to strengthen security.KEB Hana Bank and Woori Bank said they plan to introduce the system later this month in time with the launch of the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung's latest phablet that has an iris scanner.The two banks said the biometric identification system will be available only for those who will use the Galaxy Note 7.Samsun
Aug. 3, 2016
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Gov't to spend 168 bln won for science research institutes
South Korea's science ministry said Wednesday that it will spend over 160 billion won ($144 million) on developing government-funded research institutes in the field of science and technology.Under the plan, the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning will allocate the budget next year to assist the research institutions.The ministry said it will first select some 170 research institutions out of more than 4,800 across the country that have the most growth potential.The selected institutes
TechnologyAug. 3, 2016
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N.K. missile provocation bolsters case for THAAD deployment: foreign minister
North Korea's latest missile provocation will bolster the case for South Korea and the United States to place an advanced missile defense system on the peninsula as it demonstrates the threats from Pyongyang's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, Seoul's top diplomat said Wednesday.Earlier in the day, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the North test-fired a mid-range Rodong missile from the western area of the country into waters off its east coast. The U.S. later said that the No
DefenseAug. 3, 2016
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Opposition parties agree to set up panels over THAAD controversy, prosecution reform
The three opposition parties on Wednesday agreed to set up two special parliamentary panels to address an ongoing controversy over the deployment of an advanced U.S. antimissile system and reform the prosecution.The agreement was reached after the floor leaders of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea and two minor parties -- the People's Party and Justice Party -- held talks over an array of pending issues, including the planned deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery.Th
DefenseAug. 3, 2016