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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Oh My Girl concert tickets sell out within minutes
Tickets to eight-member K-pop girl group Oh My Girl’s first solo concert sold out within three minutes on Friday evening, the group’s management agency WM Entertainment said Saturday. Having debuted in April 2015 with the lead track “Cupid,” Oh My Girl now holds the record for the fastest sold-out concert for a rookie group, WM claimed. “We are very thankful for the fans’ support for the band’s first concert,” said WM Entertainment in a press release. “This will be an opportunity for Oh My Girl
PerformanceJuly 24, 2016
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U.S. to return Mayan artifacts to Guatemala
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Seven priceless Mayan artifacts looted decades ago from Guatemala are returning to the land of their creation after a representative for an antiquities collector grew suspicious of their origin and contacted the FBI. Experts called in by the agency quickly determined the limestone pieces, all more than a thousand years old, were removed illegally from two specific regions of Guatemala and sold to a California collector in the 1970s. “Four larger limestone pieces date to 400 t
CultureJuly 24, 2016
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Heat wave forecast to continue through August
The scorching heat gripping the Korean Peninsula is forecast to continue through early August, with the temperature hovering above 33 C in many regions, South Korea's weather agency said Sunday.The Korea Meteorological Administration said the heat wave sweeping the country is likely to continue for some time and reach its peak in early August.In June, temperatures in South Korea averaged 22.3 C, the third highest since 1973, while three heat wave warnings have been issued in Seoul so far this ye
Social AffairsJuly 24, 2016
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Hanwha soars on Fortune list on M&A deals
South Korea's Hanwha Group on Sunday said its ranking on the list of the top 500 companies compiled by the U.S. business magazine Fortune shot up in 2016 from a year earlier, apparently helped by its merger and acquisition deals.The defense and chemical conglomerate was placed in the 277th spot, up 52 notches from a year earlier, Hanwha said.Industry watchers said the growth followed the improved performance of four Samsung units acquired by Hanwha. In 2014, South Korea top conglomerate Samsung
IndustryJuly 24, 2016
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Mobile devices take up 30% of main bourse transactions
The portion of stocks traded on the main bourse through mobile devices has hovered above 30 percent this year, data showed Sunday, with the figure anticipated to continue to grow sharply down the road.According to the data compiled by the Korea Exchange, the main bourse operator, the amount of daily transactions made through mobile trading systems came to 124 million shares this year through Thursday, taking up 30.9 percent of the combined volume.The latest figure on the main bourse marks a shar
July 24, 2016
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Korea to give extra subsidies to children of defectors
South Korea's government on Sunday said it will give additional resettlement aid to North Korean defectors to support their children who were born in a third country.The Ministry of Unification said it has made a pre-announcement about the revision to the Act on the Protection and Settlement Support of Residents Escaping from North Korea for those children who are often marginalized and don't receive support. The ministry and other government bodies, including the finance ministry, are discussin
July 24, 2016
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Rising sales at department stores suggest recovery of retail sector
South Korea's major department store chains saw their sales move up 2.4 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, government data showed Sunday, indicating a recovery may be under way in the retail sector.According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, South Korea's top three department store brands -- Lotte, Hyundai and Shinsegae -- saw their sales improve in the January-March period from a year earlier, recovering from the 1.2 percent on-year drop posted f
IndustryJuly 24, 2016
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Korean stock markets' trading hours to be extended
The South Korean stock markets will be open for 30 more minutes starting in August, the bourse operator said Sunday, in a bid to add more vitality to the securities industry.Starting Aug. 1, the markets for stocks and gold will close at 3:30 p.m., 30 minutes later than the current 3:00 p.m., the Korea Exchange said. The derivatives market will close at 3:45 p.m., instead of the current 3:15 p.m. The opening time of 9:00 a.m. will remain the same.It marks the first time in 16 years for the KRX to
July 24, 2016
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Korea to hold bilateral talks with Japan, U.S. at ASEAN gathering
South Korea will hold bilateral talks with Japan and the United States on the sidelines of an annual ASEAN event to discuss North Korea's nuclear ambitions and other issues of mutual concern, informed sources said Sunday.Top diplomats from regional powers and Asia-Pacific countries kicked off their three-day gathering in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, where they will hold a series of meetings led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se plans
Foreign AffairsJuly 24, 2016
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Gov’t says no change in site for U.S. anti-missile system
The Defense Ministry on Saturday ruled out any change in the site for deploying an advanced U.S. anti-missile system amid no signs of progress in ending the standoff with angry residents near the site.Residents in the country’s southeastern county of Seongju began protesting after South Korea and U.S. military officials selected an anti-aircraft missile base in the rural area for the site for the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.Still, the government has no plans to consider other
DefenseJuly 24, 2016
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Korea calls for quick negotiations between EU and Britain
South Korea's finance minister on Saturday called for quick negotiations between the European Union and Great Britain over the British exit from the world's biggest economic bloc, South Korean officials said.Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho made the case for quick negotiations to reduce uncertainties stemming from a Brexit and minimize the negative effects on other countries.He made the comments during talks with EU commissioner for economic affairs Pierre Moscovici on the sidelines of the Group of 20
Foreign AffairsJuly 24, 2016
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Korea's FM Yun to highlight Pyongyang's nuke threat at ASEAN meetings
South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Saturday that he will drive home the fact that North Korea's nuclear and missile threats stretch beyond the neighboring regions and affect the entire international community as he joins a series of meetings led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.He made the remarks in a brief meeting with reporters at Incheon International Airport before leaving for the Laotian capital of Vientiane where he will hold talks with his ASEAN counterparts in
Foreign AffairsJuly 24, 2016
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Large balloon for flying leaflets crashes into southern waters
A large balloon presumed to have been sent by a conservative South Korean civic group to fly anti-North Korea leaflets crashed into the southern waters off Busan on Saturday.Attached at the bottom was a timer designed to cause the balloon to explode after a certain amount of time elapsed, but there were no leaflets inside the balloon. Immediately after retrieving the balloon, police, the military and the National Intelligence Service, the state intelligence agency, launched a joint probe to know
Social AffairsJuly 23, 2016
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[Photo News] After Sokcho, Pokemon Go now operational in Ulsan
CATCHING POKEMON IN ULSAN — Citizens play Nintendo’s augmented-reality mobile game “Pokemon Go” in Ganjeolgot, a coastal park in the southeastern city of Ulsan in South Korea on Friday. "Pokemon Go" became partially operational in the area from Friday, as the game officially began service in nearby Japan the same day. The game has yet to officially launch in Korea, though it works in certain cities such as Sokcho and Ulsan as the game’s GPS signal is active there. (Yonhap)CATCHING POKEMON IN UL
TechnologyJuly 23, 2016
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Police give all-clear in Munich shooting, say suspect dead
MUNICH (AP) -- An 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald’s Friday night, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, the chief of police in the Bavarian capital said Saturday. Police gave a ”cautious all clear” early Saturday morning, more than seven hours after the attack began and brought much of the city to a standstill as all public transit systems were shut down amid a massive manhunt. They said a body foun
World NewsJuly 23, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Hillary Clinton chooses Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as running mate
TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- Hillary Clinton named Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate Friday, adding a centrist former governor of a crucial battleground state to the Democratic ticket.In a text message to supporters, the presumptive Democratic nominee said, ``I‘m thrilled to tell you this first: I’ve chosen Sen. Tim Kaine as my running mate.‘’ On Twitter a few seconds later, Clinton described Kaine as ``a man who‘s devoted his life to fighting for others.’‘ In this July
World NewsJuly 23, 2016
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Vice defense minister to hold talks with Seongju residents to resolve THAAD standoff
South Korea‘s vice defense minister is planning to hold talks with the residents of Seongju who are opposed to the deployment of an advanced U.S. anti-ballistic missile system in their county, official sources said Friday. The move comes as Seoul is making an effort to allay health concerns related to the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system’s powerful radar and listen to the grievances of locals. “Vice Minister Hwang In-moo went to the rural county in the North Gyeongsang Province
DefenseJuly 23, 2016
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Donuts in flight in first U.S.-approved drone delivery
WASHINGTON (AFP) - With a chicken sandwich, hot coffee and donuts, aviation history was made Friday. These were among the items in the first drone delivery on U.S. soil approved by aviation officials, made by convenience retailer 7-Eleven and the drone startup Flirtey. The delivery took place in Reno, Nevada, with the items loaded into a special box for hot and cold food and flown to a local family. “We‘re absolutely thrilled to have 7-Eleven, the largest convenience chain in the world, embracin
World BusinessJuly 23, 2016