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- S. Korea reduces coal pollution by half compared to previous year
- The amount of fine particle pollution emitted from coal-fired power plants is down by roughly half from 2018 levels amid coal reduction measures implemented this December to cut...
- Dec.12,2019 17:12 KST
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- Drug Ministry finds harmful substances in e-cigarette products
- Amid strong recommendations by the South Korean government to cease use of liquid-based e-cigarettes, the substance vitamin E acetate, which has been implicated in severe lung a...
- Dec.12,2019 17:00 KST
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- S. Korean government to give SMEs grace periods for enforcing 52-hour workweek
- With roughly three weeks left before the implementation of a maximum 52-hour workweek for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs, businesses with 50-299 full-time workers), th...
- Dec.12,2019 16:53 KST
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- [Photo] Nakdong River ecosystem repairs itself after opening Changnyeong-Haman weir’s sluice gates
- Just 30 days after opening the sluice gates of the Changnyeong-Haman weir, water levels of the Nakdong River has dropped by around 2.6m. The change has inspired a resurgence of ...
- Dec.12,2019 16:47 KST
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- [Photo] Contaminated waste spilled out of containment during Typhoon Hagibis, Japanese paper says
- On Dec. 11, the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun reported that rice straw and other waste contaminated by nuclear radiation spilled over into residential areas and nearby fores...
- Dec.12,2019 16:46 KST
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- [Photo] Korean Air introduces voluntary retirement program amid financial deficit
- Struggling with a growing deficit, the South Korean airline Korean Air announced a voluntary retirement program on Dec. 11. Employees aged 50 and up who have worked for Korean A...
- Dec.12,2019 16:44 KST
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- [Editorial] S. Korea’s conglomerates can learn from Kim Woo-choong’s adventurousness
- Kim Woo-choong, a pioneer of “global management” and former chairman of the now-defunct Daewoo Group, passed away on Dec. 9, at the age of 83. Few Korean businessmen have lived ...
- Dec.11,2019 17:38 KST
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- Japanese historian criticizes Tokyo’s rejection of S. Korea’s Supreme Court ruling on forced labor
- “It’s wrong for the Japanese government to denounce the South Korean Supreme Court ruling ordering compensation for forced labor mobilization as a ‘violation of international la...
- Dec.11,2019 17:34 KST
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- Moon to visit China for trilateral summit with Japan on Dec. 23
- South Korean President Moon Jae-in is visiting China on Dec. 23-24 to attend a trilateral summit with China and Japan. The next question is whether a bilateral South Korea-Japan...
- Dec.11,2019 17:29 KST
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- S. Korean government pushes forward Moon Hee-sang proposal in spite of public objection
- A proposal by National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang that involves paying compensation to forced labor mobilization survivors through a foundation created with donations by Sou...
- Dec.11,2019 17:26 KST
