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- S. Korea’s stock index expected to see rally next year
- 24.1% vs. 181.7%.These are the cumulative growth rates for South Korea’s KOSPI index and the US’ S&P 500 since 2010. But where valleys are deep, mountains are also high ...
- Dec.3,2019 17:47 KST
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- Students of gifted schools applying for medical college to be required to return stipends and scholarships
- Seoul Science High School (SSHS), a gifted school intended to nurture talented scientific minds, plans to demand the return of education stipends and scholarship funds and revok...
- Dec.3,2019 17:43 KST
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- Only 2 out of 10 top S. Korean companies have a female executive
- 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.These are the numbers of female board of director members at South Korea’s 10 largest companies by market capitalization. Even among those numbers, ...
- Dec.3,2019 17:39 KST
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- S. Korean unification minister admits Mt. Kumgang facilities need to be revamped
- Minister of Unification Kim Yeon-chul acknowledged on Dec. 4 that 340 shipping containers had been “used as temporary accommodations during the pursuit of the Mt. Kumgang touris...
- Dec.3,2019 17:35 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korean air force produces first female squadron leaders
- South Korea’s military, which marked its 70th anniversary this year, has produced its first female flight squadron leaders. Squadron leaders in the South Korean air force are re...
- Dec.3,2019 17:31 KST
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- [Photo] Park Geun-hye returns to detention center after 2.5 months in hospital for shoulder surgery
- After being hospitalized for a shoulder surgery, former President Park Geun-hye was returned to incarceration at Seoul Detention Center on Dec 3. Park was admitted to Seoul St. ...
- Dec.3,2019 17:26 KST
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- [Photo] Earthenware with 3 faces from 1600s discovered in N. Gyeongsang Province
- A piece of earthenware from the 1600s has been uncovered in southern Korea. Excavated by Hwarang Cultural Heritage Research Institute, the earthenware depicts three different fa...
- Dec.3,2019 17:24 KST
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- Irregular workers still unprotected 1 year after Kim Yong-gyun’s industrial accident
- Nearly one full year after the accident that claimed the life of Kim Yong-gyun, an irregular worker employed by a subcontracting business for Korea Western Power, nine out of 10...
- Dec.2,2019 17:47 KST
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- N. Korea’s trade dependence on China has increased to 90% over last 3 years
- North Korea’s dependence on trade with China has continued to increase since the 2000s, with China representing 90% of all North Korean trade in 2018, a report shows. The situat...
- Dec.2,2019 17:44 KST
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- Blue House petition calls for Moon Hee-sang to withdraw proposal for forced labor issue
- A petition posted to the Blue House website calls for National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang to rescind a proposal that seeks to resolve the issue of Koreans conscripted for fo...
- Dec.2,2019 17:42 KST
