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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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S. Korea sets up task force to support typhoon-hit steel industry
The industry ministry said Wednesday it will run a task force to support steelmakers with post-typhoon recovery work and to check the supply situation of steel products to minimize damage by Typhoon Hinnamnor. Last week, Typhoon Hinnamnor hit the southern part of South Korea and affected steelmaking facilities run by major companies, including POSCO and Hyundai Steel. POSCO had halted blast furnaces at its main steel mill in Pohang for the first time in its half-century history. The task force w
Sept. 14, 2022
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SK Telecom, Hanwha consortium partners with Jeju Province for air taxi project
An urban air mobility consortium led by SK Telecom and Hanwha Systems said Wednesday it has partnered with the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province to launch an air taxi pilot program on South Korea's southern resort island. The K-UAM Dream Team Consortium, comprising the two companies and the Korea Airports Corp., the Korea Meteorological Institute and LX, a state-run land information provider, signed an agreement to launch the commercial pilot project on Jeju Island in 2025. A signing cer
Sept. 14, 2022
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Seoul shares open sharply lower on dashed hopes for US inflation
South Korean stocks tumbled at the opening bell Wednesday, driven by big IT and bio shares, after the hotter-than-expected US inflation data sparked fears the Federal Reserve would push ahead with aggressive monetary tightening. The Kospi sank 62.19 points, or 2.54 percent, to 2,387.35 in the first 15 minutes of trading. The US August consumer price index slowed to an 8.3 percent on-year gain, which was above the consensus of an 8.1 percent increase. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy
Sept. 14, 2022
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Hyundai Card CEO steps down after 1 year for 'personal reasons'
Hyundai Card CEO Kim Deok-hwan has resigned as chief executive at one of the largest credit card issuers in South Korea just one year after he was appointed, regulatory filings showed Tuesday. Kim officially stepped down on Friday with Hyundai Card citing “personal reasons” behind his resignation. No further elaboration was given. A local media outlet reported that Kim was recently “sued by his secretary." Born in 1972, Kim was known as the youngest CEO in the Korea cre
Sept. 13, 2022
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BOK vows market stability with eye on US rate hike
Speculation over a third large rate hike of 75 basis points by the US Federal Reserve next week runs higher than ever, but the Bank of Korea sought to reassure market watchers Tuesday that preparations to cushion its impact were underway. “We have to step up monitoring of capital inflows and outflows and currency markets,” said Lee Seung-heon, senior deputy governor at the central bank, warning against growing uncertainties: a hawkish US Fed and a like-minded European Central Bank. T
Sept. 13, 2022
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Coupang denies local reports on selling Coupang Eats
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang released a statement on Tuesday dismissing local reports that it was planning on selling its food delivery service Coupang Eats. “The rumor that we are selling Coupang Eats is groundless, and we have taken no measures to sell the service,” the company said in the statement. Coupang “will respond firmly against the industry and press concerning the spread of any rumors and falsehood, taking legal action (if necessary),” it added. The s
Sept. 13, 2022
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Use of disposable cups soars during pandemic
The use of disposable cups has soared during the pandemic years, with the annual number exceeding 1 billion for the first time last year, a report showed Tuesday. According to an Environment Ministry report submitted to Rep. Lee Joo-hwan of the ruling People Power Party, the number of single-use plastic and paper cups consumed at 14 cafe and four popular fast-food chains was 4.34 billion over the past five years. Last year, the number reached 1.02 billion, a surge from 770 million in 2019. The a
Sept. 13, 2022
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Seoul shares spike 2.7% on expectations of slowdown in US inflation
South Korean stocks rallied by nearly 3 percent Tuesday as investors were optimistic ahead of the release of the US inflation data, with eyes on the Federal Reserve's rate-setting policy meeting set for next week. The local currency rose against the US dollar. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) advanced 65.26 points, or 2.74 percent, to 2,449.54. Trading volume was moderate at 361.7 million shares worth 9.05 trillion won ($6.58 billion) with gainers far outpacing decliners 771 to
Sept. 13, 2022
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Should it be illegal to send work-related messages after hours?
South Koreans are debating whether it is necessary to ban giving work instructions via Kakao Talk or other means of communication outside work hours after a relevant bill was submitted last week. Rep. Noh Woong-rae of the main opposition Democratic Party proposed the revised bill that prohibits making repeated or constant work-related instructions via phone calls, emails, text messages or social media after statutory working hours. Large companies have banned sending work-related messages after
Sept. 13, 2022
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Prosecutors mull defining luna as security
South Korean prosecutors are considering whether to view the troubled cryptocurrency luna as a security, a move which could put the coin developers and those complicit under scrutiny for not only fraud, but also for violations of the Capital Markets Act. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office’s Financial and Securities Crime Joint Investigation Team has met with crypto experts and financial authorities to review if luna can be categorized as a security, the prosecution said Tuesda
Sept. 13, 2022
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KB opens Korea's largest premium private banking branch
South Korea’s KB Financial Group said Tuesday it has recently opened the nation’s largest premium private banking branch in Seoul in a bid to provide a fuller range of services to its wealthy clients. The seven-story building, named after the bank’s recently launched premium banking service “KB Gold & Wise the First,” is located in Seoul's posh district of Apgujeong. The floor space, themed on books and art, consists of 15 consulting rooms and 1,400 vaults. At the
Sept. 13, 2022
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Hanmi Pharmaceutical scores 1st US FDA approval
Hanmi Pharmaceutical has scored its first approval from the US Food and Drug Administration with its novel biomedicine Rolontis. Rolontis -- Hanmi Pharmaceutical's treatment for neutropenia, a disease that occurs when a specific type of white blood cells is lacking so that the body cannot fight infections, especially those caused by bacteria -- was given the FDA’s approval on Friday, according to the Korean firm’s US partner Spectrum Pharmaceuticals’ announcement. Neutropenia's
Sept. 13, 2022
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LG, Parsons come together for AI-generated design projects
LG Corp. and Parsons School of Design will collaborate to combine contemporary art and design practices with artificial intelligence technology, LG's tech arm LG AI Research said Tuesday. LG AI Research, which runs a hyperscale AI platform called Exaone, will carry out joint research projects for advanced AI technologies and emerging research domains with experts in fashion, design and media at Parsons for three years. Through the partnership, artists and designers will explore the inters
Sept. 13, 2022
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After weeklong repair, Posco resumes production at typhoon-hit plant
South Korean steel giant Posco said Tuesday that it has resumed operation of steel production at its manufacturing plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, a week after the factory had been stalled due to heavy rain on Sept. 6 linked to Typhoon Hinnamnor. Over the four-day national Chuseok holiday that wrapped up Monday, an accumulated 30,000 employees and subcontractors worked around the clock to fully repair the facilities, Posco said. Key facilities at the plant, including all three blast
Sept. 13, 2022
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JYP overtakes entertainment giant CJ ENM in market cap
The market capitalization of JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea’s four major K-pop powerhouses led by producer Park Jin-young, has remained higher than that of Korea's largest entertainment firm CJ ENM for three consecutive weeks, data showed Tuesday. According to Korea Exchange on Tuesday, JYP shares closed Thursday at 63,000 won ($45.81) per share, while its market cap closed at 2.23 trillion won, just before the Chuseok holiday. On the same day, CJ ENM shares settled at 91,000 w
Sept. 13, 2022
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SK-backed AI chip outperforms Nvidia's GPU
Sapeon, an artificial intelligence-powered chip designer backed by South Korea's SK Group, unveiled Tuesday a test result that its first commercialized product X220 has outperformed US graphic processor giant Nvidia's newest product A2. The chips for data centers in two varieties, X220-Compact and X220-Enterprise, were both superior to Nvidia's A2 in terms of AI processing speed and power consumption, according to a benchmark test result in MLPerf's inference. The large-scale AI cloud service pe
Sept. 13, 2022
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LG selects 9 startups for future growth engine
LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has chosen nine startups that could lead the tech company's future growth in digital health, metaverse and electric mobility. LG's San Francisco-based North American Innovation Center wrapped up its two-day Fall Innovation Festival last week, where it announced nine most-promising startups in the three sectors, with entrepreneurs, investors and influencers in attendance. The nine winners for the Mission for the Future program were chosen from approxi
Sept. 13, 2022
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S. Korea seeks to introduce tighter rules to improve fiscal health
South Korea's finance ministry said Tuesday it will push to introduce fiscal rules that would mandate a sharp drop in the deficit in case the national debt exceeds 60 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The move came in line with the Yoon Suk-yeol government's push to implement a belt-tightening policy as part of effort to improve the country's financial soundness following years of expansionary fiscal spending. During the emergency economic ministers' meeting, the government decided to pus
Sept. 13, 2022
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Seoul shares open higher ahead of US inflation data
South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Tuesday as investors await the new US inflation data ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate-setting policy meeting next week. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) soared 43.34 points, or 1.82 percent, to 2,427.62 in the first 15 minutes of trading. US stocks rallied Monday (local time) amid hopes that the likely slowdown in the August inflation would prod the Fed to go easy on its future rate hikes if it were to stick to its third consecut
Sept. 13, 2022
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Exports down, trade deficit widens during first 10 days of Sept.
South Korea's exports fell 16.6 percent on-year in the first 10 days of September due mainly to fewer working days over the Chuseok holiday, with its trade deficit widening on high energy costs, data showed Tuesday. The country's outbound shipments stood at $16.25 billion in the Sept. 1-10 period, compared with $19.48 billion a year earlier, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. Imports also went down 10.9 percent on-year to $18.69 billion during the cited period, resul
Sept. 13, 2022