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September 23, 2017 North Korea

Quake detected in NK presumed to be natural: S. Korean agency

A 3.0 magnitude earthquake detected near North Korea's nuclear test site Saturday is presumed to have been a natural quake, South Korea's weather agency said. The tremor occurred at 5:29 p.m., some ...

BTS' 'Love Yourself' hits No. 14 on British albums chart

South Korean boy band BTS' latest EP "Love Yourself: Her" charted in 14th place on the British Official Albums Chart, the charts company said Saturday. It marks the first time the band has entered t...

September 23, 2017
Music
France reaffirms participation in PyeongChang 2018

France has reaffirmed its plan to participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics following news reports that the country is considering skipping the event due to rising tensions on the Korean Pe...

September 23, 2017
Olympic Games
Ex-KAI head arrested over W500b accounting fraud scandal

The prosecution arrested a former chief of Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) Saturday as part of a probe into an accounting fraud case at the nation's sole aircraft maker. The Seoul Central Distr...

September 23, 2017
Industry
Trump will take 'appropriate' action in event of NK H-bomb test: Tillerson

US President Donald Trump will take the "appropriate" action if North Korea tests a nuclear bomb over the Pacific Ocean as threatened, his top diplomat said Friday. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un o...

September 23, 2017
North Korea
Top diplomats of S. Korea, Kazakhstan discuss cooperation against NK nuke issue

Top diplomats of South Korea and Kazakhstan have discussed cooperation in their response to North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations, the foreign ministry here said Friday. Foreign Minister Ka...

September 22, 2017
North Korea
Moon calls on North to end vicious cycle of raising tension

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Friday that North Korea should stop provocations to end the current vicious cycle of tension and seek fundamental solutions for peace. On the flight back home...

September 22, 2017
North Korea
Samsung Pay most favored mobile payment platform in Korea: survey

Samsung Pay is the most favored mobile payment system in South Korea, a survey showed Friday. The mobile payment service run by Samsung Electronics Co. received the highest 3.78 points on the 1 to 5...

September 22, 2017
Finance
Chinese visitors number drops for 6th straight month amid THAAD row

The number of Chinese tourists in South Korea declined 61.2 percent on-year in August, marking the sixth straight month of decrease following the diplomatic row over the deployment of a US anti-missi...

September 22, 2017
Social affairs
Top diplomats of S. Korea, US discuss Kim Jong-un's threat of highest-level action

The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States have briefly met in New York and discussed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's threat to take the highest-level action in response to the US presi...

September 22, 2017
North Korea
Cancer still top killer of Koreans in 2016

Cancer remained the leading cause of death in South Korea in 2016, and fatalities from dementia doubled from a decade ago in line with the rapidly aging population, government data showed Friday. A ...

September 22, 2017
Social affairs
Prosecutors raid financial watchdog for alleged illicit hiring

Prosecutors raided South Korea's financial watchdog Friday over alleged unfair recruitment of some graduate staff with ties to influential figures including politicians and bankers. Investigators fr...

September 22, 2017
Social affairs
Korean pro footballers association officially set for operation

South Korea's professional football players' association will officially begin operating after earning the government's approval to become a legal entity, officials here said Friday. FIFPro Korea sa...

September 22, 2017
Soccer
N. Korea designated as food-shortage nation again

The Food and Agriculture Organization has listed North Korea as one of 37 food-shortage nations in need of external assistance, a US broadcaster reported Friday. North Korea's crop yields decreased ...

September 22, 2017
North Korea
Korea calls for united voice against rising protectionism

South Korea's trade minister issued a call Friday for a united front from leading Asian and European economies against protectionist trends and for the promotion of open trade and investment to benef...

September 22, 2017
Economy

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