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S. Korean football chief hoping inter-Korean summit can open door for more football exchanges

South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu said Wednesday he hopes the upcoming inter-Korean summit can open door to greater football exchange with North Koreans. Chung, who leads the Korea Football...

Nat'l football coach says S. Korea's World Cup preparations are on track

outh Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong said Wednesday his team's preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup are on track. South Korea will meet Germany, Sweden and Mexico in Group F at the World Cup ...

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Soccer
Police try to raid broadcaster after reporter booked for stealing tablet computer

Police tried to raid broadcaster TV Chosun on Wednesday after one of its reporters was booked for stealing a tablet computer and a mobile phone from a publishing firm run by a blogger at the center o...

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Social affairs
Activist Elliott demands Hyundai Motor encourage cumulative voting

U.S. activist fund Elliott Management has demanded Hyundai Motor Co. and its two affiliates remove a clause that makes it possible for the three firms to avoid a cumulative voting system to pick boar...

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Business
Ex-prosecutor in 'Me Too' case indicted without detention

Prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted a former senior prosecutor without physical detention for unfairly disadvantaging his female junior colleague for raising sexual misconduct allegations a...

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Social affairs
Samsung's work environment holds no clues to workers' illnesses: investigation team

An independent investigation committee tasked with checking the work environment at Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that it has found no clear evidence to link the chips and display lines with...

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Industry
Japan protests S. Korea's plan to offer dessert featuring Dokdo at summit dinner

Japan has protested South Korea's move to put dessert with a decoration featuring Dokdo on the table for the dinner planned for the upcoming historic inter-Korean summit, a local media reported Wedne...

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Foreign Policy
Global leaders express hope for success of inter-Korean summit

A number of global leaders, including the pope, have expressed their hope for the success of the upcoming summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Moon's...

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World News
Amid thawing ties, local governments push for reconciliatory projects with North

A rapid thawing in inter-Korean relations brought about by the two Korea's agreement to hold a summit between their leaders is prompting South Korean regional governments to move ahead with a slew of...

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North Korea
Police expanding opinion rigging probe to pre-presidential election period

Police said Wednesday they are expanding the probe into the alleged massive rigging of Internet comments by a power blogger with ties to the ruling Democratic Party to find out if the scheme was carr...

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Social affairs
Korea's childbirths continue to decline in February

The number of newborns in South Korea dipped again in February, government data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign of the chronic low birthrate that has plagued the Asian country for more than a de...

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Social affairs
Court denies Dyson's request to stop LG vacuum cleaner ad

A Seoul court on Wednesday turned down an injunction request by British home appliance maker Dyson attempting to stop an advertisement for a cordless vacuum cleaner produced by South Korea's LG Elect...

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Industry
Wolfowitz voices skepticism over NK's seriousness about denuclearization

Paul Wolfowitz, former United States deputy secretary of defense, expressed skepticism on Wednesday over North Korea's seriousness about its denuclearization, citing the track record of the North mak...

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North Korea
EXO-CBX to drop first full-length album in Japan in May

EXO-CBX, the K-pop boy band EXO's sub-unit, will release its first full-length album, titled "MAGIC," in Japan next month, its agency said Wednesday. SM Entertainment said the album features 11 trac...

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Music
S. Korea, US reaffirm joint efforts for successful summits with N. Korea

South Korea and the United States will continue to work closely together to ensure the success of their leaders' separate summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Seoul's presidential office Che...

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Foreign Policy

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