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S. Korea, Netherlands launch semiconductor dialogue
South Korea and the Netherlands on Monday launched a dialogue on the semiconductor industry in an effort to boost bilateral cooperation on the advanced sector, the industry ministry here said. The two nations held the inaugural meeting of the director-level Korea-Netherlands Semiconductor Dialogue in the Dutch city of Eindhoven on the day, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The meeting was held as the two sides agreed in December to establish a working-level dialogue channe
Foreign Affairs Feb. 19, 2024
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Yoon calls for utmost efforts to protect people's lives amid threat of doctors' walkout
President Yoon Suk Yeol called on the government Monday to make utmost efforts to protect the people's lives and health amid a looming walkout by doctors protesting a planned increase in the medical school enrollment quota, his office said. Yoon issued the call during his weekly meeting with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, according to presidential spokesperson Kim Soo-kyung. "Please make utmost efforts in the response to protect the people's lives and health," he was quoted as
Politics Feb. 19, 2024
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Trainee doctors take collective action against gov't medical policy
Trainee doctors began submitting their letters of collective resignation Monday in protest against the government's plan to boost the number of medical students, while the health ministry ordered all of them to keep providing medical treatment. Worries mounted as doctors warn of a large-scale strike and other responses in opposition to the government's decision to add 2,000 to the country's medical school enrollment quota next year, marking a sharp rise from the current 3,058 seat
Social Affairs Feb. 19, 2024
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Seoul shares spike over 1% on foreign buying binge
South Korean stocks rose more than 1 percent higher for the second straight session Monday on the back of a foreign buying spree. The local currency slightly increased against the US greenback. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 31.5 points, or 1.19 percent, to close at 2,680.26, following a 1.34 percent jump Friday. Trade volume was slim at 413.7 million shares worth 9.6 trillion won ($7.2 billion), with gainers beating decliners 617 to 261. Foreigners were net buyers with 60
Market Feb. 19, 2024
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Health ministry orders all trainee doctors to keep providing medical treatment
The health ministry on Monday ordered all trainee doctors to keep providing medical treatment, as they moved to submit their letters of collective resignation in protest against the government's plan to boost the number of medical students. "From now on, the government issues an order for the provision of medical treatment to be maintained by the trainee doctors at all 221 training hospitals nationwide," Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo told reporters. Park strongly criticized
Social Affairs Feb. 19, 2024
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N. Korea touts sole leadership system on key anniversary
North Korea called Monday for loyalty to its leader Kim Jong-un and touted the monolithic leadership system as it marked the 50th anniversary of the announcement of the country's key guiding principle. In an editorial piece, the Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, highlighted late leader Kim Jong-il's announcement in 1974 of the monolithic ideological principle of "Kimilsungism." "The sole leadership system bolsters our revolution and is also the dignity and
North Korea Feb. 19, 2024
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S. Korea finishes swimming world championships with record 5 medals
South Korea has finished the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Qatar with a record five medals, nearly matching the total it had won at all previous competitions combined. With three medals from swimming and two more from diving, South Korean athletes set themselves up nicely for the Paris Olympics this summer. Prior to the Feb. 2-19 competition in Doha, South Korea had won six medals at all previous world championships. In collecting a handful of medals in Qatar, South Korean athletes also m
More Sports Feb. 19, 2024
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Govt. to fully allow telemedicine services in case of doctors' collective action: PM
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Monday that the government will fully expand telemedicine services if doctors walk off their jobs in protest of the government's plan to increase medical school admissions. Thousands of trainee doctors, such as residents at Seoul's five major general hospitals, were poised to submit their resignations en masse later Monday, raising concerns it would cripple hospital operations and patient care. The envisioned collective action is part of a protest again
Social Affairs Feb. 19, 2024
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Seoul shares open higher on tech, auto gains
South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Monday led by gains from tech and auto shares. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index moved up 26.98 points, or 1.02 percent, to 2,675.74 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 0.82 percent, and major chipmaker SK hynix added 0.07 percent. Kia, the country's No. 2 carmaker, increased 1.73 percent, and its auto parts affiliate Hyundai Mobis jumped 3.25 percent. Top oil refiner SK Innovations climbe
Market Feb. 19, 2024
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Trainee doctors set to resign en masse in protest of plan to increase medical student enrollment
Trainee doctors at major general hospitals in Seoul were set to submit their letters of collective resignation Monday, in an escalation of their protest against the government's plan to boost the number of medical students. Concerns have been brewing as doctors warn of a large-scale strike and other responses in opposition to the government's decision to add 2,000 to the country's medical school enrollment quota next year, marking a sharp rise from the current 3,058 seats. The trainee doctors at
Social Affairs Feb. 19, 2024
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Yoon meets 'Squid Game' star Lee Jung-jae, Netflix CEO
President Yoon Suk Yeol held a luncheon meeting with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and "Squid Game" star Lee Jung-jae earlier this week, his spokesperson said Sunday. At the meeting held Saturday at his presidential residence, Yoon expressed his appreciation to Sarandos for Netflix's investment in South Korea and called for increased investment in "K-contents." Yoon and Sarandos also discussed the development of the two countries' "cultural alliance" through
Foreign Affairs Feb. 18, 2024
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Govt. asks doctors to remain by patients amid looming collective action
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Sunday called for doctors to refrain from taking collective action amid their looming strike in protest of the government's decision to raise medical school enrollment seats. Doctors have warned of a massive strike and other responses in opposition to the government's decision announced earlier this month to add 2,000 to the country's medical school freshmen quota next year, marking a sharp rise from the current 3,058 seats. "If d
Social Affairs Feb. 18, 2024
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G7 foreign ministers strongly condemn N. Korea's arms transfers to Russia
The top diplomats of the Group of Seven countries have condemned North Korea's arms transfers to Russia, calling it a direct violation of relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Japan and the High Representative of the European Union issued the statement amid persistent speculation that the Sept. 13 summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Rus
Foreign Affairs Feb. 18, 2024
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Govt. orders hospitals to submit doctors' work logs amid looming protest
South Korea's health authorities recently ordered trainee doctors to submit their daily work logs amid their looming collective action in protest of the government's decision to raise medical school enrollment seats, officials said Sunday. Doctors have warned of a massive strike and other responses in opposition to the government's decision announced earlier this month to add 2,000 to the country's medical school freshmen quota next year, marking a sharp rise from the current
Social Affairs Feb. 18, 2024
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S. Korea, US, Japan call for N. Korea to take 'immediate' steps to end 'all' human rights abuses
South Korea, the United States and Japan urged North Korea on Saturday to take "immediate" steps to end "all" human rights violations as they marked the 10th anniversary of the release of a landmark UN report on the reclusive state's rights abuses. The three countries' missions to the United Nations released a joint statement commemorating the anniversary of the 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry report that accused the North Korean regime of "systematic, widespread
North Korea Feb. 18, 2024
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