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April 21, 2017 Politics

Hong makes ideological plea to boost lackluster campaign

Conservative presidential nominee Hong Joon-pyo on Friday launched ideological attacks on liberal and progressive groups in an apparent bid to rally traditional supporters behind his campaign. The c...

Internet banks poised to become a force to be reckoned with

Jang Hong-suk got a credit line for a deposit to buy an apartment. All he did was download an app on his smartphone and open an account before applying for a loan. It took about 20 minutes before Ja...

April 21, 2017
Finance
Korean shares extend gains in late morning trade

South Korean stocks extended gains late Wednesday morning on a rebound in tech and telecom stocks. The won rose against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index advanced 18.45 ...

April 21, 2017
Finance
Hyuna's new project group Triple H to release debuting album

"Triple H," the new project group led by Hyuna, former member of the now-disbanded girl group 4minute, will debut with its first EP album "199X," the group's agency said Friday. (Yonhap) The group,...

April 21, 2017
'Queen of Mystery' leads TV race, rivals gain ground

"Queen of Mystery," KBS 2TV's comic detective series, maintained its lead in the mid-week drama race, becoming the only late night show with a double-digit rating amongst its competitors, data showed...

April 21, 2017
Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, US, Japan to meet next week to discuss NK issue

South Korea, the United States and Japan will meet next week to discuss their coordinated approach toward North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, the foreign ministry here said Friday. Kim Hong-k...

April 21, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Over 200,000 tourists have visited Wando Seaweeds Expo 2017: organizers

WANDO -- More than 200,000 people have visited a seaweed exposition under way on the southwestern island of Wando since its opening last week, organizers said Friday. Wando Seaweeds Expo 2017, launc...

April 21, 2017
Social affairs
Korea joins multilateral anti-piracy exercise in Gulf of Aden

South Korea has participated in a multilateral naval exercise involving US, Japanese and British forces to crack down on Somali pirates around the Gulf of Aden, the military here said Friday. South ...

April 21, 2017
Defense
Lotte likely to unveil governance shakeup plan next week: sources

South Korean retail conglomerate Lotte Group is likely to unveil a series of steps next week to simplify its complicated governance structure, which may include split-ups or mergers of key affiliates...

April 21, 2017
Companies
SK head to visit Japan on Toshiba deal

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won plans to visit Japan next week as the group's chip-making arm SK hynix Inc. has joined the race to take over the memory division of Japanese tech giant Toshiba Corp., i...

April 21, 2017
Industry
Korea's fiscal spending on SOC projects creates more jobs in Q1: gov't

South Korea increased fiscal spending on infrastructure-building projects in the first three months of the year contributed to the creation of more jobs, the finance ministry here said Friday. The g...

April 21, 2017
Finance
Presidential front-runner Moon widens gap with runner-up: poll

Presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in widened his lead in a new opinion poll released Friday as runner-up Ahn Cheol-soo's numbers plummeted. Moon, a former leader of the liberal Democratic Party, ga...

April 21, 2017
Politics
N. Korea raises food rations to 400g, below UN recommendation: report

North Korea raised its daily food rations to an average 400 grams per person in the first quarter of the year, which is still below the internationally recommended amount of calorie intake, Voice of ...

April 21, 2017
North Korea
Average Korean salaryman reads 2.3 books per month: survey

The average South Korean salaryman reads 2.3 books and spends 29,000 won ($25) on books every month, a survey showed Friday. The survey of 935 people conducted by Hunet, an education service institu...

April 21, 2017
Social affairs
Samsung kicks off official sales of Galaxy S8

Samsung Electronics Co. started official sales of the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus smartphones in South Korea, kicking off full-fledged efforts to strengthen its mobile business hurt by the disco...

April 21, 2017
Industry

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