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Nat'l training center opens for Olympic yearOlympic GamesJanuary 17, 2020South Korea's largest training facility for amateur athletes officially opened for 2020 on Friday, with hundreds of athletes and officials attending a ceremony to mark the beginning of the Olympic ye... -
Mahindra set to inject W230b into SsangYong Motor: sourcesTransportJanuary 17, 2020Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. looks set to inject fresh cash into its cash-strapped South Korean unit SsangYong Motor Co. in a move to seek help from SsangYong's main creditor bank, industry sources said ... -
S. Korea lowers travel alert level for Hong KongForeign AffairsJanuary 17, 2020South Korea on Friday lowered its travel alert level for Hong Kong, the foreign ministry said, amid signs of stability in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory plagued by clashes between pro-democrac... -
Moon to have dinner with ruling party officialsPoliticsJanuary 17, 2020President Moon Jae-in has invited senior ruling party officials to a dinner with him at Cheong Wa Dae on Friday to thank them for the passage of several key reform bills, his aides said. The meeting... -
KCON to hit Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles and Bangkok this yearMusicJanuary 17, 2020KCON, an annual overseas K-pop concert series from entertainment giant CJ ENM, will hit four global cities this year including Tokyo and New York, the company said Friday. This year's KCON, a festiv... -
Moon urges 'tangible' results from New Northern Policy this yearPoliticsJanuary 17, 2020President Moon Jae-in called Friday for all-out efforts to pull off "tangible" accomplishments from his administration's New Northern Policy aimed at improving South Korea's partnerships with Russia ... -
Korean language test applicants hit record high in 2019: dataSocial affairsJanuary 17, 2020A record number of applicants took the Korean language proficiency test last year, data showed Friday, reflecting the growing popularity of the language. A total of 375,871 people sat for the Test o... -
S. Korea on a roll entering knockout phase at Olympic football qualifying tournamentOlympic GamesJanuary 17, 2020From what was considered the toughest group in the Asian Olympic men's football qualifying tournament, South Korea emerged as the only undefeated nation. In fact, they were the only team to win all ... -
S. Korea sharply expands public radio frequency band in 2020TechnologyJanuary 17, 2020The radio frequency band allocated for public use will increase more than eightfold in 2020 so South Korea can better meet its safety, disaster response and transportation requirements, the science m... -
Hyundai Kona EV reaches highest altitude to set Guinness recordIndustryJanuary 17, 2020Hyundai Motor Co.'s Kona Electric vehicle has set a Guinness world record for the highest altitude achieved in an electric car, the company said Sunday. The Kona Electric built in Hyundai Motor's In... -
Growing numbers of illegal stayers leave Korea voluntarilyPoliticsJanuary 17, 2020A growing number of foreigners staying illegally in South Korea are voluntarily leaving the country after the government offered various incentives, including an opportunity for reentry, to overstaye... -
S. Korea says inter-Korean policy matter of sovereigntyNorth KoreaJanuary 17, 2020South Korea's policy on North Korea is a matter of sovereignty, the unification ministry said Friday, after US Ambassador Harry Harris called for Seoul to make sure to consult closely with Washington... -
Pompeo, Esper issue joint appeal to South Korea to pay more for US troop presenceForeign AffairsJanuary 17, 2020US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper have made an emphatic call for South Korea to pay more for the upkeep of 28,500 American troops stationed in the country. They made... -
S. Korea remains at No. 3 in baseball world rankingsBaseballJanuary 17, 2020South Korea stayed at No. 3 in the latest baseball's world rankings released Friday. The World Baseball Softball Confederation said South Korea will head into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as world No. 3 ... -
US sends nuke-detecting plane to air base in JapanNorth KoreaJanuary 17, 2020The United States has deployed a WC-135W radiation detection plane to one of its air bases in Japan, an aviation tracker said Thursday, a move seen as aimed at beefing up surveillance of North Korea....
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