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Customs service announce new operators for duty-free shops
South Korea's customs service on Saturday announced six new operators for duty-free shops in Seoul and two other cities.The Korea Customs Service said that it selected Hyundai Department Store, Shinsegae DF and Lotte Duty Free for three outlets in Seoul. Top City Corp. took the Seoul slot reserved for a small and medium-sized firm. (Yonhap)Busan Duty Free won the license for a shop in the southern port city of Busan, while Alpensia clinched the license for an outlet in Gangwon Province. The anno
Business Dec. 17, 2016
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Supporters of impeached president clash with protesters
Supporters of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye clashed with anti-Park protesters Saturday, as large crowds of demonstrators again gathered in Seoul to demand the scandal-ridden leader's immediate ouster. Protesters gather in Gwanghwamun in central Seoul on Saturday to demand impeached President Park's immediate resignation. (Yonhap) Supporters of President Park and conservative civic groups hold a rally in central Seoul to show their opposition to the impeachment of the president
Social Affairs Dec. 17, 2016
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North Korea commemorates 5th anniversary of former leader's death
North Korea on Saturday held a large-scale gathering in Pyongyang to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the death of its former leader Kim Jong-il, the communist country's state media reported.The North's official Korean Central Television said that the massive gathering took place at the square in front of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun where the embalmed bodies of the current leader's father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung lie in state.From 3:30 p.m. (South Korean time), the state tele
Latest News Dec. 17, 2016
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North Korea military drill targets Cheong Wa Dae
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conducted a large scale military drill targeting South Korea's presidential Blue House, state media said Sunday.The military exercise of the North's special operation forces -- carried out as Kim watched with binoculars at an observation post -- was aimed at "destroying specified targets of the enemy," including the South's Blue House, KCNA said. (Yonhap) (Yonhap) (Yonhap) (Yonhap)The ruling Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun also carried a two-page report of
Latest News Dec. 11, 2016
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White House: Koreans acted 'peacefully with calm, responsibility'
South Koreans acted "peacefully, with calm and responsibility" in the run-up to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, the White House said Friday, reaffirming that the United States will remain a steadfast ally of Seoul."We are closely following events in the Republic of Korea. We note that throughout this time of political change, South Koreans have acted peacefully, with calm and responsibility, in the spirit of ROK democratic principles," Emily Horne, a spokesperson at the National Secu
Diplomatic Circuit Dec. 10, 2016
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Justice minister, presidential secretary offer to resign
The justice minister and a presidential aide offered to resign earlier this week after President Park Geun-hye was implicated as an accomplice in a high-profile corruption scandal involving her confidante, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday.Justice Minister Kim Hyun-woong and Choi Jai-kyeong, senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, tendered their resignations after the prosecution claimed Sunday that Park was complicit in wrongdoings involving her friend Choi Soon-sil
National Nov. 23, 2016
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Tycoons summoned to be questioned in 'donation scandal'
A number of South Korea's tycoons, including Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo and Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, have been or will be summoned by prosecutors for questioning about their companies' cash donations to two dubious foundations controlled by President Park Geun-hye's scandal-ridden confidante Choi Soon-sil, prosecution sources said Sunday.The sources said prosecutors will summon and question Lee, the heir apparent of Samsung Group, and LG Group Chairman Koo
Latest News Nov. 13, 2016
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Korea uses machine guns in chasing off Chinese illegal fishing boats
South Korea used machine guns in cracking down on Chinese boats illegally fishing in its waters off the western coast on Saturday but no casualties or damage was reported, government officials said.South Korea's patrol boats fired 95 bullets at 11:16 a.m. in chasing off around 30 Chinese boats operating in waters off the western port city of Incheon, according to the Ministry of Public Safety and Security and the Coast Guard.The Chinese vessels ignored warnings and continued the operation, with
Latest News Nov. 12, 2016
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California polling sites on lockdown after shooting
Two polling stations in California were placed on lockdown Tuesday following a nearby shooting that killed one person and wounded three, the authorities said.The shooting took place in early afternoon in the city of Azusa, 25 miles(40 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, Vanessa Lozano, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, told AFP.Officers arriving at the scene found "multiple shooting victims" and came under fire, Azusa police tweeted.Three people were transported to a hospital
World News Nov. 9, 2016
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(Urgent) Trump wins Indiana and Kentucky, Clinton takes Vermont
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican Donald Trump won Indiana, the home state of his running mate Mike Pence, while Hillary Clinton took the northeastern state of Vermont, in the first results of Tuesday's US presidential election, television networks projected.It was still too early to determine a winner in three of the first six states to close their polls -- Republican-leaning South Carolina and Georgia, and the key battleground of Virginia, the networks said.
World News Nov. 9, 2016
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Park won't attend APEC summit amid scandal
President Park Geun-hye will not attend an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit next week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as she is grappling with an influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime confidante.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokesman Cho June-hyuck cited the grave security situation on the Korean Peninsula as the official reason for her absence from the meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation scheduled for Nov. 19-20 in the Peruvian capital of Lima.It will be the first
Politics Nov. 9, 2016
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Park's former legal aide questioned over corruption allegations
President Park Geun-hye's former senior secretary for civil affairs appeared before the prosecution for questioning over a string of corruption allegations on Sunday, becoming the second ex-presidential aide to face a probe.The state prosecution's special investigation team summoned Woo Byung-woo, who has been accused of the alleged abuse of authority and embezzlement. Woo Byung-woo, former chief legal adviser to President Park Geun-hye, arrives at the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office on Sunda
Latest News Nov. 6, 2016
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Park to deliver another address over confidante scandal
President Park Geun-hye will deliver another address to the nation Friday over a burgeoning corruption scandal involving her longtime confidante, the presidential office said.The address will come 10 days after Park made a rare apology over presidential speeches leaked to Choi Soon-sil who is at the center of the scandal that has plunged the incumbent chief executive into the greatest crisis of her political career.The president is expected to make her address at 10:30 a.m., a source said.Multip
Latest News Nov. 3, 2016
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Government unveils measures to curb real estate speculation
The South Korean government on Thursday announced a set of measures aimed at curbing real estate speculation that include an extended ban on the transfer of home purchasing rights in certain areas.The measures follow a recent surge in home prices especially in the four most well-off districts in Seoul.In the first 10 months of the year, prices of apartments in Gangnam district gained an average 5.77 percent while apartment prices in the entire nation only added 0.5 percent on average, according
Business Nov. 3, 2016
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Park appoints Han Gwang-ok as chief of staff
President Park Geun-hye on Thursday appointed her new chief of staff and a senior political adviser in a follow-up reshuffle of her top secretarial staff aimed at allaying seething public criticism over the growing corruption scandal involving her longtime confidante.Park picked Han Gwang-ok, chairman of the Presidential Committee for National Cohesion, as her new chief of staff, while appointing Hur Won-je, a former journalist-turned-politician, as her senior secretary for political affairs. Ha
Politics Nov. 3, 2016
