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Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho excluded from management by shareholders
The elderly founder of Korean retail giant Lotte Group has been stripped of his seat on the board of the group's holding firm. Sources say a shareholders' meeting of Japan-based Lotte Holdings decided NOT to extend ( 's)Shin Kyuk-ho's term as a board member. It's the first time since 1948 for Shin to completely be ...
2017-06-24 10:29:02 KST -
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World Taekwondo Championships to kick off in Muju, Jeollabuk-do Province
The 2017 World Taekwondo Championships KICKS off today in Muju County, Jeollabuk-do Province. It's the seventh time it has been held in South Korea. It's by far the largest in scale, with some 18-hundred participants from 183 countries taking part. What's notable this time is that a team from North Korea is partic...
2017-06-24 09:33:13 KST -
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FTC chief meets with conglomerates over fair compeition, labor reform
The head of the Fair Trade Commission Kim Sang-jo met with Korea's top four conglomerates on Friday to promote corporate transparency and fair competition. He made an appeal to the CEOs of Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Company, SK Telecom and LG group on behalf of ordinary workers. (Korean) &quo...
2017-06-24 09:11:18 KST -
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President Moon thanks Korean War veterans and vows to defend nation's safety
With Sunday marking the 67th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, President Moon Jae-in attended a ceremony on Friday in downtown Seoul to thank and honor the veterans. He was accompanied by the defense minister, the veterans affairs minister, and the commanders of both Korean forces and U.S. troops sta...
2017-06-24 09:11:17 KST -
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South Korea, EU agree to cooperate in resolving North Korea's nuclear issue
South Korea and the European Union have agreed to work together on issues related to North Korea. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke on the phone on Friday with the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. Kang said the EU's policy of critical engagement ...
2017-06-24 09:11:17 KST -
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Putting an end to the unfair treatment of victims of industrial accidents
A cleanroom,… is an environment with no airborne particles or contamination. It is completely controlled,… a setting critical for manufacturing semiconductors and electronic components. But that level of care doesn't apply to the people working in the cleanrooms. They're constantly exposed to toxic substances an...
2017-06-23 21:04:48 KST -
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Choi Soon-sil found guilty of soliciting her daughter's illegal college admission
All nine of defendants in the case of the illegal admission into college of Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of former president Park Geun-hye's confidante Choi Soon-sil, were found guilty on Friday. Seoul Central District Court sentenced Choi Soon-sil to three years in prison, for soliciting her daughter's illegal co...
2017-06-23 20:02:49 KST -
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U.S. officials say North Korea tested rocket engine that could power ICBM
Citing unnamed U.S. officials, Reuters reports that Pyongyang may have been testing the last stage engine of an ICBM. According to the report, the test was conducted on Wednesday near the North's Dongchangri missile test site. The U.S. government source believes the rocket engine could propel an ICBM over 55-hund...
2017-06-23 20:02:48 KST -
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President Moon thanks Korean War veterans and vows to defend nation's safety
President Moon attended an ceremony this afternoon in honor of veterans of Korean and UN forces who fought in the Korean War ahead of the 67th anniversary of the war's outbreak this Sunday. Addressing the veterans and diplomats in attendance, President Moon expressed his gratitude for the veterans' sacrif...
2017-06-23 19:56:49 KST -
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South Korea to review 2015 wartime sexual slavery agreement: Foreign Ministry
South Korea is set to start reviewing the widely-disliked agreement reached with Japan on Tokyo's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women. A senior foreign ministry official says a task force within the ministry will soon be launched to go over the 2015 agreement with a fine toothcomb. The task force is expected...
2017-06-23 14:29:17 KST -
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U.S. understands Seoul's democratic process for THAAD deployment: Tillerson
The top U.S. diplomat acknowledged the currently suspended deployment of THAAD as a "democratic process". Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the remark in response to South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha who explained that the delay is not intended as a full stop in the deployment, but rather an interna...
2017-06-23 14:29:16 KST -
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President Moon makes first disclosure of THAAD deployment timetable in initial S. Korea-U.S. agreement
(Korean) "North Korea is not yet capable, but judging from the speed of North Korea's advancements in nuclear and missile technologies, I believe they will acquire such capability in the near future." ( ) By such capability, he means the North's ability to build a nucl...
2017-06-23 11:55:27 KST
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