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Incheon gears up for 2020 ADB annual meeting

Incheon is gearing up for the 53rd Asia Development Bank annual meeting slated for May 2020, the city office said Monday. South Korea, an ADB member since its establishment in 1966, is now a contrib...

Sept 9, 2019
Social affairs
Lawmaker’s son arrested in DUI case

The 19-year-old son of Liberty Party Korea Rep. Chang Je-won is accused of driving drunk and causing an accident, police said Monday. Rapper NO:EL, whose real name is Chang Yong-jun, was arrested S...

Sept 9, 2019
Social affairs
[IFA 2019] LG has IoT edge over traditional European companies: CEO

BERLIN -- Song Dae-hyun, president of LG Electronics’ home appliance and air solution division, expressed confidence that the company has an edge in the area of internet of things over its European c...

Sept 9, 2019
Industry
Genesis recruits world-renowned auto designer Filippo Perini

Hyundai Motor’s luxury brand Genesis said Monday that world-renowned auto designer Filippo Perini will head its design studio in Europe, as the brand tries to notch up its design competitiveness glob...

Sept 9, 2019
Automode
Hyundai Department Store becomes seller on Coupang

Hyundai Department Store became the first major department store here to sell its products via Coupang, the country’s largest e-commerce platform by sales, amid intensifying e-commerce competition am...

Sept 9, 2019
Industry
Credit card firms' H1 net dips on decline in commission fees

South Korea's credit card firms saw their combined earnings fall in the first half, hit by a decline in credit card processing fees, data showed Monday. The combined net profit of eight card issuers...

Sept 9, 2019
Finance
Arrest warrant sought for operator of Cho Kuk family’s fund

The prosecution on Monday sought an arrest warrant for the operator of a private equity fund in which embattled Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s family had invested, as part of a widening probe into corrup...

Sept 9, 2019
Social affairs
Police investigate consecutive cases of cars pasted with adhesives in Gwangju

Two reports of cars damaged by adhesives were made in less than two weeks, local police in Gwangju said Monday. According to Gwangju Bukbu Police Station, a man in his 60s reported on Sunday that he...

Sept 9, 2019
Social affairs
Moon appoints Cho as justice minister, stresses reform drive

President Moon Jae-in on Monday appointed six minister-level officials, including controversy-ridden Cho Kuk for the post of justice minister. Choi Ki-young was appointed as the minister of science ...

Sept 9, 2019
Politics
Govt. opens support center for potential military victims of humidifier disinfectants

The defense ministry said Monday it opened a support center for potential victims of controversial humidifier disinfectants blamed for a number of deaths, following revelations that the products were...

Sept 9, 2019
Defense
S. Korea, Philippines to hold 4th round of FTA talks this week

South Korea's trade ministry said Monday it plans to hold a fourth round of free-trade negotiations with the Philippines this week with the goal of striking the deal in November. During the four-day...

Sept 9, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Top court reaffirms ex-governor guilty of sexual abuse

South Korea's top court on Monday confirmed a lower court ruling that sentenced a former provincial governor to 3 1/2 years in prison for sexually abusing his secretary. The Supreme Court handed dow...

Sept 9, 2019
Social affairs
Nadal takes five-set US Open thriller for 19th Slam title

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand Slam title in thrilling fashion on Sunday by winning the US Open final, outlasting Russia's Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to se...

Sept 9, 2019
More sports
GM Korea workers stage full-scale strike over wage deal

Unionized workers at GM Korea Co. on Monday staged a full-scale strike for the first time in 22 years as they demand an increase in wages despite warnings from the company's global headquarters. Som...

Sept 9, 2019
Automode
US Coast Guard workers to enter ship to rescue 4 Koreans

US Coast Guard workers prepared to enter a tilting ship off the country's east coast on Monday to rescue four South Koreans trapped inside, as some of them apparently responded to its workers tapping...

Sept 9, 2019
Social affairs

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