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Credit card companies may use mobile messengers for payment notices

Credit card companies will be able to send payment notices to customers via mobile messengers, a change that may save up to 3 billion won ($2.7 million) a year, officials said Thursday. The Credit F...

Dec 13, 2018
Industry
Listed firm sales, operational profits fall in 2018: think tank

Nearly half of the country's listed firms reported declines in their sales in the three quarters this year ending September, an analysis by a think tank indicated Thursday. The Korea Economic Resear...

Dec 13, 2018
Economy
Import prices drop by fastest pace in nearly 4 yrs in Nov.

South Korea's import prices fell by the sharpest pace in nearly four years last month due to a drop in crude oil prices, central bank data showed Thursday. As calculated in Korean won, the import pr...

Dec 13, 2018
Industry
Gracias Choir to hold ‘Christmas Cantata’ tour

Gracias Choir is holding a nationwide Christmas tour through Dec. 23. Under the title of “Christmas Cantata,” the choir will hold a total of 43 concerts in 19 cities, including concerts at KBS Hall i...

Dec 13, 2018
Music
KEF under tax audit on allegations of embezzlement, tax evasion

Tax authorities have launched an audit on an economic organization representing management on allegations of embezzlement and tax evasion, officials said Thursday. The Seoul office of the National T...

Dec 13, 2018
Politics
Koreas to discuss groundbreaking ceremony for rail, road

South and North Korea held working-level talks on Thursday to set up a groundbreaking ceremony for their project to modernize North Korean railways and roads and connect them to the South. President...

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
Koreas hold working-level talks on health care

The two Koreas held working-level talks to share the latest data on influenza, paving the way for cooperation in the health and medical sector, the Seoul government said Wednesday. Kwon Jun-wook, a ...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
[Photo News] BTS walks red carpet at 2018 MAMA in Japan

BTS arrived at the red carpet at the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Japan. Arguably one of the most high-profile acts to hit the annual music awards, BTS trumped Mnet’s online poll in five of the 1...

Dec 12, 2018
Music
Hacked lawmaker’s email sent to defense agencies: report

A South Korean lawmaker’s email account had been hacked by an unidentified group as an alleged attempt to steal classified information from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Acquisition Prog...

Dec 12, 2018
Defense
[Graphic News] Public servant most-coveted job among Korean adults: poll

A civil servant position is the most sought-after job among South Korean adults, though most of them aim to take jobs as office workers for practical reasons, a poll showed. Of 1,143 job seekers a...

Dec 12, 2018
Social affairs
Tax agency probing Google Korea: sources

South Korea’s tax agency has launched an investigation into a local office of US tech giant Google Inc. amid rumors of tax evasion by some YouTubers here, industry sources said Wednesday. Earlier i...

Dec 12, 2018
Business
[Newsmaker] 15-story building in Gangnam evacuated after signs of collapse

15-floor office building in Gangnam, Seoul, was evacuated and left vacant Wednesday after signs of its impending collapse were reported the day before. City officials who inspected the building concl...

Dec 12, 2018
Social affairs
Indicted governor requests suspension of Democratic Party membership

The Democratic Party of Korea’s leadership on Wednesday deferred taking any disciplinary action against Gyeonggi Provincial Gov. Lee Jae-myung, who has been indicted on several charges, including vio...

Dec 12, 2018
Politics
[Eli Lake] Google’s China problem is America’s China problem

When employees first learned of the Google project known as Dragonfly, there was an internal uprising. It is easy to see why. The project, a search engine for China, would not only help a totalitari...

Dec 12, 2018
Columnists
[Tyler Cowen] How Meng Wanzhou’s arrest might backfire

I am concerned by Canada’s recent arrest and possible extradition of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. Meng was traveling in Canada, switching planes using a Chinese passport, when she was...

Dec 12, 2018
Columnists

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