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President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the government Friday to scrap all preliminary feasibility studies for research and development projects to speed up their implementation and support economic growth. Yoon made the remark during a national financial strategy meeting held to discuss fiscal policy issues ahead of the government's formulation of next year's budget. "I ask you to abolish preliminary feasibility studies and sharply increase the scale of investment in order to nurture
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US expert says N. Korea might ignore Trump if he returns to White House
WASHINGTON -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may not be "eager" to engage with former US President Donald Trump if he wins the White House in the Nov. 5 election, a US expert has said, noting Pyongyang has already been "burnt" by Trump. Ralph Cossa, president emeritus at the Pacific Forum, made the forecast in a recent piece for The National Interest, an international affairs magazine, suspecting Pyongyang will be more interested in "what kind of damage a second Trump a
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Yoon vows to advance freedom, welfare to uphold spirit of 1980 pro-democracy uprising
May 18, 2024
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HRNK report sheds light on human rights abuse of N. Korean nuclear scientists
May 18, 2024
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US Air Force blames power loss, weather for F-16 crash in S. Korea in May 2023
May 17, 2024
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Ex-president Moon recalls in memoir NK leader voiced will not to use nukes
May 17, 2024
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Minor opposition leader Cho Kuk calls for cut back in Yoon’s term
May 17, 2024
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Teens banned from entering, working at 'hold 'em' pubs, cafes
May 17, 2024
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Business
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Korean firms target EV charging market in US
Lotte and SK both made announcements of progress in their entries to the US EV charging market Thursday, joining LG as Korean conglomerates competing in the burgeoning sector. Lotte Innovate announced Thursday that it had recently established EVSIS America, a US unit of its EV charging subsidiary and secured about 3,300 square meters of land in California to build an EV charger factory. Lotte Innovate plans to complete preparations for the California plant’s production lines before the end
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Daewoo E&C chairman meets Cambodian PM
May 17, 2024
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CJ Olive Young's Q1 sales jump on strong overseas trade
May 17, 2024
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Korea Eximbank extends $120m to Cambodia for road development
May 17, 2024
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Seoul shares dip over 1% on profit hunting, caution over Fed's rate cuts
May 17, 2024
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Seoul sees further jump in cost of dining out
May 17, 2024
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Metanation, Memetoon partner up for webtoon, short-form services
May 17, 2024
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Life&Culture
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‘Malice should not undermine the system, social order,’ says Hybe's Bang
In a petition filed with the court Friday, Hybe Chairman Bang Si-hyuk made public for the first time his stance on the ongoing feud over Ador CEO Min Hee-jin’s alleged breach of trust. The Seoul Central District Court on Friday convened a hearing on the preliminary injunction filed by Min against Hybe to prohibit the parent company from exercising voting rights in favor of a proposal to dismiss her at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting scheduled for May 31. “The only way
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Korea Craft Week starts nationwide
May 17, 2024
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Rebranded heritage agency eyes being ‘relatable’
May 17, 2024
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Two films featuring late Lee Sun-kyun open this summer
May 17, 2024
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Netflix Korea launches ‘Grow Creative’ education program for creators
May 17, 2024
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Seoul International Book Fair to kick off in June
May 17, 2024
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[Box office] Movies in theaters this week
May 17, 2024
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