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Jun 20, 2018 North Korea

Kim meets Xi again before wrapping up two-day China visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met again with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday before he wrapped up a two-day visit to Beijing, China’s state media reported. During his third visit to China in less than three months, Kim had two rounds of meetings with Xi to discuss Pyongyang-Beijing relations and the denuclearization issue.“The two leaders had an in-depth conversation over tea in a cordial and friendly atmosphere” at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Xinhua news agency said. Citing Kim’

China ties sanctions on N. Korea with denuclearization process

China will link easing or removing sanctions on North Korea with progress in denuclearization, a Chinese government official said Wednesday, as the North’s leader Kim Jong-un made another visit to Beijing this week.In their talks Tuesday, Kim and President Xi Jinping focused on improving bilateral relations and ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons, the official told a group of South Korean journalists on the condition of anonymity.“An improvement in the China-North Korea relationship

Jun 20, 2018
North Korea
Putting Sweden defeat behind, S. Korea polish up tactics for Mexico

Trying to rise from their opening match loss to Sweden, South Korea on Monday conducted their first tactical training for the upcoming match against Mexico behind closed doors. South Korea will face Mexico at Rostov Arena in Rostov-on-Don on Saturday for their second match in Group F. South Korea suffered a 1-0 defeat to Sweden in their group opener, while Mexico stunned defending champions Germany with a 1-0 win. Only the first 15 minutes of training was opened to the press as the players pract

Jun 20, 2018
Soccer
[Herald Interview] Tackling youth, gender and housing in South Korea

Writer and activist Hong Hye-eun shares why young Koreans lack ‘fundamental human right’ to housing

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
Geopolitical risks persist on Korean Peninsula: Moody‘s

Global credit rating agency Moody‘s Investors Service said Wednesday that uncertainty related to the geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula persists even after the recent series of summits and peace mood concerning North Korea.“The key constraining factor restriction to South Korea’s credit rating is its geopolitical risk,” Christian de Guzman, vice president and senior credit officer at Moody’s, said in a press conference held in Seoul.“The fact that the first-ever US-North Korea summit was

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Finance
[Graphic News] No. of deaths in bicycle accidents rises 11.5%

　The number of people killed in bicycle accidents here last year rose 11.5 percent from a year ago, apparently due to an increasing number of elderly cyclists and riders not wearing protective gear.　From 2013 to 2017, the number of accidents involving bicycles came to 28,739, while 540 bicycle riders died in accidents and 30,357 others sustained injuries. The number jumped from 4,249 in 2013 to 6,920 in 2015, then dropped to 5,659 in 2017.　However, the number of bicycle accident deaths decreased

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
Hyundai Motor partners with Audi to boost fuel cell electric vehicles

Two leading automakers collaborate to open new market for hydrogen-powered cars beyond pure electric vehicles

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Technology
[Newsmaker] Marriage immigrant women in Korea vulnerable to financial abuse: study

Foreign-born women who moved to South Korea upon marrying Korean men are often subjected to financial abuse by their spouses and in-laws, a new government study showed Wednesday.　The study, organized and released by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, came to the conclusion after surveying 920 foreign-born women married to South Korean nationals last year. 　The largest proportion of the surveyed women, 42.4 percent, came from Vietnam, followed by China (29.4 percent) and the Philippin

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
S. Korea’s macroeconomic policy had effect on growth: OECD report

Concerns persist on conglomerate monopolization, low productivity, employment inequality

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Economy
Asiana Airlines runs outreach program targeting women in Vietnam

Asiana Airlines said Tuesday it has opened a fourth employment training course targeting women in Vietnam, which will take place over the next six months. Asiana Airlines Managing Director Cho Young-suk (sixth from left) and the Embassy of Korea in Vietnam’s Consul General Lee Mi-yeon (seventh from left) pose for a photo in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday. Asiana AirlinesSince 2015, the South Korean airline has been providing job training sessions for Vietnamese women in the low-income bracket. The p

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Industry
P&G Korea inks MOU to improve medical environment for young patients

Proctor and Gamble Korea said Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Seoul Child Hospital and Kids & Future Foundation to improve Korea’s medical services for children. P&G Korea’s public affairs leader Park Lincoln (left), Seoul Child Hospital Director Kim Jae-bok (center) and Kids & Future Foundation Director Park Doo-joon pose for a photo after signing a memorandum Wednesday. P&G Korea“Through the memorandum, P&G will continue to put in effort to improve treatment an

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Industry
[Kim Myong-sik] Complete dismantlement ... of conservative politics

South Koreans hoped US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would start concrete steps toward “CVID” -- the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula -- in the historic meeting in Singapore last week. That hope was seemingly dashed in a vague 400-word joint statement, which failed to contain practical measures to attain the goal.　They saw CVID in another major event the following day, the quadrennial regional elections here to pick provi

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Columnists
[Kim Ji-hyun] Working 52 hours a week

A life with evenings. It’s a “Konglish” expression, but essentially it means a life that guarantees leisure time in the evenings. It is a dream for a lot of Koreans, who are known to be chronic workaholics by either choice or force. Among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Korea is always near the top in terms of hours of work. And now, under revised laws, this dream is on the brink of coming true. A myriad of problems face one of the biggest lifestyle change

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Columnists
[David Fickling] Get ready, America. Trade war’s coming for your hip pocket

“A wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy,” according to the Chinese general Sun Tzu. “One cartload of the enemy’s provisions is equivalent to 20 of one’s own.”　The lesson of that maxim -- that leaders need to pay close attention to the economics of conflict, and make sure that costs are imposed more on the enemy than the home front -- holds as true today as it did two-and-a-half millennia ago. Washington doesn’t appear to be listening.　The White House’s promise to impose 10 percent

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Columnists
[Tyler Cowen] American families shouldn’t be separated, either

One of the worst American policies today is the decision of President Donald Trump’s administration to separate many immigrant parents from their children after they illegally cross the US border. Obviously, a case can be made for enforcing the border, but deliberate cruelty is never a good idea. Those children -- innocent victims all of them -- will likely be traumatized for life. I am uncomfortably reminded of the US’ long history of separating parents and children from the days of slavery and

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Columnists

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