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Gov't to conduct detailed safety tests on Gori, Wolsong reactors

ScienceJan 13, 2013

The government plans to conduct detailed safety tests on two nuclear reactors that have exceeded their original operating life cycles to ensure no problems occur, an official said Sunday. The offici...
Transition team to keep public utility charges below consumer price gains

PoliticsJan 13, 2013

President-elect Park Geun-hye's transition team aims to keep public utility charges below gains in consumer prices to reflect the incoming administration's key policy goal of improving the livelihood...
S. Korea's leading export products on decline

Jan 13, 2013

South Korea saw the number of its leading export products fall from a year earlier, raising alarm bells over the country's trade competitiveness, data showed Sunday. The number of South Korea's lead...
Hyundai-Kia emerges as biggest exporter to Germany: VDIK

TransportJan 13, 2013

South Korea's Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group emerged as the biggest exporter of automobiles to Germany last year, industry data showed Sunday. Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. have...
Korea's 2012 per-capita GDP estimated to stay almost flat

Dec 30, 2012

South Korea's per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to only marginally inch up in 2012 compared with the previous year due to the slowing economy, a report showed Sunday. Korea's per-...
Opposition floor leader resigns over election defeat

PoliticsDec 21, 2012

The floor leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic United Party stepped down Friday over his party's defeat in this week's presidential election, leaving the party leadership in a vacuum fo...
Banks need to take part in reviving economy: BOK chief

Dec 21, 2012

South Korean banks should take the initiative in boosting the slumping local economy as political uncertainties have been lifted with the presidential election now wrapped up, the central bank chief ...
Park Geun-hye a woman of principle and trust

PoliticsDec 20, 2012

Park Geun-hye, the eldest daughter of the late former president, Park Chung-hee, will return to Cheong Wa Dae 33 years after she left the presidential office, this time as South Korea's first woman p...
Chronology of South Korea's 2012 presidential election

PoliticsDec 20, 2012

Chronology of South Korea's 2012 presidential election The following is a chronology of major events leading up to South Korea's presidential election Wednesday. -- June 17: Moon Jae-in, the 59-yea...
Man fires some 50 shots at Calif. mall parking lot

World NewsDec 16, 2012

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A man was arrested Saturday after firing about 50 shots in the parking lot of a Southern California shopping mall, prompting a lockdown of stores crowded with holiday sho...
Lottery sales exceed gov't cap for 2nd year

Dec 16, 2012

Lottery sales in South Korea surpassed an annual government-set limit for the second straight year as more people bought tickets amid an economic recession, data showed Sunday. Sales of lottery tick...
Samsung tablet market share doubles in Q3

TechnologyDec 16, 2012

Samsung Electronics Co. saw its market share in the tablet PC market nearly double in the third quarter from three months earlier as it moved to catch up with rival Apple Inc., data showed Sunday. T...
Wine sales outrun soju shipments for first time

IndustryDec 16, 2012

Sales of wine at local discount chains outstripped those of soju for the first time, data showed Sunday, mirroring a changing trend in South Korea's drinking culture. Wine sales surpassed those of t...
Nearly 80% of voters to cast ballot in presidential election: poll

Dec 11, 2012

Nearly 80 percent of all voters in the country said they will vote in this year's presidential race, a poll conducted by the state election watchdog said Tuesday. The survey carried out by Korea Res...
Independent Ahn withdraws from presidential race

Nov 23, 2012

Independent presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo resigned in favor of Democratic United Party’s Moon Jae-in on Friday after prolonged negotiations over the candidate selection rules failed. “I am r...