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Korean artists bring blacklist case to Constitutional Court

South Korean artists on Wednesday filed a petition with the Constitutional Court over allegations the ousted President Park Geun-hye's administration blacklisted cultural figures deemed critical of t...

April 19, 2017
Social affairs
Chicken franchise sales rise in 2016 despite bird flu, economic slump: data

Sales of South Korea's major chicken franchises rose last year from the previous year despite the outbreak of avian influenza and weak economic growth, government data showed Wednesday. Fried chicke...

April 19, 2017
Industry
Daewoong Pharm's antibiotic Meropenem hits US

South Korean drug maker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said Wednesday its generic antibiotic, Meropenem, was launched in the United States. Meropenem, which is used in treatment for a wide range of dis...

April 19, 2017
Industry
Korea's finance minister to attend G-20, IMF meetings

South Korea's finance minister will attend international meetings of the world's top economic policymakers later this week to discuss ways to improve international policy coordination, his office in ...

April 19, 2017
Economy
Presidential hopefuls asked to reveal policy on NK defectors

An agency claiming to help the son of the slain brother of North Korea's leader has openly asked South Korean presidential contenders to reveal their stances on the protection of North Korean defecto...

April 19, 2017
Social affairs
Justice Party nominee calls for Asia‘s Helsinki process

Progressive presidential nominee Sim Sang-jeung on Wednesday proposed initiating Asia's version of a European peace process to address North Korea's nuclear conundrum and growing regional geopolitica...

April 19, 2017
Politics
Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin suffers 3rd straight loss

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers has dropped his third straight game of the 2017 season, once again getting undone by long balls. Ryu gave up four earned runs on seven hits, including three h...

April 19, 2017
Baseball
Woori Bank's Q1 net up 44% on decreased provisions

Woori Bank, a major South Korean commercial lender, said Wednesday its first-quarter net profit shot up 43.8 percent from a year earlier due mainly to decreased loan-loss provisions. Net profit jump...

April 19, 2017
Finance
Singer Jung Joon-young, T-ara's Jiyeon deny dating rumor

South Korean singer and TV celebrity Jung Joon-young and Jiyeon, a member of girl group T-ara, on Wednesday denied a news report that the two were going out. (Yonhap) "After confirming with Jiyeon,...

April 19, 2017
Samsung Heavy bags order for 2 LNG carriers

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major shipyard here, has clinched a deal to build two liquefied natural gas carriers with a local shipping firm, industry sources said Wednesday. Under the deal with ...

April 19, 2017
Industry
Hyundai, Kia to promote new SUVs in Shanghai

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's two biggest carmakers, plan to promote China-oriented crossovers at the Shanghai auto show, a move aimed at absorbing growing demand for sport-ut...

April 19, 2017
Automode
Korean shares widen losses in late morning trade

South Korean stocks widened losses in late Wednesday trading as foreigners and institutions offloaded stocks. The won rose against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index drop...

April 19, 2017
Finance
Lee Min-ho confirms May enlistment

Lee Min-ho is set to begin his mandatory military service in May, according to his agency on Tuesday. Lee Min-ho (MYM Entertainment) “Lee Min-ho’s enlistment date was confirmed today. He will begin...

April 19, 2017
Television
Survey shows 42% of defectors have experienced, seen or heard of rights violations in NK

A recent government survey showed Wednesday that 42 percent of North Korean defectors have experienced, witnessed or heard about human right violations by the North Korean regime. The Unification Mi...

April 19, 2017
North Korea
Seoul metropolitan area posts first net move-out in 2015

South Korea's capital city and its surrounding areas saw their net residents move out from the region in 2015 amid rising housing costs, government data showed Wednesday. About 2.39 million people m...

April 19, 2017
Social affairs

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