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Police bolster security for presidential candidates amid terror threats

Police have strengthened security for candidates of the June 3 presidential election, deploying specialized observation equipment and special forces as part of measures to prepare for possible terror threats.

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Ex-President Yoon announces departure from PPP, urges support for party candidate Kim

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday announced his departure from the People Power Party, urging the public to support the party's presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo. In a post on his Facebook
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Buffets are back: Diners seek bang for their buck amid inflation

Cho Ha-eun, a woman in her 30s, waited in line for over an hour to enter a casual buffet chain in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, for lunch on a weekend in March. When she arrived around noon, more than 50
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LG, Samsung face off in growing portable TV market

Global tech giants LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics are ramping up innovation to capture a growing demand for portable TVs. LG, which pioneered the category with its StanbyME series, now faces a

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Greenpeace activists, banned from leaving S. Korea, attend first trial

Five Greenpeace activists, including the captain of the group’s iconic Rainbow Warrior ship, appeared in a Seoul courtroom on Friday for the first hearing related to a protest staged last November.

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Losing ground, PPP's Kim Moon-soo sinks deeper into Yoon dilemma

People Power Party presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo finds himself in the political hot seat as South Korea barrels toward an early presidential election on June 3. Kim's campaign has already lost g

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Over 9,200 SKT users file lawsuits over USIM data leak

In the wake of a major data breach involving SK Telecom’s universal subscriber identity module, a group of 9,213 users has filed lawsuits, each seeking damages of 500,000 won ($360).

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Rose's new single 'Messy' debuts on British music chart

"Messy," the latest single by Rose, the K-pop sensation behind the global smash-hit song "APT.," has debuted on the UK Official Singles Chart. "Messy" has debuted at No. 100 on the weekly music chart.

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Haemok brings taste of Nagoya and Busan coast to Seoul’s Seochon

From the outside, Haemok’s Seochon location could be mistaken for a stark architectural experiment — a subdued concrete structure. But step through its doors, and a transformation unfolds. The atmosph