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Major wildfire in Uiseong 95% contained: authorities

The containment rate of a major wildfire in the southeastern county of Uiseong that has spread for eight days has risen to 95 percent, officials said Friday, as they have been making all-out efforts t

Fire-ravaged southeast reels from unprecedented damage

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Trump’s 25% auto tariff to hit Korean car exports hard

South Korean automakers — particularly, Hyundai Motor Group and GM Korea — are expected to face a decline in their US exports after Donald Trump announced 25 percent auto tariffs on all imports starti
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Samsung eyes Pepsi's Mauro Porcini as first foreign design chief

Samsung Electronics is in discussions with Mauro Porcini, a globally renowned industrial designer, to appoint him as the chief design officer of its mobile business division, industry sources said
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North Korea appears to have deployed 3,000 more troops to Russia: JCS

North Korea is believed to have deployed at least 3,000 additional troops to Russia in the first two months of this year, despite heavy casualties among soldiers already sent to support Moscow’s war a

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'Trump unlikely to revisit FTA, but tariffs may hit Korea harder'

Ex-US diplomat outlines strategic dos and don’ts for Seoul in navigating Trump 2.0

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SK hynix: HBM chips for 2026 to sell out in first half

SK hynix plans to finalize next year's supply agreement for AI-critical high-bandwidth memory chips in the first half of this year, according to chipmaker CEO Kwak Noh-jung.

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Damage to heritage grows amid raging wildfires

Key UNESCO sites in Andong still intact, officials say The tally of damage to cultural heritage overseen by the government has been steadily increasing since last week, when one of the worst wildfires