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South Korea’s annual College Scholastic Ability Test, or Suneung, took place on Thursday, witnessing a record number of retakers, drawn by the prospect of increased medical school enrollment quotas next year. With the highest number of retakers in 21 years, a total of 522,670 students, including high school seniors and graduates, were registered to take the state-administered Suneung, up 18,082 from last year. While the proportion of graduates was 0.7 percentage points lower than the previ
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Yoon leaves for APEC summit; set for trilateral talks Friday
President Yoon Suk Yeol left South Korea on Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, or APEC summit, in Lima, Peru, later this week. Lima will be the first stop of Yoon's first official visit to South America since he was inaugurated in May 2022. After attending the APEC summit, Yoon will fly to Rio de Janeiro for the Group of 20 summit. Yoon boarded Air Force One at 11:48 a.m. at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. In attendance were the ruling People Power Par
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Opposition leader's wife fined for election law violations
Nov. 14, 2024
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S. Korean consul general in New York offers to resign amid speculation over his ties to first lady
Nov. 14, 2024
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Delivery platform commissions to be lowered next year following talks
Nov. 14, 2024
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Bill passed to compensate for damage from North Korean trash balloons
Nov. 14, 2024
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Undercover probes of digital sex crimes permitted
Nov. 14, 2024
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Bill to probe first lady passes again
Nov. 14, 2024
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Business
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Upbit D Conference explores how to bridge crypto with real world
Dunamu, the operator of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, hosted the Upbit D Conference on Thursday, discussing how blockchain technology can bring changes into the real world. This year’s event, in its seventh edition, was held under the title of "Blockchain: Powering Real World Change." “Blockchain is no longer an invisible technology. Just a few years ago, blockchain was considered unfamiliar and complex, but now we can see that perceptions in Kor
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Toss posts record revenue in Q3, led by brokerage biz
Nov. 14, 2024
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[Security Forum] Trump’s return mixed bag for Korean economy: trade experts
Nov. 14, 2024
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Samsung Electronics, labor union reach preliminary deal in wage talks
Nov. 14, 2024
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HD Hyundai vice chairman promoted in CEO reshuffle
Nov. 14, 2024
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Samsung, SK to unveil supercomputer chips at SC24
Nov. 14, 2024
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Braun razor popular gift option for young men
Nov. 14, 2024
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Life&Culture
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[Herald Review] Cho Seung-woo takes 'Hamlet' crown
When the Seoul Arts Center announced its production of "Hamlet" for the year, it was met with mixed reactions, some asking, "Another Hamlet?" After all, the play had already been staged twice in 2024 -- once by Seensee Company (June 9 - Sept. 1) under the direction of veteran director Sohn Jin-chaek, and again by the National Theater Company of Korea in July in a genre-bending iteration with Princess Hamlet. Both productions had already captured the public’s attention,
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Uigwe gets permanent home, at last
Nov. 14, 2024
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[What to attend] Three musicals boasting unique music styles
Nov. 14, 2024
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Lay Buddhist group donates children’s clothing to Laos
Nov. 14, 2024
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[Herald Gallery] Gathering seasonal traces brings calm
Nov. 14, 2024
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National Theater of Korea reignites folk spirit with pansori, folktales
Nov. 13, 2024
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Songwriter tied to pro-democracy movement posthumously awarded
Nov. 13, 2024
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