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Is S. Korea dangerous for women?
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S. Korea holds rare military parade, warns NK against nuclear attack
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Seoul prepares for first major military parade in ten years
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Do professors in Korea have too much power over students?
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Opposition leader Lee attends arrest warrant hearing at Seoul court
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[Korea Beyond Korea] Early Koreanists 'on verge of extinction overseas'
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Court rejects arrest warrant for opposition leader Lee over corruption charges
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Young swimmer enjoys self-fulfilling prophecy in gold medal-winning race
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S. Korean fencer Oh Sang-uk wins gold in men's individual sabre
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Chief justice seat at top court left vacant amid Assembly chaos
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South Korean shares traded lower Friday morning as key blue chips continued to lose ground amid geopolitical concerns.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dropped 11.35 points, or 0.53 percent, to 2,137.26 as of 11:20 a.m.
Top market cap Samsung Electronics decreased 0.94 percent, and LG Electronics plunged 1.44 percent. LG Display shed 0.97 percent.
Chemical firms were also among the losers, with industry leader LG Chem decreasing 0.18 and No. 1 cosmetics maker AmorePacific falling 0.37 percent. S-Oil shed 0.85 percent.
The South Korean won was trading at 1,137.90 won against the US dollar, down 8.2 won from the previous session. (Yonhap)
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