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Less than 50 Days to PyeongChang Winter Olympics

2017-12-24

With the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics now less than 50 days away, all preparations for the games have now been completed. Stadiums were constructed ...

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Gov’t Drafts Basic Plan on Promoting Tourism

2017-12-24

The government last Monday announced a basic plan to promote tourism, including ways to attract foreign tourists and facilitate domestic travel. ...

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Moon, Xi Vow to Peacefully Denuclearize N. Korea during Summit Talks

2017-12-17

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that a war on the Korean Peninsula will never be tolerated and the ...

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Anti-Graft Law Revision Raises Gift Price Ceiling

2017-12-17

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission has approved a revision increasing the limits on money permitted to be spent on certain types of ...

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Gov’t Convenes Emergency Meeting on Bitcoin Frenzy

2017-12-17

The government has taken emergency steps to put the brakes on frenzied speculation as well as scams in the little understood blockchain and cryptocurrency ...

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Nat’l Assembly Approves 2018 Budget

2017-12-10

The National Assembly passed the fiscal 2018 budget bill amid strong protest from the main opposition Liberty Korea Party(LKP). The 428.8 trillion ...

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Report: Losses from China’s THAAD Retaliation Reach 7.5 Tln Won in 2017

2017-12-10

China's retaliation over South Korea's deployment of the THAAD missile defense system is estimated to have inflicted losses in sales of some 7.5 ...

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KEPCO Picked as Preferred Bidder for UK Nuclear Project

2017-12-10

South Korea's state-run power company Korea Electric Power Corporation(KEPCO) has been selected as the preferred bidder in a 21 trillion-won ...

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N. Korea Fires ICBM 75 Days After Last Provocation

2017-12-03

South Korea on Wednesday strongly condemned North Korea's missile launch and vowed to sternly respond to any provocation by the North based on its ...

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BOK Raises Interest Rate

2017-12-03

The Bank of Korea(BOK) raised the benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to one-point-five percent on Thursday. The hike brought ...

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