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Opposition Suspects Political Corruption in Hedge Fund Scandals

2020-10-18

Lawmakers accused the Financial Supervisory Service of failing to prevent controversial hedge funds from freezing withdrawals of massive investments ...

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IMF: Stimulus Measures Keep Economies from Further Plunging

2020-10-18

In its World Economic Outlook report on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund(IMF) says South Korea's economy will shrink one-point-nine ...

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BTS Earns 2nd No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 while BLACKPINK Tops Billboard Artist 100 for 1st Time

2020-10-18

South Korean K-pop sensation BTS made history again by topping the Billboard's main singles chart with another song featuring the group.Billboard ...

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North Korea Marks 75th Anniversary of Workers' Party with New ICBM

2020-10-11

While stressing that the regime's push to strengthen its “war deterrence” capabilities is for self-defense, North Korea introduced ...

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Moon Urges Washington to Officially End Korean War amid Nuclear Stalemate

2020-10-11

President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that he hopes South Korea and the United States will cooperate to declare a formal end to the Korean War. Moon ...

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Ex-N. Korean Diplomat Residing in S. Korea Following Defection in 2017

2020-10-11

The former acting ambassador at the North Korean Embassy in Rome, who disappeared in November 2018, is alive and well and living in South Korea, it ...

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S. Korean Trade Minister, Nigerian Development Economist Face off to lead WTO

2020-10-11

The World Trade Organization(WTO) has officially announced that South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former ...

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South Korea celebrates Chuseok

2020-10-04

South Korea celebrated the Chuseok holiday this week, but with heightened social distancing guidelines in place, the public was urged not to travel ...

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U.S. President Trump tests positive for COVID-19

2020-10-04

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday.The president tweeted in the early hours of Friday ...

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Exports Rebound 7.7% in First Growth in 7 Months

2020-10-04

According to data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Thursday, the country's outbound shipments totaled 48 billion U.S. dollars ...

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