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  Asia stocks start 2016 on weak note as Middle East weighs

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets started 2016 on a weak note Monday as poor manufacturing data from the world’s second-largest economy and escalating tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment. KEEPING SCORE:...

  • Posted January 3, 2016
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  Number of N.Korean defectors halves after Kim Jong-un assumes power

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The number of North Korean defectors to South Korea has halved since the launch of the Kim Jong-un regime, apparently attributable to the communist nation’s tougher border control, the Unification Ministry said Monday. A...

  • Posted January 3, 2016
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  Former opposition leader quits party

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Kim Han-gil, a former co-leader of the main opposition party, quit his party Sunday, dealing another blow to the opposition in the disarray following a high-profile departure of its other former co-chairman. Kim co-founded...

  • Posted January 3, 2016
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  KEB Hana Bank cuts 690 jobs via early retirement

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — KEB Hana Bank, South Korea’s leading lender by assets, said Sunday it has eliminated 690 jobs through a voluntary retirement program as part of efforts to downsize. The number of job cuts, made in...

  • Posted January 3, 2016
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  North Korean leader says he’s open to unification talks

  SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for improved relations with South Korea on New Year’s Day, saying that he is open to talks with Seoul in an open-minded manner for unification. In...

  • Posted January 1, 2016
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  Happy New Year! Koreans welcome first sunrise of 2016

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  • Posted December 31, 2015
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  Korea urged to embrace immigrants

  By Kim Se-jeong Korea will eventually have to accept immigration as one of most effective means of tackling its decreasing population amid a record low birthrate, analysts said Thursday. According to the government, Korea’s population of 51...

  • Posted December 31, 2015
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