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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  S. Korea’s jobless rate drops to 4 pct in March

  SEJONG, April 15 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s jobless rate fell in March from a month earlier due to seasonal factors and more hiring by the manufacturing and service sectors, a government report said Wednesday. According to the...

  • Posted April 15, 2015
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  9 in 10 S. Koreans doubt ferry sinking will inspire improved safety

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A year ago, as South Korea writhed in grief and fury after more than 300 people, most of them school kids, drowned in a ferry sinking, it seemed things would never be...

  • Posted April 15, 2015
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  Seoul to adopt urban agriculture by introducing ‘vertical farms’

  Seoul City Hall is planning to introduce “vertical farms.” The farms would be three stories high, with vegetables and crops grown on the second and third floors, while the first floor would serve as a classroom for...

  • Posted April 14, 2015
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  Foreign ministry in trouble for allegedly lying after embassy attack

  SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s foreign ministry came under criticism Tuesday for allegedly lying about the whereabouts of the country’s ambassador to Libya during a weekend attack on the local embassy. Hours after the shooting...

  • Posted April 14, 2015
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  S. Korean stocks start at 4-year high

  SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) — South Korean stocks opened higher Tuesday on strong foreign buying, with its benchmark index reaching a near four-year high. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 2.54 points, or 0.12...

  • Posted April 14, 2015
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  10-year-old girl saves man by giving CPR

  By Kim Se-jeong A story about a 10-year-old girl in Seoul has gone viral after she saved a man’s life by giving him cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which she had learned only three hours earlier. On Monday, Gangseo...

  • Posted April 13, 2015
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  S. Korean gov’t vows to fight teen smartphone addiction

  SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) — The government said Monday it will take a set of measures to tackle the problem of smartphone addiction among adolescents that has been worsening in recent years. According to a survey commissioned...

  • Posted April 13, 2015
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