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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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[Photo News] First Samsung experience store in India
Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that its flagship brand experience store, dubbed “Samsung BKC,” has opened at Jio World Plaza Mall in Mumbai, India. The 732-square-meter site is the first of its kind in India where visitors can experience and purchase Samsung’s latest devices. Samsung said preorders for the new Galaxy S24 series exceeded 250,000 units in three days in India -- a record for the flagship smartphone there. (Samsung Electronics)
IndustryJan. 24, 2024
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[Photo News] For mutual growth
KB Kookmin Bank CEO Lee Jae-keun (right) and Korea Securities Finance Corporation CEO Yoon Chang-ho pose for a photo at the bank's headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul on Monday after signing an agreement to seek mutual growth with small and medium-sized enterprises. Under the agreement, KB Kookmin Bank will provide both financial and non-financial support to the SMEs, including reductions of loan interests and business consulting. (KB Kookmin Bank)
IndustryJan. 23, 2024
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[Photo News] Citi-Kyung Hee sharing day
Citibank Korea CEO Yoo Myung-soon (11th from left, second row) and employees pose with some 65 students joining the 18th Citi-Kyung Hee University NGO Internship in Seoul on Friday. Since the internship’s launch in 2006, Citibank employees and student interns together have taken part in diverse activities to give back to society. This year, they made art supply kits consisting of brushes, paint and recycled canvases made from waste paper and cardboard to be used for art classes at local ch
IndustryJan. 22, 2024
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[Photo News] Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival sculptures
Celebrating the Year of the Dragon, known as the “gapjin” year in the 60-year sexagenary cycle, the upcoming Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival presents a stunning, dragon-themed snow sculpture. As a popular motif in Korean art and myth, dragons symbolize power and are considered to be sacred gods that prevent misfortune and disaster. Snow sculptures aside, the Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival features exciting works of art from snow carving contests for university students, an igloo
TravelJan. 19, 2024
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[Photo News] More cheddar for milk
A shopper browses the milk at a supermarket in Seoul on Thursday. According to Statistics Korea, milk prices saw a 9.9 percent jump in 2023, the steepest surge in 14 years since the global financial crisis in 2009. The upward trend in milk prices also led to price hikes in other dairy products, including yogurt (12.5 percent) and cheese (19.5 percent). (Yonhap)
IndustryJan. 18, 2024
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[Photo News] Honoring legacy of Lotte founder
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin pays tribute to the group's late founder and honorary Chairman Shin Kyuk-ho, during a memorial service held at the retail giant's headquarters in southern Seoul on Thursday. The self-made entrepreneur passed away at the age of 97 on Jan. 19, 2020. (Lotte Group)
IndustryJan. 18, 2024
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[Photo News] Top auto exporter
General Motors Korea’s Chevrolet Trailblazer, the carmaker’s popular compact sport utility vehicle, claimed the top spot on the list of the most exported cars of 2023, selling 214,048 units in overseas markets, according to the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association on Thursday. Other top exporters included the Hyundai Kona SUV (212,489 units), the Hyundai Avante compact (206,371 units) and the Chevrolet Trax (181,950 units). (GM Korea)
MobilityJan. 18, 2024
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[Photo News] 7th Apple store in Korea
Apple Korea on Thursday said that Apple Hongdae, the iPhone maker's seventh retail store in Korea and 100th store globally, will start operation at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Located near the bustling Hongdae subway station in western Seoul, the new store will have some 100 staff to assist customers as they explore the latest Apple products in multiple languages, including Korean, English, Chinese and Japanese.
TechnologyJan. 18, 2024
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[Photo News] Tackling low birth rate
KEB Hana Bank CEO Lee Seung-lyul (right) and Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Bok-hyun pose for a photo after the lender was named an Excellent Institution for Promotion of Coexistence and Cooperation in 2023 by the financial regulator on Wednesday. The award was given in recognition of the bank's efforts to help resolve the country's low fertility rate by launching a savings product that provides preferential interest rates for parents and pregnant women. (KEB Hana Bank)
MarketJan. 17, 2024
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[Photo News] Maritime heroes
S-Oil CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi (fifth from right, second row) and maritime officers of the Korea Coast Guard during a ceremony honoring their heroic actions at a Seoul hotel on Wednesday. Eight maritime officers will be recognized this year and offered a combined 90 million won ($67,000) in cash prizes. (S-Oil)
IndustryJan. 17, 2024
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[Photo News] Hyundai, Kia sweep 9 design awards
Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday that it has won nine Good Design awards this year. Eight cars, including Hyundai’s N Vision 74 sports car, Kia’s EV9 and the Genesis X Convertible, won transportation awards, while Kia’s next-generation infotainment system, called Ki, won an interactive media award. The N Vision 74, inspired by the Pony Coupe Concept, the nation’s first sports car unveiled in 1974, has won all four major design awards, including from iF, the Industrial D
MobilityJan. 17, 2024
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[Photo News] Samsung chief meets tech masters
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong (fifth from left, back row) poses for a photo after a meeting with 15 Tech Experts of the Year, an in-house recognition of engineers who have worked at the company for more than two decades, at the company's Seocho office in southern Seoul on Tuesday. Samsung introduced the system in 2019 to foster master-level tech experts. (Samsung Electronics)
TechnologyJan. 16, 2024
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[Photo News] New year dumplings
Standard Chartered Bank Korea CEO Park Jong-bok (third from left) attends a dumpling-making event to celebrate the new year at the bank’s headquarters in Seoul on Monday. As part of the bank’s “Diversity & Inclusion” drive, the event invited multicultural families and employees to share Korea’s traditional culture. The bank has been cooperating with the Jongnogu district office to bring the local community closer together. (Standard Chartered Bank Korea)
IndustryJan. 16, 2024
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[Photo News] Hyundai future adventure on Roblox
Hyundai Motor Group steps into the virtual space with its latest launch, Hyundai Future Adventure, on Roblox. Unveiled Monday, the game aims to captivate younger audiences by presenting Hyundai's mobility technologies in Roblox, the popular virtual gaming platform frequented by Generation Alpha and Generation Z. In the image is a Hyundai Roblox avatar in the center flanked by Boston Dynamics' robots Spot and Atlas on the right, with DAL-e, the service robot, on the left, as Hyundai
MobilityJan. 15, 2024
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[Photo News] Renault brand chief in Korea
Renault Brand CEO Fabrice Cambolive looks around the production lines of the French carmaker’s Busan plant last week. Cambolive was visiting Korea to inspect local operations, especially the development work of the “Aurora 1” project, the carmaker’s new hybrid sport utility vehicle. “Renault is preparing for a new phase in the Korean market this year. … (The Aurora 1) will certainly be a vehicle that meets the high expectations of Korean and international con
MobilityJan. 14, 2024
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[Photo News] S. Korean business moguls visit CES 2024
Leaders of major corporations in South Korea toured exhibition booths on the opening day of the CES 2024 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Tuesday. Among those who made an appearance at the annual global tech show were SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, SK Executive Vice Chairman and SK On CEO Chey Jae-won, Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun, HD Hyundai Vice Chairman Chung Ki-sun, GS Group Chairman Huh Tae-soo, and Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee.
TechnologyJan. 10, 2024
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[Photo News] Coming soon
A teaser video for Samsung Electronics’ Unpacked event touting its flagship Galaxy lineup is screened on the Sphere, a new landmark in Las Vegas, Tuesday. The tech giant is scheduled to unveil its Galaxy S24 smartphones with enhanced artificial intelligence features next week in San Jose, California. (Samsung Electronics)
IndustryJan. 10, 2024
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[Photo News] OLED tunnel
Visitors pass through tunnel-like display screens at LG Electronics’ exhibition booth during the CES tech show in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Some 140 OLED screens are used to feature diverse video content running on the tech giant’s smart TV platform, webOS. (LG Electronics)
IndustryJan. 10, 2024
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[Photo News] Hyundai family
HD Hyundai Vice Chairman Chung Ki-sun (left) and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun look around HD Hyundai's exhibition area at the CES 2024 in Las Vegas on Tuesday. As the grandsons of Chung Ju-yung, the late founder of Hyundai Group, the two business moguls are cousins. HD Hyundai is showcasing the future of construction on the back of automation technology at this year's global tech convention. (HD Hyundai)
MobilityJan. 10, 2024
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[Photo News] Era of AI screen
Samsung Electronics Executive President Yong Seok-woo, in charge of the display division, delivers a speech about the company's vision to open the "era of artificial intelligence screen," at the Samsung First Look event held on the sidelines of CES in Las Vegas on Sunday. At the event, the tech giant unveiled its third-generation AI processor, named NQ8 AI, which will support TVs to become the connector and controller of home appliances, as well as the Neo QLED 8K TV featuring the
IndustryJan. 8, 2024