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New reality show features Choo Shin-soo, Sunwoo Yekwon living abroad
Television
Dec 1, 2017
JTBC’s new reality program “Stranger” (unofficial translation) will spotlight the struggles of Korean celebrities living abroad.The show, which kicks off Saturday at 6 p.m., is set to feature newcomers to reality television including baseball player Choo Shin-soo, pianist Sunwoo Ye-kwon and actress Seo Min-jung.Scheduled in the same time slot as MBC’s popular variety program “Infinite Challenge,” “Stranger” is up against a tough fight for viewers. But the show’s strength lies in its “portrayal o
Strong exports boost optimism on economic growth for 2017
Economy
Dec 1, 2017
South Korea’s exports rose 9.6 percent in November, marking the 13th consecutive monthly gain and adding momentum to the optimistic growth rate for this year, government data showed Friday.Outbound shipments in November stood at $49.67 billion, up from $45.3 billion a year earlier, according to data jointly compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Customs Service. The total value of exports during the first 11 months of this year hit a record high of $528.4 bill
[Weekender] One coat that conquered street fashion in South Korea
Social affairs
Dec 1, 2017
South Koreans’ craze for long padded coats has its foundations in global high fashion, yet is unique
Chinese shipyards eat away Korean shipbuilding market
Markets
Dec 1, 2017
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Friday it has won orders to build 17 out of 27 very large ore carriers placed by South Korean shipping lines, while Chinese shipbuilders have secured or are in the process of getting contracts for the remaing ships.The shipping companies that won the Brazil-based Vale's iron ore shipment orders signed contracts with both South Korean and Chinese shipbuilders, which can hurt the ship building industry. The ships will be used to transport iron ore from Brazil to C
Daily turnover of won-yuan direct trading increases in five months though Nov.
Markets
Dec 1, 2017
The average daily turnover of the South Korean won-Chinese yuan direct trading market in Seoul moved up in the first 11 months of the year from the same period last year, government data showed Friday.The daily trading volume in the Seoul won-yuan direct market reached $2.03 billion in the January-November period, up slightly from last year's daily average turnover of $1.95 billion, according to the data compiled by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and the Bank of Korea.The turnover has bee
No. of individual Chinese visitors to Korea up 12% on-year last week
Industry
Dec 1, 2017
SHANGHAI -- The number of Chinese nationals submitting a visa application to visit South Korea on individual tours increased 12 percent from a year ago to 21,000 last week, according to data made available Friday by South Korean diplomatic missions in China.It marked a reversal of the declining trend in the number of Chinese visitors to the neighboring country caused by a diplomatic row earlier this year over the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system. The revers
[Newsmaker] NK’s PyeongChang participation looks bleak with figure-skating deadline miss
North Korea
Dec 1, 2017
With just about 70 days ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, North Korea chose to indirectly forfeit by missing the deadline to send its qualified figure skating pairs team, a report said Friday. (Yonhap)“North Korea’s Olympic Committee missed an Oct. 30 deadline to confirm it would send its qualified pairs figure skating team to the Winter Games,” NBC Sports said.In September, North Korean figure skaters Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik grabbed their golden ticket to PyeongChang by finishi
Agriculture remains hot button issue at 2nd FTA public hearing
Economy
Dec 1, 2017
Some representatives of the farming sectors urged the Seoul government to refuse Washington’s demands to further open up the market or discard the bilateral trade pact completely during the second public hearing on the Korea-US Trade Agreement on Friday. The latest round, held at Coex in southern Seoul, was held with only a brief moment of interruptions by protestors, unlike the first round last month that was suspended when a group of local farmers disrupted the forum in strong protest ag
IYF signs pact with Tagum City, offers programs at ASEAN Scout Jamboree
World News
Dec 1, 2017
Joint efforts underway to offer rehabilitation education to drug addicts
Korean prosecutors raid SK E&C headquarters over bribery suspicions
Industry
Dec 1, 2017
South Korean prosecutors raided the SK E&C headquarters in Seoul on Friday on suspicion that the construction company bribed a former official of the United States Forces Korea to win a contract to build infrastructure for the American military base in Pyeongtaek. The prosecution conducted a search-and-seize operations on the SK E&C headquarters over allegations that it provided bribes worth 3.2 billion won ($2.94 million) to the USFK official involved in the construction project.Korean investig
'Liquefaction in quake-hit Pohang not worrisome'
Social affairs
Dec 1, 2017
The government confirmed Friday that liquefaction caused by last month’s earthquake in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, was not at a “worrisome level,” easing safety concerns following the nation’s second strongest quake. Announcing the interim result of the inspection on soil in a total of 10 locations in Pohang, the Ministry of Interior and Safety said that it had found signs of liquefaction in five locations -- “high” in one location and “low” in four others. An official from the Ministry
Top diplomats of S. Korea, Canada talk over phone on N. Korean missile launch
North Korea
Dec 1, 2017
The top diplomats of South Korea and Canada agreed to work together more closely on reining in North Korea's nuclear and missile development during a phone call on Friday, the foreign ministry in Seoul said. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland held a 20-minute conversation over the phone to discuss their joint response to North Korea's ballistic missile launch on Nov. 29, the first weapons test by the regime in nearly 11 weeks."Both ministers expressed
State pension fund to adopt 'stewardship code': welfare minister
Economy
Dec 1, 2017
South Korea's state pension fund operator will introduce a set of guidelines next year to promote its role as the nation's biggest institutional investor, the welfare minister said Friday.Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo said it is a global trend to adopt the so-called stewardship code for state pension funds in order to protect their investment and boost their profitability over the mid and long term."Some 20 advanced nations, including the United States and Britain, have impleme
McDonald's Korea suspends contract with undercooked burger patty supplier
Industry
Dec 1, 2017
McDonald's Korea said Friday it has suspended a contract with the supplier of the burger patties that are suspected of having caused consumers to get ill due to undercooking."We've temporarily stopped receiving burger patties from Mckey Korea as of today," the South Korean unit of the U.S. fast food chain said in a statement. "We've begun the process to shift to a new supplier that has passed rigid quality and safety standards."The statement comes one day after prosecutors sought arrest warrants
Moon vows support for engineers, skilled workers
Economy
Dec 1, 2017
President Moon Jae-in on Friday promised additional support for engineers and skilled workers, saying the country's success in the fourth industrial revolution depends on them."At every juncture of the country's industrialization and major development in the manufacturing industry, there were skilled workers. Experienced skilled workers led the Republic of Korea to become a power house of technology and manufacturing," the president said.The remarks came in a meeting with the South Kor
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