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Seoul to host int'l Olympic meeting in 2022

South Korea will host a meeting of over 200 national Olympic committees in 2022, one year after losing the event to the coronavirus pandemic. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) announced Mo...

Moon, Biden expected to meet on sidelines of G20 summit or U.N.

President Joe Biden are expected to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Italy or the U.N. climate summit in Britain, a senior presidential official said Monday. Moon and Bid...

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Foreign affairs
Seoul stocks snap 3-day losing streak on earnings hope

South Korean stocks snapped its three-day losing streak Monday amid expectations of strong quarterly earnings. The Korean won rose sharply against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock ...

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Markets
Woori Financial Group Q3 net income up 58.1% to W824.7b

Woori Financial Group Inc. on Monday reported its third-quarter net profit of 824.7 billion won ($705.9 million), up 58.1 percent from a year earlier. Operating profit for the July-September period ...

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Industry
LG Chem Q3 net income up 19.2% to W679.9b

LG Chem Ltd. on Monday reported its third-quarter net profit of 679.9 billion won ($581.9 million), up 19.2 percent from a year earlier. Operating profit for the July-September period was 726.6 bill...

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Industry
CJ ENM says it's mulling taking over SM Entertainment, but no decision yet

South Korea's leading media and entertainment company CJ ENM said Monday it is considering acquiring K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, but nothing has been decided yet. "In order to strengthen our ...

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Industry
Busan police bust 27 sex trafficking suspects, including court official

Police in this southeastern port city have apprehended 27 sex trafficking suspects, including one identified as a court official, the local police agency said Monday. The suspects are accused of ope...

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Social affairs
Arrest warrant sought for prosecutor linked to opposition's political meddling scandal

An arrest warrant has been sought for a sitting prosecutor accused of conspiring with the main opposition party to investigate key ruling camp officials last year when Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-yo...

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Politics
Woes continue for national short track team with top female skater injured

South Korea's national short track speed skating team has lost a top skater to injuries in the middle of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup season, adding to woes from a recent race-fixi...

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More sports
USFK reports 9 additional COVID-19 cases

Nine additional people affiliated with the US Forces Korea (USFK) have tested positive for COVID-19, the US military's infection tally showed Monday. Among the new cases counted from Oct. 15 to 21 w...

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Defense
Prosecutors expected to seek arrest warrants for 2 key figures in Seongnam development scandal

Prosecutors were expected to seek arrest warrants in the coming days for two key suspects in an urban development scandal on charges of promising to give massive bribes to a top official of the proje...

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Politics
S. Korea to hold K-Food Fair next month

South Korea plans to hold a food fair next month to promote the country's agricultural and other food products, and to help local companies' advance into the global market, the agriculture ministry s...

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Industry
Korea Shipbuilding grabs W383b order for 4 chemical carriers

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said Monday it has obtained a 383 billion-won ($325 million) deal to build four LNG-propelled petrochemical carriers. The 4,000-ton vessels to be...

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Business
S. Korea to raise need for int'l discussions on Japan's Fukushima plan in IMO meeting

South Korea will once again call for international discussions on Japan's plan to discharge radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean at this week's internation...

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Foreign affairs
Posco Q3 net profit up 415.7% to W2.63tr

POSCO on Monday reported its third-quarter net profit of 2.63 trillion won ($2.2 billion), up 415.7 percent from a year earlier. The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 3.12 trillion ...

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Industry

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