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Tuesday, July 17, 2018Round-up of important news from major Korean, international dailies, other news sources today:The Korea Post media (www.koreapost.com) in English, (www.koreapost.co.kr) in Korean.Over five thousand Columbians fight in Korea to defend her freedom and democracyThe Republic of Kor
LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has started sales of its latest G7 ThinQ smartphone in the Central and South American markets as it expands overseas sales of the flagship device.The South Korean tech giant said the G7 ThinQ reached Brazil and Mexico last week, claiming the new device now has pre
South Korea's military intelligence agency masterminded the controversial defection of a dozen North Korean restaurant workers based in China, an informed source said Tuesday.The Defense Intelligence Command, affiliated with the defense ministry, led the 2014 operation supported by the National
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is confident the two sides will work together to end the North Korean nuclear threat.Trump was speaking at a joint press conference with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, following their first summit. The new
Monday, July 16, 2018Round-up of important news from major Korean, international dailies, other news sources today:The Korea Post media (www.koreapost.com) in English, (www.koreapost.co.kr) in Korean.Trump touts meeting with Kim, halt in nuclear testingU.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday defended
The financial watchdog plans to release a list of financial firms that have neglected guidelines for consumer protection, officials said Monday, in a name-and-shame move to better protect consumers.The list, which is expected to be published by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) as early as thi
The volume of electricity generated from renewable energy jumped more than 20 percent on-year in 2017 to touch a record high, industry data showed Monday.Asia's fourth-largest economy saw the trading value of power generated from renewable energy come to 2.05 trillion won (US$1.82 billion) last
South Korea's top economic and monetary policymakers met Monday to discuss an array of economic issues, such as the growing trade tussle between the United States and China and sluggish job creation.The meeting between Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon and Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol is their se
The United States and North Korea have agreed to resume searching for the remains of thousands of American soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.The agreement came at a general-level meeting between the two sides earlier in the day, Pompeo said in
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his diplomatic efforts with North Korea, saying his meeting with leader Kim Jong-un was "a good thing" and the regime's halting of nuclear and ballistic missile tests was a "wonderful" fact.In an interview with CBS, Trump was speaking about his
Overseas sales accounted for nearly a fifth of all products sold by South Korean companies and the numbers are expected to continue rising in the future as countries ramp up protectionist policies, market data showed Sunday. Data from the Bank of Korea (BOK) and Export-Import Bank of Korea (
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday called for sincere efforts on all sides to move the North Korean denuclearization process forward, insisting that its leader Kim Jong-un is determined to turn his country into a normal state."I have met Chairman Kim Jong-un twice so far. Chairman Kim had
A South Korean official in charge of promoting investments in North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Complex said Friday that the reopening of the now-suspended industrial park in the North's border town will be a first step towards resuming inter-Korean economic cooperation.Addressing a unificati
South Korea's minimum wage for next year has been set at 8,350 won (US$ 7.37) per hour, up 10.9 percent from this year, officials decided on Saturday.The decision was made after the Minimum Wage Council -- a panel comprised of representatives from labor, management and the general public -- had
Hundreds of employees at South Korea's two largest airlines held a joint rally on Saturday, calling for the airlines' patriarchs to step down over a string of scandals that sparked a huge public outcry.It was the first time that employees of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. had
Representatives of the business circle at South Korea's wage commission on Friday refused to take part in the last-minute negotiation session meant to decide the country's minimum wage level for next year.The Minimum Wage Commission, which consists of 27 representatives from labor, managemen
U.S. activist fund Elliott Associates has filed an investor-state dispute (ISD) suit against the South Korean government seeking compensation for its losses from a 2015 merger of two Samsung units, Seoul's justice ministry said Friday.The notice of arbitration lodged by the American firm comes t
The South Korean economy has witnessed its exports' contribution to domestic demand weaken from 2000 onwards as the country's growth was led by capital-intensive information technology (IT) firms and more companies went abroad, a report said Friday.A coefficient of exports and domestic deman
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a South Korean shipbuilder, said Friday that it has won a 84.1 billion won (US$74.26 million) order to build two petrochemical product carriers.In a regulatory filing, the local shipyard said it will deliver the vessels by September 2019 to an unidentified buyer based in t