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Softbank invests $1 bil in S Korean e-commerce firm
Coupang, a South Korean online shopping site, has secured a $1 billion investment from Japanese Internet company Softbank Corp.
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The real scars of Korean gaming
In South Korea, e-sports stars are adored celebrities. Dave Lee gets up close to learn about the real impact of pro-gaming.
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MERS outbreak: 2,300-plus quarantined in South Korea
Fears of MERS in South Korea are growing by the day, with more than 2,300 people quarantined as the country grapples with the outbreak.At least 1,381 schools will be closed for several days amid concerns of the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome. They include 1,255 schools in Gyeonggi province, the area outside Seoul where the outbreak started and where a South Korean air force member stationed at a U.S. air base has been isolated with the illness.
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Sixth Mers death in South Korea amid sharp rises in cases
A sixth person has died after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, amid a sharp rise in infections. More than 23 people were confirmed to have contracted the disease on Sunday, bringing the total to 87, health officials say. It is the biggest outbreak of Mers outside the Middle East. About 2,300 people have been placed under quarantine and nearly 1,900 schools have been closed.
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The Kwangju Uprising and American Hypocrisy
One Reporter’s Quest for Truth and Justice in Korea
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The Unkillable Demon King
19-year-old Faker came out of nowhere to become the first true global star of gaming. But can the League of Legends prodigy carry a nation on his shoulders?
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North Korea 'could see historical famine if drought continues'
North Korea faces famine if the country’s drought continues, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said this week.
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Eight new MERS cases in South Korea; 20th patient dies
South Korea on Wednesday reported eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), while another person infected with the virus died, health officials said, bringing to 20 the number of fatalities in the outbreak that began last month. A total of 162 people in South Korea have been infected in the outbreak, the largest outside Saudi Arabia. It has been traced to a 68-year-old South Korean man who returned from a business trip to the Middle East in early May.
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U.S. soldier found dead near base in South Korea - CNN.com
An American soldier has died during a navigation training exercise in South Korea, the U.S. military said Thursday.
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S. Korea willing to support N. Korea during record drought
North Korea recently expressed through its Korean Central News Agency that it is in the midst of its worst drought in over 100 years and South Korea is willing to offer help under one simple condition — just ask. Foreign Minister and authority on inter-Korean ties Hong Yong-pyo spoke on behalf of South Korea saying that they will be monitoring the drought situation in the North and will offer aid if it is requested according to Yonhap News Agency.
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27th June 1950 - Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea
President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea.
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Obama again praises S. Korea for ‘paying teachers the way they pay doctors’
During U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech on Wednesday regarding a new government initiative to bring high speed internet access to low-income groups, the topic of South Korea’s education system came up. “In South Korea they pay their teachers the way they pay their doctors,” he said in front of an audience at Durant High School in Durant, Okla. “They consider education to be at the highest wrung of the professions.”
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Stunning photos show why S. Korea is the plastic surgery capital of the world
A nuanced photo essay examines the beautiful and ugly side of plastic surgery in Korea
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to stop insulting its president after latest row
North Korea has called South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye a myriad of unflattering names including a “venomous snake” and a “malignant tumor” and the latest verbal attack seems to have warranted a public statement to defend the country’s leader. “North Korea should immediately suspend its slandering that does not help inter-Korean ties at all,” Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee told reporters at a press briefing according to Yonhap News Agency.
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South & North Korea tension builds along border
Tension is building along the inter-Korean border as the South is beefing up military readiness in response to last week's mine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) blamed on the North. The Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday troops along the border are on high alert to ensure an immediate response to any additional provocations by North Korean troops.
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How South Korea Squanders Its Fiber Advantage By Run-Amok Rote Learning
The US must emulate South Koreas Internet speeds and costs — but not its education system.
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President Park pardons business tycoon of embezzlement
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye on Thursday pardoned a tycoon convicted of embezzlement who heads the country’s third-largest business group. The justice ministry said in a statement that SK Group’s Chey Tae-won will be among some 6,500 people to be released from prison before the 70th anniversary Saturday of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonial occupation.
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North Korea threatens to turn South into 'sea of fire'
North Korea on Friday threatened to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" unless South Korean activists stop the launches of propaganda leaflets across the heavily fortified border. The warning came hours after South Korean police blocked activists from launching leaflets amid elevated military tensions on the divided peninsula.
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North Korea Orders Military To Be 'Ready For War'
Kim Jong-Un reportedly tells his forces to prepare for military action as tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula.
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North, South Korea officials meet at DMZ in bid to ease tension
Aides to the leaders of North and South Korea held talks at the Panmunjom truce village straddling their border on Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday, raising hopes for an end to a standoff that put the rivals on the brink of armed conflict. The meeting at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) village, known for its sky-blue huts and grim-faced soldiers, began soon after the deadline for North Korea's previously set ultimatum demanding that...
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