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#WeWork-Korea market
(Yonhap feature) WeWork sees bright future in S. Korea, making aggressive push to expand
By Choi Kyong-ae SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Choe Joseph, a financial consultant at Murex Korea Ltd., loves that his new office is f... 09:00 Mar. 15-
#North Korea
Young S. Koreans indifferent to N.K. despite summits, missiles
By Choi Soo-hyang SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- For Kim Na-yeon, a 26-year-old college student, North Korea's nuclear weapons program is a timeworn issue that has dragged on for as long as she has be... 09:00 Mar. 14 -
#conscientious objector
Prosecutors looking into military objectors' gaming history stirs up controversy
By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, March 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, a country where all able-bodied men must serve around two years in the military, recently acknowledged that people can refuse to be conscr... 09:00 Mar. 08 -
#S Korea defense
Amid cross-border detente, S. Korea confronts potential threats from outside
By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- With a new detente keeping the veneer of peace on the peninsula, South Korea has been awakened rudely to the security challenges it faces from without: mu... 09:00 Mar. 06
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K-pop superfans' craze for special items creates new potential market
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Yonhap) -- Choi Seo-hyun, a big fan of BTS, recently bought a card bea 09:00 Mar. 01 -
Hanoians calm but proud of hosting N. Korea-U.S. summit
By Lee Chi-dong HANOI, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The embassies of North Korea and the United States in H 08:04 Feb. 26 -
S. Korea grapples with declining childbirths, looming uncertainties for its future
By Kim Kwang-tae SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) –– For decades, the entrance to the maternity ward at Che 09:00 Feb. 22
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#hockey
One year after Olympics, men's nat'l hockey program at crossroads
By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL/GANGNEUNG, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- A little over a year has passed since South Korea made its Winter Olympic debut in men's hockey. As the host country, South Korea received an auto... 09:00 Feb. 18 -
#lottery-economic hardships
Koreans pin financial hopes on lottery amid economic hardships
By Park Sang-soo SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- Like so many other ordinary Koreans, Kim Chan-hee, a 50-something office worker, has pinned his financial hopes on apartments whose prices surged sharply... 09:00 Feb. 15 -
#guard post
Disarmed DMZ guard post symbolizes both inter-Korean conflict and reconciliation
By Song Sang-ho GOSEONG, South Korea, Feb. 14 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- The South Korean border guard post on the east coast sits unarmed, with troops and weapons withdrawn, electricity and wat... 17:02 Feb. 14 -
#Kaesong Industrial Complex
Biz heads want no more 'false hope' for Kaesong Industrial Complex
By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- When Lee Jong-duk closed his plant in Qingdao, China, and moved it to an industrial park in North Korea's border town of Kaesong in 2008, he was full of... 09:00 Feb. 11 -
#KaKao-online present
New Year money envelopes go digital with Kakao Pay
By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- Kim Seung-hwa usually visits banks at this time of year to get crisp new bills to prepare to give Lunar New Year's cash gifts to her relatives. This ye... 09:30 Feb. 03
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1 (3rd LD) N. Korea reconsiders denuclearization talks with U.S.: reports
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2 CNBLUE member Lee Jong-hyun admits to involvement in sex scandal
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3 Seungri, Jung Joon-young return home after questioning over sex scandals
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4 (News Focus) Sex, drug scandal exposes shady sides of K-pop's breakneck ascent
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5 Bolton says N.K. characterization of his role at summit is 'inaccurate'