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- [Reportage] Exploring the DMZ
- Cutting across the midsection of the Korean Peninsula, the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has ironically been the world’s most heavily militarized zone for the past 70 years. With mor...
- Sep.29,2019 14:50 KST
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- Will shutting down private academies on Sunday produce the desired effect?
- The attempt by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) to make private academies close their doors on Sunday is laudable in its intent, but there’s considerable debate...
- Sep.29,2019 14:43 KST
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- [Reportage] A day in the life of a Korean student
- “I’ve been going to afterschool academies since my third year in elementary school. On weekdays, it’s 10 pm by the time classes finish. On the weekends, I go to academies to mem...
- Sep.29,2019 14:40 KST
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- LG Economic Research Institute offers gloomy forecast for South Korea’s growth in 2020
- Amid gloomy predictions of South Korea’s economic growth rate hovering around the 2.0% range next year, a private research institution released projections putting it even lower...
- Sep.29,2019 14:36 KST
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- S. Korea sees significant rise in number of coffee shops and hair salons
- South Korea saw a major increase in the number of coffee shops and hair salons doing business last year. The logistics industry also appears to be expanding as more customers bu...
- Sep.29,2019 14:31 KST
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- Seoul court convicts non-religious conscientious objector in appeals trial
- A Korean who refuses to perform his mandatory military service based on pacifism, rather than religion, has been found guilty on appeal. At the same time, the court said there w...
- Sep.28,2019 08:22 KST
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- Korean fighter project enters prototype production phase
- The Korean fighter (KFX) project, which involves developing a mainstay fighter aircraft for the South Korean Air Force using domestic technology, has entered the prototype produ...
- Sep.28,2019 08:18 KST
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- Intellectuals around country demand reform of S. Korean prosecutors
- “The prosecutors’ one-sided rule of law is a threat to democracy,” said university professors, lecturers, and researchers from around South Korea in a manifesto calling for the ...
- Sep.28,2019 08:14 KST
