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- North Korea media starts propaganda campaign ostensibly under Kim Jong-un’s instructions
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid his respects at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, according to a front-page story in the Jan. 2 issue of the state-run Rodong Sinmun. Also on ...
- Jan.3,2020 19:07 KST
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- Local S. Korean governments to undertake various basic income experiments in 2020
- In the new year, a basic income experiment for farmers will be taking place at a large number of rural communities around South Korea. The central government has basically taken...
- Jan.3,2020 19:05 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korean convenience stores begin delivering products
- South Korea’s convenience store chains are joining the race to offer consumers the most convenient and speedy delivery services. Using mobile apps, the chain CU offers as many a...
- Jan.3,2020 19:02 KST
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- [Photo] E-commerce, delivery apps reach new heights in South Korea
- South Korea saw the greatest volume of e-commerce in 2019, reaching record levels as of November by surpassing 12 trillion won (US$10.27 billion). The food delivery industry als...
- Jan.3,2020 18:50 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korean banks printing less and less checks in age of e-payments and 50,000 won bills
- South Korea produces only around one tenth of the bank checks it produced just a little over 10 years ago. Before the 50,000 won (US$42.82) bill, mobile apps, and widespread cre...
- Jan.3,2020 18:43 KST
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- [Column] Rumors of S. Korea hosting the US’ intermediate-range missiles are hopefully false
- Some truly unbelievable talk has recently been going around. The content has been quite explicit: one or more senior government officials have been “leaking” statements about po...
- Jan.2,2020 17:06 KST
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- N. Korea reshuffles its leadership for 2020
- The 5th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) witnessed a sweeping reshuffle of the leadership, in a move inspired by the “frontal breakt...
- Jan.2,2020 17:01 KST
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- S. Korea to pursue divided family reunions in North Korea via Chinese travel agencies
- South Korea is pursuing inter-Korean cooperation that would allow Koreans to reunite with their family members in their hometowns in North Korea during 2020. The reunions would ...
- Jan.2,2020 16:59 KST
