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Seoul City converts 2,442 temporary staff into permanent employees
The city of Seoul became the first among local governments to turn more than two-thousand-four-hundred employees under contracts of indefinite duration, into full-time, regular workers. They include staff employed in the capital's public corporations, such as the metro system. Seoul City announced it's seeking to a...
2017-07-17 15:28:07 KST -
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China's on-year GDP growth beats market expectation
China's economy is growing faster than expected. The country's National Bureau of Statistics reported Monday, Beijing's second quarter on-year GDP growth was 6-point-9 percent. Slightly above market expectations, and also 1-point-7 percentage points higher than Q1. Steel output also rose to record levels of just ...
2017-07-17 14:30:12 KST -
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Export prices of semiconductors hit 30-month high in June
Export prices of Korea's key item, semiconductors rose to a record-high in June. According to the Bank of Korea it spiked more than 14 percent from December last year to their highest level in two-and-a-half years largely due to global economic recovery. The upward trend is quite a contrast to that of the nation's ...
2017-07-17 14:30:12 KST -
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IT and banking expected to drive up record-hitting Q2 profits for KOSPI-listed companies
Korea's largest companies are set to acheive record profits for the second quarter of this year, driven by the IT and banking sectors. (Korean) "The second quarter will likely represent a historic high in terms of profit, gaining 19 to 20 percent on year. On-year growth of forty to fifty percent is likely to b...
2017-07-17 14:30:12 KST -
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Korea's benchmark KOSPI hits fresh high on Wall Street gains
Korean stocks opened higher this morning following Wall Street's gains… and as investors await the release of some key second-quarter corporate earnings reports. The benchmark KOSPI opened more than half-a-percent higher at 24-27-point-eight,… breaking a record set two trading sessions ago. About 20 minutes into tr...
2017-07-17 12:13:18 KST -
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Washington undecided on release date of foreign steel imports report
The release date of a U.S. Department of Commerce report on the impact of steel imports on the country's national security has not yet been decided. This according to a White House official on Sunday. It comes despite previous speculation Washington would announce anti-dumping measures on imported steel sold in the...
2017-07-17 10:00:35 KST -
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Gov't vows follow-up measures for small businesses over minimum wage hike
Korea's finance ministry revealed Sunday that the government has a contingency plan to relieve the burden on small businesses following a decision to hike the country's minimum wage to seven-thousand five-hundred-30 won or roughly six dollars 64 cents up 16-point-four percent from this year. (Korean) "Th...
2017-07-17 07:28:08 KST -
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LG Electronics' OLED TVs top evaluations in U.S. and Europe
LG Electronics has revealed that its high-end OLED TVs have won top honors from U.S. and European industry trackers. The Korean tech giant says its OLED TVs topped performance evaluations conducted by top consumer agencies in the U.S., the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Portugal. LG TVs have won to...
2017-07-17 00:42:41 KST -
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Korea's auto exports to U.S. fell despite tariff removal: KITA
Contrary to the widely-held belief, Korea's automobile exports to the U.S. fell sharply in 2016 from the previous year after the two countries slashed related tariffs. The Korea International Trade Association says Korean car exports to the U.S. tumbled by 9-point-5-percent last year to around 965-thousand units. U...
2017-07-17 00:41:40 KST -
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Korea's duty free sector forecast to record first drop in annual sales since 2003
South Korea's duty free industry is suffering from China's tour group ban over the nation's deployment of the THAAD missile defense system. Amid a slump in the number of Chinese tourists, the industry is forecast to see its annual sales fall for the first time since 2003 when Asia was hit by the SARS outbreak. Ever...
2017-07-17 00:41:40 KST -
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Final negotiations for 2018 minimum wage to take place Saturday
On with the latest debacle on minimum wage Korea's Minimum Wage Commission is set to hold final negotiations this afternoon on the nation's minimum hourly pay for next year. The commission includes representatives of labor, business and the public interest. It's the 11th meeting on the subject of next year's minimu...
2017-07-15 12:18:19 KST -
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U.S. Grains Council highly assesses KORUS FTA
U.S. President Donald Trump has been calling for America's FTA with Korea to be renegotiated, but there are some sectors in the U.S. that have benefited from the trade deal. The U.S. agriculture news outlet FeedStuffs cites the U.S. Grain Council as saying that Korea is one of the strongest markets for U.S. g...
2017-07-15 12:17:18 KST
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