Category: General

Today in Korean history Date: 10-Sep-23

1899 — Korea’s last kingdom, the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), signs a trade treaty with China’s Qing Dynasty.

1945 — The operation of a railway line linking Seoul and Sinuiju, a border city in what is now North Korea, is

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Suicide deaths in S. Korea rise nearly 9 pct in H1

Suicide deaths in South Korea rose about 9 percent on-year in the first half of the year, as underprivileged people are suffering more in their efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, a local suicide prevention agency said Sunday.

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LG holds annual event to nurture innovative startups

LG Group said Thursday it held an annual startup event to nurture and support promising startup companies.

Forty companies from various fields, including artificial intelligence, bio technology and clean tech sectors, three of the sectors LG designa…

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Today in Korean history Date: 07-Sep-23

Senior economic officials of South Korea and Japan hold a meeting in Seoul, the first high-level talks since the two countries restored diplomatic relations under the normalization treaty signed in June 1965.

1984 — The Red Cross of North Korea

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Corporate loan growth accelerates in Q2

Corporate loan growth in South Korea picked up in the second quarter from three months earlier, central bank data showed Thursday, mainly due to a gain in loans for the service sector.

The outstanding loans extended to local companies came

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MDEC SUCCEEDS IN PRODUCING 607 DIGITAL NINJAS

The Digital Ninja Programme by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has successfully produced 607 Digital Ninjas between 2017 and July 30 this year, 200 of whom were schoolgirls.The programme which gave the opportunity to Malaysian students…

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