Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:32:51 +0000
Former South Korean provincial governor sentenced to 3½ years in prison on Friday on charges of sexually abusing his secretary.
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:00:41 +0000
In 2017, the 10 largest power companies, ranked by their installed generation capacity, owned 18% of total global installed capacity, while the next-largest 15 owned around 10%—meaning that the top 25 companies own nearly 30% of global installed power generation capacity, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Chinese companies account for more than one-eighth of global installed […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000
South Korea is reliant on coal-fired and nuclear power for much of its power generation, and is among the world’s leading importers of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The administration of President Moon
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:44:22 +0000
Police on Thursday arrested a group of progressive college students who tried to rush through the front gate of the US Embassy in Seoul in protest of Washington’s demand for a sharp increase in Seoul’s share of the upkeep costs for US troops stationed in the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:35:55 +0000
A 20-year-old who set her house on fire last year was apprehended Thursday. According to Gwangju Bukbu Police on Thursday, the suspect, surnamed Baek, set fire to her home on Nov. 22 after breaking up with her boyfriend.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 06:51:01 +0000
Hundreds of South Koreans mourned the death of a former sex slave for the Japanese military during World War II during in a rally in Seoul.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 20:00:00 +0000
Milos Degenek’s defensive howler handed UAE a 1-0 win, and the Qataris beat South Korea by the same score to set up a semifinal buzzing with regional tensions because of the Gulf blockade of Qatar.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:49:04 +0000
A former senior South Korean prosecutor was convicted Wednesday of abuse of power and sentenced to jail term of two years.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 07:37:37 +0000
North Korea appears to be hoping to increase pressure on Seoul over inter-Korean projects and human rights concerns ahead of the second US-North Korea summit.
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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:05:15 +0000
The government will inspect massage parlors and adult entertainment establishments throughout South Korea to root out the hiring of foreign nationals who live and work here illegally.
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