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Three Weeks Have Passed, but 5,600 People Are Still Missing… Search Efforts for Nepal Flood Victims Drag On
Nearly three weeks have passed since massive floods struck the border region between Nepal and Tibet, China, but the fate of more than 5,600 people remains unknown. The search for the missing is facin…
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Costs from Pregnancy to 42 Days Postpartum Set at '0 Won'… China Launches Unprecedented Support Measures
China, which is grappling with a low birth rate, is implementing a “zero-cost” policy starting from the pregnancy stage. Under this system, the state provides support for everything from prenatal chec…
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“He Claimed to Teach Me How to Get Rich, but I Ended Up with 1.6 Trillion in Debt”… The Twist in the “Rich Dad” Story
Robert Kiyosaki (79), author of the global bestseller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” has sparked a buzz by revealing that he is in debt to the tune of $1.2 billion (approximately 1.6 trillion won).
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Women Accounted for 97% of New U.S. Jobs in August… What Happened?
While U.S. employment figures for August significantly exceeded expectations, it appears that women accounted for virtually all of the new jobs created. Of the 162,000 new jobs added in August, 158,00…
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"What Day Is It?" Two People Miraculously Rescued 9 Days After Nepal Floods
On the 4th (local time), nine days after massive flash floods struck the Nepal-Tibet border region, two survivors who had been trapped in a hydroelectric power plant tunnel were dramatically rescued. …
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Natural Dam Blocking Upper Reaches of River "Bursts"... Second Round of Flooding Becomes a Reality in Nepal
Nepalese police announced on the 28th that a landslide-dammed lake on the Tibetan side of the border with China had burst, causing flooding. A landslide-dammed lake is a naturally formed lake created …
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SK’s U.S. Investments and Assets to Exceed 62 Trillion Won by 2030… “Indiana Is Just the Beginning”
SK Hynix’s first U.S. production hub for High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is emerging as a key project in U.S.-South Korea cooperation aimed at rebuilding the U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) and semicond…
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"SK hynix to Create 7,000 Jobs"... U.S. City with 45,000 Residents Abuzz
West Rapier, a college town in the U.S. Midwest with a population of approximately 45,000, is transforming into a cutting-edge semiconductor hub following the construction of SK hynix’s high-bandwidth…
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Major Floods in Nepal… 19 Dead, 384 Missing, Including a South Korean
Massive flooding in north-central Nepal has left 19 people dead and hundreds missing. Eight of the missing foreigners are reported to be South Koreans.
Local residents look at homes submerged in mu…
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South Koreans’ Annual Salaries and Hourly Wages Plunge… The Raw Reality as Seen Through the Big Mac Index
It has been revealed that U.S. workers can buy 10,215 Big Macs with one year’s worth of income. This is the highest number among the 32 countries surveyed. South Korea ranked 8th overall, but when mea…