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  Delivery Hero orders up South Korea’s Woowa for $4b

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on December 14, 2019

  Germany’s Delivery Hero has agreed to buy South Korea’s top food delivery app operator Woowa Brothers for $4 billion and form a joint venture to...

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  N Korea to launch medical tourism, targeting visitors from China

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on December 07, 2019

  North Korea, one of the world’s most reclusive states, plans to branch out into medical tourism next year, offering foreign visitors, most likely from China,...

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  Kim signals more confrontational stance with new horse ride

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 10:50pm on December 04, 2019

  Kim Jong Un mounted a white horse again as North Korea announced on Wednesday it will soon convene a rare meeting of the ruling party’s...

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  South Korean actor found dead in latest K-pop tragedy

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on December 05, 2019

  South Korean actor Cha In-ha was found dead in his home, police said on Wednesday, the country’s third young celebrity to die in the past...

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  South Korea November exports plunge as China-US deal still in dark

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 11:26pm on December 01, 2019

  South Korean exports in November fell for the 12th month in a row and far more than expected, denting hopes for the global manufacturing sector...

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  The dark side of South Korea’s K-pop world

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 10:05pm on November 29, 2019

  The apparent suicide of a second K-pop artist in a month has cast renewed focus in South Korea on vicious personal attacks and cyber bullying...

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  Feuding Korean firms risk disrupting electric car battery supplies

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on November 28, 2019

  In 2018, South Korea’s SK Innovation beat its larger, local rival LG Chem to a multibillion dollar deal to supply German car maker Volkswagen with...

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  K-pop star Koo Hara left ‘pessimistic’ note: police

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on November 26, 2019

  K-pop singer Koo Hara left a ‘pessimistic’ note, police said on Monday, a day after the former member of top South Korean girl group Kara...

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  N Korea rebuffs US offer of Dec talks

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 10:12pm on November 15, 2019

  North Korea said on Thursday it had turned down a US offer for fresh talks, saying it was not interested in more talks merely aimed...

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  Movie puts South Korean gender divide back in focus

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on October 31, 2019

  A movie based on a controversial and best-selling novel that chronicled the everyday sexism faced by women topped South Korea’s box office this week, reigniting...