Seoul sees heaviest daily downpour ever for July

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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Seoul was soaked with 301.5 millimeters of rain on Wednesday, the largest amount of daily precipitation ever recorded during the month of July, the state weather agency s

Gov't to strengthen guidelines for landslide safety

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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Following the record-breaking rainfall that caused a number of deadly landslides across central South Korea, the government said Thursday it will strengthen guidelines fo

Samsung Heavy Q2 net rises 10 pct

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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a South Korean shipbuilder, said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings rose 10 percent from a year earlier mainly thanks to increased de

Samsung SDI Q2 net rises 26 pct

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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Samsung SDI Co., a South Korean manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings rose 26 percent from one year earlier thanks to ris

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