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Labor chief warns Hanjin employees: Don't sign 'voluntary resignation' papers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 02:13 PM

Employees of debt-saddled Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp in the Philippines were advised not to sign "voluntary resignation" papers as doing so would strip them of their rightful benefits, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday. Read more »

'I am Kim Yong-Kyun': Thousands mourn tragic death of coal worker in South Korea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 12:01 AM

Some 2,500 South Koreans marched through Seoul Saturday to honor a worker who was crushed to death at a coal plant fuelling an outcry which led to a landmark amendment of the nation's industrial safety laws. Read more »

Olympic dream turns to nightmare for South Korea's 'Garlic Girls'

Claire Lee, Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 01:31 PM

SEOUL - The South Korean women's curling team were the unexpected heroines of last year's Winter Olympics, but since their impressive run to the final they have endured a nightmare year. Read more »

Samsung to stop using plastic packaging for its products

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 07:37 PM

MANILA - Samsung Electronics will stop using plastic packaging for its products and accessories as part of its sustainability policy. Read more »

Joint South, North Korean hockey team mulled for Tokyo 2020

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 26 02:24 PM

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - After a joint women's ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Games and a men's handball team at the world championships, South and North Korea may now form a united field hockey team for men and women at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

Like a son but cheaper: harried South Koreans pamper pets instead of having kids

Hayoung Choi and Minwoo Park, Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 09:33 AM

South Korea's pet industry is booming, fueled by the same factors that have made the country's birth rate, at 1.05 births per woman, the lowest in the world: the high cost of education and housing as well as extremely long working days. Read more »

South Korea 'selective' in implementing sanctions on North: group

Joyce Lee, Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 03:12 PM

South Korea failed to notify a UN sanctions committee when it sent about 300 tons of petroleum products to North Korea in 2018, the website NK News reported on Wednesday, suggesting South Korea was slipping on sanctions. Read more »

South Korea trash yet to be shipped out

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 03:06 AM

CAGAYAN DE ORO - Thousands of tons of garbage from South Korea remain dumped in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental months after it was discovered by authorities. Read more »

Debate is on: Time to exempt K-pop idols from S. Korea military service?

Kang Jin-kyu, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 18 03:07 PM

Despite generating almost $4 billion a year for the South Korean economy, the seven floppy-haired members of K-pop boyband BTS will still have to perform nearly two years of mind-numbing military service. Read more »

Why Canada garbage still in PH after 5 years while Korean trash is going back

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 11:27 PM

It's a contrasting case in taking responsibility for trash brought to the Philippines, says a former environment official.  Read more »

PH prepares to send back South Korea garbage

Rod Bolivar, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 05:41 PM

Authorities prepared to send back to South Korea on Sunday 51 container vans of waste that were dumped in Mindanao last year.  Read more »

Samsung flags profit slump as Chinese rivals rise

Sunghee Hwang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 10:21 AM

Samsung, the world's top maker of smartphones and memory chips, has enjoyed record profits in recent years despite a series of setbacks, including a humiliating recall and the jailing of its de facto chief. Read more »

Azkals battle Koreans

Giuseppe Cacace, AFP
Posted at Jan 08 01:02 AM

Philippines' midfielder Stephan Schrock (left) fights for the ball with South Korea's defender Yong Lee during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup football game between Korea Republic and Philippines at the al-Maktoum stadium in Dubai on Monday. Read more »

Kisses Delavin, enjoy sa bakasyon sa South Korea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 01:39 PM

Masaya si Kisses Delavin sa paglalaro sa snow sa bakasyon nila ng kanyang pamilya sa South Korea. Read more »

LOOK: Kisses Delavin's parents renew wedding vows in Korea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 11:48 PM

Kisses Delavin knows that true love exists --and that's thanks to her parents.  Read more »

PH to send back 51 containers of waste to Korea

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 06:28 PM

An activist holds a poster calling for the Korean government’s immediate action on the garbage shipped and stored at the Mindanao International Container Port (MICP), during a press briefing organized by the Ecowaste Coalition in Quezon City on Wednesday.  Read more »

Philippines to return South Korea trash next week: port official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 07:39 PM

The Philippine government next week will return to South Korea some 6,500 tons of waste that were dumped in Mindanao, a port collector said Wednesday.    Read more »

South Korea counting on red-hot Son to shine on Asian Cup quest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 11:04 AM

South Korea are hoping Son Heung-min's dazzling pace and goals can help them end a 59-year wait to be crowned continental kings as the newly expanded Asian Cup starts at the weekend. Read more »

2018 Yearender: Filipinos make headlines abroad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 01:11 PM

Filipinos made headlines abroad and at home. Here are some of the most read stories of overseas Filipinos this 2018. Read more »

Mystery hacker steals data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 05:40 AM

SEOUL - The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to a resettlement agency’s database, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Friday. Read more »