Household loan rates at commercial banks in Korea reached 5.34% in October, up 0.19%p from the previous month and highest in more than 10 years up extending gains for the 17th straight month, according to Bank of Korea Tuesday. Interest rates on credit loans added 0.6%p to 7.22%, the highest since 7.89% in June 2012, mortgage-based loan rates up 0.03%p to 4.82%, the highest since May 2012. The rates on corporate loans also hit 5.27% in October, up 0.61%p from the previous month, and the first time to hit above 5% in nearly 10 years.

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Living in South Korea as a Young Woman: Gender Discrimination in Language Common and casual ways of speaking endlessly teach that a woman isn't a person. (pixabay)    ※ Editor's note: To begin a new feminist discourse in 2016, Ilda is running a series on 'Living as a Young Woman in South Korea.' The series receives support from the Korea Foundation for Women's 'Funding for Gender-Equal Society.' The word 'men' means 'humanity'? There's an old riddle that goes like this: a boy is injured in a traffic accident and taken to a hospital.

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[Photo by Yonhap]U.S. President Joe Biden touted SK siltron's plant, which makes silicon carbide wafers that are key material for next-generation power semiconductors, as a 'game changer' during his visit to the factory in Bay County, Michigan on Tuesday. He said 'instead of relying on chips from overseas, in places like China, the supply chain for those chips will be here in America. In Michigan.'' Biden's visit to the factory comes after SK Group's Chairman Chey Tae-won pledged earlier this year to spend about $50 billion in the U.

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Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk, right, slides between Calgary Flames forward Jonathan Huberdeau, center, and defenseman Nikita Zadorov, right, as goalie Dan Vladar watches during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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HOLD FOR STORY - Alejandro Astesiano, body guard for presidencial candidate Luis Lacalle Pou, stands on the sidelines of Pou's campaign rally at the headquarters of the "Federation of Laborers and Drink Workers, FOEB, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Astesiano has been under investigation for the last two months of 2022, for falsifying passports. The investigation has also revealed instances of spying using exclusive police software to spy on political opposition figures. (Javier C

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AkishinoIn this photo provided by Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Crown Prince Akishino, center left, and Crown Princess Kiko, center right, pose with their son and daughter, Prince Hisahito, left, and Princess Kako, right, at the Akasaka imperial property residence in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2022. Akishino celebrates his 57th birthday Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022.(Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP) NO SALES; AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN FO

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Brendan FraserActor Brendan Fraser attends the premiere of "The Whale" at Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) 112922128682, 21334631,

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Passengers walk along a subway platform at Gwanghwamun station, Line No. 5 on Tuesday. (Yonhap)The labor union of the state-run Seoul Transportation Corp., the main operator of the Seoul Metro public transit network, began a walkout at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, as the union refused to accept the management's downsizing plan.As the subway union's industrial action kicked off for the first time in six years, the union will hold a rally near Seoul City Hall at 10:40 a.m. It expects some 6,000 people to take part.

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Cigarette sales in Korea have increased over the last few years due to the growing popularity of e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products despite efforts to publicize the hazards of smoking.Their sales now surpass those of traditional cigarettes as more teenagers and women are lured to trendy packaging and "glamorous" vaping devices. They are charged by USB, which adds an additional flavor of cutting-edge modernity, and some even connect to phones to track patterns.According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Sunday, 1.

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First solo show in 12 years at Gallery Hyundai includes new moon series'I nearly died from COVID-19 last year,' said the New York-based artist Kang Ik-joong in an interview with The Korea Herald earlier this month.'For about a week, I couldn't breathe well. Lying down didn't help, sitting didn't help,' he said. 'So one day, I went out to the garden, opened my chest and began taking deep breaths like this,' he said, pushing his chest forward with his arms up wide open and looking upward. 'I was able to breathe a little better when I opened up my chest, expanding the space,' he said.

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FILE - The logo of the pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured during an annual news conference in Basel, Switzerland, Feb. 1, 2017. A lawsuit against Roche Laboratories Inc., the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic and neurological damage in U.S. service members, has been thrown out. U.S. District Court Judge Trina Thompson ruled late Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, that the lawsuit doesn't belong in a California court. (Alexandra Wey/Keystone via AP, File) FEB. 1, 2017 FILE PHO

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The Chirripó Valley, nature and landscapes to discover in Costa RicaA man walks through the highest mountains in Costa Rica, which are located in the Chirripó Valley, southwest of San Jose, Costa Rica, on 24 November 2022 (Issued 29 November 2022). The Chirripó Valley is an area full of nature, landscapes, traditions and gastronomy that seeks to open up more and more to visitors and become a recognized destination in this country that has tourism as one of its main engines. EPA/Jeffrey Arguedas

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FILE - A protester faces police officers in downtown in Portland, Ore., March 29, 2020. The city of Portland has settled a federal lawsuit over its police bureau's use of force during racial justice protests in 2020. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, File) FILE PHOTO; MANDATORY CREDIT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT; KGW.COM OUT; KOIN.COM OUT; KATU.COM OUT; KPTV.COM OUT

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Lebanese fans of Iran's team sitting at a coffee shop smoke water pipes, as they watch the World Cup group B soccer match between Iran and the United States, in the Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Environmental fire aftermathepaselect epa10335882 Burned indigenous Fynbos vegetation in the World Heritage site Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 November 2022. Recent fires have left many parts of the cape peninsula burned. According to local Botanists, fire is a keystone process without which many plants in the Fynbos would not be able to regenerate, produce offspring or reproduce. Fynbos plants are either resprouters or reseeders: Either they can resprout after a fire has passed through or they produce seeds that are adapted to survive fire and require heat from the fire and chemical compounds from the smoke to germinate.

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(2nd LD) (World Cup) S. Korea coach Bento apologizes to players for outburst after Ghana loss(ATTN: CORRECTS comments in para 4)By Yoo Jee-ho DOHA, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea head coach Paulo Bento apologized to his players on Tuesday for getting himself suspended for the team's final group stage match at the FIFA World Cup, following his emotional outburst after a gut-wrenching loss the previous day. Bento was shown a red card in the immediate aftermath of South Korea's 3-2 loss to Ghana in Group H action at Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, west of Doha.

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Memphis Depay of the Netherlands, left, vies for the ball with Qatar's Assim Madibo during the World Cup group A soccer match between the Netherlands and Qatar, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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Miss Earth Beauty Pageant in ManilaNewly-crowned Miss Earth 2022 Mina Sue Choi from South Korea poses in her evening gown during the coro​nation night in Manila, Philippines, 29 November 2022. Miss Earth raises awareness on biodiversity and its conservation with this year's theme 'ME loves fauna.' Winners of the Miss Earth pageant 2022 are expected to actively campaign for environ​ment-oriented projects and events around the world. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG

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(LEAD) (World Cup) S. Korea coach Bento apologizes to players for outburst after Ghana loss(ATTN: ADDS comments in last 7 paras, photos)By Yoo Jee-ho DOHA, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea head coach Paulo Bento apologized to his players on Tuesday for getting himself suspended for the team's final group stage match at the FIFA World Cup, following his emotional outburst after a gut-wrenching loss from the previous day. Bento was shown a red card in the immediate aftermath of South Korea's 3-2 loss to Ghana in Group H action at Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, west of Doha.

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Council of Ministers at Elysee Palace in ParisOlivier Veran, Government spokesman, at the Elysee Palace after the end of the ministers meeting in Paris, France, 29 November 2022. EPA/TERESA SUAREZ

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Russian opposition leader Ilya Yashin in trialRussian opposition leader, former Moscow's municipal deputy Ilya Yashin stands in a defendants' glass cage prior to a hearing at the Meshchansky district court in Moscow, Russia, 29 November 2022. The court started consideration of the criminal case against Yashin who is accused of spreading fake information about the Russian army. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

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Japanesse prosecutors raided firms on suspicion of rigging bids for contracts related to Tokyo Olympic test eventsPeople visit the Olympic Rings Monument near the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 29 November 2022. Japanese prosecutors and antitrust officials on 29 November 2022 raided firms on suspicion of violating antimonopoly law for their possible involvement in alleged bid rigging for contracts related to test events for Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics prior to the games. Investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special squad and the Fair Trade Commission jointly searched ADK Marketing Solutions Inc.

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EU Transport Commissioner Valean press conference on the European Commission's Drone Strategy 2.0European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean gives a press conference on the European Commission's Drone Strategy 2.0 'Creating a large-scale European drone market' in Brussels, Belgium, 29 November 2022. The European Drone Strategy 2.0, adopted on the day by the European Commission, sets out a vision for the further development of the European drone market. It builds on the EU's safety framework for operating and setting the technical requirements of drones, the Transport Commissioner said.

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In this photo provided by Fidelity Charitable, Fidelity Charitable President Jacob Pruitt is photographed at the company's offices in North Carolina in 2022. (Fidelity Charitable via AP) AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS THIRD PARTY PHOTO SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON FACTS DEPICTED IN IMAGE; MUST BE USED WITHIN 14 DAYS FROM TRANSMISSION; NO ARCHIVING; NO LICENSING; MANDATORY CREDIT

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, visits the photo exhibit at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Blinken attends the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the Romanian capital. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, Pool) POOL PHOTO

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IR Innovator / Woori Financial Group Woori Financial Group headquarters in central Seoul (Woori Financial Group)After gaining momentum from structural changes and the privatization process in recent years, Woori Financial Group has been actively making changes to become the global leader of the future financial market.The most evident change was made recently in November when the group launched a new Data Intelligence department with a goal to pursue development in areas of data and artificial intelligence.

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Alabama, Georgia cited as possible locations for new W2.5tr battery plant; Separate deal with LG Energy Solution 'imminent' Kim Heung-soo (left), Hyundai Motor Group's executive vice president, and Choi Kyung-chang, leader of SK On's management team, hold their partnership signing in Seoul on Tuesday. (Hyundai Motor Group)Hyundai Motor Group and SK On have teamed up to beef up production of electric vehicle batteries in the US, a fast-growing market that offers hefty incentives to only locally produced electric vehicles and batteries.

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SK siltron's manufacturing facility in Korea [YONHAP] U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit an SK siltron plant in Michigan. The president will deliver a speech at the production site in Bay City, Michigan, on Nov. 29, according to the White House. "The President will visit a new manufacturing facility recently opened by SK siltron, which last year announced a $300 million expansion of its Michigan operations,' Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during a briefing. 'During his remarks, President Biden will highlight his economic plan,' she said.

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Seoul Dunchon L&H redevelopment cooperative's construction site in Gangdong District, eastern Seoul, is halted due to a supply issue of ready-mix concrete on Sunday. [YONHAP] A trucker strike that started last Thursday is affecting construction and the supply of fuel. A total of 508 construction sites out of 912 had to halt the pouring of ready-mix concrete Monday, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. 'Only 5 percent of the cement and 30 percent of the ready-mix concrete usually produced is being released due to the strike,' said Lee Won-jae, vice minister for Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

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