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The weekly surveys involved 2,507 adults and were carried out throughout the nation from Sept. 17 through Friday. (Yonhap)Only 32.3 percent of respondents answered that Moon Today World Business China hikes tariffs on US imports BEIJING _ China has raised tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. imports in an escalation of their fight over technology policy following a deadline for President Donald Trump's latest increase.The General Administration of Customs said it started collecting additional taxes of 5 to 10 percent on a list of thousands of American goods at noon Monday, ratcheting up their fight over Beijing's technology policy. (AP)The increase coincided with the time for Trump's planned tariff hike on $200 billion of Chi Today Social affairs Two BMW cars catch fire in S. Korea Two BMW diesel vehicles on the German automaker’s recall list have caught fire in less than two days in South Korea, authorities said Monday. A BMW 520d caught fire shortly before Monday noon while going up a hill in Pyeongchang, 180 kilometers east of Seoul, local police and fire authorities said. (Yonhap)The fire was extinguished within 10 minutes and no casualties were reported as the driver and three other family members had escaped immediately, they noted.On Sunday, another BMW 520d caugh Today North Korea Unification minister vows support for separated families South Korea’s unification minister said Monday the government will beef up efforts to reconnect families separated for decades since Korean War in various ways in the follow-up negotiations with North Korea. Cho Myung-gyon was speaking to a group of divided families who jointly celebrated the Chuseok holiday at Imjingak park in Paju, just south of the demilitarized zone separating two Koreas. (Yonhap)“For both South and North Korea, the problem of divided families is an urgent task that can’t b Today Social affairs Holiday season is crime season, lawmaker warns Burglary rates tend to increase increase during national holidays, when many homes and farm buildings are empty, said Rep. Son Kum-ju in a recent statement, citing data from the National Police Agency. A total of 5,682 home burglaries took place during the Lunar New Year’s holidays from 2013 through 2018. Another 362 burglaries targeted farms and agricultural goods. (Yonhap)Of all the home burglaries during that timeframe, 1,223 took place in Seoul, the prime target for holiday home burglars. Th Today Baseball Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin spins another gem vs. Padres Los Angeles Dodgers' South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin has thrown his second straight gem to take his club closer to the postseason.Ryu blanked the San Diego Padres over six impressive innings, allowing four hits while striking out eight at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday (local time). The Dodgers went on to rout the Padres 14-0. (Yonhap)At 87-69, the Dodgers hold a 1.5-game lead over the Colorado Rockies atop the National League (NL) West. They have six games left after Sunday, while t Today Foreign Policy Moon, Abe to hold bilateral summit this week NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a bilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week, Moon‘s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday.The Moon-Abe meeting will be held early Tuesday here in New York. South Korean President Moon Jae In (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Reuters)Moon arrived here earlier in the day for the UN General Assembly.The South Korea-Japan summit will come one day after Moon meets with US President Donald Trump for Today Foreign Policy S. Korea’s Moon arrives in New York for Trump summit, UN meeting NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in New York on Sunday for a bilateral summit with US President Donald Trump that is partly aimed at brokering a second US-North Korea summit.The Moon-Trump summit is set to be held Monday, four days after the South Korean president returned home from a three-day trip to North Korea for talks with leader Kim Jong-un. (Yonhap)Moon has said the North Korean leader hopes to hold a second US-North Korea summit with Trump in the near future, and t Today World News Second woman accuses Trump court pick of sexual misconduct: New Yorker NEW YORK - A second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's embattled nominee for the Supreme Court, The New Yorker said Sunday.Senate Democrats are investigating the bombshell claim by Deborah Ramirez, 53, who says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a college party at Yale University in the 1980s, thrust his genitals in her face and caused her to touch them without her consent while pushing them away.Kavanaugh denied th Today North Korea [Photo News] Kim Jong-un and his ‘finger heart’ THE SHAPE OF HIS HEART -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju, along with South Korean officials, pose for cameras with the so-called “finger heart” gesture against the backdrop of Cheonji Lake on top of Mount Paekdu on Sept. 20. The related photos, describing the last day of the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang last week, were released by Seoul’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Sunday. (Cheong Wa Dae) Today Politics Moon leaves for New York to attend UN General Assembly Moon to directly deliver North Korean leader’s message to Trump Sep 23, 2018 Social affairs Chuseok exodus in full swing as highways clog with traffic Traffic surged on Korea's expressways nationwide Sunday, the second day of the five-day traditional holiday of Chuseok.Hundreds of thousands of cars left Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi Province and bus terminals, train stations and airports were crowded with people heading to their hometowns, according to the Korea Expressway Corp.Around 3.86 million vehicles were on the roads across the country on Sunday, with 470,000 leaving Seoul for other parts of the country, the agency said. (Yonhap)Hitting the Today Economy Record number of people give up on job seeking: data A record-high number of job-seekers have given up on finding a job, amid a feeble employment market and slowing economic growth, government data showed Sunday.The monthly average number of “discouraged job-seekers” -- referring to those with no signs of job seeking for at least four weeks over the past year -- stood at 510,000 as of end-August, up 5.4 percent from the same period last year, according to Statistics Korea. This was also the highest figure since the government started collecting da Sep 23, 2018 Social affairs Illegal immigrants on rise: data The number of foreign nationals staying in South Korea illegally increased by nearly 100,000 on-year to surpass 330,000 this year, government data showed Sunday.According to the data by the Ministry of Justice, 330,005 foreigners were staying in the country without a valid visa as of July, up 97,834 from 232,171 logged July of last year.The data -- which showed the number of illegal aliens over the past 10 years -- was submitted to the National Assembly. (Yonhap)The annual average number of rep Today Economy S. Korea’s economic uncertainty hits highest in 15 months: data The uncertainty concerning South Korea’s economic growth and economic policies reached the highest level in 15 months, global data showed Sunday.According to the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index, Asia’s fourth-largest economy recorded 155.15 in July, the highest since 165.4 in April last year.The global index, conducted on 20 key economies across the world, also reached the highest since March last year, standing at 227.77, data showed. (Yonhap)The index, developed by three US-based economists MORE 15 / 493685
