The Korea Times - 2024-02-02

• Yoon reaffirms plan to increase medical school quotas
• Will 4th mobile carrier spur ‘catfish effect’?
• BOK likely to keep rate unchanged to avoid ‘last-mile’ risk
• Possibilit­y of ‘big tent’ party diminishes
• PPP leader proposes drastic cuts to lawmakers’ salaries
• PPP contenders weigh who to align with as elections approach
• Seoul strengthen­s crackdown on political banners before elections
• 31 teachers investigat­ed for selling CSAT questions
• Politicall­y themed stocks show volatility as elections near
• Capital firms pressured to set aside loss reserves
• Korea, US, Japan to enhance cybersecur­ity jointly
• GS E&C ordered to halt operations for 9 months over site collapse
• Finance industry looks to attract pet owners with new services
• Kia’s market cap surpasses Hyundai Motor’s
• Battery firms tighten employee discipline amid EV glut
• Starbucks Korea’s NFT service boosts tumbler use
• Court orders FTC to cancel SPC’s $48 mil. fine
• Samsung-Baidu partnershi­p unlikely to bolster appetite for Galaxy S24
• US lawmakers grill tech CEOs over youth safety
• Fed holds key rate steady as Powell says March cut unlikely
• Red Sea container shipping down 30% over attacks: IMF
• 4 Korean artists featured at Venice Biennale’s flagship exhibition
• Exports rise 18% year-on-year in January on semiconduc­tor recovery
• Global galleries in Seoul open 2024 with focus on rising Korean creatives
• Why is AB6IX a standout in K-pop?
• SHINee’s Key illuminate­s stage with ‘KEYLAND’ concert
• Kenya, Paris top National Geographic’s list of travel destinatio­ns
• Cuba counts on Russians to boost tourism sector in 2024
• CLASSICAL CONCERTS
• Documentar­y on ‘We Are the World’ goes deep inside recording session
• ‘Tótem’ is masterful child’s-eye view of family, death
• Celine Dion documentar­y to explore her rare illness
• Hypocrisy and ‘rules-based order’
• 90 seconds to midnight
• Cut out for company life?
• Republican legislator­s send message to extremists
• Tweedle Yoon and Tweedle Lee
• Road rage horror story, child’s murder and lessons for us all
• Historic Miss America sidesteps controvers­y
• Europe pushes economic security agenda
• Selective empathy brings us down
• When memory flails
• Traffic-blocking farmers close in on EU capital
• Thai court orders end to royal insult law reform campaign
• US strikes Houthi drones, downs Iranian aircraft
• UN court rejects Ukraine’s terror case against Russia
• Hal Buell, who led AP’s photo operations from darkroom era into digital age, dies
• Fire chief ’s investigat­ion prompts massive recall to prevent further vehicle fires
• Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to ‘Rust’ killing
• Ex-wife uses gifts to disrupt visitation
• Last Word in Astrology
• No more time to rest: Korea faces Australia
• Rory McIlroy continues softening against LIV Golf
• Iran survives to book quarterfin­al clash with Japan
• Gangwon 2024 strengthen­s Korean reputation: IOC chief

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