Shareholders of SK Innovation Co. and its energy affiliate SK E and S Co. on Tuesday approved a proposed merger of the two companies that would create an energy giant in South Korea.

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The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Tuesday urged the labor minister nominee to step down voluntarily, a day after he said that Koreans during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule were regarded as Japanese nationals.

The price cap for meals for public servants and select other professions was raised to 50,000 won (US$38) from 30,000 won under a revised enforcement ordinance Tuesday.

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Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Tuesday urged nurses and medical workers nationwide to call off a strike planned for this week, saying the government is doing everything it can to improve their working conditions.

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