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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Doctors' group picks new leader amid tense standoff over increased enrollment quota
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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[Hello India] Corporate Korea sees new growth drivers in India
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Learning about sports in France
On the occasion of World Athletics Championships in Daegu, the French Embassy has prepared a briefing note on educational opportunities related to sports activities in France.Prepared by the embassy’s education arm CampusFrance, Korean students in particular will find information regarding advanced
Foreign AffairsAug. 28, 2011
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Taiwan, Korea ring bell for peace
Throughout human civilization, bell-ringing has played many different roles in music, clocks, faith celebrations and ceremonies of state. On Aug. 23, bells across the world rang along with Taiwan’s Centennial Peace Bell emphasizing the value of peace. Representative of the Taipei Mission Liang
Foreign AffairsAug. 28, 2011
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Russia seeks strategic ties with Korea: envoy
Through both business and diplomacy, the ties between Korea and Russia have become among the nation’s most important.The next step for both countries is to enhance high-level exchanges, boost strategic cooperation and work together on issues relating to the Korean Peninsula and the international sta
Foreign AffairsAug. 28, 2011
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Libyan changes bode well for builders
Seoul mission head Alghali assures safety of Korean businesses and workers in his countryWhile the rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces fought for control of the heart of the country, diplomatic missions all over the world flew the African country’s new flag.In Seoul on Wednesday, the Libyan mission hauled
Foreign AffairsAug. 28, 2011
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Lee may conduct minor Cabinet reshuffle this week
President Lee Myung-bak is expected to conduct a minor Cabinet reshuffle, possibly including the minister in charge of North Korean affairs, as early as Monday before the National Assembly convenes next month, officials said Sunday. The expected reshuffle is seen as Lee's latest attempt to revitaliz
PoliticsAug. 28, 2011
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Police fire water cannons at protesters in rally against Hanjin layoffs
Left-wing civic groups again protested massive layoffs by a major construction firm in central Seoul during the weekend, before they were broken up by police using water cannons for the first time in three years. (Yonhap News)A police-estimated crowd of some 2,500 people from various parts of the co
Social AffairsAug. 28, 2011
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Prosecution imposes travel ban on Seoul education chief
Seoul’s education chief said Sunday that he gave 200 million won to one of his former election rivals purely out of goodwill, denying suspicions that the money was linked to the candidate’s dropping out of race during last year’s election campaign.Park Myoung-gee (left) Kwak No-hyun (Yonhap News)“Af
Social AffairsAug. 28, 2011
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Professor questioned in corruption probe linked to Seoul's education chief
(Yonhap News)A college professor was questioned for the second day Saturday on suspicion that he had dropped out of last year's election for Seoul's education chief in exchange for money, prosecutors said.Park Myoung-gee, a professor at Seoul National University of Education, was taken into custody
Social AffairsAug. 27, 2011
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5 killed in Gumi chemical plant fire
Five people died in a fire at a chemical textile plant in Gumi of North Gyeongsang Province on Saturday. Local police and fire fighters said the fire broke out at TK Chemical plant inside the Gumi Industrial Complex around 1:30 p.m. (Yonhap News)Witnesses said they heard large explosion and saw
Social AffairsAug. 27, 2011
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U.S. envoy proposes talks on remains recovery to N. Korea: report
The United States' special representative for North Korea policy has proposed to Pyongyang that they resume their talks on recovering remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, according to a U.S. radio report Saturday.In a letter by Republican Party Senator Kelly Ayotte sent t
North KoreaAug. 27, 2011
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N. Korean leader tours industrial facilities in China
BEIJING/CHANGCHUN/MANZHOULI, China (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il toured industrial facilities in northeastern China on Friday on his way back home from a trip to Russia, a source said. Kim visited the facilities in the Chinese city of Qiqihar, a hub of automobile
North KoreaAug. 26, 2011
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Explosion hits UN building in Nigeria's capital
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- A large explosion struck the United Nations' main office in Nigeria's capital Friday, flattening one wing of the building and killing several people. A U.N. official in Geneva called it a bomb attack. ``I saw scattered bodies,'' said Michael Ofilaje, a UNICEF
InternationalAug. 26, 2011
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Wheelchair-bound young researcher’s passionate life
Shin battles muscular atrophy to study computer scienceIn cyberspace, young researcher Shin Hyung-jin feels as though he is Detective Conan, the Japanese manga character who solves criminal cases with brilliant ideas. Though the wheelchair-bound 28-year-old is too disabled to move a finger and is sm
Social AffairsAug. 26, 2011
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Mayor resigns, parties brace for by-elections
Oh says excessive welfare will increase taxes, place burden on next generationOh Se-hoon resigned as mayor of Seoul Friday, as he had pledged, saying he will take responsibility for his failure to thwart an opposition-led plan to give all elementary school students free school meals from next year.H
PoliticsAug. 26, 2011
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S. Korea close to clinching Indonesia submarine deal
Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin is to visit Indonesia early next month to seal a $1 billion deal that would result in South Korea’s first submarine exports.If the deal is secured, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine, which is likely to be chosen as the preferred bidder by the Indonesian government, will si
DefenseAug. 26, 2011
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190 multidrug resistant TB patients committed
A total of 190 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients have been ordered to check in to hospitals by the government this year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Friday. This is the first time MDR-TB patients were forced to receive treatment for the disease by law, which was implemented in 19
Social AffairsAug. 26, 2011
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‘Song depicting alcohol not harmful to youths’
A Seoul court on Thursday advised the government to cancel its decision to label a K-pop song that mentioned liquor as “harmful to youth.”The ruling is expected to have a huge impact on the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Affairs’ plan to revise censorship criteria, which have been denounced
Social AffairsAug. 26, 2011
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Man gets 5-year prison term for exploding bombs in public areas
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul man was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for exploding homemade bombs at crowded public transportation stations in May in a plot he designed to cause a plunge in the stock market.The Seoul Central District Court handed down the jail term to the 43-year-o
Social AffairsAug. 26, 2011
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Defeated Seoul Mayor resigns over failed free lunch vote
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Embattled Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced his resignation Friday, saying he would take responsibility for his failed attempt to block the free lunch program in a referendum earlier this week.The decision came two days after the vote on the opposition-led free lunch progra
PoliticsAug. 26, 2011
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N. Korean leader transits China on return trip from Russia
BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The train carrying the North Korean leader was spotted at a Chinese railway station Thursday, an indication that Kim Jong-il plans to return from his trip to Russia via China.Sources said that the special train was seen stopping at the Manzhouli Railway Station in Inner
North KoreaAug. 25, 2011