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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Ruling party leader asks gov't to station Marines on Dokdo
Grand National Party leader Hong Joon-pyo on Sunday asked the government to station Marines on Dokdo to reinforce Korea's sovereignty over the islets claimed by Japan.Korean politicians have raised a storm of protest over Tokyo's renewed claims to the East Sea islets. Earlier this month, three Japan
PoliticsAug. 14, 2011
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Personal information on retired special forces leaked on Internet
South Korean military authorities said Saturday they were investigating the online leak of the personal information of thousands of retired army special forces troops.Private information of 3,664 former special forces troops -- their Web IDs, names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and the units they
DefenseAug. 14, 2011
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Four people drown in southwestern Korea
SEOCHEON (Yonhap News) -- Four people drowned on Saturday while playing a mock cavalry-battle game at a beach in this southwestern village, police said. The three men and one woman were among 17 people, mostly in their mid or late 20s who visited this village for an weekend gathering, they said.The
Social AffairsAug. 14, 2011
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Korean man shot to death in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Yonhap News) -- A South Korean man was shot to death by an unknown assailant near Mexico City, local authorities said Saturday, in the latest death of a Korean national in Mexico's capital city.The man, whose identity was withheld, was shot in the face several times in front of his own
Social AffairsAug. 14, 2011
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S. Korean man shot to death in Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- A South Korean man was shot to death by an unknown assailant near Mexico City, local authorities said Saturday, in the latest death of a Korean national in Mexico's capital city.The man, whose identity was withheld, was shot in the face several times in front of his own clothing shop
Social AffairsAug. 13, 2011
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S. Korean political leaders set to visit Dokdo
South Korea's ruling and opposition party leaders are set to visit the easternmost islets of Dokdo in a show of support for its sovereignty, party officials said Saturday, as the nation celebrates its liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule.Rep. Hong Joon-pyo, head of ruling Grand National Par
Social AffairsAug. 13, 2011
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Bill on 'comfort women' rejected 8 times in Diet: Japanese politician
A former Japanese lawmaker said Saturday that the National Diet has repeatedly rejected a bill on Korean women forced into sexual slavery during World War II, but legislative efforts are still under way.Haruko Yoshikawa, a former lawmaker of Japan's Communist Party, said she and three other female o
Social AffairsAug. 13, 2011
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N. Korea demands cancellation of South-U.S. military drill
North Korea on Saturday repeated its call for the cancellation of an upcoming South Korea-U.S. military drill, saying Seoul was deliberately trying to ruin the atmosphere of dialogue on the Korean Peninsula "in collusion with outside forces."South Korea and the U.S. plan to hold their annual joint m
North KoreaAug. 13, 2011
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S. Korea's multicultural students nearly double in 3 years: data
The number of students from multicultural families in South Korea nearly doubled over the last three years, a report showed Saturday, highlighting their need for more educational support.There were 38,890 multicultural students attending elementary, middle and high schools nationwide this year, comp
Social AffairsAug. 13, 2011
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S. Korea sees fewer crackdowns on copyright infringement: report
Despite the growing number of copyright infringement cases in South Korea, fewer violators faced legal punishment over the past couple of years, a report showed Saturday.The number of illegal downloads or copies discovered by the state-run copyright protection center jumped to 280,000 cases last yea
Social AffairsAug. 13, 2011
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Prosecutors seek repatriation of savings bank's lobbyist from Canada
South Korea's prosecution has beefed up its investigation team to speed up the repatriation from Canada of a key lobbyist for a troubled local savings bank to probe his role in a massive influence-peddling scandal, officials said Saturday.Park Tae-gyu, 71, is suspected of helping corruption-ridden B
Social AffairsAug. 13, 2011
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Conscripted officer hacks into police chief's email
A conscripted police officer has been under investigation on suspicion of hacking into an email account of the country's police chief, police said Friday.The conscript, identified only by his surname Kim, allegedly looked through emails sent to Cho Hyun-oh, commissioner general of the National Polic
Social AffairsAug. 12, 2011
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S. Korea returns four N. Koreans found drifting
South Korea on Friday returned home all four North Korean fishermen rescued near the Yellow Sea border a day earlier, the Seoul government said.The four were found drifting aboard two small sinking boats Thursday in waters about 6 kilometers south of the western maritime border near the South Korean
NationalAug. 12, 2011
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Seoul mayor drops presidential bid
Oh plans to focus on free-lunch referendum, says won’t link outcome to his mayoral positionSeoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Friday that he would not run in next year’s presidential election regardless of the outcome of the upcoming referendum on free school lunches. His move dismissed opponents’ claims t
Social AffairsAug. 12, 2011
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Convicted draft dodgers to be forced to join military
Those who have served jail time for using deception to avoid military service will still have to join the armed services under a tougher conscription rule to take effect next year, the military recruitment agency said Friday.Also starting from next year, the military will no longer randomly select r
DefenseAug. 12, 2011
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Top prosecutor vows to stamp out pro-North organizations
New Prosecutor-General Han Sang-dae on Friday vowed to stamp out corruption and pro-North Korea left-wingers as he took office at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seoul.He also stressed the need to fight against complacency and irresponsibility within the prosecution to shore up public trust that
PoliticsAug. 12, 2011
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Navy rescues 7 N. Koreans from three stray boats
The South Korean military on Thursday night rescued seven North Koreans from three boats that had apparently strayed into southern waters across the western inter-Korean sea border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.Two of the vessels sank near Baengnyeongdo, one of the five northwestern border
PoliticsAug. 12, 2011
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Seoul pushes for 17% drug price cut
Ministry to reduce caps on prices of out-of-patent pharmaceuticalsThe government on Friday unveiled a set of plans to cut generic drug prices by up to 33 percent starting next year, prompting fierce protests from pharmaceutical companies.The new measures will bring down the prices of some 8,776 of t
PoliticsAug. 12, 2011
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Parliamentary probe of savings banks fizzles out
An ad-hoc parliamentary committee ended its 45-day probe on Friday into an influence-peddling scandal involving savings banks amid criticism that it failed to get to the bottom of the scandal.The rival parties launched the committee in late June amid a public outcry over corruption at a series of tr
PoliticsAug. 12, 2011
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U.N. chief vows to tackle climate change, economic crisis
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday renewed his pledge to “lead by example” with great determination to help the world body tackle a set of new global challenges from climate change and economic upheaval to pandemics.Ban is in Seoul for a six-day official visit to his native South Korea, the first trip
PoliticsAug. 12, 2011