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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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GNP to push special law for savings banks victims
The ruling Grand National Party set to work on legal measures to guarantee comensation for the victims of the savings bank scandal.GNP members of the special committee met with Financial Services Commission Chairman Kim Seok-dong and Financial Supervisory Service Governor Kwon Hyouk-se on Wednesday to discuss the revision of related laws and the legislation of a special law, officials said.“The go
PoliticsJuly 27, 2011
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China demanded S. Korea stop activities near Ieodo
Ieodo is not a disputed territory and both South Korea and China are aware that this submerged rock in the East China Sea cannot be claimed by either side, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry unofficially announced its position as news reports unveiled China had recently renewed its territorial claim over Ieodo by demanding South Korea halt its work to hoist a sunken commercial s
Foreign AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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Lee warns Japan lawmakers against visit to Ulleung-do
President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday that Korea could not guarantee the safety of Japanese lawmakers if they visit Ulleung-do, the closest they can get to Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, over which Japan claims sovereignty.Lee made the remarks in a Cabinet meeting after he was briefed by the Foreign Ministry about the controversial plan of four Japanese lawmakers, according to presidential
Foreign AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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SNU to hire its first women security guards
Seoul National University will position women security guards on campus for the first time in its history in an effort to strengthen campus security for female students and faculty. With the rising number of female students and faculty, the school decided to employ two female security guards, the university said Thursday. “There is an increasing number of female students returning home at night af
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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Heavy rains batter nation
A road in Daechi-dong, southern Seoul, is flooded. (Kim Che-kyung via tweeter)Rescuers clear fallen tree branches in Seocho-dong(Yonhap News)
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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Torrent to deluge Seoul through Friday
Downpour to dump a total 650mm on capitalThe northern areas of the country are expected to see another 250 millimeters of rain up until Friday, raising concerns of further flood damage, according to the country’s weather service on Wednesday. According to the Korean Meteorological Administration, most areas throughout Seoul, Gyeonggi, North Chungcheong and Gangwon Provinces are expected to see 50
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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N.K. commands 195,000 troops for terror attacks on S. Korea: defector
North Korea's military commands 195,000 troops trained to launch various types of terror attacks on South Korea, a defector said Wednesday.The number includes 110,000 troops in the special forces, 40,000 in air and naval brigades, 10,000 charged with cyber terrorism, and 5,000 in the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's top intelligence agency, said Kim Seong-min of the NK People's Liberat
North KoreaJuly 27, 2011
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Police investigating online trade in homemade explosives
Police are investigating more than 100 cases of online trade in homemade explosive materials, brought to light after Norway’s shooting spree perpetrator used homemade explosives in his recent terrorist attacks, officials said Wednesday.“Local police are investigating individuals who have either sold poisonous or explosive materials online or have postings related to the two on their cafes or blogs
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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N. Korea calls for peace treaty with U.S. to end Korean War
North Korea called Wednesday for a peace treaty with the United States to officially end the Korean War decades after the fighting ceased, describing it as a first step toward the peninsula's denuclearization.The move comes as a senior North Korean official arrived in New York for rare talks with U.S. officials on how to resume stalled six-nation negotiations on ending the North's nuclear programs
North KoreaJuly 27, 2011
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[URGENT] Shinsegae chairman Koo Hak-su’s wife killed in flash flood
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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41 dead, 12 missing as heavy rains batter nation
At least 41 people were killed and 12 others missing as of Thursday morning as torrential rains triggered landslides, flooding and power outages in Seoul and central regions, the nation’s disaster control agency said.“The death toll could rise, as more reports are coming in,” an official at the National Emergency Management Agency said. Vehicles wade through a water-logged road in Yeouido, Seoul,
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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Downpour triggers deadly landslides, floods streets in Seoul
The heaviest downpours in a century pounded Seoul and its surrounding areas on Tuesday and Wednesday, triggering landslides and flooding streets and homes. About 20 houses in a remote village on the southern tip of the capital were buried under mud swept from a nearby mountain around 9 a.m., claiming the lives of five residents, officials said. One person went missing.A road in Daechi-dong, southe
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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S. Korean pastor indicted over celebrating N.K. founder's birthday
A South Korean pastor was indicted on charges of secretly entering North Korea to celebrate the birthday of the late North Korean founder Kim Il-sung, prosecutors said Wednesday.The pastor, a U.S. resident who was identified only by his surname Hong, is accused of visiting the communist state in April without government approval, and taking part in celebrations of the late leader's birth on April
PoliticsJuly 27, 2011
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Lee unable to guarantee safe visit for controversial Japanese lawmakers
President Lee Myung-bak has warned that the safety of four Japanese lawmakers could be at risk if they press ahead with a trip here seen as aimed at bolstering Tokyo's claims to the South's easternmost island of Dokdo, an official said Wednesday.Four lawmakers of Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party said last week they will visit Ulleung Island near Dokdo in early August in an apparent atte
DefenseJuly 27, 2011
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N. Korea's vice FM upbeat about talks with U.S.
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) -- A senior North Korean official said Tuesday that he is optimistic about Pyongyang's relations with Washington and the future of the six-way nuclear talks."I believe North Korea-U.S. relations will improve as now is the time for all countries to reconcile," Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan told reporters.He added, "(I) am optimistic of the prospects for the six-way talks
North KoreaJuly 27, 2011
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Ten killed as landslide destroys mountain resort
CHUNCHEON, South Korea (Yonhap) -- Heavy torrential rains pounded the nation's central regions, causing a landslide in a mountain resort east of Seoul that killed nine and destroyed four buildings, emergency rescue workers said as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning.The landslide, which occurred just after midnight near the Soyang River Dam about 100 kilometers east of Seoul, destroyed a pension and th
Social AffairsJuly 27, 2011
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N.K. prepares for massive military drill
North Korean soldiers are gathering for a massive military drill involving land, sea and air forces on its western coast, according to a government source on Tuesday. “We noted preparations for a military exercise from the North’s naval base in Nampo and its aerial base in Onchon in South Pyongan Province,” the source said.“Warships and fighters have been assembled there, and although it depends o
Social AffairsJuly 26, 2011
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Racial discrimination complaints rise sharply
The number of petitions against racial and religious discrimination doubled last year from five years earlier.The National Human Rights Commission said Tuesday that it received 64 complaints in 2010 regarding discrimination based on race, religion, nationality, ethnicity and skin color, doubling from the 32 cases filed in 2005.The increasing reports of discrimination have drawn attention as more a
Social AffairsJuly 26, 2011
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Letter from U.K. urges passage of N. Korea rights bill
Some members of the U.K. Parliament have sent letters to major political parties in Korea, urging them to work together to pass a long-delayed bill on North Korean human rights, a North Korea watcher here said. “Twenty U.K. MPs sent the letter on July 20, directed to four major political parties of Korea,” Ha Tae-keung, who runs Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based radio station that broadcas
PoliticsJuly 26, 2011
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GNP floor leader spurs tuition talks
Grand National Party floor leader Hwang Woo-yea urged the parliamentary education committee to accelerate the university tuition cut discussions and come up with detailed measures by the beginning of the fall semester.“I have been told that the education committee has made little progress lately,” said Rep. Hwang in the ruling party’s floor meeting on Tuesday.“Should the committee fail to reach a
PoliticsJuly 26, 2011