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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Italy-Korea workshops examine climate change
Two important workshops that team up scientists from Italy and Korea examine the possible paths to take in curbing the effects of pollution.The first Science and Technology Office of the Italian Embassy workshop took place last week under the umbrella of the ‘International Year of Chemistry’ proclaimed by the United Nations.The Italian Council of National Research and Hanyang University hosted a w
Foreign AffairsJune 19, 2011
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Out of Africa, into Korea
Kenya envoy out to expand coffee exports, tourism and tradeThe Korean coffee market continues to expand by leaps and bounds and behind the growth are countries offering some of the finest beans and blends.The latest estimate of the market pegs coffee consumption at 2 kilograms per person per year, compared to an average per capita consumption of 0.2 kg in the Asia-Pacific region. Widespread penetr
Foreign AffairsJune 19, 2011
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Punishment for corrupt officials soars over five-fold
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of government officials punished for bribery has jumped more than five-fold over the last five years due to a tighter crackdown on bureaucratic corruption, the home ministry said Sunday.Civil servants who were dismissed or disciplined for accepting kickbacks numbered 624 last year, 5.5 times more than the figure in 2006, according to the Ministry of Public Adm
PoliticsJune 19, 2011
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Six out of 10 workers feel like the odd one out
Six out of 10 workers feel they are loners in the office, according to a survey.In research conducted by Saramin, a local online recruitment website, about 58.3 percent respondents experienced the feeling of being alone.They said they feel like "the odd one out" most when they don’t have colleagues they feel they can have in-depth talks with. Other answers included; “Nobody helps me with work,” “I
Social AffairsJune 19, 2011
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PM: Ending corruption in bureaucracy top priority for S. Korea
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Corruption is widespread in South Korean society and ending irregularities in the bureaucracy is a top priority for the country if it wants to become an advanced nation, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik said Saturday.Kim made the remarks at a meeting of all Cabinet ministers and other top officials, a day after President Lee Myung-bak chided officialdom in harsh language ove
PoliticsJune 19, 2011
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Unification minister: N. Korea has nothing to gain from provocations
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has nothing to gain from provocations against South Korea, Seoul's Cabinet minister handling inter-Korean relations said Saturday, urging the communist nation to carry out reform and open up to the outside world.Unification Minister Hyun In-taek accused Pyongyang of launching "reckless political provocations after military provocations," referring to the Nort
PoliticsJune 19, 2011
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N. Korea replaces ambassador to Germany
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea replaced its top envoy to Germany, the country's official news agency said Saturday.Ri Si-hong was appointed the new ambassador to the European nation under a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's legislature, according to a one-sentence dispatch of the Korean Central News Agency. It provided no further details.Little is known
North KoreaJune 19, 2011
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Gov't to consider changing public-sector working hours to spur domestic demand
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- The government will consider changing the working hours of public-sector employees and splitting up the long school winter vacation into several breaks in an effort to spur domestic demand, officials said Saturday.The measures were among a package of proposals discussed at a meeting of Cabinet and other top government officials that President Lee Myung-bak presided over
PoliticsJune 19, 2011
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Marine Corps guards mistakenly shoot at civilian plane
South Korea's Marine Corps guards shot at a civilian airplane flying near the tense Yellow Sea border with North Korea, misidentifying it as one of the communist country's military planes, a military source said Saturday. No damage occurred, the source said. Two soldiers guarding the southern coast of Gyodong Island inIncheon, 80 kilometers west of Seoul, fired their K-2 rifles at theAsiana Airl
North KoreaJune 18, 2011
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China 'walking a fine line' in dealing with N. Korea: expert
North Korea's growing dependence on China, reflected by the launch of new joint economic zones along their border, drives discord among parties seeking to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons drive, experts here said Friday. Jonathan Pollack, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution,pointed out that China is taking advantage of the flexibleimplementation of the U.N. Security Council resolution
North KoreaJune 18, 2011
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Two non-commissioned officers die during physical fitness tests
Two non-commissioned officers died on Friday due to an apparent cardiac arrest while undergoing separate physical tests, Army officials said.A 40-year-old warrant officer, identified only by his surname Kang, suddenly collapsed during a 3-kilometer run, part of an annual fitness test at a military base in Cheorwon, about 80kilometers northeast of Seoul, they said.Kang was immediately sent to a nea
DefenseJune 17, 2011
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Lee calls for ending corruption
In an emotion-charged speech against corruption, President Lee Myung-bak called for a sweeping overhaul of the way the government works, imploring top officials Friday to end long-ingrained irregularities in officialdom.Speaking at a brainstorming meeting that brought together all Cabinet ministers, vice ministers and other top officials, Lee expressed deep frustrations about the bureaucracy, repr
PoliticsJune 17, 2011
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Ex-state auditor brought to trial for influence-peddling
Prosecutors put a former aide to President Lee Myung-bak and state auditor on trial on Friday, accusing him of receiving kickbacks in return for using his influence to help a corruption-ridden savings bank survive inspections by financial regulators.Eun Jin-soo, 50, is suspected of having received 70 million won (US$64,844) from Busan Savings Bank through a broker last year in exchange for lobbyin
NationalJune 17, 2011
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Korea to push restructuring of universities
Civic activists call for university reforms in Seoul on Friday. (Yonhap News)4 or 5 public institutions could face enrollment cutThe government has decided to restructure underperforming universities as it struggles to come up with measures to curb skyrocketing college tuition fees. According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on Thursday, the government will reduce enrollment a
Social AffairsJune 17, 2011
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N.K. threatens to ‘dispose’ of assets at Geumgang
North Korea said Friday that it would dispose of South Korean assets seized or frozen at its Mount Geumgang resort under a newly established law, a move that could further aggravate already chilled inter-Korean ties.The North also said that Hyundai Asan Corp., the central operator of the inter-Korean tour program, should come to the mountain on the east coast by the end of this month to discuss di
North KoreaJune 17, 2011
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Seoul deploys tactical missiles near DMZ
The South Korean military has deployed to frontline areas near the Demilitarized Zone tactical surface-to-surface missiles that put the North Korean capital of Pyongyang within their striking range, military sources said Friday.The forward-deployment early this year of the U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile Systems came as concerns were rising that the North could provoke again with its long-range ar
DefenseJune 17, 2011
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Seoul City helps foreigners’ start-up ventures
When he decided to run his own business a few years ago, Bryan Hale, a former English teacher at a local middle school, had no idea about the business culture here. What helped him a lot, he said, was the business start-up program offered by the Seoul Global Center, a support center for foreign residents. “The center offered me the education I need to understand the Korean business culture; not to
Social AffairsJune 17, 2011
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GNP in identity crisis amid reform calls
Ruling party shelves additional tax cut plan, scrambles to cut tuitionThe ruling Grand National Party has gone to great lengths to renew its image, even defying the policies of the current administration, but many still regard its moves with a doubtful eye.In a general meeting held Thursday, a majority of GNP lawmakers agreed to withdraw the additional tax cut plan for corporations, which has so f
PoliticsJune 17, 2011
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Number of mobile phone users in N. Korea tops 500,000: operator
The number of mobile phone users in North Korea has topped 500,000, according to a cell phone service provider's data disclosed Friday, in a sign of growing mobile penetration in the isolated country.Egypt's Orascom Telecom has been providing mobile services in North Korea since 2008 through Koryolink, a joint venture set up with the North.The number of subscribers in the North jumped to more than
InternationalJune 17, 2011
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N.K. threatens to dispose of Seoul’s assets at Geumgang
North Korea said Friday that it will dispose of South Korean assets seized or frozen at Mount Kumang under its new law regarding the scenic mount resort.The North also said Hyundai Asan Corp., a key operator of the tour project for the scenic mountain just north of the heavily armed border, should come to the table by the end of the month for talks over the disposal of the assets, according to the
North KoreaJune 17, 2011