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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Lee to conduct minor Cabinet reshuffle Wednesday
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak will conduct a minor Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday that may affect five ministries, including one in charge of North Korean affairs, presidential officials said Tuesday.The planned reshuffle is seen as Lee's latest attempt to revitalize his conserv
Aug. 30, 2011
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South Korea eyes vote ban for pro-North Korea overseas residents
South Korea may ban overseas residents with pro-North Korea attitudes from taking part in national elections, officials said, a controversial move aimed at preventing Pyongyang from wielding influence over local politics. Starting from April next year, some 2.5 million Koreans living abroad will be
Aug. 29, 2011
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Kwak’s case keeps parties on edge
DP Joins call for resignation; Oct. 26 by-elections may include education chief The opposition camp faced an unexpected obstacle in gearing up for elections including for Seoul mayor, as calls for the city’s liberal education chief to resign over bribery allegations indicated his position may also b
Aug. 29, 2011
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Parties to clash over U.S. FTA ratification
Rival political parties are expected to clash once again over the long-disputed Korea-U.S Free Trade Agreement ratification during the parliament’s regular session, starting this week. The ruling Grand National Party aims at having the pact ratified within October, in step with the U.S. Congress, wh
Aug. 28, 2011
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Race heating up for Seoul mayoral post
Rep. Chun of DP abandons parliamentary seat to run in Oct. 26 by-electionParties rushed to establish strategies for the Seoul mayor selection in the Oct. 26 by-elections, after Oh Se-hoon’s resignation on Friday.The ruling Grand National Party strove to defend its control of the Korean capital and t
Aug. 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
Aug. 28, 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
Aug. 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
Aug. 26, 2011
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GNP in dilemma over when Oh should step down
Seoul mayor expected to announce position by Friday at the latestThe ruling Grand National Party on Thursday struggled to agree on when Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon should resign, a day after the city’s referendum on free school meals was invalidated due to low turnout.Having vowed to quit if the referend
Aug. 25, 2011
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Names being floated for next Seoul mayor
With Oh Se-hoon expected to step down as Seoul mayor, rival political camps were pondering Thursday over who among their members has the best shot at winning the post, which some say is second most influential in Korea after the president. In media reports, a handful of names are being floated as po
Aug. 25, 2011
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Oh’s pet projects face uncertainty
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon’s ambitious yet controversial, projects to beautify the capital city face an uncertain future as he is expected to quit after Wednesday’s failed referendum. For the past five years in office, the conservative mayor has single-handedly pushed some costly works in Seoul, defying
Aug. 25, 2011
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Five men indicted in pro-N. Korean spy ring bust
Prosecutors said on Thursday they have investigated 10 South Koreans of spying for the North Korean regime for more than a decade, leaking political and military secrets in the latest in a long series of espionage cases.Operating in an underground anti-state organization called Wangjaesan, the name
Aug. 25, 2011
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Embattled Seoul mayor mulls early resignation
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will soon announce when he will resign over the failed free lunch vote after consulting with his ruling Grand National Party (GNP) to minimize its negative impact ahead of next year's major polls, his aides said Thursday.A referendum was held on Wednesday to ask Seoul resident
Aug. 25, 2011
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Mayor Oh’s failed gambit to weigh on political future
Seoul City’s vote on Wednesday was ostensibly about where to spend taxpayer money, but Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon clearly showed that the vote was more about him when he wiped away tears and kneeled in front of TV cameras last week. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon speaks during a press conference at City Ha
Aug. 24, 2011
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Failed vote to impact national politics
The conservatives’ defeat in Wednesday’s school meals referendum in Seoul is expected to have a sizable impact on national politics in the run-up to major elections next year, political analysts said. Hong Joon-pyo (left), chairman of the ruling Grand National Party, holds a press conference a
Aug. 24, 2011
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Districts, age groups show turnout disparity
Voters in Seoul’s three affluent districts ― Seocho, Gangnam and Songpa ― turned out at polling stations in large numbers, but not enough to salvage beleaguered mayor Oh Se-hoon.At Wednesday’s referendum on free school meals, the three districts reported the largest voter turnouts, with Seocho marki
Aug. 24, 2011
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DP boycotts FTA hearing as GNP plans passage
By Bae Hyun-jungParties are again at odds over the ratification of the Korea-U.S. free trade bill, despite their hard-reached agreement last week to hold a public hearing on the issue.The parliamentary foreign affairs committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on measures to prevent harm to the lo
Aug. 24, 2011
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Korea, Uzbekistan sign gas development deals worth $4.1 billion
President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday agreed with Uzbek President Islam Karimov to closely cooperate for the success of joint energy development projects in the Central Asian country during their summit talks in Tashkent. With the two leaders present, a consortium of South Korean companies led by
Aug. 23, 2011
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Seoul goes to polls over free meals
Voting begins across Seoul on Wednesday for the city’s first-ever plebiscite, which will determine how schoolchildren will be getting their lunches and the fate of Mayor Oh Se-hoon. A total of 2,206 polling stations across the capital will be open between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Some 8.3 million Seoulites
Aug. 23, 2011
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Park Geun-hye hints at warmer ties with N.K.
Korea should seek to rebuild trust with North Korea, while maintaining an unyielding stance on national security, said Rep. Park Geun-hye the highest-polled presidential hopeful, in a contribution to a journal.Park contributed a 2,500-word paper titled “The New Korea: Building trust between Seoul an
Aug. 22, 2011