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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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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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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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30% of Korean firms avoid hiring recruits aged over 30: survey
30% of Korean firms avoid hiring recruits aged over 30: survey Three out of 10 Korean companies tend to avoid hiring those in their 30s, a survey conducted by job portal Saramin showed Tuesday. Among the 778 companies surveyed, 29.4 percent expressed negative views on applicants aged over 30, with 16 percent of responses coming from major companies, 32.4 percent from mid-sized companies and 29.6 percent from smaller enterprises.An overwhelming 60.4 percent of participants said there is an optima
Dec. 10, 2013
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NTSB to hold investigative hearing on Asiana crash
Five months into a probe into the cause of Asiana Airlines flight 214's crash landing in San Francisco, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday it will hold an investigative hearing this week expected to provide the public with comprehensive information on the incident.The two-day event beginning Tuesday will be led by NTSB chairwoman Deborah Hersman at the NTSB's headquarters in Washington, D.C."We are in a fact-gathering phase," a senior NTSB official said in a roundtable m
Dec. 10, 2013
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Prosecution to question official involved in love child scandal leak
The prosecution plans to question a government official alleged to have requested a Cheong Wa Dae official to track down personal information of a boy suspected to be the illegitimate son of former prosecution chief Chae Dong-wook.The official at the Ministry of Security and Public Administration, identified only by his surname Kim, is said to have asked Cho Oh-young, an administrative official at the president’s office, to check on the boy’s home address and family registration in June. He deni
Dec. 9, 2013
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Hyosung chairman faces fraud, tax evasion grilling
The prosecution is set to question Hyosung Group chairman Cho Suck-rai on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the company’s alleged tax evasion, slush funds and accounting fraud, officials said Monday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office has summoned Cho to appear at 10 a.m. Tuesday. He will be the third person from the family to be questioned. Hyosung is Korea’s 26th largest business group, with assets of more than 11 trillion won ($10.4 billion). Prosecutors are expected to gri
Dec. 9, 2013
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Leniency leads to child sex crimes: survey
Leniency leads to child sex crimes: surveyNearly five out of 10 Koreans said mild punishment is the major cause behind sex offenses targeting children and adolescents, according to survey results released on Monday.The recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Anti-Corruption Civil Rights Commission showed that 47.3 percent believe that sex crimes against children occur because of lenient punishment, followed by deviant sexual impulses (21.1 percent) and porno
Dec. 9, 2013
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New voice phishing target bank customers
Voice phishing swindlers are targeting South Korean phone users with a new trick: the new address system that will go into effect in January next year.Under the address system change, customers of bank and other services are being required to update their addresses. Professionals engaged in voice phishing -- usually pretending to be officials from commercial banks -- are now asking unsuspecting users to type in personal information including resident numbers and passwords to update their data fo
Dec. 9, 2013
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Prosecutors raid teachers’ union in electioneering probe
Prosecutors conducted on Monday a search operation looking for any evidence that a teachers’ union had illegally involved itself in last year’s presidential election.Officials from the Seoul South District Prosecutor’s Office raided an unnamed server provider to investigate traces of illegal electioneering on the Korean Teacher’s Union homepage. Prosecutors have reportedly found evidence supporting the charges against the KTU on the union’s website and intranet system.The KTU has been on a rolle
Dec. 9, 2013
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Rail workers protest privatization
Unionized rail workers launched a general strike Monday against a plan to launch a subsidiary for new bullet train operations, calling it a move to privatize the state-run rail operator. The Korea Railroad Corp. filed complaints with police against nearly 200 union members for impeding business and threatened to take disciplinary measures against all participants in the walkout. The strike caused no major disruptions to passenger transport services, including the KTX trains and Seoul subway line
Dec. 9, 2013
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More than 3,300 indicted for subsidy fraud
More than 3,300 people have been indicted on charges of siphoning off or embezzling state subsidies worth a total of 170 billion won ($160 million), prosecutors and police said Sunday, revealing serious problems with Korea’s subsidy management system.In a six-month joint crackdown launched in June, prosecutors and police uncovered a total of 3,349 people suspected of involvement in subsidy-related irregularities. Of them, 127 were formally arrested, while the rest were put to trial without physi
Dec. 8, 2013
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Online petition against ‘addiction bill’ gains more than 300,000 votes
The Korea Internet Digital Entertainment Association’s online petition against the so-called “addiction bill” saw more than 300,000 votes as of Sunday. According to K-IDEA, the online petition that launched on Oct. 28 against the proposed act, which classifies Internet games as addictive, has gained 300,978 votes. The poll is operated jointly by major domestic gaming corporations including Nexon, NCsoft, NHN Entertainment and CJ E&M Netmarble.“The opposition movement in every corner, even among
Dec. 8, 2013
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Regulator orders BAT Korea to change misleading ads
South Korea‘s trade watchdog issued a correction order to a British tobacco firm over misleading advertising. The Fair Trade Commission said Sunday it sent the order, a mild form of a sanction, to British American Tobacco Korea for describing its Dunhill Fine Cut 1 mg menthol as containing charcoal filters. The product had “charcoal filter” written on its packaging from November 2010 to September 2012 and generated 11.8 billion won ($11.15 million) in revenue, even though it did not have such a
Dec. 8, 2013
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Zookeeper attacked by tiger at Seoul Zoo dies
A zookeeper who was bitten by a Siberian tiger died Sunday after 14 days in a coma, according to Ajou University Hospital.The 52-year-old zookeeper, identified by last name Shim, was mauled by the 3-year-old tiger in the neck and spine at a zoo in Seoul Grand Park on Nov 24.According to the zoo officials, Shim was laying food outside the tiger compound when he was attacked. The tiger escaped through an enclosure door, but how the door came to be unlocked is unknown. The tiger walked back into hi
Dec. 8, 2013
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Prosecutors seek suspended jail terms for celebrities accused of illegal gambling
State prosecutors said Friday it is seeking suspended jail terms for singer Tony An, Tak Jae-hoon and comedian Lee Soo-geun after the three admitted to betting on illegal sports gambling websites.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office demanded that An be sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for two years. For Tak and Lee, prosecutors sought eight and six months behind bars, respectively, suspended for two years each. “It has been taken into account that all of the defendants have
Dec. 6, 2013
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S. Korea enshrines 666 sets of remains of Korean War dead
South Korea enshrined the remains of 666 soldiers on Friday, more than 60 years after they were killed in the three-year Korean War that ended in a truce in 1953.Prime Minister Chung Hong-won, Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and 400 other government and military officials attended an enshrinement ceremony at Seoul National Cemetery for the remains excavated this year. A total of 731 sets of remains were recovered after searching 77 former battlefield sites from March to November, of which 666 have
Dec. 6, 2013
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Seoul cleared of ultrafine dust, gov't lifts advisory
The city of Seoul got cleared of ultrafine dust coming from China on Friday, leading the Seoul government to lift the warning against the pollutant.Concerns, however, persist, as China still has a high level of the "particulate matter (PM) 2.5," a nanoscale particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter and largely made up of sulphate and nitrate particles.The city and the surrounding areas experienced unprecedentedly thick layers of ultrafine pollutants on Thursday, prompting th
Dec. 6, 2013
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Seoul issues first-ever fine dust alert
The country’s first ever fine dust alert was issued in Seoul on Thursday, as fine and ultrafine dust particles continued to be blown in from China.The Seoul city government issued an alert as of 4 p.m., with ultrafine dust levels reaching 93 micrograms per cubic meter of air. Ultrafine dust is defined as particles that measure less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, or PM 2.5. Along with the ultrafine dust level, that of fine dust ― particles measuring less than 10 micrometers in diameter ― also
Dec. 5, 2013
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College students doubt effectiveness of English-only classes
Song Hong-bin, a 22-year-old college student in Seoul, regrets his choice of an all-English class this semester.Unable to comprehend lectures and conversations, he is only left with frustration and a sense of inferiority. “I chose the class to learn real-life English. But I feel like I’m being left out. Others seem to understand all the lectures,” he said.“It’s more like showtime for English-fluent people to boast their ability. I don’t think my English improved.” More and more universities are
Dec. 5, 2013
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[Graphic News] Major results of survey on social affairs for 2013
According to a survey released by Statistics Korea on Wednesday, most elderly people do not want to live together with their children and most Koreans read online or offline newspapers. The agency polled 38,000 people aged 13 years and older from 17,664 households throughout the month of May to research more about people’s livelihoods and lifestyles.
Dec. 5, 2013
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Conspiracy theory grows on series of big stories
The spy agency’s bombshell announcement of the fall of the North Korean leader’s powerful uncle came when suspicions were building that the presidential office played a role in the downfall of a defiant chief prosecutor. In similar fashion, the news on the prosecution’s investigation into charges of revolt faced by a progressive party this summer was released while calls for reforming the law enforcement agency were heightening. These and other high-profile news stories effectively muted voices
Dec. 5, 2013
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Political tension rises over alleged Blue House role in love child scandal
The prosecution on Thursday raided the home and office of an official suspected of requesting a presidential staffer to check the personal information of a child alleged to be an illegitimate son of former Prosecutor General Chae Dong-wook. The official, identified only with his surname Kim and affiliated with the Ministry of Security and Public Administration, has denied the allegation raised by the presidential office following its internal probe into the case. The prosecution said it will als
Dec. 5, 2013