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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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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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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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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Safety rules ignored during gas leak: police
Police investigating a deadly gas leak at a local power plant found on Wednesday that employees did not comply with safety rules before the accident which left one dead and three others in critical condition. The incident occurred at Hyundai Greenpower in Dangin, South Chungcheong Province, on Tuesday evening.Police said six out of the nine workers on the scene didn’t wear gas detectors. One worker was poisoned by the gas while doing maintenance work on the plant’s boiler. His co-worker, who cam
Nov. 27, 2013
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Court extends CJ chairman’s custody suspension
A Seoul court on Wednesday extended the suspension of imprisonment of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group chairman by another three months, citing his poor health, court officials said.The custody suspension of Lee Jay-hyun, who has been staying at a Seoul hospital since being temporarily released from prison in August, will be extended until Feb. 28, said the officials at the Seoul Central District Court.The 53-year-old Lee, who underwent a key transplant surgery, will stand trial with
Nov. 27, 2013
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State firm voluntarily cuts top executives’ wages
A public organization voluntarily cut the annual salaries of its top executives by 30 percent after the government vowed to strictly monitor lax management of public organizations, the Labor Ministry said Wednesday.The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association, under the wing of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said it has decided to cut next year’s annual salaries of its top executives by an average of 30.1 percent and lower-level executives by an average of 10 percent, the ministry said
Nov. 27, 2013
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UNIST aims to lead in global research
The eight bridges on the campus of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology remain unnamed. The reason? It has yet to produce the Nobel Prize winners after whom each of them will be named. That goal may seem far-fetched for a school that is only five years old. But its president is confident, given its fast progress so far in university ranking, faculty quality and education programs.Opened in 2009, the state-run university was ranked among the top nine Korean universities in 2012 by t
Nov. 27, 2013
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Lawmaker sues professor advocating execution of N.K. defectors
Defector-turned-lawmaker Cho Myung-chul on Wednesday sued for defamation a university professor who called for the execution of North Korean escapees.In a news briefing held at the National Assembly, Cho accused Yoon Jae-man, a Daegu University professor, of defamation and called his remarks in messenger app KakaoTalk "shocking." He said a complaint has been filed with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, calling for a probe into the matter.The progressive scholar allegedly characteri
Nov. 27, 2013
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[Photo News] Holiday spirit
Nov. 27, 2013
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One dead, three in critical condition in power plant gas leak
A fatal gas leak at a local power plant left one dead and three others in critical condition on Tuesday, local authorities said.Police here in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, about 120 kilometers south of Seoul, said the leak at Hyundai Greenpower's plant at around 7 p.m. Tuesday killed a worker surnamed Yang. Eight others were transferred to Dangjin Hospital, with three of them said to be in critical condition.Police believe that one worker was doing maintenance work on the plant's boiler
Nov. 26, 2013
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Seoul’s teenage sex crime rate soars
The rate of sex crimes among juveniles has hiked by fivefold in Seoul in the last three years, data showed Tuesday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education’s report, the number of sexual assault cases jumped from 21 to 107 between 2010 and 2012. The number for this year reached 66 as of the end of July, putting it on track to exceed last year’s figure. While the number of cases stayed around 30 to 40 before 2012, the figure started to increase sharply, apparently as a result of v
Nov. 26, 2013
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Australian arrested for killing of S. Korean in Brisbane
SYDNEY/SEOUL (Yonhap News) ― An Australian teenager has been caught as a suspect in the brutal battering to death of a South Korean woman in Brisbane, police in Australia and Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.According to the Queensland Police Service, the 19-year-old man named Alex Reuben McEwan was arrested on Monday on charges of killing the 22-year-old South Korean woman and abandoning her body at Wickham Park the previous day. He faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, accordin
Nov. 26, 2013
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Cabinet approves troop dispatch to Philippines
The South Korean Cabinet approved a motion Tuesday calling for the dispatch of some 500 troops to the Philippines to help with relief efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.Last week, Seoul announced plans to send troops comprised of doctors, engineers and other supporting forces to Tacloban, the city hit hardest by the typhoon.Under the motion, the troops will be tasked with carrying out relief missions and providing humanitarian support in the affected areas.Up to 540 troops will operate i
Nov. 26, 2013
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Hwang Sun-mi’s bestselling novel published in U.S.
Author Hwang Sun-mi’s award-winning children’s story “The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly” has been published in the United States, her agency said Tuesday. Copyright agency KL Management said Penguin Group will promote the English edition of the novel in the New York Times Book Reviews on Dec. 15, targeting the holiday season.Although the novel falls in the children’s literature category in Korea, its English edition is classified for adult readers due to the story’s gravity, KL Management said.
Nov. 26, 2013
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Prosecution starts probe into left-wing Catholic priest
The prosecution said Tuesday it has begun an investigation into Park Chang-shin, a senior priest of the Jeonju diocese who made controversial remarks that defended North Korea’s deadly 2010 attack on a South Korean island.Officials at the Gunsan branch of the Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office said a complaint had been filed by a conservative group against the priest, accusing him of violating the National Security Law that prohibits pro-North Korean activities.The announcement of the probe cam
Nov. 26, 2013
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Yongsan U.S. Army garrison may become heritage site
Seoul City said Monday that it has selected eight sites, artifacts and traditions to push for designation as UNESCO World Heritage in the long term.The candidates include the U.S. Army garrison, remains of an ancient fortress, ancient maps of the capital and Buddhists rituals.The city plans to spend 100 million won ($94,000) in promoting the heritages next year.They have been selected by experts commissioned by the city government. The list of places includes the Yongsan U.S. Army garrison at th
Nov. 25, 2013
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3 actresses given suspended prison term for propofol abuse
Three female actresses were given suspended jail sentences on Monday for recreationally abusing propofol, an anesthetic used in surgeries.The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Jang Mi-in-ae, Lee Seung-yeon and Park Shi-yeon to eight months in jail, suspended for two years. The judge said they have been excessively addicted to the drug for years and exerted negative influence as public figures.Actresses have been indicted by the prosecution for illegally injecting the drug hundreds of times
Nov. 25, 2013
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Tiger attack at Seoul zoo sparks safety concerns
Concerns are growing over a lack of safety measures at public zoos after a keeper was seriously attacked by a Siberian tiger.A 3-year-old tiger bit the keeper’s neck at its temporary compound at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province on Sunday morning. The 52-year-old keeper was moved to a nearby hospital, but is still in a coma. The Seoul City government on Monday officially apologized for causing concern and said it would strengthen safety measures at the park. The Seoul city governme
Nov. 25, 2013
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Korean student found murdered in Australia
A Korean woman in her 20s was found murdered in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday. According to the local police and the Korean diplomatic mission, the 23-year-old victim had gone to Australia on a working-holiday visa six weeks ago. The police said that her head was severely damaged, and the victim appears to have been on her way to work when she was killed. The victim, identified by the initial P, was reportedly working as a cleaner. The victim did not appear to have been robbed, and the police f
Nov. 25, 2013
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Seoul City to offer free offices for foreign startups
Seoul City will provide free offices, professional counseling and other services to foreigners who start up a business in the city, officials said. The Seoul Global Center in Jongno is recruiting six foreign businesses and the global business centers in Gangnam and Yeoiudo are seeking three and five startups, respectively, to offer various support. The new businesses are allowed to stay for six months in the centers’ buildings for free starting in January next year and those with outstanding per
Nov. 25, 2013
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3 indicted for blackmailing actress Han Hyo-joo
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said Monday it indicted three men on charges of blackmailing actress Han Hyo-joo with photos she had taken years ago with her then-boyfriend. According to the prosecutors, a 36-year-old man surnamed Yun and two 29-year-old men surnamed Hwang and Lee are suspected of threatening Han’s family with “photos of her private life.” The suspects said they would release the photos to the press unless the family paid them 400 million won ($376,825).Lee is be
Nov. 25, 2013
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Park slams ‘pro-North’ remarks
President Park Geun-hye on Monday fumed at the controversial Mass and remarks by a group of progressive priests over the weekend, vowing that such “an act that demoralizes the people’s trust and causes confrontation will not be tolerated or condoned.”“Things are happening where the morals of the soldiers who have sacrificed their youth and lives for the country are being depreciated,” Park said during a meeting with senior secretaries.She was referring to the comments made during a Mass by the C
Nov. 25, 2013
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Korean ex-leprosy patients return to island colony
SOROK ISLAND, South Korea (AP) -- Kang Sun Bong once considered this tiny island a ``hell on earth,'' a place where hospital workers beat the leprosy patients exiled here and forced them into harsh labor, sterilizations and abortions. But three years ago, old, sick and broke, Kang returned to the place he'd been banished with his mother decades ago.His savings wiped out by cancer treatment, the 74-year-old now hopes to live the rest of his life with hundreds of other former patients on Sorok Isl
Nov. 24, 2013