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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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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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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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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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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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Schools see 5-fold rise in multicultural students since 2006
The number of students from multicultural families in South Korea rose more than 20 percent on-year in 2012 to take up 0.7 percent of the country’s total school children, data showed Monday.According to the data compiled by the Education Ministry, the number of multicultural students who attend primary or secondary schools in South Korea reached 46,954 in 2012. It is nearly five times larger than 9,389 in 2006, when the ministry began compiling the data.Some 9,035 foreign students here attend in
Sept. 17, 2012
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Korea to rev up PR campaign for Dokdo on SNS
South Korea will rev up a public relations drive on social networking sites worldwide for its easternmost islets of Dokdo to counter Japan’s claims to the islets, a high-ranking government official said Monday. Last week, South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan told reporters that his government was preparing to run counter ads in Japanese media shortly after the Tokyo government ran ads in Japanese newspapers defending its sovereignty claims to Dokdo. “We are considering running ads in Japa
Sept. 17, 2012
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Ex-police chief to stand trial for defaming Roh
Prosecutors on Monday brought charges against a former police chief for making defamatory remarks against late President Roh Moo-hyun.Commenting on the motive of Roh’s suicide in a meeting with police officials in March 2010, Cho Hyun-oh, the former commissioner of the National Police Agency, said that police found large amounts of money kept in a borrowed-name bank account the night before Roh jumped to his death.The former president jumped off a cliff behind his retirement home and died in May
Sept. 17, 2012
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Typhoon Sanba pounds southern regions
Typhoon Sanba slammed southern regions of Korea on Monday, causing massive power outages, submerging roads and houses and destroying farmland just ahead of harvest time. At least one was killed and several others injured. The third storm to strike the country in three weeks left a trail of destruction in the provinces of Jeju, Jeolla and Gyeongsang, already battered by two powerful typhoons late last month. A 53-year-old woman died in a landslide in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, where the t
Sept. 17, 2012
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Teens nabbed in police hit-and-run
A teenage boy surnamed Sim has been arrested on charges of hitting a police officer while driving and failing to stop at the scene, and two other teens were indicted without detention, police said Sunday.According to Paju police in Gyeonggi Province, 16-year-old Sim and two other teens hit traffic officer Gu and attempted to flee the scene around 10 a.m. on Friday. Police officers, including injured Gu, pursued the suspects in a furious car chase and caught the suspects after 10 minutes.The susp
Sept. 17, 2012
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Typhoon Sanba slams S. Korea hard, causes property damage
Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate and hundreds of sea and air passenger services were canceled as a powerful typhoon made landfall in southern South Korea on Monday.Packing strong winds of 43 meters per second and heavy rains, Typhoon Sanba was moving northeastward at a speed of 34 kilometers per hour after battering the southwest coastal areas Monday morning, according to the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA). It forecast the typhoon would veer to the East Sea after p
Sept. 17, 2012
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Nuke reactor malfunctions, stops generating electricity at power plant
A nuclear reactor at one of South Korea's nuclear power plants stopped generating power due to malfunctions on Sunday, plant operators said.A turbine and a generator of the Wolsong 1 reactor in Gyeongju stopped at 4:51 p.m. due to the malfunction of a device that supplies exiting currents to the generator, according to an official from the state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. The reacto
Sept. 17, 2012
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Personal data on sex convicts to be updated more often
The government will update and verify residence details and other personal information of convicted sex offenders every six months in an effort more effectively monitor them, the Justice Ministry said Sunday.Under the current law, sex convicts subject to personal information disclosure are required to voluntarily update their residence and employment information with police once a year. The law, however, does not require police to verify such information.The Justice Ministry said it revised the
Sept. 16, 2012
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Typhoon Sanba plows north toward Korea
Authorities went on full alert on Sunday for a powerful typhoon approaching the country, ordering closure of schools, suspension of ferry services and evacuation of residents in flood-prone areas. “Typhoon Sanba is medium-sized but is very strong on a scale of intensity,” the Korea Meteorological Administration said, calling for serious precautions. As of 1 p.m. as it passed through Okinawa, Japan, the typhoon had central pressure of 935 hPa and winds of up to 48 meters per second. Winds of such
Sept. 16, 2012
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Powerful typhoon approaches S. Korea
Thousands of ships took shelter in ports, ferry services were suspended and access to valleys and other risky areas was restricted on the southern island of Jeju as precautions Sunday as a powerful typhoon was approaching South Korea.Packing strong winds of 48 meters per second, Typhoon Sanba was moving northward at a speed of 26 kilometers per hour from about 80 kilometers off the southern Japane
Sept. 16, 2012
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Japanese activist snubs Seoul's summons over provocative 'Dokdo' post
A Japanese right-wing activist said Saturday he would not honor summons by Seoul prosecutors for him to appear for questioning over his alleged provocative act over South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo.Nobuyuki Suzuki, known as a conservative activist, was sued by a group of former South Korean sex slaves for Japan's wartime soldiers for defamation in connection with a controversial wooden po
Sept. 16, 2012
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Heavy rainstorms in forecast as Typhoon Sanba nears Korean Peninsula
(Yonhap) -- Heavy rainstorms are forecast across the country this weekend as another major typhoon makes its way toward the Korean Peninsula, weather officials said Saturday. Typhoon Sanba, positioned about 470 kilometers south-southeast of Okinawa, Japan, was traveling north-northwestward at a speed of about 18 kilometers per hour as of 9 a.m. Saturday, according to the Korea Meteorological Adm
Sept. 15, 2012
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35,000 people mourn unification church founder at funeral
(Yonhap) -- An estimated 35,000 mourners attended an emotion-filled funeral for Unification Church leader and founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon in the church's main compound in Gapyeong, east of Seoul, on Saturday, according to the church.Moon's family and followers wept as the casket was carried into the CheongShim Peace World Center, a church-owned sports and cultural center, for the funeral service.M
Sept. 15, 2012
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Typhoon Sanba to hit Korean Peninsula
Another powerful typhoon is quickly moving northward and expected to affect all parts of the country early next week, weather officials said Friday.Typhoon Sanba, positioned 830 kilometers south-south-east of Japan's Okinawa, was moving northward at a speed of about 19 kilometers per hour, packing maximum winds of 56 meters per second as of 3 p.m., according to the Korea Meteorological Administrat
Sept. 14, 2012
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Prosecutors summon parents over massive admission fraud at foreign schools
The parents of dozens of students attending foreign schools in Seoul were summoned for questioning over suspicions that the students gained admission based on fraudulent documents, prosecutors said Friday.The parents, including the 39-year-old wife of a lawyer working for one of the country's largest law firms, were questioned about submitting fabricated documents to falsely identify their childre
Sept. 14, 2012
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Park seeks to resolve Jeongsu Foundation furore
The ruling Saenuri Party presidential hopeful Park Geun-hye took steps aimed to end the controversy surrounding a scholarship foundation set up by her father late President Park Chung-hee that has received flak from her detractors.In an interview with a local daily, Park said criticism being lodged by her political opponents have effectively tarnished the image and purpose of the Jeongsu Scholarship Foundation.The 60-year-old lawmaker, who won her party’s presidential candidacy on Aug. 20, then
Sept. 14, 2012
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Chaebol kids implicated in admission scam at foreign schools
Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office is investigating a large number of parents including “chaebol,” or conglomerate, families who used forged documents to enroll their children in schools for foreigners in Seoul.As many as 60 people who bought forged documents from a broker to meet the requirements for enrolling their children in a foreign school are being questioned. Under local regulations, children who have a parent with foreign citizenship are able to study at foreign schools. As foreign sc
Sept. 14, 2012
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Ex-KCC chief jailed for 2.5 years for bribery
Choi See-joong, the country’s former communications chief and one of the closest confidants of President Lee Myung-bak, was sentenced Friday to a two-and-a-half year term in prison and 600 million won ($536,834) in fines for accepting bribes from a local construction company in return for influence peddling.The 75-year-old Choi was arrested and indicted in May on charges of taking 800 million won in bribes from property developer Pi City through broker Lee Dong-ryul on 13 occasions between July
Sept. 14, 2012
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Ex-communications chief sentenced to 2.5 yrs in prison for bribe taking
Choi See-joong, the country's former communications chief and one of the closest confidants of President Lee Myung-bak, was sentenced Friday to a two-and-a-half year term in prison and 600 million won (US$536,834) in fines for accepting bribes from a local construction company in return for influence peddling.The 75-year-old Choi was arrested and indicted in May on charges of taking 800 million wo
Sept. 14, 2012
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Conservationists issue plea to save world’s 100 most threatened species
Conservation experts released a list this week of the world’s 100 most threatened species and warned that only a changed public and government mindset could save them from imminent extinction.The list compiled by the Zoological Society of London in a report titled “Priceless or Worthless?” comprised 100 animals, plants and fungi deemed first in line for extinction.“All the species listed are unique and irreplaceable. If they vanish, no amount of money can bring them back,” said the report’s co-a
Sept. 13, 2012