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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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[Today’s K-pop] BTS pop-up event to come to Seoul
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Police investigate newspaper hacking
Police are investigating a large-scale cyber attack on the JoongAng Ilbo that crippled its servers and website on Saturday.Some raised suspicions of North Korean involvement as the incident followed its threat to attack major media companies in the South. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the incident took place from around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday when one of the two main domains of the newspaper, www.joongang.co.kr, shut down. When accessed, a picture of a white cat grinning and
June 11, 2012
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Korea's rail, airport authorities top int'l competitiveness list: report
South Korea's public rail and airport authorities ranked top in terms of international competitiveness in 2011 for the service they offered to users, a government report showed Monday.The report by the finance ministry showed the country's KTX bullet trains outperformed overseas rivals in timely operations according to data published by International Railway Statistics. It said the KTX, run by Kor
June 11, 2012
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All bodies recovered from Peru chopper crash
Peruvian rescue officials said Sunday they have recovered the bodies of all 14 people killed in a helicopter crash last week, including those of eight South Koreans.The wreckage of the ill-fated helicopter was discovered Saturday on Mama Rosa mountain at about 4,950 meters above sea level near Coline in southern Peru.The chopper had gone missing Wednesday while returning from a trip to a potential
June 11, 2012
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Lee’s son cleared of charges on land purchase for retirement home
The prosecution said Sunday that it has decided not to press charges against President Lee Myung-bak’s son and others accused of irregularities in the process of purchasing Lee’s retirement residence. Concluding their five-month investigation, officials at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said they found no sign of illegality in the purchase of a 2,600-square-meter plot in Naegok-dong, southern Seoul. None of the seven accused, including Si-hyeong, Lee’s 34-year-old son, and Lim Ta
June 10, 2012
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How to end fraud in the lab
Research fraud cases and allegations raise doubts over Korean labs’ ethical standardsA series of research fabrication scandals have sparked a round of soul-searching in Korea’s scientific community on whether their competitive zeal for accomplishment may have gone overboard. The country last month caught the science world’s attention with a new research fraud case, just seven years after the fall of Hwang Woo-suk ― once Korea’s national hero and the world’s most renowned cloning expert ― for a
June 10, 2012
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Missing girl ‘found’ at grandma’s home
(Twitter)A missing girl, who was speculated to have been kidnapped and caused a racket on the Internet, turned out to be a simple runaway, according to police.Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Sunday that 19-year-old Kim was staying in her grandmother’s home. Kim reportedly ran away from her home because of her "family issues," although full details of the case have not yet been released.The s
June 10, 2012
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Missing Koreans presumed dead in chopper crash: officials
Eight South Koreans who went missing after their helicopter crashed into a mountain in Peru last week are presumed to have been killed, officials said Saturday. The Peruvian military and police conducted an aerial search and discovered the wreckage of the helicopter at about 4,950 meters above sea level near Coline in southern Peru, according to an official at the South Korean Embassy in Lima.All
June 10, 2012
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Peru to send air, ground rescue to find missing helicopter with 8 Koreans
MEXICO CITY -- The Peruvian military and police are ready to send in rescue teams to find a helicopter carrying eight South Koreans that went missing earlier in the week, a diplomatic source said Friday.The South Korean Embassy source in Lima said a 21-person air rescue team is on standby so they can be sent in by helicopter to the Hualla Hualla region where the ill-fated S-58 chopper may have cra
June 9, 2012
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Eight Koreans on ill-fated copter in Peru
LIMA (AP) ― Snow and fog impeded efforts Thursday to locate a helicopter that went missing in Peru’s highlands with 14 people aboard, including eight South Koreans and three Europeans. Authorities said the aircraft’s emergency beacon indicated it was on rugged terrain.The last communication with the helicopter owned by Cuzco-based Helicusco was late Wednesday afternoon as it headed for Cuzco from the town of Mazuco in neighboring Madre de Dios state, said police Gen. Hector Dulanto.The helicopte
June 8, 2012
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Six restaurants found to sell U.S. beef under false labels
Six restaurants have been selling U.S. beef falsely labeled as Australian beef, the Chungnam judicial police said Friday after a month-long investigation into 562 different restaurants.Also, 48 out of 933 different public eateries including school cafeterias were found to have sold U.S. beef under false labels. Seventeen of these facilities were suspended and thirty fined.The police have forwarded the case to the prosecutor’s office and are awaiting the results.Should the allegations be confirme
June 8, 2012
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Peru officials detect rough location of missing helicopter carrying 8 Koreans
The Peruvian air force has detected with satellite signals the rough location of a missing local helicopter carrying 14 people, including eight South Koreans, a South Korean diplomat in Lima said Thursday.The helicopter was located between the cities of Mazuco and Cusco in southeastern Peru at a latitude of 13 degrees and 27 minutes south and a longitude of 71 degrees and seven minutes west, Kim
June 8, 2012
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Fines set for watching DMB while driving
The government plans to impose fines for watching in-car TVs while driving after a deadly accident two months ago. The penalty is likely to range from 30,000 won ($26) up to 70,000 won, official said Thursday. The proposal was approved during an economic policy meeting presided over by President Lee Myung-bak. It will add new clauses to the traffic law, including imposing a 15-point penalty for watching digital multimedia broadcasting. A driver’s license is canceled if a driver gets 121 points i
June 7, 2012
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Seoul English camps recruit students
Seoul City Government said on Thursday its three English immersion camps will aim to recruit 4,192 elementary and middle school students during the summer vacation. The city’s Pungnap, Suyu and Gwanak camps will provide 14 vacation programs starting July 22.The students will stay at dormitories during the 10 to 13-day camps, which are themed “Olympics Story, English in Sports” in celebration of the 2012 London Olympics.The participating children will have an opportunity to learn English from nat
June 7, 2012
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Toxic gas leak at polysilicon factory poisons 42 in Yeosu
YEOSU (Yonhap News) ― A gas leak accident occurred Thursday afternoon at a polysilicon factory based in Yeosu, a port city 455 kilometers south of Seoul, poisoning more than 40 workers, fire authorities said.A total of 42 affected employees of Hankook Silicon Co. were taken to several nearby hospitals, with 41 of them experiencing bouts of nausea, the fire authorities said, but no casualties were reported.The company had been conducting test operations after it built an additional factory in the
June 7, 2012
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Toxic gas leak at polysilicon factory poisons 42
A gas leak accident occurred Thursday afternoon at a polysilicon factory based in Yeosu, a port city 455 kilometers south of Seoul, poisoning more than 40 workers, fire authorities said.A total of 42 affected employees of Hankook Silicon Co. were taken to several nearby hospitals, with 41 of them experiencing bouts of nausea, the fire authorities said, but no casualties were reported.The company h
June 7, 2012
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Korea to slap fines for watching TV while driving
South Korea plans to impose fines ranging from 30,000 won ($25.6) to 70,000 won on drivers caught watching a dashboard-mounted television while driving, officials said Thursday. Officials laid out the plan at an economic policy meeting presided over by President Lee Myung-bak earlier in the day. The current law prohibits drivers from watching television while driving, but there is no penalty.The p
June 7, 2012
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KBS workers to end strike
The labor union and management at state-run broadcaster KBS on Wednesday reached a tentative agreement to end a 93-day strike. The union said its delegates will vote on the deal during a general meeting on Thursday. The workers began the walkout on March 6 demanding the resignation of its chief executive close to President Lee Myung-bak. The two sides agreed to establish a committee to ensure fair coverage of the December presidential election, the union said. It did not disclose other details.
June 6, 2012
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‘Eco-friendly golf’ a green innovation?
A government plan to give tax incentives to “environmentally friendly” golf courses has reignited a long-standing controversy over the sport, largely considered a luxury and environmental nuisance in Korea. The Environment Ministry announced last month that it is working on a set of criteria for “green” courses. It aims to finalize them in July and form the certification committee in the following month, so that the first such course could debut in the fourth quarter of the year. “We hope to see
June 6, 2012
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Opposition criticizes top court nominees as too conservative
Supreme Court insists diversity in background consideredThe four nominees for the Supreme Court face an uphill battle for parliamentary approval as opposition politicians and civic activists have derided them as a club of conservatives. Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae on Tuesday submitted to President Lee Myung-back the list of four candidates to replace incumbents retiring in July. The top court argued that the selections respected integrity, diversity and minority rights. “The four have gone under
June 6, 2012
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Rare butterfly to be reintroduced
An endangered species of butterfly is to be reintroduced to the wild Thursday, after a six-year effort by a private entomologist to rescue it from the brink of extinction. Lee Kang-woon, head of Holoce Ecosystem Conservation Research Institution, will release 20 pairs of red-spotted Apollo butterflies to one of their few known habitats, located in Samcheok, Gangwon Province. It will be the second batch of the rare butterflies, captive-bred by Lee, to be reintroduced to their natural habitat, fol
June 6, 2012