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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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A place where death is a daily duty
Chung Nak-eun, 55, stands near his office building in western Seoul, looking at an apartment complex called DI Ville. “We call that complex the Death Identification Village,” Chung says with a grin. Coincidence or not, the rather chilling name is befitting. The apartment complex stands next to the Korean National Forensic Service where Chung works as an investigator.What happens at the NFS behind closed doors, most people wouldn’t want to see or even imagine. It is at the NFS headquarters in Seo
May 17, 2012
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Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depression)
Bipolar disorder gets its name because it is associated with mood swings from one extreme to the other. It used to be called manic depression, as it involves both the lows of depression and the highs of mania. People with this illness experience unusual shifts in emotional states that occur in distinct periods. A manic episode includes a long period in a joyful, happy and energetic state. Patients become highly talkative, restless and overconfident. They have a decreased need for sleep, jump fro
May 17, 2012
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Seoul braces for looming bus strike
With the first strike by bus drivers in 15 years looming, the Seoul Metropolitan Government was striving Thursday to minimize its possible impact on commuters. City officials were preparing extra taxis, subways and village buses, plus some charter buses, while asking its affiliated agencies and public companies to have their employees come to work an hour late on Friday morning. From 4 a.m. Friday, the Seoul City Bus Labor Union, which covers 98 percent of the city’s unionized bus workers, plans
May 17, 2012
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Weather chief probed in influence peddling case
Police said Wednesday they have launched an investigation into alleged influence peddling involving Korea Meteorological Administration chief Cho Seok-joon in a contract bidding process.The Seoul Metropolitan Police suspect Cho, along with Park Kwang-joon, chief of the Korea Meteorological Industry Promotion Agency, of providing favors to a specific contractor during bidding for Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) between June and December last year.They allegedly changed the standard range of w
May 17, 2012
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Seoul City steps up renewable energy efforts
Seoul City announced on Wednesday that it will increase the number of hydrogen power systems for a stable electricity supply in case of blackouts or other emergencies.Under the plan, 29 hydrogen fuel cell power plants will be built and 102 hydrogen fuel cells will be installed by 2014. The facilities are expected to generate 230 megawatts of electricity per hour that could meet the energy demands
May 16, 2012
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'PD Notebook' cleared in damages suit over U.S. beef report
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared producers of TV network MBC’s investigative program, “PD Notebook,” from having to compensate a group of viewers for airing inaccurate information.Justice Yang Chang-woo said the claims for damages did not have merit since the plaintiffs did had no connection to the content of the program. “The program targets a random audience and the pain they feel is stric
May 16, 2012
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Korean hospitals see surge in foreign patients
The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Wednesday said that the number of foreign patients treated in Korea in 2011 increased by 50 percent from the previous year, contributing to a 75 percent jump in revenue at the institutions. According to the ministry’s analysis of 1,383 medical institutions nationwide registered to host and treat foreign patients, 122,297 foreign nationals visited the facilities in 2011, from the previous year’s 81,789. The authorities’ goal for the year was 110,000.The insti
May 16, 2012
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APEC education chiefs to meet in Gyeongju
Korea is hosting a meeting of Asia Pacific education chiefs next week to discuss ways for their cooperation and development of future education, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Wednesday.The 5th APEC Education Ministerial Meeting will be held in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province from May 21-23.Korea aims to bridge advanced and developing economies for regional cooperation during the event expected to draw some 600 officials.Representatives of the 21 member countries, inc
May 16, 2012
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Chief of Solomon Savings Bank arrested for suspected corruption
Prosecutors said Wednesday they have arrested the chief of a suspended savings bank over allegations he embezzled billions of won (millions of U.S. dollars) and gave out more than a hundred billion won in illegal loans.Lim Suk, the chief executive of Solomon Savings Bank, was arrested in Seoul late Tuesday after the prosecution determined he could destroy evidence related to the allegations he emb
May 16, 2012
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Jogye order hit hard by scandals
The Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, is plunging deeper into crisis following a string of revelations of unbecoming and illegal conduct among monks. The scandal erupted last week when Buddhist monk Seongho exposed an all-night gambling and boozing party among his fellow monks, prompting nationwide criticism.He exposed on Tuesday that Ven. Myungjin and the order’s treasury chief Ven. Jaseung went to “room salons,” establishments that often facilitate prostitution. Jogye responded
May 16, 2012
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China keeps silent on detained S. Korean
The Chinese authorities have continue to withhold information about arrested South Korean human rights activist Kim Young-hwan, despite Seoul’s diplomatic efforts.Kim, along with three other South Koreans, has been in the Chinese Ministry of State Security’s custody since March 29 on charges of “damaging national security.” Kim is a former pro-North Korean movement leader who turned to promoting human rights in North Korea in the 1990s, and currently works as a researcher at the Network for Nor
May 15, 2012
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Whistle-blowing monk takes aim at top Jogye Order official
A Buddhist monk who revealed an all night gambling and boozing party by fellow monks said Tuesday that he will make fresh revelations soon, targeting the highest ranks of the country’s largest Buddhist sect, Jogye Order. “(Next revelations) will include the executive director himself,” Ven. Seongho told reporters at the entrance of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in southern Seoul where he was to be questioned. He was referring to Ven. Jaseung, the sect’s administrative chief. Tue
May 15, 2012
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Lee mourns 1983 bombing victims
YANGON ― President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday mourned the 17 South Korean victims of a bombing by North Korean agents in Yangon in 1983. After meeting with Myanmarese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, he visited the Martyr’s Mausoleum, a monument to Suu Kyi’s father and independence hero Gen. Aung San, amid tight security. The attack left a total of 21 dead, and was aimed at assassinating then-President Chun Doo-hwan. Lee laid a wreath to pay homage to the late leader Aung San and spent some mo
May 15, 2012
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Korea must empower women, youth: UNFPA
To cope with demographic changes, South Korea needs to work harder to empower women and young people, the chief of the United Nations Population Fund said Tuesday.“Population dynamics is deeply related to human rights and gender equality,” said Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the UNFPA on Tuesday. He was in Korea for two days to forge ties with the government, which is one of the executive board members. Osotimehin noted that the businesses are still unfriendly to working mothers, ho
May 15, 2012
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Bad grandma ordered to wear ankle tag
A Welsh grandmother was ordered by a court to wear an electronic tag after she rubbed her grandson's face in his own urine.The 51-year-old woman was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm for the incident, The Sun reported Monday.Cardiff Crown Court heard that the grandmother was babysitting her 3-year-old grandson when he had an accident on her new carpet.The woman then decided to "rub his fa
May 15, 2012
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Office workers pick artists as happiest
Office workers in Korea think that artists have the happiest profession, according to a new survey on job satisfaction published by Job Korea on Tuesday.The employment portal asked 1,709 male and female office workers what they thought to be “the happiest profession.”Artists topped the list with 18.7 percent, a job description that includes poets and painters, while parliamentary members (11.4 percent), cooks (10.2 percent) and those with specialized jobs such as doctors or lawyers (9.7 percent)
May 15, 2012
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Korea, Denmark boost green growth alliance
Korea will strengthen its alliance with Demark in developing green growth technologies with the hosting of the Green Growth Alliance meeting on Tuesday in Seoul.It is the second time the leaders of the two nations are gathering to work on developing environmentally friendly technologies and sustainable energy sources.The two sides first forged an alliance to collaborate on green growth in May 2011 during President Lee Myung-bak’s visit to Copenhagen.The alliance is aimed at combining Korea’s str
May 14, 2012
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KT exec implicated in civilian spying scandal
Prosecutors are considering summoning Seo Yu-yeol, president of KT’s home business group, for allegedly assisting in the government’s illegal civilian surveillance.According to officers at the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office on Monday, Seo reportedly received requests from Lee Young-ho, former presidential secretary for employment and labor affairs, in early July 2010 to create a mobile phone account that would not be traced to him. Lee is the self-proclaimed mastermind of the scandal, in whic
May 14, 2012
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Animal activists call for investigation on dog beaten to death
Busan police have begun a full-fledged investigation on the recently revealed video clip of a man dressed like a Buddhist monk beating a dog to death with a blunt weapon.The clip, which sparked outrage once it was posted on the Internet, shows a man, who appears to be in his 60s, climbing over a fence to hit and kick a dog tied up in a yard on private property. In the footage, the man climbs out only to return five minutes later, this time with a blunt weapon with which he delivers two blows to
May 14, 2012
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Police to track emergency callers’ location from Nov.
A revision of the Location Privacy Protection Act will go into effect on Nov. 15 after its promulgation this week, allowing the police to track the location of callers to their 112 hotline, the National Police Agency said Sunday.Under the revised bill that passed parliament and the Cabinet earlier this month, police are allowed to seek help from mobile phone operators to track the physical location of an emergency caller without his or her permission.The bill is expected to prevent a recurrence
May 13, 2012