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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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What is Hybe’s next move?
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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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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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Samsung Electronics Q1 operating profit soars; chip biz returns to profit
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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Warrant sought for Chinese fishermen as Seoul protests
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Tuesday summoned the consul general of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul to lodge a complaint over Chinese fishermen’s attack on Korean patrol officials a day earlier.The ministry said it strongly remonstrated the Chinese fishermen’s violent resistance to Korean officials’ law enforcement and urged that such incidents never happen again. The ministry told the consul general that the fines for operating unlicensed fishing boats, invading Ko
May 1, 2012
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Finding Korea’s green niche
State-run agency KEITI leads drive to promote environmental exports Korea may not be the most advanced in green technologies, or the most politically committed to carbon reductions. But that does not mean it cannot be a leader in the global environmental industry, said Yoon Seung-joon, a long-time environmental official now heading a state-run institute on the green industry. “Korea, as a country that has undergone a rapid industrialization and urbanization and struggled to fix their many side
May 1, 2012
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Police chief nominee grilled over handling of crimes in hearing
Lawmakers grilled National Police Agency Commissioner-nominee Kim Ki-yong over the police’s lax response to a recent murder case and his personal irregularities at a confirmation hearing on Tuesday.“The police should take responsibility for the Suwon case,” Rep. Ahn Kyu-baek of the opposition Democratic United Party said. He was referring to a 28-year-old woman who was abducted and raped before being killed by a Korean-Chinese man in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province on April 1. Police failed to rescue h
May 1, 2012
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Lawmaker apologizes for riding in car driven by drunk woman
Han Sun-kyo, a Saenuri Party lawmaker and head of the Korean Basketball League, apologized Tuesday for riding in a car driven by a drunk woman last week while knowing she was under the influence.The main opposition Democratic United Party criticized him for not preventing drunk driving and the arrogance he allegedly displayed during police questioning.Han was riding in the car after drinking together with his supporters, including the 40-year-old woman surnamed Jung, when it hit a passerby near
May 1, 2012
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Korean pleads not guilty over U.S. college shootings
A Korean-American former nursing student pleaded not guilty Monday to killing seven people in an execution-style shooting rampage at a religious college in California.One Goh, 43 -- who has refused to eat for several weeks -- is charged with seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder for the April 2 shooting at Oikos University, a small Christian school in Oakland.Law enforcement
May 1, 2012
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President’s‘political mentor’ Choi arrested in bribery case
Choi See-joong (Yonhap News)Former Korea Communications Commission Chairman Choi See-joong was arrested on Monday on charges of accepting bribes from a construction developer.Choi, 75, with close ties to President Lee Myung-bak is suspected of having received 800 million won ($700,000) from his long-time friend some five years ago in return for leveraging his influence in getting a complex constru
April 30, 2012
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Chinese fishermen held for injuring 4 patrol officials
The Korean Coast Guard seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested nine fishermen who attacked and injured four officials of the West Sea Fisheries Supervision Office on Monday.According to the coast guard, four Korean civil servants were attacked by Chinese fishermen when they attempted to board the Chinese vessel during a crackdown operation 75 kilometers off the coast of Hong-do in South Jeolla Province’s Heuksan County. The officials were airlifted to a hospital in the southwestern port cit
April 30, 2012
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18 Chinese booked for illegal university admission
Police in Gyeongggi Province have booked two Chinese brokers and 18 students for faking documents to enter Korean universities and are widening their investigation to find more such cases. The 20 people were booked without detention.The Chinese students, none of whom are qualified to attend university in Korea, paid 7 million won ($6,192) to 18 million won to each broker for a fake high school diploma and school reports, according to the police. A broker surnamed Gang received 7 million won from
April 30, 2012
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Korea to toughen rules on tobacco packaging in Dec.
From December, cigarette packages will be half-covered with warning signs of the health risk of smoking, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Monday. According to the relevant law revision, the size of the warnings that tobacco producers will be obliged to attach to their product packages will increase from the current 30 percent to 50 percent. They also have to insert an anti-smoking hotline number ― 1544-9030. On low-tar products, the phrase, “Low-tar cigarettes are as harmful to healt
April 30, 2012
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Defense contractor caught swindling 24b won
Bluenier, a Korean company supplying components to the Air Force, has been found to have swindled about 24 billion won ($21 million) by manipulating the records of imports and exports and obtaining false tax invoices, the Board of Audit and Inspection said on Monday.The company collected certifications of import declaration worth about 17 billion won by exporting waste materials for down converters and importing them back to dodge import restrictions. A down converter is one of the main componen
April 30, 2012
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Lawmaker-elect Moon resigns from university
Lawmaker-elect Moon Dae-sung has resigned from the faculty at Dong-A University due to plagiarism.The former Olympic gold medalist in taekwondo left the ruling Saenuri Party on April 20 amid the scandal.Moon, who became a professor of taekwondo at the university in 2006, offered his resignation on Friday, according to the university in Busan. His doctoral thesis was confirmed to have been copied from another doctoral paper. (wone0102@heraldm.com)
April 30, 2012
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Korea aims to double foreign students by 2020
Plans include creation of online education portal, expansion of scholarshipsThe government plans to double the number of foreign students in domestic universities to 200,000 by 2020 by boosting the quality of higher education and improving recruitment policies. To meet the goal, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will reinforce polices such as providing a one-stop online information center and expanding its scholarship programs for foreign students, officials said.The measure was
April 30, 2012
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Ex-vice minister grilled over bribes
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office summoned on Monday former Vice Knowledge Economy Minister Park Young-joon for questioning on May 2 as part of its investigation into a bribery scandal involving a construction project named Picity.The prosecutors raided the house and office of a close associate of Park identified as Lee over the weekend in relation to the allegation.Prosecutors reportedly discovered dubious money exchanges between Park and Lee, and are looking for any connection with 1 billion won
April 30, 2012
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Korea outlines incentives for foreign hospitals in FEZs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Monday laid out a set of guidelines on the establishment of for-profit hospitals in free economic zones. The law, which will come into effect in December, is expected to pave the way for the establishment of foreign franchise hospitals to look after foreigners in need of “more sophisticated medical services.”The hospitals in the FEZ will be excluded from the state health insurance program, which will lead to higher medical fees than domestic institutions.Fra
April 30, 2012
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Korean to make commencement speech at U.S. university
A Korean student has been selected to make a spring commencement speech at Northern Michigan University on Saturday.Lee Young-jong, whose major is media production with a minor in art and design, worked for the Korean Broadcasting System and a cable company as an assistant producer for two years before coming to NMU.His commencement speech will mention the advantages of coming to the school, including personalized attention from faculty and staff, according to the university.(wone0102@heraldm.co
April 30, 2012
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Angry passer-by pushes suicidal man off bridge
Video footage of a frustrated pedestrian pushing a suicidal man off a bridge in China has emerged on YouTube and other websites.In the video, a person identified as Chen Fuchao sits on a bridge in Guangdong Province, contemplating suicide. Lai Jiansheng, a retired 66-year-old soldier marches up to Chen and reaches out, apparently for a handshake. However, when Chen grabs his hand, Lai shoves him off the 8-meter bridge and onto an emergency air cushion. Chen was hospitalized with wrist and back i
April 30, 2012
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4 Korean civil servants injured by Chinese fishermen
Four South Korean civil servants were injured in an attack by Chinese fishermen illegally operating off the coast of South Jeolla Province on Monday.According to the local authorities, four civil servants tasked with controlling illegal fishing activities were attacked while attempting to board a Chinese fishing boat 45 miles west of the sland of Hong-do in Heuksan County at about 2:15 a.m.The inj
April 30, 2012
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Seoul police chief to head Coast Guard
Seoul police chief Lee Kang-deok was named commissioner general of the Korea Coast Guard on Saturday. Lee has headed the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency since November last year. A close aide to President Lee Myung-bak, he was regarded the number one candidate for National Police Agency commissioner. But he was dropped in the wake of a scandal involving the government’s illicit surveillance of civilians.He formerly served as the presidential secretary of public safety and head of public order t
April 29, 2012
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Anti-corruption agency ups transparency efforts
The Korean government pledged to foreign businesses to step up efforts to eradicate corruption and improve the environment for their investment. At a conference with foreign business leaders on Friday, Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission Chairwoman Kim Young-ran said that the agency’s efforts have led to a number of improvements regarding problems experienced by foreigners and that the commission is pushing for further institutional changes aimed at increasing the transparency of Korean
April 29, 2012
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Court to decide on Choi’s arrest
Former KCC chairman’s heart surgery may delay detainmentThe court will decide on the arrest of former Korea Communications Commission chairman Choi See-joong on Monday, on charges of accepting bribes from a construction developer.The 75-year-old former broadcasting and telecom regulator with close ties to President Lee Myung-bak is suspected of having received 800 million won ($700,000) from his long-time friend some five years ago in return for leveraging his influence in getting a complex cons
April 29, 2012