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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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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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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Suwon murder premeditated: police
112 line mishandles call; police ask sister to go to fire station to locate phoneThe suspect in the Suwon murder case is likely to have planned the crime despite his testimony that it was not premeditated.More than a week after the murder took place the police have analyzed images taken by a security camera located about 50 meters away from the scene where the suspect first came into contact with the victim.The footage shows the suspect, a Chinese national named Wu, hiding behind a utility pole
April 10, 2012
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Teachers to get legal aid for disputes
The government said Tuesday it will provide legal services to school teachers caught in disputes with their students or parents as they face increasing pressure to tackle violence at schools and other problematic issues.At a weekly Cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, the government said it will require each municipal and provincial education office to hire a full-time lawyer and form a legal support group.These support groups are expected to give legal advice to all te
April 10, 2012
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City bans taxis from Mount Nam
Seoul City announced Monday that taxis carrying foreigner fares will no longer be allowed up Mount Nam.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the government will instead run shuttle buses from tourist sites surrounding the mountain to accommodate tourists visiting the popular site in the heart of the capital.Until now, Seoul City allowed the operation of taxis carrying foreign passengers on the mountain, but will implement the new ban on May 10. To preserve the environment of the centra
April 9, 2012
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Dwight schools seeks individualized education
The head of the Dwight Family of Schools came here Monday to oversee the opening of its new Seoul branch later this year.Stephen Spahn, Dwight’s chancellor and headmaster for over the past 40 years, is hoping to create a mlange between Korea’s education system and Dwight’s own international system.According to Spahn, he chose Korea because of its reputation in the international community for its academic fervor and hopes to merge that with his basic philosophy that every child has a “spark of ge
April 9, 2012
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More teachers insulted by students, parents
Teachers’ group attributes violations to ordinance for greater student rightsMore teachers are being insulted or beaten by students or parents while on their student conduct duties, a report found Sunday. According to the Korean Federation of Teachers’ Association, a conservative teachers’ group, cases that involve infringement upon teachers’ responsibilities and rights have increased 12-fold from 22 cases in 1991 to 287 in 2011. The report was based on reports to the teacher’s group over the la
April 9, 2012
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Korea gives posthumous honor to Australian doctor
The late former doctor and missionary Helen Pearl Mackenzie received a posthumous honor from the Korean government for her contribution to helping Korean women and children during the Korean War and training obstetricians and gynecologists.The Ministry of Health and Welfare gave the honorary award to Mackenzie and 211 others in celebration of Health Day on Friday at COEX in Seoul. “There are many good-hearted people like Ms. Mae Hye-ran who had worked so hard to help people in need. We will find
April 9, 2012
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Police chief to step down over Suwon murder
National Police Agency Commissioner Cho Hyun-oh has offered to resign, taking responsibility for the lax police response in a rape and murder case. On April 2, a 28-year-old woman was murdered more than six hours after she reported to the police at 10:50 p.m. on the previous day that she was being sexually assaulted. “I ask for the forgiveness of the family and express my deepest condolences. I will take all responsibility for this and step down,” Cho said on Monday.“I reproach myself and offe
April 9, 2012
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Police send Samsung-CJ tailing case to prosecutors
Police investigating the alleged tailing of CJ Group chairman Lee Jae-hyun by Samsung Group employees have referred Samsung C&T Corp. and Samsung Electronics employees to the prosecutors’ office, suggesting indictment.According to the police, four employees of Samsung C&T and one from Samsung Electronics have been charged with obstruction of business for tailing Lee. All five work in the audit departments at their companies.The case first came to light in February when one of the Samsung employe
April 9, 2012
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Lawyer gets weird excuses for divorce
Having to speak and dress as a Klingon is among the bizarre excuses for divorce a British lawyer says she has heard.Because England does not have a no-fault divorce law, couples who wish to separate are coming up with some odd reasons for divorce, The New York Times reported Saturday.One man told divorce lawyer Vanessa Lloyd Platt that his wife had maliciously and repeatedly served him tuna casser
April 9, 2012
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Police chief to resign
Police chief Cho Hyun-oh offered to step down Monday, days after police drew fire for responding poorly to a rape victim's emergency phone call, leaving her to be killed by her rapist.Cho, commissioner of the National Police Agency (NPA), issued an apology at his office in Seoul, saying he will take responsibility for the tragic incident."I express my condolences to the victim's family and ask for
April 9, 2012
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Gamblers framed casino in odds rigging case: police
The odds-rigging scandal at Kangwon Land, the only casino allowed for domestic users, was fabricated by a group of gamblers who made the initial accusation, the police said Saturday. According to investigators at Jeongseon Police Station in Gangwon Province, regular gamblers asked a staff worker at the casino on March 26 to install a tiny camera on a card shoe at a baccarat table. Two of them grabbed the box and took it to management, claiming that the casino had tried to fix the odds. They even
April 8, 2012
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Key suspect denies involvement in spying
A key figure in the illegal government surveillance scandal denied his involvement through a written statement after failing to appear for questioning by prosecutors.Jin Kyung-rak, the former chief of planning for the ethics division in the Prime Minister’s Office, submitted Friday a written statement regarding his official position.“I have never destroyed evidence in the illegal surveillance of civilians, nor have I ordered any,” said Jin in his statement.He also denied ever having hidden a lap
April 8, 2012
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Digital wave reaching classrooms
But challenges lie ahead of full rollout of e-textbooks in 2015Sosu Elementary School in rural Goesan, North Chungcheong Province, recently received eight students transferred from other schools. It was a rare moment for the school, which usually has more students leaving than coming in. “The change came after we were designated two years ago as a pilot school to use digital textbooks,” said headmaster Jo Yong-deuk. Sosu Elementary is among the 63 schools nationwide designated to employ digital
April 8, 2012
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Police blasted for response to murder victim’s last call
Police have come under fire over their response to an emergency phone call from a woman who had been kidnapped and was murdered shortly afterward. National Police Agency Commissioner-General Cho Hyun-oh offered a public apology and promised to tighten monitoring of the police hotline, 112.“I deeply regret what happened during the 112 Call Center’s handling the rape-murder case in Suwon on April 1. We will have a major overhaul of the 112 report system,” he said to police officials nationwide on
April 8, 2012
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Scientists developing electromagnetic radiation guns
Russia is developing weapons that can bend minds and put people in a zombie-like state, the Daily Mail reported last Saturday.Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin has confirmed that his country’s scientists are working on guns that emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR). He claims that the new weapons will be “more acceptable in terms of political and military ideology” than nuclear wea
April 8, 2012
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‘Mastering one foreign language is not enough’
German and French used to be second language choices at schools in Korea, but have since been replaced by Chinese and Japanese. This made it easier for Korean students to get high scores on second language exams, plus the Chinese and Japanese economic and cultural influence on Korea was growing.Still, German is still an essential tool for those seeking to do business with Europe, said a distinguished professor who recently came to Seoul from Germany.“European countries are Korea’s major export m
April 6, 2012
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Petitioners await White House’s response on East Sea name dispute
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The Korean community in the United States said it is waiting for the White House’s formal stance on a long-standing dispute over the name of the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.More than 25,000 people have filed online petitions with the White House, demanding the publishers of public school textbooks here to refer to the waters not only as the Sea of Japan but also the East Sea, according to the Korean-American Association of Virginia.In the petition pos
April 6, 2012
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Seoul mayor wins defamation suit
The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed the innocence of Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon in a defamation case appealed by the state over his allegation of being spied on by intelligence agents.The top court said it upheld the lower court’s ruling against the National Intelligence Service which sued Park, then a civic activist, in 2009 on defamation charges. In 2009, Park, an executive director at a progressive civic group, the Hope Institute, claimed in an interview with a news media outlet that th
April 6, 2012
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Sex offenders booted from videogame playgrounds
New York State's top prosecutor on Thursday announced that thousands of sex offenders have been kicked out of online playgrounds popular with young videogame lovers.Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said that 3,580 accounts belonging to people compelled by law to register with authorities for sex crime convictions were booted from online videogame platforms in an operation dubbed "Game Over.""We
April 6, 2012
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Ministry considering name change for NEAT
The Education Ministry is considering renaming its English test for students and adults.An official told The Korea Herald that the ministry is searching separate names for the two versions of the National English Ability Test currently being trialed. “The word ‘National’ doesn’t fit in our long-term plan to export the testing tool to other countries where English is not spoken as the mother tongue,” he said, adding that the ministry plans to export the adult version of NEAT. NEAT is being develo
April 5, 2012