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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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North Korea holds drills simulating nuclear counterattack against enemy
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TB most prevalent in homeless
Tuberculosis is still strongly linked to poverty, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. In its study on 42,763 people with practically no income who visited public health centers and other medical facilities for TB checkups in 2008, about 80 were diagnosed with the pneumonic disease. The frequency rate could be translated into 187 out of every 100,000 people who fall sick to tuberculosis. Other studies have found the national average rate to be 91 in 100,000.Tuberculo
April 2, 2012
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Greenpeace officials denied entry on national interest
Greenpeace East Asia executive director Mario Damato and another employee were denied entry into the country on Monday.Mario Damato was accompanying Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo into the country on Monday when they were denied entry at Incheon International Airport at roughly 2 p.m. on Monday.Naidoo was allowed entry.According to a Korea Immigration Service officer, they received a request to deny entry to Greenpeace officials from a government branch. The officer, on
April 2, 2012
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U.S. teacher arrested over suspected child molestation
A U.S. language instructor who fled South Korea after being suspected of child molestation was recently arrested in his native country and extradited to the South, police here said Monday.The 56-year-old teacher, whose identity was withheld, is accused of five counts of molestation of four boys between June and July 2010, the police said.The suspect allegedly forced the boys into areas at an eleme
April 2, 2012
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Lee: Gov't to convert existing school loans into lower-interest ones
The government plans to convert existing school loans into lower-interest ones beginning next month as part of efforts to expand the financial support system for young people, President Lee Myung-bak said Monday.The government will utilize 50 billion won (US$44 million) contributed by local banks as a guaranty fund for the interest-lowering measure, Lee said during his biweekly radio address. "As
April 2, 2012
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Bulimia 19 times more common in women than men, ...survey finds
There were about 19 times more cases of bulimia in women as in men over the past five years, a survey has found.Bulimia is a type of eating disorder that involves eating large amounts of food and getting rid of the calories in an unhealthy way, such as vomiting or excessive exercise. According to a survey by the National Health Insurance Corp., released on Sunday, women bulimia patients outnumbered men 2,002 to 100 in 2007, 1,711 to 91 in 2008, 1,939 to 93 in 2009, 2,150 to 112 in 2010, and 2,12
April 1, 2012
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Conflict looms over national university reform
Professors pass nonbinding no-confidence motion against education ministerPublic universities are facing unprecedented government pressure to reform their leadership structures and staff evaluations.The Education Ministry seeks to abolish professors’ direct election of university presidents and replace seniority-based professor evaluation with a merit-based system. It argues that direct presidential election has caused election irregularities and that merit-base evaluation is needed to foster ac
April 1, 2012
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IDEA offers ODA courses for beginners and experts
The International Development Education Academy in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, aims to nurture experts in the field of official development assistance.The academy, run by Korea International Cooperation Agency, offers courses for all levels from elementary courses such as “Understanding International Development Cooperation,” to advanced courses including “Understanding Public-Private Partnerships.” Understanding International Development CooperationThe entry-level course offered at the academy
April 1, 2012
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KOICA on mission to educate public on ODA
As South Korea recovered from the Korean War to become the first country to go from aid recipient to donor, the government is educating the public about the importance of official development assistance.Shortly after Korea joined the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, government officials decided that the country was in need of more ODA expertise and policy and project reform. So the Korea International Cooperation Agency, a state-run organization for overseas assistance and humanitarian a
April 1, 2012
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KOICA-certified assistance expert eyes Africa
Hwang Yae-ji one of first six accredited by aid agencyThis is the third installment of a series of articles introducing programs and activities of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, a state-run organization for overseas assistance and humanitarian aid. -- Ed.Hwang Yae-ji was well on her way to starting a career in law, until she discovered a new program on international assistance.The 24-year-old has one of the highest scores for a test on official development assistance administered by
April 1, 2012
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Ahead of polls, Myanmar activist wary of hasty optimism, investment
Myanmar’s first internationally monitored elections this Sunday could help prove the new government’s dedication to democracy. The polls anticipated to bring Aung San Suu Kyi to parliament for the first time could help inspire other countries to lift sanctions imposed against the pariah regime. The opposition leader has warned elections will be neither free nor fair because of irregularities including intimidation of candidates, but is pressing on with her bid. And another of the country’s democ
March 30, 2012
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P.M.’s office had more than 2,600 people under surveillance
New evidence suggests prosecutors aware of wider case in 2010New evidence surfaced on Thursday suggesting that the surveillance scheme operated by the ethics division of the Prime Minister’s Office targeted more than 2,600 people.While the controversy surrounding the ethics division’s surveillance scheme grew former presidential secretary for employment and labor Lee Young-ho did not appear for questioning, saying that he needed time to prepare, and that he will make himself available on April 2
March 30, 2012
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Sookmyung Women’s University president allowed to keep office
Sookmyung Women’s University president Han Young-sil will stay in office for the time being, according to a court ruling released Friday.According to the Seoul Western District Court, officials decided to put a temporary hold on Han dismissal, which came after an emergency board meeting earlier this month.Han had applied for an injunction regarding the decision which was made during an impromptu meeting in a Kimpo Airport caf at 7 a.m. on March 22, held by university board head Lee Yong-tae.Shor
March 30, 2012
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Doctors’ group in turf war over leadership acknowledgement
The nation’s largest interest group of medical doctors is staggering over an internal feud on whether to acknowledge its newly-elected, hot-tempered leader, who has been accused of acts of aggression against the outgoing leadership.According to the Korean Medical Association’s ethics committee, Roh Hwan-kyu, who was elected the new president last Sunday, was given a two-year suspension of his membership for egging his senior at the group’s general congress. Roh will be able to appeal to the comm
March 30, 2012
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Korea to unify athlete name Romanization
The government will unify the Romanization for all of its national athletes in time for the London Olympic Games, officials said Friday.The government hopes to reduce confusion with official rosters, as currently different organizations and events use different Romanization for the same athlete.According to a government official quoted in news reports, the government plans to start the project as early as this May and will have the names unified on both rosters and uniforms by the Olympics. The
March 30, 2012
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Kangwon Land probed over card-game fixing
Police are currently investigating Kangwon Land, the country’s only casino open to Korean citizens, over allegations that some of its workers were running a scheme to fix card games. Police officers of Jeongseon in Gangwon Province on Friday have requested arrest warrants from the prosecution for two casino maintenance staff for installing micro-cameras on card shuffling machines at game tables in order to read the cards before they are dealt.Officers have raided the office of the two to secure
March 30, 2012
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About 90 pct of college graduates in 2011 obtained at least B: report
About 90 percent of South Korean college graduates in 2011 obtained an average grade of B or higher, with public university graduates scoring better than their counterparts in private schools, a report showed Friday.According to the report jointly published by the education ministry and the Korean C
March 30, 2012
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Kangwon Land probed over card-game fixing
Police are currently investigating Kangwon Land, the country’s only casino open to Korean citizens, over allegations that some of its workers were running a scheme to fix card games. Police officers of Jeongseon in Gangwon Province on Friday have requested arrest warrants from the prosecution for tw
March 30, 2012
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Chung quits shared growth panel, hints at political aims
Former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan stepped down as the head of the Commission on Shared Growth for Large and Small Companies, raising speculation that he may be looking to run for office.Although Chung said that he was stepping down as he considered it the best way to raise interest in shared-growth among the government and the public, observers suspect that the move is the first step in running in the presidential election at the end of the year. In addition, Chung strongly criticized the Fede
March 29, 2012
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Gender Ministry criticizes Noda’s denial of comfort women
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Affairs on Wednesday expressed its disappointment with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s denial of Korean sex slaves drafted by the Japanese military during its 1910-1945 colonial rule. “We are more than disappointed about the level of the Japanese Prime Minister’s understanding of the issue. We call for his government’s proactive resolution of the issue to reinstate the honor of these victims of the wartime slavery,” the ministry stated. The min
March 29, 2012
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Board rejects dismissal of MBC president
The operator of MBC, the nation’s second largest terrestrial broadcaster, on Wednesday refused to fire the MBC president, despite a long-standing union strike against management calling for political neutrality. The decision is expected to take the 60-day general strike to a new level.Personnel decisions related to the MBC president are taken up by board members of the Foundation for Broadcast Culture, consisting of six figures nominated by the ruling party and three named by the opposition.The
March 29, 2012