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Yoon sorry for shortcomings but insists policies were right
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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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S. Korea ‘strongly’ protests Japan’s claim over Dokdo in diplomatic bluebook
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US 'incredibly concerned' about suspected NK-Iran military ties
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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Korean won weakens amid heightened uncertainty
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Seoul says will cut power to porn festival planned on Han River
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Sewol victims commemorated on tragedy's 10th anniversary
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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Chanel, Louis Vuitton see muted growth in Korea
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Over 12% of pupils abused by peers
Nationwide poll shows 51% of students say abused verbally; 13% suffered physical bullyingOver 12 percent of school children have experienced abuse by fellow pupils during the past year, and verbal assault and group bullying were the most frequent types, a nationwide survey showed.According to the interim findings from the survey on school violence by the Education Ministry on Wednesday, a total of 171,637 students said they have been victims of school mistreatment during the past year.Of them, 5
March 14, 2012
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Police seek arrest warrant for two foreign activists on Jeju
Jeju Island’s Seogwipo Police Station on Wednesday filed for arrest warrants on two foreign activists protesting against the naval base in Gangjeong village.The police said that Angie Zelter of the U.K. and French activist Benjamain Monnet broke through the fences around the construction site to protest.Zelter, a well-known anti-war activist, ripped through the fencing on Monday. Monnet is said to have cut through the fences from the seaward side and staged a demonstration atop an excavator on t
March 14, 2012
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Incheon to bid for U.N. Green Climate Fund
Incheon Metropolitan City has been selected by the Ministry of Finance and Strategy as the South Korean candidate for the location of the U.N. Green Climate Fund’s secretariat.The Green Climate Fund or GCF is a U.N.-operated fund that supports developing countries’ efforts to fight climate change.The plans for establishing the GCF were drawn up in November 2010, and plans to direct $100 billion per year into the fund until 2020 were approved in the same month last year. The ministry said Tuesday
March 14, 2012
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Seoul cracks down on call van overcharging
Seoul City announced plans Wednesday to crack down on call vans illegally picking up tourists and overcharging them.Seoul Metropolitan Government said is patrolling tourist destinations and has set up several ways for tourists to report overcharging.The issue has taken the media by storm, with one call van driver reported has having charged Japanese tourists 330,000 won ($293) for a 2 kilometer ride that should have cost roughly 4,500 won.As of Feb. 10 there were 329 posts on Yahoo Japan’s site,
March 14, 2012
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Acid attack victim returns after 86 surgeries to tell her story
The victim of a horrifying acid attack in Belgium returned after 86 operations to testify against the man who scalded her for ending their relationship. Patricia Lefranc, 48, spoke on the first day of Richard Remes’s trial for attempted murder, accusing him of “turning me into a monster.”Lefranc told the court that he had planned the sulphuric acid attack on December 1, 2009, two weeks after their breakup, when as soon as she got of a lift in the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean suburb he poured acid over h
March 14, 2012
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Two more victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery die
Two more Korean women who were forced by Japan into sexual slavery during World War II have died over the past week, a civic group said Wednesday, amid Tokyo's persistent refusal to apologize and compensate them. Kim Bok-dong, one of the women who were forced by Japan into sexual slavery during Worl
March 14, 2012
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University student arrested after threatening rampage
A 19-year-old University of Maryland college student was arrested after he allegedly threatened to go on a shooting rampage, police said.Alexander Song, of Fulton, Md., allegedly posted a threat on two Web sites that said, "I will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow on campus" and "hopefully I kill en
March 14, 2012
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Seoul City signs MOU with Central Michigan University
A U.S. university will offer a public administration course on Seoul City for their graduate program, officials here said Tuesday.According to Seoul Metropolitan Government, Central Michigan University signed a memorandum of understanding with the capital and will offer a graduate-level course on the capital which includes a week-long fieldtrip to Seoul.Seoul City officials say that the Central Michigan University will be the 10th U.S. university to offer a case study course of the capital.Durin
March 13, 2012
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Private classes booming for NEAT
English test intended to get students back to schools, but parents turn to private academiesThe government is working on the National English Ability Test to replace the English section of the current state-administered College Scholastic Ability Test from 2015.Government officials say the new test is designed to reduce students’ dependence on private tutoring and strengthen school education. The focus of the test will change from reading comprehension to speaking and writing.But while the test
March 13, 2012
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Group lists 2012 enemies of the Internet
Bahrain and Belarus moved from "under surveillance" to "enemies" on the Reporters Without Borders annual "Enemies of the Internet" list Monday.The report said Libya and Venezuela were dropped from a list of countries "under surveillance" while India and Kazakhstan were added to it.The countries list
March 13, 2012
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Illegal online trade jumps 7-fold: customs office
South Korea's customs office said Tuesday that illegal transactions in cyberspace jumped seven-fold over the past five years amid the growing popularity of Internet shopping.The Korea Customs Service said that it seized a total of 699.9 billion won (US$623.2 million) worth of illegal items traded th
March 13, 2012
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Seoul confirms outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza
South Korea on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of a low pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus that is less damaging, both to birds and humans, than a highly pathogenic strain.The outbreak was confirmed at a poultry farm in South Chungcheong Province, where some 100 chickens were showing symptoms of AI
March 13, 2012
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Korea to support multicultural children
The Education Ministry announced Monday that it would establish more preparatory schools to help children from multicultural families learn the Korean language and culture before they enter regular public school, and will provide Korean as a Second Language classes at schools. The ministry unveiled a set of multicultural policies in light of the growing number of children from multicultural families that have to adjust to the Korean school system.The number of children of different ethnicities h
March 12, 2012
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Gender Ministry signs MOU with Philippines on safer marriages
The Korean Gender Ministry signed an agreement Tuesday with the Philippine government to ensure safer international marriages for both spouses.The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, which upholds the interests of Filipino emigrants, to ensure safer international marriages.The government hopes to accommodate the rising number of marriages between Korean men and Filipina women by offering education and voca
March 12, 2012
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100 days on, people still line up to pay tribute to POSCO founder
On Sunday afternoon, two women braved the piercing cold and visited a white tent at Seoul National Cemetery. They paid tribute to the late Park Tae-joon, the founder of POSCO who brought the nation’s manufacturing industry to a level unprecedented at the time. They stood in front his tombstone for a while and offered incense. “I don’t know about him well. But I know he is a rare person, who really stood out for the country,” said Kim Su-jeong, a resident from nearby Bangbae-dong. Kim and her mot
March 12, 2012
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Chung-Ang Univ. fights discrimination
Students at Chung-Ang University can now report misconduct discrimination at its human rights office, officials announced Monday. As the nation’s first university to adopt such an office, the school hopes that the Chung-Ang University Human Rights Center will help to better handle students’ grievances involving discrimination.The center will be an expansion of the existing Center for Gender Equality, which already handles issues of sexual harassment and rape.The office will deal with racial and
March 12, 2012
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Korea reports first suspected case of Avian Influenza
A suspected case of avian influenza (AI) was reported for the first time in South Korea in nearly 10 months with test results of a more detailed examination due later in the day, the government said Monday.A suspected case was filed Sunday by a poultry farm in South Chungcheong Province where about
March 12, 2012
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Construction on Jeju naval base continues
Construction on the Jeju Island naval base continued through its first weekend alongside protests from activists and local residents.Contractors blasted more natural rock until Saturday, following through on demolition to clear the way for the construction.Officials ceased blasting on Sunday, citing poor weather conditions, but continued other construction.“We will start again next week,” said a Navy public affairs official.Saturday’s blasting was met by some 300 protestors from Gangjeong Villag
March 11, 2012
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Police summon Samsung worker for tailing CJ chief
Police have questioned an employee of Samsung C&T Corp. for allegedly conducting an illegal surveillance on the chief of CJ Group, amid a growing feud over the family inheritance fight over Samsung, South Korea’s biggest conglomerate, officials said Saturday. The summons came as CJ Group sued the 42-year-old Samsung employee, identified only by his surname Kim, for suspicions of following its chairman Lee Jae-hyun late last month after the chairman’s father filed an inheritance suit against the
March 11, 2012
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Police to question judge over influence-peddling
Police are preparing to summon an incumbent judge to verify whether he pressured a prosecutor to indict a netizen who slandered his wife. They have already conducted written questioning of two prosecutors. The case came to light when prosecutor Park Eun-jeong of Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office Bucheon Division claimed to her superiors last month that Judge Kim Jae-ho called her in 2006 and asked her to indict a blogger who posted a slew of articles criticizing Kim’s wife, Na Kyung-won. The
March 11, 2012