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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Korean investors sue Deutsche Bank
Investors claiming to have lost money as a result of the Deutsche Bank’s stock manipulations have filed a lawsuit against the bank and Korea Investment and Securities Co. According to the Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday, six investors brought a suit against the two institutions seeking 100 million won ($89,000), claiming that an equity linked securities investment program operated by Korea Investment and Securities made a loss due to Deutsche Bank’s stock manipulations. In the complaint,
March 6, 2012
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Seoul City to recruit more female leaders
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon vowed to promote gender equality, as he announced a set of strategies to improve women’s lives on Tuesday. His announcement came two days before International Women’s Day on March 8 and as part of his election pledge to change the lives of women in areas such as employment, safety and health.To asses whether existing policies run counter to gender equality, the city established a gender equality committee last month. The 35-member committee of city officials, social wor
March 6, 2012
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Seoul education chief under pressure
Conservative teachers, parents demand Kwak’s resignation, probe on allegationsSeoul educational superintendent Kwak No-hyun is engulfed in feuds with conservative teachers, workers and parents’ groups over his alleged censorship of criticism against him and his favor of progressive teachers and workers. The conservatives have threatened to take legal steps against the Seoul education chief, who has just entered a fresh round in the legal battle over his corruption scandal. On Tuesday morning, Le
March 6, 2012
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Holy emissions! Churches save energy
Neon crosses atop churches have long been a feature in the night scenes across the country.It suddenly came to the mind of Yoo Mi-ho, a researcher of the Korean Church Institute for Ecology, last July that they might be symbolic of the civic movement for abolishing nuclear power through electricity saving and other means.“Most of the rooftop crosses, installed three or four decades ago, were illuminated with neon lights, which consume about the same amount of electricity as each household,” she
March 6, 2012
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Rethinking ‘inevitability’ of nuclear energy
Fukushima disaster heightens anti-atomic campaign; government unswayedIn his campaign for the by-election of Gangwon governor last year, Um Ki-young, the conservative ruling party candidate, pledged to attract a nuclear power plant to the province.He blasted his rival from the liberal main opposition party for being lukewarm on the idea, which he said would help vitalize the economy of the area.But Um, a former president of a major broadcasting company, was put on the defensive when a nuclear po
March 6, 2012
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Children more vulnerable to Internet addiction than adults
More children are addicted to the Internet than adults, and teenagers are the most likely age group to suffer Internet addiction, a government study found Monday.Children aged 5-9 are more addicted to the Internet, at 7.9 percent, than adults aged 20-49 who had an addiction rate of 6.8 percent, according to the study by the Public Administration Ministry and the National Information Society Agency. The addiction rate for children is higher than the average rate of 7.7 percent for all age groups.
March 5, 2012
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Three broadcasters stage joint strike
Demand CEOs resign to take responsibility for ‘censoring news’Unions at three leading broadcasters agreed Monday to stage a joint strike against what they claim is interference in reporting from politically biased management.This is the first time the three networks will carry out a simultaneous strike and their collective action is expected to have an impact on the April general elections. The union members from KBS, MBC and YTN held a launch ceremony of their walkout in central Seoul on Monday
March 5, 2012
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Health Ministry to open pharmaceutical grad schools
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday that it planned to open two graduate schools dedicated to the pharmaceuticals industry in September. The government has started looking for universities interested in hosting the schools, one in Seoul or its outskirts and another elsewhere in the country. The ministry plans to open the schools in September in time for the start of the second semester of the year. The Korea Health Industry Development Institute will hold a briefing for the interested
March 5, 2012
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Three broadcasters to stage joint strike
Demand CEOs resign to take responsibility for ‘censoring news’Unions at three leading broadcasters agreed Monday to stage a joint strike against what they claim is interference in reporting from politically biased management.This is the first time the three networks will carry out a simultaneous strike and their collective action is expected to have an impact on the April general elections. The union members from KBS, MBC and YTN held a launch ceremony of their walkout in central Seoul on Monday
March 5, 2012
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Children more vulnerable to Internet addiction than adults
More children are addicted to the Internet than adults, and teenagers are the most likely age group to suffer Internet addiction, a government study found Monday.Children aged 5-9 are more addicted to the Internet, at 7.9 percent, than adults aged 20-49 who had an addiction rate of 6.8 percent, according to the study by the Public Administration Ministry and the National Information Society Agency. The addiction rate for children is higher than the average rate of 7.7 percent for all age groups.
March 5, 2012
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2,800 school gang members under police monitoring
The police said Monday that the number of school gang members under their observation is 2,831. After weeks of profiling school gangs likely to cause school violence, the police drew up their list of school gangs nationwide. The list is categorized by two groups -― 129 school gangs which are currently under investigation or have been probed, and 36 groups with a high chance of committing school violence in the future, the police said. The police plans to break up groups they believe have contrib
March 5, 2012
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Lee urges end to prejudice against non-college grads
President Lee Myung-bak called for an end to prejudices and discrimination against non-college graduates, stressing Monday that such deep-rooted perceptions lead too many people to seek college education and cause a number of social and economic problems.In South Korea, nearly 80 percent of high school students go to college due to the widespread social practice of judging one’s abilities based on one’s academic background. This so-called academic inflation has been a chronic social problem in t
March 5, 2012
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S. Korean scholars to push for adoption of East Sea name
South Korean scholars will promote the adoption of the name “East Sea” for the body of water between Korea and Japan during a seminar with more than 30 international experts in Brussels this week, organizers said Monday, ahead of a crucial sea-naming conference next month.The 18th international seminar on ocean names will open Wednesday in the Belgian capital and run through Friday, with more than 30 experts from 15 countries participating, according to the event‘s Seoul-based co-hosts Northeast
March 5, 2012
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95-year-old climbs out of coffin after being 'dead' for days
A Chinese woman who was thought to have passed away woke up six days after she had supposedly died, Daily Mail and Times of India reported Sunday. Li Xiufeng (Daily Mail)95-year-old Li Xiufeng tripped and suffering a head injury at her home in Beiliu, Guangxi Province.Two weeks later, neighbor
March 5, 2012
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Japanese prime minister says has much to tell Seoul nuclear summit
TOKYO (Yonhap News) ― Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has expressed interest in attending this month’s nuclear summit in Seoul to tell the world the lessons his country learned during the nuclear disaster of 2011.Japan’s northeastern areas were devastated by last March’s giant earthquake and tsunami that also crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant, releasing radioactive materials.The accident, classified as the worst nuclear calamity since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, has prompted cou
March 4, 2012
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Rights body blasted for refusing army probe
Military watchdog asks for investigation of violations related to pro-N.K. app banHuman rights organizations have criticized the National Human Rights Commission for rejecting requests to look into reports of human rights violations in the Army.According to non-governmental organizations, the National Human Rights Commission rejected a request from the Center for Military Human Rights to investigate alleged rights violations by an Army unit that was trying to uncover the person who leaked an int
March 4, 2012
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Schools start five-day week; some unprepared
Most pupils stay home as schools lack activities, extra-curricular programsMost schools nationwide started a five-day school week the first week of March in line with the 40-hour work week measure that was expanded in July. More than 99 percent of elementary and secondary schools will no longer have classes on Saturdays, according to the Education Ministry.Some schools have replaced classes on every other Saturday with arts and sports activities and field trips, but other schools have not introd
March 4, 2012
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Second baseball pitcher admits involvement in match-fixing
Prosecutors investigating allegations of match fixing in baseball said Saturday that a second active professional baseball pitcher partially admitted, during questioning, his involvement in match fixing.Park Hyun-jun, a right-hander for the LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), was grilled by prosecutors in Daegu, a metropolitan city some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, for eight hours on Friday. The 25-year-old player is under suspicion of accepting bribes in return for trying t
March 4, 2012
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Multiethnic schools start in Seoul
School of Global Sarang launched as first private elementary school for children of diverse backgroundsFollowing a common trend internationally, Korea has a growing population of children from diverse ethnic backgrounds. With their marginalization a persistent concern, the government has begun stepping up efforts to help its newest subset of citizens. Starting in March, the government launched several schools for such children.One is the School of Global Sarang in Seoul, the first private elemen
March 4, 2012
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Lotte Tour CEO faces probe for tax evasion
Lotte Tour chief executive Kim Ki-byung has been indicted without detention on charges of tax evasion.According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Kim is suspected of having evaded 47.6 billion won in gift taxes when transferring ownership of 1.85 million Lotte Tour shares to his two sons. Lotte Tour is independent of Lotte Group, but Kim is married to the younger sister of Lotte Group chairman Shin Kyuk-ho and Dongwha Duty Free CEO Shin Jung-hee.Kim’s sons ― Kim Han-sung and Kim
March 4, 2012