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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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DJ DOC’s Kim Chang-ryul donates scholarship
Kim Chang-ryul, a member of K-pop group DJ DOC and a sophomore at Kyung Hee Cyber University, has given his performance fees from school events and commercials to underprivileged students at the university as scholarships, the school said Sunday. “I heard there are many students worrying about their tuition fees lately. The scholarship may not be large but I would like to help students in need,” Kim said. The 39-year-old singer is well known for passing high school qualification and college entr
Feb. 5, 2012
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Elementary school students in Seoul rest 3 hours per day: report
Elementary school students in Seoul get an average of just over three hours of spare time per day during the week, a report showed Sunday, indicating growing competition even among younger age groups.Elementary school children in the capital spend an average of 195.6 minutes per day in leisure activ
Feb. 5, 2012
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Two dead, six injured in explosion at coal mine
TAEBAEK (Yonhap News) -- A gas explosion at a coal mine has killed two people and injured six others, police said Saturday. The blast occurred at around 8 p.m. on Friday when nine miners were working at a site about 970 meters deep or 3,400 meters from the entrance, police officer Chang
Feb. 4, 2012
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Brand panel pushes more sites on U.N. World Heritage list
The nation will up efforts to have several Confucian academies and temples adopted into the UNESCO world heritage list as part of its drive to raise Korea’s profile abroad, said a government report on Friday.According to the Presidential Council on National Branding, it plans to have nine Confucian academies and several Buddhist temples recognized by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization by 2014 and 2015, respectively.Well known schools such as the Sosu Seowon and Dosan Seow
Feb. 3, 2012
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Male nude photo stirs fans and critics of podcast
The nation’s most popular political podcast, “Naneun Ggomsuda,” has started a fresh round of dispute as one of its male supporters posted a nude photo of himself in response to the mounting criticism of the racy campaign to free one of the hosts from jail. The fire reignited on Thursday when 37-year-old Choi Young-min posted a photograph of himself naked with “I am serious,” and “Bring back my model!” written across his body on a website dedicated to Chung Bong-ju. Chung is a panelist on the sho
Feb. 3, 2012
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U.S. army private gets 3-year prison term for raping S. Korean
A regional court on Friday sentenced a U.S. soldier stationed here to three years behind bars for raping a local woman.The 31-year-old U.S. Army private of an unidentified unit in Chilgok, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was convicted of raping a South Korean woman in her residence last July
Feb. 3, 2012
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Appellate court upholds prison terms for 3 medical students over sexual abuse
A Seoul appellate court upheld a lower court's prison terms on Friday for three former medical students for sexually harassing an inebriated female schoolmate during a trip. The Seoul High Court's ruling confirmed the previous court's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a 24-year-old man surname
Feb. 3, 2012
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Rep. Lee says funds in aide’s account his
Rep. Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, said Thursday that 700 million won ($626,000) in his secretary’s bank account belongs to him. The six-term lawmaker denied that the money was a slush fund or political kickback, claiming it to be his personal property. Still, he is likely to be questioned over the money.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Lee submitted a document purporting to prove his ownership of the money to prosecutors investigating a bribery
Feb. 2, 2012
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Push for shorter work hours gets lukewarm response
Many workers prefer fatter paychecks to more leisure time The government’s latest drive to reduce working hours is facing reluctance from workers who fear an impact on their paychecks. Yet, experts see it as inevitable that the country tackles the ingrained culture of long hours to boost productivity, improve workers’ quality of life and create new jobs. “Long working hours have prevailed in Korea under consent of three parties ― management, labor and government, with the management bent on redu
Feb. 2, 2012
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Korea supports job-seeking marriage immigrants
A growing number of spouses from international marriages are seeking jobs here, taking advantage of the South Korean government’s active job placement support for them, data showed Thursday.According to the data compiled by the labor ministry, a total of 11,724 foreigners who settled here after being married to South Koreans applied for employment via the government’s job network, called “Worknet,” up nearly six-fold in two years.“Some 80 percent of the foreign spouses landed a job in the manufa
Feb. 2, 2012
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Seoul to raise bus, subway fares
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will raise public transit fares by 150 won ($0.13) late this month to reduce mounting deficits in the public transportation system.The minimum bus and subway fare will rise from 900 won to 1,050 won for adults from Feb. 25. Fares for children and teenagers will remain unchanged.The decision to allow the fare hike was taken to lower deficits stemming from energy costs, fee discounts and some free rides, among other factors, officials said. It is
Feb. 2, 2012
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President’s brother claims W700m in secretary’s account
Rep. Lee Sang-deuk denies bribery, but faces interrogationRep. Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, said Thursday that 700 million won ($626,000) in his secretary’s bank account belongs to him. The six-term lawmaker denied that the money was a slush fund or political kickback, claiming it to be his personal property. Still, he is likely to be questioned over the money.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Lee submitted a document purporting to prove his own
Feb. 2, 2012
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Korea shivers on coldest Feb. day in decades
Deep freeze disrupts public transport, pushes power demand to new highTemperatures in Seoul and the northern part of the country fell to the lowest levels reported in February in over half a century Thursday, disrupting transportation and pushing the power demand to a new record high. Cold air moving south from the Arctic blanketed the Korean Peninsula for the second straight day, driving the morning low in the capital to minus 17.1 degrees Celsius with a wind chill of minus 23.7 degrees. Accord
Feb. 2, 2012
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Podcast hosts blasted for racy campaign
The hosts of the nation’s most popular podcast have come under fire for a racy campaign to save one of its imprisoned colleagues. Female supporters posted pictures of themselves in bikinis with “let’s save Chung Bong-ju” written across their breasts on a website that demands the former Democratic Party lawmaker be freed. Feminists and other opponents are demanding the show hosts apologize and drop the campaign. Chung was imprisoned for spreading false information about President Lee Myung-bak du
Feb. 1, 2012
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Crossbow ex-professor files complaint against judge
Kim Myung-ho, a former Sungkyunkwan University professor made famous for attacking a judge with a crossbow, filed a complaint with the prosecution against Judge Lee Sang-ho on Tuesday, accusing him of unlawful detention and abuse of authority, prosecutors said Wednesday.Lee was the presiding judge in the case that found former Democratic Party lawmaker Chung Bong-ju guilty of spreading false information about President Lee Myung-bak. Chung was jailed for one year in relation to his claims about
Feb. 1, 2012
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Judges face punishment for political comments
Two judges who posted disparaging comments on social networking services about President Lee Myung-bak are facing disciplinary measures and possible dismissal.Judge Seo Ki-ho of the Seoul Northern District Court has been included on the list of judges deemed unfit for reappointment. Seo caused controversy when he used derogatory expressions about the president. He was reportedly informed through an e-mail that his performance record was too poor for him to continue serving as a judge. Since 1988
Feb. 1, 2012
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Political show hosts under fire for racy photos
The nation’s most popular podcast’s hosts have come under fire for encouraging their fans to make racy actions to save one of its imprisoned colleagues. Several female supporters took pictures of themselves dressed in bikinis with a slogan written on their breasts, saying “let’s save Chung Bong-ju,” and posted them on a website created to rally support for a drive to free the former Democratic Party lawmaker. Feminists and opponents are demanding the show hosts apologize and drop the plan. Chung
Feb. 1, 2012
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Seoul to roll back exemptions to work hour rule
Employers in financial services, retail, restaurants and a dozen other industries will likely be banned from having their staff work in excess of the 52-hours-a-week limit, according to a decision Tuesday by a tripartite panel of workers, employers and the government. The Korea Tripartite Commission reached an agreement to scale back exemptions from the statutory limit on weekly hours currently in effect for 26 industries to 10. The 16 sectors to be stripped of exemption include saunas, hair and
Jan. 31, 2012
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Heavy snows hit Seoul and western regions
Heavy snows hit Seoul and the western parts of the country on Tuesday.The Korea Metrological Administration issued a heavy-snow watch for Seoul, Incheon and the coastal areas of the Chungcheong provinces as of 4 p.m.The KMA said that while the snow will peter out in Seoul and the central regions late Tuesday, it may continue to fall in the Chungcheong provinces into Wednesday. The Seoul metropolitan government put in place the first stage emergency operations after the warning was issued. The ci
Jan. 31, 2012
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Branksome Hall Asia to hold admissions info session on Feb. 8
Branksome Hall Asia, the first overseas campus of a premier all-girls independent school in North America, will hold an admissions information session at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, in the Orchid Room at Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas Hotel. According to the school’s PR representative KPR, Branksome Hall Asia, which opens in Jeju Global Education city in October, is accepting boys and girls for preschool to grade 3, and only girls for grades 4 through 12. For its foundation year, admission
Jan. 31, 2012