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Korea's food inflation surges to third-highest in OECD
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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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Med school deans urge for freeze of 2025 quota
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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N. Korea says Kim guided simulated nuclear counterattack drill
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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N. Korean leader renews call for resumption of nuclear talks without preconditions
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pressed for the quick resumption of long-stalled talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs without preconditions, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.Kim also repeated the North's longstanding stance that the denuclearizati
North KoreaOct. 20, 2011
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N. Korean leader renews call for resumption of nuclear talks without preconditions
(Yonhap News) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pressed for the quick resumption of long-stalled talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs without preconditions, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday. Kim also repeated the North's longstanding stance that the
North KoreaOct. 19, 2011
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‘Trick or treat’ for North Korean refugees
Handmade soaps are to be sold at a Halloween event in Seoul to raise funds for refugees. Boogasari’s “trick or treat” music night special will see soaps made by North Korean defectors sold on the door for 5,000 won per bar, with proceeds going to the makers as part of the Soap for Hope project. The
Oct. 19, 2011
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Chance to share with Korean ‘comfort women’
Guests help make mandu with halmoni at the House of Sharing on a previous visit. (House of Sharing)A tour of the House of Sharing is to be held on Sunday. The center in Gwangju, just outside of Seoul, houses the world’s first human rights museum devoted to the theme of sexual slavery, telling the st
Oct. 19, 2011
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Warm hearts sought to help homeless
A group assisting homeless people in Seoul is seeking volunteers and donations to help prepare rough-sleepers for the winter. Members and friends of Jamon’s Rock City Church have been going out on Sunday evenings for the past three weeks to speak to and offer help to homeless people and sex workers
Oct. 19, 2011
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Chance to share with Korean ‘comfort women’
A tour of the House of Sharing is to be held on Sunday. The center in Gwangju, just outside of Seoul, houses the world’s first human rights museum devoted to the theme of sexual slavery, telling the story of the Korean “comfort women” who suffered at the hands of the Japanese military during the Asi
Oct. 19, 2011
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‘Trick or treat’ for N.K. refugees
Handmade soaps are to be sold at a Halloween event in Seoul to raise funds for refugees. Boogasari’s “trick or treat” music night special will see soaps made by North Korean defectors sold on the door for 5,000 won per bar, with proceeds going to the makers as part of the Soap for Hope project. The
Oct. 19, 2011
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Give extra cash for Korean orphans
A group helping young adult Korean orphans is seeking donations on GlobalGiving Bonus day, which runs until 2 p.m. Thursday. Any cash given to Korean Kids and Orphanage Outreach Mission between 2 p.m. Wednesday and 1 p.m. Thursday will be upped by 30 percent on the GlobalGiving site. The fund-raisin
Oct. 19, 2011
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Music fest gets down to business for Korean kids
The 2011 Sejong-Syracuse Global MBA Student Association.A charity music festival on Peppero Day will raise cash to fund villages helping orphaned children in South Korea. Sejong University graduate MBA students from more than 20 countries are organizing the concert to raise funds and awareness of SO
Oct. 19, 2011
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Three nabbed for fraud in relocation of Indonesian Embassy
Three men were arrested on fraud charges for luring investors into a fake development project on the site of the Indonesian embassy here, said police officials on Wednesday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the three men falsely led investors into believing that a profitable multi-
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Daegu dog walk seeks volunteers
The Korean Animal Protection Society is to hold a dog walk in Daegu on Sunday, Nov. 6. Participants will meet at Daemyoung Dog Shelter near Daemyoung Subway Station Exit 4 at 2:30 p.m. before walking their new furry friends around the lake at Dyuru Park. “In Korea, we rarely get big dogs so most of
Oct. 19, 2011
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Six-nation nuclear talks ‘golden key’ to peace: Tang Jiaxuan
The six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs is the “golden key” to opening the door for regional powers to achieve peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia, former Chinese state councilor Tang Jiaxuan said Wednesday. The comments come amid a flurry of renewed diplomatic efforts on h
North KoreaOct. 19, 2011
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Prosecutors, judges must forego dual citizenship
Koreans with dual citizenships may now have to renounce them to work in the courts or prosecution, according to a legal revision by the Justice Ministry released to the media on Wednesday. The revision states that a dual citizenship is a reason for automatic disqualification from becoming a judge or
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Bar owners want card commission cuts too
Joining in on the popular outrage directed at credit card firms, bar and karaoke owners demanded Wednesday that they benefit from the same reduction in credit card commission rates as restaurant owners. “People in the nightspot business are discriminated against by credit card companies, which exclu
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Korea, Japan expand currency swaps
Lee-Noda summit addresses FTA, N.K., but not comfort womenSeoul and Tokyo agreed to expand their currency swaps to $70 billion from $13 billion for stronger financial cooperation amid global economic uncertainties during President Lee Myung-bak’s summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yos
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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Prosecutors watch SNS for smear campaigns
Prosecutors here released guidelines Wednesday regarding the use of social networking services for political campaigning, in an effort to check illegal electoral practices a week before the capital’s mayoral by-election. According to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and the National Election Commissi
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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N.K. leader’s grandson draws international attention
Looking like an ordinary teenager, Kim asks media to respect privacy as he starts school in BosniaAs one of the most reclusive countries in the world, North Korea has a strange force that draws outsiders’ attention and curiosity to the veiled lives of its leader and the “royal family.” When Kim Jong
North KoreaOct. 19, 2011
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Dozens probed for pro-N.K. online activity
Korean Air pilot accused of posting pro-Pyongyang messages onlineAbout 40 internet users, including a Korean Air pilot, are under investigation for their postings online that praise North Korea, which law enforcement authorities in the South view as a breach of the national security law. According t
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Mayoral runners strive for public poll lead
Rival camps battled on Wednesday to take the lead in the last public polls for the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election.According to the election law, public survey results may not be made public during the last six days of campaigning, which is next Wednesday.Also, the increasing number of swing votes
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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N.K. speeds up work to spruce up Pyongyang
Major construction works set to mark Kim Il-sung’s centennial birthdayNorth Korea is carrying out a slew of construction works in Pyongyang despite its economic woes, in an apparent move to cosmetically improve the capital ahead of its self-imposed 2012 deadline to become a “strong and p
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011