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Navy revives ‘Ocean-Going’ slogan

Social affairsFeb 17, 2012

The Navy has revived the use of its slogan “Ocean-Going Navy,” signifying its commitment to strengthening open water operational capabilities, a source said Friday. “The Navy is officially using the...
Private education spending drops in 2011

Social affairsFeb 17, 2012

Korea’s spending on private education dropped for a second straight year in 2011 as the number of students declined, affected by a chronically low birth rate, a report showed Friday. South Korean pa...
Kim Jong-il’s eldest son ‘in financial trouble’

North KoreaFeb 17, 2012

MOSCOW (Yonhap News) ― Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of North Korea’s late leader Kim Jong-il, is having financial problems after his own country and China cut off funding over recent doubts he expres...
Parade, tributes mark 70th birthday of late North Korean leader

North KoreaFeb 17, 2012

Parade, tributes mark 70th birthday of late North Korean leaderNorth Korea celebrated what would have been the 70thbirthday of its leader Kim Jong Il Thursday with a parade presided over by his son a...
Five men arrested for circulating marijuana

Social affairsFeb 17, 2012

Police said Friday they have arrested and detained five people, including a Korean man with Canadian nationality, suspected of dealing marijuana in two separate drug rings. Police also booked 31 oth...
Smoking to be completely banned at national parks next year

Social affairsFeb 17, 2012

The government said Friday it will designate a non-smoking zone for the country's national parks starting in 2013 as part of efforts to protect the environment and promote public health. Currently, ...
Remote-controlled chip implant delivers bone drug

ScienceFeb 17, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medication via remote-control instead of a shot? Scientists implanted microchips in seven women that did just that, oozing out the right dose of a bone-strengthening drug once a da...
Ex-S. Korean official met N. Korean diplomats: source

North KoreaFeb 16, 2012

Yim Tae-hee, a former South Korean presidential chief of staff, recently met with North Korean diplomats in the Chinese capital, a source here said Thursday. "Yim and an accompanying person met with...
Simultaneous transplant of seven organs ‘successful’

Social affairsFeb 16, 2012

Local doctors successfully transplanted seven organs to a 7-year-old girl last fall, Asan Medical Center said Thursday. It is the first simultaneous transplant in Korea involving that many organs, a...
Sanctions deepen N. Korea-Iran bond

PoliticsFeb 16, 2012

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (center) and Foreign Minister Ali AKbar Salehi (behind him) listen to an expert during a tour of Tehran’s research reactor on Wednesday. (AFP-Yonhap News) Exper...
Tokyo to block plan for Takeshima monument

Foreign affairsFeb 16, 2012

The Japanese government is likely to turn down a Japanese right-wing group’s plan to erect a “Takeshima Monument” in front of the Korean Embassy in Japan, which claims the disputed islets in the East...
Navy to get new unit for submarines by 2015

DefenseFeb 16, 2012

The South Korean military will establish a new submarine command within the Navy by 2015 as part of its efforts to strengthen its underwater operational capabilities. In a related development, the n...
S. Korea, China to hold talks on N. Korean defectors

North KoreaFeb 16, 2012

Senior diplomats from South Korea and China are scheduled to hold talks later this month to address outstanding issues between the two nations, including North Korean defectors detained in China, a d...
Korean ambassador to U.S. offers to resign

Foreign affairsFeb 16, 2012

Han Duk-soo, South Korea’s ambassador to the U.S., has offered to resign on the third anniversary of his term, the government said Thursday. Han, who took office on Feb. 16, 2009, expressed his inte...
Rogue travel agent indicted for fraud

Social affairsFeb 16, 2012

A Seoul travel agent has been indicted on charges of fraud and embezzlement for scamming at least 60 customers out of more than 170 million won ($150,000), Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office ...