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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Korea enters full election mode
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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[Hello India] Corporate Korea sees new growth drivers in India
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Ruling camp plans to expand welfare of low-wage workers
The government and the ruling party laid out a series of policies to provide unemployment insurance and national pension fees for low-income workers Friday in a bid to appease the working class ahead of Chuseok.The GNP’s plan to raise the salary of irregular workers up to 80 percent of that of regul
PoliticsSept. 9, 2011
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‘Traces of Agent Orange found at U.S. army base’
Traces of a toxic defoliant were found in groundwater in Camp Carroll, a U.S. military camp in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province, where three American veterans claimed they dumped drums containing chemicals presumed to be Agent Orange in 1978, Korean investigators said Friday.Korean officials on th
Social AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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Wi holds ‘substantive’ meetings with U.S. officials: State Dept.
South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy, Wi Sung-lac, had “constructive, substantive” discussions with U.S. officials on a range of issues on the peninsula, the State Department said Thursday.Wi arrived in Washington on Wednesday and met with Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns, Assistant Secretary of St
Foreign AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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S. Korean missionary dies near Chinese border with N. Korea
A South Korean missionary died in the Chinese border city of Dandong last month after suddenly collapsing, a South Korean official said Friday.The 46-year-old missionary, identified by his family name Han, fell to the ground while foaming at the mouth as he waited for a taxi in the city‘s downtown a
North KoreaSept. 9, 2011
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Maestro Chung to visit N. Korea
Chung M.W.South Korean maestro Chung Myung-whun is likely to visit Pyongyang during the Chuseok holidays, the Unification Ministry here said Friday.Chung, music director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and also Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF has asked the government to approve of his trip to Nor
North KoreaSept. 9, 2011
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More choosing leisure than tradition during holidays
Usually around this time of the year Mi Bo-ra, a 26-year-old engineer, would spend her time slaving away in the kitchen for hours preparing the harvest festival feast.But this Chuseok, Mi is doing something different: going on vacation.There is an increasing trend among Koreans who are choosing to g
Social AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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Pregnant civil servants to get hour off
Seoul City government has decided to send pregnant civil servants home an hour early from work for prenatal care, making them the first in the public sector to adopt this type of policy.The Seoul City Council passed a revised ordinance Thursday on giving female civil servants with babies and pregnan
Social AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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Inflation dampens Chuseok spirit
More people avoid traditional shopping items because of sharp rise in pricesWhile it cost the exactly same price as the box of fresh abalone and fruit she sent her parents as a New Year’s gift, housewife Seo Jae-hee feels somewhat ashamed about the thin envelope she plans to give them for Chuseok.“I
Social AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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Court to decide Kwak’s fate
The embattled top educator of Seoul may have to face the music Friday, officials said, as the court was expected to make decision upon an arrest warrant sought by prosecutors. Prosecutors asked the court on Tuesday to issue an arrest warrant on Seoul’s education superintendent Kwak No-hyun on allega
Social AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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Pregnant women among 26 caught for drug offenses
Twenty six people, including a lady in her ninth month of pregnancy were caught by the police using methamphetamine and marijuana, Yonhap News reported. Busan police department said Friday that they arrested nine people and booked 17 people without detention for selling and injecting illegal dr
Social AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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Gov't to expand welfare benefits for low-wage workers
The government and the ruling party agreed Friday to expand welfare benefits for low-wage workers in small workplaces and set guidelines banning discrimination against temporary workers as part of efforts to increase job stability, party officials said.The agreement came at a meeting among the Grand
PoliticsSept. 9, 2011
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Seoul gov't to reduce working hours for pregnant employees
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday it will reduce the working hours of its pregnant employees by one hour to give them more time for prenatal care.The move comes as South Korea is struggling to raise its low birthrate through diverse incentives.Pregnant female employees will be able to wo
Social AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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Nearly seven out of 10 S. Koreans cremated
Nearly seven out of every 10 South Koreans were cremated in 2010, the government said Friday, pointing to a rapid change in people's views on the practice.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, out of the 255,403 South Koreans who died last year, 172,276, or 67.5 percent, were cremated, mo
Social AffairsSept. 9, 2011
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Lee says gas project may proceed 'faster than expected'
President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday said the purported project to pipe Russian gas through North Korea into South Korea could take shape "faster than expected" as it would benefit all three countries. "A time will come for the three parties -- South and North Korea as well as Russia -- to discuss (
PoliticsSept. 9, 2011
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Data of 800,000 Samsung Card holders may have been leaked
Samsung Card Co., South Korea's leading card firm, is suspected of having come under an online security breach that could have leaked about 800,000 customers' personal data, sources said Thursday. Samsung Card has asked the police to investigate an employee regarding the suspected leakag
Social AffairsSept. 8, 2011
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Parties eye current and former P.M.s for mayoral race
Parties, still shaken by the aftermath of Ahn Cheol-soo dropping his bid to run for Seoul mayor, are racking their brains seeking a competitive candidate for next month’s Seoul mayoral by-election.The ruling Grand National Party and the main opposition Democratic Party turned their eyes to incumbent
PoliticsSept. 8, 2011
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Korea expands college tuition subsidies
The government and the ruling party agreed Thursday to set aside 1.5 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in next year’s budget to help ease the heavy college tuition burden.The agreement came at a meeting among the Grand National Party and the finance and education ministries. The money will be used to set
Social AffairsSept. 8, 2011
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Sherman says ‘carrots and sticks’ needed in U.S. foreign policy
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― Wendy Sherman, nominated to become the State Department’s third highest-ranking official, on Wednesday emphasized that the U.S. should use the full range of foreign policy tools including a variety of “sticks and carrots” in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear program and o
Foreign AffairsSept. 8, 2011
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Park begins moves for presidential bid
Park Geun-hye, former chairwoman of the Grand National Party, is decking out for her second presidential bid after she was beaten in opinion polls by a professor who merely hinted at running for Seoul mayor.People close to Park said the four-term lawmaker was scheduled to open an office outside the
PoliticsSept. 8, 2011
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N. Korean dropout rate falls in S. Korean schools
The dropout rate of North Korean defectors in South Korean schools has gradually declined over the last few years, an education institute said Thursday, a sign that efforts to help support North Korean students paid off.The dropout rate for North Korean students in primary, middle and high schools s
North KoreaSept. 8, 2011