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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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US 'incredibly concerned' about suspected NK-Iran military ties
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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K-pop singer lost consciousness after being hit by foul ball, cancels show
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Korean Muslim YouTuber's plan to build mosque in Incheon goes viral
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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Seoul says Fu Bao loan 'not going to happen'
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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N. Korean chief nuclear envoy arrives in China
North Korea's chief nuclear envoy arrived in China on Saturday for talks with his South Korean and Chinese counterparts on how to restart long-stalled negotiations on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs.Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho headed to Beijing's downtown area without making any com
North KoreaSept. 17, 2011
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Somali pirates case to go to Supreme Court
The case against five Somali pirates involved in the hijacking of a South Korean freighter earlier this year will go to the South Korean Supreme Court for a final ruling, officials said Saturday.The move came as Mahomed Arai, 23, and four other pirates as well as local prosecutors appealed the recen
Social AffairsSept. 17, 2011
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More than 75 injured in air race crash
RENO, Nevada (AP)- A plane plunged into the stands Friday at an air race event in Reno in what an official described as a ``mass casualty situation.''It wasn't immediately known how many people were killed, but a medical official said more than 75 people were injured.Stephanie Kruse, a spokeswoman f
InternationalSept. 17, 2011
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Presidential aide faces charges in bribery scandal
Prosecutors plan to summon for questioning next week Kim Doo-woo, a senior presidential aide, on suspicion that he had shady ties with an arrested lobbyist hired by a corruption-ridden mutual savings bank. “He is likely to be questioned next week,” an official at the Central Investigation Unit at th
Social AffairsSept. 16, 2011
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Koreas’ nuclear envoys to meet in China next week
Two sides to discuss restarting six-party talks on N.K. nukesThe chief nuclear envoys of the two Koreas will meet in Beijing next week, likely on Wednesday, in the second such meeting this year aimed at bridging differences on how to resume the stalled regional nuclear disarmament talks. Wi Sung-lac
Foreign AffairsSept. 16, 2011
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Second lawyer activist emerges ...in mayoral race
Lee hopes to stand for conservative bloc, including ruling partyThe race for Seoul mayor by-election got a jolt as Lee Seog-yeon, a former minister of government legislation with long experience of civic activities, indicated his intention to run as a unified conservative candidate.If he takes on Pa
PoliticsSept. 16, 2011
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NIS detains N. Korean defector for assassination plot
South Korea’s spy agency has detained a North Korean defector for an alleged assassination attempt against a fellow defector acting as an anti-North Korean activist, an intelligence official said Friday.The suspect, identified by his last name Ahn in his 40s, was taken into custody for plotting to k
North KoreaSept. 16, 2011
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Civic group sues tax authorities for information leak
A group of civic activists filed a complaint against the National Tax Service for defaming celebrities by leaking its tax audit results, which resulted in the much publicized retirement of Kang Ho-dong.The Korea Tax Payer’s Federation said Thursday that the filing had been completed with the Seoul C
Social AffairsSept. 16, 2011
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GNP refers U.S. FTA bill despite opposition
The ruling Grand National Party referred the long-pending Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ratification bill to the parliamentary panel, despite resistance from opposition parties.“I hereby submit the free trade bill to the foreign affairs committee,” Rep. Nam Kyung-pil, GNP lawmaker and committee ch
PoliticsSept. 16, 2011
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Japan rejects Seoul’s proposal on sex slaves
Tokyo hints at review of the issue as non-legal individual compensation casesJapan has virtually turned down South Korea’s proposal for talks over its sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, with a senior Tokyo official claiming the issue has already been settled via a 1965 deal, Jap
Foreign AffairsSept. 16, 2011
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Free trade pact with U.S. introduced in parliamentary committee
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) - South Korea's ruling Grand National Party (GNP) presented a long-pending free trade agreement with the U.S. to a parliamentary committee Friday in the first step toward its ratification despite objections from opposition parties.The trade pact, signed in 2007 and supplemen
PoliticsSept. 16, 2011
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Nuclear envoys of two Koreas to hold talks in Beijing next week
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- The chief nuclear negotiators of South and North Korea will meet in Beijing next week, a senior Seoul diplomat said Friday, in the second high-level, inter-Korean contact in nearly two months amid cautious hopes that they were inching toward resuming the broader talks on
North KoreaSept. 16, 2011
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Health minister nominee will not raise cigarette prices excessively
Health and Welfare Minister-nominee Rim Che-min indicated Thursday that he will not seek to raise cigarette prices excessively during his term.In the National Assembly’s confirmation hearing Thursday,Rim said tobacco prices are closely related to everyday lives of ordinary people. Asked by Rep. Jeon
PoliticsSept. 16, 2011
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Crimes involving U.S. servicemen on the rise: report
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- The number of crimes involving U.S. servicemen stationed in South Korea has steadily risen over the last four years, while most of them evaded arrests, a police report showed Friday. Criminal cases committed by American military personnel totaled 377 last year, up from 19
Social AffairsSept. 16, 2011
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Top presidential aide offers to resign over savings bank scandal
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Senior Secretary to President for Public Relations Kim Du-woo offered to step down on Thursday over allegations he had ties to a lobbyist at the center of a corruption scandal involving a troubled savings bank.Kim submitted his resignation to Presidential C
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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S. Korean religious leaders to meet Kim Jong-il next week
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The heads of South Korea's seven largest religious orders are scheduled to travel to Pyongyang next week to hold a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, a rare suprapartisan move aimed at promoting a breakthrough in inter-Korean relations, sources said Thursday.Th
North KoreaSept. 15, 2011
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GNP turns to Na for mayoral race
Lawmaker fast narrowing opinion poll gap with liberal candidate ParkRep. Na Kyung-won of the Grand National Party is once again gaining momentum as the party’s likely candidate for next month’s race for Seoul mayor as the polls show her catching up with potential candidate Park Won-soon.According to
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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S. Korea proposes talks with Japan over comfort women
South Korea proposed an official bilateral discussion with Japan to address issues concerning former “comfort women” who were forcibly taken by its army for sexual slavery during World War II, officials said Thursday.It is the first time for Seoul to make such a proposal to the Tokyo government, whi
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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Three-way talks on gas pipeline speed up
South and North Korean officials visit Moscow simultaneouslyThe project to pipe Siberian gas through North Korea to South Korea, which is expected to be economically beneficial for all three countries, is shaping up as South and North Korean officials visit Moscow for working-level talks.Constructio
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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S. Korea, Colombia commit to concluding trade fact this year
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos pledged Thursday to significantly boost relations between the two countries and seek an early conclusion of a free trade agreement.The leaders agreed during summit talks in Seoul to upgrade their half-century-old relatio
Foreign AffairsSept. 15, 2011