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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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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
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Opposition leader calls for change in labor policy
An opposition leader Thursday called on the government to focus its economic policies on improving working conditions and creating more jobs as part of efforts to move toward a welfare state. “To become a fair welfare state, (the government) should change the policy focus to make a people-centered e
PoliticsSept. 8, 2011
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Seoul to offer talks to Japan over sex slaves
Korea considers setting up arbitration committee if Tokyo turns down proposalFollowing a recent court ruling calling for specific measures to settle the issue, South Korea said it will propose talks with Japan over a proper apology and compensation for Korean women forced into sexual slavery during
Foreign AffairsSept. 8, 2011
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Ex-Pigeon CEO accuses chairman of assault
Pigeon, the nation’s largest fabric conditioner maker, has been rocked by an assault involving one of its former CEOs and its autocratic chairman. While the ex-CEO blamed the chairman as the culprit and revealed the dirty laundry of the closed corporation, the management is keeping tight-lipped abou
Social AffairsSept. 8, 2011
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Paju sues Ewha University for cancelling campus plan
The Paju city government on Wednesday filed a damages suit against the nation’s most prestigious women’s university over its withdrawal of plans to build a campus in the region. According to the suit filed with the Euijeongbu District Court against Ewha Womans University, the municipal government is
Social AffairsSept. 8, 2011
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Colleges still counting cost of blacklisting
The aftereffects from the blacklisting of 43 universities for bad management continued to hit the university community.Seoul-based Sangmyung University President Lee Hyung-cheon stepped down, while Kundong University in North Gyeongsang Province faces a sharp reduction in freshmen enrollment.Sangmyu
Social AffairsSept. 8, 2011