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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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Teaching Korean students to dream big
Korean students from top U.S. and Canadian universities have helped less fortunate young people here reach for their dreams this summer. The newly established Teach for Korea has offered free tutoring and mentoring to economically disadvantaged students from four Seoul schools. Graduates and s
Aug. 10, 2011
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Free hugs and roses from Seoul Giving Club
A band of about 30 friends gathered in Hongdae children’s park on Saturday evening, ruminating over their home-made plinko machine. The giant cardboard version of the fairground game was to be the centerpiece of Seoul Giving Club’s latest pay-it-forward adventure, but the funnel for the ball-drop wa
Aug. 10, 2011
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Returning to help Korean kids through KKOOM
U.S. lawyer follows her heart back to Korea to help orphansIt all started when Aimee Jachym returned to South Korea for a year-long volunteer program, having left her country of birth at just four months old. Her year out soon turned into a vocation as the Korean-American adoptee founded the Korean
Aug. 10, 2011
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‘I gave W300b in political funds to Kim Young-sam’
Former president opens mouth about illicit political fundraising, a safe at Blue House Former President Roh Tae-woo claims to have given billions of won in political funds to Kim Young-sam, then a leading presidential candidate from the ruling party and his eventual successor, to help his presi
PoliticsAug. 10, 2011
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Securities firm employee kills himself after stock loss
A South Korean securities company employee jumped from an apartment building to his death in a southern city on Wednesday in an apparent suicide after a recent stock market rout triggered by the grim U.S. economic outlook, police said.The 48-year-old man surnamed Seo was found lying dead in front of
Social AffairsAug. 10, 2011
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Koreas exchange fire twice near border
North Korea twice fired shells near the flashpoint Yellow Sea border with South Korea Wednesday, prompting warning shots from the South's marines in response, Seoul's military said.The incidents fuelled already high tensions along the disputed sea border, which saw bloody naval skirmishes in recent
DefenseAug. 10, 2011
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N. Korea reportedly attempting to assassinate S. Korean defense chief: sources
North Korea is apparently trying to assassinate South Korea's defense chief known for his hard-line stance against Pyongyang, government sources here said Wednesday.A source said Seoul has "received intelligence" that North Korea is after Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin."The defense minister is a key
DefenseAug. 10, 2011
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Chun in Washington for discussions on N. Korea, alliance issues
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national security adviser, Chun Yung-woo, arrived here Tuesday for a series of meetings expected to focus on a strategy for North Korea.Chun's first trip to Washington in his capacity as senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs and national secur
Foreign AffairsAug. 10, 2011
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EU gives 200,000 euros in North Korea flood aid
The European Union has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to an international charity group to help flood victims in North Korea, a U.S.-funded radio station reported Tuesday. The EU, which shipped food aid to the impoverished state to feed its starving people last month, has donated 200,000 e
North KoreaAug. 9, 2011
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Unification Ministry targeted in cyber attack
South Korea’s Unification Ministry was the target of an attempted cyber attack, an official here said Tuesday, as the latest in the string of hacking attacks that Seoul suspects have been orchestrated by its northern rival. Unidentified people tried to hack into the website of the Unification Minist
Foreign AffairsAug. 9, 2011
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U.N. chief urges Korea to play bigger global role
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on South Korea to play a bigger role in international affairs as he made his first official visit to the country after reelection in June to a second five-year term as the U.N. chief.He arrived in Seoul from Japan as part of a two-nation
Foreign AffairsAug. 9, 2011
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Opposition camp rejects nominees Kwon and Han
The parliamentary judicial committee refused to endorse the justice minister and prosecutor-general nominees on Tuesday after opposition parties boycotted the hearings.“The hearings on the two nominees are not yet over,” said Rep. Park Young-sun of the main opposition Democratic Party.“We shall not
PoliticsAug. 9, 2011
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Students gather in Songdo for model U.N. conference
Undergraduate and graduate students from 61 countries will take part in an annual model conference hosted by the United Nations at Songdo Convensia in Incheon, starting Wednesday through Sunday.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to give a keynote speech on Thursday, after which he will
Social AffairsAug. 9, 2011
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Officials under fire for lack of disaster readiness
The local and central governments have come under fire for the nation’s lack of disaster readiness made apparent by the floods that ravaged the country this July.Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has also drawn criticism for his decision to continue with the already highly controversial plebiscite vote on free
Social AffairsAug. 9, 2011
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Parties near deal on savings bank losses
Government opposes plan to compensate depositors beyond statutory limitLawmakers from rival political parties are pushing to fully compensate the financial losses of depositors at nine savings banks that collapsed this year, stirring another round of controversy over populism. Representatives of the
PoliticsAug. 9, 2011
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Sohn sees synergy in Moon’s rise
Rep. Sohn Hak-kyu, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, feels the most heat from Moon Jae-in’s rise in political stature, but his aides say their potential rivalry will not harm the DP leader.They hope that any competition between Sohn and Moon galvanized through next year’s parliamenta
PoliticsAug. 9, 2011
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Singapore looks ahead with cautious optimism
The following is a message from Singaporean Ambassador Peter Tan Hai Chuan to mark Singapore’s National Day. ― Ed.Singapore celebrated its 46th National Day on Tuesday with some cause for optimism. Despite the global market uncertainties, Singapore’s economy still grew by 0.5 percent on a year-on-ye
InternationalAug. 9, 2011
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Assignments yet to be done
Confidant to late President Roh raises profile as potential opposition standard-bearerIt was supposed to be a gathering of senior civic and religious leaders to call for the merger of liberal and progressive opposition parties in preparation for the parliamentary and presidential elections next year
PoliticsAug. 9, 2011
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Kim of Ewha Medical Center wins Hippocrates Award 2011
Kim Young-hoo, director of Ewha Womans University Medical Center’s Joint Replacement Center, was named the winner of the Hippocrates Award 2011 by the American Biographical Institute, the hospital said Tuesday. ABI is one of the top three biographical dictionaries. The two others are International B
Social AffairsAug. 9, 2011
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Three receive Proud Korean Award
Winners honored for making contribution to Korean-American communityFormer National Assembly Speaker Lee Man-seop, Philip Kim, a professor of physics at Columbia University and Colonel Daniel Yoo of U.S. Marine Corps received the Proud Korean Award from the Korean American Leadership Foundation in L
Social AffairsAug. 9, 2011