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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Children’s home summer program
A Gyeongbuk Province orphanage is seeking English-teaching volunteers for its summer program. Emmanuel Children’s Home in the city of Gimcheon is looking for adult volunteers to live on-site to live and help at the center during August. There are 115 children at the orphanage ranging in age from newborn babies to college students. Korean Kids and Orphanage Outreach Mission will provide training, s
June 15, 2011
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Refugee Day flashmob dance
A mob is set to perform a spontaneous dance to a Michael Jackson tune on the streets of Seoul to raise awareness of World Refugee Day.The flashmob event will involve dancers moving to pop hit “Black or White” at locations across the capital over two days. Participants are still being sought for the event, with dance practices to be held at World Cup Stadium Peace Square from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1
June 15, 2011
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Lee Hyori on World Vision India trip
Lee HyoriK-pop diva Lee Hyori is setting off to India this month for volunteer work. The singer is reportedly set to spend a week in India with international aid and development organization World Vision. The Christian NGO helps children, families and communities in poverty throughout the world. Famous for K-pop hits including “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “U-Go-Girl,” Lee also recently volunteere
June 15, 2011
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Giving food for thought at Seoul Station
It is dusk in a park near Seoul Station, and a small group has stopped beside a man curled motionless in the middle of the path.A Korean charity worker approaches him, and gently nudges him. The man stirs and speaks. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief ― he was only sleeping. One volunteer moves the plastic sandal that has fallen from his foot closer to him and another lays a bag of food down besid
June 15, 2011
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Helping Hands needed for N.K. kids
Charity founder calls for more help for ‘second wave’ of orphans in ChinaHe was only 11 years old, but he was already fending, rather unsuccessfully, for himself. Separated from his North Korean mother and abandoned by his Chinese father, the boy was living in a collapsing cottage without a roof or running water. Struggling to survive on scraps and garbage from the nearby village, he soon contract
June 15, 2011
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Autopsy result of motorist hit by K-pop idol Daesung’s car postponed
The autopsy results of a man allegedly hit and killed by a car driven by K-pop idol Daesung will be released next week, police said.Daesung, member of the Korean pop idol group “Big Bang,” allegedly ran over the motorcyclist who was lying on the street late at night on May 31. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, but whether he died after he was run over by Daesung’s car or before hasn’t been
Social AffairsJune 15, 2011
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Man kills neighbor’s dog with pesticide for being too noisy
A man was booked without detention for allegedly feeding pesticide to a neighbor’s dogs for being too noisy, Daejeon Jungbu Police Station reported.The accused, identified by his surname Ahn, was irritated by several dogs in his neighbor’s yard.Although Ahn filed complaints to the local government several times, the problem continued until he decided to resolve the issue by himself.Eventually, he
Social AffairsJune 15, 2011
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Nine North Koreans defect to South by sea, Seoul officials say
(Yonhap News)Nine North Koreans who crossed the tense western sea border aboard a small engineless vessel over the weekend for apparent defection are being questioned by South Korean officials, the Seoul government said Wednesday. The nine people, including family members, arrived on a frontline South Korean island around 6 a.m. Saturday, and are seeking asylum in the wealthier South, a government
North KoreaJune 15, 2011
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U.S. desires to avoid 'mistakes' in talks with N. Korea
WASHINGTON, (Yonhap) -- The United States is prepared to talk with North Korea, but a basic principle is to avoid the "mistakes" made in previous negotiations with the communist nation, an outgoing top State Department official said.In an interview published Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told Foreign Policy, a U.S.-based magazine, that Washington has no surprising new policy o
North KoreaJune 15, 2011
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N. Korean carrier to start direct Shanghai flights
SHANGHAI (AFP) -- North Korea's carrier said Tuesday it would offer twice-weekly flights between Shanghai and Pyongyang starting next month, in a sign the secretive state is looking to attract more Chinese tourists.Shanghai joins Beijing and Shenyang in the northeast as the third city in China to have regular flights to North Korea, the state-owned Air Koryo said in a statement to AFP.The Shanghai
North KoreaJune 14, 2011
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Sohn most favored but Park most likely to be president: SNU students
Students of the prestigious Seoul National University favor opposition leader Sohn Hak-kyu as the next Korean president, but think female conservative politician Park Geun-hye is most likely to win the race, a poll released Tuesday shows. According to the survey of 660 students conducted by the Seouldae Journal, a student newspaper at the university, Sohn, the chairman of the Democratic Party, was
PoliticsJune 14, 2011
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Suspects caught for illegal online human egg sales
Arrest warrants sought for 2 tradersThe police on Tuesday sought arrest warrants for two people suspected of brokering illegal sales of human eggs and booked 13 ovum donors without detention.The ovum brokers identified only by their last names Koo and Chung ran a website where people shared information on fertility and received applications for ovum transplants or donations for a year until last S
Social AffairsJune 14, 2011
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S. Korean chief nuke envoy in Japan to discuss N. Korea
Chief nuclear envoys of South Korea and Japan are to meet in Tokyo Wednesday to discuss ways to resume the suspended dialogue with North Korea over its ongoing nuclear ambitions.Before heading to Japan Tuesday, Seoul’s chief envoy Wi Sung-lac said he plans to share views with his counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama on whether changes must be made to the existing strategy to get Pyongyang to talk with Se
Foreign AffairsJune 14, 2011
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Ex-USFK commander slams China for N.K. ‘strategic error’
China has made a “terrible strategic error” by failing to rein in North Korea, a former U.S. Forces Korea commander said Monday, stressing the need for it to assume a responsible role for regional peace and stability.In a meeting with reporters in Seoul, Burwell B. Bell, who served as USFK commander from February 2006-June 2008, also said that the risk of military provocations by the North remains
PoliticsJune 14, 2011
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Seoul shaping up plan for ‘diplomat academy’
The government’s controversial plan to select diplomats through a state-managed postgraduate school instead of current written exams has been shaping up this week, as a related bill has been approved by a parliamentary subcommittee.Under the bill approved by the National Assembly foreign affairs committee, up to 60 people will be entering the so-called “diplomat academy” each year to be trained as
Foreign AffairsJune 14, 2011
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DP attacks Lee over tuition cut project
Opposition says president’s call for patience an attempt to derail fee reductionsParties in Tuesday’s parliamentary education committee general meeting quarreled over the president’s call for more time on the controversial university tuition fee cuts.Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party accused the presidential office of attempting to pressure the National Assembly to abandon their mo
PoliticsJune 14, 2011
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‘Housekeepers may form labor union’
Will housekeeping be acknowledged as a secure profession given equal labor rights to office or industrial workers?Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Chae-pil on Tuesday said the Korean government is considering protecting the rights of housekeepers, personal chauffeurs, cooks and gardeners, often referred to as “domestic workers.” In his interview with the press before giving a keynote speech at
Social AffairsJune 14, 2011
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Border island command to be launched
South Korea will launch a new military command Wednesday to better defend the five northwestern border islands, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.North Korea’s November shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, prompted calls for stronger measures to safeguard the islands of vital strategic value, which this new command is designed to meet. The ceremony to mark its launch is to take place at 3 p.m. at t
DefenseJune 14, 2011
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Korea to introduce 5-day school week
The government will recommend that all primary and secondary schools adopt the five-day school week starting next year.Currently, local schools rest every second and fourth Saturday in a month. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Tuesday that a pilot program will start at some schools in the second half this year as the new measure is likely to affect the pattern of family life
Social AffairsJune 14, 2011
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‘Defoliants sprayed on DMZ in late ’50s’
Retired U.S. soldier: Without herbicide, troops in South vulnerable to N.K. snipersA former U.S. Forces Korea soldier claimed Tuesday that he had witnessed defoliants ― apparently containing toxic dioxin ― being hand-sprayed in the Demilitarized Zone regularly in the late 1950s.His claim comes amid continuing controversy over when the U.S. military sprayed Agent Orange over the DMZ to stop North K
Social AffairsJune 14, 2011