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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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Kim Jong-il visits China
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (Yonhap News) ‘Whereabouts of heir unconfirmed’ North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appears to be visiting China, a senior Seoul official said Friday, adding it was not confirmed whether he was accompanied by his son and heir apparent Jong-un. “The current trip to China is being led by Kim Jong-il. We believe his third son Jong-un is not part of the delegation,” an offi
North KoreaMay 20, 2011
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Gov't launches investigation into alleged Agent Orange burial
SEOUL, (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Environment Ministry has launched an investigation into the area where the U.S. military allegedly buried leftover Agent Orange, a defoliant widely used during the Vietnam War, ministry officials said Friday.The ministry said it has sent a group of its officials and environment experts from the ministry's research institutions to Chilgok, some 300 kilometers southe
Social AffairsMay 20, 2011
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Full text of G-20 Speakers' Consultation Joint Communique
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of the G-20 Speakers' Consultation Joint Communique released after the three-day meeting of the world's parliamentary leaders ended in Seoul Friday.1. We, the speakers of the G20 Parliaments, have gathered in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from May 18 to 20, 2011 under the theme of "Development and Growth for Common Prosperity," in the recognitio
PoliticsMay 20, 2011
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N. Korea's heir-apparent Kim Jong-un visits China: source
Kim Jong-un (Yonhap News)SEOUL/BEIJING (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's heir apparent son, Kim Jong-un, has been confirmed to be visiting China, a source in a Chinese border city said Friday.The junior Kim arrived in Tumen, in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin, early Friday morning, but his next destination has yet to be confirmed, the source in Tumen told Yonhap News Agency.
North KoreaMay 20, 2011
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Obama tells Israel: Go back to 1967 borders
President Barack Obama speaks during a Women's Leadership Forum, Thursday, May 19, 2011, in Washington. (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) -– Forcefully stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent oc
DefenseMay 20, 2011
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‘U.S. military buried Agent Orange in Korea’
The U.S. military buried leftover Agent Orange, a defoliant widely used during the Vietnam War, at one of its camps in Korea in 1978, former USFK soldiers told a U.S. TV program. The Korean government on Thursday demanded the United States verify the report by Phoenix, Arizona-based KPHO CBS 5 News. It also proposed a joint investigation into the claim.Citing three veterans, the TV channel said Mo
DefenseMay 20, 2011
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N.K. promised transparency in distribution of food: WFP
North Korea has vowed full disclosure of how donated food is distributed among its people, a senior World Food Program official said Thursday in an apparent bid to encourage Seoul to send food to the impoverished state. The comments by Claudia Von Roehl, director of the U.N. food agency in Pyongyang, come as Washington prepares to send its own delegation to North Korea to monitor the food conditio
North KoreaMay 19, 2011
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G20 speakers focus on anti-terrorism
Parliamentary leaders discuss ways to promote world peace, global developmentThe participants in the Group of 20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation set out on an in-depth discussion Thursday to promote world peace and global development, especially focusing on anti-terrorism.“Korea is a country founded on the principle of Hong-ik In-gan, or humanitarianism, and is thus ready to offer its cooperation for
PoliticsMay 19, 2011
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Legislative leaders stress safety net
Legislative leaders from around the world stressed the role of the parliament in promoting a global safety net in the Group of 20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation sessions Thursday.Under the motto “Safe World, Better Future,” the first part of the afternoon sessions was allocated to the issue of designing detailed parliamentary collaboration to curb terrorism and respond to natural disasters, accordin
PoliticsMay 19, 2011
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Lee hosts dinner for parliamentary leaders
President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday hosted a dinner for the participants in the two-day G20 Seoul Speakers Consultation at the presidential office.About 110 people invited to the event at Cheong Wa Dae included parliamentary speakers and delegates from the G20 states, National Assembly Speaker Park Hee-tae, vice speakers Chung Eui-hwa, Hong Jae-hyung, Grand National Party floor leader Hwang Woo-ye
PoliticsMay 19, 2011
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G20 speakers exchange views over climate change, poverty
The international community must work together on issues of climate change, food shortage and famine, parliamentary leaders from the world’s 20 major economies said Thursday, discussing global challenges during the conference in Seoul. The two-day meeting opened here Thursday, bringing together parliamentarians from the G20 nations, five non-G20 members ― Spain, Ethiopia, Singapore, Equatorial Gui
PoliticsMay 19, 2011
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G20 speakers urge anti-terrorism cooperation
International coordination to fight terrorism was on top of the agenda at the meeting of parliamentary representatives from the Group of 20 major economies in Seoul Thursday.Assembly speakers and delegates from 26 countries gathered for the two-day G20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation to seek parliamentary solutions to global issues such as terrorism and natural disasters.Sixteen of the participants w
PoliticsMay 19, 2011
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Retired female officers allowed into reserves
South Korea has amended a conscription law to allow retired female officers to serve in the Reserve Forces, in line with a move to give women more opportunities in the military, officials said Thursday.Unlike men, retired women officers had been banned from being automatically admitted to the Reserve Forces because their military service is not mandatory by law. The revised law means that female o
DefenseMay 19, 2011
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Seoul considers raising subway fares
Seoul is planning to raise subway fares by as much as 20 percent in an effort to cut the system’s deficit, officials said on Thursday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, they are considering raising the base fare by 100 to 200 won to stem this year’s estimated deficit of more than 574 billion won ($530 million) for lines 1 through 8.Seoul Metro, operators of lines 1 through 4 and the
Social AffairsMay 19, 2011
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Seoul to extend services for 217,000 elderly living alone
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Thursday a plan to support the city’s 217,000 senior citizens living alone. According to the city’s recent survey, of the more than 1 million elderly people aged 65 or older in Seoul, 21.5 percent live alone, many of them financially struggling.The number of aged living alone has continued to increase in recent years from 16.2 percent in 2004, the city s
Social AffairsMay 19, 2011
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80% support post-military hiring plan
Results of Defense Ministry survey more divided on financial supportNearly 80 percent of the public support the re-installment of a military duty employment plan, previously abolished for being unconstitutional, according to a Defense Ministry survey released Thursday. Working to gain parliamentary approval for the system, the ministry released a survey showing that 79.4 percent of the 508 men and
Social AffairsMay 19, 2011
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Jindo dogs not suitable for police work
A Korean dog trainer shows off a Jindo dog as Los Angeles Police Department canine officer Jeff Miller, right, takes notes on South Korea's Jindo Island. (MCT)Los Angeles Police Department has failed to train two Korean Jindo dogs for police work as two dogs from the breed that is South Korea’s 53rd national treasure “didn’t have enough focus, drive or consistency needed,” LA daily news reported.T
Social AffairsMay 19, 2011
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Defector says relatives in N.K. missing after identity leak
A North Korean defector is waging a lonely legal battle against South Korean authorities over the alleged disappearance of his relatives in his communist homeland, following an unwanted disclosure of his identity in the South.The battle started two years after Lee Kwang-su arrived in the South along with his wife, two children and a friend aboard a small barge across the eastern sea border in 2006
North KoreaMay 18, 2011
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Curtain rises for G20 speakers’ meet
The curtain has been raised for the Group of 20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation, the largest international event for the national parliaments.Assembly speakers and delegates from 26 countries arrived here Wednesday to attend the Group of 20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation, which kicks off its two-day run on Thursday. Assembly speakers and delegates attending the G20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation listen
PoliticsMay 18, 2011
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Seoul says it discussed Kim invite with N.K.
The South Korean government said Wednesday that the motives of its conditional invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to a nuclear summit in Seoul next year, announced by President Lee Myung-bak last week, was explained to Pyongyang.There has been working-level communication with the North about Lee’s proposal in Berlin after a joint press conference with the Danish prime minister last Thur
PoliticsMay 18, 2011