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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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Hankook Tire takes over control of Hanon Systems
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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S. Korea, Japan, China agree to create new financing facility against regional crises
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Top prosecutor orders speedy investigation into first lady's alleged acceptance of luxury handbag
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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S. Korea’s legal system popular in Asian countries
South Korea’s judiciary systems, including the electronic litigation process and legal training programs, have been growing in popularity in other Asian countries, the top court here said Monday.According to the Supreme Court, a group of seven high-profile Vietnamese judicial figures, including the vice president of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam, arrived in Seoul on Sunday to visit South K
PoliticsApril 25, 2011
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Judges, prosecutors lured into law by fat salaries
When South Korea’s first-ever female Supreme Court justice retired from the bench in August, she was surprised to learn how much she could earn in her first year if she practices law.“I heard that I could make up to 10 billion won ($9.2 million) in my first year as a lawyer, which is nearly 1 billion won a month,” said Kim Young-ran, 55, who now heads the government’s Anti-Corruption and Civil Rig
Social AffairsApril 25, 2011
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Korea, Australia to ink FTA this year
Leaders agree to expedite negotiations, expand natural resources tiesPresident Lee Myung-bak and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard agreed during summit talks here Monday to conclude bilateral free trade deal negotiations this year, Lee’s office said.“The leaders agreed that negotiations on an Australia-Korea free trade agreement were now in their final stage and reaffirmed their joint goal t
PoliticsApril 25, 2011
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ROTC program grows popular among coeds
The Army’s college-based program to train officers is drawing keen attention among young women now that they are allowed to enroll in the Reserve Officer Training Corps as of last year, officials said Monday.South Korea’s Army picked 60 female ROTC cadets from seven selected universities last year as part of its efforts to secure more talented female officers and give more opportunities to women.F
Social AffairsApril 25, 2011
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Four charged with rape of hagwon teacher
Four teenagers have been charged with the gang rape of an English teacher in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province.The three university students and one unemployed man are accused of taking turns raping the 24-year-old hagwon teacher at a motel on April 12 after meeting her at a bar. The teacher, who is from the U.S., had been drinking with the men after friends she had been with left, according to Anyang pol
Social AffairsApril 25, 2011
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Elite Air Force troops sharpen combat skills
Fearless Air Force special warfare troops hurled themselves out of a C-130 military plane at an altitude of about 500 meters as part of their five-day biannual exercise that began in Uiryeong, South Gyeongsang Province, on Monday.Wearing safety and combat equipment weighing more than 40 kilograms, 23 soldiers of the Combat Control Team belonging to the 5th Tactical Airlift Wing safely landed one b
PoliticsApril 25, 2011
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Rocket launchers deployed on border islands: source
The South Korean military has deployed a set of multiple launch rocket systems on two of the northwestern border islands in efforts to prepare for North Korean provocations, a government source said Monday.The source said some 10 systems have been sent to Bangnyeong and Yeonpyeong Islands near the western maritime border, where North Korean military attacks have persisted. “The rocket systems have
DefenseApril 25, 2011
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Umbrella unions join forces
FKTU, KCTU leaders agree to team up against labor policyThe heads of the nation’s two umbrella unions vowed Monday to stand against what they call a oppressive Lee Myung-bak administration and influence the by-elections slated for Wednesday. This is the first time the two groups jointly and publicly denounced the administration. Lee Yong-deug, head of the more moderate Federation of Korean Trade U
Social AffairsApril 25, 2011
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Austrian authorities reveal find of buried treasure
Picture of a backyard (MCT)VIENNA (AP) ― A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled across buried treasure ― hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious objects that Austrian authorities described Friday as a fairy-tale find.Austria’s department in charge of national antiquities said the trove consists of more than 200 rings, brooches, ornate belt buckles, gold-plated silver p
Social AffairsApril 25, 2011
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Seoul to complete anti-quake subway reinforcement project by 2014
Citizens participate in the earthquake exercise held in Incheon Metro subway station in March 30. (Yonhap News)The Seoul city government said Monday that it will complete an ongoing project to make the city's subway tunnels quake-resistant by 2014, two years earlier than originally scheduled, amid heightened safety concerns following Japan's devastating earthquake.Since 2004, the city has been ass
Social AffairsApril 25, 2011
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Carter begins tour of China, Koreas to reduce regional tensions
WASHINGTON, (Yonhap)- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Sunday embarked on a tour of China and the two Koreas in a "new initiative" to help reduce tensions in the Korean Peninsula amid stalled international dialogue for North Korea's nuclear dismantlement. "At a time when official dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea appears to be at a standstill, we aim to see how we may be
North KoreaApril 25, 2011
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S. Korea deploys extra rocket artillery to Yellow Sea islands
South Korea's military has deployed more rocket artillery to two islands near the Yellow Sea border to guard against a possible attack by North Korea, a government source said Monday, amid high tensions following the North's deadly shelling of one of the islands. An unspecified number of the homegrown 130-millimeter "Kuryong" multiple rocket launchers were recently installed on Baengnyeong and Yeo
DefenseApril 25, 2011
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Return of Lee’s top aide glimpse of next Cabinet reshuffle
The planned return of Yu Woo-ik, President Lee Myung-bak’s first chief of staff who has served as Korea’s top envoy to China for the past 16 months, is expected to coincide with a Cabinet reshuffle early next month, offering a glimpse of what Lee’s vision for the remainder of his term.As one of Lee’s closest confidants, Yu is likely to get a new top post at home along with a handful of others with
PoliticsApril 24, 2011
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Candidates crisscross on Easter Sunday
The ruling and opposition camps went all out over the weekend, considered the last possible chance to gain more support before the by-election this Wednesday.Parties especially kept watch for foul play from opponents in the forms of illegal campaigning or slander.Candidates in the Bundang-B constituency, in which the most intense contest is expected between two big names, largely sought the favor
PoliticsApril 24, 2011
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Luxembourg minister presses for EU-FTA passage
Luxembourg’s foreign minister visited Korea last week with a message for Assembly members over the failed passage of Korea’s trade pact with the European Union.“This is very serious, it is not pressure, but, if we cannot manage the entry into force on the July 1, then we have to change the date (into force) in the council and therefore, my suggestion is to do everything that can be done by the gov
Foreign AffairsApril 24, 2011
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Parties argue over how to help EU-FTA transition
The government and the ruling Grand National Party are at odds over how to minimize the damage that the pending free trade deal with the European Union would inflict on the domestic livestock farm business.The GNP said Saturday that the party and the government failed to close the gap on tax exemptions for the stockbreeders who shift to another trade.The government explained that it was set to dis
PoliticsApril 24, 2011
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Rivals feud over illegal campaign charges
Candidates go head-to-head on TV over illicit publicity in GangwonAmid recent suspicions of illicit campaigning, the Gangwon governor candidates of the ruling and opposition parties clashed in a heated televised debate on the issue late on Saturday night.“Though I have tried my best to keep this by-election clean and fair, I am sorry that some of the overenthusiastic volunteers of our camps have c
PoliticsApril 24, 2011
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Seoul pledges $500,000 for anti-piracy fund
The Seoul government has pledged to contribute $500,000 to an international anti-piracy trust fund, further expanding its financial role in the fight against pirates off the Somali coast, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.South Korea’s envoy, Moon Ha-yong, announced the decision while attending a session of the U.N. Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia ― held in Dubai in the United Arab
PoliticsApril 24, 2011
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Man sues over FMD burial site management
A real estate owner near a burial site for cattle culled to prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth-disease filed suit against the government Saturday over environmental damage he said the slaughter and burial have caused.The suit makes him the first person to file for compensation over the FMD measures but observers expect more to follow as the weather grows warmer and decomposition speeds u
Social AffairsApril 24, 2011
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University helps U.S. soldiers adjust to Korean life
PYEONGTAEK ― Pyeongtaek University is emerging as a major educational institution to help U.S. soldiers smoothly adjust to their new lives in Korea through a unique orientation program.Since 2006, the university in the western port city has run the Head Start Program for U.S. troops stationed at nearby Camp Humphreys, the 7th Air Force in Osan and other installations. Under the program, they learn
PoliticsApril 24, 2011