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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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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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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Heavy rain, cold spell expected until Wed.
After weeks of mild spring weather, thunder, storms and even snowfall are expected this week on the Korean Peninsula, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Monday. According to its weekly forecast, rain will pour across the nation by Tuesday, drawing up to 80 millimeters of rainfall in Gangwon and North Gyeongsang Provinces while smaller amounts are expected in other regions, including Seou
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Japan donations surpass W55b
Donations for disaster relief in Japan surpassed 55 billion won amid an exceptional outpouring of sympathy toward Korea’s closest neighbor.According to major charities on Monday, the total donations made here amounted to about 55.6 billion won ($51 million) one month after the deadly earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11. The Korean Red Cross collected 39.2 billi
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Court suggests ‘conditional discharge’ bail of suspects
Korea’s Supreme Court suggested Monday that judges be allowed to discharge suspects on conditional bail as a way to bridge differences with the prosecution over the country’s controversial pre-trial warrant issuance system.The two legal sectors have long been at odds over what prosecutors claim is the court’s “much too strict” standard in issuing arrest and search warrants. The court argues such a
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Hyundai hacker suspect arrested
Police have arrested a 40-year-old man who reportedly planned the theft of customer information from Hyundai Capital earlier this month, putting more than 420,000 people’s privacy in danger.However, they have yet to locate his accomplices residing in the Philippines and China. According to officers at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the suspect surnamed Heo handed in 20 million won ($18,500)
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Boy handcuffed after argument over spilt milk
A 12-year-old boy was reportedly handcuffed and detained by a U.S. school resource officer after an argument over milk he spilt. The sixth-grader at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Indiana was to face juvenile probation, according to a local newspaper.On Tuesday, the school staffer ordered him to clean up after he spilt milk on the table during lunch. The boy refused and shouted back at him.The
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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TV actor Hyun Bin assigned to frontline Marine unit
Actor Hyun Bin (Yonhap News)A popular TV actor who enlisted in the Marine Corps last month for his mandatory military service has been assigned to serve on a frontline island on the Yellow Sea border with North Korea, Marine officials said Monday. Hyun Bin, 29, who starred in "Secret Garden," one of this season's most popular TV dramas in South Korea, is scheduled to finish six weeks of basic trai
DefenseApril 18, 2011
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SNS saves lives
A man planning to commit suicide decided not to die thanks to Twitter. On April 16, a man wrote that he was leaving a will on Twitter because he didn’t have paper. The message was directed to his parents and friends, as well as his brother serving in the military.Twitter users, shocked by the message, started retweeting the message along with a note saying that the man should be stopped from commi
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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College graduates outside labor force near 3 mln
The number of South Korean college graduates outside the labor force was close to 3 million in the first quarter due to the country's sluggish job market, a government report showed Monday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, 2.95 million people with two-year college degrees or higher were not in the labor force during the January-March period. The number accounted for roughly 18 percent o
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Three bodies found in northern Mexico grave
Members of the Navy escort Martin Omar Estrada Luna, center, alias "El Kilo," during a presentation to the press in Mexico City, Sunday, April 17, 2011. The Mexican Navy said Saturday it had captured Estrada Luna, the presumed leader of the San Fernando cell of the Zetas drug gang, suspected in the case of the mass graves found in Tamaulipas, as well as the migrant massacre last August in the viol
Foreign AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Lee calls for removing prejudices about disabled
President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called for tearing down prejudices about the disabled, saying that their physical challenges never mean they cannot be as competitive as the non-disabled. "I believe that the disabled can be competitive workers as much as they want, depending on the types of work and duties," Lee said in his biweekly radio address ahead of the April 20 Day for the Disabled, c
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Seoul, Washington agree to start joint study on nuclear fuel reprocessing
South Korea and the U.S. have agreed to carry out a joint study on safe ways to store spent nuclear fuel, including exploring the feasibility of pyroprocessing technology, the government said Sunday.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said the two sides agreed to conduct two years of preliminary storage-related research up till 2012 that is technologically and economically viable, an
Social AffairsApril 17, 2011
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Inter-Korean volcano talks ‘premature’: Seoul official
JEJU (Yonhap News) ― It is “premature” for the two Koreas to hold governmental talks for a joint survey of a North Korean mountain to assess the risk of its potential volcanic eruption, a high-level Seoul official said Sunday.The remark came days after the two Koreas agreed to conduct a joint on-site survey of Mount Baekdu during a rare civilian-led meeting that experts say may help open the way f
North KoreaApril 17, 2011
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Rhee’s son to apologize to April 19 victims
The family members of the deceased former President Syngman Rhee are to make their first official apology to students killed in the April 19 revolution in 1960.Rhee In-soo, the foster son of the late president, will visit the graves Tuesday morning, the 51st anniversary of the revolution, and pay respect to the victims who died under police fire, according to the Syngman Rhee Committee on Sunday.T
Social AffairsApril 17, 2011
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By-election candidates stress personal touch
Candidates for the April 27 by-elections emphasized their personal qualities over the first weekend since the official campaign kicked off last Thursday.Though candidates have been holding public campaigns during weekday commuting hours, all seized the weekend as a chance to attract the full attention of the voters.In the Bundang-B constituency, the former head of the ruling Grand National Party K
PoliticsApril 17, 2011
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Rights watchdog starts inspection of KAIST tuition system
The state human rights watchdog said Sunday that it has started an investigation into the punitive tuition system at Korea Institute of Science and Technology following recent student suicides at the school. The minority New Progress Party filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission on April 8, claiming that the tuition system, under which students pay different amounts of fees base
Social AffairsApril 17, 2011
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Lawmaker claims reactor rules ignored
The government resorted to expedience and bypassed set inspection rules to extend the operational life of South Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor, an opposition lawmaker claimed Saturday.Rep. Kim Young-hwan of the main opposition Democratic Party said when engineers tested the pressure vessel of the Gori-1 reactor in 2005, the critical system did not meet minimum safety requirements.He also argued th
Social AffairsApril 17, 2011
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Seoul offers free medical checkup for expatriates
Seoul City on Sunday launched a mobile clinic to offer free medical checkups for foreign residents here, officials said. The traveling clinic provides medical inspections including for blood sugar, liver and kidney functions and hepatitis.People who are found to suffer from any illness will be guided on medical institutions where they can receive treatment free of charge.Starting with Itaewon on A
Social AffairsApril 17, 2011
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Australia Embassy recruiting bloggers
In celebration of the Year of Friendship, the Australian Embassy is recruiting university student bloggers who hold a special interest in the country down under. The chosen 50 student online reporters will be provided with opportunities to experience Australia by participating and covering a series of Year of Friendship events and activities. The events include the aboriginal art exhibition BALGO;
Foreign AffairsApril 17, 2011
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Military agreement expands cooperation
The Defense Ministries of Denmark and Korea signed an agreement on sharing of classified military material recently.Signed by Danish Ambassador Peter Lysholt Hansen on behalf of the Danish Defense Ministry, the agreement gives the two ministries and their respective agencies access to each others’ classified material on issues of common relevance. This concerns issues related to the work on the Ko
Foreign AffairsApril 17, 2011
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Thai travel road show in Seoul, Busan
The Tourism Authority of Thailand is bringing their travel opportunities to the land of smiles to Seoul and Busan.The Thailand Road Show in Korea will highlight 70 sellers at the Lotte Hotels in central Seoul and Busan on April 19 and April 21, respectively.There will be a total of 49 hotels and resorts, five golf clubs and a slew of other services such as airlines, car rental companies and conven
Foreign AffairsApril 17, 2011