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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Korea enters full election mode
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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Gingrich: I expect to be 'in the race'
ATLANTA (AP) - Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich says he expects to be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.Gingrich announced Thursday that he's exploring a run for president, launching a website to collect donations.In an interview Friday night with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity, Gingrich said ``my expectation is that by the end of this exploratory
InternationalMarch 5, 2011
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China says it will tackle inflation, boost incomes
BEIJING (AP) - China's government promised Saturday to clamp down on inflation and urgently raise incomes as it pushes to spread the benefits of economic growth at a time when living standards are rising but so are popular calls for greater change.In a more than two-hour speech that is China's equivalent to a state-of-the-nation address, Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to boost assistance to working clas
InternationalMarch 5, 2011
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Japan's latest bullet train, the thin-nosed
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's latest bullet train, the thin-nosed "Hayabusa" or Falcon, made its 300 kilometer per hour (186 mph) debut Saturday, boasting a luxury carriage modeled on airline business class.Japan has built up a network of cutting-edge Shinkansen train lines since the 1960s that criss-cross the island nation and now hopes to sell the infrastructure technology abroad, including to the Unite
InternationalMarch 5, 2011
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Gadhafi forces battle rebels as 37 killed in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Moammar Gadhafi's regime struck back at its opponents with a powerful attack Friday on the closest opposition-held city to Tripoli and a barrage of tear gas and live ammunition to smother new protests in the capital. At least 37 people died in fighting and in an explosion at an ammunitions depot in Libya's rebellious east.The bloodshed signaled an escalation in efforts by bot
Foreign AffairsMarch 5, 2011
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Gov't likely to ban travel to Libya
South Koreans will likely be prohibited from traveling to Libya due to the ongoing anti-government uprising in the region, the foreign ministry said. The government convened an emergency meeting to deal with the ongoing unrest in Africa and the Middle East, and decided to upgrade its travel alert on all of Libya from the current Level 3 (travel restriction) to Level 4 (travel ban), the ministry
PoliticsMarch 5, 2011
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27 N. Koreans fail to return home via border village
North Korea refused to receive its 27 nationals South Korea planned to return on Friday after they strayed into southern waters on a fishing boat, the South's unification ministry said.The North Koreans, part of the boat's 31-member crew, waited for hours near the border village of Panmunjom for an approval from their government to go home."A North Korean liaison officer at Panmunjom called at abo
North KoreaMarch 5, 2011
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S. Korean man confirmed dead in New Zealand quake
The body of a South Korean man missing in a powerful earthquake in New Zealand has been found, Seoul's ambassador to the country said Friday.The New Zealand police notified South Korea that Yoo Gil-hwan, 24, who went missing along with his sister after their language learning center building collapsed in the 6.3-magnitude quake in Christchurch on Feb. 22, was confirmed dead, according to Amb. Noh
Social AffairsMarch 4, 2011
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Body believed to be that of S. Korean missing in NZ quake found
A body believed to be that of a South Korean man missing in a powerful earthquake in New Zealand has been found, a government official said Friday. The New Zealand government notified South Korea that the body appears to be that of the 24-year-old man, identified only as Yoo, who went missing after his language learning center building collapsed in the 6.3-magnitude quake in Christchurch on Fe
Social AffairsMarch 4, 2011
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Four North Koreans’ decision to live in South may add chill to bilateral relations
North Korea did not respond on Friday to the proposal to send back 27 of the 31 North Koreans whose fishing boat strayed across the western inter-Korean sea border on Feb. 5.Despite Pyongyang’s repeated calls to send all of its nationals back, Seoul has decided to return only 27. The South says that it cannot repatriate the four who wish to stay here, based on “international humanitarian principle
North KoreaMarch 4, 2011
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Coast guard fires on Chinese fishing boat
Officers of the Korea Coast Guard on Thursday fired at a Chinese vessel suspected of illegal fishing in South Korean waters, leaving one fisherman injured, the police said Friday. It was the first time for the Korean authorities to open fire against Chinese fishermen despite growing tensions between the two countries over Chinese boats’ frequent trespassing into Korea’s exclusive economic zone. Ac
Social AffairsMarch 4, 2011
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‘N.K. tightens info control amid Mideast unrest’
South Korea’s intelligence chief said Friday that North Korea was tightening control of information to keep its people from being influenced by the pro-democracy protests in the Middle East. “North Korea is strengthening its ideological training through media statements, fearing domestic spread of the news” that uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia overthrew dictatorships and spread to Libya, Won Sei-ho
PoliticsMarch 4, 2011
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Ambatel leaves guest data exposed
Ambassador Group, Google blame each other for leak of personal dataAmbassador Group, operator of the Grand Ambassador Hotel in Seoul and several others nationwide, is under fire for leaking its guests’ personal information on Google. While Google claims the hotels’ slack management of online firewalls is to blame, the hotel franchise is blaming Google’s reckless indexing of online data, including
Social AffairsMarch 4, 2011
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Ministry to help Korean products gain U.S. FDA approval
The government is planning to support 41 health and cosmetics companies’ advancement into the U.S. market. The “Columbus Project,” to be funded by the ministry and other related agencies, aims to help Korean firms increase their share of the U.S. market from the current 1.1 percent to 3.4 percent by 2015, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday.The 41 companies include some household name
Social AffairsMarch 4, 2011
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Lee calls for rebirth of military
GYERYONGDAE -- Attending an unprecedented joint commissioning ceremony of South Korea's major military academies Friday, President Lee Myung-bak urged his military to be reborn as an "advanced, strong armed forces" through sweeping reform and stressed the importance of teamwork among soldiers "wearing different colors of uniforms." "The military should make a revolutionary change in its syste
PoliticsMarch 4, 2011
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Obama hopes Egypt will follow S. Korea's suit for democratization
U.S. President Barack Obama has suggested that Egypt could become a democracy modeled after South Korea, Indonesia and Chile. Speaking at a meeting with American Jewish leaders at the White House Tuesday, Obama "elaborated on his optimistic vision for Egypt and for democratic change in the Middle East" and expressed optimism that "Egypt could transform itself into a democracy on the model of Ind
PoliticsMarch 4, 2011
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Rocket propelled grenades fall near Korea's Afghan base
Two rounds of rocket propelled grenades fell near the base for South Korean aid workers in Afghanistan Friday, but there were no casualties, a government source said.The grenades exploded on a road outside the base in the city of Charika in northern Afghanistan around 1 a.m. (Korean time), but it was not clear whether the attack targeted the base, the source said. (Yonhap news)아프간 한국기지주변에 로켓포탄 2발 떨어져 아프간 PRT기지 외곽에 로켓포탄 2발 떨어져 아프가니스탄 내 한국 지방재건팀(PRT)의 차리카 기지 외곽에 4일(한국시간) 휴대용 로켓포탄(RPG) 2발이 떨어
DefenseMarch 4, 2011
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Warship Choi Young departs from Libya with 32 S. Koreans aboard
A South Korean warship is on the way to Malta on Friday after departing from Libya with 32 passengers aboard as part of efforts to evacuate its nationals from the North African nation engulfed in bloody turmoil, an official said. The 4,500-ton destroyer Choi Young left the port of Tripoli at 4 p.m. Thursday (11 p.m. Korean time) and is scheduled to arrive at the nearby island of Malta around 7
DefenseMarch 4, 2011
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Man confesses while high, regrets
A repeat drug offender was booked after turning himself in while under the influence of methamphetamines to “become a new man,” but regretted his decision after coming down from the drug.According to the police Thursday, the 34-year-old man identified by his family name Oh bought a gram of methamphetamines at a street value of 800,000 won ($710) moments after being released from a 14-month drug ab
Social AffairsMarch 4, 2011
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Lee stresses respect for others in congregation with Protestants
President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that he wished the South Korean church could help bring the country together, without mentioning its latest fury over a bill on Islamic bonds. “I hope the Korean church can untie the knots of social conflict and serve as a bridge for national integration,” Lee said during the national prayer breakfast in southern Seoul.“I believe an attitude of understanding a
PoliticsMarch 3, 2011
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Defense Ministry scraps plan to create ‘Joint Forces Command’
The Defense Ministry decided to scrap a plan to create a top military command structure intended to enhance interoperability of its armed forces because of a constitutional challenge and resistance from the Navy and Air Force, officials said Thursday. South Korea had planned to establish the so-called “Joint Forces Command” amid calls to improve interoperability among the three wings of the milita
DefenseMarch 3, 2011