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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Heliport renovation on Dokdo under way to counter Japan's territorial claims: sources
South Korea has already begun work to renovate a heliport on its easternmost islets of Dokdo in an effort to reinforce the country's sovereignty over the territory amid Japan's continued attempts to lay claims to the islets, officials said Thursday."It is difficult to make a public announcement on this, given the issue's sensitivity, but the heliport repair work has already been launched and is qu
Social AffairsMarch 31, 2011
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Is your smartphone bad for your relationship?
(iPhone 4 /Yonhap News)Smartphones, with more than 10 millions users in South Korea, are changing the dating culture of people in their 20s and 30s, a survey conducted by marriage consulting agency Duo showed. Duo asked 294 unmarried people aged between 20 and 39 years old how smartphones affected their relationship with their boyfriend or girlfriend. A whopping 79.6 percent of those surveyed said
Social AffairsMarch 31, 2011
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All passengers on motorways required to wear seat belts
A compulsory seat belt-wearing law for all passengers on motorways nationwide will take effect on Friday, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Thursday. Under the new law, all passengers of vehicles, including those sitting in the back seats, must put on seat belts when they are on a motorway, a measure aimed to reduce casualties in traffic accidents, said the NPA. NPA officials said offen
Social AffairsMarch 31, 2011
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S. Korea resumes civilian humanitarian aid to N. Korea
South Korea said Thursday it has allowed civilian groups to resume humanitarian aid to North Korea for the first time since last November when the North bombarded a South Korean island. The Unification Ministry approved requests by three relief groups to send aid to the North, an official here told reporters amid reports of dire food shortages in the communist country.<한글뉴스>민간단체 北취약계층 지원재개 허용연평
North KoreaMarch 31, 2011
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Lee to hold press conference on scrapped airport plan
President Lee Myung-bak plans to hold a press conference later this week to express his position on the government's decision to abort a major airport construction project, his aides said Thursday, amid fierce backlash from local residents, authorities and lawmakers. "The president is scheduled to express his position tomorrow," a senior official at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said o
PoliticsMarch 31, 2011
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Politicians decry canceled airport plan
Ministry ditches Lee’s election pledge, citing economic viabilityThe government’s decision to ditch a plan to build a new international airport in the southeastern part of the country drew angry backlash from legislators Wednesday ahead of the by-election next month as well as the general and presidential elections next year.The airport was one of President Lee Myung-bak’s election campaign pledge
PoliticsMarch 30, 2011
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Japan textbooks strengthen claim over Dokdo
Japan strengthened its claims over South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo in its revised textbooks Wednesday, provoking Seoul to take a set of countermeasures feared to weaken ties between the two neighboring states. Tokyo has for years laid territorial claims over the South Korean islets and glorified its wartime past in textbooks for young students, often providing a stumbling block to mendin
Foreign AffairsMarch 30, 2011
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N. Korea proposes inter-Korean Red Cross talks over return of defectors
North Korea on Wednesday proposed holding inter-Korean Red Cross talks to discuss the repatriation of four North Korean defectors, officials said.The four were among 31 North Koreans who strayed across the inter-Korean border in the Yellow Sea on a wooden boat last month.The remaining 27 were repatriated to the North by sea earlier this week, in accordance with their wishes.North Korea agreed to a
North KoreaMarch 30, 2011
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Chung calls for return of U.S. tactical nukes
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A senior South Korean lawmaker Tuesday called for redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons to South Korea to pressure China to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear stockpile.“The threat of a counter-nuclear force may be the only thing that will discourage North Korea from developing its nuclear arsenal,” Rep. Chung Mong-joon, former chairman of the ruling Gra
DefenseMarch 30, 2011
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English contest offers Asians scholarships
Cambridge University’s English language department has launched a competition to find the best young Cambridge English speaker in Asia. Open to 18- to 25-year-olds, winning candidates will be awarded with prizes including an MBA scholarship in London.All those studying Cambridge English programs in Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India are eligible to ap
Social AffairsMarch 30, 2011
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DP leader Sohn to run in by-election
Ruling GNP expected to field a matching rival in key Gyeonggi constituencySohn Hak-kyu, the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, announced his decision Wednesday to run in the upcoming April by-elections, making the race highly intense and unpredictable.At a news conference, Sohn said he would run for a legislative seat in the Bundang-B constituency in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province.“I hav
PoliticsMarch 30, 2011
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Civic groups slam Japanese textbooks
Civic groups Wednesday expressed disappointment with Japan’s adoption of textbooks that claim its sovereignty over Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo.“Educating young students would be the important aspect of Japan’s strategy to seize Dokdo,” said Koh Chang-keun, head of Dokdo Network. “The young people who will lead Japanese society in 20 to 30 years would understand that Dokdo is currently domi
Social AffairsMarch 30, 2011
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Treating demons and diseases of defectors
Counseling facility offers N.K. refugees a place free from judgment and prejudiceIt is nearly 10 minutes until new-patient registration closes, but people continue to file into the counseling center.The patrons, quiet and reserved at first, engage in small talk with their neighbors. Their faces, hardened moments before, light up the tiny medical office.At first glance, they could be good friends k
Social AffairsMarch 30, 2011
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Japan authorizes new school textbooks renewing claims to Dokdo
Japan authorized a dozen new school textbooks renewing territorial claims to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo on Wednesday in a move sure to sour the warming relations between the two neighbors. The approval was seen by many South Koreans as a slap in the face as it came at a time when they have been pouring out sympathy and support for their former colonial ruler as it suffers from a
Foreign AffairsMarch 30, 2011
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Main opposition leader declares candidacy for April by-elections
Sohn Hak-kyu, Chairman of the Democratic Party (Yonhap News)The leader of the main opposition party has decided to run in next month's by-elections to pick three lawmakers and several local administrative chiefs, his aides said Wednesday, making the elections largely unpredictable.Sohn Hak-kyu, chairman of the Democratic Party (DP) and former governor of Gyeonggi Province, will challenge for a leg
PoliticsMarch 30, 2011
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S. Korea conducts live-fire drill on Yeonpyeong Island
South Korea's military conducted a live-fire artillery drill on Wednesday on a border island shelled by North Korea last November, officials said, the second firing drill since the North's bombardment that inflamed tensions. The firing exercise was started by marines on Yeonpyeong Island, near the tense Yellow Sea border with North Korea, at around 9:30 a.m. and was scheduled to last for abou
DefenseMarch 30, 2011
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Radiation fears boost seaweed, dried kelp sales
A customer takes dried seaweed at a local discount store. (Yonhap News)Sales of foods perceived as a defense against radiation exposure have increased sharply in South Korea on concerns over contamination from Japan's crippled nuclear plant, industry sources said Wednesday.South Korea said Tuesday that it has detected traces of radioactive iodine in the air above Seoul and other regions of the cou
Social AffairsMarch 30, 2011
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Koreas agree to continue study on volcanic threat
The two Koreas agreed Tuesday to advance their joint study of volcanic threats from Mount Baekdu, providing room for the chance of official dialogue long-stalled amid high tensions.The sides did not agree on a date for the next round of talks, though the North suggested early April and the South said it would review the proposal, according to Yoo In-chang, the chief South Korean delegate.During th
North KoreaMarch 29, 2011
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Korea denies 14 citizens further stay in Libya
South Korea on Tuesday denied 14 citizens remaining in Libya further stay in the turmoil-laden nation, citing the lack of safety measures should the situation there worsen, the foreign ministry said.The decision came at an inter-agency meeting that the government convened to determine whether to allow those in Libya to continue to stay there after the government placed a travel ban on the country
NationalMarch 29, 2011
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Korea, China make little progress on N.K. uranium issue
Foreign ministers of South Korea and China made little progress in narrowing differences over how to deal with North Korea's uranium-based nuclear program, with Beijing sticking to its opposition to bring the issue to the U.N. Security Council, sources said.The nuclear issue was a key topic at the talks in Beijing between South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and Chinese Foreign Minister Yan
NationalMarch 29, 2011