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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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Police nab suspect in killing of activist’s mother
Seoul police on Thursday captured a 43-year-old man suspected of killing the mother of a senior member of a conservative civic group on Thursday.The murder case has drawn keen public interest as speculation has circulated that pro-North Korea terrorists might have killed her, as her son’s group has actively engaged in a series of activities against the communist country in recent years.The suspect
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2011
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Carter expected to visit Pyongyang next month
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is expected to visit North Korea next month to thaw the frozen dialogue between the two sides, reports said Thursday, as Washington continues to snub holding two-way talks with the unpredictable state. “It is highly likely that ex-President Carter will travel to North Korea in about a month as the North Korean mission in New York has been arranging for the visit,
Foreign AffairsMarch 24, 2011
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S. Korea, Mongolia talk economic, civilian ties
Prime ministers and foreign ministers of South Korea and Mongolia held talks here Thursday, discussing how to improve their economic ties and better cooperate in easing tensions on the peninsula, the Seoul government said. Meeting with his South Korean counterpart Kim Hwang-sik, Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold expressed “solid support” about Seoul’s planned investment in developing min
PoliticsMarch 24, 2011
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Seoul won’t stop N.K. leaflet drop
Pyongyang renews threat to strike South’s psychological warfare ‘facilities’Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Thursday that it would not intervene in a plan by North Korean defectors here to fly anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the North, a day after the communist state renewed its threat to strike South Korea’s propaganda apparatus.“There is nothing special the government can say about the activities b
PoliticsMarch 24, 2011
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Minor quake hits central Korea
The state’s geological survey recorded a small quake in central Korea on Thursday, causing alarm among citizens amid quake fears.According to the Daejeon Regional Meteorological Administration, a 2.8-magnitude quake struck 23 kilometers west of Okcheon County at 4:35 a.m.Although the Korean Meteorological Administration received no reports of damage, they have received reports of citizens feeling
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2011
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Rival parties brace for by-elections
The main opposition Democratic Party is racked by internal bickering over whether chairman Sohn Hak-kyu, one of its presidential hopefuls, should run in the by-election next month, while the ruling Grand National Party is concentrating its resources on winning the governorship in Gangwon Province.An aide to Sohn criticized a group of DP legislators calling on the party chairman to run in the by-el
PoliticsMarch 24, 2011
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Mando fined for paying union staff
Mando, the nation’s largest automobile parts maker, has been fined 25 million won ($28,000) for paying extra wages to fulltime unionists, officials said Thursday.The Suwon District Court slapped fines of 15 million won and 10 million won on the company president and another executive in charge of labor affairs, for breaking the “time off” system adopted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor last
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2011
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Amnesty slams Egypt for forced 'virginity tests'
CAIRO (AFP) - Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned the "shocking" treatment of women protesters in Egypt after serious allegations that the army subjected them to torture and forced "virginity tests".The London-based rights group said that army officers violently cleared Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focus of the uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak to resign last month, and held at least 18 wo
DefenseMarch 24, 2011
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Man gets jail term for abusing children refusing to call him 'mom'
A transgender father of four has been given a two-year jail term for abusing his children who refused to call him "mom," a local court here said Wednesday.The 31-year-old man, identified only by his last name Oh, was charged with starving and beating up his four children -- one born to his first ex-girlfriend and three to the second one, whom he lived with from 2006 until last year. His second ex-
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2011
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North Korea embraces more foreign English teachers
South Korea has hired tens of thousands of foreign English teachers to meet the increasing demand for English education. Little is known, however, about North Korea’s interest in the subject.But news reports say that North Korea recently requested that a Canadian relief agency send English teachers. The Mennonite Central Committee will select two English teachers and send them to North Korea to te
North KoreaMarch 24, 2011
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S. Korea to clamp down on illegal Chinese fishing
South Korea will take tougher steps to deal with illegal Chinese fishing activities in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to better preserve the country's marine resources, the government said Thursday. The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said more boats and personnel will be assigned to cope with illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea up until the end of April, when Chinese b
Foreign AffairsMarch 24, 2011
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Carter due in Pyongyang on U.S.-N. Korean ties: source
WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will likely visit North Korea next month to broker rapprochement in U.S. relations with the reclusive communist state, which have chilled over the North's nuclear and missile programs and other provocations, a diplomatic source here said Wednesday. "It is highly likely that ex-President Carter will travel to North Korea in about a month as the
North KoreaMarch 24, 2011
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N. Korea threatens fire over S. Korean propaganda leaflets
North Korea warned Wednesday it is ready to launch fire over a plan by South Korean activists later this week to send anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border from a western border island.Speaking to a reporter of the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), an unidentified North Korean commander denounced such psychological warfare against his communist regime as "an act of war," warning that
North KoreaMarch 24, 2011
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Dormant volcano gets two Koreas together
Experts call for cooperation to cope with danger of possible eruption of Mount BaekduThough longstanding enemies who exchanged fire as recently as November, the two Koreas are geographically divided by just a thin borderline. They are inescapably in the same boat when it comes to natural disasters.As neighboring Japan struggles to cope with the aftermath of an earthquake and Tsunami that took the
North KoreaMarch 23, 2011
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Book further complicates Chung’s political path
The ruling bloc’s plan to put up former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan in a by-election next month hit another snag as the woman at the center of several scandals accused him of unethical behavior. Shin Jeong-ah, a disgraced former art professor whose fabrication of her academic record, embezzlement and affair with a high-ranking government official shook the nation in 2007, returned from prison wit
PoliticsMarch 23, 2011
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Education boards snub ‘indirect punishment’
Ideological tensions are have been reignited over a ban on corporal punishment at schools as some educational offices resist the “indirect punishment” system recently announced by the government.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced a revised education law on Friday which bans physical punishment but allows schools to adopt other disciplinary measures.Since the corporal punis
Social AffairsMarch 23, 2011
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Korea’s largest clay pot hitting the record books
A small county on Korea’s southeast coast is waiting for confirmation that a clay pot it completed last year will be recognized as the biggest pot in the world. According to Ulju County officials, the onggi, or earthenware pot, passed the Guinness World Records application, and is waiting for a representative to arrive next month and confirm the claim in person.Officials also believe that since th
Social AffairsMarch 23, 2011
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Students returning to Japan
Seo Min-jung, just admitted into a doctoral program in Japan, decided to leave for the earthquake-hit country despite the concerns of her family. Her course at the University of Tsukuba in a small town near Tokyo commences in April. Even though the repeated reports about the natural disasters and the leakage of radioactivity from a nuclear power plant in Fukushima frighten her and her family from
Social AffairsMarch 23, 2011
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Allies conduct logistics exercise in West Sea
Navy plans maritime drills to mark first anniversary of Cheonan sinkingSouth Korea and the U.S. are conducting a three-day joint military amphibious logistic support exercise in the West Sea that ends Thursday, as part of efforts to enhance the allies’ combat readiness, the Combined Forces Command said Wednesday.The “Combined Joint Logistics over the Shore” exercise being staged in waters off Anmy
PoliticsMarch 23, 2011
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China now does twice as much trade with N.K. as S. Korea
North Korea’s trade with South Korea was at about half the value of its trade with China in 2010, as the divided Koreas’ political relations worsened.The two Koreas exchanged $1.91 billion worth of goods last year, up 14 percent from 2009, the Korea International Trade Association said Wednesday.However, trade between the North and China jumped 32 percent on-year to slightly over $3.46 billion, in
North KoreaMarch 23, 2011