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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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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
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‘Libya war to undercut effort for N.K. denuclearization’
WASHINGTON ― The war in Libya will hinder international efforts toward North Korea’s nuclear dismantlement as North Koreans reflect on Moammar Gadhafi’s decision years ago to abandon his nuclear weapons, a scholar said Tuesday.“The latest developments in Libya will have a strong effect on North Korea,” Ruediger Frank, a professor at the University of Vienna, Austria, said in a contribution to the
North KoreaMarch 23, 2011
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Sydney’s Mardi Gras pride of Aussie tourism
SYDNEY (AFP) ― “I want to see glitter and sequins and feathers,” shouts American actress Lily Tomlin as she pumps up revelers ahead of Sydney’s famous and irreverent Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.“I want to see you basking in your own glory!” she yells as the gay pride parade, an annual event which has enjoyed a growing international profile in recent years, kicks off under rainy skies.Comedian Tomlin was a celebrity guest at this month’s Mardi Gras and one of thousands of foreigners joining what h
InternationalMarch 23, 2011
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Ctrip surfs China’s homegrown travel wave
Travel has become a booming business in China as economic growth has lifted incomesSHANGHAI (AFP) ― A crescendo of voices builds on a typically bustling day in the Shanghai headquarters of Ctrip.com as staff put together hundreds of tourist trips. It is the sound of China’s travel boom.Call after call comes in to Asia’s largest travel call center from mainly Chinese consumers, but also international travelers booking flights, hotels and tour packages for anywhere from Hong Kong to Havana.“You’re
InternationalMarch 23, 2011
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89 percent of South Korean adults worry about natural disasters
Nine out of 10 South Korean adults are afraid of possible natural disasters, a report by the job portal site Saramin said Monday.Out of 1,198 adults the Saramin website surveyed, more than 89 percent said they were afraid that a major natural disaster will occur in South Korea.Furthermore, the survey revealed that 82.5 percent of adults are more frightened at thoughts of possible natural disasters
Social AffairsMarch 23, 2011
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8 N.K. defectors make apparent U.K. asylum bid
BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― Eight North Korean defectors are believed to have sought asylum in Britain after staying for years in South Korea, police said Tuesday.Police in Busan recently conducted a survey on 25 North Korean defectors who stayed in foreign countries for more than three months. The police hoped to gain insight into the North Koreans’ motivation to live overseas.Among them, eight North K
Social AffairsMarch 23, 2011
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Seoul to announce results of probe into diplomats' sex scandal Friday
Seoul to announce results of probe into diplomats' sex scandal Friday South Korea will likely announce later this week the results of its investigation into a sex scandal involving some of the nation's diplomats and a Chinese woman, a government source said Tuesday. Multiple Korean diplomats at the consulate in Shanghai have been accused of having extramarital affairs with the 33-year-old Chin
PoliticsMarch 23, 2011
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Prosecutors raid Orion Group over alleged illicit bond deal
Prosecutors on Tuesday raided Orion Group, the nation's major confectionery company, and its affiliates over its chairman's alleged illegal bonds transaction during the process of taking over large shares of an Orion subsidiary.Tam Chul-gon, 56, is suspected of buying bonds with warrants issued by On Media, Orion's media affiliate established in 2000 to diversify its business portfolio, at below-m
Social AffairsMarch 22, 2011
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Libyan gunmen rob Korean-run building sites
Armed robbers broke into two South Korean-run construction sites in Libya in separate incidents earlier this week, with one group stealing cash, but no one was injured, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.Three armed men stormed an office at a construction site in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday and stole about $2,500 from there, the ministry said. Separately, a group of four armed people br
Foreign AffairsMarch 22, 2011
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Seoul agrees to talks on volcanic activity in N.K.
South Korea said it agreed Tuesday to hold talks with North Korea on a potential volcano on the communist state’s border with China, proposing a meeting of experts next week amid growing speculation that the sides are seeking ways to re-establish contact.The proposal, made by the head of South Korea’s national weather agency and delivered through the liaison officials of the countries, calls for a
North KoreaMarch 22, 2011
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Seoul urges ‘heartfelt apology’ from N. Korea over attacks
A senior presidential aide to President Lee Myung-bak pressed North Korea on Tuesday to make a “heartfelt apology” for its two deadly military attacks last year, renewing Seoul’s demand for a prerequisite for resumption of any inter-Korean exchanges. Tensions on the Korean Peninsula plummeted to their lowest level in years in 2010 following the North’s deadly sinking of a South Korean warship and
North KoreaMarch 22, 2011