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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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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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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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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Weather offices to collaborate on disasters
Korea will seek to share meteorological information with Japan or China in case their weather agencies are hit by a natural disaster such as the recent massive quake in Japan, Cho Seok-joon, chief of the Korea Meteorological Administration, said Monday. Talks are underway for a joint study-observation-forecast-alarm system among the three countries, which will enable them to send warnings or advic
Social AffairsMarch 21, 2011
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Seoul City launches global alliance convention industry
The Seoul Metropolitan Government launched a global alliance Monday aimed at fostering the burgeoning convention industry along with six major cities abroad.The “Future Convention Cities Initiative” started last July along with four founding member cities ― Seoul, London, Sydney and Toronto.During Monday’s launch ceremony, San Francisco, Abu Dhabi and Durban, South Africa newly signed an agreement
Social AffairsMarch 21, 2011
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Red Cross collects W10.5b for Japan
The Korean Red Cross reported Monday that it has collected more than 10.5 billion won ($93.3 million) less than a week after starting a fundraising campaign to help victims of the deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11. The amount surpassed the 8.65 billion won collected in a month last year to help earthquake victims in Haiti, the charity added.Lump sum d
Social AffairsMarch 21, 2011
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Over 2,000 rally against nuclear plants in Taiwan
Over 2,000 rally against nuclear plants in TaiwanTAIPEI (AFP) - Around 2,000 anti-nuclear protesters demonstrated in Taiwan on Sunday, demanding an immediate halt to the construction of an atomic power plant.The march comes amid a crisis in Japan after a huge quake on March 11 unleashed a tsunami which crippled an atomic plant 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Tokyo."In the face of Japan's n
Social AffairsMarch 21, 2011
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N. Korea accuses U.S. troops of partying inside Demilitarized Zone
North Korea on Sunday accused U.S. troops in South Korea of trespassing into the Demilitarized Zone and even partying inside it, threatening "human damage" if such provocations continue.The threat has been delivered to the South Korean military, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), which claimed that U.S. forces made 50 trespasses from March 1-8. North Korean milit
North KoreaMarch 21, 2011
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Another S. Korean confirmed dead in quake
Another South Korean has been confirmed dead in the aftermath of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the foreign ministry here said Sunday, raising the country's death toll in the disaster to two.A 37-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Jeon, was living in the city of Ishinomaki with her Japanese husband when the magnitude-9.0 earthquake hit, the ministry said, adding that her b
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Seoul sends radiation experts to Japan
The South Korean government on Sunday dispatched a nuclear safety expert to quake-hit Japan to better respond to health problems among Korean residents there. Jung Kyu-hwan, a radiation expert and senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, will control radiation levels and prepare for any new developments, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said. Passengers from Jap
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Neighbors agree on nuke safety steps
Foreign ministers of S. Korea, Japan, China discuss disaster, N.K.KYOTO, Japan (Yonhap News) ― South Korea, Japan and China agreed Saturday to work closely together in disaster management and nuclear safety as their foreign ministers met for annual talks that were heavily overshadowed by a devastating earthquake and nuclear crisis.South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, Japanese Foreign Minis
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Ex-leader Roh’s loyalist becomes minority party chief
Rhyu Si-min, a loyal supporter of the late President Roh Moo-hyun and one of the nation’s most influential liberal politicians, was elected chief of a minority left-leaning party over the weekend, taking a step toward his likely goal to become president in 2012. Rhyu, who served as welfare minister under Roh and is especially popular among the progressive younger generation here, will likely seek
PoliticsMarch 20, 2011
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Gangnam to offer customized safety services to foreign residents
Gangnam-gu Office will offer customized safety services to foreign residents in cooperation with district police stations, officials said Sunday. The district office said it will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Gangnam and Seocho police stations Tuesday. Foreign nationals who cannot speak Korean well have sometimes become easy targets for crimes here. So, as part of the MOU, a matching
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Battle to recognize fishermen’s sacrifice continues
On April 2 of last year, a week after the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, a small fishing boat collided with a Cambodian cargo ship and sank in the West Sea. Nine fishermen, who were aboard the ill-fated private trawler “Geumyang 98” ― mobilized by the government to assist in the search for the missing sailors of the sunken warship ― never returned to their families. Only two bodies w
PoliticsMarch 20, 2011
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Cheonan sinking reshapes military strategies
S. Korean Armed Forces focus on combined capability, countering asymmetrical threatsThis is the first of a two-part series to mark the first anniversary of the sinking of the corvette Cheonan. ― Ed.North Korea’s torpedo attack on the corvette Cheonan a year ago has prompted South Korea to reshape its military strategies against the belligerent neighbor and sharply raised public security awareness.
DefenseMarch 20, 2011
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Report paints stark reality for North Koreans
The belief that South and North Korea are “one nation” might be a fantastic idea in theory, but it does not reflect the reality of the situation.Last week, the British and Netherlands Embassies co-hosted a seminar with the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights to highlight and discuss the launch of reports about the integration of North Korean defectors in South Korea and the violence a
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Southeast Asia guidebook for teens
The ASEAN-Korea Centre has published “ASEAN and Korea, We Are Friends,” a guidebook for teenagers.“It is a booklet designed for junior and high school students in Korea so that they can learn about our close neighbor ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations),” said secretary general Cho Young-jai.The book provides introductory information on the block’s relations with Korea and its ten member
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Paraguay River development key to economic growth
No matter the riches and opportunities Paraguay offers, the growth of this Latin American country’s export industries is hindered by its location.A landlocked country, Paraguay’s plan to become a regional hub for Asian products relies heavily on its main waterway, the Paraguay River, the backbone that connects Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina to the vital shipping lanes of the Atlantic Oce
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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New envoy holds new vision for Ecuador
Adding value needed to break South American nation’s cycle of povertyThe new Ecuador ambassador has arrived with a plan: to ask Korean companies and officials to have vision and realize that Ecuador is not the same country that it was many years ago.“We are building an infrastructure for Ecuador that will help us get out of this circle of poverty,” Nicolas Trujillo told The Korea Herald during his
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Donations to Red Cross campaign for Japan quake victims top W10 bln
The Korea National Red Cross (KNRC) has collected more than 10 billion won (US$8.9 million) in a national fundraising campaign for those affected by Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami. South Koreans from all walks of life donated 10.5 billion won in 532,000 cases to the KNRC as of Saturday, the sixth day of the campaign, KNRC officials said. Among the top donors were Korean TV stars popular
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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KTX train breaks down in tunnel due to unknown problem
BUSAN (Yonhap) -- A KTX bullet train abruptly stopped for an unknown reason inside a tunnel shortly after departing from Busan for Seoul on Sunday, paralyzing Seoul-bound railway traffic for about an hour, railway officials said. The train came to an unscheduled halt at 12:13 p.m. inside the 20.3 kilometer-long Geumjeong tunnel on the outskirts of Busan, the longest in the country. The stop
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Maximum prison term for brutal murderers to double to 50 years
The Supreme Court will hold its sentencing council meeting on Monday to finalize a new set of sentencing guidelines that call for increasing the maximum prison sentence for brutal murderers to 50 years, officials said Sunday. Under the new guidelines prepared following last year's revision of the criminal law, those convicted of killing more than two people in a premeditated or cruel manner wi
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Yellow dust from China contains radioactive substance: institute
Yellow dust blowing over South Korea every year from China is believed to contain radioactive materials presumed to have been leaked from nuclear power plants in the neighboring country, a state think tank said Sunday. Small amounts of cesium-137, a highly radioactive material, have been detected in the air and surface of South Korea between February and April, when the dust gets most serious, o
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011