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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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S. Korea likely to send charter flight to Libya
South Korea is expected to send a charter flight to Libya as early as Thursday to evacuate its nationals from escalating anti-government unrest, an official said Wednesday, as a growing number of Koreans sought to exit the turmoil-laden nation. Anti-government protesters in Libya. (AP-Yonhap)The government has been negotiating with Egypt Airlines to charter a flight to bring South Koreans out of
NationalFeb. 24, 2011
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Maritime police helicopter missing with 5 crew on board
A maritime police helicopter went missing Wednesday as it flew over waters off South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju on a medical evacuation mission, officials said.The AW-139 helicopter took off from Jeju International Airport at 8:20 p.m. and picked up a female police officer who needed emergency medical assistance from a patrol ship stationed in waters west of the island. (Yonhap News)
Social AffairsFeb. 24, 2011
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Collapse of iron mould leaves 8 injured, one missing
An iron concrete mould collapsed Wednesday at a construction site in South Korea, leaving eight people injured and one missing, police said.The accident happened at around 3.25 p.m. in Gwangju, south of Seoul, when the mould fell on the fourth floor of a building under construction. Nine people working on the rooftop also fell down during the collapse. Eight of them were rescued and transported
Social AffairsFeb. 23, 2011
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Construction resumed for curved bridge
A 21-meter-high arch was placed on the Yanghwa Bridge on Wednesday, signaling the resumption of suspended construction work.The currently curved bridge, which has prompted safety concerns among drivers, will be reshaped into a straight line within eight days of engineering work, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said. “Opening to traffic could be possible by early May after related works are compl
Social AffairsFeb. 23, 2011
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Former minister named head of science council
President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday named scientist and former minister Kim Doh-yeon as chief of the National Science and Technology Council.Under a revised bill passed late last year, the presidential advisory panel is to become a standing organization in charge of distributing the state budget for research and development, starting in April.The upgrade of the council to the nation’s top decisio
PoliticsFeb. 23, 2011
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China again calls for 6-party talks soon
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi again emphasized the need for the resumption soon of the stalled multinational talks on North Korea’s denuclearization, indicating the lingering opinion gap with Seoul over how to deal with the North’s ongoing nuclear ambitions. The two-day visit by Yang Jiechi comes as regional powers share escalating concerns over Pyongyang’s ongoing nuclear threat a
Foreign AffairsFeb. 23, 2011
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‘7 in 10 workers want to migrate’
Seven out of every 10 salaried workers here want to move to another country to live in, mainly because of the “poor” welfare policies in Korea, a survey showed Wednesday. JobKorea, an online recruiting agency, recently surveyed 932 salaried workers online and found 76.1 percent would leave Korea for another country if circumstances allowed. The main reason for wanting to migrate was an unsatisfact
Social AffairsFeb. 23, 2011
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China’s influence on N.K. exaggerated
Professor says bilateral discussions needed before 6-party talksSouth Korea wants to protect its security and economic growth from North Korea’s threats, while the U.S. wants to defend its ally and its regional interests. Both of them would like China’s help in dealing with the rogue state led by Kim Jong-il. But what does China want? China expert and Yonsei University professor of international s
North KoreaFeb. 23, 2011
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Two S. Korean students unaccounted for after New Zealand earthquake
Two South Korean students are unaccounted for after their language-learning center building collapsed in an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.The students, a 25-year-old man and his 21-year-old sister, are feared to have been in the building when it collapsed after a 6.3-magnitude quake hit New Zealand's second-largest city on Tuesday, said Baik Joo-hyeon
PoliticsFeb. 23, 2011
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Four Koreans rescued from quake-damaged hotel in New Zealand
Emergency services search the rumble for survivors of the collapsed CTV building in Christchurch's business district, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Search teams using dogs, heavy cranes and earth movers worked through dawn Wednesday in one of New Zealand's largest cities, trying frantically to find survivors amid the crumbled concrete, twisted metal and huge mounds of brick left by a powerful earthquake
Foreign AffairsFeb. 23, 2011
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Chinese FM due in Seoul for talks on N. Korea, bilateral relations
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was due in Seoul on Wednesday for talks on North Korea and bilateral relations as the two countries differ over how to cope with Pyongyang's new nuclear program based on enriched uranium.Yang's two-day visit coincides with a U.N. Security Council meeting, set for Wednesday in New York, which is expected to debate over whether to adopt an experts' report that th
Foreign AffairsFeb. 23, 2011
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One in 10 workers suffers workplace violence
One out of every 10 office workers has been assaulted at work, according to a recent survey. SaramIn, an online recruiting agency, asked 1,951 members who are office workers and found 12.2 percent had been assaulted in their office. Immediate bosses were the largest portion of assailants at 66 percent, followed by CEOs and other executives (20.2 percent), seniors (16.8 percent) and those of equal
Social AffairsFeb. 23, 2011
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Report warns against aging teaching workforce
An annual education report warned Friday that the nation’s teaching workforce was getting older. According to the Korean Educational Development Institute, the teaching workforce here has gotten older ― by up to three years ― compared to 10 years ago. Last year, the average ages of teachers at kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools were 31.8, 39.7, 41.3 and 41.5, respectively. Compared
Social AffairsFeb. 23, 2011
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Lee urges chief envoys to keep up with ever-changing world
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday urged chief envoys to foreign countries to keep pace with the rapid changes in the world."You should redouble efforts to catch up with the ever-changing world," Lee told a group of South Korean envoys to overseas countries."I want you to work more actively. Being bound to instructions will not promise any progress," he said.A total of 115 ambassadors
Foreign AffairsFeb. 22, 2011
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S. Korea advises its people to leave unrest-hit Libya
South Korea is advising its people in Libya to leave the unrest-hit country, officials said Tuesday, as anti-government protests escalated across the African nation with rioters attacking a string of Korean-run construction sites.Concern about the safety of about 1,400 South Koreans staying in Libya, most of them construction firm workers, has spiked after a series of South Korean-run construction
Foreign AffairsFeb. 22, 2011
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S. Korean, U.S. marines to hold joint drill on West Sea islands
South Korean and U.S. marines plan to hold a joint maneuver this year on islands near the West Sea border with North Korea as the allies expand combined exercises to deter provocations from the North, a military official here said Tuesday.The planned drill would be the first of its kind involving marines from the two nations on the West Sea islands, one of which was targeted by a deadly North Kore
DefenseFeb. 22, 2011
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Arrest warrant sought again for doctor suspected of murdering pregnant wife
The prosecution asked a local court Tuesday to issue an arrest warrant for a 32-year-old doctor, who is suspected of killing his nine-month-pregnant wife, after an initial rejection earlier this month. The prosecution and the accused husband are now confronting one another over what people labeled the “Korean O.J. Simpson case.” The case dates back to Jan. 14, when police officers visited a studio
Social AffairsFeb. 22, 2011
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Free school meals to cost 13 trillion won over 5 years
Free lunch for every student will cost more than 13 trillion won ($11 billion) for five years, a report by the National Assembly’s budgetary committee found Tuesday. A total of 13.44 trillion won, including 2.77 trillion won this year, will be needed in the coming five years to offer free meals at all schools, according to the report disclosed by Rep. Kim Dong-sung of the ruling Grand National Par
Social AffairsFeb. 22, 2011
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Seoul issues stronger travel alert on Libya
The Foreign Ministry issued an alert against traveling to all regions of Libya on Tuesday, strengthening its previous warning as anti-government protests have been spreading across the northern African state and rioters breaking into Korean construction sites. Under the second-highest travel alert, all South Korean nationals are advised to leave the state or defer nonessential trips, the ministry
Foreign AffairsFeb. 22, 2011
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DP refuses talks on constitutional revision
Ruling party still pushing for negotiation with opposition groupsThe main opposition Democratic Party has said it will not participate in any talks on constitutional revision before the parliamentary elections next year.“There will be no discussions on constitutional amendment in the 18th National Assembly,” DP floor leader Park Jie-won said Tuesday during his speech as the representative of a par
PoliticsFeb. 22, 2011