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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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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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Swedish seminar on green growth
The Embassy of Sweden and the Swedish Trade Council are holding a seminar on “Opportunities for cooperation between Sweden and Korea in sustainability and green growth.”Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling will lead a Swedish delegation consisting of government officials and company representatives that have good knowledge of and experience in sustainable development.The seminar will be held on Feb
Foreign AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Pakistan signs energy MOU
Pakistan Board of Investment recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Southern Power Company and Hyundai Heavy Industries to develop Pakistan’s energy resources.“Pakistan is interested in the development of its energy resources, and attaining a needed level of electricity generation to meet its projected demand of 54,000 megawatts by the year 2020,” said Pakistan Ambassador Sha
Foreign AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Happiest country is also greenest country
Throughout the world’s history, many great leaders have led by example; in the fight against climate change some countries are doing just that.Denmark is a country which has changed not only the way its people use energy but has also looked for synergies to expand their green tech industries and philosophy for a greener, more energy efficient tomorrow.Many diplomats say that what started off in Co
Foreign AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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S. Korean court issues arrest warrants for 5 Somali pirates
Five pirates arrested are accused of hijacking the 11,500-ton Samho Jewelry and firing at the ship's captain during a rescue operation by South Korean Navy commandos on Jan.21.(Yonhap News)A local court on Sunday approved the arrest of five Somali pirates who were captured alive during a recent rescue operation on a South Korean freighter, court officials said.The pirates are accused of hijacking
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Crop circles found in Yogya rice field
(Captured from Jakarta Post)A large circle and geometric pattern local residents say were created by a UFO have been found in a rice field in Krasakan hamlet in Sleman, Yogyakarta.The pattern includes a triangle and two smaller circles in the middle of the large circle, which has a diameter of between 25 and 30 meters, tempointeraktif.com reported Monday.“The circles were there since yesterday mor
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Prosecution indicts Hanwha chairman for embezzlement
The prosecution on Sunday indicted Kim Seung-yeon, chairman of Hanwha Group, on suspicion of embezzlement and misappropriation that it said have caused large damage to the business conglomerate. The indictment wrapped up the prosecution's 137-day probe into allegations that Kim kept tens of billions of won in slush funds to evade taxes. Also on the list of the prosecutors' indictment are 10 Ha
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Wounded captain of rescued S. Korean freighter arrives home
The seriously wounded captain of a South Korean freighter freed from Somali pirates was flown home from Oman Saturday for treatment, about a week after he survived shooting during a commando operation to rescue the vessel.The 58-year-pld captain was immediatey taken to Ajou Hospital in Suwon. (Yonhap News)A special ambulance jet carrying Seok Hae-kyun landed at a military airport, south of Seoul,
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Looting engulfs Cairo, other Egyptian cities
CAIRO (AP) _ Cairo residents boarded up homes and set up neighborhood watches of citizens armed with guns, clubs and knives Saturday as looting and violence engulfed the capital.Egyptian anti-government protesters stand atop an Egyptian army tank during a protest in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (Yonhap-AP)With the police having disappeared from the streets, the army expa
InternationalJan. 30, 2011
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Wounded captain of rescued S. Korean freighter heads home
The seriously wounded captain of a rescued South Korean freighter headed home from Oman aboard a special ambulance jet on Saturday, about a week after he survived shooting from Somali pirates in a commando operation to free the vessel.The 58-year-old Seok Hae-kyun was shot three times by pirates during the Jan. 21 operation in which South Korean commandos rescued the freighter Samho Jewelry. He wa
Social AffairsJan. 29, 2011
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‘Somali pirates are the most sought after groom among Somali women’
Those who are considered elite in Somalia join a gang of pirates, and pirates are the most sought after groom among Somali women, according to a source in Seoul. As pirates get ransoms of $2million on average, according to a BBC report in 2008, the rewards which pirate gang members receive, can exceed the average annual income of a developed country, the source said. The Financial Times reported t
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Gov. Lee, Rep. Suh lose jobs on conviction
Lee Kwang-jae, governor of Gangwon Province, was stripped of his position Thursday as the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s sentence. Lee was earlier sentenced to a one-year prison term and a forfeit order of 114 million won ($102,000) for having received kickbacks from Park Yeon-cha, CEO of shoemaking company, Taekwang Industry.The term will also deprive Lee, who was an aide of the late Presid
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2011
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Riot police squad disbanded for abuse
A riot police squad in Wonju, Gangwon Province, was disbanded on Friday after its seniors were found to have physically and emotionally abused young conscripts.The Gangwon Regional Police Agency said it broke up the 90-member unit, relocating 59 police officers to other areas. The other 31 members are victims of the abuse, and they will be transferred out after questioning, the agency said. The de
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2011
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Ministry conducts reshuffle of senior prosecutors
The Justice Ministry on Friday appointed Han Sang-dae, chief of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, to head the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in a reshuffle that affected six senior prosecutor posts.Park Yong-seok, chief of the Legal Research and Training Institute, was appointed as the vice chief of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in the reshuffle, which officials said is aimed at re
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Son says N.K. leader didn’t want power succession
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was opposed to the second hereditary power succession, but had no other option in order to stabilize the impoverished communist state, a Japanese newspaper quoted Kim’s eldest son as saying Friday.The Tokyo Shimbun said it had an exclusive interview with Kim Jong-nam, thought to be in his late 30s, in a southern Chinese city earlier this month. “Even Chairman Mao Ze
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Trial test for state-run English exam Saturday
Some 4,000 adults will sit a trial version of a state-run English test Saturday, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Friday. The National English Ability Test, or NEAT, is currently under development to be introduced as early as 2012. The online test is to be divided into three different levels ― one adult level to substitute TOEIC and TOEFL, and two student levels to substitute
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2011
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N. Korea proposes parliamentary talks
North Korea proposed parliamentary talks with the South to discuss ways to ease tension on the peninsula, drawing varied reactions from political parties here.“What is essential in the inter-Korean dialogue is dialogue between the authorities with real power and responsibility,” the North’s Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland said in an English-languag
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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Much at stake in widened by-elections
With as many as six seats up for grabs, the by-elections in April are expected to have a major impact on the political climate ahead of the parliamentary and presidential elections next year.Being this year’s only national-level elections, the votes could buck up or discourage the Lee Myung-bak administration as it nears its end.Gangwon Province will have to pick a new governor as Lee Kwang-jae wa
PoliticsJan. 28, 2011
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S. Korea repatriates N. Korean man
South Korea sent a North Korean man back to his communist homeland Friday after he drifted across the maritime border to the South in a boat in waters off the peninsula's west coast last month, the Red Cross said. The man, who has since expressed his desire to return home, was handed over to the North Friday afternoon at the border village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone separating
North KoreaJan. 28, 2011
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Man sentenced to suspended jail term for throwing feces at ex-president's tomb
A local court on Friday sentenced a 63-year-old man to a two-year suspended jail term for throwing human excrement at the tomb of late former President Roh Moo-hyun.The man, identified only by his surname Jeong, was caught in November last year after pelting a bag of feces at Roh's grave in Bongha Village, Gimhae, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul.Roh took his own life in May 2009 by jumping
Social AffairsJan. 28, 2011
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Expert warns of complacency on N.K.
Professor Myers of Dongseo Univ. expects third nuclear test in 2011, but not direct assaultRelations between North and South Korea were not at a particularly low point when “The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters” hit bookstores at the end of 2009. In the summer before, former U.S. President Bill Clinton had gone to Pyongyang to successfully negotiate the release o
North KoreaJan. 28, 2011