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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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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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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Late SNU student receives honorary diploma for work in Tanzania
Seoul National University is to award a student who died while volunteering in Tanzania with an honorary diploma.Architecture major Lee Young-jun passed away last July, after finishing design plans for a school in Boma Ng’ombe, Tanzania.The veteran volunteer died of a heart attack while swimming, just before he was due to return to Korea.Lee, who was 24 years old at the time of his death, had spen
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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Ministry unveils 101 welfare goals
The government on Monday unveiled 101 welfare goals aimed at improving people’s daily life in more specific ways. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has selected the 101 policy items that will be implemented within the year without additional budgeting or legal revisions. “Even though the economy is getting better since last year, the recovery has not yet been reflected in people’s lives, especial
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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21/2 years for drug use actor
An actor who confessed to smuggling in and using drugs was sentenced to two and a half years in jail by a Seoul court Monday. The prosecution had demanded four years.Kim Seong-min, 38, was arrested and indicted by prosecutors last month on charges of bringing in methamphetamines and marijuana from the Philippines on several occasions from April 2008 to August 2010 and consuming them at his residen
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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Phone keeps ringing in Ukrainian crocodile's tummy
(AP)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) _ The crocodile in ``Peter Pan'' happily went ``tick-tock'' after swallowing an alarm clock but a crocodile in Ukraine has been a little less fortunate.Gena, a 14-year-old crocodile at an aquarium in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk, has been refusing food and acting listless after eating a cell phone dropped by a woman as she tried to photograph him.Aquarium workers initi
InternationalJan. 24, 2011
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Slump-hit U.K. does beauty on the cheap
Protect your skin from aging with cream for babies’ bottoms A cream, intended to soothe nappy rash, has become a hit face cream for women in Britain. U.K. supermarket chain Waitrose launched the Baby Bottom Butter in 2005, designed to allay irritation of the skin on baby bottoms. Now it’s selling like hotcakes as more women experience the true value of the cream -- not only protecting babies’ bott
InternationalJan. 24, 2011
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S. Korea expected to bring captured pirates to Seoul for trial: official
The five Somali pirates captured alive by South Korea's navy commandos during a mission to rescue a hijacked cargo ship in the Arabian Sea are expected to be brought to Seoul for a trial here, a senior government official said Sunday."At first, we have been in consultations with neighboring countries (of Somalia) on how to hold them accountable. Unless that option is available, we will bring them
PoliticsJan. 24, 2011
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Motorists risk lives to collect coins strewn on highway
REMBAU, Malaysia -- An accident that resulted in about RM75,000 worth of coins being strewn on a highway saw motorists risking their lives as they scrambled to get the money.They parked their vehicles haphazardly along KM234 of the North-South Expressway and scooped the coins into helmets, pockets, plastic bags and whatever else that they could find until they were stopped by the police.Some were
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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U.S. surprised at high level of N. Korea's uranium plant: Hecker
SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. officials were surprised at the high level of sophistication in North Korea's uranium enrichment facility, an American nuclear scientist said, when he gave them the first-hand account of what he saw in the communist nation. Siegfried Hecker, a Stanford University professor, visited North Korea's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon during a trip to the isolated nation in Nov
North KoreaJan. 24, 2011
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The female warriors of tomorrow train today
First co-ed ROTC cadets go through military training side by side with men, look to change attitudesSEONGNAM, Gyeonggi Province ― At a military training camp in the mountainous outskirts of Seoul, Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets in camouflage, equipped with K-2 assault rifles, strike at their imagined enemy with the butt of their weapons.Closer examination of the future warriors reveals some
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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Kim Jong-il meets with head of Egyptian mobile firm Orascom
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met with the head of an Egyptian company that provides mobile phone service in the isolated communist nation, state media reported Monday. Naguib Sawiris, chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding, has been in North Korea for a visit since Friday. The Cairo-based firm has been providing mobile phone service in the North jointly with a local company since late 20
North KoreaJan. 24, 2011
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Russia's chief nuclear envoy on N.Korea to visit Seoul this week
Russia's chief negotiator for the long-stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program will visit South Korea this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday, the latest in a flurry of diplomacy aimed at seeking ways to resume the six-party negotiations.Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin will arrive in Seoul on Friday and hold talks with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung-l
North KoreaJan. 23, 2011
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Former pastor given 9 years for sex with minors
A former pastor has been sentenced to nine years in prison for having sex with underage members of his congregation, the Seoul High Court said Sunday. The 65-year-old man, surnamed Kang, had been indicted on charges of having sex with his victims, including a then 11-year-old girl, and sexually molesting three others at his church in 2006.He was also found to have taken photos of them in sexual po
Social AffairsJan. 23, 2011
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Sailor rescue a political boon for Lee
Successful raid on hijacked ship also a message to N.K.: expertThe successful military operation Friday to rescue all of the 21 crew members of a South Korean freighter held by Somali pirates is apparently a crucial political boon for President Lee Myung-bak.Internet sites are now inundated with messages supporting the president and his military that were harshly upbraided for what critics called
PoliticsJan. 23, 2011
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Charity head promises to donate part of his salary
The new secretary general of the Community Chest of Korea said Sunday that he will donate 1 million won ($890) from his salary every month. The announcement came after the nation’s only legal charity was dealt a serious blow in an internal corruption scandal at the end of last year. “There were some criticisms that the salary of our executives is too high. As I’m working for a charitable organizat
Social AffairsJan. 23, 2011
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Nuke talks between Iran, world powers fail
ISTANBUL (AFP) ― World powers Saturday failed to persuade Iran to take steps to ease suspicions over its nuclear program as the defiant Islamic republic insisted on uranium enrichment.The two-day talks in Istanbul between Iran and the six world powers ended without progress and no new meeting was scheduled to tackle concerns that Tehran is secretly developing an atomic bomb.“We had hoped to embark
InternationalJan. 23, 2011
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Ex-N.K. propaganda artist now freedom fighter
Posing in front of one of his anti-North Korea paintings ― this one depicting Dear Leader Kim Jong-il’s head atop the provocative body of Marilyn Monroe ― North Korean defector Song Byeok believes he is finally free from the communist brainwashing that has eaten into his soul.Song, 42, who escaped North Korea in 2002, had moments ago waved his hand and slipped away in refusal when he was asked to
North KoreaJan. 23, 2011
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N.K. belatedly reports on U.S.-China summit
North Korea’s state-run news agency Saturday belatedly reported the U.S.-China summit held in Washington last week but stopped short of commenting on the results of the discussions.The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama exchanged views on international and regional issues, including the situation on the Korean Peninsula.“The China-U.
North KoreaJan. 23, 2011
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Korea to beef up cyber crime unit
The prosecution said Sunday that they will increase the number of cyber crime investigators in an effort to fight varied types of rapidly evolving crimes on the Internet.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said they will assign an additional 25 investigators to its cyber crime investigation center, which is currently manned by only eight officials.The center is in charge of tracking dow
Social AffairsJan. 23, 2011
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Seoul consulting with African countries over Somali pirates
The Seoul government is consulting with several countries adjacent to Somalia over how to deal with the five pirates captured during the successful rescue operation Friday, a government source said Sunday.It is currently seeking cooperation from Kenya, Yemen and Oman. However, they remain reluctant to accept the pirates, citing the costs of and lack of facilities for handling them, according to th
PoliticsJan. 23, 2011
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Former pastor given 9 years for underage sex
A former pastor has been sentenced to nine years in prison for having sex with underage members of his congregation, the Seoul High Court said Sunday. The 65-year-old man, surnamed Kang, had been indicted on charges of having sex with his victims, including a then 11-year-old girl, and sexually molesting three others at his church in 2006. (MCT)He was also found to have taken photos of them in sex
Social AffairsJan. 23, 2011