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Marine captain booked for sexually harassing soldiers

DefenseMay 24, 2011

Military prosecutors have booked a Marine Corps captain without detention for sexually harassing his soldiers, military officials said Tuesday. The captain at the 6th Marine Brigade, identified only...
Galactic ‘fountain of youth’ discovered in Hubble Telescope image

ScienceMay 24, 2011

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the edge-on profile of the slender spiral galaxy NGC 5775, which is surrounded by a halo of gas that astronomers suspect is kicked up by star explosio...
N.K. leader visits industrial complex in China

PoliticsMay 23, 2011

BEIJING/YANGZHOU (Yonhap News) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visited an economic development zone and a discount store in the eastern city of Yangzhou on Monday in a trip apparently designed to ...
Lee, volunteers celebrate accomplishments

Social affairsMay 23, 2011

President lauds World Friends Korea, stresses aid to developing countries Korean volunteers celebrated the accomplishments they have made abroad in the brand of World Friends Korea on Monday. In a ...
Agent Orange probe progresses

Social affairsMay 23, 2011

Whistleblower says he felt barrels explode while tamping ground The Korea-U.S. joint investigations into the alleged burial of deadly herbicides three decades ago at a U.S. military base in Waegwan,...
S. Korean nuclear expert to join Japan probe team

Foreign affairsMay 23, 2011

South Korea’s state nuclear regulator said Monday that it will send a nuclear expert to Japan as part of an international team to review the Fukushima disaster. The Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety...
Five minister nominees face tough grilling

PoliticsMay 23, 2011

While opposition parties pledge to call off the government reshuffle results, the five minister nominees face their parliamentary hearing this week, where they are to be grilled over varying charges ...
N. Korean leader in eastern China, may meet Jiang

North KoreaMay 23, 2011

Pyongyang media remains silent as China confirms Kim’s trip North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is currently visiting an eastern Chinese city, local reports said Monday, as Pyongyang remained silent abo...
Seoul tightens rules on cash flow to North Korea

PoliticsMay 23, 2011

South Koreans who wish to send money to their families in North Korea will be required to get government approval in advance under a revised law, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Monday. All remitt...
GNP vows to slash tuition, doubts remain

PoliticsMay 23, 2011

Opposition parties accuse ruling party of copying their fee-cut policy The ruling Grand National Party has come under fire for its new plan to drastically cut college tuition fees for low-income fam...
Korea, U.S. launch air defense exercise

DefenseMay 23, 2011

A full-scale military air drill took flight over southwest Korea to improve the efficiency of joint operations by South Korean and U.S. air forces, according to military officials in Seoul on Monday....
English-speaking assistant teachers in lower grades

Social affairsMay 23, 2011

More than half of native English-speaking assistant teachers are in the three lowest grades of a nine-grade system determined by qualifications upon employment, according to the capital’s education o...
College tuition fees soar 30% in five years

Social affairsMay 23, 2011

Seoul considers paying interest on student loans for low-income families The nation’s university fees saw a nearly 30 percent increase over the past five years, according to reports from central ban...
MBC Sports Plus announcer jumps off apartment: report

Social affairsMay 23, 2011

MBC Sports Plus announcer Song Ji-seon Song Ji-seon, an MBC Sports Plus announcer, has jumped from the 19th floor of her apartment building in southern Seoul Monday afternoon, a few weeks after stir...
Fire hits building in downtown Seoul

Social affairsMay 23, 2011

(Yonhap News) A fire broke out at a building next to major fashion mall Migliore in downtown Seoul Monday afternoon. People were rushing to the rooftop of the building in Myeongdong, Seoul’s main s...