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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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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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DP proposes parliamentary investigation into data leak
The chief of the main opposition Democratic Party proposed Sunday that the National Assembly form a special committee and launch an investigation into the massive leak of customers’ personal and financial data from credit card companies.DP leader Kim Han-gil made the proposal amid a public uproar over revelations that some 20 million bank clients’ personal and financial data were leaked from credit card firms KB Kookmin, Nonghyup and Lotte. Customer fears have grown further following news report
Jan. 26, 2014
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Opposition chief proposes special parliamentary committee, probe into data leak
The chief of the main opposition Democratic Party proposed Sunday that the National Assembly form a special committee and launch an investigation into the massive leak of customers' personal and financial data from credit card companies.DP leader Kim Han-gil made the proposal amid a public uproar over revelations that some 20 million bank clients' personal and financial data were leaked from credit card firms KB Kookmin, Nonghyup and Lotte. Customer fears have grown further following news report
Jan. 26, 2014
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Ahn, Kim confirm stance on nomination
Democratic Party chairman Rep. Kim Han-gil and independent Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo held an undisclosed meeting on Friday, but merely reaffirmed their previous stances, shedding no fresh light on their possible joint strategies for the forthcoming local elections.At the meeting, Kim and Ahn were said to have agreed to cooperate in launching a special counsel investigation into the alleged election meddling by the country’s spy agency, and in abolishing the candidate nomination system in local election
Jan. 24, 2014
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Hiddink seeks to build futsal stadium in N. Korea
A former head coach of South Korea’s national football team appears to be seeking to build a futsal stadium in North Korea, an official said Friday.Guus Hiddink, who guided South Korea to the semifinals of the 2002 World Cup, proposed the idea to the South Korean government between late 2013 and early this year, unification ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do said in a regular briefing.Hiddink has also expressed hope that he can send materials needed for the stadium through the heavily fortified borde
Jan. 24, 2014
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DP concentrates fire on president over candidate nomination rules
The main opposition Democratic Party on Thursday intensified the barrage against the ruling Saenuri Party and President Park Geun-hye over the disputed candidate nomination system. Citing a statement Park made during her election campaign that the “worst kind of politics is that which does not keep promises to the people,” the DP concentrated its attack on the president. “The president and the Saenuri Party are trying to scrap the promise of political reform, the pledge to abolish the party nomi
Jan. 23, 2014
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Courts overturn, send back rulings on 3 lawmakers
Cases against three lawmakers were dropped or returned to lower courts on Thursday, enabling the representatives to maintain their parliamentary seats. Of the three, Rep. Sim Hag-bong of the ruling Saenuri Party was acquitted of election law violations by the Daegu High Court, overturning the earlier ruling that fined Sim 3 million won ($2,800) for allegedly violating the Public Official Election Act. In two separate rulings, the Supreme Court returned cases concerning ruling party’s Rep. Ahn Du
Jan. 23, 2014
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Park's office denies report of resignation by presidential chief of staff
The presidential office on Thursday denied a local media report that President Park Geun-hye's chief of staff has offered to resign due to "personal reasons."According to the Seoul Shinmun newspaper, Kim Ki-choon tendered his resignation before setting off on Park's state visits to India and Switzerland last week. Kim cited "personal reasons," suggesting they could be related to his son's health, the paper said.Park and Kim are scheduled to return from the trip later in the day."Chief of staff K
Jan. 23, 2014
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DP, Ahn to form united front on candidate nomination rules
Democratic Party chairman Rep. Kim Han-gil and independent Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo will meet on Friday to discuss ways to cooperate on outstanding political issues.According to reports, the two will hold a one-on-one meeting to form a united front against the ruling Saenuri Party over its stance on the candidate nomination system for local elections.Despite the measure being a critical part of President Park Geun-hye’s political reform pledges, the ruling party has since moved in the opposite directi
Jan. 22, 2014
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Park promotes corporate Korea in Davos
President Park Geun-hye pitched her sales diplomacy as part of efforts to lure foreign investment in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where an annual gathering of international political and business leaders opened on Wednesday. The president arrived in Davos on Tuesday after a four-day state visit to Bern. Park is the second South Korean president to attend the World Economic Forum after her predecessor, Lee Myung-bak, in 2010. Her visit to Davos is aimed at building investor relations for the Ko
Jan. 22, 2014
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Ahn to launch party in March, sounds horn for local elections
Independent Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo is set to launch his party in March and field candidates for all major posts in the June 4 local elections.Speaking at a forum in Jeju on Tuesday, Ahn announced that he will launch his own party to put an end to politics that “deceives the public and breaks promises.”“The new party will root out the decades-long illness in Korean politics and bring about big changes,” Ahn said. Saying that his “new politics” committee felt the public’s distrust of established parti
Jan. 21, 2014
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Presidential secretary ordered political postings: lawmaker
The presidential secretary for national defense ordered the cyber warfare command to post political comments online while serving as chief of the command, an opposition lawmaker claimed Tuesday.Yeon Jae-wook, who headed the command for about two years until October, received daily briefings from one of his subordinates on the top issues dominating Internet sites and social networking services, according to Rep. Jeon Hae-cheol of the main opposition Democratic Party.The subordinate, then-chief of
Jan. 21, 2014
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Maverick lawmaker Ahn to form new party in March
Popular independent lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo said Tuesday he will launch a new political party in March to field candidates in the nationwide local elections in June.The new party is widely expected to pose a serious challenge to the ruling and main opposition parties amid growing public disenchantment with the political establishment."I am informing you of my decision to create a new party after confirming once again that I was right about my conclusion that a new political force must come forth,
Jan. 21, 2014
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Korea, Switzerland sign trade, tech deals
President Park Geun-hye applauds while watching “Korea Fantasy,” a performance on traditional Korean culture held at Paul Klee Center in Bern on Sunday.(Yonhap News)The leaders of South Korea and Switzerland on Monday agreed to promote bilateral cooperation on trade, science, technology and industrial innovation.Presidents Park Geun-hye and Didier Burkhalter held a summit in Bern exploring ways to boost trade exchanges and strengthen cooperation in vocational education, technology and global sec
Jan. 21, 2014
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Kim Hwang-sik denies reports, leaves ruling party with few options
The outlook for the ruling Saenuri Party in the Seoul mayoral race was clouded further Monday, with former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik denying reports that he had accepted the party’s call to run for candidacy. On Monday, a local newspaper reported that Kim met a high-level Saenuri Party official last week, and accepted the ruling party’s call to run in the party’s primary. Kim, who had denied having any intention to run in the election until last year, was also shown making similar comments in
Jan. 20, 2014
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Gov't vows stern steps against bank data leaks
Prime Minister Chung Hong-won instructed the financial watchdog chief Monday to sternly punish those responsible for a recent massive leak of personal information of credit card users, calling for fundamental measures to prevent recurrence. According to the prosecution, sensitive personal information, including resident registration numbers, bank account numbers and credit ratings, of as many as 104 million customers were leaked altogether from the country's major credit card firms of KB Koo
Jan. 20, 2014
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KOTRA regional chief kidnapped in Tripoli
A South Korean trade agency employee in his late 30s was kidnapped in Libya, but the identities of his kidnappers are not known, the Foreign Ministry here said Monday. "The kidnapping took place early Monday morning Korean time," the ministry official said. The kidnapped person is known to be Han Seok-woo, the head of the Libya unit of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), according to the ministry and KOTRA. He was returning home after his work at the trade office in Tripo
Jan. 20, 2014
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Ahn calls for ban on party nomination of candidates
Popular independent lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo slammed the ruling party Sunday for backtracking from its pledge to ban parties from nominating candidates for local elections.The star lawmaker, who is setting up his own party, made his pitch amid heated debate on whether to deprive parties of the right to nominate candidates for municipal mayor and councils in the run-up to local elections in June. The ban is intended to eliminate corrupt links between those wanting nomination and the party, often th
Jan. 19, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Honda’s historical justice gains momentum
U.S. lawmaker Mike Honda’s push for historical justice gained greater momentum last week with the passage of a spending bill that included a provision pressuring Japan to apologize for its wartime sexual enslavement of Asian women.Albeit nonbinding, the provision brought fresh international attention to the women whose human dignity was trampled as they were forced to serve at frontline brothels by Japan’s Imperial Army during World War II.President Barack Obama signed the bill for the fiscal ye
Jan. 19, 2014
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S. Korea to set up foundation for victims of colonial Japan
South Korea plans to establish a foundation in March to support victims of colonial Japan's forced labor and their bereaved families, a commission handling the issue said Sunday.Historians say millions of Koreans were forcibly drafted into the Japanese workforce during its colonial rule in 1910-45, and more than 200,000 women from Korea and other Asian nations were sexually enslaved to serve Japanese soldiers.Seoul's forced labor investigation commission under the Prime Minister's Secretariat sa
Jan. 19, 2014
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By-election dates may change
Two by-elections slated for July and October this year are likely to be rescheduled as rival parties on Friday agreed on the need to cut the number of elections, citing social costs and election fatigue among voters.The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic Party are expected to discuss the matter at a special parliamentary committee on politics reform to be held Tuesday. Although both sides have agreed to the idea of scaling down the number of elections, a partisan clash is ex
Jan. 17, 2014