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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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[Kim So-hyun] The quiet taxi driver from Paris
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Prosecutors to indict former spy chief
Prosecutors said Tuesday they will charge former spy agency chief Won Sei-hoon with illegally interfering in politics before last year’s presidential election.The longtime aide to former President Lee Myung-bak has been accused of directing his agents to advocate government policies and counter opposition claims online. Wrapping up two months of investigation, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office plans to indict him on charges of violating the laws on elections and the National Intelli
June 11, 2013
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Authorities tracking down Roh Tae-woo’s assets
Authorities are reportedly looking into suspicions that former President Roh Tae-woo may have as much as 9 billion won ($8 million) in cash and real estate held under borrowed names.The revelation comes as authorities step up efforts to collect outstanding fines from Roh and his predecessor Chun Doo-hwan. Roh, who served as president from 1988 to 1992, was sentenced to 17 years in prison and fined 262.8 billion won in 1997 on a number of charges, including revolt and bribery, of which 23 billion
June 10, 2013
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Park opposes plan to make her old home public park
President Park Geun-hye voiced opposition Monday to a local government’s project to establish a park around a former home of her family in Seoul in tribute to her father and late former President Park Chung-hee.Criticism has arisen over the project by Seoul’s Jung-gu district office to build a memorial park around the former Park family house in Shindang-dong in central Seoul, where the elder Park lived for three years before he seized power in a 1961 coup. The current president also stayed ther
June 10, 2013
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Saenuri open to parliamentary talks with Pyongyang: Choi
Saenuri Party floor leader Rep. Choi Kyung-hwan expressed hopes for inter-Korean exchanges on the parliamentary level on Monday, in an apparent change of stance for the ruling party from only a day earlier. “If the inter-Korean ministerial talks are successful and once Park Geun-hye administration’s trust-building process takes off, more advanced exchanges including inter-Korean exchanges on the parliamentary level could be expected,” Choi said at the party’s supreme council meeting on Monday.Ch
June 10, 2013
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[Voice] Should Korea introduce substitute holidays?
Do Korea’s workers deserve more holidays? The Park Geun-hye government, having pledged at its inception to prioritize the happiness of the people, seems to think so. Along with a raft of other proposals floated by Park with the ostensible aim of improving people’s quality of life, the administration wants to provide an extra day off to workers for every public holiday that falls on a weekend. On paper, Korean workers, with 14 public holidays each year, enjoy more opportunities to unwind than the
June 10, 2013
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S. Korea, Russia maintain friendly relations
The following article was contributed by Russian Ambassador to Korea Konstantin V. Vnukov on the occasion of the National Day of the Russian Federation. ― Ed.The home and foreign policy of the Russian Federation is determined by the long-term goals of the modernization of the country, diversification of its economy, and its transition to the innovation model of development. The renewed concept of foreign policy of the Russian Federation, approved this February by President Vladimir Putin, noted
June 10, 2013
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Cheong Wa Dae upgrades website
Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday it has revamped its website (www.president.go.kr) for easier access to information and better promotion of the government’s state policies.The new site introduced a vertical user interface for easier browsing and was developed to focus on “user experience” that analyzes online visitors’ needs according to their age group.A bulletin board on the four state polices ― economic revival, people’s happiness, cultural prosperity and foundation of peace and unification ― is als
June 9, 2013
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Parties set to grill Cabinet on economy, inter-Korean relations
Political parties are set to question Cabinet members on economic democratization laws and inter-Korean relations in a four-day interpellation session that kicks off Monday.In addition, the opposition parties will hone in on political issues including allegations of the National Intelligence Agency’s interference in last year’s presidential election as they assess the Park Geun-hye administration’s first 100 days. The session will begin with political issues on Monday, followed by foreign affair
June 9, 2013
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Koreas agree on ministerial meeting in Seoul
South and North Korea agreed to hold a ministerial meeting in Seoul next week at their first government-level contact in more than two years, seeking to build mutual trust and ease uncertainties on the Korean Peninsula.In the morning session of the government-level talks held at Freedom House on the South Korean side of the joint security area of Panmunjom, the two sides exchanged views on the protocol, location, agenda and size of the delegation to attend Wednesday's ministerial meeting in Seo
June 9, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Obama taps Rice as national security adviser
United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, who became a target of Republican vitriol over U.S. President Barack Obama’s handling of an attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, is moving into the post of White House National Security Adviser.President Obama announced a major reshuffling of his national security team on Wednesday, ushering out Tom Donilon, a cautious Washington insider, and elevating Rice, a longtime proponent for expanding the U.S. role in protecting human rights and pr
June 6, 2013
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Seoul imposes tighter food controls
The government and the ruling Saenuri Party agreed Wednesday to introduce tougher measures against breaches of food safety regulations. Planned measures include placing a lower limit on penalties for relevant offenses, and fining offenders up to 10 times the amount gained by selling substandard foodstuffs. “The government and the party agreed to establish an environment where those who repeatedly and intentionally produce and market substandard foodstuffs are removed from the market completely,”
June 5, 2013
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Park celebrates groundbreaking for industrial complex in Daegu
President Park Geun-hye celebrated the groundbreaking Wednesday for what would be the first industrial complex in her hometown and political stronghold of Daegu as she visited the southeastern city for the first time since last year’s presidential election.The Daegu National Industrial Complex is a long-cherished dream-come-true for Daegu, the only large city or province in South Korea without an industrial complex. Such zones of factories and companies are considered a boon for regional economi
June 5, 2013
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Seoul rolls out job creation plan
The government said Tuesday it aims to create more than 2.38 million jobs by 2017 through flexible hiring, reduced work hours, job sharing and more positions for youth, women and the elderly. The Prime Minister’s Office announced a road map to deliver President Park Geun-hye’s pledge to raise the employment rate to 70 percent. The percentage stood at 64.2 percent last year.The plan involving 13 ministries and agencies came as Park, marking her 100th day in office, is accelerating her policy driv
June 4, 2013
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S. Korea, China agree to boost military cooperation
South Korea and China on Tuesday agreed to enhance bilateral defense cooperation to help secure denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula in line with their strategic partnership signed in 2008.During their talks in Beijing, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jung Seung-jo and Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Chief of General Staff Gen. Fang Fenghui agreed to set a telephone communication system for regular top-level dialogue.They also agreed to bolster their cooperation in g
June 4, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Park turns to last resort for PR chief
It was like deja vu on Monday when President Park Geun-hye turned to her long-time troubleshooter Lee Jung-hyun to fix the public relations mess at Cheong Wa Dae. Lee, 56, chief presidential political secretary, was named as her top public affairs aide, replacing Lee Nam-ki, who resigned last month to take responsibility for the sexual assault case involving then-spokesman Yoon Chang-jung.The move was to contain criticism toward the presidential office’s communications team, particularly over th
June 4, 2013
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Korea, Mozambique to boost resources, development cooperation
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday held talks with visiting President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique as part of her energy diplomacy and discussed ways to expand resources development cooperation by offering Korea’s economic development expertise. This was her second meeting in two weeks with the leaders from the resources-rich continent following her meeting with Ugandan president last week.Trade, investment, and energy and human resources topped the agenda of the summit, during which they also
June 4, 2013
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‘Saber-rattling increases talk of N.K. demise’
North Korea’s recent bouts of saber-rattling have prompted a “qualitatively different” conversation over the need to accelerate the demise of its regime, according to a renowned U.S. scholar.In an interview with The Korea Herald last week, John Ikenberry, a political scientist from Princeton University, stressed that Asia needed to do more to build a multilateral security mechanism to better handle regional challenges such as North Korea and arms control.The international relations expert also e
June 4, 2013
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[Photo News] Nuclear talks
June 3, 2013
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Park receives mixed reviews for first 100 days in office
President Park Geun-hye marks her 100th day in office Tuesday, as the North Korea standoff and a series of appointment blunders continue to overshadow her main agenda of boosting welfare and creating a “fair” economy. Various polls showed her approval ratings rebounding to more than 50 percent, with majorities praising her North Korea policies but criticizing her communication skills and personnel management style. During the first few months considered crucial for picking up the momentum to plo
June 3, 2013
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Tax haven report could give new boost for collecting Chun’s fines
The revelation that the eldest son of Chun Doo-hwan holds a ghost company in the British Virgin Islands could give new impetus to efforts to collect outstanding fines from the former military dictator.On Monday, Korea Center for Investigative Journalism revealed that the former president’s eldest son Chun Jae-kook has been operating a ghost company named Blue Adonis Corp. in the West Indies’ tax haven since 2004.The son is also the chief executive of Seoul-based publishing company Sigongsa, the
June 3, 2013