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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Queens may can Korean-only signs in K town
Queens, a district of New York, is to regulate foreign language signs by requiring English translations.Two Republican councilmen, Peter Koo from Flushing and Dan Halloran of Whitestone, are planning on introducing the controversial bill.When the new law is enforced, shop owners are forced to change their signs so that at least 60 percent is written in English. Some streets in areas like Flushing
June 1, 2011
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Rival parties on collision course over bank scandal
Both sides say the other should take responsibility for savings bank problemsThe presidential office and opposition lawmakers are accusing each other of being associated with a corruption scandal involving savings banks that has led to the arrest of a former top state auditor for bribery.A senior Cheong Wa Dae official on Tuesday went on a counteroffensive against Park Jie-won, former floor leader
May 31, 2011
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DP vows to thwart Korea-U.S. FTA
The main opposition Democratic Party has decided to oppose the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement bill in the June parliamentary plenary session and to urge the government to begin a renegotiation.In preparation for the June session, which is to kick off Wednesday, DP lawmakers gathered Tuesday in a daily workshop to discuss pending issues.“We refuse to ratify the current free trade bill, which is th
May 31, 2011
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Lee to meet Park on Friday
Meeting comes as GNP is embroiled in leadership crisisPresident Lee Myung-bak will meet with the ruling party’s factional leader and strongest presidential hopeful Rep. Park Geun-hye this Friday, Lee’s aide said Tuesday, 10 months after their previous meeting in August last year.During the luncheon meeting with Lee, the former chairwoman of the Grand National Party will discuss the outcome of her
May 31, 2011
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Rocket falls outside Korea’s Afghan base
Another rocket fell late Monday outside an Afghanistan base where South Korean aid workers and troops are stationed, but there were no injuries, Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday.There have now been four attacks in May alone, with the latest apparently targeting the base in Charikar City in the northern Afghan province of Parwan. A total of nine attacks have occurred so far this year near or
May 31, 2011
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Netizens to form party to cut tuition
Promoters open Internet page for ‘Education Revolution Party’With heated debates underway over college tuition cuts, netizens are preparing to form a new political party to take the matter into their own hands.The “Educational Revolution Party” webpage was recently opened by a Twitter user referring to himself as “Rainman,” but is currently under construction (http://www.edu4korea.net/).“We plan t
May 31, 2011
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Army officer brought N.K. nuke site soil to South: reports
After 1999 mission, N.K. abducted Lt. Col. Jeong, then released him in dealA South Korean Army intelligence officer infiltrated areas near North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex and brought samples of soil and water there to the South in 1999 for the government to assess its nuclear activities, news reports said Monday.Later, the lieutenant colonel, identified only by his surname Jeong, was abduct
May 30, 2011
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Bank lobby probe closes in on senior officials, politicians
Rival parties agree to launch parliamentary investigationProsecutors are widening their probe into irregularities by Busan Mutual Savings Bank after picking up clues that the financially troubled bank had attempted to lobby many politicians and senior officials of the government, possibly including Cheong Wa Dae, to block financial regulators from ordering its closure.The prosecution said that it
May 30, 2011
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Floor leaders gear up for June session
The floor leaders of the ruling Grand National Party and the main opposition Democratic Party met to discuss contentious issues prior to the National Assembly’s June session starting Wednesday.Rep. Hwang Woo-yea, floor leader and acting party leader of the GNP, and Kim Jin-pyo of the DP on Monday sought agreement over pending problems, including the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement bill and a parli
May 30, 2011
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P.M. calls for tight defense of West Sea islands
South Korea must maintain full alert at all times for any provocations by North Korea against its western border islands, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik said Monday, while visiting the isolated regions that have been the target of North Korean attacks. South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island, one of the five islands located near the western maritime border with the North, became the target of Pyongyang’s de
May 30, 2011
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Ethics panel votes to ax lawmaker for sexual remarks
The parliamentary ethics committee has voted to expel Rep. Kang Yong-seok, a rookie lawmaker who was embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal after making controversial remarks last year about anchorwomen and women in general.Should the committee’s decision pass the regular session next month, Kang would become the first lawmaker ever dismissed for ethical reasons.The advisory body of the committe
May 30, 2011
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Lee may change presidential aides in June
Chief of staff Yim will likely stay to prepare for inter-Korean summit: observersPresident Lee Myung-bak is expected to replace some of his secretaries in early June as new minister nominees take office and oust several top aides if necessary after the Grand National Party’s national convention on July 4.The National Assembly wrapped up confirmation hearings for the five new minister nominees last
May 30, 2011
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Cheong Wa Dae spurs public office transfers
Cheong Wa Dae will push to start the construction of new office buildings for all 80 public corporations within the year, officials said Sunday.The move is meant to spur sluggish local development by moving Seoul-based public organizations to provinces. “Though the construction schedule of the office buildings has so far been delayed due to the merger of some organizations and doldrums in real est
May 29, 2011
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‘If China acted like U.S., N. Korea would be further isolated’
JEJU ― China's taking a similar attitude to that of the United States to North Korea would only see the reclusive state slip deeper into isolation, a senior Chinese official said Saturday.Such a move would mean that China could not adequately influence the communist state, said Zhao Qi Zheng, director of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.Zhao Q
May 29, 2011
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Jeju Forum debates global peace, economy, culture
Prime minister calls for closer cooperation for peaceful and prosperous East AsiaJEJU ― Top government officials, corporate leaders, scholars and activists from across the globe engaged in heated discussions on a wide range of issues facing the world at a forum here over the weekend.The 6th Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity brought together some 1,200 people including 250 from some 20 countries
May 29, 2011
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GNP restricts tuition cut beneficiary range
The ruling Grand National Party, in response to the debate over university tuition cuts, has decided to offer the benefits to those who score an average grade of B or higher, officials said Sunday.It also pledged to reduce the university entrance quota from 2015 by filtering out underperforming schools.“Our plan is to offer financial support to tuition-burdened students, depending on their economi
May 29, 2011
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Savings bank scandal becomes hot political issue
Ruling party hints at parliamentary probeState prosecutors found that President Lee Myung-bak’s confidant and former state auditor Eun Jin-soo violated the law to take part in auditing savings banks last year as they investigated Eun’s alleged involvement in a snowballing savings bank corruption scandal.Eun stepped down as commissioner of the Board of Audit and Inspection Thursday after the prosec
May 27, 2011
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N. Korean leader calls for early resumption of six-party talks: Xinhua
SEOUL/BEIJING (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il called for an early resumption of the long-stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks when he met with Chinese President Hu Jintao during his latest trip to the neighboring ally, Beijing's Xinhua News agency said Thursday.But Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) gavea toned-down account, saying that Kim and Hu recognize
May 26, 2011
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President may pay state visit to Japan this fall
Seoul and Tokyo are discussing whether President Lee Myung-bak should accept his Japanese counterpart’s invitation for a state visit this fall, Lee’s spokesperson said Thursday.Prime Minister Nato Kan extended the invitation during his summit talks with Lee held Sunday in Tokyo on the sidelines of the annual Korea-Japan-China summit.“President Lee said Seoul’s foreign ministry will hold working-le
May 26, 2011
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U.S. to use radar in chemicals probe
Device to examine soil at U.S. base; officials discussing joint investigationThe U.S. military will mobilize ground-penetrating radar devices as early as next week to inspect the soil at one of its bases here where a large amount of Agent Orange was allegedly buried some three decades ago, the Eighth Army commander said Thursday.Public anxiety here has been deepening over a series of allegations b
May 26, 2011