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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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Legoland Korea Resort to open until 9 p.m.
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Court to open trial of Somali pirates
Prosecutors to charge 23-year-old with attempted murderIn a first of its kind, four of the five Somali pirates captured after a daring naval raid on a South Korean freighter in the Arabian Sea will go on jury trial Monday, according to court officials.Arai Mahomed, 23, who is suspected of shooting Captain Seok Hae-kyun at point-blank range, and three others will be publicly tried at the Busan Dist
May 22, 2011
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Chinese premier says N.K. leader invited to witness economic development
TOKYO (Yonhap) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Sunday that Beijing invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to the country in an effort to help Pyongyang learn about his nation's economic development and use it for reviving the North's own economy, an official said.Wen made the remark during a bilateral meeting with Lee on the sidelines of a tripartite su
May 22, 2011
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Korea, Japan, China agree on nuclear safety
TOKYO (Yonhap News) -- Leaders of South Korea, Japan and China agreed Sunday to establish an early notification system for nuclear accidents, strengthen the sharing of related information and take other steps to bolster cooperation in handling disasters.Nuclear safety and disaster management were the top topics at the annual summit of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Japanese Prime Minister N
May 22, 2011
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N. Korean leader heading for eastern China: sources
BEIJING, China (Yonhap) -- A special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appears to be heading south for Yangzhou, adjacent to China's economic capital Shanghai, sources said Sunday, contradicting expectations that he would visit Beijing after departing from northeastern Chinese cities.Kim began his secretive trip to China last Friday, when his train crossed the border and arrived in Tu
May 22, 2011
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Lee visits disaster-stricken Japanese regions
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made consolation visits to disaster-stricken Japanese regions on Saturday, expressing sympathy for victims of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident and pledging to provide active support for recovery efforts.Lee made the visits to Sendai and Fukushima, which are among the hardest-hit regions, en route to Tokyo for an annual tripartite summit with Japanese
May 21, 2011
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Full text of G-20 Speakers' Consultation Joint Communique
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of the G-20 Speakers' Consultation Joint Communique released after the three-day meeting of the world's parliamentary leaders ended in Seoul Friday.1. We, the speakers of the G20 Parliaments, have gathered in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from May 18 to 20, 2011 under the theme of "Development and Growth for Common Prosperity," in the recognitio
May 20, 2011
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G20 speakers focus on anti-terrorism
Parliamentary leaders discuss ways to promote world peace, global developmentThe participants in the Group of 20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation set out on an in-depth discussion Thursday to promote world peace and global development, especially focusing on anti-terrorism.“Korea is a country founded on the principle of Hong-ik In-gan, or humanitarianism, and is thus ready to offer its cooperation for
May 19, 2011
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Legislative leaders stress safety net
Legislative leaders from around the world stressed the role of the parliament in promoting a global safety net in the Group of 20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation sessions Thursday.Under the motto “Safe World, Better Future,” the first part of the afternoon sessions was allocated to the issue of designing detailed parliamentary collaboration to curb terrorism and respond to natural disasters, accordin
May 19, 2011
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Lee hosts dinner for parliamentary leaders
President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday hosted a dinner for the participants in the two-day G20 Seoul Speakers Consultation at the presidential office.About 110 people invited to the event at Cheong Wa Dae included parliamentary speakers and delegates from the G20 states, National Assembly Speaker Park Hee-tae, vice speakers Chung Eui-hwa, Hong Jae-hyung, Grand National Party floor leader Hwang Woo-ye
May 19, 2011
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G20 speakers exchange views over climate change, poverty
The international community must work together on issues of climate change, food shortage and famine, parliamentary leaders from the world’s 20 major economies said Thursday, discussing global challenges during the conference in Seoul. The two-day meeting opened here Thursday, bringing together parliamentarians from the G20 nations, five non-G20 members ― Spain, Ethiopia, Singapore, Equatorial Gui
May 19, 2011
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G20 speakers urge anti-terrorism cooperation
International coordination to fight terrorism was on top of the agenda at the meeting of parliamentary representatives from the Group of 20 major economies in Seoul Thursday.Assembly speakers and delegates from 26 countries gathered for the two-day G20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation to seek parliamentary solutions to global issues such as terrorism and natural disasters.Sixteen of the participants w
May 19, 2011
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Curtain rises for G20 speakers’ meet
The curtain has been raised for the Group of 20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation, the largest international event for the national parliaments.Assembly speakers and delegates from 26 countries arrived here Wednesday to attend the Group of 20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation, which kicks off its two-day run on Thursday. Assembly speakers and delegates attending the G20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation listen
May 18, 2011
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Seoul says it discussed Kim invite with N.K.
The South Korean government said Wednesday that the motives of its conditional invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to a nuclear summit in Seoul next year, announced by President Lee Myung-bak last week, was explained to Pyongyang.There has been working-level communication with the North about Lee’s proposal in Berlin after a joint press conference with the Danish prime minister last Thur
May 18, 2011
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Lee to visit Sendai, Fukushima during three-way summit
President Lee Myung-bak is scheduled to visit Sendai, where Koreans suffered the greatest damages due to the worst-ever offshore quake and tsunami that struck eastern Japan in March, during his weekend trip to Tokyo for trilateral summit talks with the leaders of China and Japan.The three governments agreed to hold the fourth annual Korea-Japan-China summit in Tokyo, diplomatic sources here said W
May 18, 2011
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Pro-Lee lawmakers’ group will not split
President’s loyalists ignore internal pressure to give way to reformThe pro-Lee Myung-bak group within the ruling Grand National Party has decided not to disband, despite facing controversy after a by-election defeat and shuffle of in-party power.“We have a historic mission yet to fulfill and a leading role to play in supporting the current government,” said Rep. An Kyung-ryul on Wednesday.An form
May 18, 2011
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G20 speakers plan talks on key issues
Following the country’s hosting of the Group of 20 summit last year, the National Assembly is set to host a parliamentary speakers’ forum from Wednesday to Friday.The G20 Seoul Speakers’ Consultation, starts off with an official welcome dinner to be attended by parliamentary speakers from 26 countries, the European Union and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.The countries are mainly G20 states, but fi
May 17, 2011
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President stresses linkage of major research clusters
President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday said the success of the envisioned multitrillion-won science belt, which is to sprawl out from Daejeon’s Daedeok area, requires close cooperation with existing research and development clusters in Daegu and Gwangju.Lee’s remarks came a day after his government announced its choice of Daedeok over Daegu and Gwangju as home to key facilities of the science belt ― a
May 17, 2011
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China calls for inter-Korean dialogue
Amb. Zhang Xinsen says Beijing mediating between North and South KoreaChinese Ambassador to South Korea Zhang Xinsen on Monday called for an early resumption of the inter-Korean dialogue to address bilateral issues and bring about peace and stability on the peninsula.Speaking at a forum in Seoul, Zhang also stressed that the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea can provide an effect
May 17, 2011
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Attacks may hamper Afghan PRT work
Officials put more weight on possibility of Taliban role in shelling of Korean baseRelentless rocket attacks on a base for South Korean aid workers and troops in Afghanistan are expected to hamper operations to help rebuild the war-torn country amid growing public angst here over their safety.This month alone, there were three attacks apparently targeting the base in Charikar City in the northern
May 17, 2011
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S. Korea seeks U.S. staff dispatch to border island
The South Korean military is seeking consultations with the U.S. over dispatching U.S. liaison staff to Bangnyeong Island, one of the five northwestern border islands, to deter North Korean provocations, officials said Tuesday.“South Korea and the U.S. are trying to come up with measures to enhance our defense of the five frontline islands, including sending U.S. military personnel as observers fo
May 17, 2011