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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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[Weekender] Shortcut to determining career path
Although the issue of youth unemployment is undoubtedly concerning, many Korean college students still remain undecided about their career paths. Most have difficulty in determining their career paths as they are uncertain about their true interest or have inadequate information and experience regarding the range of occupations. A sophomore from Ewha Womens University’s law school is taking part in a law school internship held at Seoul Western District Court. (Yonhap)In this sense, internship ma
Nov. 13, 2015
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[Weekender] Knowledge and hand-on experience key to efficiency
Many students opt to undertake internships in order to improve their chances of finding employment, and as an opportunity to gain practical experience in specific fields before beginning their careers. However, those who can confidently say that they had an efficient internship experience are small in number. This, in part, many take internships without adequate information about a position, while some say that many internships do not offer much by way of experience needs for specific fields. He
Nov. 13, 2015
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[Weekender] Can students afford to be an intern while pressured to “buy credits?”
Today’s university students lead a very hectic life, bogged down by worries of getting a job after graduation at time when the unemployment rate has peaked in Korea.For them, qualifications such as having a high GPA, work experience and extracurricular activities are deemed necessary, even just to apply for a job opening. Universities, in an effort to support students better prepare for the future, offer an array of programs, especially those that provide them with hands-on experience outside th
Nov. 13, 2015
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Cabinet members vow to crack down on illegal protest
The South Korean government vowed tough measures against any unlawful activity during the scheduled mass rally against labor and education measures on Saturday that is anticipated to gather some 100,000 protesters, the most since the anti-U.S. beef protests in 2008, according to police. The Cabinet members issued a joint statement in a press conference that the government would hold accountable those responsible for violating laws and inciting violence during the protest set to take place around
Nov. 13, 2015
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Over 2 million Koreans experience gambling addiction
Some 2.07 million South Koreans aged 20 or older have been addicted to gambling at least once as of last year, while 82.2 percent of the population have gambling experience in various forms, a study showed Friday. According to the report released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 5.4 percent of all Koreans aged 20 or older have been or are addicted to gambling, meaning they gambled even when they didn’t have the money or felt the need to be secretive about how much they gambl
Nov. 13, 2015
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63% of cybercrimes in Korea committed by teens, 20-somethings
More than 60 percent of South Korea’s major cybercrimes -- illegal gambling, wire fraud, Internet scams, personal information fraud, and online pornography -- are being committed by teens and those in their 20s, a report released by the Korean National Police Agency showed Friday. The KNPA discovered a total of 26,808 cyber criminals since March, and arrested 178. The police confiscated 7.03 billion won ($6 million) worth of illegal profit from them and returned 2.4 billion won to a total of 1,6
Nov. 13, 2015
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Late bizman's aide receives suspended sentence for embezzlement
A Seoul court on Friday handed down a suspended prison sentence for embezzlement to an aide of a late businessman involved in a bribery case.The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Han Jang-sup, former financial director of Keangnam Enterprises Inc., to three years in prison with a four-year stay of execution.Han was indicted in June on charges of embezzling some 15 billion won ($12.9 million) from Keangnam's affiliates between October 2009 and December 2014, for company chief Sung Wan-jong's
Nov. 13, 2015
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Gov't rejects nuclear reactor referendum, pledges to meet development obligations
The government said Friday that it firmly rejects the validity of a referendum organized by opponents of a new nuclear power plant on the country's east coast and made clear it will fulfill all regional development pledges that can prop up the local economy.Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick said in a statement that the vote arranged in Yeongdeok, 350 kilometers south east of Seoul, by activist groups lacked any legal backing, regardless of the outcome. He expressed regret tha
Nov. 13, 2015
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Gov't sets up situation room to cope with heavy snow during winter
The government said Friday that it will operate a 24-hour situation room for the next four months to respond effectively to heavy snowfall that could cut off roads to traffic.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it will go on emergency standby footing from Nov. 15 through March 15, keep close track of the weather and check on road conditions across the country."Due to the country's geography and location there are heavy snowfalls that can swiftly make roads impassable," it sai
Nov. 13, 2015
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Test-takers embrace challenges of ‘Suneung’
Jo Myeong-ja, 79, has taken a long detour en route to higher education. As the oldest of some 630,000 students who took the annual college entrance exam Thursday morning, Jo stood outside the gates of Hongik University Girls’ High School, recounting her journey as youngsters chanted cheers and parents hugged their children in the background.“I want to go to college. As long as there’s still time, I will do as much as I can,” the elderly student of Ilsung Women’s High School told local media. Aft
Nov. 12, 2015
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1 in 5 firefighters suffer from depression in Korea
More than 90 percent of South Korean firefighters feel unsafe at work due to insufficient safety measures, while 20 percent of them suffer from either depression or an anxiety disorder, a study by Korea University showed Thursday. The study, written by professor Kim Seung-sub from the school of health policy and management at the university, surveyed 8,256 firefighters stationed nationwide from March to September. The survey showed that 19.4 percent of the surveyed firemen, all of whom were gove
Nov. 12, 2015
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Korea sets deadline for reports of humidifier disinfectant damage
The Seoul government will stop receiving damage reports from possible victims of a toxic humidifier disinfectant from next year, officials said Thursday, stirring concerns that the deadline could leave out potential victims who may show health problems in the future. The Environment Ministry said Thursday it would accept requests for a health probe by the end of next month from those who had used the humidifier disinfectant in question. Since July 2013, the government has carried out two investi
Nov. 12, 2015
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Lawmakers lose seats over bribery charges
The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced two lawmakers to four years in prison for taking kickbacks in exchange for business favors, in separate decisions that automatically strip them of their parliamentary seats. Upholding the lower court’s ruling, the nation’s top court ruled Rep. Song Kwang-ho of the ruling Saenuri Party to four years in jail for taking bribes worth 65 million won from the railway parts supplier AVT to help the company win contracts with the state-run Korea Rail Network Autho
Nov. 12, 2015
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Top court upholds Sewol captain's life imprisonment for murder
The nation's top court on Thursday upheld a life sentence for the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol for murdering 304 passengers aboard.Upholding a lower court's ruling, the Supreme Court said Lee Jun-seok, 70, willfully neglected his duty as a captain to evacuate passengers when the ferry sank off the southwest coast on April 16, 2014."While he could have easily informed the passengers of the urgent situation and reduce the number of casualties, Lee fled the ferry without doing so," Chief Justi
Nov. 12, 2015
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Seoul to excavate ancient fortifications in southern Seoul
The city of Seoul will kick off a massive project next year to excavate what is believed to be the palatial site of an ancient fortification in the southern part of the capital, according to city officials Thursday.The results of the project are widely expected to unveil the mystery over Pungnaptoseong, an ancient earthen fortress wall located in the south district of Songpa, southern Seoul.Running nearly 3 kilometers at the southern edge of the Han River, Pungnaptoseong is speculated to have be
Nov. 12, 2015
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Superstitions and cheering squads on ‘Suneung’ day
More than 630,000 South Korean 18-year-olds began the “Suneung” college entrance exam at over 1,000 exam sites Thursday morning. Korea’s education fever is most evident on exam day, with mothers praying outside school gates and younger students wishing good luck to the seniors in the brutally competitive daylong exam. Scroll down to see the typical scenes from this year’s exam day. 1. Police motorbikes This will the first and last chance that most students will get to ride a police motorbike. So
Nov. 12, 2015
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Education ministry, foreign embassies ink deal on biz cooperation
The Unification Ministry and eight foreign embassies in Seoul agreed Thursday to cooperate on developing a program that will help middle school students explore their career options, government officials said.The education ministry, the institute for vocational training and foreign embassies, including the British Embassy, inked a deal to cooperate on ways to facilitate the "free semester" program, a key pillar of President Park Geun-hye's education policy, the ministry said.The free semester pr
Nov. 12, 2015
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Why I’m giving ‘I.Seoul.U’ some love
It was a privilege a couple of weeks ago to play a small part in helping to choose a new brand for this dynamic city, so wanted to give my thoughts on what is a really brave approach to branding:‘I.Seoul.U’, the world’s first (mostly) crowd-sourced city brand.It’s fair to say, that on first sight ‘I.Seoul.U’ is linguistically curious and grammatically maverick but once I saw it with the accompanying line ‘A city of me and you’, then it was pretty clear that it was saying ‘Me, Seoul and you’ toge
Nov. 12, 2015
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Database for world's largest historic recordings completed
The database for "Seungjeongwon Ilgi," the world's largest historic recordings written in the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), has been completed after 15 years of documentation and proofreading, the national history institution said Thursday.Dozens of historians had been mobilized per year for the highly specialized process started in 2001, which is also when the recordings were listed as a UNESCO documentary heritage, the National Institute of Korean History said."Seungjengwon Ilgi," also known as
Nov. 12, 2015
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630,000 students take college entrance exam
More than 630,000 high school seniors and graduates in South Korea took the state-administered annual college entrance exam Thursday, as the government implemented various traffic control and anti-noise measures near nationwide testing sites.A total of 631,187 students, down about 10,000 from last year, registered to take the standardized College Scholastic Ability Test that was administrated at 1,212 testing sites, according to Ministry of Education.The exam, which is similar to the American Sc
Nov. 12, 2015