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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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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Yeosu oil spill 200 times bigger than first estimate
Maritime authorities confirmed Monday that over 200 times more oil than initially expected leaked into waters off the south coast of Korea in an oil tanker collision, drawing concerns over the potential damage. According to the Yeosu Coast Guard, about 164 tons of oil spewed into the sea after Singapore-registered oil tanker Wu Yi San collided with a bridge while approaching a pier in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, on Friday. This amounts to 164,000 liters of oil. Three pipelines connecting to pe
Feb. 3, 2014
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English institute focuses on ‘tailor-made’ education
Every student is different. Thus, the education for each student should be different.This is the idea and the driving force behind the “mentoring system” of Dr. Yoon, an English private institute located in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province.The system is centered on establishing a trusting relationship between students and teachers. Based on the evaluation of students by their mentor, Dr. Yoon helps provide them with education that matches their English level.Dr. Yoon also stresses the importa
Feb. 3, 2014
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Man gets suspended prison term for security law breaches
A local court on Monday convicted a 74-year-old activist for carrying out propaganda activities to praise North Korea, in violation of Seoul's anti-communist law.The Euijeongbu District Court sentenced Kim Eul-soo, the chairman of the South Headquarters of the Pan-National Alliance for Korea's Reunification, to two years and six months in prison with a four-year stay of execution.Kim was found guilty of posting on the group's website between April 2008 and March 2013, praising Pyongyang's ideolo
Feb. 3, 2014
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Prosecutors seek 20-year prison term for leftist lawmaker
Prosecutors on Monday sought a 20-year prison term for a leftist lawmaker accused of plotting to overthrow the government.Rep. Lee Seok-ki of the Unified Progressive Party is standing trial on charges of leading a clandestine organization, Revolutionary Organization, and plotting to overthrow the South Korean government in the event of an inter-Korean war, as well as sympathizing with North Korea, in violation of the South's anti-communist National Security Law.Prosecutors also demanded that Lee
Feb. 3, 2014
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Japan's wartime sex slavery featured in French cartoon fest
The world's largest comic strip and cartoon festival in France wrapped up its four-day run Sunday, after drawing attention for displaying cartoons depicting former Korean sex slaves to the Japanese military during World War II.Some 17,000 people visited the exhibition titled "I'm the Evidence" during the 2014 Angouleme International Comics Festival held from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2 in the southwestern French city of the same name, according to the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency, which organized the even
Feb. 3, 2014
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Highly educated 'economically inactive' people top 3 mln: data
The number of college graduates who have given up searching for jobs exceeded 3 million last year, government data showed Monday, indicating that more of them have become "economically inactive."According to the data provided by Statistics Korea, the number of economically inactive people among those with college degrees came to 3.08 million last year, up 3.2 percent from the previous year's 2.98 million.The group refers to those who are unemployed and not looking for jobs. They include those wh
Feb. 3, 2014
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Work and life balance tall order for Korean working moms
Lee So-young, a 35-year-old mother of two daughters, was a straight-A student at college. “I was quite ambitious at that time,” she said in her apartment in Mokdong, southwestern Seoul, recalling graduating summa cum laude at a university in the city. “I thought I would become a successful career woman. … A stay-at-home mom was the last thing I wanted to be,” she said. Her career path was on track as a marketing deputy manager at an IT firm in Seoul. But everything changed when she had her fir
Feb. 2, 2014
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Oil spill spreads in waters off Yeosu
Crude oil spewed into the sea off the southern coast of South Korea on Friday, after a Singapore-registered oil tanker collided with oil pipelines, according to the Korea Coast Guard.The spillage at a quay off Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, happened almost 20 years after some 5,000 tons of oil washed onto the coast in 1995.A small amount of oil remaining in the pipelines leaked into the waters but none had leaked from the tanker, the maritime police said. The size of the spill and damage is unkno
Feb. 2, 2014
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More AI cases reported nationwide over holidays
Additional suspected cases of bird flu were reported over the Lunar New Year holiday despite the government’s continuous all-out quarantine efforts. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, two suspected cases were reported on Sunday in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province and in Eumseong-gun, North Chungcheong Province. The duck farm in Eumseong-gun is 4 kilometers from Jincheon, where the infection was confirmed last Wednesday.Chickens at a farm in Busan were also reported
Feb. 2, 2014
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Divorce lawsuits soar 24% after Lunar New Year holiday
The number of divorces has seen an upward trend right after the Lunar New Year holiday over the past five years, data suggested Sunday. According to data compiled by the Supreme Court, the number of divorces filed with courts nationwide in the month following the Lunar New Year holiday period increased by 14.5 percent from a month earlier, with 3,581 couples seeking the right to split up.Those who filed for divorce after the traditional holiday jumped 16.7 percent on average over five consecutiv
Feb. 2, 2014
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[Photo News] Back to life
Feb. 2, 2014
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[Photo News] Ringing in new school year
Feb. 2, 2014
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Divorce lawsuits soar 24% after Lunar New Year holiday
The number of divorce filings has seen an upward trend right after the Lunar New Year holiday over the past five years, data suggested Sunday. According to data compiled by the Supreme Court, the number of divorce suits filed with courts nationwide in the month following the Lunar New Year holiday period increased by 14.5 percent from a month earlier, with 3,581 couples seeking a right to split up. Those who filed for divorce after the traditional holiday jumped 16.7 percent on average over fiv
Feb. 2, 2014
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Koreans in Japan pushing to build monument for Koreans killed in WWII atomic bombing
A group of South Koreans living in Japan is pushing to build a memorial monument for Koreans killed in the atomic bombing during World War II, the South Korean consulate general in Fukuoka said on Sunday.With the support of the South Korean government, the federation of Korean residents in Japan is seeking to build the monument inside the Nagasaki Peace Park that commemorates victims of the atomic bomb dropped on the city by the U.S. during the war.Koreans were also killed by the bombing, mostly
Feb. 2, 2014
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Online financial frauds top 30,000 cases last year
The number of online financial scams in South Korea surpassed 30,000 in the first 10 months of last year, as scamming methods become increasingly diversified and sophisticated, the police said Friday.Four online financial scams such as SMishing, pharming, instant messenger phishing and memory hacking reached 32,060 cases in the January-October period of last year, the police said.Among the above-cited online financial fraud methods, SMishing caused the most damage to financial consumers, reachin
Jan. 31, 2014
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Bird flu spreads north, outbreak confirmed in Gyeonggi Province
SEJONG (Yonhap) -- A bird flu case has been confirmed at a chicken farm in Gyeonggi Province the government said Thursday, a disturbing sign that all-out quarantine efforts are having limited impact.The agriculture ministry said that tests showed a chicken breeding farm in Hwaseong came up positive for the H5 strain of avian influenza (AI) that is sweeping parts of the country. Past cases have been restricted to the Jeolla and Chuncheong region in the country's southwestern region."At present we
Jan. 30, 2014
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New suspected cases hint at further spread of bird flu
New suspected cases of bird flu and increasing frequency of suspected outbreaks Wednesday were suggesting a nationwide pandemic of the animal disease ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays when tens of thousands of people travel southward to visit their hometowns.Four new suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) have been reported since Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed and suspected cases to 56, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.A virulent H5N8 strain o
Jan. 28, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Samsung nixes hiring plan after backlash
Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, said Tuesday it would scrap its heavily criticized plan to introduce a new recruitment path that favors top-tier universities in Seoul.The new hiring method proposed by the country’s most preferred workplace would have allowed universities to recommend students as prospective applicants. Its purpose was to hire students with a wide variety of skills that are not demonstrated by traditional qualifications like English scores.The plan came under f
Jan. 28, 2014
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Korea to cut 160,000 college places by 2023
The Education Ministry on Tuesday announced a college restructuring plan that involves setting up a new college rating system and trimming down the number of nationwide students by 160,000 over the next nine years.The effort is aimed at improving the quality of education provided by junior colleges and universities, and help higher learning institutions maintain their competitive edge.With the declining number of high school graduates, expected to fall from 630,000 this year to about 397,000 in
Jan. 28, 2014
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Seoul City to join hands with Chinese cities for better air quality
Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it will cooperate with Chinese municipalities to improve the air quality here amid public concerns over ultrafine dust coming from the neighboring country. Seoul will sign memorandums of understanding with cities in China to boost cooperation in sharing air quality-related technology and policies. The regions involved include the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin, as well as Shandong province. It will later join hands with Ulaanbaat
Jan. 28, 2014