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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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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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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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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Fears grow over safety of Koreans in conflict zones
Concerns are growing over the safety of South Korean diplomats and workers in conflict-laden countries after a trade agency employee was abducted in Libya on Sunday.The kidnapping of Han Seok-woo, the head of the Libyan branch of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, has prompted calls for Seoul to improve protection of its citizens working in volatile regions such as Africa and the Middle East.Han’s case is the latest in a series of kidnappings of South Koreans that have taken place over
Jan. 20, 2014
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Jan. 20, 2014
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Korea, Myanmar to boost agriculture cooperation
South Korea and Myanmar signed an agreement Monday to boost agriculture cooperation that partly aims to improve their food security, the South Korean government said.The memorandum of understanding was signed by South Korea’s Agriculture Minister Lee Dong-phil and his visiting Burmese counterpart, Myint Hlaing, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.Under the MOU, South Korea will further expand its “Korea Agricultural Policy Experiences for Food Security” program in th
Jan. 20, 2014
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S. Korea confirms bird flu in migratory birds
South Korea on Monday confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI) in a group of migratory birds found dead last week, suggesting a possible cause for the recent infection of birds at poultry farms and raising concern that the infection may spread further.Tests were conducted after some 100 migratory birds were found dead at a reservoir in North Jeolla Province in the country's southwest over the weekend, following an outbreak of AI at several duck farms. Three bird flu cases, including two co
Jan. 20, 2014
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Consumer group to demand regulator investigate data leak
A customer advocacy group said Monday it will ask the financial watchdog to probe banks and credit firms over a recent massive leak of customers' personal information. The Financial Consumer Agency said it will specifically request the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) next month to investigate six financial firms -- Standard Chartered Bank Korea, Citi Bank Korea, Kookmin Bank, NongHyup Bank, KB Kookmin Card and Lotte Card-- on behalf of customers whose private data were leaked.Industry source
Jan. 20, 2014
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Second case of bird flu also of highly pathogenic strain: gov't
The second reported case of bird flu this year is of the same highly pathogenic strain as the first case, the agriculture ministry said Sunday.Two duck farms in Buan, 280 kilometers south of Seoul, were reported to be infected with avian influenza, and one was confirmed to have the H5N8 strain, the ministry said.Samples from the other farm are still being tested, it said.On Friday, the government confirmed the outbreak of H5N8 in Gochang, 296 kilometers south of Seoul, the first outbreak of AI s
Jan. 19, 2014
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[Graphic News] More doctors file for bankruptcy
About 40 percent of people who applied for individual rehabilitation in Seoul and Gangwon Province were doctors, a report concluded.According to data by the Seoul High Court, 449 doctors including dentists and oriental medical doctors filed for personal bankruptcy under the Debtor Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Act between 2009 and 2013. The number of hospitals that closed down also jumped by 17.6 percent, from 2,857 to 3,359 in the same period, largely due to fierce market competition and less i
Jan. 19, 2014
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Poster movement expands to gender discrimination
Last month, a poster simply titled “How are you doing?” started a movement that urged South Korean college students to pay closer attention to what is going on in society. The politically charged movement has now expanded to a hot-button issue: discrimination against women.A poster criticizing the unfair treatment of women appeared on the campus of Korea University on Thursday. It claimed that women are being forced to prove that they are not “kimchi women,” a derogatory term for a woman who fin
Jan. 19, 2014
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Government sets up task force on history research, education
The government has set up a task force to support Korean history research and education as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the field, officials said Sunday.According to officials of the Ministry of Education, the special team was established within the ministry to implement the government’s comprehensive plan announced in August to strengthen history education to better counter false claims by neighboring countries. The government said in August it will include Korean history in the na
Jan. 19, 2014
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Herald awards writing contest winners
The award ceremony for the third Seoul National University of Education-Korea Herald English Contest, or SKEC, was held at the British ambassador’s residence in Seoul on Friday.Top prizes were given to 16 students in categories divided by age and the period of time entrants spent living overseas. Other awards, including the second-highest gold prizes, were presented to some 300 applicants.The competition was hosted by Herald Corp. and SNUE, and was sponsored by the British Embassy. More than 1,5
Jan. 19, 2014
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Authorities open probe into possible bird flu in the wild
South Korea stepped up quarantine measures Saturday to stop the spread of bird flu and launched an investigation into the possibility that the deadly animal disease might have been caused by migratory birds, health authorities said.The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency on Friday found the flock of about 1,000 ducks dead in a reservoir in North Jeolla Province, and began an investigation to confirm a possible link to aviation influenza (AI), according to the provincial government. The investigat
Jan. 18, 2014
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AI outbreak confirmed at local farm
Quarantine officials confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza at a local poultry farm located some 300 kilometers south of Seoul on Friday. It is the first case of a bird flu in two years and eight months confirmed by authorities here.Quarantine authorities ordered a culling of more than 20,000 ducks in Gochang-gun, North Jeolla Province, as the waterfowl were detect to be infected with a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza. Officials said they have begun investigating the causes of the
Jan. 17, 2014
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Air pollution hits Seoul, major cities
Local governments lifted fine dust advisories Friday after high levels of particles disrupted daily activities nationwide.Municipal officials in Seoul closed a skating rink in front of City Hall while flights from Gimpo International Airport in Gyeonggi Province were delayed due to poor vision caused by rising dust levels.Seoul reported fine dust levels of 189 micrograms per cubic meter of air while Incheon and Suwon recorded more than 190 micrograms per cubic meter. Dust in Cheonan, South Chung
Jan. 17, 2014
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Park courts Indian IT firms
South Korean President Park Geun-hye met Indian information technology experts and business leaders on Friday, aiming to bolster business ties between the two Asian countries. In a meeting with two-dozen IT experts, Park stressed that the two countries, both strong in hardware and software technology, could generate synergy if they build cooperation in the sectors.Park is on her four-day state visit to India and leaves for Switzerland on Saturday.“South Korea and India have global competitive ed
Jan. 17, 2014
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4 rail union leaders held over strike
Four leaders of the state rail company‘s labor union were formally detained Friday to undergo further questioning for their alleged role in organizing what the government calls an illegal strike.The leaders of the state-run Korea Railroad Corp. union, including the head Kim Myung-hwan, were put under detention immediately after a district court approved the prosecution’s request for arrest warrants.“(Their) crimes have been ascertained enough, and there is a reasonable concern that they might tr
Jan. 17, 2014
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Seoul, Gyeonggi Province issue first ultrafine dust advisory this year
The governments of Seoul and Gyeonggi Province on Friday issued their first ultrafine dust advisories this year, urging people to stay indoors.In Seoul, the advisory was put in place at 11 a.m. after the city's atmospheric concentration levels of "particulate matter 2.5" pollutants stood around 95 micrograms per cubic meter for more than two hours. It was the year's first advisory of its kind issued by the Seoul metropolitan government.The Gyeonggi provincial government posted the same advisory
Jan. 17, 2014
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Statue unveiled to mark Korean victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery
A South Korean civic group dedicated a statue in the southern city of Geoje Friday to mark the suffering of Korean women forced into sexual slavery by colonial Japan during World War II.Up to 200,000 young women and girls, mostly Koreans, were coerced into providing sexual services at Japan's front-line military brothels during World War II, which remains an unresolved grievance between the two nations as Tokyo has refused to admit to its past wrongdoings.According to the committee in charge of
Jan. 17, 2014
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Korea takes quarantine measures for possible outbreak of AI
SEJONG (Yonhap News) -- Provincial quarantine authorities began culling more than 20,000 poultry Friday after a preliminary test indicated a possible outbreak of avian influenza, with the agriculture ministry saying it may be of a highly pathogenic strain.A suspected AI case was reported Thursday at a poultry farm in Gochang, located some 300 kilometers southwest of Seoul in North Jeolla Province.A DNA test is currently under way to confirm the outbreak and its exact strain, according to an offi
Jan. 17, 2014
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Four rail union leaders arrested for leading 'illegal strike'
Four leaders of the state rail company's labor union were formally detained Friday to undergo further questioning for their alleged role in organizing what the government calls an illegal strike.The leaders of the state-run Korea Railroad Corp. union, including the head Kim Myung-hwan, were put under detention immediately after a district court approved the prosecution's request for arrest warrants. "(Their) crimes have been ascertained enough, and there is a reasonable concern that they might t
Jan. 17, 2014
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NHIS ready to sue tobacco industry
South Korea’s health authorities are speeding up their move to take legal action against tobacco firms to recoup rising health costs from smoking-related diseases. The state-run National Health Insurance Service said Thursday that it would decide whether to file a suit against cigarette companies in its executive board meeting scheduled next Friday. It was reported that most of the board members are likely to approve the tobacco lawsuit. The 14-member board is comprised of the NHIS officials, go
Jan. 16, 2014