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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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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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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Ministry denies blame for Jamboree debacle
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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‘Youth mentor’ admits lying about career
Kim Won-gi, a 28-year-old college student who was recently hoisted by media as a “student mentor,” admitted that he lied about being hired by Samsung SDS and his alleged master’s degree from Yonsei University.“It’s (the accusations of lies) all true. I had to lie in order to succeed,” he told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper on Friday. On Thursday, Yonsei University announced that Kim had been expelled for poor academic performance and disciplinary actions were being sought against him. “The student in
Aug. 9, 2013
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S. Korea issues preliminary warning for power shortage
South Korea issued a warning for a possible power shortage Friday as high temperatures led to a large increase in power consumption for cooling.Friday's warning was the second of its kind issued this year.The preliminary warning was issued at 1:39 p.m. after the country's power reserves dipped to below 3.5 million kilowatts, the Korea Electric Power Corp. said in a released statement.A light warning is issued when the power reserves fall below 4.5 million kilowatts, followed by a preliminary war
Aug. 9, 2013
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Court commutes prison term of ex-baseball player
A Seoul appellate court on Friday commuted the sentence of a pro-baseball player-turned-entertainer, charged with fraud, from 18 months to one year.Kang Byeong-gyu, 40, was found guilty of failing to return 300 million won ($273,822) that he borrowed from an acquaintance."A jail term is inevitable as the damage has not yet been reimbursed, although (Kang) came to an agreement with the victims,"Lee Jong-un, a judge of the Seoul Central District Court, said in his ruling.In the same ruling, the co
Aug. 9, 2013
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Heat wave bakes country
Record heat waves have been gripping most of the country for the past week, prompting the government to issue a preliminary warning of power shortages Thursday. Heat alerts were issued for a broad swath of the nation with peak temperatures hovering around 35 degrees Celsius. No relief is in sight for the next week, weather officials said.In Ulsan the mercury reached a 30-year high at 38.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the hottest day since the Korea Meteorological Administration began keeping rec
Aug. 8, 2013
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Children spend two hours a day online: survey
An Internet watch group survey has shown that the country’s young children spend an average two hours online a day.A poll of 5,000 people by the National Information Society Agency found that children aged 6 to 9 sit in front of a computer screen or use the Internet via smartphones for an average two hours per day. The 20s age group spends the longest time online with an average 3.4 hours per day, followed by those in their 30s and 40s with 3.2 and 2.7 hours, respectively. The average time for t
Aug. 8, 2013
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Gwangju mayor’s office raided over forgery scandal
The prosecution on Thursday raided the office of Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae, who is alleged to have been involved in a forgery scandal that allowed the city to win a bid for an international sports event.The Gwangju City government has been under fire for fabricating signatures of then-Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik and Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik on bidding documents submitted to the governing body of the 2019 World Swimming Championships.The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office sent investig
Aug. 8, 2013
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Watchdog suspends sales of anti-diarrheal medications
South Korea‘s drug watchdog said Thursday that it has temporarily suspended sales of several dozen anti-diarrheal medications, the first such move in more than two decades.The move by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety comes as Dongwha Pharm Co., one of major South Korean drugmakers, was found to have used a combination of two different strains of lactobacillus in making Lacteol than the one that was originally approved by the government in 1988.Lacteol is a brand name of lactobacillus acidoph
Aug. 8, 2013
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Gwangju mayor’s office raided over forgery scandal
The prosecution on Thursday raided the office of Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae, who is alleged to have been involved in a forgery scandal that allowed the city to win a bid for an international sports event.The Gwangju City government has been under fire for fabricating signatures of then-Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik and Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik on bidding documents submitted to the governing body of the 2019 World Swimming Championships.The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office sent investig
Aug. 8, 2013
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[Photo News][Photo News] Baduk battle
Aug. 7, 2013
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2 saving banks raided over Chun’s hidden assets
Prosecutors searching for former President Chun Doo-hwan’s hidden assets on Wednesday raided two savings banks that lent money to businesses owned by Chun’s family.A group of investigators searched the two banks for six hours and seized documents and computer hard drives. Officials did not disclose the names of the banks. One of the two, however, is thought to have lent money to a real estate development firm owned by Chun’s second son Jae-yong. The firm is known to have borrowed about 30 billio
Aug. 7, 2013
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13 face arrest over nuclear plant graft
State prosecutors said Wednesday they have requested court-issued warrants for 13 people to detain them for further questioning on charges that they forged quality warranties of components used in local nuclear reactors.The suspects allegedly supplied various critical plant equipment to Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power, the state-run operator of nuclear power plants, after doctoring their safety tests and certificates, the Supreme Prosecutors‘ Office said.Releasing a preliminary probe outcome into
Aug. 7, 2013
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Appeals court postpones sentencing for SK chief
A sentencing for the convicted chairman of one of the country’s largest conglomerates, SK Group, in an appeals trial has been postponed to Sept. 13, court officials said Wednesday.Chey Tae-won, 53, is currently undergoing appeals after being sentenced to four years behind bars by a lower court in January for embezzling nearly 50 billion won ($45 million) in company funds to make personal investments in stock futures and options.The Seoul High Court had originally planned to deliver the verdict o
Aug. 7, 2013
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Bereaved families, naval officers seek ban of Cheonan sinking film
It was a night like no other. The cold West Sea waters below deck continued their slow, steady rhythm while the 104 sailors on the South Korean naval corvette Cheonan were unaware their gray armored ship would sink, killing 46 of them.What should have sunk with the ship on that more-than-breezy night of March 26, 2010, did not, however: a divisive national debate as to who, or what had caused the debacle. Official statements from the South Korean government, a multinational investigation team an
Aug. 7, 2013
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Macquarie quitting Seoul subway’s line 9
Australia’s Macquarie Group and other large shareholders will withdraw from the subway business in Seoul after a year-long dispute over fares, city officials said Wednesday. Three Korean insurance companies, including a major life insurer, will take over the controversial Seoul Metro Line 9 Corp. owned by a consortium of Macquarie Korea Asset Management Co. and Hyundai Rotem. The potential investors are expected to inject around 700 billion won ($630 million) while not being directly involved in
Aug. 7, 2013
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BIS Canada pupils excel at British Columbia test
Students from BIS Canada have continued to excel on British Columbia’s provincial exam, the school announced.Located in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, the BIS Canada School is the first school here certified by the British Columbia Ministry of Education in Canada.The examinations are held annually, and all grade 10-12 students who study the provincial curriculum participate in the examination session.The latest standardized test results show that a majority of BIS Canada’s 10th and 11th graders sco
Aug. 7, 2013
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An evangelist of science, humanities convergence
Samsung made headlines recently by recruiting more than 190 college graduates to train as software experts. All of them were liberal arts majors without computer programming knowledge. The rationale was that innovation sprouts from a broad understanding of humanism ― something biologist Choe Jae-chun emphasized eight years ago when he said in the coming years workers with a well-rounded education would be more favorable over ones with specialized knowledge. Choe’s talent crosses disciplines. The
Aug. 7, 2013
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Rival parties agree on witnesses for spy agency probe
Rival political parties on Wednesday agreed on a list of witnesses they will summon for a parliamentary probe into the state spy agency's alleged meddling in last year's presidential election.The agreement comes after weeks of wrangling between rival parties over who should stand as witnesses and how to ensure their appearance at the hearings.The probe, which began early last month, aims to uncover the truth behind allegations that the National Intelligence Service(NIS) conducted an online smear
Aug. 7, 2013
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Woongjin Group chief indicted over massive financial fraud
The chief of Woongjin Group, a troubled mid-size conglomerate, has been charged with fraudulently issuing commercial paper worth around 119.8 billion won ($107 million) to avoid bankruptcy, prosecutors said Wednesday.Yoon Seok-keum, the group‘s founder and chairman, allegedly orchestrated the commercial paper issuance worth 100 billion won under the name of the group’s parent company from July to August of last year even with prior knowledge that the group had lost its ability to pay back its de
Aug. 7, 2013
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SK chief's appeals sentencing postponed to next month
A sentencing for the convicted chairman of one of the country's largest conglomerates, SK Group, in an appeals trial has been postponed to Sept. 13, court officials said Wednesday.Chey Tae-won, 53, is currently undergoing appeals after being sentenced to four years behind bars by a lower court in January for embezzling nearly 50 billion won (US$45 million) in company funds to make personal investments in stock futures and options.The Seoul High Court had originally planned to deliver the verdict
Aug. 7, 2013
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Navy to seek injunction against documentary on Cheonan sinking
A group of Navy officers and families of fallen soldiers will seek a court injunction against a controversial documentary that casts doubts on a multinational team's conclusion that North Korea was responsible for the sinking of the Cheonan warship, a senior official said Wednesday."Project Cheonan Ship," which is directed by independent filmmaker Baek Seung-woo and produced by Chung Ji-young, challenges the South Korean government's claim that the North is responsible for torpedoing a navy vess
Aug. 7, 2013