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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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KDIC faces tax haven controversy
The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp and its subsidiary KRNC are mired in controversy over setting up paper companies in tax havens by former executives and employees of the two state-run financial companies.The Korea Center for Investigative Journalism, known locally as Newstapa, on Saturday released another batch of six Koreans found to have operated two ghost companies in the British Virgin Islands.The six included Kim Gi-don, former CEO of KRNC and former senior manager of KDIC, and five others
June 15, 2013
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Former chiefs of NIS, Seoul police indicted over election interference
Prosecutors indicted former National Intelligence Service chief Won Sei-hoon without detention Friday on charges of meddling in last year’s presidential election. Announcing the results of its two-month-long probe, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said Won ordered his agents to put up online comments and express opinions on Internet posts over political issues. Among 1,760 posts by the NIS agents with hundreds of fake IDs from Sep. 19 to Dec. 14 last year, 67 are confirmed to have
June 14, 2013
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[Photo News] Games Security
June 14, 2013
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Severance Hospital raided over ‘contract killing‘ sick note
Korean prosecutors raided Yonsei Severance Hospital on Thursday to investigate whether one of its staff wrote a false doctor’s note for a woman convicted of arranging a contract-killing. The doctor allegedly exaggerated the diagnosis, helping the criminal patient to delay the execution of the sentence.The 68-year-old woman was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for hiring a hit-man to kill an innocent college student who she believed was having an affair with her son-in-law.But she delayed t
June 14, 2013
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Ex-President Chun's illegal wealth estimated at 933 bln won: opposition party
Former President Chun Doo-hwan is estimated to have accumulated about 933 billion won ($829 million) in illegal wealth, the main opposition party said Friday, stepping up calls for him to pay his long overdue fines.Chun, who ruled from 1981-88, was ordered by the Supreme Court in 1997 to return 220 billion won he was found to have accumulated illegally to the state coffers. He refused to make the payment, saying he was almost penniless. The former president has so far paid only a quarter of the
June 14, 2013
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U.S. air force conducted illegal probe on Korean civilians: report
The U.S. air force allegedly conducted an illegal probe into South Korean civilians, a local broadcaster YTN reported on Friday. According to the report, seven shopkeepers near Osan Air Base have been called into for questioning by officials at the USFK airbase since last December on the suspicion of illegal activities.“There was a small room that looked like an interrogation room, and I was all by myself to answer the investigator. He coercively asked me if I arranged prostitution for U.S. sold
June 14, 2013
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Seoul city rejects review of controversial ex-president memorial park
The Seoul municipal government said Friday it has dismissed requests from a ward office to review a plan to build a memorial park for Park Chung-hee, the late president and father of the incumbent leader, amid controversy over project.Earlier this month, Seoul's Jung-gu district office said it will push to build the park around the former Park family house in Shindang-dong in central Seoul, where he lived for three years before seizing power in a 1961 coup. President Park Geun-hye also lived the
June 14, 2013
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Defense minister backs military service merits
Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin voiced his support Friday for a move to revive a system that rewards job seekers who have served in the military.The defense ministry and the gender equality ministry have been at odds with each other over the system because it applies only to men who have fulfilled their mandatory military service.Before being ruled unconstitutional in 1999, the reward system gave male applicants with a military background extra points on exams for jobs.Critics of the system have c
June 14, 2013
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S. Korean supplier to Zara and GAP set up paper companies in tax havens: journalists' group
The head of a South Korean supplier to global brands, including Zara and GAP, set up shell companies in tax havens, an independent South Korean online news outlet said Thursday, in its latest revelation of a list that also includes three other Korean businessmen.Kim Ki-hong, chairman of Nobland, was registered as one of two directors and a shareholder of Jade Crown Group Ltd. set up in the British Virgin Islands on Sept. 8, 2006, the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism (KCIJ) said on its w
June 13, 2013
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Prosecution starts probe into Yoon
The prosecutors’ office said Thursday it launched a probe into former presidential spokesperson Yoon Chang-jung, who allegedly harassed a female intern during a presidential trip to Washington, D.C., in May. Earlier this month, about 1,000 women from the minor opposition United Progressive Party and the Korean Women Alliance, an advocacy group, filed a complaint against Yoon on charges of sexual abuse and libel. “An accusation of sexual molestation requires a complaint filed by the victim, and v
June 13, 2013
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Central, provincial governments clash over Jinju hospital
The central government and the South Gyeongsang Province administration collided again Thursday over a regional public hospital recently shut down due to huge losses and labor disputes. The local assembly recently passed Gov. Hong Joon-pyo’s order to close Jinju Medical Center despite opposition from its union and the central government. Health and Welfare Minister Chin Young has requested Hong to ask local councilors to reconsider their approval of the shutdown motion. The ministry criticized t
June 13, 2013
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Military incentive plan hit over effect on women, disabled
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and female lawmakers from the ruling Saenuri Party on Thursday agreed to block the Defense Ministry’s latest proposal to give extra credits to male job seekers for military service.“The military duty incentive system was already ruled unconstitutional,” Rep. Kim Hyun-sook said after a government ruling party meeting held at the National Assembly.“(The Defense Ministry) should be discreet about reviving the system which would spark strong opposition from
June 13, 2013
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Nexen pitcher charged with drunken hit-and-run
South Korean professional baseball player Shin Hyeon-cheol was indicted without physical detention for hitting a man with his car while drunk and fleeing the scene, prosecutors said Thursday.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Shin crashed into a taxi with his car at 4:37 a.m. on April 8. The owner of the taxi exited the vehicle and blocked Shin’s car. The investigators said an “infuriated” Shin hit the taxi driver with his car multiple times and fled the scene. The driver w
June 13, 2013
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[Graphic News] Korea rated less peaceful than 2007
South Korea ranked 47th out of 162 countries on the 2013 Global Peace Index produced by the Institute of Economics and Peace, an Australia-based think tank. It marked a 15-slot drop from 2007 when the index was first published, due to the growing nuclear threat from North Korea and historical rifts with Japan. The annual survey is based on 22 indicators that also include crime, demonstrations, political instability and weapons trade. Europe was found to be the most peaceable region with 13 count
June 12, 2013
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Experts call for tighter laws against sexual harassment
Korea’s legal systems fall short of protecting women from of sexual harassment in working and social spheres, experts say. Three laws regarding women’s development, gender equality and human rights cover sexual harassment. But they are fraught with loopholes that offenders can exploit, from inadequate rules for punishment, to unclear standards for supervision and education, to cumbersome legal procedures that often frustrate victims, according to experts.The first law acknowledging sexual harass
June 12, 2013
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Breaking gender molds to end sexual harassment
This is the third and last in a series of articles on sexual harassment in Korea: how society perceives it, what measures are being taken, and what more can be done to prevent it. ― Ed.Stemming sexual harassment has been a tall order for many countries since the term was coined in the 1970s. Korea is no exception, especially with the increasing profile of women in all spheres of society.As more women step into leadership positions, including the election of the first female president last Decemb
June 12, 2013
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Dwight School Seoul to offer IB Diploma program
Dwight School Seoul said it has been authorized to offer a globally recognized diploma program.The International Baccalaureate, an educational foundation based in Geneva, recently approved the foreign school in Seoul to offer the IB Diploma Program starting later this year, according to the school.The two-year IB Diploma Program is primarily aimed at students aged 16―19 and provides the skills and knowledge essential to pursuing a college education. Students completing the diploma course will re
June 12, 2013
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How does your study help humanity?
When I was seeking my doctorate from Michigan State University in the United States, I found out about the Hong Humanistic Korean Scholarship by chance. Basically, the Hong Humanistic Korean Scholarship awards a small scholarship to academically successful Korean-American graduate students. It did not seem to fit me well and the small amount offered was not attractive, but I decided to apply. When I prepared the application, I saw the essay questions in the application form. I was stunned for a
June 12, 2013
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New history textbook stirs ideological debate
A new history textbook authored by conservative scholars is taking a barrage of criticism, even as its content has yet to be unveiled.The dispute over the book from Kyohak Publishing Co. illustrates the depth of ideological division in Korea despite strenuous state and civic campaigns for reconciliation. It is one of eight textbooks preliminarily approved for high school use from next year by the National Institute of Korean History, the screening panel commissioned by the Education Ministry.Pro
June 12, 2013
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Forum discusses learning throughout lifetime
More than 200 practitioners, academics and policy planners in education discussed how to help people continue learning throughout their lives at an annual forum in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Monday.The forum hosted by the state-run National Institute for Lifelong Education in Korea in cooperation with the Gyeonggi Provincial Institute for Lifelong Learning drew international experts, including Arne Carlsen, director of UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Michael Osborne, professor of the Univ
June 12, 2013