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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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Soul-searching through humanities
Every Tuesday, a group of corporate executives and high-ranking government officials attend a lecture on humanities at Seoul National University. The program, named “Ad Fontes,” a Latin expression meaning “to the sources,” challenges the students in their 50s and 60s with fundamental questions about life. The students have to tackle the fundamental issues surrounding historic figures and influential books while absorbing knowledge from a diverse spectrum of studies from Oriental philosophy to li
May 24, 2013
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CJ probe to expand internationally
Prosecutors are tracing overseas bank accounts with international authorities in the widening probe into food and entertainment giant CJ Group, which is suspected of massive income tax evasion through offshore slush funds and illegal wealth transfers to the chairman’s children. Sources said the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office are currently working to retrieve data relevant to CJ Group’s overseas account transactions with the help of related local and international organizations includ
May 24, 2013
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Korea to boost support for foreign start-ups
South Korea plans to expand support for foreigners who establish a business here as part of efforts to attract more foreign talent into the country and thus help boost its economy, government officials said Friday.Under the plan that focuses on better working and living environments for foreigners here, the government will set up a start-up assistant program where up to 70 percent of the cost for starting technology-based establishments will be subsidized.Foreign entrepreneurs who set up a busin
May 24, 2013
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S. Korea to join int'l adoption convention
South Korea officially joined an international treaty on adoption to provide protection for children, the health ministry said Friday.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea became a member state of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, as Health Minister Jin Young signed the deal on Friday.The convention establishes protection for children, birth parents and adoptive parents while endorsing the concept of in
May 24, 2013
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‘Humanities essential education for all’
Time-honored humanities subjects such as literature, philosophy and history have struggled to draw students in recent years, but it’s not all doom and gloom. Educational institutions and local libraries are propping up the subjects with new, ambitious programs. The renewed enthusiasm for humanities at colleges and public libraries reflects the desire of the public for a deeper knowledge of the subjects, experts said. “People began to ponder the meaning of the capitalist ideology in the late 199
May 24, 2013
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Humanities in Korea: Revival or crisis?
South Korea’s Pai Chai University recently announced an organizational overhaul that will merge several humanities departments, touching off a debate on the “crisis of humanities.” At the center of discussion was the school’s decision to merge the Korean Language and Literature Department with the Department of Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language. Pai Chai, which has produced top-notch literary figures such as poet Kim So-wol and linguist Ju Si-gyeong, will have no dedicated Korean literature
May 24, 2013
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Prosecution traces CJ Group slush fund with int'l authorities
Prosecutors are tracing overseas bank accounts of CJ Group with help from the banks to secure evidence to allegations that the local food and entertainment conglomerate amassed a massive slush fund offshore, sources close to the investigation said Friday.The country's 14th largest conglomerate has been under a probe on allegations that the company managed a slush fund worth about hundreds of billions of won in total in foreign countries, including the British Virgin Islands, a well-known tax hav
May 24, 2013
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Singer tries to take own life after girlfriend’s suicide
Singer Son Ho-young was rushed to the hospital early Friday after an apparent suicide attempt, hours after he attended the funeral of his girlfriend, who is thought to have taken her own life earlier this week. Police said Son appeared to have made the attempt in his car by burning a substance that gave off noxious fumes, but abandoned it when the vehicle caught fire. A passerby who found Son called emergency services. The fire was extinguished within five minutes and Son, who was moved to Soon
May 24, 2013
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Editor indicted over false rumors on President Park
The chief editor of a local online media outlet has been indicted on charges of publishing articles carrying false rumors about President Park Geun-hye and her brother, prosecutors said Thursday.Paik Eun-jong, the 60-year-old chief editor of the media Web site Voice of Seoul, is accused of spreading false and defamatory information in two articles that separately said President Park gave birth to a baby out of wedlock and Park’s younger brother Ji-man masterminded the murder of his relative, acc
May 23, 2013
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U.S. study shows Korean diet is good for health
A joint study in South Korea and the United States has proven the effectiveness of a Korean diet in lowering cholesterol and reducing the risks of contracting related health issues such as diabetes and cardiac disorders, a report showed Thursday.According to the report from the Rural Development Administration, the joint research with the U.S. Department of Agriculture has shown that a Korean diet, or Hansik in Korean, was even more effective than the USDA dietary guidelines for Americans (DGA)
May 23, 2013
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Disease control agency confirms second tick-virus victim
The state-run disease control agency on Thursday confirmed another fatality caused by a killer tick virus amid fears that the disease may quickly spread nationwide.The Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention said a man who died on the southern island of Jeju Friday has been confirmed as a victim of the killer virus transmitted by one species of tick, the Haemaphysalis longicornis.The deceased, surnamed Kang, is the second tick-caused victim reported in South Korea in the past year. Last Au
May 23, 2013
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Actor arrested on rape suspicion
A 37-year-old actor has been arrested on suspicion of rape, Seoul Gangnam Police Station said ThursdayThe actor, whose name was withheld by authorities, is accused of raping a 28-year-old woman at his home in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul in January. The victim sued the actor in mid-February.The actor has denied the allegations, saying the sex was consensual. He was taken into custody Monday and was arrested three days later. According to local news reports, actor in question appeared in “Yeon
May 23, 2013
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SNU allows male students to take paternity leave
Seoul National University said on Thursday that male students in the school can now take a leave of absence if they have a child under the age of 8.After revising the academic regulations, the university announced that both male and female students taking bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate’s courses in SNU can take a maximum one-year leave of absence for childrearing, starting this semester.So far, only female students could take a leave of absence for pregnancy-related issues in SNU.The universi
May 23, 2013
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Prosecution expands CJ probe
Prosecutors are expanding their investigation into food and entertainment giant CJ Group to include additional suspicions of massive income tax evasion and illegal wealth transfer to chairman’s children. The country’s 14th largest conglomerate has been under probe on allegations of creating a huge slush fund overseas and bringing the illicit money into the country.Prosecutors imposed Thursday an overseas travel ban on the family owners of the group including CJ chairman Lee Jay-hyun, vice chairw
May 23, 2013
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NTS to look into offshore tax evasion suspicions
South Korea's tax agency will closely look into suspicions of tax evasion by conglomerates and their families, among others, suspected of stashing away money by using offshore tax havens, its top official said Thursday.On Wednesday, a non-profit organization set up by former journalists disclosed three names of heads of family-owned conglomerates who have allegedly set up paper companies in the British Virgin Islands and the Cook Islands to conceal secretive money or avoid paying taxes.The list
May 23, 2013
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Female professor charged with sexual harassment: report
A group of male university students lodged a complaint against a female professor, claiming she sexually harassed them and was physically violent, local media reported. According to reports from local broadcaster SBS, the professor allegedly touched her male students constantly and kissed one student’s cheek at dinner. Also, she reportedly asked the students to take her home late at night.Another student said the professor was violent when she heard that he gave up a school performance.“She slap
May 23, 2013
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[Photo News] Aboard Korean-made chopper
May 22, 2013
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Prosecutors draw daggers against CJ family owners
Prosecutors are zeroing in on family members of food and entertainment giant CJ Group, long suspected of operating a huge slush fund but never charged for lack of evidence. The investigation is attracting particular attention as it could be just the start of a broader crackdown on conglomerate misdeeds in line with President Park Geun-hye’s pronounced war against tax evasion and the underground economy. Investigators from the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office raided the Seoul Regional Tax Office
May 22, 2013
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Think tank creates school for broader thinking
Yoon Ho-jin, a 22-year-old nuclear and quantum engineering student, had never taken philosophy seriously. Oriental classics and humanities studies were far from his life, which was mostly devoted to math, physics and practical technology. His intellectual path changed course drastically when he began to attend the Asan Academy last year.“I’ve spent most of my time studying math and science. But I really enjoyed studying classic literature. It was a completely different intellectual pleasure,” th
May 22, 2013
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Ministry to boost funds for regional universities
The Ministry of Education said Wednesday that it planned to increase financial support for universities to 262 billion won ($236.6 million) this year, up 11.5 percent from a year ago.Of that, 143.7 billion won, up nearly 16 percent a year ago, will be allocated to schools outside of Seoul, the ministry said.Since 2010, the ministry has selected universities under the Advancement of College Education program to urge schools to focus more on effective teaching, allotting 3 billion won in annual st
May 22, 2013