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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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One-time users of pirated software ordered to pay full compensation
A Seoul court has ruled that users of pirated computer software are obliged to fully compensate their manufacturers, regardless of the period of illegality, court officials said Sunday. The ruling by the Seoul High Court was delivered to seven software firms, including Microsoft and local firm Hancom, which filed lawsuits against two local medium-sized companies for illegally using rip-offs of their computer software, the court said Sunday.The two companies installed pirated Windows XP computer
May 26, 2013
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Start of Korean summer comes 15 days earlier than in 1950s
Summer starts a half month earlier and lasts longer compared with 50 years ago due possibly to global warming, the weather agency said Sunday. Summers in the 2000s started on average on May 27, 15 days earlier than those during the 1950s, the Korea Meteorological Administration said, citing previous data.With the early start of summer, the length of summer has been extended by 20 days for a total of 121 days on average since 2000 compared with the 1950s, the weather agency said. The agency defin
May 26, 2013
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Deformed newborns surge more than 130% in 7 years
The number of South Korean babies born with deformities has sharply increased over the past seven years due largely to the increased maternal age, government data showed Sunday.According to data released by the National Health Insurance Service, the number of newborns with records of hospital treatment for congenital deformity shot up 136.5 percent from 13,786 in 2005 to 32,601 in 2011.As of 2011, 730 babies per 10,000 were born with congenital malformations, the government agency said, noting 6
May 26, 2013
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Ex-Seoul police chief questioned over NIS scandal
Prosecutors questioned a former Seoul police chief Saturday over suspicions that he had hampered a police probe into the national spy agency’s alleged attempt to influence public opinion ahead of last year’s presidential election.It was the second time that Kim Yong-pan, who had headed the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) for about two years until early this year, has undergone questioning in connection with the case.Kim is alleged to have pressured a police investigation team not to delv
May 26, 2013
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Korea joins global adoption convention
South Korea officially joined an international treaty on adoption to provide protection for children, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Friday.According to the ministry, 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 Chin Young signed the deal on Friday.The convention establishes protection for children, birth parents and adoptive parents while endorsing the concept of internat
May 26, 2013
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Seoul to weed out institutions suspected of leaking SAT questions
Private education institutions suspected of leaking exam questions for the U.S. college admission test will be subject to severe penalties, including business shutdown, Seoul's education authorities said Sunday.The announcement came as about 10 local private institutions providing lectures for the U.S.-based Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT) have been under prosecution investigations on suspicions of leaking test questions to exam takers. Amid the suspicions, the SAT operator College Board canceled
May 26, 2013
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Conglomerates found to hold some 5.7 tln won in tax havens: data
South Korea's large businesses are found to hold some 5.7 trillion won (US$5.1 billion) worth of assets through their corporate entities in tax haven regions, data showed Sunday. According to the data by market researcher Chaebol.com, 24 local conglomerates were found to run corporate entities in nine tax havens, including the Cayman Islands, Panama, the Marshall Islands, Samoa and Cyprus. The businesses cited in the data are private conglomerates holding 1 trillion won or larger in total a
May 26, 2013
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Japanese scholars get warning from Tokyo over Dokdo visit
Two Japanese scholars said Saturday that they have been warned by their government in Tokyo for visiting South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, to which Japan has also laid claims.Norio Kuboi, a former professor at Momoyama Gakuin University, Yoshihiro Kuroda, a former lecturer at the Kobe Shoin Women's University in Osaka, and another Japanese made the visit to Dokdo on Thursday where they declared the islets Korean territory. Right after the trip, the scholars said they were visited by two
May 26, 2013
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Ex-vice justice minister to be summoned next week over sex bribery case
Former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui has been asked to appear for questioning by police sometime next week on suspicions that he received sexual favors from a local contractor in return for business favors, according to an officer Saturday.The sex bribery scandal centers around allegations that a number of high-profile figures, such as former and incumbent high-ranking government officials including Kim and the head of a hospital, received sexual services from about a dozen women hired by the
May 25, 2013
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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