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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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New head of doctors' association vows war in case of disadvantage to medical professors
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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A life of sharing, service and modesty
Kim Soung-soo, retired bishop of the Anglican Church of Korea, is like a godfather to the disadvantaged in Korean society, especially the mentally disabled. These people have been his lifelong partners. He served as headmaster of St. Peter’s School, a school for the intellectually challenged. In his later years, the 83-year-old retired reverend heads a community of mentally disabled people. Nestled in his quiet rural hometown on Ganghwado Island, Incheon, the village is home to about 50 people.
March 29, 2013
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Anglican Church of Korea works hard on missionary training, evangelization
The Anglican Church of Korea is a province of the Anglican Communion in Korea. It has over 100 parish and mission churches with a total membership of roughly 50,000 people.The Church works hard for missionary education and social evangelization.The origin of the Anglican Church of Korea can be traced back to Nov. 1, 1889, when Bishop Charles John Corfe was ordained at Westminster Abbey and inaugurated as the first diocesan bishop of Korea.With his colleagues who had been invited to join the miss
March 29, 2013
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Urimaul: A village allowing self-support for disabled
Tucked away in a quiet area of Ganghwado Island in Incheon, 50 intellectually disabled adults work and live under the guidance of retired Anglican bishop Kim Soung-soo. For a self-reliant life, they grow and sell bean sprouts, and also package goods and assemble simple electric parts. They also join programs including expert-assisted art therapy, a horticulture class and bake bread to share with local seniors.The community, named “Urimaul” (Our Village), is formally a social welfare corporation
March 29, 2013
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Prosecutors raid POSCO unit in price-fixing probe
The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office seized and searched a POSCO ICT office in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. The investigation team, consisting of a prosecutor, digital forensic expert and six investigators, searched the mail server holding POSCO’s steel trade records.In February, the Fair Trade Commission had slapped a 290 billion won ($260 million) fine on five major steel companies including POSCO for fixing prices on products such as galvanized sheet iron and colored steel sh
March 29, 2013
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Police, prosecution clash over sex scandal
The prosecution and police are in a tug-of-war over plans to investigate former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui, who is implicated in a burgeoning sex-for-favors scandal.Police requested earlier this week the Justice Ministry to ban some 10 people including the former top prosecutor Kim from leaving the country pending an investigation into their involvement in the sex scandal.On Thursday, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, however, turned down the request for a travel ban, saying
March 29, 2013
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Police to crack down on child pornography
South Korean police have said they will clamp down on Internet child pornography.According to National Police Agency, the crackdown targets anyone who had possessed, produced, sold or displayed child pornography on the Internet. This comes as part of President Park Geun-hye’s pledge to root out four major “social ills” -- sexual assault, domestic and school violence, and low-quality food. In a bid to prevent the related crimes, the National Assembly passed a revision of the sex protection law fo
March 29, 2013
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Prosecution turns down travel ban for former vice minister
Prosecutors on Thursday rejected a police request to impose an overseas travel ban on Kim Hak-ui, the former vice justice minister involved in an escalating sex-for-favors scandal, news reports said. Bans against some 10 others implicated in the same scandal were also turned down, according to them. Police have obtained statements from a woman allegedly hired by a contractor to perform sexual services for the official in 2009 at a country house in Wonju, Gangwon Province. After his name was disc
March 28, 2013
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Supreme Court upholds ruling to confiscate dolphins
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an earlier ruling by an appeals court to confiscate four dolphins that can allow the marine mammals to be set free into the wild. Justices confirmed the high court's ruling and sentenced the owner of the dolphins who ran a tourist attraction near Jungmun Beach on southern Jeju, to eight months in prison, suspended for two years. The owner identified only by his surname of Heo, willalso have to pay a fine of 10 million won (US$9,000). The country's highe
March 28, 2013
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Court confirms prison term for election cyber attack
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a four-year prison term for an aide to a former ruling party lawmaker for launching a cyber attack on the national election watchdog’s Web site during Seoul’s mayoral by-election in October 2011.The 29-year-old aide to former Saenuri Party lawmaker Choi Ku-sik was found guilty of masterminding the so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Web site of the National Election Commission on the eve of the by-election.In the same ruling, the cour
March 28, 2013
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National pension fund to post deficit in 2044
The National Pension Fund will sustain losses beginning in 2044 and be fully depleted by 2060 if its financial structure remains unchanged, a panel under the Welfare Ministry said Thursday.A finance estimation committee presented the bleak outlook, which was unchanged from its previous report five years ago.“As society fully reaches an aged society, the National Pension Fund will post a deficit, meaning that it will pay (retired subscribers) more than it collects from (the younger generation) fr
March 28, 2013
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Large firms lack proper awareness of human rights: watchdog
Most of South Korea’s 30 major companies lack awareness about human rights, coming far short of international standards, the country’s rights watchdog said Thursday.According to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, its analysis of the reports on corporate sustainability management published by 19 out of the country’s top 30 corporations based on sales as of 2010 showed that a large share of them failed to meet international standards in dealing with labor and human rights issues.Some 1
March 28, 2013
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Police request travel ban for 10 key suspects in sex scandal
Police have requested the Justice Ministry to ban some 10 people including former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui from leaving the country pending an investigation into their involvement in an alleged sex-for-favors scandal.“(We have) requested travel bans (on 10 figures including Kim) because (we) need to do so for further investigations and we have identified substantial criminal charges,” an official said. The official declined to name the other figures the police have sought for the oversea
March 28, 2013
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Jeju to build 2,350 megawatts of wind power plants by 2030
Jeju Island plans to construct enough wind power plants to generate 2,350 megawatts of electricity by 2030 to meet growing demand and increase the share of renewable energy, the local government announced on Thursday.The planned increase in its wind energy capacity breaks down to 2,000 megawatts offshore and 350 megawatts onshore. The local government will add 1,000 megawatts in offshore plants by 2019 and another 1,000 megawatts by 2030. It signed agreements on offshore wind power plant constru
March 28, 2013
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Japan man ‘tries to kill woman with poisoned shoes’
A Japanese man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he was stalking by putting poison in her shoes was arrested Thursday, police and reports said.The woman, a colleague, did not die, but developed gangrene in part of her left foot, they said. It was not known to what extent she was injured or if she had to have any amputations.Tatsujiro Fukasawa, 40, allegedly put hydrofluoric acid, a highly caustic chemical, in her shoes in December last year, a police spokeswoman and reports said.He is believed
March 28, 2013
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Major S. Korean firms lack human rights awareness: rights watchdog
SEOUL -- Most of South Korea's 30 major companies lack awareness about human rights, coming far short of international standards, the country's rights watchdog said Thursday. According to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC), its analysis of the reports on corporate sustainability management published by 19 out of the country's top 30 corporations based on sales as of 2010 showed that a large share of them failed to meet international standards in dealing with labor and human r
March 28, 2013
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‘Korean territory’ to be carved on Dokdo islets
Korea will proclaim its sovereignty over Dokdo by carving the words “Korean territory” in Korean on the islets, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday.According to an official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the message will bear the words “Han guk ttang (Korean territory)” in Hangeul, the Korean writing system. There are already several carvings and monuments on Dokdo claiming Korean ownership of the islets, though the existing carvings are written in Chinese characters.“The messag
March 27, 2013
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Seoul gets tough on food-related crimes
Those caught producing and distributing adulterated food could face a minimum of three years in prison as part of the government’s effort to root out problems caused by substandard food that threatens public safety, the Prime Minister’s Office said Wednesday.It is one of the comprehensive countermeasures the government devised to guarantee the safety of foodstuff in line with President Park Geun-hye’s pledge to eradicate the country’s four major “social ills” of school and sexual violence, home-
March 27, 2013
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Environment minister faces plagiarism probe
Minister of Environment Yoon Seong-kyu is facing an investigation by a university panel on suspicion of plagiarizing parts of his doctoral dissertation. His alma mater Hanyang University said Wednesday that it would form a research ethics committee to investigate the allegations first raised by lawmaker Chang Ha-na from the opposition Democratic United Party. Chang said during Yoon’s confirmation hearing last month that the introduction, research methods and conclusion were largely similar to th
March 27, 2013
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A shift toward ‘education for happiness’
Happiness has become a new keyword of statecraft since President Park Geun-hye took office in February. The goal holds relevance especially for the younger generation facing cutthroat competition in schools and the job market. Moon Yong-lin, Seoul education chief, is at the forefront of efforts to boost the well-being of youth by enhancing career education and easing the burden of school tests. “Providing better career education is my goal. Career guidance for young people is crucial for nourish
March 27, 2013
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An education hybrid in New York
Over the past decade, anyone familiar with my story knows how much Korea has influenced my philosophy on education in Harlem. However, recently I’ve been asked more often about what I believe the Korean system can learn from the success of Democracy Prep Public Schools.My introduction to the Korean education system occurred completely by chance; it was a happy accident. In 2001, I was visiting my future wife, who was on a Fulbright Scholarship, teaching and researching in Cheonan, South Chungche
March 27, 2013