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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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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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Victim of Japan’s forced labor receives diploma
A woman in her 80s who was forced into labor for imperial Japan during World War II is set to receive a diploma from her elementary school 70 years after her graduation in Hwasun, South Jeolla Province.According to a civic group dealing with Japan’s recruitment of people for forced labor, Neungju elementary school made the decision to give a graduation certificate to Kim Jae-rim, 83, at a graduation ceremony on Feb. 19.Kim was one of the 300 girls from the Jeolla and Chungcheong provinces who we
Feb. 18, 2013
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Fire breaks out in Insa-dong, Seoul
A large fire broke out Sunday in Seoul’s cultural district of Insa-dong, with at least seven people hospitalized for smoke inhalation, officials from the National Rescue Services said.The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. at a closed restaurant, according to firefighters at the scene. The fire was nearly under control shortly after 10 p.m., but flames reignited on another building nearby.“(Firefighters) had difficulty reaching the site because of the narrow alleys, and the high temperature caused
Feb. 17, 2013
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S. Korean man arrested for illegal missionary work in Libya
CAIRO -- A South Korean man was arrested in the Libyan city of Benghazi and is under investigation for being involved in illegal missionary work along with three other foreigners, Libyan police and the South Korean embassy there said Sunday. The Libyan police arrested the South Korean, an Egyptian, a South African, and a Swede who was traveling on a U.S. passport, on Tuesday on suspicion of printing and distributing books which called for conversion to Christianity, according to the officia
Feb. 17, 2013
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Japanese activist indicted over Dokdo stakes
A Japanese right-wing activist will face trial in South Korea for setting up provocative wooden stakes in Seoul and Tokyo last year to lay claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, prosecutors said Sunday.Nobuyuki Suzuki, a member of an ultra-right Japanese party, was sued by a group of former South Korean sex slaves for defamation in connection with a controversial wooden post he tied to a symbolic statue of a sex slave in front of the Japanese embassy in downtown Seoul in June.The wo
Feb. 17, 2013
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S.Chungcheong superintendent of education summoned
Kim Jong-sung, the Superintendent of Education for South Chungcheong Province was summoned by the police on Friday on allegations that he was involved in a case where government officials took bribes from teachers seeking to become state education advisors. The police had recently arrested several officials in charge of supervising the curriculum for schools in the province for taking bribes worth over 200 million won from teachers who had taken tests last year for selecting new supervisory off
Feb. 15, 2013
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‘7 out of 10 Seoul citizens suffer from stress’
Seven out of every 10 Seoul citizens experience stress at work, school and in their domestic lives, a report showed Friday.In a survey conducted by the Seoul city government on Seoul citizens aged over 13 in May last year, more than 72 percent of respondents said they had been stressed for the past two weeks. Almost 13 percent said the level of stress was extreme.There were more women who were under stress than men. Work topped the list of the environmental causes of stress with 77.6 percent, fo
Feb. 15, 2013
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Health Ministry to increase tax incentives for drug R&D projects
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it will increase tax incentives to pharmaceutical companies that invest in the research and development of new drugs, officials said Friday,As a revised law on special tax treatment control takes effect, small- and medium sized companies investing in R&D projects will get more deduction on corporate tax from 25 percent to 30 percent. Big companies will also get tax deductions of up to 20 percent from 3-15 percent.Companies are expected to enjoy tax deducti
Feb. 15, 2013
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Samsung accused of leaking toxic gas outside plant
Hydrofluoric acid gas was allegedly discharged into the surrounding environment from the Samsung Electronic Co. semiconductor line in Hwaseong City after a fatal leakage from one of the pipelines last month, according to a police investigation Friday.The latest development runs counter to the earlier statement by the world’s largest semiconductor maker that no toxic chemical was leaked outside the factory.“After analyzing CCTV footage in the central chemical supply system of the factory, the pol
Feb. 15, 2013
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Environment activist receives jail term on bribery conviction
Choi Yeol, 64, president of non-governmental environmental group Korea Green Foundation, was sentenced to a jail term for receiving bribes from real estate investors Friday. The Supreme Court turned down Choi’s appeal and upheld a lower court’s ruling of a one-year jail term and a fine of 130 million won ($123,000). Choi was indicted for receiving financial favors from a real estate investor who asked for help in an eco-friendly industrial park in Gyeonggi Province. Choi arranged a meeting with
Feb. 15, 2013
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‘Love’ voted as Korean’s favorite English word
Korean people picked “love” as their favorite word in English, a survey showed. EBS, a state-run education television network, conducted the survey on 1,210 viewers to see which English words they like to hear and say.Among 700 English words chosen by the respondents, “love” topped the list at 6.12 percent followed by “happy” at 4.55 percent.“Dream,” “family,” “passion,” “believe,” “friend” and “challenge” are also ranked high on the chart. EBSe, and EBS channel dedicated to English education, d
Feb. 15, 2013
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Samsung chairman's brother appeals ruling in inheritance suit
Lee Maeng-hee, the eldest brother of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, appealed a lower court verdict on Friday, court officials said, starting the second round of a legal battle between the estranged brothers over their inheritance.The Seoul Central District Court earlier this month ruled in favor of the chairman in inheritance lawsuits filed by his siblings. The siblings were demanding more than 4 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in stakes in Samsung Group units. With the ruling, the countr
Feb. 15, 2013
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Seoul ranks sixth in global competitiveness: report
Seoul ranks sixth in global competitiveness among major metropolises, Korean and Japanese think tanks said Friday.The Seoul Institute and the Mori Memorial Foundation held a presentation at Seoul city hall to announce the “2012 Global Power City Index (GPCI),” which ranks 40 major cities around the world in accordance to their productivity and competitiveness.The GPCI is evaluated by the international estimates on the sectors of economics, research and development, cultural exchange, residence,
Feb. 15, 2013
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Ex-Seoul mayor Oh may face probe over Han River project
Korea’s largest lawyers’ association on Thursday requested the prosecution investigate former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon for a breach of duty in connection with the project to build artificial islands on the Han River. The Korean Bar Association’s special committee on local tax abuse investigation announced the result of its probe into the 139 billion won ($128 million) Sebit floating island construction project. “There were many irregularities in the Sebit project, such as the lack of metropolitan
Feb. 14, 2013
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Prime Minister nominee admits false address registration in past
Prime Minister nominee Chung Hong-won admitted Thursday that he had falsely registered his address, but claimed it was only to maintain his place on a housing list.False resident registration is a criminal offense in Korea, punishable by up to 3 years in jail and a fine of up to 10 million won ($9,400), although the law has not been strictly enforced.The former prosecutor Chung is accused of having a fake address in Doksandong in Seoul in after moving to Busan in 1988 while working at Busan Dist
Feb. 14, 2013
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Man arrested after threatening to explode casino
A 58-year-old man was arrested on the charge of threatening to blow up a casino, police said Thursday. The suspect allegedly threatened Kangwon Land, the country’s only casino open to Korean citizens, located in Gangwon Province. He made the casino tell the guests to leave because he would blow up the facilities, Mokpo Police said. He called the casino three times on Thursday morning from 8:38 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. from a motel in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province.The casino, however, was closed Thursday
Feb. 14, 2013
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Kids of helicopter parents less satisfied
U.S. college students with so-called helicopter parents are more likely to be depressed and less satisfied with their lives, researchers say. Holly Schiffrin and colleagues at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va., said the over-controlling parenting style of the helicopter parents negatively affects students‘ well-being. Schiffrin said the study involved 297 U.S. undergraduate students, ages 18-23, who answered an online survey that asked to describe their mothers’ parenting
Feb. 14, 2013
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Profiles of minister-nominees: Seo Nam-soo, Education
Seo, 60, is set to become the first educational bureaucrat to take helm of the ministry, whose previous chiefs have all been outside experts and politicians. He has more than 30 years of experience in the Education Ministry and affiliated offices.Seo, a native of Seoul, first joined the ministry in 1979 after passing the administrative service exam in 1978. He served for nearly 20 years until 1999 before taking the vice-superintendent seat at the Gyeonggi Province Office of Education.He also wor
Feb. 13, 2013
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Profiles of minister-nominees: Yoo Jeong-bok, Security, public administration
Yoo, 55, former minister of food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, is one of the closest aides to President-elect Park Geun-hye. The veteran bureaucrat and third-term lawmaker served as top secretary to Park from 2008 to 2010 when she reduced her political activities following her defeat to President Lee Myung-bak in the presidential nomination race of the Grand National Party.He is currently the deputy chief of the preparatory committee for her inauguration.The nominee started his public ca
Feb. 13, 2013
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Identifying your goal in getting an MBA abroad
Like many important steps we take in life, deciding to study for an MBA abroad is a serious matter that requires huge investments. You need a financial investment to cover tuition and living costs, time investment to research the right course and to study, and emotional investment as you have to leave your family and friends for a new life in a foreign country. You also need to consider your career opportunities should you decide to continue with your current career. Getting an MBA from a foreig
Feb. 13, 2013
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Disabled students get trip to Sydney
A visit by the first Sookmyung Challenger Global Explorer team, a group composed of disabled students, to Sydney was a very meaningful, unforgettable experience for me. Twenty-six people including me had a great time there for a week from Jan. 23-30.I could talk, listen and understand my helpers and students with different impairments more in Sydney than during our regular student life at Sookmyung Women’s University. As part of our week-long schedule, we visited the University of Sydney and Uni
Feb. 13, 2013