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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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Virtual schooling bridges cultural gap
World peace, to many, is just an ideal, but Jung Eun-hee, founder and executive director of a New York-based International Virtual Schooling, believes that the world can be a better place in the future if promoting intercultural exchanges among young people around the world through internet and technological devices.Jung, 40, has designed and is currently operating an e-learning program called International Virtual Elementary/Secondary Classroom Activities, or IVECA for short, which enables stud
Jan. 24, 2013
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Suspect in 2007 missing couple’s case commits suicide
The suspect behind a 2007 case involving a missing couple committed suicide last year, police said Wednesday. According to Busan police, the 42-year-old suspect supposedly linked to the disappearance of Choi Nak-yul and his wife Jo Yeong-suk was found dead in an apparent suicide in Geoje city, South Gyeongsang Province. He was found on May 17, 2012, with a suicide note that said: “None of this would have happened if I kept my hands off the stocks.”The unnamed man was considered a prime suspect b
Jan. 24, 2013
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Teen stamps on friend’s face after burying him up to his neck
A teenage boy, who had allegedly buried his friend from the neck down in the ground and tortured him, was sentenced to one year in prison on Jan. 17, according to the Seoul Southern District Court. The 16-year-old boy used to harass his friend frequently. On Oct. 26, 2012, the bully called his friend to a mountain in Banghwa-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul. After beating up the victim, he dug a hole on the ground as big as the friend’s body with a shovel he brought with him. Another friend assisted him.
Jan. 24, 2013
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Space center guard caught after going AWOL
An Army private who deserted his post while guarding the Naro Space Center on Thursday was apprehended by a military search party, authorities said.The 21-year-old soldier identified only by his family name of Lee was caught around 1:52 p.m., four hours after he was reported absent without leave (AWOL) by his unit. The soldier belonged to the 31st division's headquarters company and was part of a guard duty detail searching for dangerous objects on Mt. Bongnae near the space center in Goheung, 4
Jan. 24, 2013
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Line 1 suspended after man jumps in front of train
Seoul subway line No. 1 was temporarily suspended Thursday, after an unidentified man jumped onto the tracks.The man appeared to have thrown himself in front of an incoming train that was headed to Cheongryangni. The incident took place at 7:27 a.m.Services bound to Incheon and Suwon were delayed until 8:15 a.m. due to the incident.“We do not know where this man came from. It took us some time to resume operations,” said an official from Korea’s state-run railway operator KORAIL.By Park Sui, Int
Jan. 24, 2013
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[Newsmaker] CJ suspected of bribing doctors
The police announced on Tuesday that 10 officials at CJ CheilJedang, a chaebol manufacturer of food and medicine, have allegedly given illegal kickbacks worth approximately 4.5 billion won ($4.2 million) to more than 200 doctors over two years from May 2000. The kickbacks were allegedly offered in exchange for prescribing its product and were the form of lending the company credit cards to doctors. Some of the doctors used the company credit cards to purchase furniture and other commodities for
Jan. 23, 2013
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Sex slavery monument planned in Singapore
Singapore is expected to be the first Asian country other than South Korea to have a monument built for Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese troops during World War II, a Seoul civic group said Wednesday.The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery said it is pushing forward with setting up another “Peace Monument,” which would be a bronze statue of a young girl that symbolizes the Korean victims, euphemistically called “comfort women,” in the Southeast Asi
Jan. 23, 2013
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Late Roh’s daughter gets suspended term
The daughter of former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun was handed a four-month suspended jail sentence on Wednesday for illegally transferring $1.2 million abroad.Roh Jeong-yeon was convicted of transferring 1.3 billion won ($1.2 million) to the United States in order to buy an apartment in New Jersey in 2007, without reporting the transaction to local financial authorities.It was not immediately known whether she would appeal the ruling by the Seoul Central District Court. The former presid
Jan. 23, 2013
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Catholic University devoted to bridging Korea, world
Introduced to Korea in 1784, Roman Catholicism triggered the first wave of modernization of the country. More than 8,000 Catholics were martyred in a century.The Church helped reform the Hermit Kingdom in various fields including medicine, technology, social institutions and farming. The greatest contribution that Catholics made to the country was in education, marked by the establishment in 1855 of St. Joseph’s Theological Seminary, one of its first Western educational institutions. Founded by
Jan. 23, 2013
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Studying and living in Korea, a unique experience
I first came to Korea to teach English in September 2009 after graduating from Purdue University in the United States. I got a job at Yangji Elementary School in Yongin. This ended up being a great place for me to start my life in Korea and begin learning what opportunities there are here.I loved my life in Yongin, I took Korean classes at Kyung Hee University in Suwon at night and went skiing regularly at the Yangji Pine Resort. My experience as a teacher was also great. I liked teaching and lo
Jan. 23, 2013
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Police officer suspended after scratching car
A police officer faces suspension and a criminal charge after scratching a parked car, Changwon police said.The officer, a resident of Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, is alleged to have put a 1-meter scratch into the back side door of the vehicle with a steel clip on Dec. 30.Three days after the incident, the owner of the car requested to see the recorded footage of CCTV only to find out it was one of the police officers in the district. “It was hard for me to get by because of Cho’s car. T
Jan. 23, 2013
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Seoul opens child abuse prevention center
Seoul City officials announced on Thursday the opening of the Seoul Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Suseo-dong, Gangnam, to help tackle child abuse cases across Seoul.Seoul has set up several programs at the center such as a legal advisory panel and the supervisory committee on child abuse cases. It also revealed a plan to offer more education to teachers and children and treatment to victims. The seven child abuse prevention centers in Seoul will use the same phone number: 1577-1391
Jan. 23, 2013
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Gay rights ad sparks dispute
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea’s decision to advocate advertisements against homosexual discrimination to be posted on subway bulletins touched off debates among Korean netizens. A man, surnamed Kim, requested approval from Seocho District Office last year to post ads on subway bulletin boards that said, “Every person has the right to not be discriminated for sexual orientation.” However, the office rejected his request, saying it may have a negative impact on teenagers and underm
Jan. 23, 2013
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The Economist files complaint against language school
Police are investigating an English language institute on charges of breaching a copyright belonging to The Economist, a British weekly magazine, officials said Wednesday.The publisher Economist Group filed a lawsuit against the English language school in southern Seoul in November for infringing its intellectual property. The publisher said in the complaint that the language school used its articles and columns in their textbooks from 2009 to 2011, earning up to 160 billion won ($150 million) f
Jan. 23, 2013
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Defector-turned-public servant has Chinese nationality
A Seoul city official, who was believed to have defected from North Korea and was arrested earlier this month for espionage, has been found to be of Chinese nationality, intelligence sources said Tuesday.The 33-year-old suspect, identified only by his family name Yoo, arrived in South Korea in 2004, disguising himself as a North Korean defector. In 2011, he was hired by the Seoul city government as a two-year contract official.The central government's main spy agency, the National Intelligence
Jan. 22, 2013
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Seoul population smaller, older
The population of Seoul decreased for a second consecutive year in 2012 to around 10.4 million, according to statistics released by the city government on Tuesday. Around 10.6 million people lived in the capital city in 2010 and 10.5 million in 2011.The decline was due to a bigger outflow of citizens than inflow to the city, with 487,000 moving in and 596,000 people moving out. The number of births was 95,000, and 41,000 died last year. The foreign population decreased by 86,000 from a year befo
Jan. 22, 2013
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Food waste water dispute in Seoul had been foreseen
The recent food waste stink caused by disputes between district governments of Seoul City and private food waste management firms could have been prevented if measures prepared by the Ministry of Environment five years ago had been swiftly implemented.The food disposal firms at 16 district governments have been refusing to pick up food waste, demanding a price increase in food waste treatment services. District governments, however, are reluctant to pay more, saying the demands are too high: the
Jan. 22, 2013
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N.K. defector held for spying
A North Korean defector who has been working as a Seoul city official assisting fellow refugees is under investigation on charges of spying for the communist country, officials said.The 33-year-old identified by his surname Yoo is suspected of handing information about defectors to the North’s intelligence agents. He was apprehended by the National Intelligence Service on Jan. 11. The contract public servant Yoo was hired by the Seoul Metropolitan Government through an employment procedure for N
Jan. 21, 2013
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Average age of Seoul teachers rising
The average age of teachers in Seoul rose 2.1 years in the last decade, according to data released Monday. A report from the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education showed that the average age of kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school teachers in Seoul reached 41.5 in 2012, up from 39.4 in 2002 and 40.9 in 2007.Since 2002, the number of teachers over 50 almost doubled from 11,630 to 21,744. For the first time in 2012, the number of teachers in their fifties exceeded those in their twent
Jan. 21, 2013
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Half of Koreans say they are poor: poll
More than half of South Koreans think they belong to the low-income bracket, a poll showed Monday, apparently reflecting their falling earnings due to the country’s protracted economic slump. According to the nationwide survey of 1,000 people by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 50.5 percent said their earnings hover below the nation’s median income.Another 36.9 percent responded they belong to the middle-income bracket, while only 10.5 percent believed themselves to be high-inc
Jan. 21, 2013