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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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5060s power Korea’s high growth
Koreans in their 50s and 60s, many of them belonging to the Korean “baby boomer generation,” were the driving force behind the country’s breakneck rise from being one of the poorest countries to one of the world’s wealthiest. Believing that hard work and persistence would lead to success, they sacrificed weekends, holidays and much of their personal time to work, making possible the “Miracle on the Han River.”On the political front, they were witness to the country’s turbulent journey to democra
Jan. 1, 2013
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2030s face gloomy outlook
If the defining phrase of the 5060 generation is the “baby boomer generation,” then that of the 2030 generation is the “880,000 won ($820) generation.” First coined in 2007 by an economist and a civic activist as the title of a book about the crisis facing the young generation, the phrase refers to the average monthly income a typical member of the 2030 generation working at a temporary job can expect to take home. The amount is calculated by multiplying the average monthly wage of temporary wor
Jan. 1, 2013
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Seoul confirms deaths of 5 S. Koreans in Oregon bus crash
Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed on Tuesday the deaths of five South Koreans in a recent tour bus crash in the U.S. state of Oregon that reportedly killed four others and injured a dozen others. "Five of the nine killed in the charter bus in Oregon were Korean nationals and the other four held U.S. citizenship," the ministry said in a statement. Most of the nine victims were U.S. residents, it said. Local news reports said that the charter bus was carrying about 40 people
Jan. 1, 2013
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Free child care for all kids aged 5 and under
Free child care is likely to be expanded to all children aged 5 and under starting from 2013, as the ruling camp seeks to implement President-elect Park Geun-hye’s welfare pledges. To fund it and other welfare expansion plans, the ruling Saenuri Party is also moving to increase tax revenues by drastically lowering the ceiling for a comprehensive financial income tax. Currently, about 50,000 Koreans who earn more than 40 million won a year in financial gains such as interest and dividends are sub
Dec. 30, 2012
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13 colleges barred from accepting foreign students
The government has placed a year-long ban on 13 colleges from accepting new students from overseas for poor management and illegality in admissions.The schools ― four two-year colleges and nine universities including Seoul Women’s University, the University of Suwon and Hansei University in Gyeonggi Province ― will be barred from issuing student visas from the second semester of this year, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced on Sunday.The restriction does not apply to exc
Dec. 30, 2012
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It’s the little changes that keep us going
It can be said that most people want to live a life that gives them some precious meaning. Even from their sorrows, they learn a lesson and find happiness. However, when we feel that we live every day losing something important in life, there seems to be almost nothing to help us realize the value of life. For the entire last year, I experienced exactly the same feeling, and I couldn’t find anything to tell me why I have to live. Then I found this book by chance at my aunt’s home, and I began to
Dec. 30, 2012
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Pagoda Group looks beyond successful English hagwon
The name Pagoda may not ring a bell to those outside English education, but among English hagwon, it has made its name as a prestigious institution.Founded in 1969 in front of the Pagoda park in Jongno, the Pagoda Academy has evolved from one of the first English tutoring institutions to one of the biggest private education companies in this country.Pagoda currently runs 14 branches with more than 1,000 employees, and its foreign language courses now include English, Chinese and Japanese for pre
Dec. 30, 2012
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Understanding Korean education based on international study
An international assessment of mathematics and science for the fourth and eighth grades, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS, has been conducted every four years since 1995. According to the analysis of the TIMSS from 2011, Korea is placed in the top tier of participating countries. Korea’s fourth-grade mathematics and science achievements are respectively ranked second and first place, and eighth-grade scores respectively ranked first and third place. The results ind
Dec. 30, 2012
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Retired high-ranking civil officer to serve in Uzbekistan
Kim Nam-seok, former vice minister of public administration and security, is expected to be appointed as a high-ranking public officer in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said last Friday that it and the Uzbekistan government are considering naming Kim as the vice chairman of the Central Asian nation’s Committee on Information and Communication Technologies. When the nomination is finally approved by the Uzbek government, Kim will be the first Korean
Dec. 30, 2012
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‘Smile therapy’ professor Hwang Soo-kwan dies
Hwang Soo-kwan, 67, a medical professor who was widely known as “Shinbaram (excitement) Professor,” died of blood poisoning Sunday. After having breathing difficulties, Hwang had had heart surgery on Dec. 12 at Gangnam Severance Hospital in southern Seoul.The medical school professor at Yonsei University in Seoul gained popularity for his positive character as he promoted “smile therapy” on several TV programs in the late 1990s.He also worked as a senior advisor for the ruling Saenuri Party in 2
Dec. 30, 2012
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TV broadcasters to end analogue services nationwide Monday
South Korea will complete the process of replacing existing analogue broadcast services provided by terrestrial TV channels with superior digital broadcasting as scheduled on Monday, officials said.Terrestrial TV stations such as KBS, MBC and SBS have gradually turned off analogue broadcasting in provincial areas from early this year. They will terminate the services in Seoul and its satellite cities, the only area that has remained unaffected from the change, as planned at 4 a.m. Monday, the Ko
Dec. 30, 2012
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Free childcare likely to go into full service next year
All families with children up to five years old will likely get free childcare service starting next year, officials said Sunday, as political parties reacted affirmatively to President-elect Park Geun-hye‘s pledge to expand the government’s welfare spending.If the program is confirmed, beneficiaries will be allowed to choose between free attendance at childcare centers or kindergartens and a monthly allowance of up to 200,000 won ($187) from next March regardless of their income levels, said th
Dec. 30, 2012
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Park aide suggests maritime ministry headquartered in Jeolla
A heated competition is looming between the nation’s major port cities in the east and west to host a new ministry in charge of maritime and fisheries affairs.A key aide to President-elect Park Geun-hye suggested Friday that the new authority to be created under her presidency be headquartered in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province.Reviving an independent maritime and fisheries branch is a key campaign pledge of Park. She had promised to establish the headquarters in Busan during her campaign speeches
Dec. 28, 2012
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Two Hyundai Motor contract workers ordered to end protest atop transmission tower
A local court ordered two Hyundai Motor Co. contract workers Thursday to end their two-month protest atop a power-transmission tower, saying rejection of the ruling will cause them to pay daily fines of 300,000 won (US$280).The two workers began the protest on Oct. 17, demanding permanent employment of contract workers. They complain that contract workers are paid far less than regular workers, although both groups do the same type of work. Hyundai Motor currently has about 6,800 contract worker
Dec. 27, 2012
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Court rules retroactive anklet law constitutional
The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the current law allowing retroactive enforcement of electronic anklets for convicted sex offenders is constitutional.The court dismissed a petition filed by a district court against a controversial clause of a subsidiary law on putting electronic anklets on convicted sex offenders who are likely to repeat crimes after their release.The monitoring system is “aimed at preventing repeat crimes by sex offenders and protecting the people from sex crimes
Dec. 27, 2012
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Gender equality slightly improved last year: gov't report
South Korea's gender equality improved slightly last year, but the equality level deteriorated when it comes to safety due to the recent rise of heinous crimes against women, a government report showed Thursday.According to the 2012 report on Korea's gender equality by the Korean Women's Development Institute, the nation's equality index was 63.5 out of the full score of 100 for last year, up 0.3 points from 63.2 in 2010.The index measures gender equality in eight major categories: family, welfa
Dec. 27, 2012
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Prosecution demands six-month term for late Roh’s daughter
The prosecution on Wednesday demanded a six-month jail term for late President Roh Moo-hyun’s daughter on charges of violating the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act.Roh Jeong-yeon is alleged to have illicitly wired 1.3 billion won ($1.2 million) to a Korean-American lawyer in 2008 to purchase a high-end apartment in New Jersey without reporting the outbound money transaction to the state authorities.During a court hearing at the Seoul Central District Court, Roh’s attorney Kwak Sang-eon claimed
Dec. 26, 2012
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Social spending second lowest among OECD countries: report
The ratio of public social spending to the gross domestic product in Korea was the second lowest among OECD countries with 9.4 percent, a report showed on Wednesday.Mexico was the lowest with 8.2 percent while social spending amounted to 22.1 percent of GDP on average in the OECD area in 2009, OECD said in its recent report.Korea, however, experienced the fastest increase in real social spending between 2007 and 2012 at 37 percent, far exceeding the OECD average of 10 percent, it added.The repor
Dec. 26, 2012
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Innisfree tea recalled on bacterial test
A tea product from Innisfree, a South Korean cosmetics company, has been recalled, authorities said on Wednesday.“Cactus Tea” with the expiration date of Nov. 27, 2014, failed to pass the bacterial test, according to the Korea Food & Drug Administration. Innisfree, a popular cosmetics shops, is taking the product in question off the market voluntarily. The KFDA said consumers should take the purchased tea back to the shop. From news reports(khnews@heraldcorp.com) <관련 한글 기사>이니스프리 ‘백년초티’서 기준치 초과
Dec. 26, 2012
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S. Korea's welfare spending 2nd lowest among OECD nations: report
South Korea spends much less on public welfare than most other advanced countries compared to its gross domestic product (GDP), but the growth rate of its social expenditure far outpaces them, a report showed Wednesday.According to the report by the state-run Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, the ratio of South Korea's welfare spending to its GDP stood at 9.4 percent in 2009, the second lowest among 30 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The
Dec. 26, 2012