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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Police officer arrested in vault burglary
A police officer has been arrested on suspicion of helping to rob a post office vault earlier this month, police said Wednesday.The 44-year-old officer, identified only by his surname Kim, is suspected of colluding with a robbery suspect, surnamed Park, in stealing some 52 million won ($48,408) worth of cash from the vault in this southwestern port city on Dec. 8, they said.The Yeosu Police Station said they have placed Kim under emergency arrest after obtaining a confession from Park who was ap
Dec. 26, 2012
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Questions linger over Park’s pledges on education
Following is the fourth in a series of articles on President-elect Park Geun-hye’s key policies. ― Ed. Building a better education system is a quest for all governments, but the pressure is ever more intense and urgent for President-elect Park Geun-hye.Private education costs, added to swelling household debt, are weighing heavily on the whole economy. Mediocre classes are threatening to undermine national competitiveness. Cutthroat competition for academic excellence is driving stressed student
Dec. 25, 2012
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Police arrest runaway rape suspect
A man who escaped five days ago from a police station where he was being questioned for rape allegations has been arrested, local police said Tuesday.Noh Young-dae, 32, was found hiding in a residential building in Ansan, Gyeonggi Provice at 4:25 p.m., with his left hand still handcuffed, the police said. Noh, alleged of raping a woman at an Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province apartment earlier this month, had been apprehended for questioning on Dec. 17. He fled the Ilsan police station on Dec. 20 while of
Dec. 25, 2012
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Korean workers’ average age approaches 40
A rapidly graying population is changing the look of Korea’s labor force, with the average age of workers approaching 40, according to government data. Workers’ age averaged 39.6 in 2011, up from 36.5 in 2001, according to a report released Sunday by the Ministry of Employment and Labor. In 2001, young workers, aged 15-29, were the biggest demographic group in the labor pool, with their number coming to 4.27 million. This group has shrunk by 15.6 percent over the past decade to 3.6 million, whil
Dec. 24, 2012
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Mastermind of contract killing caught in U.S.
Korean and international police have recently caught in Los Angeles the suspected mastermind of a contract killing of a woman 16 years ago.The 56-year-old man, known to be a member of a Chinese gang operating in Los Angeles, is suspected of sending his henchmen to Seoul in 1996 to kill the woman. The husband of the then 45-year-old victim asked the man, identified by his surname Kim, to kill her while the couple was in the process of divorce, police said. The wife had requested 5 billion won ($4
Dec. 24, 2012
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Seoul considers action against illegal stem cell operations in Japan
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will consider taking legal action against a Korean biotech company involved in illegal stem cell operations of Korean patients in Japan and China, officials said on Monday.The move came after a Japanese newspaper reported on a dermatology clinic in Fukuoka administering stem cell injections to hundreds of Korean patients a month.About 500 patients a month were injected with manufactured stem cells in hospitals without approval in Korea, by a Seoul-based bio ven
Dec. 24, 2012
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Thousands of singles gather in Christmas Eve blind date
Braving the freezing cold and safety concerns, thousands of young singles gathered at a recreational park in central Seoul to find their Mr. and Ms. Rights on Christmas Eve.Korea’s largest outdoor blind date called “Solo Battle” was held in Yeouido Park, though there were fewer-than-expected participants amid the chilly weather. In the morning, the mercury hit minus 14 degrees Celsius, the lowest this winter. “I am looking forward to finding a date. I have a little hope that I can find the one
Dec. 24, 2012
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‘Private education costs for preschoolers surge’
Despite increased state support for child care, many parents are spending more money on private education for children under age 6, a report showed on Monday.According to research by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education, the country’s private education market for preschool children is estimated to be 2.7 trillion won ($2.5 billion), which accounts for 0.2 percent of gross domestic product. Private education for infants includes “play schools” taught both in Korean and English, culture
Dec. 24, 2012
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Korea eyes 3,000 social enterprises by 2017: ministry
The government aims to increase the number of social enterprises to 3,000 from the current 774 by 2017, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Monday. Under the ministry’s five-year plan starting next year, the government will expand support of social enterprises throughout their entire business cycle, from start-ups, marketing and sales strategies to financial consulting. Social enterprises are for-profit yet social mission-driven companies such as a bakery hiring disabled persons as bakers
Dec. 24, 2012
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Mass blind date held on Christmas Eve
Braving the freezing cold and safety concerns, thousands of young singles gathered at a recreational park in central Seoul to find their Mr. and Ms. Rights on Christmas Eve.Korea’s largest outdoor blind date called “Solo Battle” was held in Yeouido Park though there were fewer-than-expected participants amid the chilly weather. In the morning the mercury hit minus 14 degrees Celsius, the lowest this winter. “I am looking forward to finding a date. I have a little hope that I can find the one am
Dec. 24, 2012
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Seamen from sunken freighter rescued by H.K. vessel
A Hong Kong-registered merchant ship has rescued all of the 17 South Korean and Myanmarese seamen from a sunken South Korean vessel early Sunday, South Korean maritime police said.All the 17 crewmen of the 2,518-ton South Korean vessel were moved to a lifeboat late Saturday when the vessel sank in waters 185 miles northeast of the Philippines, a maritime police spokesman said.Upon getting a distress report, a South Korean patrol plane rushed to the scene and asked for help from the Hong Kong fre
Dec. 23, 2012
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Seoul recruits experts on foreign languages
The South Korean government has recruited seven experts on foreign languages other than English to help promote the country’s image abroad.The seven, two experts on Chinese, and one each on Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Russian and Arabic, will translate and interpret for officials of various government agencies while engaging in jobs on international relations and promotion of the national brand of South Korea, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said Sunday.Their annual salary ra
Dec. 23, 2012
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Japanese Dokdo expert dies
Naito Seichu, a Japanese historian well known for his research against Japan’s claims to Dokdo, died on Dec. 16 due to illness, Yonhap News reported. He was 82He was emeritus professor at Shimane University in Japan. Japan claims the official document dated 1905 from Japan’s Shimane prefectural government shows that the islets, called Takeshima in Japan, were pronounced as its territory.But Seichu pointed out that in 1696, the ruler of Japan acknowledged that the islets were Korean territory. (5
Dec. 23, 2012
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Number of workers with degrees nearly doubles
The number of workers with university degrees nearly doubled while the average age of the workforce got older in the past decade, data from Ministry of Employment and Labor showed on Sunday.There were a total of 17.39 million salaried workers in 2011, up 27.4 percent from 12.65 million in 2001. Among them, 30 percent, or 5.4 million workers, have a four-year college degree, up by 88 percent from 2.87 million in 2001.And 2.58 million of those workers have a two-year college degree while the major
Dec. 23, 2012
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Seoul caps college tuition rise at 4.7%
The Ministry of Education announced a set of plans to restrict the increase in college tuition fees to no more than 4.7 percent next year to counter rising education costs that have contributed substantially to the nation’s heavy household debt. The government’s measure is expected to induce universities to freeze or lower their tuition fees next year, officials said. The state limit on tuition fee hikes was 5 percent this year and 5.1 year in 2011.College tuition fees have increased at almost d
Dec. 21, 2012
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Growing number of people think marriage is not a must: survey
The ratio of people in South Korea who think they should get married has been declining over the past decade, a survey showed Thursday, pointing to a growing trend here to delay or give up on marriage.According to the survey by Statistics Korea, the number of people who said that marriage is a must in their life stood at 62.7 percent. It is the lowest since the statistics agency started to unveil related polls in 1998 when the ratio was 73.5 percent.The ratio has been on the decline over the pas
Dec. 20, 2012
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Panel nears conclusion on alleged plagiarism by IOC member-lawmaker
A university ethics committee made a tentative judgment on allegations that Moon Dae-sung, former Olympic athlete and once ruling party lawmaker, plagiarized his 2007 doctoral dissertation. A report said the Kookmin University panel found him guilty of research fraud after its nine-month investigation. But its head denied the report, saying it has yet to finalize the decision. “At this point, we can’t tell anything. We have not yet reached final conclusions,” Lee Chae-sung, head of the school’s
Dec. 19, 2012
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Man gets 4 years in jail for pouring acid on his wife’s face
A district court on Wednesday sentenced a man to four years’ imprisonment for pouring acid on his wife.The man, identified with his surname Kim, allegedly had a grudge against his wife, 47, after she filed for divorce in April.His wife also asked for a restraining order against him in May. In June, Kim was indicted on charges related to pouring sulfuric acid on his wife’s face, leaving her with severe burns that required six weeks of medical treatment.“He committed a crime, even though the court
Dec. 19, 2012
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I came, I voted, I told the world
With the presidential election under way, many voters are posting online pictures of themselves after voting.“This is the first time I voted. I am so happy to vote for someone I support!” exclaimed a 19-year-old student on her Twitter account. With the comment, she posted a picture of herself standing next to a polling station.Such photos are called “injeung shot,” referring to a photo shot to confirm that he or she has completed a certain activity. “Injeung” is a Korean word meaning certificati
Dec. 19, 2012
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S. Korean pastor released on bail in China after 5 months of detention
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean pastor has been released on bail after spending more than five months at a detention center in eastern China for allegedly helping North Korean defectors there, a Seoul official said Tuesday. The 51-year-old pastor, Jeon Jae-gwi, was arrested by Chinese authorities on July 9 at an airport in Harbin on charges of sheltering five North Korean defectors and has been held at the detention center in Yantai of northeastern Shandong Province. "To my kno
Dec. 18, 2012