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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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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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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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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Lee pledges to consider all possible measures to deter sex crimes
President Lee Myung-bak pledged Monday to make electronic anklets more effective, expand the personal information disclosure of sex offenders and consider all possible measures against rapists, including chemical castration, as public outrage runs high over the recent kidnapping and rape of a seven-year-old girl.Lee made the pledge during a biweekly radio address, calling last week's brutal rape,
Sept. 3, 2012
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Unification Church founder dies at 92
Controversial religious leader oversaw a vast business empireRev. Moon Sun-myung, the founder of the Unification Church and a business mogul, died shortly before 2 a.m. on Monday morning. He was 92.Moon died at a church-owned hospital in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province. His wife, Han Hak-ja, and children were at his side, the church said.Rev. Moon Sun-myung (Yonhap News)Moon was admitted to the intens
Sept. 3, 2012
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Business travelers spend $332 a night in Seoul
How much does a night’s stay in Seoul cost globe-trotting business travelers? About 390,000 won ($332), according to data released Sunday by a lawmaker’s office here.The expenses covered a room for two at a five-star hotel ($175) and dining out ($157). This made Seoul the world’s 57th-most expensive city to visit among 100 world cities outside the U.S. and the 7th among Asian destinations. The data, compiled by the Korea Tourism Organization for Saenuri Party Rep. Cho Hae-jin, are based on a sur
Sept. 2, 2012
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Meth seizures rise 98 percent in 2011
The amount of methamphetamine seized by law enforcement authorities almost doubled in 2011, prosecutorial data showed Sunday, while seizures of other drugs also rose. The statistics from the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office showed that the overall number of drug offenses in Korea declined 5.7 percent to 9,174 last year, remaining below the 10,000 bar for a second consecutive year. That was low enough to put Korea among “drug-free countries” internationally. Yet the data revealed a noticeable a
Sept. 2, 2012
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Police revive stop and search to help fight violent crimes
The police have revived the practice of stopping and questioning suspicious individuals in the wake of a recent series of high-profile violent crimes.On Sunday, the National Police Agency sent out directives to police stations and district police agencies across the country to employ the method as part of efforts to prevent violent crimes such as acts of indiscriminate violence and sexual assault against minors. The method allows police officers to stop and question suspicious individuals when i
Sept. 2, 2012
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World’s largest tidal power plant threatens the old man and the sea
Sitting in his boat, Kim Seon-man stares into the fog. Slowly he scans the horizon, or where he knows the horizon would be. His boat glides through the water to where other fishermen wait. For Kim, 55, days like this may be numbered. A tidal power plant of world record-breaking size that is about to be built close to his hometown will likely force him to give up his livelihood ― fishing.The tidal plant, to be built at Incheon Bay on Korea’s western shores, will be equipped with 44 turbines able
Sept. 2, 2012
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Police to request arrest warrant against child rape suspect
NAJU, South Korea (Yonhap News) – Police said Saturday they will request an arrest warrant against a suspect in the latest child rape case that has shocked South Korea.The 23-year-old man, identified only by his surname Ko, was detained on Friday, a day after he allegedly abducted a sleeping 7-year-old girl from her home and brutally raped her in Naju, 350 kilometers south of Seoul.Ko has confesse
Sept. 1, 2012
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Korean victim of Japan’s sex slavery dies
Another Korean victim of Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement died on Friday morning, bringing the total number of the survivors to 59, according to the Seoul government.The heath of the woman, whose name was withheld from the media, has been worsening since she suffered injuries to her waist after falling last year, people close to her said. The total number of the victims registered with the government since 2003 is 234. Five of them including this latest woman have passed away so far this year.
Aug. 31, 2012
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Conductor Chung’s brother probed for embezzlement
World-renown conductor Chung Myung-whun’s elder brother is under investigation for embezzlement of government subsidies, prosecutors said Friday. The 70-year-old man who runs an arts and performance agency is suspected of misappropriating billions of won from a 14 billion won ($12 million) government subsidy for the “Incheon and Arts” project, which his company undertook to promote local art and performances from 2005 to 2010, the Incheon District Prosecutors’ office said. Prosecutors confiscate
Aug. 31, 2012
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Korea to bolster fight against sex crimes
The government plans to increase the number of police officers in charge of overseeing sex offenders prone to recidivism and dealing with emergency hotline by more than 1,000 in the wake of a series of violent sex crimes in recent weeks, the home affairs ministry said Friday.According to the plan devised by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, up to 700 additional police officers will be mobilized to oversee former convicts who are prone to repeat violent crimes such as murder, ra
Aug. 31, 2012
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Arrest warrant issued for child rape suspect
A local court issued on Sunday an arrest warrant for a 23-year-old man suspected of kidnapping and raping a seven-year-old girl in the latest sex crime that has shocked South Korea.The Gwangju District Court said it issued the warrant to detain the suspect, identified only by his surname Ko, for allegedly abducting the sleeping girl from her home and brutally raping her in Naju, 350 kilometers south of Seoul."The arrest warrant was issued, given the gravity of the case and fear of the suspect's
Aug. 31, 2012
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Tembin brings heavy rain, claims two lives
Typhoon Tembin brought heavy downpours and strong winds while cutting across South Korea at high speed Thursday, leaving two dead and forcing scores of people to evacuate their homes, weather and police officials said.Tembin, named after a Japanese term for the zodiac sign Libra, was moving northeastward at a speed of 29 kilometers per hour through Gangwon Province as of 10 p.m. and is expected to reach the East Sea late Thursday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The w
Aug. 31, 2012
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Ph.D. program to open at Seoul National University of Education next year
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced on Thursday that Seoul National University of Education will open a Ph.D. program to strengthen the expertise of elementary school teachers starting next year, according to news sources.Until now, students at the university could only study up to a masters. The Ministry of Education will receive applications until the end of October from other schools that want a doctoral program in primary education. It will decide at the beginning of
Aug. 31, 2012
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Typhoon Tembin hits Korea
Typhoon Tembin slammed into Korea on Thursday, dumping heavy rains on southern and western regions, leaving at least two dead and three injured. Nearly 50 people were forced to evacuate their homes. Though smaller and less powerful than Typhoon Bolaven, which skirted the Korean Peninsula three days ago, Tembin wreaked havoc on the country as it passed through South Jeolla Province, quickly moving northeast-bound.One person was killed and another was injured when a giant steel structure collapsed
Aug. 30, 2012
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Using microbes to clean up pollution
Fledging green venture taps Chinese market with pollution-eating fungiThe Korea Herald, in collaboration with the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, is presenting a series of articles introducing small but promising environmental tech firms. The following is the second installment. ― Ed.Whether it is an abandoned mine, an oil spill site or a reservoir contaminated with toxic chemicals, Coenbio Co. sticks to its principle in finding solutions: Let the microbes clean up. Microbes
Aug. 30, 2012
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Red foxes to be released into wild
A pair of red foxes is to be released into the wild in October as part of a national project to restore the population of the mammal, believed to have gone extinct in South Korea. The pair, born and raised in Seoul Zoo, will undergo a month-long adjustment program before the release on Mount Sobaek, North Gyeongsang Province, in a facility in the mountain, designed to help them adapt to nature. They are among eight offspring of 10 foxes, brought from North Korea in 2008 to the zoo. The duo was c
Aug. 30, 2012
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Jeju Congress a moment for change
The World Conservation Congress is organized by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, every four years and is decidedly a global event in every sense of the word. Its participants come from all parts of the world, the topics of its discussions concern the predicament of the entire planet’s resources, and its messages are aimed at the international community. Having said that many thousands of participants will be in Korea and will no doubt have an opportunity to see the dynam
Aug. 30, 2012
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Korea, Sweden to cooperate on aging
The Korean and Swedish health authorities on Thursday agreed to join hands in tackling low birthrates and problems stemming from an aging society. They also shared understanding in the development of dementia vaccines and elderly people-friendly commodities.During his four-day visit to Stockholm from Wednesday, Health and Welfare Minister Rim Che-min and his Swedish counterpart Maria Larsson decided to develop a memorandum of understanding in the entire field of health and welfare and annualize
Aug. 30, 2012
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Obesity and disease
It is well known that obesity has a significant detrimental effect on human health. It has also been known that obese people are more likely to develop diseases. Conditions that have been found to be associated with obesity include diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary artery disease and artherosclerosis. Other conditions include cancers such as colorectal cancer and endometrial cancer, as well as joint problems. Recent studies have shown that obese women are more likely to d
Aug. 30, 2012
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Court says deportation of illegal aliens is constitutional
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the current law stipulating the deportation of illegal aliens is constitutional, officials said Thursday.Under the Immigration Control Law, immigration offices can take illegal foreign workers into emergency custody and put them under compulsory expulsion. The foreign workers are subsequently repatriated to their home countries unless they are granted refuge
Aug. 30, 2012