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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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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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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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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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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Macquarie mulls legal action against documentary
A signboard installed in front of the headquarters building of Macquarie Group Korea in Sogong-dong, central Seoul, shows the names and locations of the financial groups’ units. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)Macquarie Korea Asset Management Co. said on Monday it was considering legal action against the screening of a documentary film on alleged business favors the Australian fund operator receiv
Aug. 20, 2012
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History book, exchange programs aim to promote Korea-China understanding
Many Chinese people believe Seoul provoked the Korean War as is written in their history textbooks, a view unacceptable to South Koreans.But a recently published history book co-written by a group of historians from Korea, China and Japan says, “Based on newly declassified Soviet archives, it is becoming clear that the North Korean army invaded South Korea.”The two-volume book titled “The Modern History of the Three Countries of East Asia” resulted from the three countries’ years of efforts to c
Aug. 19, 2012
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New York-based Dwight School opens in Seoul
Dwight International School Seoul opens on Monday in Sangam, western Seoul, with the aim of improving living conditions for foreign residents and attracting more foreign investment, the city government said.The campus of the Dwight School, a New York-based private school, will be the fourth international campus of the institute following three others in Vancouver, Beijing and London.The Seoul campus will offer courses for students in kindergarten through high school.“The opening of Dwight Intern
Aug. 19, 2012
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Eight injured in subway knife rampage
Eight people were injured in a knife rampage at a subway station near Seoul on Saturday. The victims were stabbed or cut by a man wielding a box-cutter, but none of the victims’ injuries are believed to be life-threatening, police said.The incident happened at around 6:35 p.m. when a man began stabbing people on a running train heading to Seoul from Uijeongbu Station on the Gyeongwon Line.The 39-year-old suspect surnamed Yoo also injured passers-by while running away from people who tried to sto
Aug. 19, 2012
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Police arrest box cutter-wielding man in subway
Police arrested a man who attacked passengers in a running subway with a box-cutter and inflicted injuries on seven of them, officials said.The man in his early 40s, identified only by his family name Yoo, went on a rampage as the subway was headed to Seoul from Euijeongbu, a city 23 kilometers north of the capital, said Oh Yoon-hui, a police officer.The suspect later got off the subway and ran aw
Aug. 19, 2012
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Building bridges
Mayor Park tries to bring together capital’s diverse interestsSeoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s office evokes a sense of instability. Packed into two slanted bookshelves, piles of documents appear on the verge of collapsing. In between, an inverted triangular section holds them together, maintaining a perilous-looking balance.“Seoul City is like this, divided by opinions and interests that are hard to bridge. What I am doing resembles what the central section does,” Park said.The former human rights l
Aug. 17, 2012
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Man devoted to social justice
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon stepped into politics last October after beating his ruling party rival Na Kyung-won in a by-election. He is the first mayor of the capital from civil society without a political affiliation.His triumph drew keen attention from political circles as it underscored the public disenchantment with the political establishment, which critics argue has been mired in wasteful partisan disputes at the expense of the public.The former human rights lawyer is well-known for his lon
Aug. 17, 2012
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Mayor looks to vitalize city diplomacy
Following are excerpts from the interview with Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. ― Ed.Korea Herald: You have promised to make Seoul a city which is “human-centric and vibrant with creativity and innovation.” What efforts have been made for this vision? Park Won-soon: The world is moving that way. If the 19th and 20th centuries were eras of development and growth, now the quality of life and gross national happiness (GNH), instead of gross national product (GNP), are at the center. In that regard, meani
Aug. 17, 2012
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Kim’s uncle meets Chinese leaders
BEIJING (AP) ― The powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with both President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday morning, after Beijing earlier in the week agreed to help Pyongyang revamp two trade zones near the Chinese border.The high-level talks are a sign that Beijing and Pyongyang are strengthening ties after Kim took over following his father’s death last year. State media have said the visit by Jang Song-thaek, the chief of the central administrative department of t
Aug. 17, 2012
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Reports on school violence surge
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced Friday that it received more than 34,000 calls on its school violence hotline between January and July this year, skyrocketing from a total of 280 calls last year.The dramatic surge in school violence reports came after the government introduced in January a “117” hotline call center, which receives reports on school violence from students and parents and links them to support centers and the police.Seven months after its launch, a tota
Aug. 17, 2012
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Ruling party expels scandal-ridden lawmaker
The ruling Saenuri Party on Friday expelled Rep. Hyun Young-hee for her alleged involvement in a money-for-nomination scandal ahead of April’s general election.In a general meeting of the party’s lawmakers, all 120 present voted in favor of the expulsion, satisfying the requirement for the ouster of an incumbent legislator of at least two-thirds approval of Saenuri’s 149 parliamentary seat holders.The move strips Hyun of her party membership, but she can hold onto her proportional representative
Aug. 17, 2012
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Doubts cast on electronic anklets
An electronic anklet is disputing as sex offenders who have electronic anklets commits sexual crime again.The Seoul Northern District Court sentenced a 35-year-old kim, whose full name was withheld by authorities to 10 years in prison.Kim met a female as introducing himself as a TV program director to make a sexual relationship. However, as the woman denied, he tried to force her to take her into his car and used violence. Kim already put on electronic anklets as he committed the same kind of se
Aug. 17, 2012
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Student dead after Kakao Talk abuse
A 16-year-old student reportedly jumped off the 11th floor of an apartment building in Seoul on Tuesday after she was abused by a group of fellow students. The high-school student surnamed Kang had been suffering from depression over the past two months, and had been insulted and harassed on the messaging service Kakao Talk, according to her family.Her father told police that 16 students engaged in a group chat, and insulted her, calling her names such as “fat pig.”Her father said she had attemp
Aug. 17, 2012
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Anticorruption bill for officials
The country’s anti-corruption agency said Thursday it will toughen its crackdown on public officials involved in irregularities as part of efforts to root out corruption in the public sector and to regain people’s trust.Under the bill proposed by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, government officials caught accepting more than 1 million won ($883) in bribes will face punishment of up to three years in prison or fines of up to five times the kickbacks received. The rule will be app
Aug. 16, 2012
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Hanwha chairman jailed on embezzlement conviction
Hanwha Group chairman Kim Seung-youn was put into prison Thursday on conviction of embezzlement and other illegal financial activities. Seoul Western District Court sentenced him to four years in prison and fined 5.1 billion won ($4.5 million). In January 2011, Kim was indicted without detention on charges of illegally making Hanwha Group subsidiaries guarantee payment for the 320 billion won debt held by companies he was operating under borrowed names between 2004 and 2006, and then embezzling
Aug. 16, 2012
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Eco moms lead green revolution
Ha Ji-won, president of Eco Mom Korea, believes that moms will lead the way in turning Korea into a greener nation. “A real change will arrive when more moms realize what’s good for the Earth is good for their children, too,” she said in an interview with The Korea Herald.A leader of the self-proclaimed eco moms, Ha founded non-profit organization Eco Mom Korea three years ago, with the aim of cultivating a green lifestyle at home.“Our movement is not about sacrificing convenience for the sake o
Aug. 16, 2012
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Shopping with Earth in mind
Environmentally friendly consumerism becomes new trend among shoppersYang Seung-hyun considers herself an aspiring green consumer. Following home-making and childrearing tips from famous blogs and online communities run by fellow housewives and moms, she is now starting to embrace a greener lifestyle and consider the environmental impact of her spending. “In blogs and cyberspace at least, organically grown food and bio-degradable detergents are the new norms,” said the 36-year-old mother of two.
Aug. 16, 2012
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Lift Safety Expo to lay foundations for global growth
This year’s Korea Lift Safety Expo will lay the foundations for it becoming an international event, Kong Chang-seok, the president of Korea Elevator Safety Institute and the head of the Korea Lift Safety Expo 2012 organizing committee, said. Organized by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the four-day event kicks off on Oct. 23 at the COEX exhibition center in Seoul. “In order to compete with international expos specializing in elevator technologies, the scale of the event needs
Aug. 16, 2012
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Unification Church sends letter asking prayers for founder's recovery
Unification Church has sent copies of a letter from its leader to followers around the world confirming news on the grave illness of its founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon and asking them to pray for his recovery, the church said Thursday.Moon, 92, is being treated in an intensive-care unit at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital in southern Seoul for pneumonia, according to hospital officials.In the letter, Rev. H
Aug. 16, 2012
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Unification Church founder Rev. Moon in critical condition
Rev. Moon Sun-myung, founder of the controversial Unification Church, is in critical condition with breathing problems, doctors said Wednesday. He was taken into intensive care at the Catholic University’s St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul on Monday. “I understand that he is in critical condition after being admitted to the pulmonology division at the hospital,” said the official, declining to be named.Moon founded the Unification Church in Korea in 1952 and has built it into a worldwide religious or
Aug. 15, 2012