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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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For better luck, some Koreans change names
When Yu Do-hyun looks at her ID card, she experiences a brief moment of confusion. The face staring back at her is a familiar one, but the name is something she had to get used to. Three years ago, Yu was persuaded by her father to change her given name.“At first when I saw my new name, it was strange and I hated the sound of it,” Yu, who was once known as Young-ah, said. “It’s like a man’s name.”Her father’s intention wasn’t to make her name sound more androgynous, it was to bring her better lu
July 31, 2012
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Summer leadership camp on conflicts
EPS, a private language school, and ROKING KOREA, a magazine publisher, have organized a youth camp called the Conflict Consortium Summer Camp. The camp began last Friday and runs to Sunday at the Korea Learning Resort in Gyeonggi Province. The camp aims to provide teens with leadership skills and improving their understanding of social conflicts and the ability to resolve them. The University of Colorado initially ran the leadership camp. Lyman McLallen, an English professor from Hankuk Univers
July 31, 2012
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New record set for visitor turnout for Yeosu Expo: organizers
The daily visitor turnout for the 2012 Yeosu Expo hit a new record Saturday helped by the start of the vacation season and improvement in management of the exposition that will terminate in two weeks.As many as 155,304 people visited the Yeosu Expo venue on the country's southern coast for the first Paris-based Bureau of International Exhibitions-approved event hosted by South Korea since the 199
July 31, 2012
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Teens negatively influenced by porn: survey
Most teens who watch pornography report negative responses, with some wanting to imitate what they see, according to a survey by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.In the “Teenager Survey of Porn Usage” of 12,251 teens aged 12 to 18, most teens reported negative responses such as “being shocked” and “feeling sexual humiliation.” However, 14.2 percent said they “wanted to imitate it.” The older boys were, the stronger they showed a desire to imitate. More than 20 percent of high s
July 31, 2012
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Judge replaced in case against president’s brother
A Seoul court has reassigned a corruption case involving President Lee Myung-bak’s elder brother Lee Sang-deuk to a different team as the previous presiding judge was a member of the disgraced politician’s church.The Seoul Central District Court said Monday that the change was made to forestall a possible controversy over the credibility of court deliberations on the case. “Judge Jeong Seon-jae does not have any personal relationship at all with Lee. But he demanded the reassignment to prevent a
July 30, 2012
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Gil Medical Center treats 6 Indonesian children
Gachon University Gil Medical Center in Incheon gave six Indonesian children suffering from heart disease a new lease on life, the hospital said Monday.Its medical team found 48 children suffering from a ventricular septal defect when they visited Banten, Indonesia, a sister city of Incheon.VSD is a congenital heart malformation, which manifests as a hole between the lower chambers of the heart. If it does not receive timely treatment, it can severely stunt the growth of a child.On July 12, Gil
July 30, 2012
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Ex-FSS head cleared of illegal stock holding
A local court on Monday cleared Kim Jong-chang, former governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, of charges that he retained stocks without reporting it to the government and attempted to sell them off. According to the Seoul Central District Court, Kim was indicted last year for hiding 40,000 shares of Asia Trust Co., a real estate trust company, under his friends’ account when he was appointed the chief of the state financial watchdog in 2008. When asked by the prosecutors, he said the st
July 30, 2012
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Seoul to lose foreign English teachers
The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Monday it will pull out nearly all English-speaking assistant teachers from the city’s middle and high schools by next February, considering that secondary schools put more focus on reading and grammar than speaking.In an effort to enhance students’ English skills through public education, the education office introduced the native-speaking teacher policy in 1995 in the country’s primary and secondary schools.Only 20 to 30 out of 180 native-speakin
July 30, 2012
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Seoul City takes tougher energy saving measures
Seoul began implementing new measures Monday requiring major buildings to disclose their electricity use and expanding the scope of facilities subject to monitoring of energy consumption. Seoul Metropolitan Government issued a municipal ordinance under which the top 2 percent of energy-guzzling buildings or locations are asked to make public their energy usage through an electric display board.Some of the highest energy consumers, the officials said at a press briefing, are Seoul National Univer
July 30, 2012
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Prosecution seeks to arrest DUP’s Park
Tension mounts as opposition seeks to block detention of floor leaderThe prosecution on Monday requested a local court to approve the detention of Park Jie-won, floor leader of the largest opposition Democratic United Party, for allegedly receiving kickbacks from the management at ailing savings bank. The special investigation division of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office made the warrant request to the Seoul Central District Court for Park on suspicions that he received more than 100 million won
July 30, 2012
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South Korea issues this year's first red tide warning
A warning against a fish-suffocating red tide was issued Monday along parts of South Korea's southern coast, a state fisheries institute said.The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute issued the warning, the first so far this year, at 6 p.m. on waters off southern coastal areas from Namhae to Geoje.Up to 1,500 cochlodinium, or red-tide-causing algae, were found in 1 milliliter of s
July 30, 2012
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Nuke reactor malfunctions, shuts down at Younggwang plant
A nuclear reactor at South Korea's Younggwang Nuclear Power Plant automatically shut down Monday after its reactor protection system gave warning signals, plant operators said.The Reactor-6 at the Younggwang plant, located some 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul, was shut down at 2:57 p.m., according to an official from the state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd."An investigation is current
July 30, 2012
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Police launch crackdown on child pornography
On Monday, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency launched a nationwide crackdown on child pornography.The cyber crime investigation team said that they will strengthen monitoring of activities relating to child pornography, including production, trade and distribution of obscene materials.Downloading sexually explicit material from online storage services and peer to peer (P2P) sharing software are included in the activities subject to the clampdown.“People can be punished for distributing or holding
July 30, 2012
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Korea becomes hot summer-school destination
Bradely Lam, a 23-year-old K-pop fan from Singapore, is having a special summer in Seoul this year. He is not only enjoying Korean pop culture at its source but taking a summer school course at Sungkyunkwan University in partnership with Nanyang Technological University in his home country.Lam is one of a growing number of international students who got hooked on K-pop, became more interested in Korea and finally came to here to study.The phenomenon is certainly part of the Korean Wave, or hally
July 29, 2012
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Lawmaker submits a bill to increase tobacco price
A ruling party lawmaker has submitted a bill calling for tax hikes on cigarettes to curb the smoking rate.Lee Man-woo, a lawmaker with the ruling Saenuri Party, submitted the bill on Sunday calling the government to change its cigarette tax structure and increase the prices in relation to inflation rate.Lee pointed out that the cigarette taxes are not indexed for inflation as the government has been fixing the price for many years. Under the new bill, all tobacco makers would be required to incr
July 29, 2012
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Hackers steal 8 million KT subscribers’ data
Police arrest two on suspicion of stealing and selling personal informationPolice on Sunday arrested two hackers for stealing and selling on the personal information of 8.7 million KT users.Investigators said they would also investigate KT on suspicion of negligent management of firewalls and personal data as the number of victims accounts for nearly half of its subscribers. According to the National Police Agency, a telemarketing business operator and his coworker in February created a computer
July 29, 2012
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Education next frontier for hallyu
Lifelong learning expert heralds Korean education in developing worldA leading education expert says the Korean way of learning is becoming an inspiration to developing countries. Central and South American regions, in particular, are showing great interest in the lifelong learning programs in Korea, according to Choi Un-shil, the president of National Institute for Lifelong Education.“Lifelong learning is a growing industry. With the world developing so quickly, people want and need to continue
July 29, 2012
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S. Korean activist considers petition over China's torture
A South Korean activist who claimed have been tortured by Chinese authorities while under detention is considering bringing his case to the International Criminal Court, his close aides said Sunday. Kim Young-hwan and three other activists trying to help North Korean refugees in China were arrested in late March and accused of endangering Beijing's national security. After being deported to So
July 29, 2012
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A leader by example
Love, passion, positive mindset at the heart of physician-educator Lee Gil-ya’s life of social contributionSEONGNAM, Gyeonggi Province ― For Lee Gil-ya, a stethoscope is more than a medical instrument. It is a conduit through which she has shared with her patients her love and passion ― the core elements that underpin her life of service and philanthropy.“I give a stethoscope to our medical school graduates at their commencement ceremony each year, and always tell them to become a doctor who tre
July 27, 2012
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Deadly heat wave to continue into early Aug.
The sweltering heat that has blanketed the country this week is unlikely to ease up any time soon, putting authorities on high alert for casualties and damage. At least six have died of heat stroke and hundreds have been rushed to hospital as of Friday, as the mercury soared to as high as 37 degrees Celsius for the past few days. Power consumption skyrocketed, pulling reserves down to a dangerously low level and prompting authorities to switch to emergency mode. Livestock farmers are battling th
July 27, 2012