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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Police protest guidelines on SNS
Police officers are protesting the National Police Agency’s recently-announced guidelines on using social networking services.They say the “Basic Principle and Outline for SNS,” announced on Friday, discourages freedom of speech.The guidelines include restrictions on leaving political comments and uploading photos, which the NPA says would “degrade the image of the police.”Under the guidelines, police officers who have a Twitter or Facebook account are screening out political comments themselves
June 19, 2012
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Korean-Chinese murderer appeals death penalty
A Korean-Chinese man convicted of killing and dismembering the body of a 28-year-old woman has appealed his death penalty sentence, court officials said Tuesday.Wu Yuanchun, 42, submitted a petition of appeal to the Suwon District Court in Suwon, south of Seoul, following the court's death sentence Friday, the officials said without elaborating.Prosecutors who demanded capital punishment, the maxi
June 19, 2012
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S. Korea to have oldest labor force in the world in 2045: report
The average age of South Korean workers is expected to be the oldest in the world in 2045 mainly due to the country's rapidly aging population, a report showed Tuesday.The report by the Korea Center for International Finance, based on findings by the Royal Bank of Scotland, showed the average age of workers in the country will hit 50 in the cited year.It said the average age of the country's labor
June 19, 2012
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Korean Air: Sorry for calling Kenyans ‘primitive’
A notice on Korean Air’s website announcing the start of non-stop flights from Korea to Kenya sparked a flurry of angry Tweets and Facebook postings Monday over the description of Kenyans as indigenous people full of “primitive energy.’’Muthui Kariuki, who is handling public relations for Korean Air in Kenya, said that the notice had been removed from the website and that the word “primitive’’ was a result of a mistake in translation from Korean to English.Kariuki said the airline, which is supp
June 19, 2012
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Four missing after explosion at glue factory
HWASEONG, Gyeonggi Province -- Four people were missing Monday after an explosion apparently triggered by overheating at a glue factory in a city south of Seoul, police and fire officials said.The explosion occurred just before noon, destroying one building and damaging three others at the factory in Hwaseong, 60 kilometers south of the capital, the officials said.Four workers remained unaccounted
June 18, 2012
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Korean society struggles to embrace multiculturalism
Students from different races, countries still face discrimination despite society’s effortsAn American English teacher recently led her class in a ball game to help them learn. Whoever had the ball had to throw it and exchange seats with the classmate who caught it. They all enjoyed themselves, except for one ― a Japanese-Korean child, whom the other students called “dirty.” “If we passed a ball around in a circle, it would stop with him, (and) no one wanted to touch the ball after him. They’d
June 18, 2012
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Busan education head in bribery case
Busan’s educational chief has been booked on charges of taking bribes from kindergarten operators, the city police announced Monday.Lim Hea-kyung, superintendent of the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education, is suspected of receiving three items of clothing worth around 1.8 million won ($1,400) from two kindergarten operators in return for allowing the two preschools to extend their classes. The other two suspects were also booked. None of them were detained.Under the current government s
June 18, 2012
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Giant nature reserve nears completion in Seocheon
National Institute of Ecology and its vast ecological parks to be unveiled early next yearA small coastal town in South Chungcheong Province is brimming with new hope, decades after a plan to turn its vast tidal flats and wetlands into an industrial complex fell through. Instead of a huge reclamation project that was planned in the late 1980s, Seocheon is erecting a gigantic ecological center called the Ecorium ― which, the project manager said, will be the only one of its kind in the world. “Co
June 18, 2012
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Seoul boosts efforts for use of renewable energy
Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to double the proportion of new public facilities using renewable energy sources from the current 10 percent to 20 percent by 2014.The city said it will make use of geothermal and solar energy and solar heat and also install energy-efficient insulating and ventilating systems to make city buildings greener.These efforts are expected to reduce the use of fossil fuels, which now take up 90 percent of the entire energy consumption, to 60 percent. From the second
June 18, 2012
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Seoul mayor to lead group on environmental talks
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon was elected as chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change at its meeting in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on Sunday.The council is an alliance of leaders of 70 metropolitan cities including Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City and Montreal aimed at addressing climate change and sustainable development. Park will serve for two years.The city government also signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives to open the offic
June 18, 2012
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U.S. lawmaker proposes tribute to ‘Chosin Few’
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A U.S. lawmaker is pushing for legislation on the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, one of the fiercest fights in the Korean War, a congressional source said Sunday.Rep. Don Young, a Republican from Alaska, submitted a bill earlier this month to designate a peak in the state as “Mount Chosin Few,” a move supported by Korean War veterans there who participated in the battle in December 1950, also known as the Changjin Lake Campaign, according to the source.The Chosin Few is a
June 18, 2012
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South African union accused of using witchcraft
South Africa’s largest trade union has accused as upstart rival of using witchcraft to boost recruiting. Tensions between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union are running high, and rank and file workers are taking the allegation seriously.The two unions, NUM and AMCU are fighting for control among workers at the world’s biggest platinum mine, run by Impala Platinum. “One of the tools which is used strongly is ‘muti’ and members of NUM
June 18, 2012
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Newlywed woman killed by husband
(MCT)Police in Daegu arrested a 31-year-old man on Monday on homicide charges for strangling his newlywed wife after a quarrel.The man identified only by his surname Kim had an argument with his wife last Wednesday after he rebuked her for going on a trip with her friends. They were married three months ago.The man reportedly told police that he became furious when she challenged him. She told him
June 18, 2012
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New nuclear reactor halted again on technical glitch
One of the new nuclear reactors under trial operation here has shut down due to a technical glitch, a week after resuming a test run following a stoppage due to flaws in coolant pumps in March, officials said Monday.The Shin (New) Wolsong 1 reactor went offline on Sunday morning after its turbine generator was automatically stopped, said officials at the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.It did not c
June 18, 2012
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Bodies of Peru crash victims to return home
The bodies of eight South Koreans who were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Peru last week were to arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, late Monday night, officials said.A chartered Korean Air plane carrying the bodies took off from an international airport in Lima, the capital of Peru, on Sunday (local time), said the officials.The accident, which caused the deaths of a
June 18, 2012
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U.N. refugees exhibit opens at Expo
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner of Refugees opened an exhibition at the Yeosu Expo on Sunday, displaying photographs and video clips capturing the lives of refugees around the world. Under the theme “Risk at Sea, Rescue at Sea: The Choice Is Yours” the exhibit provides a glimpse into the real stories of people forced to flee their homes to escape persecution, war and conflict, UNHCR Korea said. Anne Mary Campbell, a representative of UNHCR Korea, said she hopes the event will help raise
June 17, 2012
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2nd U.S. memorial for ‘comfort women’ set up in New York
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― Local governments from South Korea and the U.S. as well as members of the Korean-American community have jointly set up a monument here dedicated to the Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, community officials said Saturday. The red granite monument at the Veterans Memorial at Eisenhower Park in Nassau County is the second of its kind in the U.S. following the first one set up at Palisades Park, New Jersey, in 201
June 17, 2012
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Meeting can be catalyst to environmental solutions
The Korea Meteorological Administration recently announced that the average temperature in May this year set a new record high. The hot weather is continuing into June, as temperatures remain higher than those of last year. Consequently electricity consumption has sharply increased, prompting government agencies to curtail air conditioning hours, shed formal suits for radical business casuals, and also review raising electricity prices. Without a doubt, climate change is taking its toll on our d
June 17, 2012
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Korea eyes bigger role at Rio+20 summit
Korea plans to showcase its green-growth policies and experiences at a U.N. meeting on sustainable development this week, officials said Sunday. Headed by President Lee Myung-bak, the Korean delegation will participate in the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, better known as Rio+20, to be held in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro from June 20-22. “Rio+20 will create crucial momentum for the world to move toward ‘green growth,’ as it brings together world leaders and civil society to shape a shar
June 17, 2012
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CCTVs to operate in Seoul subway trains to prevent crimes
Seoul subway authorities said Sunday they will begin operating closed circuit televisions in more than 500 subway trains this week to help prevent crimes.A small number of CCTVs have been installed in each of the 504 trains running on Line 7 of Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp., which operates subway lines 5-8 in the country's capital, a spokesman for the corporation said. SeoulMetro operates
June 17, 2012