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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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Police file compensation suit against prank caller
The Anyang police will file a civil suit against a prank caller who made a false report that he was kidnapped.If filed, it will be the first suit against a prank caller by the police.Police will seek compensation for expenditures made to find the man, who made the false report that he was locked in a car trunk, officials said Thursday.The 21-year-old caller, identified by his surname Kim, called the police in the city in Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday.About 50 police officers were mobilized for
April 20, 2012
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Second KBS union to strike next month
Yet another labor union for the nation’s largest state-run broadcasting network announced Thursday it will stage a strike early next month.In a week long vote from April 12-18, about 65 percent of KBS Union 1 chose to go on strike.Out of 2,903 members, 2,456 members cast ballots, with 64.6 percent, or 1,878 members, voting yes, and 572 no. Last month, another labor union with the network began a sit-in, demanding that CEO Kim In-kyu resign. KBS Union 1 is demanding the reform of the CEO appointm
April 20, 2012
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‘Ex-Saenuri lawmaker-elect denies allegations’
Lawmaker-elect Kim Hyung-tae appeared for questioning late Thursday over the allegation that he attempted to sexually assault the wife of his late brother, but denied most of the accusations, police said.Kim, who left the ruling Saenuri Party on Wednesday over the scandal, requested the investigation be delayed, citing he had incomplete data, the Pohang Southern Police Station said.The former KBS reporter who won in the South Pohang and Ulleung Island constituency had filed a defamation suit aga
April 20, 2012
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Report: Women’s lower status risk for Asian future
Female entrepreneur at her office in Tokyo (MCT)The 2 billion women in Asia are still paid less than men for similar work and are extremely underrepresented in top leadership positions, according to a report that estimates limits on female employment cost the region $89 billion a year in lost productivity.The Asia Society survey on women’s status in health, education, economic activity and politic
April 20, 2012
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Chinese captain gets 30 years for murder
The captain of an illegal Chinese fishing boat was sentenced to 30 years in prison and fined 20 million won (about $18,000) on Thursday for murdering a Korean Coast Guard.Incheon District Court handed down the sentence on Cheng Dawei, 43, after he was indicted on charges of murdering the officer during a raid on his boat last year. The captain killed Korean Coast Guard sergeant Lee Cheong-ho and seriously wounded another officer with a knife on Dec. 12 during a raid on Chinese boats illegally fi
April 19, 2012
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Men in northeast smoke, drink more: report
Men in the northeast of the country tend to smoke more than those living in the southwest, government research suggested Thursday. A similar pattern was detected with drinking, and generally the health of men living in the northeast was worse than that of those in the southwestern region.According to an annual Ministry of Health and Welfare report on health by region, released Thursday, the male adult smoking rate in Gangwon and North Gyeongsang provinces marked 49.6 percent and 49.3 percent, re
April 19, 2012
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Number of first-time marriages rises in 2011
The number of marriages involving couples tying the knot for the first time rose to a nine-year high last year mainly due to favorable demographic factors, a government report showed Thursday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, the number of men and women getting married for the first time reached 258,600, or 78.6 percent of all marriages tallied last year. This is the highest percentage since 78.7 percent reached in 2002.“The increase of about 4,000 couples is mainly due to the rise in
April 19, 2012
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79 killed by domestic violence last year
The number of people killed in domestic violence rose from 69 in 2010 to 79 last year, a women’s rights group found on Thursday. The number of females killed in domestic violence was much higher than males, as 65 wives were murdered by their husbands last year, with the remainder being husbands killed by their wives, according to statistics by Korea Women’s Hotline. The numbers jumped from 57 homicides by husbands and 12 by wives in 2010.The group estimates there were more domestic homicides as
April 19, 2012
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Public criticism of leader violates law: top court
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that public denunciation of the president by school teachers could be a violation of the National Public Services Law. The ruling which upheld a lower court’s decision is expected to fetter teachers’ political activities. Earlier, the lower court had ruled that a Daejeon school teacher and two colleagues’ public criticism of President Lee Myung-bak and declaration of an emergency situation in Seoul in June, 2009, violated the legal requirement for public offic
April 19, 2012
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Expats in Seoul invited to visit Korean families
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will increase the number of foreign residents invited to local Korean homes because of the rising popularity of its home visit program among foreigners and citizens, officials said Thursday. The city government plans to select 120 foreigners to visit local Korean families on May 13 to experience culture and customs, and enhance their understanding of Korean people by having dinner together and playing traditional games, they said. Last year, about 100 foreign re
April 19, 2012
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Talent firm chief accused of abuses
Police are interrogating an entertainment firm chief suspected of arranging gang rapes of its aspiring singers or habitually harassing them himself. The investigation is expected to unveil the dirty laundry of showbiz, such as extorting sexual and other favors from young and vulnerable aspiring singers or actors/actresses. According to the police at Gangnam in southern Seoul, the prosecution on Wednesday has requested a local court to issue an arrest warrant for a 38-year-old trot singer who rep
April 19, 2012
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Video circulates of girl being raped in S.Africa
When a 17-year-old girl said to have the mental capacity of a 5-year-old was reported missing four weeks ago in the sprawling South African township of Soweto, police distributed her photo and asked neighborhood residents for help.Then a video emerged of seven men and boys raping the girl. Within a day of media alerting them to the video, police said, they found the girl Wednesday in a house acros
April 19, 2012
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Mix of old and new best thing about Seoul, survey finds
Foreign survey respondents picked Seoul’s mlange of ancient and modern culture as the best thing about the city.In the survey released Wednesday by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, foreigners chose the “cheap but quality” shopping as the second-best thing about the capital. The 1,323 foreign respondents followed that by acknowledging the capital’s extensive subway system.Seoul City’s survey was answered by 601 people from English-speaking countries, 604 Chinese-speakers and 118 Japanese. For t
April 18, 2012
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Pitchers get suspended jail terms for fixing matches
A local court on Wednesday sentenced two pitchers charged with fixing matches to six months in prison, suspended for two years, and 7 million won ($6,154) each in fine.The Daegu District Court also ordered 120 hours of community service for Park Hyun-jun and Kim Seong-hyun, who played for the Seoul-based LG Twins in the nation’s top professional baseball league.Last month, the Korea Baseball Organization, which runs the league, suspended the two players indefinitely after allegations they took k
April 18, 2012
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Seoul education chief vows to stay on
Seoul education chief Kwak No-hyun vowed to stay in his position, resisting pressure to step down after receiving a one-year jail term from an appeals court Tuesday for bribing his rival candidate in the education superintendent election last year. “I will continue my duty as superintendent,” said Kwak at a news conference at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Wednesday. He also pledged to fight off the accusations regarding the 2010 election process. “There was no illegal deal between
April 18, 2012
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Veteran actor named honorary superintendent
The National Police Agency promoted veteran actor Choi Bul-am on Wednesday to honorary senior superintendent.Choi, 72, had been named an honorary superintendent when he starred in MBC drama “Crime Investigation Squad Captain” as the team leader roughly 35 years ago.“The drama expressed the symbolic meaning of police investigations well,” said a police official. “Although the drama first aired 41 years ago and was pulled off 23 years ago, if one were to pick a show that represents police, officer
April 18, 2012
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Teens beat girl to death for ‘badmouthing’
Police detained nine teenagers Wednesday for killing a 17-year-old girl and burying the body in a park.Police in Ilsan, on the outskirts of Seoul, said the runaway boys and girls beat the victim with blunt weapons on April 5 for badmouthing them. Two of them, however, felt guilty and later turned themselves in.Police will seek arrest warrants for the five suspects who are believed to have led in c
April 18, 2012
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Woman kills husband for assaulting daughter
A woman was arrested Tuesday for killing her husband who had sexually assaulted their disabled daughter. Their two other children were booked for assisting in the murder. Police in Seongnam said the 48-year-old woman and her son and daughter suffocated the man last Wednesday after biding his hands and feet with ropes and put tape on his mouth. They acted after the 48-year-old drunk father sexually
April 17, 2012
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Woman kills husband for assaulting daughter
A woman was arrested for killing her husband who sexually assaulted their daughter with disability. Their two children were booked for assisting the murder. <한글기사> 부인, 자녀와 합세, 남편 묶고 질식사 시켜성남 중원경찰서는 17일 딸을 폭행한다는 이유 로 자녀들과 함께 남편을 질식사 시킨 혐의(폭행치사 등)로 이모(48ㆍ여)씨를 구속 했다.또 어머니를 도운 자녀 2명을 같은혐의로 불구속 입건했다.경찰에 따르면 이씨는 지난 11일 밤 10시께 성남시 중원구 자신의 집에서 남편( 48)이 술을 마시고 뇌병변 장애를 앓고있는 딸(26)을 폭행하자 자녀들과 합세, 남편 의 손과 발을
April 17, 2012
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Kwak gets heavier punishment
Seoul education chief Kwak No-hyun, already convicted of buying out a rival candidate in the 2010 election, received a heavier sentence of one-year in prison in his appeals trial on Tuesday.The Seoul High Court upheld the lower court’s conviction of Kwak for election law violation and sentenced him to one year in prison, stating that the earlier fine of 30 million won was too weak for his offense. He said he would challenge the ruling and continue his legal fight into the Supreme Court and proba
April 17, 2012