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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Fistfight breaks out at Chicago Symphony Orchestra
It was an unusual backdrop for a fistfight: Maestro Riccardo Muti was nearly through the second movement of Brahms Symphony No. 2 at the normally staid Chicago Symphony Orchestra when two patrons got into a fistfight.Concert-goers at Orchestra Hall were all the more stunned Thursday because the two
March 11, 2012
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300 nude bicyclists hit Peru streets in protest
About 300 nude bicyclists have ridden through the Peruvian capital of Lima to call attention to safety conditions and demand measures protecting cyclists.Event organizer Octavio Zegarra says the protesters took to their bicycles nude Saturday to show that ``this is our body. With this we go out in t
March 11, 2012
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Facebook 'friend' offer exposes man's other wife
Facebook's automatic efforts to connect users through “friends” they may know recently led two women in the U.S. state of Washington to find out they were married to the same man, at the same time.That led to the man, corrections officer Alan L. O'Neill, being slapped with bigamy charges.According t
March 11, 2012
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Comfort woman seeks Assembly seat with DUP
One of the surviving victims of sexual slavery by Japanese military during World War II is seeking a proportional representation seat with the main opposition Democratic United Party.Lee Yong-su, 84, said she wanted to become a proportional representative through the April 11 parliamentary elections so that she can demand an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government as a lawmaker. “Japan hasn’t changed its stance a bit on the issue for the last 20-30 years. I want to make su
March 9, 2012
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Navy, lawmaker sue over ‘pirate base’ jibe
The controversy that arose from a would-be politician’s Twitter comment has taken a legal turn with the Navy on Friday filing a complaint with the prosecutors’ office. On Thursday, Unified Progressive Party’s proportional representative candidate Kim Ji-yoon, 28, posted a photograph of herself holding up a tablet PC showing a slogan reading “(I) Oppose Jeju pirate base. Let’s protect Gangjeong.” Gangjeong is the name of the village where the naval base is being built in Jeju Island. The remark i
March 9, 2012
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Commander of special forces disciplined in sex scandal
The commanding general of the country's top special forces unit has been relieved of his duties for allegedly having inappropriate relations with a subordinate, Army officials said Friday. Brig. Gen. Choi Ik-bong, commander of the Special Warfare Command, also recently expressed his intention to
March 9, 2012
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Police to question husband of ex-lawmaker over influence-peddling suspicion
Seoul police said Friday they will question an incumbent court judge, also the husband of former ruling party lawmaker and mayoral candidate Na Kyung-won, next week over allegations that he used his influence for prosecutors' indictment of a blogger who uploaded online postings critical of his wife.
March 9, 2012
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Electronic ID bill sleeps in parliament
A bill to replace resident registration cards with microchips containing personal information is unlikely to pass parliament within this term, officials said Thursday.According to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the revision for the Resident Registration Act has yet to be placed before the National Assembly’s judicial committee. Considering that the present National Assembly has effectively ceased to sit in preparation for the April 11 general elections, it is unlikely that t
March 8, 2012
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Buddhist leader visits disgraced scientist Hwang
Ven. Jaseung, leader of the nation’s largest Buddhist order of Jogye, visited stem cell researcher, Hwang Woo-suk on Wednesday to encourage his little known, but ongoing study of dog cloning.It is the first time a Buddhist leader paid an official visit to Hwang since the former Seoul National University professor shunned the media spotlight after it was revealed in 2005 that some data in his trailblazing research on cloning human embryo stem cells had been manipulated. According to the report, J
March 8, 2012
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Comfort women vow to help Congolese rape victims
A group of Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II pledged on Thursday to help Congolese women suffering because of sexual abuse and rape, if they receive financial compensation from Japan for its wartime atrocities against them.“I decided to help those who were treated much worse than me. If I get the compensation, I hope the people helping me fight for compensation as well as an apology from Tokyo will send it to the Congolese women,” said Kim Bok-dong at a press c
March 8, 2012
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U.S. soldier caught smuggling drugs
Prosecutors here have indicted a U.S. soldier without detention for bringing synthetic marijuana into the country, prosecutors said Thursday.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the U.S. Eighth Army sergeant first class was caught trying to ship in AM-2201, a synthetic cannabinoid.The soldier, whose name was not disclosed, had ordered 50 grams of the drug online and shipped it into the country.“I brought it in so I could use it,” said the soldier as quoted by prosecutors.Offi
March 8, 2012
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1m lose jobs for managerial reasons in 2011
Builders hit hardest; labor group cites relaxed rules on massive dismissalsMore than a million workers lost their jobs last year as a result of restructuring, layoffs or bankruptcy amid a sluggish domestic economy, government data showed Thursday. According to employment insurance statistics provided by the Labor Ministry, a total of 2.13 million workers exited the national employment insurance scheme due to involuntary termination of employment, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the total who
March 8, 2012
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Foreign law firms eye Korean market
As the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement effectuation nears, foreign law firms are seeking ways to penetrate the Korean market. Whether they will aggravate the trade balance in the field is questionable, but domestic firms are also gearing up to take measures against the “invasion.”According to the Ministry of Justice, seven U.S.-based law firms applied to gain licenses as advisers on foreign law Tuesday, the first day of applications. They are Paul Hastings, Ropes & Gray, Sheppard Mullin, Cleary
March 7, 2012
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CNK head added to Interpol wanted list
Prosecutors have placed Oh Deok-gyun, head of CNK International, on Interpol’s wanted list to get him back to Korea from Cameroon for questioning on the company’s stock rigging scandal, officials said.Despite the prosecution’s repeated requests to return home, Oh is still believed to be staying in Cameroon.He is under suspicion of intentionally leading the Foreign Ministry to publish an exaggerated press release about a diamond mine’s reserves for which the company won the mining rights. He is a
March 7, 2012
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Na’s husband to be summoned
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency will summon the husband of former ruling party lawmaker Na Kyung-won over allegations that he used his influence as a judge to ask a prosecutor to indict a netizen for posting slanderous remarks about Na on the internet in 2005.The allegations were first brought forward by SisaIN reporter Choo Chin-woo on the podcast “Naneun Ggomsuda.” In the podcast Choo alleged that Na’s husband Kim Jae-ho used his influence in the prosecution of the netizen. Following the
March 7, 2012
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Medical support set for undocumented migrants
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday it will provide medical aid to undocumented foreign workers in the capital, who are not entitled to social security and health care insurance. The city government plans to cover surgery costs and hospital charges up to 5 million won ($4,400) and provide interpretation and nursing services for up to a month depending on patients’ conditions, officials said. “We are focusing on uninsured foreign workers. We are going to visit districts such as
March 7, 2012
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Malaysians arrested for shopping spree on forged cards
Police said Wednesday they have arrested three Malaysians suspected of going on a lavish shopping spree on forged credit cards in South Korea‘s famous department stores and tax-free shops. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said the three, including a 41-year-old man identified by the initial of his name J, used forged credit cards to purchase 290 million won ($257,600) worth of designer handbags and watches as well as high-end IT gadgets like the iPad and Galaxy Note. They made three one-nigh
March 7, 2012
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Commission identifies Korean casualties of U.S. bombing of Tokyo
The government identified 95 Koreans who died during the bombing of Tokyo during World War Two, a prime ministerial commission said Tuesday. This is the first time Korean casualties of the attack have been identified.The incident refers to the carpet bombing of Tokyo made by the U.S. Air Force that began on March 9, 1945. About 2,400 metric tons of incendiary bombs were dropped on the Japanese capital during the raid, killing more than 100,000 people.According to Korean and Japanese research, be
March 6, 2012
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Ranking female civil servants increase fivefold since 2000
Women are taking a bigger role in devising and implementing national policies in South Korea as the number of mid-to-high level female public officials has increased fivefold over the past decade, data showed Tuesday.According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, 2,143 female officials were ranked at grade 5 or higher in the administrative branch in 2010, up from 420 in 2000. South Korea’s officialdom is classified in nine grades, with grade 1 being the hig
March 6, 2012
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Fukushima residents seek S. Korea resettlement
A Japanese pastor has visited South Korea seeking immigration for dozens of residents after their region was devastated by a nuclear disaster last year, an official said Tuesday.Pastor and civic activist Nagato Tsuboi from Fukushima visited the southwestern county of Jangsu last month, a county official told AFP on condition of anonymity.“He came with several South Korean estate developers and said he was looking to buy land at a place similar to Fukushima, like our county and Jeju,” he said. Je
March 6, 2012