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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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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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Former energy envoy grilled over stock rigging
Kim Eun-seok, former ambassador for energy and resources, was grilled Friday over stock rigging and insider trading involving development of a Cameroon mine.They want to question him over whether he had orchestrated an exaggerated Foreign Ministry report on the profitability of the development by a KOSDAQ-listed company, as well as over his suspected involvement in insider-trading.As he entered the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office, Kim denied any wrongdoing. “All I did was for the country. Ther
Feb. 17, 2012
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Match-fixing spreads to motorboat racing
Motorboat racing Friday became the latest local sport to be marred by match-fixing allegations.Prosecutors in Uijeongbu in Gyeonggi Province said they have arrested a 36-year-old racer, surnamed Park, on suspicions of fixing races. The racer allegedly took cash from a gambling broker in exchange for giving him the predicted orders of finishes in races.The broker, a 47-year-old also surnamed Park, has been booked without physical detention. The two aren’t related.Prosecutors said the racer receiv
Feb. 17, 2012
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Ex-President Roh re-admitted to hospital
Former president Roh Tae-woo has been admitted to the hospital with a high fever, just days after being discharged, his aides said Friday. “He was admitted into the Seoul National University Hospital on Thursday after showing signs of a high fever of unknown origin,” said Roh’s secretary Moon Dong-hee.Tests so far showed no signs of serious illness in the 79-year-old, he added. Roh is expected to remain hospitalized for the next couple of days before being released, according to a source quoted
Feb. 17, 2012
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Smoking to be banned in national parks
The government said Friday it will designate a non-smoking zone for the country’s national parks starting in 2013 as part of efforts to protect the environment and promote public health.Currently, smoking is allowed in several spots within the national parks, including restrooms, parking lots and snack bars. According to the Korea National Park Service, smoking will be completely banned in national parks starting next year, and violators will face a fine of 100,000 won ($88.9).“We plan to launch
Feb. 17, 2012
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Prosecutors to investigate Ahn’s stock trade
Prosecutors said Friday they will look into allegations that potential presidential hopeful Ahn Cheol-soo made tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits by converting bonds of his anti-virus software firm into shares at a below-market price.Rep. Kang Yong-seok, an independent, filed the allegations with the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office, claiming that Ahn is believed to have garnered a total of up to 70 billion won ($62 million) in ill-gotten profits.Kang claimed that Ahn converted 1.86
Feb. 17, 2012
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Navy revives ‘Ocean-Going’ slogan
The Navy has revived the use of its slogan “Ocean-Going Navy,” signifying its commitment to strengthening open water operational capabilities, a source said Friday.“The Navy is officially using the term ‘Ocean-Going Navy,’ which hadn‘t been in use since the sinking of the Cheonan,” the source said, referring to the deadly North Korean torpedoing of the warship in March 2010. “The term Korean Ocean-Going Navy has appeared in documents and PR materials.”The source also said the Navy is looking to
Feb. 17, 2012
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Private education spending drops in 2011
Korea’s spending on private education dropped for a second straight year in 2011 as the number of students declined, affected by a chronically low birth rate, a report showed Friday.South Korean parents spent a total of 20.1 trillion won ($17.76 billion) last year on private education for their children, down 3.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the report by Statistics Korea.The decline followed a 3.5 percent fall in 2010, which was the first private education spending drop since the a
Feb. 17, 2012
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Five men arrested for circulating marijuana
Police said Friday they have arrested and detained five people, including a Korean man with Canadian nationality, suspected of dealing marijuana in two separate drug rings.Police also booked 31 others, including a 36-year-old college professor from the U.S., for investigation without physical detent
Feb. 17, 2012
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Smoking to be completely banned at national parks next year
The government said Friday it will designate a non-smoking zone for the country's national parks starting in 2013 as part of efforts to protect the environment and promote public health.Currently, smoking is allowed in several spots within the national parks, including restrooms, parking lots and sn
Feb. 17, 2012
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Simultaneous transplant of seven organs ‘successful’
Local doctors successfully transplanted seven organs to a 7-year-old girl last fall, Asan Medical Center said Thursday. It is the first simultaneous transplant in Korea involving that many organs, and a sign of a new era of treatments for hard-to-cure disease, the medics said.According to the hospital, Dr. Kim Do-yeon and his team in October transplanted liver, pancreas, small intestine, stomach, duodenum, large intestine and spleen to Cho Eun-seo, who had suffered from chronic intestinal pseudo
Feb. 16, 2012
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Rogue travel agent indicted for fraud
A Seoul travel agent has been indicted on charges of fraud and embezzlement for scamming at least 60 customers out of more than 170 million won ($150,000), Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office said Thursday.Initially operating as Zenith Travel, the man, Wystan Kang, canceled and pocketed the money for dozens of mostly foreign customers’ flights, often without notice. Kang also embezzled some 60 million won in travel certificates allocated to him by an unnamed travel agency, according to pr
Feb. 16, 2012
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Pizza, dairy firms used fake cheese
The Korea Food and Drug Administration found a number of large domestic pizza franchises to be using processed and imitation cheeses. The KFDA found nine franchises using such ingredients, contrary to their advertising, and has deferred the case to the public prosecutors’ office. Along with the pizza makers, three cheese producers were found to have falsely recorded the ingredients of their products. According to the KFDA, nine domestic pizza franchises have been using processed and imitation ch
Feb. 16, 2012
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Korea convicts pair for robbery in Japan
A convict held in another country was brought into Korea to testify against a defendant here, leading to a conviction, in a first for the country, court officials said Thursday.The Seoul Northern District Court sentenced Kim and Park to five and four years in prison, respectively on Feb. 3 for a 2007 robbery and assault of a family in Japan, after their accomplice was transferred from Japan as a witness.This was the first time Korea had a criminal incarcerated in another country transferred to t
Feb. 16, 2012
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Board-faculty conflict hits Sookmyung, Inha
Sookmyung disguises donated funds as money from foundationConflict is deepening at two universities between their foundation boards and faculties. Sookmyung Women’s University based in Seoul is mired in internal conflict over school funds. Inha University, a prominent school in Incheon, is in dispute over its newly elected president. Some Inha faculty members and Incheon-based civic groups say that a graduate of the same high school as board chairman Cho Yang-ho was elected as the new president
Feb. 16, 2012
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Park Choon-bae new head of Inha University
Park Choon-bae, president of Inha Technical College, has been appointed president of Inha University, the school said Thursday. “The new president has been selected according to legal procedure through a transparent selection process, which examines their vision for the school as well as past academic achievements,” said the school. The school board appointed Park as the 13th president, following the retirement of current president Lee Bon-su. It applauded Park’s achievement and leadership as t
Feb. 16, 2012
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KFDA finds cheese fraud at pizza and dairy firms
The Korea Food and Drug Administration found a number of large domestic pizza franchises to be using processed and imitation cheeses. The KFDA found nine franchises using such ingredients, contrary to their advertising, and has deferred the case to the public prosecutors’ office. Along with the pizz
Feb. 16, 2012
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Philippine kidnappers free 5 after ransom paid
Five South Koreans were recently released by kidnappers in the Philippines after paying a ransom, police said Thursday.The freed hostages were four sports club members from Cheonan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul, and a tour guide who traveled with them to Manila on Saturday for a four-day leisure trip, according to police here.Eight other members of the club took part in the trip, but they remained safe.Philippine police rounded up 10 people, including a local police officer, in connection with t
Feb. 16, 2012
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Board-faculty conflict hits Sookmyung, Inha
Sookmyung disguises donated funds as money from foundationConflict is deepening at two universities between their foundation boards and faculties. Sookmyung Women’s University based in Seoul is mired in internal conflict over school funds. Inha University, a prominent school in Incheon, is in dispute over its newly elected president. Some Inha faculty members and Incheon-based civic groups say that a graduate of the same high school as board chairman Cho Yang-ho was elected as the new president
Feb. 16, 2012
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Police uncover new cases of school violence
A police investigation revealed shocking cases of school violence in which victims were buried in the ground and hung on a crane to be taught to respect their seniors.Police in Daegu sought arrest warrants for three high school seniors Thursday for habitually assaulting their juniors. Three second-graders involved in the abuse were booked without detention. A graduate of the school currently serving in the military was referred to the Army prosecution on the same charges.According to police, the
Feb. 16, 2012
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Teens force juniors into street vending, extort W10m
Two teenagers forced 12 younger children to sell sweet potatoes on the street and extorted the profits worth 9.4 million won ($8,300), police said Thursday. Police in the southern city of Gimhae requested an arrest warrant for one of the suspects, an 18-year-old high-school student surnamed Lee, and booked an accomplice named Kim without detention. Lee and Kim allegedly coerced their school juniors to work as street vendors from November to January. The victims had to sell roasted sweet potatoes
Feb. 16, 2012