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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Ministry excludes maternity leave from working period
Decision invites backlash from women’s groups, opposition parties Maternity leave should not be counted as part of a woman’s working period, the Ministry of Government Legislation said Thursday, sparking a backlash from women’s groups.Critics claim that the interpretation is against the law, calling for equal treatment and opportunities for all working women regardless of pregnancy.The dispute was sparked when the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism asked the Ministry of Government Legislati
Jan. 12, 2012
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Police investigate men for illegal U.S. base passes
Police here are investigating two men on suspicions of providing and selling passes onto a Seoul U.S. military base, officials said Thursday.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Station, a retired Korean Army lieutenant colonel and his associate, a special assistant for international relations for a former U.S. Forces Korea commander have been booked without detention.The reserve officer and his acquaintance are being questioned regarding allegations that they provided passes onto the Yong
Jan. 12, 2012
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6 percent use Oriental medicine
Six out of 100 people here visit Oriental medical doctors, a Ministry of Health and Welfare survey found Thursday. Expensive treatment and lingering doubts about the safety of medicines are stopping more people from choosing traditional treatments over Western practices, the authority said. According to research conducted on 5,507 people who have used Oriental medicine, as well as 471 Oriental medical institutions and 863 places selling Oriental medicines, 86.5 percent of people use Western medi
Jan. 12, 2012
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Securities dealers caught for backroom dealings
The prosecution has indicted and arrested a number of securities firm officials on charges of taking bribes in warrant bond issuance deals.The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, which has been investigating illegal deals in the financial industry since late last year, has indicted four executives and working-level officials of four local securities firms.According the investigators’ findings the four securities dealers took bribes of as much as 830 million won ($717,000) for helping co
Jan. 12, 2012
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Supreme Court clears former KBS chief of breach-of-trust charges
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's judgment and cleared a former chief of the state-run Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) of breach-of-trust charges.The final ruling cleared Jung Yun-joo of charges he caused nearly 190 billion won (US$164 million) in losse
Jan. 12, 2012
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Nuke reactor shut down for thermometer malfunction
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea shut down a nuclear reactor Thursday due to a malfunctioning thermometer attached to the reactor's cooling pump, the government said.The reactor at Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant, located some 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was automatically shut down at 4:24
Jan. 12, 2012
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3 dead, 37 rescued in Antarctic fishing boat fire
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP)-- Fire raged out of control on a fishing ship near Antarctica as the crew tried to fight back the flames early Wednesday. Three fishermen died, and two of the 37 rescued had severe burns.Rescue coordinators said help given by a nearby sister ship and another fishing vess
Jan. 11, 2012
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Speaker’s ex-aide detained in GNP vote-buying case
Prosecutors investigating alleged bribery in a Grand National Party leadership election raided the home of Parliamentary Speaker Park Hee-tae’s former secretary Koh Myung-jin on Wednesday.Koh is suspected of having been involved in the alleged bribery case. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office executed a search and seizure warrant on Koh’s home in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province early Wednesday morning, and took a number of documents and a laptop as evidence.Koh presented himself at the pros
Jan. 11, 2012
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Man arrested for holding pregnant woman hostage
Police apprehended a man who held a pregnant woman at knifepoint in a Seoul department store on Wednesday.According to Gangnam Police Station, 35-year-old Lee grabbed the woman by her hair and held her hostage while brandishing a kitchen knife at the Hyundai Department Store COEX branch.“Around 10 a.m. right after the store opened its doors, there was a young man who was hanging around and laughing suspiciously,” said one witness whose name was not disclosed.“He suddenly grabbed a knife on displ
Jan. 11, 2012
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Korea to run integrated hotline on school violence
The government and the ruling party agreed to open a school violence hotline as one major step to responding to school violence, Education Ministry officials said Wednesday. A high-level meeting of Grand National Party members and ministers of related agencies agreed to unify separate school violence hotlines into “117,” which will be operational 24 hours a day nationwide. “As we remember 112 as a number for reporting crimes, and 119 for fire reports, we decided to make 117 a number with which p
Jan. 11, 2012
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Hyundai Motor unionists return to assembly line
Union members at the nation’s largest carmaker said Wednesday that they will stop a walk-out and resume production, as many of their requests have been accepted by the management. The union at Hyundai Motor’s largest plant in Ulsan on Tuesday afternoon halted engine production after one of its members set himself on fire, alleging he was bullied by his superior, who told him not to leave work to participate in union activities.The walk-out on Tuesday afternoon broke three straight years of no st
Jan. 11, 2012
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3 Korean sailors missing after ship fire in Antarctica
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Yonhap News) -- Three crew members of a South Korean fishing boat went missing overboard and three others were injured after the ship caught fire in Antarctic waters early Wednesday, rescue officials said.The 51-meter-long vessel Jeong-woo 2, which had been fishing in the remote Ross Sea, some 3,704 kilometers southeast of New Zealand, issued a distress call at around 3 a.m. after it was engulfed in fire, according to the Rescue Coordination Center New Zealand (RCCNZ).The
Jan. 11, 2012
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Seoul Global Center to open new office in Yeouido
Seoul Global Center will open a new branch Thursday in Seoul’s business district to help foreigners with startups and investments here, officials said Wednesday.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Yeouido Global Business Center will open its doors to counsel foreigners on opening small businesses and finding investment opportunities.Located within the newly opened Seoul International Finance Center, the center will also be able to help foreigners with administrative work outside
Jan. 11, 2012
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Man arrested for taking pregnant woman hostage
A man who held a pregnant woman hostage at a department store in southern Seoul Wednesday morning has been arrested, police said.Authorities said the man threatened the woman with a knife that was on display in the kitchen appliance section on the 7th floor of the Hyundai Department Store in Samseong-dong. The man didn’t demand anything throughout the incident. He was taken down by the police less than an hour after the confrontation started. No one was injured, officials added.Witnesses said th
Jan. 11, 2012
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3 Korean sailors missing after ship fire in Antarctica
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Three crew members of a South Korean fishing boat went missing overboard and three others were injured after the ship caught fire in Antarctic waters early Wednesday, rescue officials said.The 51-meter-long vessel Jeong-woo 2, which had been fishing in the
Jan. 11, 2012
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Number of S. Koreans retiring to farms reaches record high in 2011
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Koreans retiring to farming surged to a new annual high in 2011 thanks to local governments' efforts to attract retiring baby boomers, a report showed Wednesday.According to the report by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the nu
Jan. 11, 2012
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Arrest warrant sought for Chinese attacker of Japanese Embassy in Seoul
A judge issued an arrest warrant for a Chinese man Tuesday on charges of throwing firebombs at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for the 38-year-old man, surnamed Liu, for allegedly attacking the embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8 in protest of Japan's r
Jan. 10, 2012
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Prosecutors indict Chinese fisherman on murder charges
Prosecutors indicted the captain of a Chinese fishing boat with physical detention Tuesday on charges of killing a South Korean law enforcement officer last month during a raid on the vessel for illegally fishing in Korea's exclusive economic zone.The 42-year-old captain, whose identity was withheld
Jan. 10, 2012
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Korea grants pardon to 955 convicts
The government pardoned or reduced the sentences of 955 convicts and lifted more than 3,700 administrative restrictions for construction companies on Tuesday.According to the Ministry of Justice, 540 prisoners including one serving a life sentence were pardoned or given reduced sentences. The convict on life sentence, whose sentence was reduced to 20 years, is a first-time offender who has served more than 10 years of his term, during which the prisoner has shown exemplary behavior, the ministry
Jan. 10, 2012
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Students allowed to use calculators in math class
Korean students will be able to use digital tools such as calculators and computers in math class from 2014 under the government plan to strengthen the real-life application of mathematics, Education Ministry officials said Tuesday. The ministry will also oversee the math curriculum of middle and high schools to see if they follow the regular public curriculum in an attempt to curb excessive spending on private tutoring, according to officials. Currently, Korean students are not allowed to use c
Jan. 10, 2012